Who would put a green hat on themselves? - Chapter 22

Yun Yue blinked, her consciousness still foggy. For a moment, she felt disoriented, unsure of what day it was. As her memory slowly returned, a jolt of anxiety surged through her, instantly dispelling her sleepiness.

She sat up, instinctively trying to gather her clothes, but upon seeing the person before her, she knew she was trapped.

“Brother…” she murmured.

Yun Qing sat at the edge of the bed, his gaze fixed intently on her.

This wasn’t the first time she had tried to escape.

The first time wasn’t quite an escape either. It was simply that she was too embarrassed to return home, so she slipped away from her maid while going out and wandered aimlessly. However, she hadn’t even left the street of the Duke’s residence before Yun Qing caught her and took her back on horseback.

She couldn’t forget the night she was caught and taken back to the Duke’s mansion. Her legs had been spread wide, bound to the chair where her brother had taught her to write, completely naked and intensely embarrassed, her legs tied to the chair’s legs so she couldn’t close them.

He had somehow obtained a variety of “instruments of punishment.”

First, he used a jade shaving tool to remove the sparse hairs from her private parts, making it as smooth as a young girl’s.

It wasn’t painful, but it was humiliating. Despite her sobbing and gasping for breath, he didn’t stop, frightening her deeply.

Yun Qing was known to be difficult and irritable, but over the years, he had been lenient with her, almost making her forget how terrifying he could be when he was strict.

Raised in a brothel, Yun Yue had learned only the skills needed to serve others. She couldn’t recognize many characters.

A brothel was just a brothel and didn’t bother to educate its girls much. Many of the courtesans were from noble families, educated and sophisticated, so there was no need to go the extra mile.

Children born in brothels like Yun Yue were never trained; they were just groomed and presented to guests once they were of age.

Yun Yue was a smart child. Before she was Yun Yue, she was Yue Nu, a name denoting her fate of eternal servitude.

She resisted this fate. Even though she couldn’t understand a single character, she would secretly read the courtesans’ calligraphy books, enduring countless beatings.

After coming to the Duke’s residence, she wanted to learn. Initially, the Duchess wouldn’t allow it, saying her low status would only bring shame to the Duke’s family if she attended the family academy.

Unwilling to resign herself to fate, Yun Yue sought help from Yun Qing, the most influential person in the household.

To her surprise, Yun Qing not only agreed to her request but also personally took the time to teach her.

Yun Qing had spent five years transforming her from a courtesan’s daughter into a refined noble lady. So why shouldn’t he enjoy the fruits of his labor?

In fact, Yun Yue was his creation, molded precisely to his liking.

When she had previously avoided studying, Yun Qing would use a ruler to strike her hands. When she tried to escape, he would strike her tender private parts with the ruler. The pain was like that of childhood punishment, requiring her to count each blow. After ten strikes, her private area was red and swollen, but strangely, apart from the first blow, the subsequent ones felt only pleasurable.

Her private area was responding as if awaiting his invasion.

Afterward, Yun Qing treated her wounds personally, as he had done before with her hands, but this time applying medicine to the most private part of a girl.

He applied the ointment with his fingers, rubbing it on her already moist private parts, and even inserted his fingers into her vagi-na. “So lewd, getting wet even after being punished. You really are the daughter of the famous courtesan Qiao Yao Yao,” he remarked.

Yun Yue wanted to retort but found her body was too sensitive. Even though she was being punished, she was unbearably wet, and though she cried in distress, her voice was alluring, as if pleading for him to continue.

“Feeling sad?” Yun Qing seemed to notice her inner turmoil.

“So what if I am? You only serve me.” Ultimately, he couldn’t bear to let her go. No matter how angry he was, what could he do to her?

Not only was Yun Qing unable to do anything about Yun Yue, but she also struggled with her feelings for him.

Even though she was violated and coerced, she couldn’t truly hate him, nor could she ignore the days they had shared together.

She truly respected him as a brother, and even harbored inappropriate hopes. However, unlike Yun Qing, she lacked the courage to pursue her desires and could only sever her feelings as they arose.

She was like a drifting reed, with no roots. A single strong wind could destroy her and overturn her life. He had lifted her up and carefully nurtured her in a beautiful pot. Unknowingly, Yun Qing had become her everything.

But Yun Qing could never truly belong to her. So when she reached the age to find a match, she actively sought her next support.

She had never considered that once she was under Yun Qing’s protection, she would be his possession for life, with no way out. Attempting to leave would only lead to her being brought back and punished severely.

He had already warned her before.

If she tried to escape again, he would ensure she couldn’t leave the bed.

Their eyes met, a storm brewing silently between them. Yun Qing remained silent, his cold demeanor oppressive.

Since the moment she called him “Brother,” he had not spoken, only watched her with that cold, unyielding gaze.

Yun Yue was afraid of his methods, her memory returning to that night of severe punishment, where he had violated her while making her cry, not soothing her but driving her to cry even louder. By the end, she couldn’t tell if she was crying from pain or pleasure.

He had forced her to say shameful things, threatening her to the point of terror.

He demanded that if she tried to escape again, she would have to undress herself in front of him and play with herself, moa–ning all night.

At the time, she had agreed casually, thinking she would find a way to avoid such a fate, but she had overestimated herself and underestimated his capabilities.

Even before she reached her destination, she was already imprisoned by him.

She didn’t even know where she was.

She realized too late that if Yun Qing wanted her to disappear, no one would know where she had gone. If he intended for her to vanish from the capital, Yun Yue would cease to exist.

Although she had originally planned to leave, she never intended to become Yun Qing’s concubine.