Those bullies had called him a fool.
But a girl who was passing by saved him.
She drove the bullies away.
She had also helped clean him up and bought him a sweet roll.
He asked the little girl for her name.
She replied.
Her name was Yuliana, she was the youngest daughter of the Fernandez family.
Zorion never forgot her.
But he never saw her again after that day.
When he got older, it was time for him to get married.
Madam Quartley handed him photos of several beautiful women and asked him to choose a bride for himself.
But he didn't want any of them.
He said that the only woman he would marry was Yuliana, the youngest daughter of the Fernandez family.
After they were married, he told Yuliana about that day.
Unfortunately, Yuliana couldn't remember that day at all.
She simply rolled her eyes and said, "I don't remember doing any of that. But who knows what kinds of things I did as a child!"
Althought Zorion felt sad about it, he still laughed.
After all, it didn't matter if Yuliana had forgotten. He still remembered.
He remembered her saving him from those bullies when he was a kid.
He also knew that his brain wasn't well developed.
Although he was very well taken care of at home, whenever he went out, he was looked down upon.
Yuliana was the first person from the outside who didn't see him that way.
He always remembered that.
"Ruth, I can't tell you. It's a secret," Zorion answered.
Ruth nodded. "Okay Mr. Zorion, since it's your secret, I won't ask about it."
Although she really wanted to know, she respected him much more than her curiosity.
"I'll stay with you until you've gone to sleep," Ruth added.
Zorion nodded.
Realizing that Yuliana wouldn't be coming after all, Zorion gave up on waiting and was soon fast asleep.
Ruth heard his shallow breathing.
She looked at Zorion with a glimmer in her eyes.
The sleeping Zorion looked so peaceful and handsome. It was a picture perfect moment.
Ruth reached out her hand.
When her fingers touched his face, she gasped and quickly withdrew her hand, as thought she had been hit with an electric shock.
What was she doing?!
She had touched his face so brazenly!
Ruth then hastily stood up.
She shouldn't have such delusions about him.
She was just a maid.
A lowly maid.
Ruth rushed out of Zorion's bedroom.
She went back to her bedroom and threw herself onto her bed.
"Ruth, you're just a servant." She said to herself.
In her fit, a memory from her childhood suddenly reappeared in her mind.
There was a time where something happened when she was very young.
She saw a well-dressed young boy being bullied, so she stepped forward and saved him.
The little boy seemed a little silly, but he was very handsome. His face was as fair as freshly fallen snow and his eyes were onyx black.
She helped clean him up by wiping away his blood stains and gave him a sweetroll.
As they said their goodbyes, the boy suddenly asked for her name.
She was feeling very flustered at the time.
She was very young then and didn't know how to respond. She felt insecure about herself.
She looked at the little boy, who was dressed in expensive clothing and felt that she would get looked down upon if she told him that she was just a lowly servant.
So, out of impulse, she answered.
She said that she was Yuliana, the youngest daughter of the Fernandez Group.
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