The banquet was bustling with noise and excitement. Some familiar artists got together to chat. Yu Ling, as the vice-editor for [Fashion], many people naturally gathered around her to chat. She was pulled by many people to socialize earlier. She only had time to warn Siyu not to run around, after that, she was drowned by the sea of people. 

Siyu originally just came here to fill the numbers. She was a nobody and was a new face for the people around here. Which was why no one who came forward to chat with her. Therefore, she gladly took the opportunity to be carefree. She hid in a corner and drank red ginger tea in peace, enjoying herself as good luck nourished her body. She felt very satisfied.

Because her body was weak and cold, the ginger tea warmed her body up. While drinking a cup of tea, she felt comfortable. Siyu narrowed her eyes and sipped it little by little. After she replenished her body heat, her cheek became rosy. She quite looked like a satisfied kitten who was slouching lazily under the sun.

She was so happy that she didn’t realize that her actions were all seen by Ji Lin, who was secretly observing from the side. Ji Lin, while exchanging pleasantries with the people who came to him, secretly observed Siyu under the cover of a glass of wine. Ji Lin had already seen his sister’s pale and weak appearance as well as her shocking disposition under the camera. However, he had never seen such her with such a languid and quiet look. 

While she sat quietly in the small corner, this made Ji Lin remembered the man that was drawn in the picture, the one that was sent by that painter called Koi. He that was embracing a cat.  

As expected, It’s quite good to have a cat……..

Siyu didn’t notice a certain person’s dark intense gaze on her. After she glanced over the whole hall in boredom.  Suddenly, in the corner of her eyes, she caught the sight of a familiar figure. Immediately, she fixed her attention there: Eh? Isn’t that person… the girl she met at the mall who pointed at her while screaming?

Siyu saw Xu Qingwan standing behind Ji Lin from afar, and, after looking left and right, it was as if she wanted to squeeze through the crowd towards Ji Lin. This made Siyu raise up her eyebrows.

She didn’t really pay much attention to her before, but now, Siyu found out that the woman’s luck was no worse than Ji Lin’s.

According to her observation, there are generally two types of people with good fortune. One was those whose life itself was in a high position. And the other were those who were temporarily in an insignificant position but were able to particularly encounter many opportunities dropped down by heaven. As long as they could grasp them, they could change their fortune in one day. Xu Qingwan should belong to the latter type.

Who knew whether Siyu stared too long, but Xu Qingwan suddenly turned around and their eyes met each other. Siyu found out that there was another look of loathing within her eyes. 

She had the kind of look that was like gazing at an enemy, this made Siyu very confused. ‘This shouldn’t be right… Ah. Logically speaking, at this point in time, this original body hasn’t turned into a malicious supporting female lead yet. So… the original shouldn’t have the chance to start a feud with other people. And yet, why does this person always look so tense when she sees her?

Xu Qingwan looked at Ji Lin, the latter was surrounded by the crowd and then at Siyu who was sitting alone. Finally, she made up her mind and walked quickly towards Siyu.

Upon seeing through Xu Qingwan’s intention, Siyu’s eyebrow raised up. Without a second thought, she put her cup of tea aside, stood up, and slipped out of the hall through the side door. She could clearly see that Xu Qingwan wasn’t heading towards her with good intentions. However, Siyu didn’t want to dispute with her in public, hence the reason why she tried to leave. The red mark Xu Qingwan caused by the prior incident still remained at the back of her hand.

When Xu Qingwan saw that she wanted to escape, she was so anxious that she didn’t care whether she would attract attention or not. She quickly, “Stop!”

Who the heck are you?! Siyu was even more certain now that Xu Qingwan came to find fault with her. However, Siyu simply pretended not to hear anything and continued to walk out in a sullen way.

 

Although it was comfortable to stay in the hall, in order not to be entangled by the possible conflict, Siyu could only quickly leave. She walked through a corridor until she arrived at a flower garden.

Tonight, the whole hotel was reserved by the rich and overbearing Huan Yi. At this time, all the people were gathered in the hall, because of this,  the garden was very quiet. There were lights from randomly scattered antique lanterns amongst the grass. This scene brought quite a rather emotional and endearing atmosphere. [T/N: romantic, charming, dazzling, some kind along those]

However, at this moment, Siyu wasn’t in the mood to enjoy the scenery. The door she came out of just now only had one pathway, it directly led to this flower garden. If Xu Qingwan didn’t give up and continued to pursue her, she could instantly find her upon coming here. 

Who knew whether it was just Siyu’s misconception or not? But after she arrived at the courtyard, she felt agitated and was in low spirits. As if there was a piece of boulder pressing down from above. Her hands and feet, which had just become a little warmer, started to become cool again. If there was a mirror in front of her right now, Siyu would see her face turning pale again.

However, she didn’t think too much of it, because when she previously was ill, she also felt unwell like this. Maybe it was because she left the hall filled with abundant good fortunes? Her body probably couldn’t adapt to the changes in such a short period of time.

Thus she tried to convince herself in this way. Siyu walked through the winding stone path and unknowingly arrived at the center of the garden. She found out that there was a pavilion hidden behind the trees. There seemed to be a person sitting there. From a distance, Siyu could smell the faint tea fragrance emanating from inside.

However, the thing that attracted Siyu’s attention wasn’t this, but rather, it was a large dark cloud that was gathered above the pavilion —No, incorrect, she should have said that it looked like a type of dark cloud that weighed heavily on someone. It was a huge deep black fortune.

The lanterns hanging on the four corners of the pavilion emitted a bright warm yellow light. But, against this light, the extremely gigantic black fortune looked so cold and horrible. Siyu only took a quick glimpse and involuntarily shivered.

What the fuck! Where did this great evil star come from! She had never seen a black fortune that was so dense and huge to such an extent. The fate of people was always wafting to and fro above their heads in a wisp. Even the exuberant luck of Ji Lin was only a bit bigger. Yet…. and yet the bad luck over there nearly covered the whole pavilion!

In the next second, Siyu felt that her chest cavity was in a spectacular mess. Her blood unceasingly surged up. The good fortune could nourish her body and help lighten her illness. However, ominous fortune would do the exact opposite! 

Siyu wanted to escape right away, however, she was already too late. Her forehead was seeping with cold sweat and her face was instantly voided of blood. She had just turned around,  took a first step to leave, and yet it was like stepping on cotton. One of her legs failed her and she almost twisted her ankle. Fortunately, Siyu held on to the rockery beside her, otherwise, she would have fallen headfirst into the thick clump of grass.

The feeling of being light-headed and unsteady was very unpleasant. In addition, the taste of blood was gushing into her throat. Siyu hastily raised her hand to cover her lips, but she couldn’t stop the whimper that passed through her fingers.

This movement immediately alerted the people in the pavilion.

Lu Xingzhou was originally earnestly accompanying this venerable great Buddha of the Lu family and was cooking water to brew tea. After watching for a while, he couldn’t help but ask,” Fifth Master, won’t you go in?”

Fifth Master lu looked down and lightly said,” too noisy.”

Wasn’t you the one who demanded to come….. Lu Xingzhou only dared to say this in this heart and said,” Yes, yes, yes, I’m also not very fond of that kind of situation too. Speaking of which, the previous car crash accident, I found out something. If I’m right, that drugged driver should be a person from Lu’s branch family. That person previously committed a mistake and was punished by my father for a period of time. He wasn’t content, so he was thinking of setting me up.”

Fifth Master Lu didn’t seem to care about such a trifling matter and merely said,” Lu family doesn’t raise waste. It doesn’t matter what you do, just deal with it as you like.” 

Even though he said it dully, but Lu Xingzhou still heard the murderous intent hidden in the words. He couldn’t help but shivered and said respectfully, “Fifth Master, don’t worry, I’ll handle it.”

After Lu Xingzhou voiced up his answer, he was racking his brain to think of another sentence. Suddenly, he heard a sob coming from not far away. He immediately raised his head, frowned, and asked, “who’s there?”

As soon as these words were asked, the whimper immediately went silent. As if the person found themselves exposed, so the person immediately muffled their voice.

Fifth Master Lu slowly turned the beads in his hand and quietly hooked his lips.

Having the guts to hide there and eavesdropping, yet accidentally make a sound….. Was the person actually stupid or purposefully let out a sound?

He slowly got up and held Lu Xingzhou’s shoulder. Obviously he didn’t use much strength in his hand, but he firmly nailed Lu Xingzhou to the stone chair, making him unable to move. Lu Xingzhou was shocked and uncertain, “ Fifth Master? Do you need me to call someone…..” 

Fifth Master Lu liked the quietness, so when they came to the courtyard, Lu Xingzhou purposely withdrew the bodyguards. He thought that no one would come. Who would have thought that someone would eavesdrop on them!

“No need.” Fifth Master Lu shook his head and walked towards the source of the sound. Lu Xingzhou hesitated for a few seconds and followed up.

He wasn’t worried that Fifth Master Lu would be in danger, rather he was worried that this demon, who was feared by the whole Lu family, was temporarily in a bad mood. If he did something out of his temper, even ten Lu Xingzhou couldn’t control the scene during that time!

Fifth Master Lu accurately found the rockery where Situ was hiding. When he was looking down, he caught a glimpse of a portion of a pure white skirt from the crevice of the stone. It was obvious that a woman was hiding there.

Hiding it so badly? Fifth Master Lu suddenly felt a little disinterested. The fun of a cat-and-mouse game was that the mice were good at running away. If you could saw it at a glance, wouldn’t the pleasure of chasing and running away be greatly reduced?

He originally thought that the eavesdropper was a big mouse, but it turned out to be a little ant. Fifth Master Lu’s mood suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley. He was not a man of good temperament. He turned the beads in his hand and said, “come out”.

When the cat entered the fake mountain, Siyu was crying. Just now she also wanted to come out, but her legs were soft and she couldn’t move. Moreover, under the pressure of a large amount of bad fortune, Siyu was dizzy and her whole body was hooting in pain. She’s afraid that she’s lacking the strength to do so.

Seeing that the people at the pavilion noticed that something was fishy and they were about to look around, with a little energy left, Siyu moved into the gap between the fake mountains and prayed that she would not be found out. It’s just that heaven didn’t fulfill people’s wishes. When the footsteps outside stopped in front of the rockery, Siyu knew she was doomed.

That cold “come out” burst at the side of her eardrum. Perhaps it was because Fifth Master Lu drew near, the dense bad luck practically pounced on Siyu’s. The hands that were covering her mouth tightened, but she could hardly restrain the impulse to vomit blood.

No, I can’t, I can’t continue on like this. I’m going to die! Obviously, the air in the courtyard was pure and fresh, but right now, Siyu seemed to be suffocating. Finally, she couldn’t bear it any longer. With one hand covering the lip and another pulling up the skirt, she rushed out of the gap, trying to run back to the hall.  

She wanted to breathe in good luck. Save me!

It’s a pity that Siyu’s careful thinking had long been calculated by Fifth Master Lu. At the moment when she rushed out, Fifth Master Lu stretched out his hand and stopped her on the way. Thus, Siyu was like a moth casting herself into the net and directly rushed into the big net that Fifth Master Lu had finely weaved from an earlier time.

The arms across her waist were firm and powerful, they easily grabbed Siyu’s soft waist and lifted her up. Siyu was confused for a moment, when she finally responded, the whole person was already hanging in the air and was carried in midair like a chicken¹!

“Leaving without saying a hello, where are you going in such a hurry?” Fifth Master Lu’s eyes were half narrowed. He looked down at the little girl who was fleeing in a hurry. He saw that the little girl’s face was deathly pale and ghastly. He didn’t know whether the girl was frightened or something else. Her almond-shaped eyes went wide because she was suddenly high up in the air. There’s tears in her eyes, but she was thoroughly stunned and dazed. Her pupils were slightly red, like a little rabbit that had been eating grass obediently but was caught by a beast.

The little girl’s clothes were thin and the material for her long white dress was flimsy. Therefore, Fifth Master Lu could easily feel the chill of her body through the arm around her waist. This reminded Fifth Master Lu of a piece of white marble sent by his subordinate. It was also so cool. He played with it for a while, but a dead thing is a dead thing. Not long after that, that piece of white marble wasn’t liked by him anymore. It was put aside and neglected.

Right now, this timid little girl,  holding her like this somehow conformed to his taste. It was light and soft. The most important thing was the coolness of her body was very appropriate. Because of his body, he was in a state of burning heat all year round. Normally, he would frequently collect cool things. However, it was hard to find such things. Even if they were found, they would merely cure the symptoms, not the cause.

Fifth Master Lu fundamentally didn’t like a weak and useless thing. But, because Siyu’s body was cold and could relieve the heat in his body, Fifth Master Lu didn’t fuss about it. His other hand which was holding the beads pinched Siyu’s chin. The strength was gentle but he nearly couldn’t resist the urge to break her small face.

“Not talking, eh?” It ended with a smiling expression, but there was a trace coldness lurking in there. 

“wu——”, Siyu instantly lost her balance and instinctively used both hands to hold tightly on the arm wrapped around her waist. However, because of this, the impulse to vomit blood that she had been arduously trying to suppress, now all surged up. Siyu lowered her head and began to unceasingly cough up blood. Because they were too close, some of the blood inevitably splashed on Fifth Master Lu’s body. On his pear white Tang suit bloomed “a red plum”.

Siyu’s cough was earth-shaking and blood was gushing out like money. Her heart, liver, spleen, and lungs were awfully aching. Her anger gave birth to courage. She wiped the blood on her lips with the back of her hand and rubbed it on Fifth Master Lu’s clothes.

It’s all this guy’s fault! His whole body was covered with ominous luck and it caused her illness to onset again. He even stopped her from leaving. He was insane!

Fifth Master Lu: “……” He looked at the little girl who was smearing on his clothes with a face full of confidence. He slowly started to laugh.

When Lu Xingzhou saw this scene, his heart almost stopped: “……” This girl is so brave! What to do? Won’t he kill to silence her? !

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