The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

Six hours later, a green train slowly pulled up to the platform.

A bulky and travel-worn figure stepped out of the car.

Su Ran stepped off the train, wearing a dark green oversized T-shirt and black wide-leg pants. Her long hair covered her face, making her look very gloomy.

Pedestrians gave her strange looks, and she shrank her shoulders, trying to make herself less noticeable in this cramped world.

The clinic doctor told her that her grandmother's health indicators were abnormal and that she likely had cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, and that she should go to a large hospital for a checkup.

But she had no money.

Simply dressing up as a mascot and handing out flyers won't make you money.

But apart from dressing up as a mascot to hand out flyers, no other shops in town wanted her.

She looked so scary that the boss was afraid she would scare away customers.

A few days ago, Su Ran received a letter from Jiangcheng, which was an invitation to her stepsister's college entrance ceremony.

My stepsister said she got into Qingcheng Conservatory of Music and asked me in her letter to come to her graduation celebration.

This gave Su Ran a new idea.

Even though she knew the other party might have ill intentions and had laid a broken bridge for her, Su Ran still wanted to walk across it.

She was truly at her wit's end and had no money to treat her grandmother.

But if I could see my father, maybe I'd have the money to see a doctor.

Grandma must never find out about this, or she will be angry.

Summers in Jiangcheng are very hot and humid.

Among all the people dressed in light clothing, Su Ran, who was dressed in thick clothes and had a strong build, was very eye-catching. Even so, she tried her best to keep her head down so that others could not see her face.

"Ah!" Su Ran, who was looking down, suddenly felt a force, her forehead hit a soft and hard object, and then she fell to the ground with a thud.

Immediately following was a shrill voice, "Don't you have eyes?! Can't you get out of the way?!"

Su Ran was dizzy from the impact, and then heard the sharp voice soften the next moment.

"Mr. An, are you alright? It's all those few blind fools' fault for not booking a plane ticket, which led you to be in such a crowded and chaotic place."

"No need," the man said, his voice clear and cold.

Before Su Ran appeared a pair of gleaming black leather shoes, above which were straight black trouser legs, and above that, a pair of pale hands, as if they hadn't seen the sun for many days, resting naturally on either side of the trousers, with prominent knuckles and broad palms.

Then a man's voice came from above: "Can you get up?"

Su Ran was taken aback and hurriedly shook her head.

"No, thanks."

Su Ran's voice was soft and gentle, yet it sent shivers down one's spine and made one feel a little itchy.

The man's eyes flickered slightly.

Before the girl could even look up, the shrill-voiced man quickly grabbed her arm. "Mr. An, I'll do your service."

With a drag and a pull, Su Ran's face, which she wanted to hide in the abyss, was revealed to everyone!

"Ah!!" It was that sharp voice again, only this time it was even higher-pitched.

Passersby were also drawn by the sound and saw Su Ran's face clearly.

The normally flowing crowd on the platform began to stir somewhat.

Su Ran quickly combed her hair to cover her face, frantically grabbed her cloth bag, hugged it tightly, and ran away.

The man with the shrill voice was still patting his chest, seemingly shaken, as he tried to get closer to the man addressed as Mr. An.

"Mr. An, this is the first time in my life I've ever seen such an ugly face. It's absolutely awful, even uglier than Zhong Wuyan."

The man addressed as Mr. An did not respond. Instead, he lowered his cool eyes, bent down, and reached out with his long, slender fingers to pick up an open envelope from the ground, revealing a corner of a pink invitation.

Su Ran never expected that losing the invitation would bring about a dramatic change in her life.

Without an invitation, Su Ran had no way to attend her stepsister's college entrance celebration.

Unable to find her way out of the vicinity, she encountered a group of girls who claimed to have come to pick her up in place of her stepsister.

She hesitated, but this was her only chance to see her father.

Little did she know that what awaited her was a bullying that nearly destroyed her soul.

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"Mr. An, what rumors have you heard? Youyou is Qinya's daughter, my only daughter. How could there be a second one?" Shi Zheng said righteously.

"I heard that Mr. Shi had a daughter this afternoon."

The man behind the glass door had a refined air about him and spoke in a calm tone, yet it made the listener feel incredibly pressured.

Unlike Mr. An, who exuded elegance and refinement on the platform, he radiated a sense of distance from his hair to the heels of his shoes.

"That was just a beggar who appeared out of nowhere, deliberately sneaking in to beg for food. Don't worry, we've already sent him away."

The woman spoke with a smile, carefully observing Mr. An's emotions, and exchanged a few glances with Shi Zheng.

She continued, "When Qinya was alive, she entrusted me to take good care of her son and daughter, and I also treat Youyou as my own daughter."

My husband and I haven't had any children all these years, how could we possibly have a daughter out of nowhere?

Mr. An raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

Shi An immediately replied, "Yes! I only have one younger sister, Shi Youyou."

He shifted his gaze, "Moreover, Youyou has inherited our late mother's talent; she's impeccable in music. We'll have to rely on Mr. An's help in the future, after all, my mother helped you before, didn't she?"

As he spoke the last sentence, Shi An's voice became unpredictable.

The man raised the corners of his eyes, curled his lips into a cold smile, and turned his gaze to the beautiful young woman who had been silent all along, waiting for her family to speak for her.

"In that case, Miss Shi Youyou, please prepare the admission letter from China's top music academy. I will send someone to deliver it to your residence."

When they left, the Shi family was overjoyed by the two great joys in Shi Youyou's life.

Shi Youyou wore a happy smile, her eyes gleaming with triumph. Thinking of Su Ran's disheveled state that afternoon, she felt immense satisfaction.

From a young age, she vowed to take everything away from Su Ran in front of her—her father, her mother, her brother, her childhood sweetheart, and her future.

Today, she achieved it all perfectly!

As An Yecheng closed the car door, the driver asked his superior with some trepidation, "Mr. An, Madam hopes you can take Miss Shi over for a visit."

"No need, my mom won't like her."

"Look at what you're saying, we haven't even met."

"Drive your car."

The driver turned his head away, looking puzzled.

An Yecheng pinched the bridge of his nose, the scene at the train station flashing through his mind, and he couldn't help but find it a little funny.

That girl looks strange, how could she possibly be Aunt Qinya's daughter?

Her voice was so beautiful, what a pity.

But what if this letter is real...?

An Yecheng's lips curled into a cold smile. If the Shi family dared to deceive him, he would make them pay a terrible price!

He took out his phone, took a picture of the envelope and mailed it, then dialed the number.

"Help me investigate a person named Su Ran, and also draft an admission notice. If it is confirmed that she is Su Qinya's daughter, this admission notice must be delivered to her personally."