Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 472 - 411: Twins from the Same Womb

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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Sang Luo successfully bought back the Eye of the Spirit Fox from the Night Pavilion Master. She then spent a great sum to hire a renowned physician to treat Yun Qi’s eyes. After the treatment, there was still a recovery period of over two to three months.

This follow-up recovery period was extremely important. Any mishap would mean all her previous efforts would be for naught. Yun Qi practically confined himself to his room; even Sang Luo rarely saw him anymore.

Her focus returned to her search for Artifact Refining Materials.

Another two months went by. Sang Luo had found all the remaining Refining Materials. All she needed to do was find her original body, and her mission would be a success. Then she could triumphantly return home!

’Counting the days, I’ve been here for almost four months,’ she thought. ’I wonder what things are like in the Beast World of the future...’

The harsh winter in Qingqiu had passed, giving way to the colors of spring.

After taking care of some miscellaneous matters, Sang Luo arrived at Plum Blossom Garden. There, standing under a magnolia tree that was once again lush and swaying, was a young man.

The young man had a slender figure, with ink-black hair and snow-white robes. He stood quietly and intently by a pond near the woods, gazing at the fish swimming and playing merrily in the water.

The pond water was clear, reflecting his gentle and refined face like a cool moon in the water. His dark, limpid eyes stared without blinking, so lost in thought that he didn’t even hear the footsteps behind him.

For a moment, Sang Luo also found herself staring, lost in the sight.

’This scene is just too beautiful.’

’I can’t even bear to break the silence.’

Another figure slowly appeared on the water’s surface. The timid fish flicked their tails and swam away. Yun Qi turned to look behind him. "Your Highness."

"Are your eyes better?"

Yun Qi took her hand and guided it to his unblemished right cheek, then to his delicate, exquisitely sharp brow and eye.

He chuckled softly. "Thank you for all your trouble, Your Highness. The treatment went very smoothly."

He looked down, gazing intently into Sang Luo’s eyes as if peering into the depths of her soul. For a moment, their eyes met. Sang Luo’s heart skipped a beat, and she somewhat unnaturally pulled her hand back. "That’s good!"

Yun Qi saw her flustered, slightly flushed face and chuckled again before turning to look at the surrounding scenery.

Plum Blossom Garden was originally built by Princess Ji Wan for her Main Husband. Every brick, tile, plant, and tree was meticulously chosen, creating a breathtaking landscape. The white magnolia tree in the center of the garden was especially magnificent. It was said to be an ancient tree that the Princess had specially ordered to be transplanted from elsewhere. Now, it was lush and flourishing. Its snow-white blossoms drifted on the wind, scattering across the garden in a scene of ethereal beauty.

Yun Qi reached out and caught a white petal. "Thank you for bestowing this garden upon me, Your Highness. I never knew there was so much beauty here. I’m so fortunate to have these eyes, so I can finally see it all..."

He paused, then turned back to her. "You’ve also changed a lot since you were a child, Your Highness."

"Oh? When I was a child?"

Sang Luo’s face showed her surprise. ’Yun Qi and Ji Wan had met before?’

Yun Qi nodded. "Years ago, my father and I were invited to a family banquet in the Red Fox Clan. I had the chance to meet you once then, Your Highness. I even gave you a small, handmade felt rabbit. Have you truly forgotten?"

"Huh?" Sang Luo’s mind went blank.

She quickly searched the Princess’s memories...

’There are too many! How can I possibly go through them all?’

Seeing her stunned and speechless expression, Yun Qi seemed disappointed, and a little hurt. "You said back then that you liked it very much and would treasure it. It seems you’ve long forgotten, Your Highness."

Sang Luo said awkwardly, "That... that felt rabbit. I think I have some impression of it. So you were the one who gave it to me. I thought it was your older brother who attended. But it was so long ago, I don’t know where I might have tossed it. I hope you don’t mind."

"I don’t mind. If you’d like, Your Highness, I can make you another one. How about a little fox?" he asked with a soft laugh.

"Sure. After all these years, your craftsmanship must have improved."

"Mm. The kitchen has prepared lunch. Please come and eat, Your Highness."

So, Sang Luo joined him for a meal.

To outsiders, the two of them appeared as harmonious as a perfectly tuned zither and harp, a picture of deep affection.

For the past few months, the Princess had rarely visited the rear courtyard. On the rare occasion she did, it was always to Plum Blossom Garden. She never went to any of the other servants’ chambers, a fact that made the others burn with envy.

Everyone knew that the Princess doted exclusively on this disfigured servant.

But only Yun Qi knew in his heart that the Princess had never once touched him.

As night fell, he looked at the young man in the mirror.

He reached out and stroked the disfigured half of his face.

’Is it because of this face...?’

The wound on his face was from bee-fire poison. Since he had missed the optimal window for treatment, there was almost no possibility of it ever healing.

Countless doctors had been consulted, but all were helpless.

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Whenever Sang Luo came to Plum Blossom Village these days, she would find Yun Qi reading.

He said he had caught a cold and wore a veil that covered the lower half of his face.

This only served to highlight his delicate and aloof features. With his robes flowing like clouds and a book in his hands, he looked just like a refined and dignified noble son.

Sang Luo sat across the desk from him, resting her chin on her hands and admiring his beauty. As she and Yun Qi made idle chitchat, she eventually brought up the Young Master of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.

Sang Luo was very curious about Yan’s past.

’She had always assumed Princess Ji Wan and Yan were childhood sweethearts who fell in love over time, a perfect, enviable couple blessed by the heavens. But now it seemed that wasn’t the case at all. The Princess had actively pursued Yan, only to be rejected time and again. And Yan had someone else he loved?’

"Do you know what kind of noble female your brother likes?"

Yun Qi’s hands paused for a fraction of a second. His voice was light and cool. "Your Highness seems very concerned about my brother."

"It’s not like you don’t know I wanted to marry your brother back then. It’s a shame it didn’t work out. I heard he already had a sweetheart. Even if I lost, I deserve to know why!" Sang Luo said, as if it were a matter of great importance.

"My brother and I are not on good terms. I don’t know what kind of female he likes," Yun Qi said, turning his head to look at her.

Sang Luo let out a disappointed "Oh."

Yun Qi looked back down at the book in his hands. He flipped a couple of pages, but his mind seemed to be elsewhere. "...Why did Your Highness fall for my brother?"

Sang Luo put herself in the Princess’s shoes. "Er... he’s handsome? You’ve probably heard the rumors about me. I just like beautiful males. I fell for the Young Master of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan at first sight and pursued him bitterly for years!"

"So, Your Highness liked my brother’s face?"

Sang Luo nodded. ’That’s not wrong, I guess.’

Yun Qi closed his book. "My brother’s looks are unparalleled in this world; no one can surpass him... But did you know, Your Highness, that my brother and I are identical twins?"

"You two were born from the same litter?" Sang Luo was both surprised and not surprised.

The unscarred half of Yun Qi’s face did indeed look a lot like Yan’s—it wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to say they were exactly the same. It was rare for even full-blooded brothers to resemble each other so closely. She’d had her suspicions before, but... "If you were from the same litter, then why did he become the Young Master of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, while you were branded an illegitimate son?"

"Outsiders don’t know this, but my mother gave birth to two kits in one litter: a white fox and a black fox. Among the Nine-tailed Fox, a Black Fox is known as an Evil Beast. So I was abandoned in the countryside to fend for myself, while my father took my brother with him. The new wife he later married was barren for many years, so she adopted my brother and claimed to the world that he was her biological son," Yun Qi answered.