Lee Family Residence 12 years before
Inside a remote courtyard, a woman was packing her belongings with a heavy expression.
By her side, there was only a little kid at the age of four years old. There were not many things she had, so her time to pack up didn't take a long time.
"Jen, let's go," taking hold of the girl's little arm, Shin Yeon walked out from the courtyard.
In front of her were several people from the Lee family residence. She could recognize Byung-Hun and Maura, who came to see her off.
"You're such a disgrace to the Lee family, don't bother to r," Byung-Hun said coldly.
Shin Yeon stared at the man back.
He may be her husband, but he never even treated her as a woman or looked at her straight in the eyes.
This was not that uncommon as many men in this era only searched for a woman to climb the rank or to satisfy their desire.
Seeing him with Maura by his side, she didn't feel any jealousy.
Because she never loved him, she didn't care if he were to stay with whoever he wanted.
Instead of rage, her eyes were filled with pity for the man who never experienced love, and his life was filled with the pursuit of higher ranks and connection.
Unbeknownst to her, Byung-Hun could see her eyes of pity very clearly and felt deeply insulted.
As the head of the Lee family, he has countless connections and people willing to serve under him.
The only thing he didn't need was pity. However, this disgrace of a woman actually dared to pity him.
Shin Yeon didn't bother greeting back as she picked up her daughter and walked to the carriage.
Despite feeling insulted by his accusing her of cheating, she actually felt relief because she could bring her daughter away from this place of agony.
At the very least, she could go with her daughter stayed with her. This little girl was all she had, and she loved her very much.
Sitting calmly on the carriage, she held Jennie on her arm gently.
"JenJen from today, we need to learn things differently,"
In the past, Jennie was still learning about poets and manners in the Lee Family.
However, there was no need for her to learn such things because they didn't live among the nobles anymore.
Little Jennie didn't understand, so she could only nod her small head and snuggled into her mother's embrace.
She felt comfort inside her mother's arm which held her as gently as she could.
When they arrived at the mountain, Shin Yeon stared at the rundown small hut in front of her.
She already expected that she would not be able to live luxuriously, but was it not too much?
Complaining inside her mind, she cleaned up the house with little Jennie's help on the side.
As the daughter of Kim's family, she never experienced this many hardships.
After all, she was the pampered princess of the household before being sent to marry Byung-Hun.
In no time, Shin Yeon could feel that her hand was incredibly hurt. She thought to herself that she couldn't do the cleaning of the household anymore.
Seeing her mother sitting, little Jennie came over and peered at her mother's face, obviously worried.
"Mother is fine, JenJen, Mother is just tired," Shin Yeon smiled slightly and explained patiently.
Her daughter was very perceptive, so she worried that this little girl would be able to notice her real condition.
Little Jennie nodded her head before walking to the side and pulled the bucket full of water again.
Although it was heavy, she still did her best to help her mother.
Touched by her daughter's determination, she moved her feet and finished cleaning. Even if it was hard, it was nothing compared with their life in the times to come.
After cleaning, it was time for Shin Yeon to cook. Because of the limitation in the ingredients, she could only make simple dishes.
Still, it was more than enough for her and little Jennie to eat since the condition here was far better compared to the Lee family.
As the day passes, little Jennie gets used to living in the village, and unknowingly a year has passed since she first came here.
Although Shin Yeon was still feeling quite indignant living here, she had mostly accepted the fact, so she didn't think much about it anymore.
However, her life was not always filled with peace.
"Shin Yeon, your work is not good enough. Do you want the pay or not?" one of the village women berated her with dissatisfaction.
"I'm sorry, I will redo it," Shin Yeon took the clothes back as she sighed.
Because of her previous luxurious life, she found it hard to live as a girl in the village.
Many times, she got scolded because her work didn't meet the standards.
"Mother, are you alright?" seeing her mother's gloomy face, little Jennie quickly came over to her mother.
"Mother is fine," Shin Yeon reassured her daughter.
As they walked across the street, Shin Yeon could hear the mocking from the village women very clearly.
Her identity was not a secret to them and many of them mocked her because of her incompetence thus making her come here.
She tried her best to ignore them.
However, the children there instead took it seriously as they often threw stones at her.
"Mother!" little Jennie yelled as she stood in front of her mother.
Her small stature seemed like a joke when standing in front of the bigger Shin Yeon, "Don't bully my mother!"
"You're just a useless kid!"
"Yeah, you're the disgrace of your family!"
The kids didn't stop as they instead mocked the two of them. They only stopped because the village head came and berated them.
"Shin Yeon, I'm sorry for the children's behavior..."
Shin Yeon could only smile wryly as she brushed it off.
However, little Jennie's eyes were burning with determination, she would not let her mother be bullied.
Reaching her home, Shin Yeon treated both of their wound. The wounds were not that deep because they were only lightly hit by the stones.
Still, her heart ached when she remembered the scene from before when Jennej tried to protect her.
"Don't do that again, you might get heavy wound," Shin Yeon warned her.
Little Jennie pouted as she clung to her mother's side.
Shin Yeon sighed and took out her flute before giving it to Jennie.
Little Jennie smiled widely as she started playing the instrument, making some incoherent sounds.
Despite the sound still terrible, Shin Yeon smiled when she watched her daughter trying her best to make beautiful melodies.
PLEASE DON'T VOTE
YOU ARE READING
Blood Flower 2 | Jenlisa Adaptation
FanfictionThroughout the Ming Kingdom, Jennie Kim was famous for being a useless girl without any talent worthy of praise. Everyone mocked her, belittling her for latching onto her brilliant brother Jayn Kim, the young and peerless general admired as the mos...