00:00The rampaging beast charged straight at the elder young lady.
00:02But her personal guard ran first to protect the illegitimate daughter,
00:05leaving the elder young lady to be bitten and wounded.
00:08In that moment, the woman fully understood.
00:10The man she had loved for three years was never worth her devotion.
00:12When her wounds healed, the first thing she did was accept her father's request
00:16to marry, in place of her illegitimate sister,
00:18the crippled eldest son of another family.
00:20And she decided that on the wedding day,
00:22she would personally hand that man over to her sister.
00:24That guard had actually been her secret love.
00:26She had fallen for him at first sight and did everything she could to win his heart.
00:29But he was always cold as ice.
00:31The woman thought it was just his aloof nature,
00:33until one day, she overheard his conversation with a friend and learned the truth.
00:37He was not a guard at all.
00:38He was heir to a noble title and had only drawn near to be close to the illegitimate sister.
00:42In his eyes, she wasn't worth even a single strand of the other's hair.
00:45The woman's heart broke, and she swore to abandon that misguided love.
00:48That was why she agreed to marry in her sister's place.
00:51The next day, she went to an auction to prepare her dowry.
00:53The sister found out and, with her hefty allowance, confronted her in every bid.
00:57But now the woman had a million tails of gold from her father in her hands.
01:00Something impossible to match.
01:02The man, seeing his beloved illegitimate lady frustrated,
01:05secretly ordered the guards to outbid the woman on every item so that she would win nothing.
01:09At the end of the auction, all the pieces were bought and handed to the sister.
01:12She was delighted and proud, while the woman returned empty-handed.
01:15Furious, she tore up her bidder's number and left.
01:17She intended to drown her sorrows at a tavern, but the sister insisted on accompanying her.
01:22The woman didn't want her there, but the man himself helped the sister into the carriage.
01:26At the tavern, a fighting dog escaped its cage and lunged straight at them.
01:29The man protected the sister first, leaving the woman injured.
01:32To punish his negligence, the woman took a whip and disciplined him according to family law.
01:36But the sister threw herself in the way, and the woman accidentally struck her instead.
01:40The man rushed to shield her with anguish.
01:42The next day, the woman was kidnapped.
01:43The captors demanded no money, sought no pleasure.
01:46They only whipped her relentlessly.
01:48She endured the pain without understanding,
01:50until she heard the man's voice and realized he was the instigator.
01:53Time passed, and her sister's birthday arrived.
01:55The woman brought the man one last time.
01:57She watched as the sister received all the family's affection and attention.
02:00She remembered how, as a child, her own pregnant mother had died in rage before her father and his mistress.
02:05The man ordered expensive gifts to be prepared and bestowed great honor upon the sister.
02:10The woman couldn't bear it.
02:11She left the hall with her chest tight.
02:12The sister followed, mocking her, even daring to insult her mother's memory.
02:16The woman's fury burned, but before she could respond,
02:18the sister saw the man arrive and pretended that the woman was beating her.
02:21The man was instantly distressed, and the others accused the woman of pettiness.
02:25She stopped explaining, accepted the blame, then grabbed her sister's hand and gave her a real slap.
02:30After that, she shoved through the crowd and left alone.
02:32The day of departure came.
02:33She ordered her things packed.
02:35The man thought she was only moving and offered help.
02:37Calmly, she asked him to buy candied chestnuts and deliver a letter to her sister.
02:41He hesitated, but obeyed.
02:42When he left, she climbed into the travel carriage,
02:45took out the portrait she had once painted of him,
02:47tore it to pieces, and bid farewell to her old self.
02:49Meanwhile, the man delivered the chestnuts and the letter to the sister.
02:53Then he wanted to return to help the woman, but the sister stopped him.
02:55She told him there was no need to go back,
02:57because in that letter, the woman had already given him away as a gift to her own sister.
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