It has been a few days since she, Min JinXie, came into this world. She still can't believe that her soul was transmigrated into this world. And all she did was to eat and sleep all day and nothing else. A servant would come here three times a day to bring food for her to eat but they would never come in to check on her
And she found out that she was having a fever when she woke up a few days ago and the fever subsided only today.
And right now, she was lying on the bed, contemplating as to whether she should continue to live her life in this ancient world or not.
Then she heard someone knocking on the door followed by a respectful voice of a woman outside:"Young Miss Min, this servant is coming in to dress you up for mourning period."
Jinxie was confused by what she said and thought: 'Hmm? Mourning? Who died?'
Then the door opened and a group of young girl- servants with a middle-aged woman, which is also a servant, came in a tow and respectfully bowed to her. The middle-aged servant came to her and carried her to the bath room beside her bedroom.
After taking a bath, the young girl-servants came to her and dressed her up in simple, white mourning clothes. Then, they took her to the mirror to comb her hair.
All of it happened too fast that JinXie was dazed in by the process of dressing herself up.
She woke up from her dazed state and looked at her self in the bronze mirror. Although it was not that clear, it was vivid enough for her to make out her own face's features.
She had bangs covering her whole forehead. A cute and pointy nose, thin and pale lips, and eye lashes that were seemingly like butterfly wings, fluttering everytime she open and closes her eyes. Her eyes were like precious crystal, clear and bright. And she had the color Mint green for her eye color. Her hair reaching halfway to her waist with her hair color from jet black and fading into light turquoise when nearing the ends of her hair.
JinXie touched the mirror in shock with her mouth agape and thought to herself:'My facial features looks so much like Muichiro's[1]..!! Love it!'
'I finally found my will to live!! With this face I would be extremely handsome and I can get a lot of girls with this face!' JinXie thought with boiling excitement.
To be honest, her current face was still has the same facial features as her original face in the other world. Only the eye color and the hair color changed. In her original appearance, her hair color was simply black and that goes the same with her eyes, which were originally black in color. Or so she thought.
"Young Miss Min, this servant has already finished her job with your hair, please allow this servant to take you to the Lan Manor's main hall." JinXie was pulled out of her thoughts by the respectful voice of a middle aged woman. Then, she was lifted up by a young maidservant off of the chair and was put to stand behind the middle-aged maidservant.
JinXie got confused by what the middle aged maidservant said and thought: 'Huhh? Lan Manor's main hall?.. I thought I was 'Young Miss Min'? Why the hell would I be in Lan Manor? Something fishy is going on here... Was I kidnapped?' Min JinXie continued with her train of thoughts while, at the same time, walked with the maidservants to their destination.
Lan family Main Hall
Before entering the hall, the middle aged maidservant along with JinXie said in a resounding but respectful tone of voice: "Master, Madam. This servant has come to bring the young miss of Min family" and then entered the hall.
JinXie and the other maidservants followed behind closely. Then, they stopped in the middle of the hall. The maidservants accompanying JinXie all bowed down to the two persons in the host's seat, leaving only JinXie standing.
"These maidservants greet the Master and Madam." The maidservants said in unison.
"Hmm, retreat..." The man in the host seat hummed in acknowledgement and then ordered. Hearing the order the maidservants quickly dispersed from the hall, leaving only three people in the hall.
"Xie er, come over here." The man in the host's seat softly called out to Min JinXie who was dazedly standing in the middle of the hall.
While Min JinXie gave him a 'Who-the-hell-are-you!?' look. JinXie only gave him that look because the truth is that, although she can understand their words, more specifically Chinese language, she does not know how to speak Chinese. That problem was a pain in the ass regarding the whole situation.
The man on the host's seat did not mind the look JinXie gave him and patiently coaxed her to come closer to him, wearing an ever gentle smile in the process. Until she finally could not take the gentle voice anymore, she slowly walked closer to him. After getting close enough, the man lifted JinXie up and made her sit on his lap sideways.
"Xie er, let me introduce myself to you. I am your eldest maternal uncle, your mother's big brother. My name is Lan Gu Yuan, you can call me Uncle Yuan. Understand?" Lan Gu Yuan introduced himself slowly and softly to Min JinXie who was intensely staring at his face. His voice was filled with traces of extreme doting and love for his nephew.
"No matter what happens, remember that Uncle is here to back you up. Even though they all got massacred, leaving only you alone in the whole clan, you should not let yourself get drowned in sadness. It's okay to be sad and feel despair because of the loss, but don't forget that you still have a life to live and that you are not alone. You still have to live even without them, okay? We will help you prepare for their burial." Lan Gu Yuan said in a sad and somewhat lecturing tone of voice with tears glistening at the edges of his eyes, trying hard not to cry.
The atmosphere in the hall now became sad due to what he said. Hearing his tone and words, JinXie became affected and she herself also became sad but she couldn't help herself to think about what he said: 'He sounds really sad that I want to comfort him but I don't speak Chinese. And who are those 'they' that he is talking about? Are those the members of a clan that got massacred? Because he mentioned in his words 'leaving only you alone in the whole clan'... But which clan got massacred?'