Chapter 2196: Extra Story 3: Yun Miao 4_2

“Even if I become Empress, I’m still just a puppet in your hands.” The girl sneered, coldly gazing at the woman standing high above on the stairs.

“Stop making excuses for your ambition and selfish desires, it only disgusts me more. Deep down, you must despise me even more. My brother and I were born of the same womb as you, because you harbored a child with the man you loathe most, ever since our birth you’ve wanted to strangle us. But how could it be enough? These two children bear the mark of your sins, carrying that man’s bloodline, such heinous acts, how could they be spared easily? So you set up a chessboard yourself, with my brother and me as the most important pieces, my brother in the light, me in the dark. He seizes the world for you, while I’m your grand excuse. When you finally succeed in plotting to take this world, it will be the day my brother and I perish.”

With an utterly calm tone, the girl spoke these words, the glint of swords and shadows, the tears and blood within them no longer mattered. Since her brother and she were born, their fate had already been decided.

“Perhaps we shouldn’t have come into this world from the start.”

The girl lowered her head, her jade-white delicate hand gently caressing the pallid and stiff face she held, her gaze soft and tender.

“You think you’re alone, but you’re wrong, you have me.”

From the womb, our fates were tightly intertwined. You aren’t alone; you have me.

High up, he was already in tears.

Desperately wishing to reach out and touch her face, call her sister, embrace her…

Yet even such a simple wish, he could no longer fulfill.

I’m sorry…

Suddenly, the gloomy sky converged with dark clouds above her, forming a massive vortex, fierce winds blew, thunder roared, and lightning flashed, making it hard to keep one’s eyes open.

“Feng’er, come back to me.” Rong Qiuyi was about to step down, when a bolt of lightning struck right beneath her feet, creating a large pit on the ground, which smoked black.

Rong Qiuyi quickly stepped back, her face darkening.

With a wave of her hand, she commanded the Imperial Army: “Take her for me.”

The Imperial Army, wielding long spears, surrounded her.

The girl laughed maniacally, looking up to the sky, her hair flying messily, a face of unparalleled beauty filled with a gravity and resoluteness beyond her years, teardrops falling, beautifully tragic.

Seeing that face clearly, his heart suddenly jolted, unable to speak for a long while.

Before he could think further, he was suddenly pulled away by a force. The last image that froze was the girl’s face, stunningly beautiful and tragically sad.

“Young master, hurry and go.”

A swift figure descended from mid-air, fending off thousands by himself.

That was…

Whatever happened subsequently, he no longer knew.

“Sister…” Yun Miao shouted, suddenly sitting up, the drastic movement frightening Yun Ya sitting by the bed. He quickly touched Yun Miao’s forehead.

A tender voice couldn’t hide its concern: “Did you have a nightmare?”

Yun Miao’s vacant gaze fixed on the face so close to him, beneath those eyes seeming to swirl with unpredictability.

Yun Ya smiled, touching her own face: “Why are you staring at me like that? Don’t recognize me?”

Yun Miao’s gaze gradually focused, appearing to hold countless unspeakable words.

Suddenly, he reached out, pulling Yun Ya into his embrace, holding tightly, so much so that Yun Ya struggled to breathe. After resisting twice to no avail, she reluctantly rested her head on his shoulder, “What’s wrong with you?”

He was no longer the Miaomiao he once was, she always avoided deliberate closeness between them to prevent unnecessary trouble. Unexpectedly, he suddenly behaved this way, but it’s just her overthinking, isn’t he just Miaomiao?

Ah Yun saw this scene and quietly exited the room. Turning around, she saw the tall figure standing behind her, and was about to exclaim “Young sir” in surprise when the man’s cold gaze swept over, causing her to cover her mouth instantly.

Oh no, when the lady and young master are like that inside, wouldn’t he misunderstand…

Yan Song looked at the two embracing, his gaze deep and unpredictable, hands clenched and unclenched at his sides.

He turned around.

“Don’t tell her I was here.”

“I’m your brother… I’m really your brother.” He murmured, the voice seemingly filled with both surprise and joy, as if transcending millennia, condensed into a helpless sigh at this moment.

Suddenly, it brought tears to one’s eyes.

Unknowingly why, Yun Ya suddenly shed tears, not sure if it was for the call of brother or something else, the heart felt unspeakably pained.

Yun Miao watched the tears on her face, a fleeting image flashing of the girl with the crystalline tears falling, the two faces gradually overlapping…

“I made you cry, it’s all brother’s fault.” Yun Miao raised his hand to wipe away the tears on her cheek, pinching her cheek: “I am Miaomiao, the real Miaomiao.”

Yun Ya looked at him in surprise, tears still hanging by her eyes, about to fall, endearing in her vulnerability.

Yun Miao sighed, gazing into Yun Ya’s eyes: “Do you believe in past lives and present lives?”

Yun Ya stared at him blankly, seeing in those eyes a complete tenderness and guilt, as well as the irony of being fate’s puppet, and a bit of relieved joy.

At that moment, she seemed to understand something.

Yun Miao smiled, the twin’s tacit understanding became evident, embracing her again as if holding a precious treasure regained.

“Thank you, Heaven, for letting me come to your side.”

Once he thought he’d taken over Yun Miao’s body, thus he shared the responsibility of that body, so he vowed to treat Yun Ya well. Now he realized, how foolish he had been…

Whether in past lives or present, it was she who gave everything for him, taking on responsibilities that were never hers, but from now onwards it would be different, Feng’er… no, Yaya, from now on, let brother protect you.