chapter 3:

He fumbled with the knot of the pouch, when he finally opened it, a white , cold and shimmering jade pendant dropped on his hand. He looked at it and then his face broke into a smile, he caressed the pendant, so clean and beautiful...just like the emperor. Now he possessed something rarely anyone got from the imperial emperor.

Without hesitation he wore it and fastened it around his neck, but suddenly his face dropped, he thought that till now whatever he loved till now, never got reflected back to him. So he decided to not show it to anyone and thus decided to hide it but right now he couldn't and had no choice but to lay on his stomach bare because his wounds were still fresh. He winced at every movement but finally exhaustion took over him and he drifted to sleep.

His eyes always opened before sunrise, an old habit we can say, since he walked in the liang household as a toddler as he grew he loved helping the servants thus he always woke early to give a hand to the servants...

Wenzhao took him in at around two years , now he was eleven years old..and his love for them is unconditional.

Next dawn, his whole body protested to not move, every movement hurt like hell, he could barely move...but time was passing he pushed every ounce of strength and got up and now putting a spare shirt was such a nightmare for him.

He tried he cried out as the fabric touched his damaged back, still he bit his lips to hold back any loud whines, and walked to the kitchen where he greeted the servants with politeness .

The servants loved him too, one of them asked if his back was ok or not, yuan ensures that it's completely fine, then he moves towards the courtyard adjacent to the kitchen and sat down to help one of the servants to clean the dishes.

As the sun rose higher the work increased the food was being created for breakfast...he helped the servants carry out the dishes...

As he went to the low table to keep the dishes his eyes caught the sight of his siblings, playing on the corner of the room with expensive wooden toys, bickering and laughing. Yuan smiled to himself and ran there without thinking much to join them.

As he was coming zemin threw a piece of a toy on his forehead and he sat down, his forehead that spot was swollen...the piece was big and made of wood, suyin told "brother, yuan is also a toy ! Haha ! Let's go play with him"

They got up going closer to pull his hair and every time they moved around his cloth and their hands touched his back, zemin pressed on a big wound and he let out a loud cry .

"A-ah ! Don't press on it brother...it...it really hurts" just then melin entered...

Sbe rolled her eyes pulling her own kids away "my dear angels...let's go eat , breakfast is ready ..." They went ...

Yuan sat there seeing his family so happy...without him, he smiled at their happiness a sudden thought crossed his mind.

*They...they love me too right ? Yeah ofc they do...they are my family after all* but that little yuan never knew the truth about his upbringing...

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