Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

After dinner, Yannis sent Zinnia home.

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After washing up, Zinnia took out her chest. She wanted to make Soothing Soup for Yannis. She thought, ‘He might not live to a hundred, but at the very least, he should live to seventy or eighty.

‘Someone as wonderful as him deserves a long and healthy life.’

Knowing Yannis would frown at bitter medicine, Zinnia carefully sorted through the herbs. She picked out the bitter ones and added sweeter ingredients in their place. After blending the perfect Soothing Soup, she neatly wrapped each portion in parchment paper.

Before, Zinnia wanted to help Yannis with his insomnia mostly as a favor to Jackson, but now, she truly wished for Yannis to live well.

She rummaged through her medicine chest and found a top–grade wild ginseng root. She broke it into sections and placed them into the mortar. Then she took out a handful of other rare, valuable herbs and added them to the mortar one by one.

With little finesse, she ground them into powder bit by bit. She thought, ‘Yannis, I’m determined to nurse you back to health, no matter what it takes.’

Under the warm yellow light, Zinnia’s delicate face was etched with concentration. Her hands gripped the heavy pestle, meticulously grinding each herb into a fine powder. In her opinion, machine–ground could never match hand–pounded.

The next day, Zinnia showed up at school with noticeable dark circles under her eyes after an all–night session of making medicine.

Ethan chuckled when he saw the dark circles under her eyes. He joked, “Zinnia, you’ve turned into a panda.” He thought, ‘Oddly enough, those dark circles don’t make her look bad. If anything, they add an extra touch of cuteness.’

Lydia also couldn’t suppress a soft chuckle at the sight.

Zinnia stared at them in silence. She remembered seeing pictures of dark circles in her social media feed. Now, realizing she had a pair herself, she instinctively wanted to check in a mirror.

Seemingly reading her mind, Brian miraculously conjured up a mirror from nowhere and held it up to her face. He said, “Here, take a look, Panda Princess.”

Zinnia studied her reflection. Her skin contrasted sharply with the dark circles under her eyes, as if she’d gone a round in the boxing ring. But with her face, she didn’t mind them.

finally finish making the herbal pills. They still needed a whole

coating and package them up. Then, Yannis can enjoy

with concern as she looked at Zinnia. She

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sleep well last night?”

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up a little late.” Then she handed Lydia a bottle and said, “Here, use this. You’ll feel better

Moon Scar Cream. Zinnia had made it a few days ago, originally for Maisie. But Zinnia felt Lydia needed the cream more,

for Maisie, I will just make a bottle for her later. And I remember Maisie mentioning that Yvette liked the cream too,

was the same ointment Zinnia had applied to her the previous day.

injuries were nearly healed. Perhaps after taking so many beatings, Lydia had developed a remarkable ability

it,”

Then she pulled a box from her desk drawer and handed it

peeked inside and saw three cupcakes. As she opened the box, her eyes instantly lit up. The cupcakes were in different

cream, so I used yogurt instead.” She learned from Maisie about Zinnia’s allergy to cream the previous day. She felt relieved that she hadn’t made any cream–based

took the cakes and said, “Thanks, Lydia!” Ever since she sat with Lydia, she’d been spoiled with

row, caught a whiff of something sweet and turned to see Lydia giving Zinnia special treats. He pointed at himself and Brian with a

out of her drawer and handed

grinned as he handed one cupcake to Brian. He said, “Come

a professional pastry chef, maybe even surpassed them. But she rarely baked.

inside was delicious,

like me to make for you tomorrow?” Lydia asked Zinnia, her

all the mouthwatering treats she’d seen while scrolling through food

them for you tomorrow. By the way, did you have any trouble with yesterday’s homework? I can go

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