The story of a bullied daughter's rise to power

His thin, crimson lips curled up slowly, a look of mockery and tenderness. Just standing there, he made everything else pale in comparison. Situ Yaorao felt the urge to ask him if he had a brother named Feng Ziqi.

However, the feeling he gives people is completely different from Feng Ziqi.

If Feng Ziqi was as alluring as a rose with thorns, this person was like the red spider lily from hell, bringing with it a sense of death.

As everyone was looking at him, a hoarse voice rang out, with a hint of warmth in it: "Sorry to bother you all."

The man's voice called back the possessed crowd. Situ Yaorao shuddered. A grown man, this handsome, was truly amazing.

"Sir, this is the girl from before." The woman beside him respectfully pointed to Situ Yaorao. The man heard the voice, walked in front of Situ Yaorao, and looked over.

Situ Yaorao was startled by the man's sudden proximity and quickly took a step back: "Sir, please don't move."

The man was slightly surprised that Situ Yaorao would act like this, and then he laughed. This laugh was like a gentle breeze passing by, leaving no trace.

"I'm sorry, I overstepped my bounds. Thank you for letting me join you on this boat. To be honest, if you didn't agree, I would be very distressed." The man looked harmless.

However, Situ Yaorao's instinct was telling her that this person was dangerous and she should stay away from him!

"Don't worry about it, sir. We are just getting what we need." Situ Yaorao said lightly.

"But I still want to thank you all."

"Sir, if you really want to thank us, please stay here quietly. We just want to wait for the night to come." Yu Sheng said, handing the man a glass of wine. The aroma of the fruit wine in the glass made the man look sideways. After taking a sip, he smiled and said, "Good wine."

"Sir...how could you?"

"I know my limits, so don't say anything more." The man said in a calm tone. The woman didn't dare to say anything more and could only sit beside him in silence.

Yu Sheng gave up her seat to the man and then sat next to Situ Yaorao.

"Situ, if you are tired, just take a rest. It's not too late for me to wake you up at night." Seeing Situ Yaorao staring outside in a daze, Yu Sheng couldn't help but say a word of concern.

Upon hearing this, Situ Yaorao glanced at the man and said, "I'm not sleepy, I just feel bored. I've been on this boat for a long time. Even a god would feel irritated." Situ Yaorao said a little depressed.

"This... is my negligence. If I had known earlier, Mo Zhu and I would have come here first, and then called you over when there were more people here."

"Okay, now that I'm here, it's too late to talk about this. I just don't know what kind of trouble Lian'er and Weixing will cause at home." Situ Yaorao sighed softly, feeling that she was becoming more and more like an old nanny.

"Weixing won't let anything happen to Lian'er. Just don't worry. You don't look like a lady from a wealthy family at all. Instead, you look more like a maid from someone's family. You worry about everything. Don't take others too seriously. After all, you are the most important person." Yu Sheng said earnestly.

He couldn't keep his words to himself when facing Situ Yaorao. Because Situ Yaorao was so strong-willed. She looked smooth and clever, but in reality, she was clumsy.

You say she is smart, but she is unwilling to leave the filthy Situ family and is willing to become a puppet of the Situ family. The reason is simply because her last name is Situ and she owes the Situ family something.

You call her tactful? She always stood up for others when she shouldn't, all because of her own inner convictions. Yu Sheng couldn't bear to see Situ Yaorao alone. She felt like this person had everything he didn't. Like... just what he'd hoped she would be. Everything she couldn't do, this woman did.

So, unconsciously, I just wanted to be nice to this person and leave her no room to leave.

Perhaps this is also a kind of dependence.

Just like the people in this restaurant relied on Situ Yaorao. Just like Xiaobai and Wu. These two people could have easily escaped because Situ Yaorao wouldn't pursue them. But they didn't.

Although they often disappear, they will also return silently at night and stay here quietly. All they want is the warmth that Situ Yaorao gives them.

Situ Yaorao always attracts unnecessary people. And this is exactly what they admire about her. It's not love, nor is it a relationship between a man and a woman, but admiration.

Yu Sheng knew her own heart. She also understood that this kind of feeling was often more precious than love itself. Love is like fireworks, blooming brilliantly before fading. However, friendship between men and women is like an evergreen tree. No matter when, it will never change.

But how rare is friendship between men and women?

"There are more people." Situ Yaorao said somewhat depressedly as she looked at the increasing number of boats outside.

Yu Sheng was startled when she heard this, and then followed her gaze. As expected, there were more people here.

"I'm afraid that before nightfall, the lake will be full of boats." Yu Sheng frowned.

"What about that?"

"This is not our business. We just need to stay in this corner and wait quietly for the lake to close, and then enter the pleasure boat." Yu Sheng explained.

Speaking of the pleasure boat, Situ Yaorao couldn't help but smile mischievously: "Tell me the truth, have you taken a fancy to one of the girls in the pleasure boat? That's why you're so anxious to come here?"

"Situ, don't joke around. But if I must say it, I really am attracted to her. She is the most beautiful woman in Bingxin Painting Boat, a beauty of national beauty."

"No matter how beautiful you are, can you be as beautiful as me?" Situ Yaorao half-jokingly said. Her beautiful eyes, like a phoenix, could bewitch people and make them obsessed. People said that the eldest daughter of the Situ family was born with enchanting beauty. This was indeed true.

Yu Sheng looked at it and couldn't help but be dazzled.

"Situ is very beautiful, but the most beautiful woman in the painting boat is even more beautiful than you."

"Women shouldn't be too beautiful. Beautiful women can't be happy. If you were born ordinary, maybe a handsome man would be blind and fall in love with you. If you were born delicate, maybe an elegant man would fall in love with your talent. If you were born beautiful, naturally more people would pursue you. However, if you were born with a beauty, it would only bring you endless troubles. This is why that woman became the most beautiful woman in Huafang, not the most beautiful woman in Lanlin." Situ Yaorao's tone was very light, with a hint of regret.

Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng was speechless.

Perhaps the woman's beauty was truly a burden to her. After all, she didn't have Situ Yaorao's impressive family background, nor did she possess the abilities of those beauties. Therefore, she could only be admired in this pleasure boat.

"Yu Sheng, is there any more wine?" Just as Yu Sheng was sighing at Situ Yaorao's words, Mo Zhu's voice rang out.

"Didn't I give it to you just now? Have you finished drinking it?" Yu Sheng looked at Mo Zhu, whose face was flushed but eyes were bright, and felt that she was not feeling well.

"Of course we can't keep good wine. After you finish drinking it, bring some more quickly. I saw you steal a lot when you went out." Mo Zhu said hurriedly.

"Don't talk nonsense! How could I steal Situ's wine?" Yu Sheng said righteously, but her eyes were erratic, constantly signaling to Mo Zhu. However, at this time, Mo Zhu obviously had lost his sense of propriety.

"I'm not talking nonsense. You followed me in when I went to steal the wine before. Hurry up and take it out for me." Mo Zhu said as he staggered over.

"Enough, the wine is still useful." Yu Sheng scolded in a low voice.

"Useful? Haha... Could you explain to me a little bit more? What did you want to do with my wine? And you let that idiot Mo Zhu get drunk in front of me?" Situ Yaorao looked at Yu Sheng with a fake smile. She had just thought Yu Sheng was a good person, but at that moment, she changed her mind.

There is no one more cunning than Yu Sheng!

"Um... Situ, there are outsiders here." Yu Sheng saw that Situ Yaorao was about to get angry and said hurriedly. Hearing this, Situ Yaorao had no choice but to give up: "I'll deal with you later."