After throwing the boy into the pond, Lin Wan was silent for a long time. She didn't know when the last time she felt such rage was. Perhaps it was when her entire family was massacred by those evil bandits. Or perhaps it was when she saw her father being toyed by those bandits while they laughed in her mother's face, who desperately tried her best to fight back.
As the memories slowly resurfaced, she couldn't help but think about her past.
She was from a rather wealthy family of traders. By the age of ten, she had every possible luxury that she could have dreamt of. Loving parents, a younger sister and her grandma who loved her dearly.
She thought that this happiness of hers would last a lifetime, but who would have thought that one day, she would witness the worst nightmare of her life.
Out of nowhere, one night, a group of women in black suddenly raided their home. No one knew who they were or where they came from, but they massacred her family's guards as easily as drinking water from a glass.
They didn't stop there. First, they skinned off her grandma, whose screams she could still hear every time she closed her eyes. Then they raped her father to death and finally took her mother and younger sister with them.
She didn't know how she managed to survive, but the next morning, all she saw was death around her.
For the next two years, she kept on wandering around like a beggar, doing odd jobs and barely affording meals. She wanted revenge... she wanted blood.
It was at that moment that she met Lin Yue and mistook her for her younger sister. On that day, she just kept hugging her while crying.
Lin Yue didn't push her away, but brought her to the Lin family, where, after learning about her miserable life, she decided to become a sworn sister with her.
Even though they were sworn sisters, she was more like an older sister who was in charge of taking care of Lin Yue. It wouldn't be a mistake to call her Lin Yue's personal maid, except she was much more than just a maid.
After losing her family, Lin Yue became her only reason to live. Perhaps it was because she saw her as the younger sister that she lost to those people, or perhaps it was due to her generosity and humane nature. Whatever the reason might have been, from that day on, she decided that anyone who made Lin Yue sad would be personally dealt with by her.
Throughout the years, she didn't know just how many people she had butchered personally. People who dared to spread rumours about Lin Yue... people who dared to have any impure thoughts about her.
When Lin Yue fought with her mother and decided to spend her days in this slave mountain, she was the first one to object. But after failing to convince her, she just decided to tag along and protect Lin Yue from any unforeseen accidents.
Just a day before, she was scolded by the elders of the Lin family, who wanted her to bring Lin Yue back to the family.
She was already full of anger after that incident, and when she failed to convince Lin Yue again, this anger only flared further.
And just when she was being overwhelmed with burning rage, a target jumped in front of her.
How dare a mere slave talk back to her dear sister? How dare a lowly sub-human like him dare to defy her sister?
She wasn't going to kill him this easily. She was going to make him suffer... she was going to make sure that every day he spent here would be full of pain and suffering.
With that in mind, she looked at the pond in front of her where that lowly slave was still struggling to escape.
"Heh!" With a faint smile on her face, she quietly looked at his struggle as if it were the most entertaining thing in the world.
Yang Ze, on the other hand, was overwhelmed with panic. So much so that he didn't even realise that, because of his newly added talent, Affinity for Water, he could easily breathe underwater.
He was just struggling with all his might, trying to stay afloat, after all, he didn't know how to swim.
This struggle of his lasted for a good while, when he slowly began to sink. He could still feel the strength in his body, but it was of no use. He couldn't just throw punches around, hoping to destroy this pond.
It wasn't until Yang Ze fully submerged under the pond that he was shocked to realise that he could easily breathe underwater.
"This... this..." Yang Ze opened his mouth and immediately closed it, fearing the water would get inside his lungs.
He just looked around with a face full of excitement. The ability to breathe underwater was a godsend help.
"Should I run away?" Initially, Yang Ze thought that being a slave of the Lin family was his greatest opportunity after getting his cheat. After all, there were all kinds of talented people in the Lin family. But now...
Not even a day has passed, and he somehow managed to mess things up and has already made two powerful enemies. Yang Ze wanted to cry, but had no tears.
Feeling himself sink further and further into the pond, there were a million things racing through his mind. He thought that perhaps the woman just wanted to kill him. If that was the case, he would just stay down here, letting her believe that he drowned, and when the time is ripe, would run away from this place.
He no longer wanted to stay in a family where people wanted to kill him for no reason at all.
Unfortunately for him, his wishes were cut short when he felt a ribbon rapidly wrapping around his waist before his entire body was pulled up.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Yang Ze didn't even have time to grab a handful of mud before he felt the scenery around him change, and he found himself kneeling on the ground.
He didn't dare to lift his head and even purposefully wanted to rub his face on the ground. Unfortunately, the ribbon around his waist seemed to be controlling his body, making it impossible to make any movements. He could only pray that the woman wouldn't see his face, and his long hair would cover his face.
He even purposefully coughed and gasped for breath as if he were about to die.
The only thing he could see were exquisite black shoes that had flowers carved upon them as the other party slowly moved forward towards him.
"Tell me you are sorry." Her cold voice was enough to put fear in the bravest of men.
"....."
"....."
"Oh! So defiant?" She smirked before kicking Yang Ze in the chest as he flew back like a piece of rag. Miraculously, the kick didn't break any bones in Yang Ze's body, but the cuts and bruises after rolling around the ground were no laughing matter.
During the entire time, Yang Ze was cursing her eighteen generations. How could he speak when she was controlling his body with that stupid ribbon? He even wanted to nod in agreement, but his body refused to obey his command.
"Go on... Tell me you are sorry." She spoke again, but this time, there was obvious sarcasm in her voice, as if she was enjoying his suffering.
'Damn it.' Yang Ze could only curse inside his mind as he felt a hand grab him by the back of the neck before his entire head was plunged under the pond once again.
After that, it was pure torture. Lin Wan would plunge his head underwater, then pull it out and then plunge his head back in. If it were any other person besides Yang Ze, they would have broken down after all that inhumane torture.
Fortunately for Yang Ze, there was no suffering. Unlike others, he could easily breathe underwater, so this action of hers was of no harm to him. But after thinking for a moment, he still faked his breathing and his action of gasping for air.
"Heh." It wasn't until almost an hour had passed that Lin Wan pulled him completely out of the water and finally grabbed him by the neck while looking at his face, which was obstructed by his hair.
"We are going to have a lot of fun." With one hand grabbing his neck, she patted his cheeks a few times with a smile before using her palm to lift his hair so she could remember the face of this useless slave whom she was going to torture for a long... long time.
Her palm first brushed against his lips, then his nose and finally his hair, which she moved up.
And the moment Yang Ze's hair was finally lifted off his face and his delicate appearance was revealed, the world seemed to have lost its colour.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Silence... A long silence filled the air as two pairs of eyes looked at each other. While Yang Ze was turning pale with fright and despair, Lin Wan even forgot to breathe.
As a member of the Lin family, which was one of the four ruling families of Yuyang city, she had met a fair share of beautiful people. She had seen the so-called saintess and even the most handsome men of the Red Pavilion Brothel.
But even if all of them were combined together, their beauty was not even enough to rival what she was seeing in front of her. No... Forget about rivalling... those people weren't even qualified to carry his shoes.
She had never ever seen such a beautiful face. It was as if the heavens themselves crafted it with all their might. How could it be a mortal? It was clearly an exiled immortal.
She forgot why she was here in the first place. Not only that, she even forgot that she was planning to torment him for months.
Her palm still hadn't left his face as she gently caressed it in a daze. And the moment her fingers touched the lotus tattoo on Yang Ze's head, a shiver ran through her body as new information suddenly appeared in her mind, explaining in detail the functions of the body.
There were even quotation marks and notes as if she wouldn't understand it fully.
"This... this..." She couldn't help but lick her lips, wondering if it was all an illusion. How could there be such a heaven-defying physique in this world? And even if there was, how could it fall upon her?
She couldn't help but widen her eyes in disbelief. Was it heaven's way of compensating her? She had always dreamt about getting her revenge, but she knew her limits. She knew that with just her talent alone, it was impossible to get her revenge. Which was why she wholeheartedly served and cared for Lin Yue, hoping that one day she might take action on her behalf.
But now...
Now, she had an opportunity to do it by herself. Not only that, but she could reach heights that she hadn't even dared to imagine before.
She had read countless novels where the heroine would have a fortuitous encounter and always dreamt that something like that could happen with her.
And now... Now her prayers were finally answered.
Even though there was still some hesitation in her heart about the overexaggerated effects of the physique, even if there were no benefits, she would still keep him to herself. Licking her lips, she looked around, after making sure that no one else was there, she picked up Yang Ze, who was almost half her size, and hurriedly carried him back to his home before closing the door and the window and then threw him to the bed.
Yang Ze, who was still unable to move his body, could only complain in his heart. What he feared the most finally happened.
He almost shed tears of despair upon realising that his first time was going to be with such a boorish woman. The face of Lin Yue flashed past his eyes.
"If only it were her..." Since he was going to be violated, he would rather have that breathtaking woman than this boorish, sadistic woman. She doesn't even look that good... Her face... her face... her face...
"HOLY SHIT." Yang Ze almost jumped out of his bed when he saw Lin Wan taking off her veil, revealing a face that could topple countries.
Before he even had time to register it all, he only felt her figure instantly appearing on top of him as she waved her hand and with it, his clothes shattered into countless pieces, revealing a fair, delicate body that looked like a work of art.