The nurse told Mu Ru that Dongfang Mo had glass shards in his eyes and his cornea had been destroyed. She was told that he couldn't actually see her clearly, so she didn't have to worry about Dongfang Mo seeing her at all.
For half a year, she had visited Dongfang Mo almost every day. However, she really had no idea what Dongfang Mo looked like. Furthermore, Dongfang Mo hadn't said a word to her. It was said that his throat had been damaged by the smoke and he was unable to speak prior to the surgery.
Mu Ru complied and and delivered soup to him every day. She would sit by his bed for an hour and would tell him that she was Mu Xue. She would then sit in a corner and read the magazines or storybooks she brought.
The last time she went to see Dongfang Mo was the day before he was brought overseas. At that time, she had waited outside the ward with the soup. Because she arrived a little early, the Dongfang family was not there yet, and no one was there to receive her.
She realized that there was no one in Dongfang Mo's ward. She saw a nurse walking out of the ward, so she softly asked the nurse about him. The nurse pointed to the dressing room not far away.
She then answered, "He's inside. Go look for him."
She was curious about what was happening, so she placed the soup at the door of the ward and carefully walked towards the dressing room. When she reached the door, she could not help but look inside through the transparent glass.
She saw the doctor undoing the bandages, layer by layer, on Dongfang Mo's head. Finally, the bandages completely fell off. That was when she saw what Dongfang Mo looked like.
No, to be precise, it was not a face. It was a mess of craters and crumpled things. There were finger-like things popping out of his face. He looked much scarier than ghosts and devils in horror movies.
She was so scared that she almost fainted. She ran outside. She even forgot to bring the soup that she had placed at the door of Dongfang Mo's ward.
Since then, she had never seen Dongfang Mo again. However, a photo of him being burned beyond recognition was leaked from the hospital. It was said that a nurse had taken a photo of Dongfang Mo, and the specialist in charge of him had accidentally sent it to others when he got drunk one night. He also told people of how Dongfang Mo's penis had been burned.
"Okay. I'll marry him on behalf of Mu Xue," she had said.
Mu Ru did not say anything else, but she said it very clearly and fluently.
She looked up at her mother, Du Xinyue, who was sitting on the sofa with tears in her eyes. She was feeling a little guilty. Mu Ru really wanted to ask, "Why didn't you just throw me into the river and drown me?"
Du Xinyue lowered her head and did not dare to look at her eldest daughter's eyes. Although she knew that Mu Ru had suffered a lot since she was young, her husband always had the final say in the family. She had always listened to Xi Yuancheng's orders.
In the Xi family, Mu Ru played many roles. She was the daughter that Xi Yuancheng disliked the most. Seeing her was like seeing a ghost. She was also Mu Xue's playmate and scapegoat. Whenever Mu Xue did something wrong, whether at home or in school, Mu Ru would always take the blame for it. At the same time, she was also Mother Wang's helper and had to do all the dirty work.
Ever since she was young, she knew that she was not living a good life. Although she looked like Mu Xue, Mu Xue had a room that was fit for a princess, while she could only sleep in the servant's room with Mother Wang. Before she turned seven years old, she even lived in secret. Mother Wang was afraid that Xi Yuancheng would discover her and throw her away.
Du Xinyue was her mother, but she was also a submissive woman. Before Mu Ru turned seven, Du Xinyue had to secretly give food for Mu Ru to Mother Wang because she was afraid that Xi Yuancheng would find out.