The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

After Madam Situ left, Situ Yaorao opened the food box and looked at the neatly arranged and exquisite pastries inside. She felt warm in her heart. The happiest thing in the world is to have someone who believes in you when you are desperate. Even if this person cannot always be by your side to support you, it is still a kind of motivation.

Situ Yaorao thought about it and chuckled.

"Miss, it's time to go to bed." Lian'er came down from upstairs and said respectfully to Situ Yaorao. When she saw the food box, she was surprised and asked, "Has Madam been here?"

"How do you know?" Situ Yaorao asked back.

"Your servant... Your servant has only seen this food box." Lian'er said in a low voice, but she felt a little guilty.

"It was you who informed on me, wasn't it? Otherwise, no matter how clever Mother was, she wouldn't have been able to find me." Situ Yaorao said calmly. Lian'er lowered her head and said, "Miss, I just don't want to see Madam sad. Madam is doing this for your own good."

"Well, I know, so I don't blame you. But you, go and rest first. I will go to rest later, and I still have to deal with things here carefully. I want to open a store here, so I have to do everything well. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a joke?" Situ Yaorao looked at Lian'er and said in a low voice.

Lian'er heard this and said, "Miss, this servant will accompany you."

"No, you go back first. I can do it by myself." Situ Yaorao sent Lian'er back. Although Lian'er wanted to stay, she was afraid that if she stayed any longer, it would only make Situ Yaorao unhappy, so she had no choice but to go upstairs.

After Lian'er went upstairs, Situ Yaorao ate some pastries and began to draft her own plan. She also made an account of her expenses for future planning.

"Huh? Why is it so dazzling? Are you doing the accounting? Haha, what's the point? Life is nothing but a joke of God. What's the point of you trying so hard to tell a joke?"

The man walked down from upstairs, looked at Situ Yaorao and sneered.

Upon hearing this, Situ Yaorao raised her head and looked at the man, saying seriously, "If everything is just a joke in your eyes, then you are a joke yourself. People are like blank sheets of paper; whatever you feel is the truth. I am not a joke to anyone, but a person. Go away, you are blocking my view."

"You're really serious." The man looked at Situ Yaorao with a lazy expression. After yawning, he squinted and said, "However, it's useless."

"It's so late, and you come here just to tell me this?" Situ Yaorao frowned.

"Aren't you curious why no one has bought this house?" the man asked. But when he burped, he smelled of alcohol.

"Not curious." Situ Yaorao said decisively.

"Someone has been here before. But... because of Lan Yi, they were scared away."

The man's voice was soft and mysterious, which made Situ Yaorao shudder. She turned around and looked at the man, who still looked lazy and decadent. So she said, "Actually, she only exists in your heart, right? Miss Lan Yi is not here at all. What you said is just self-deception."

"Oh, whether you believe it or not is up to you, but I've said everything I need to say." After saying that, the man walked to the side of the pillar. "I still remember when I first met Lan Yi, she was standing here, looking at me so helplessly. Originally, I didn't want to keep her. But she made it impossible for me to refuse. I kept Lan Yi and changed the management method of Lan Yi Pavilion so that women no longer had to sell their bodies. I even changed this building into Lan Yi Pavilion. I thought that she and I would be together forever. I can still vividly remember her nervousness when she first came on stage. But when I turned around, I couldn't even find her."

The man's voice was hoarse. After he finished speaking, he did not wait for Situ Yaorao to comfort him and continued to turn around. Situ Yaorao looked at the man's back and suddenly understood why he wanted to stay.

Perhaps, what he was thinking about wasn't Lan Yi's ghost, but that unforgettable memory? There are two ways to deal with love. One is to forget everything and try not to touch the scars. The other is to be like him, to sink deeply into it, never wanting to look back. He didn't want to live in this reality without his beloved.

This man, if you could say he was eccentric, it wouldn't be that serious. Perhaps it was because he was too deeply in love.

"Everyone always loses something. When you have everything and feel happy, God will always take something away from you. This is life. It's like a joke."

The man's voice was vague, and Situ Yaorao seemed lost in thought, but ultimately, she didn't say anything. Instead, she returned to her room. The room she chose was the first on the second floor, right next to the window, offering a sweeping view of the street. It was the perfect spot. Situ Yaorao had even decided to use this room as her daily office.

Lying on the bed, Situ Yaorao felt as if she was in a dream. One second, she was still at Situ's house, and the next second, she had to come here because of Situ Honglei.

Perhaps, this is also a kind of helplessness.

Regardless of whether you are right or wrong, her father only has Situ Honglei in his heart. If that is the case, then it is better to stay away from the vortex of power. If she is married off again because of this incident, it will be more trouble than it is worth.

"Ah! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Just as Situ Yaorao was sighing in her heart, she heard Lian'er screaming in the next room. This made Situ Yaorao, who was about to fall asleep, immediately alert. She quickly ran to the next room and saw a bloody handprint on the window paper. On the bed, Lian'er was shivering, her face pale.

"Lian'er."

"Ah! Don't come over here, don't come over here, I haven't done anything, don't touch me." Lian'er screamed. Situ Yaorao frowned, covered her mouth, and said in a low voice: "Lian'er, it's me."

After hearing Situ Yaorao's voice again, Lian'er finally calmed down a little. Looking at Situ Yaorao, she started crying aggrievedly: "Woo woo, Miss is so scary! There's a ghost, there really is a ghost here!"

"What's the big deal? It's just a lie. Don't talk nonsense." Situ Yaorao frowned. Lian'er shook her head fiercely: "Miss, I saw it, I really saw it. Let's not stay here, okay? It's unlucky here, something bad will happen sooner or later."

"What nonsense are you talking about? A gentleman does not speak of strange and supernatural things." Situ Yaorao scolded angrily.

Lian'er felt wronged, but didn't dare to say anything.

"If you are really scared, then live with me." Situ Yaorao sighed.

"Yes, Miss." Lian'er was really scared, so she took the quilt and went to Situ Yaorao's room and slept on the floor.

Late at night, as Situ Yaorao drifted off to sleep, she heard a woman singing: "If you see me, my heart will remain the same, but the long river rages, and we can only gaze at each other from afar. If there is an afterlife, I will never forget your love. If you love me, my heart will be sincere, but the mountains are high and the seas are deep, and only time will tell. If there is an afterlife, we will stay together forever."

The woman's voice was shrill, with a hint of gentleness.

Situ Yaorao frowned as she listened. She stood up and walked out of the room. She saw a woman in white dancing in the lobby, singing that strange song.

"Who is it?" Situ Yaorao asked coldly.

Hearing Situ Yaorao's voice, the woman ran away instantly. Situ Yaorao chased after her, but she could not even find any trace of her.

Although Situ Yaorao was puzzled by this, she did not do anything but went back to her room to sleep. The next morning, Lian'er looked at Situ Yaorao with dark circles under her eyes and a grim expression, saying, "Miss."

Lian'er was so frightened that Situ Yaorao was stunned: "Lian'er? What's wrong with you?"

"Woo, woo, miss, I beg you, let's just leave here. If we continue like this, I'll be scared to death. The singing that came from nowhere in the middle of the night scared me to death. Can you please be considerate of me and let's leave here?"

Lian'er looked aggrieved.

Situ Yaorao smiled when she heard this: "Lian'er, there are no ghosts in this world. It's just your guess."