Chapter 881: Chapter 651: Because We Understand, We Know How to Hurt (Part 2)

At this moment, the sound of a lock being opened came from outside the door.

Shang Ruyi immediately raised her head, and with a creak, the door that had been tightly shut for most of the day was finally pushed open. A faint line of light slowly stretched across the floor, followed by a familiar shadow cast upon it.

"Princess...?"

The cautious voice belonged to Wo Xue.

She slowly walked in, raising her head to see Shang Ruyi sitting by the bed, with tear stains not yet dried on her pale face. Instantly, her eyes filled with deep empathy, and she hurriedly placed what she was holding onto the table, then walked to the bedside: "Princess, are you feeling any better?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi didn’t speak, only letting her hand fall, and the soft sleeve followed, immediately covering the bruise on her wrist.

It was just a moment, but Wo Xue still saw it.

When she spoke again, her voice was somewhat hoarse: "Princess..."

Shang Ruyi looked at her: "Why have you come?"

"I came to bring you dinner, Princess. You haven’t eaten all day."

"Oh."

Shang Ruyi’s eyes moved with a hint of apathy, as if only at that moment did she finally come back to life.

Indeed, she had stayed in this room for most of the day and hadn’t eaten anything, but because she was numb with pain all over, she couldn’t even feel hunger.

She looked up again, meeting Wo Xue’s concerned gaze, hearing her soft voice urging: "Princess, I know you’re feeling very sad and can’t eat, but please try to eat something, alright?"

"..."

"I specially had them prepare vegetarian dishes."

"..."

"Princess, even if you’re angry or sad, you need strength to——Princess?"

As Wo Xue racked her brains, thinking about what to say next to comfort Shang Ruyi into eating a little, the next moment, she saw Shang Ruyi slowly stand up from the bed.

But perhaps because she had been sitting for too long, her legs went numb, and her body swayed a bit.

Wo Xue gasped in alarm and quickly reached out to support her. Shang Ruyi also held onto her wrist to steady herself, then lifted her head and slowly walked to the small table in the center of the room and sat down again.

Then she said, "Serve the meal."

"Ah?"

Wo Xue was stunned.

Before coming in to serve the meal, she had prepared a lot — although she wasn’t like Tushere, who had been with Shang Ruyi since childhood and didn’t know how much Shen Wuzheng cherished her, from their time together over the past days, she had some understanding of how important Shen Wuzheng and the members of the Shen Family were to this devoted Princess of King Qin, and therefore she understood what a blow Shen Wuzheng’s death was to her.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have had such a confrontation with Yu Wenye. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

So, before opening the door and walking in, she had thought of countless comforting words for Shang Ruyi, even if Shang Ruyi wouldn’t properly eat, taking a sip of soup, or even a sip of water, would be good.

But she never expected——

Seeing her somewhat in a daze, Shang Ruyi calmly asked, "Weren’t you going to let me eat? Why haven’t you served it yet?"

"Ah? Ah, yes!"

Wo Xue was completely dumbfounded at this point but still immediately reached out to open the food box and took out the dishes inside.

As she said, the preparations were all vegetarian, not too oily, which was perfect for someone who was deeply grieving, feeling low, and had no appetite.

And Shang Ruyi really picked up the bowl and chopsticks and slowly started to eat.

Wo Xue stood aside, not daring to breathe too loudly.

She could tell that Shang Ruyi had no appetite; she would chew one bite for a long time before lowering her head to forcibly swallow it, clearly forcing herself to eat, but no matter what, eating was a good thing.

The room remained very quiet, with only the sound of Shang Ruyi eating.

After some time, seeing that Shang Ruyi had eaten half a bowl of rice with a few side dishes, which was indeed her limit, Wo Xue immediately made a cup of tea and brought it to Shang Ruyi’s side.

"Princess, please have some tea."

Shang Ruyi didn’t reach for the tea, only lowered her head and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, then said in a deep voice, "What about him?"

"...!"

Hearing these two words, Wo Xue’s heart trembled again.

Of course, she knew who Shang Ruyi was referring to with "him"—Yu Wenye. Only at this time, Shang Ruyi couldn’t even bear to call his name, and this cold and distant attitude was startling.

Wo Xue took a deep breath and said, "Prince Qin, he has left."