Chun Maora was staying in the prison feeling vexed. She cannot accept this end. How can she, a noblewoman, fall into the trap of another woman like this? With this, her reputation is destroyed and she can't live the same life as before.
She doesn't want to stay in this prison. There must be a way out. Looking at the dark chamber and the poor condition of the prison, Chun Maora knows that she doesn't want this kind of ending. Then she heard footsteps. When she looked up, she found that the person who once loved her very much was standing there.
Chun Masaya.
"Maora..." Chun Masaya called softly.
"Big Brother!" Chun Maora clung to the bar, hoping to get close to him. "You must help me, Big Brother! I didn't do it! Someone is framing me."
Chun Masaya stood in front of her unmoving. His gaze looked towards the woman, his sister whom he loved very much. He had dreamt of meeting her for a long time, but he never got the chance to until today.
"Open the door, I want to go in."
The guard complied and unlocked the door. Chun Masaya walked to Chun Maora's side and hugged the girl. Feeling the warmth from Chun Masaya, Chun Maora cried in his embrace.
"Big Brother, help me."
"Maora, do you know that I love you?"
Chun Maora is stunned, but she hurriedly nodded. She knew that and she had been using the feeling her brother had for her to gain an influential husband. Even if it meant destroying another girl's life, she will do it to get a good life.
"If you do, why are you using me?"
"Big Brother knows that it is impossible," Chun Maora answered. She was disgusted by the feelings her brother had but chose to use it for her benefit. With that kind of feeling he had towards her, she will be able to use her brother to gain what she wants. "Your sister wants to have a good life, so I ask for your help."
"I see."
"So can I get out of here?"
Chun Masaya looked down. He did love her long ago but that feeling has faded away with time. Moreover, he was hurt by the fact that she knew about it but preferred to use him instead. He was still a man with pride. Even if he does want to save her on account that she is his sister, he doesn't want to lose what he has.
"No, the pieces of evidence are all showing that you're the one who did it."
"But I didn't! You have to believe me, brother," Chun Maora was desperate. She didn't do it. It was someone else who wanted to trap her.
Chun Masaya looks towards his sister. "I know."
"Then? Can you help me?"
"I can't."
"Why?"
Chun Masaya didn't answer. He stood up and walked out of the cell leaving Chun Maora still crying. No matter how loud Chun Maora called for him, he never turned back.
"It's over," Chun Maora knows that her life from then on will never be the same. She has to live within this dark prison walls with many other prisoners. What had gone wrong in her scheme? Everything should have gone perfectly.
...
Chun Masaya returned home. He saw his wife standing behind the window calmly. He walked up to her, it startled the woman.
"Masaya? Didn't you go meet your sister?"
Chun Masaya nodded. "I have met her and put an end to it. There is nothing I can do for her anymore."
Chun Masaya's wife stared unbelievingly. Chun Masaya held her in his arms. He had never given this woman what she deserves all these years. Now that he had sorted out his feelings, he will give her all his feelings. She should have gotten them long ago.
"I won't leave you and our children."
She cried. Her wish had come true.
...
Lin Family Residence
Lin Tang was not calm anymore. Losing his wife, he kept himself busy with his job and refused to meet his daughter and other wives. The atmosphere was gloomy and the servants were all worried about making even the slightest sound. They were afraid that if they do, they will incur the wrath of Lin Tang unto them.
Lin San stayed in her room. These few past events have changed her completely. She was no longer the previous innocent and arrogant girl. She didn't even bother to visit her father as she stayed in her room quietly.
"Miss... it's time to eat."
Lin San raised her small head. Her eyes were filled with anger and hatred. She too could not accept this change so quickly. She was previously the most pampered girl but now she doesn't have anything. The one who holds the highest authority now is Concubine Mia because she is pregnant. For now, she didn't dare to do anything reckless, but after Lin Tang's anger has decreased she will definitely make Concubine Mia's life miserable.
Lin San no longer thought about it. She knows that the quicker she reaches 15, the quicker she will be married away. Because of her status as the main wife's daughter, she is the legitimate daughter and normally can have a good high-status husband. But with her reputation as of now, how can she expect to have a good marriage prospect?
"There's only one year at most," Lin San murmured. In one year she will graduate from the academy but she had reached 15 at around the middle of her third year. She will probably be married away but she no longer feels anxious.
"Miss?"
"If I cannot have a good backing, I will strive to get it by myself," Lin San said. Her eyes were filled with determination. She doesn't want to lose the battle.
"Just see, I won't be defeated!"
...
Jun Hua calmly read her book while hearing the report from Yasha. The decision of Chun Masaya was to continue to live with his wife and protect what he has. He knew that his sister never saw him in that way, so he chose to give up and cherish what he had.
"Miss, why are you being so soft-hearted?" Xia doesn't understand why her Miss had let them go and didn't make their life completely miserable.
Jun Hua raised her head. "The one who drove my mother away is Chun Maora. I do hate her, but I would not personally send her to her doom. She's the one who carved her own path and this is her retribution."
"Then, what about the others?"
"The others? I won't intervene with their lives and let them choose their own path," Jun Hua answered. "But if they want to use me or my family, I would surely retaliate."
"So, you're only defending?" Xia asked.
"Even without me personally do anything, they already have enemies who will gladly drag them down. I'm not interested in ruining other people's lives, what I want is for my family to flourish," Jun Hua answered lightly. She is not that sick in the mind to celebrate people meeting their misfortune.
If that person had wronged her and her family, she will fight for compensation but not to the point of destroying their life. This exception was always there, for people who made her life miserable, they should have expected that she would do the same to them. If they took something important in her life, she too will surely give them a tit for tat.
Jun Hua yawned. She was tired from watching and following those people. Now that she had managed to enact part of her revenge, she felt her burden lighten. As for their lifes from now on, she was not that diligent to watch for them and scheme against them. For her, this degree was enough.
Of course, it doesn't mean everything was over. There are still several people left.
