Touya Yaoyao

As night fell, the once quiet and luxurious hall of the Ye family villa was now crowded with elegantly dressed dignitaries, and the tall champagne tower was filled with light gold liquor.

Exquisite pastries and food, fresh flowers and greenery everywhere, and an indescribably luxurious ceiling spanning dozens of meters make the already lavish living room even more extravagant and decadent.

This scene also angered some people, who couldn't help but whisper among themselves:

"I mean, is it really necessary to make such a big fuss?! She's just an adopted daughter, why invite so many people?!"

Seeing that someone was actually complaining, another woman nearby also scoffed with a disdainful expression:

"What adopted daughter? Rumors are circulating that she was raised as a child bride."

Seeing that the topic of conversation between the two was getting a bit off, the man beside them couldn't help but give them a warning look, and succinctly reminded them:

"Don't talk nonsense. Although Yu Yaoyao is an adopted daughter, she is the adopted granddaughter personally chosen by General Yu. This pomp and circumstance was also personally arranged by General Yu. She's such a grown woman, can't she tell what she should and shouldn't say?!"

Hearing this, although both women had complaints, at least they didn't continue gossiping.

It's no wonder they gossiped; the spectacle was so grand and lavish that it made them all a little jealous.

They were jealous that the Ye family would spend so much money on a ridiculous graduation ball just for their adopted daughter.

After all, whether it's business tycoons, high-ranking officials, or famous artists, you can find them all here. If they weren't high-ranking and powerful, who could easily invite them?!

Jealousy and resentment aside, all they could do was mutter a few complaints and curse in their hearts, lamenting their bad luck in not being adopted by General Yu. Otherwise, this grandeur would have been theirs!

But what they said wasn't wrong either. Yu Yaoyao wasn't a real heiress in the traditional sense. She was just an orphan adopted by General Yu. She was just lucky to become the adopted daughter of this family.

Yu Yaoyao's nominal father is Ye Yuntao, a well-known wealthy man in Beijing, ranking around the top ten on the Zhaoguo Rich List.

Yu Yaoyao's adoptive mother, Yu Weijin, is the second daughter of General Yu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Zhao Kingdom Command, and has an exceptionally noble status.

Yu Yaoyao herself is an ordinary person with an extremely ordinary background. Apart from her outstanding appearance, she has absolutely no connection to this family.

But it was she, this lucky one, who became General Yu's chosen adopted granddaughter, the adopted daughter of Ye Yuntao and his wife, and the little princess cherished by the Ye family.

According to her older sister Ye Zhuozhuo, Yu Yaoyao was named so because her mother really liked the poem "Peach Blossom".

So, her name is Yu Yaoyao, her older sister is Ye Zhuozhuo, her eldest brother is Ye Qihua, her second brother is Ye Qijia, and her third brother is Ye Qishi, who is the bad guy who took away her strawberry cake.

The Ye family adopted her because Ye Zhuozhuo was weak after birth and lived in the hospital. Her mother, Yu Weijin, was heartbroken and cried every day because of her longing for her daughter.

To ease his daughter's pain, General Yu simply adopted a child from the orphanage, letting her take Ye Zhuozhuo's place and comfort Yu Weijin's longing for her daughter.

As time went by, Ye Zhuozhuo fully recovered and was discharged from the hospital after the age of ten.

When Yu Yaoyao first heard the news that Ye Zhuozhuo had been discharged from the hospital, she was worried for a long time, thinking that Ye Zhuozhuo would hate her, or that the Ye family would take the opportunity to send her away.

But for some reason, they didn't seem to have this idea, and still treated her as their daughter and sister, even doting on her more and more.

She lived carefree for a long, long time, until she performed a show at the school anniversary celebration in high school and remembered her dream from before she time-traveled, a dream that had long been covered in dust and hidden deep in her memory—to be a singer.

In her previous life on Earth, she was indeed a singer, the kind of unknown singer whose name was practically nonexistent.

But she traveled through time, to this blue planet that was very similar to Earth, to this country that had never appeared in history or books, the Zhao Kingdom.

The Zhao Kingdom has a history of more than two thousand years. Since its establishment, it has never experienced a war. The reason for this is that the vast Blue Star has only one country, the Zhao Kingdom.

Because of its vast territory and abundant resources, Zhaoguo is divided into seven major regions: Asia, Europe, South America, North America, Oceania, Africa, and the Arctic, each with its own regional governor.

Below the district head are the six ministries: the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works, and so on, down to the lowest rank of ordinary police officer.

The current emperor of Zhao is named Zhao Hede, who is 47 years old this year. He occasionally appears on television on special holidays to send blessings to all the people of Zhao, making him a true mascot.

Although he is a mascot, the emperor of Zhao Kingdom is not to be underestimated. The reason for this is that the military supply personnel of Zhao Kingdom only recognize the emperor.

In other words, those district chiefs could forget about using weapons to rebel; there was absolutely no possibility of it.

Therefore, even though this country has existed for thousands of years, it still stands strong.

Of course, besides this reason, there is another reason: the emperor of Zhao Kingdom does not inherit the throne by succession, but by election.

The so-called succession system is a joint election by the district heads of the seven continents, the ministers of the six ministries, and representatives of ethnic minorities. Of course, the election process here is quite complicated, which will be discussed in detail later.

In addition to the votes, the overall strength of the candidates will also be taken into consideration, and this strength will be demonstrated in actual combat on Sakura Island.

Admittedly, none of these are the most important things. The most important thing is that this is not Earth, which means that Yu Yaoyao can become famous quickly by copying... cough cough, borrowing, borrowing other singers' songs.

Perhaps this description is a bit inappropriate, but since they can't find any evidence that I plagiarized or borrowed from them, what's wrong with me taking their work for myself?

It's like finding a piece of gold in the mountains. Would you assume that the gold already has an owner?

If you think this belongs to someone and want to return it to the owner, then Yu Yaoyao will definitely admire you greatly, because she would only keep it for herself.

Even if she wasn't truly talented, she was still considered to have been overlooked, after all, she had so many songs stored up in her head, so why not use them?

Therefore, when she graduated from high school, she suddenly had the idea to study at the most prestigious music academy in the country, and even confidently promised that she would become famous all over the world.

She thought her decision would be ridiculed or even mocked, but strangely, the Ye family chose to understand and respect it, and even spent a lot of money to send her to study at the Royal Academy of Music in Europe, which really puzzled her.

Despite her doubts, she still had to continue her studies, which led to her four-year separation from Shiratoshi.