Ning Yitao certainly knew their purpose for coming was to arrange her marriage with the sickly young master of the Duan Family in front of everyone at the banquet in a few days.
In this way, her so - called "good elder sister" could find a better match for herself.
"Stop smiling. Your face is so stiff it's unbearable," Ning Yitao said. "By the way, stop getting plastic surgery. Your facial features have changed drastically and are on the decline. When your fortune leaks from all sides, the four calamities will come, and you won't be able to avoid them."
Hearing Ning Yitao mention her plastic surgery, Yun Ruichu immediately stopped smiling nervously.
She was sure that she had hidden every trace perfectly each time she went. How could Ning Yitao know? "What do you mean? I've never had plastic surgery. I'm naturally beautiful. You're just jealous and making wild guesses about me."
Yun Ruichu looked at Ning Yitao with a provocative look in her eyes that seemed to say, "I've seen through you. You're trying to trick me."
Seeing that Yun Ruichu didn't take her words to heart at all, Ning Yitao thought this "step - sister" was so stupidly naive despite being so mean. She began to wonder why the original owner had been bullied by her.
Ning Yitao ignored her and told Chu Zhiyuan beside her, "If Duan Qinghuai asks where I am, just tell him to wait for me. By the way, don't let Yun Lianmeng wear those kinds of clothes anymore. You're dressing a nice girl up like a ghost."
Ning Hong watched Ning Yitao whispering to the man beside her.
However, Ning Hong wasn't worried that Ning Yitao would resist and refuse to go back with them. She had specially hired a carload of bodyguards this time, just in case Ning Yitao refused and they could force her into the car.
"Are you two done talking? I'm warning you, Ning Yitao. You can't escape. I've made full preparations this time. You have to go to the banquet in a few days, whether you like it or not..."
Just as Ning Hong was about to wave to the bodyguards in the car to get out and take action, unexpectedly, Ning Yitao quickly opened the car door and got in. She rolled down the window and said to the two surprised women, "Let's go. What are you standing there for?"
When she looked back, Chu Zhiyuan had already taken Ning Yitao's luggage and put it in the trunk. His speed amazed everyone around.
On the contrary, it left them all at a loss.
Of course, Ning Yitao wanted to go back. She wanted to avenge the original owner, break off the mother - daughter relationship with Ning Hong, and get rid of this big trouble. She didn't want Ning Hong to keep causing problems. She didn't have the patience or the time to deal with her every time.
Seeing her get in the car, the two women quickly got into another car and waved to the driver to go quickly, not giving Ning Yitao any chance to change her mind.
Sitting alone in the car, Ning Yitao found it quite amusing. Didn't they know the saying "It's easier to invite the gods than to send them away"?
Looking at the camera that had followed her into the car, it blended in so well with the surroundings that it was hardly noticeable if you didn't look closely.
Ning Yitao was a bit curious and wanted to touch it. Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached out her hand, it obediently flew over.
She couldn't help but sigh that the current technology was no less powerful than the magic in her time. Although the spiritual energy in this world was weak, people had filled the gap with their wisdom. As expected, only the fittest could survive.
Ning Yitao reached out and touched the camera, and a thing like an operation panel unexpectedly appeared in mid - air.
With a wave of her hand in the void, it was her live - broadcast page. Ning Yitao curiously felt the impact of the technology in this world.
Watching the bullet comments flying by quickly, Ning Yitao couldn't help but lean in to take a closer look. Seeing that netizens were all greeting her, she smiled slightly, sat up straight, tucked her hair behind her ears, and greeted them, "Hello, I'm Ning Yitao."
"Ahhh, Goddess Ning is so beautiful. She greeted me!"
"Don't talk nonsense. My baby was clearly greeting me."
"Wuwuwu, my baby is so beautiful even without makeup. She's my wife. No one can take her from me."
"Hello. Marry me!!"
"Baby Ning is so petite and cute off - stage."
"Goddess, it was so satisfying when you retorted those two just now."
Ning Yitao could clearly feel that spiritual energy from around was integrating into her.
"I didn't expect it to be so easy to receive worship in this world," she thought in surprise.
Just like this, she slowly explored the functions of the camera and ended the live - broadcast.
As the car drove into the wealthy area of City A, looking at the scenery outside the window, Ning Yitao once again felt how luxurious the life of the rich was. In contrast, Chu Zhiyuan couldn't even afford the electricity bill for the small Taoist temple.
This strengthened Ning Yitao's desire to make money. This idea had become even stronger since she was reborn into this world.
In her previous world, the strength of spiritual energy determined one's social status. In this world, it seemed to be wealth.
The Yun Family couldn't be considered part of the upper class in City A. To put it bluntly, the Yun Family was a nouveau - riche family.
The reason why the Yun Family could form a marriage alliance with the Duan Family, one of the most powerful families in City A, was that the old master of the Duan Family was worried that he would have no grandson since his son was old but still childless. So he paid a high price to invite a hermit from the mountains to tell his fortune.
The hermit told the old master not to worry. He would definitely have a grandson.
This grandson would be destined for great wealth and honor, but his fate would be rough before the age of twenty. He needed to marry into the newly - risen Yun Family in the east ten years later to ward off the great calamity at the age of twenty. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to survive this hurdle.
At first, the old master didn't believe it. But when Duan Qinghuai was finally born and saw his sickly body getting weaker as he was about to turn twenty, the old master quickly arranged the marriage alliance.
Otherwise, no matter how hard the Yun Family tried, they would never be able to marry into the Duan Family.
But fate played a cruel joke. The Yun Family only had Yun Ruichu as their only daughter. Naturally, Yun Fanghai doted on her and was reluctant to let her marry a dying man to ward off evil.
Yun Fanghai felt regretful about this marriage. The young master of the Duan Family was well - known for his frail health.
He had never shown his face in public since childhood. Some even said that he was extremely ugly and had been disfigured in his parents' car accident.
Everyone thought that marrying him was ruining one's own future. Since no one had ever seen him in the company,
people speculated that his adopted elder brother wanted to monopolize the Duan Family. Marrying the young master of the Duan Family would bring no benefits and would only waste one's youth.
When Yun Ruichu first heard the news, she immediately threw a tantrum at home and said she would never marry him. She didn't want others to laugh at her.
Yun Fanghai knew that the sickly young master of the Duan Family would never get a share of the family fortune. Marrying him would only make his precious daughter a young widow.
He was extremely worried every day but was reluctant to refuse the Duan Family. A marriage alliance with the Duan Family would help his career, but he couldn't bear to part with his daughter.
The Duan Family had specifically stated that they only wanted the daughter on the Yun Family's household register, just in case Yun Fanghai had some tricks up his sleeve.
Yun Fanghai had thought more than once that if the young master of the Duan Family were healthy, this would be such a good marriage. But if he were healthy, this marriage would never fall to the Yun Family.
While he was struggling every day, Ning Hong, who had secretly married into the Yun Family, volunteered to come up with an idea. She suggested that her own daughter marry the young master of the Duan Family. After all, her daughter was also half a member of the Yun Family, and her household register had already been transferred here.
Moreover, since her daughter had been living in a remote rural area, no one would ever know.