kvmb Chapter 36 Do you want to learn martial arts?
Chapter 36 Do you want to learn martial arts?
Lu Yangyang and Sheng Yunjiao left early in the morning, and it was already dark when they arrived here.
Upon hearing the servant's words, Sheng Yunjiao immediately became nervous. After today, she felt that she had become very close to Lu Yangyang, so she quickly leaned over and whispered, "Could it be that Uncle is angry because he found out I took you out to play? What should we do? Otherwise, I'll go with you, and we'll be punished together. Don't worry."
"No need," Lu Yangyang refused.
Sheng Yunjiao's eyes widened, and she said urgently, "Why don't you need to? Don't you consider me a friend?"
Lu Yangyang explained, "I mean I can go by myself."
"How can that be? What if, what if..." Sheng Yunjiao wanted to say what if her uncle was targeting her, but she just couldn't bring herself to say it.
Actually, she didn't understand either. Once she got to know her, she would find that Yangyang was clearly a very interesting girl, so why did her uncle not acknowledge her?
Sheng Yunjiao still vividly remembered the last time her uncle had someone attack Yangyang. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Then you go first, I'll go get you reinforcements!"
Lu Yangyang was also somewhat moved when she saw how anxious and worried she was about her.
She wasn't worried about what the Shengguo Guild would do to her. At most, they would just find someone to beat her up. It wasn't like she hadn't been beaten before; it was no big deal.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. You go back now, see you tomorrow," Lu Yangyang reassured Sheng Yunjiao.
Sheng Yunjiao was still uneasy, but the servant who came to inform her was already urging her, "Miss Lu, please."
"You wait here." Sheng Yunjiao turned and ran away.
Lu Yangyang followed the servant to the Duke of Sheng's study.
The study was in the outer courtyard. It was a quick walk from the main gate of the Duke's mansion. She wondered if the Duke was really waiting for her, because at that moment, the Duke was the only one in the study.
The servant escorted Lu Yangyang inside and then left.
Lu Yangyang stood in the study and glanced at Duke Sheng. He seemed to be dealing with something, and although he clearly heard her come in, he didn't even raise his head.
Lu Yangyang looked at him: "What do you want from me?"
Only then did the Duke of Sheng seem to notice her, and he looked up at her.
Lu Yangyang thought to herself, "She's really putting on an act."
This biological father is truly a piece of trash; whether in dreams or in reality, he's the one you can least rely on.
When she was little, she used to dream and look forward to hearing her friends in the village brag about their fathers. But after that test that day, she lost all her expectations.
Lu Yangyang met his gaze without the slightest fear, quietly waiting for him to speak.
After a long while, Duke Sheng finally spoke up and asked, "You know medicine? Who is your teacher?"
Before entering the room, Lu Yangyang had already thought that the Duke of Sheng had called her over for nothing more than one thing: Su Fengqu's accidental injury at the polo field that day.
But to her surprise, instead of asking about the accident, he asked about her medical skills.
"Medical skills? What medical skills do I know? You mean bone setting? I think I mentioned it before. When I was a child, I was thrown into a trap in the mountains. A passing hunter rescued me. I had no way to make a living, so when I grew up, I followed him to learn hunting. I also learned some methods for treating external injuries. Hunting is unavoidable, after all." Lu Yangyang replied casually.
"Your bone-setting skills don't seem like something you learned from a hunter." Duke Sheng stared intently at her, as if trying to find some flaw in her expression.
The Duke of Shengguo was a man of great prestige and a veteran of many battles. An ordinary person would probably be terrified if he stared at them like that.
But Lu Yangyang seemed completely oblivious, agreeing with him and nodding earnestly: "Hunters don't really teach this, it's just that I hunt a lot, I'm good at butchering pigs, especially at dissecting bones. The more you dissect, the better you become, right? Do you really need to learn this specifically?"
She was telling the truth.
She really learned how to put things back together after taking them apart so many times. Her aunt's favorite thing to do was to take apart all the wild pheasants and rabbits that she brought back, bone by bone. Even if it was a whole animal that had been cooked and left over, she would put it all back together.
She learned by observation and practice, and even knew exactly which bones a sparrow had. Practice makes perfect.
Duke Sheng looked intently at his daughter before him.
He only has two daughters in total, one of whom is an illegitimate daughter who got married last year. He had little contact with her and didn't remember her much.
The one he cared about most was his third daughter, Sheng Yunzhu, who was born of the legitimate wife.
Although it was a pity that Sheng Yunzhu did not inherit the beauty of the Yun family, he was still very satisfied with her gentleness, intelligence and pragmatism.
Until he learned of Lu Yangyang's existence.
His first reaction was to completely cover it up. He didn't need an extra daughter by accident, and the Duke's mansion didn't need to make a joke about a real or fake daughter.
However, the news spread too quickly, and the Yun family made a big fuss, so he had to make a decision. He thought it would be good to bring her back, because for a family like theirs, having another daughter would mean having more shared interests.
However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Yangyang was actually a useless person.
If a face is ruined, it's useless to the Sheng family.
The only place where it might be useful is the marriage agreement that the late Empress had verbally agreed upon with Lady Lan.
But he knew the Crown Prince's situation; this marriage agreement probably had no chance of being fulfilled.
So he went along with it. If Lu Yangyang didn't want to acknowledge his ancestors, so be it. He could just keep the person around in case that day ever came. It was just another person to support; he didn't care.
But Lu Yangyang surprised him.
She's too restless.
She was so restless that she beat up several of the children in the family on the very first day and made a scene in the kitchen. Yet, the next day, the young Marquis of the Yan family came to support her and made Lan Shi go to him to cry and make a scene. She had only been well-behaved for a few days when she almost made enemies with the Su family at the polo field, but she managed to resolve the situation smoothly and gain the favor of the Crown Prince.
If a person is useless, no matter how beautiful she is, she is nothing more than a vase that can be discarded at will.
But if someone is useful, even if she is ugly, she can still become a piece that determines the outcome of a game.
The exquisite mask on Lu Yangyang's face seemed to be bathed in light by the candlelight, giving her entire face a glow.
The nighttime light made people overlook her dark skin tone, only her delicate features were visible.
That mask wasn't like a mask at all; it was more like a jewel that transformed decay into magic, making even a stubborn rock like her shine like a pearl.
But what if this really is a pearl?
Duke Sheng's eyes darkened further. He didn't pay attention to Lu Yangyang's nonsense, but a different thought occurred to him: "Do you want to learn martial arts?"