Mrs. Lin couldn’t oppose her son, nor could she stop the Ye family’s decisions.
She could only tearfully call Ye Ningwan over before she was sent to the Zhan Family, handing her a card: "Ningwan, I’m sorry to your mother; my unfilial son has wronged you even more. Take this money to keep by your side, the Zhan Family is dangerous, you must protect yourself."
Ye Ningwan hadn’t anticipated being sent into the Zhan Family.
She thought that spending a night in the wild with the driver and being falsely accused by him of losing her chastity could lead to the Lin Family breaking off the engagement. Then, she could be once again expelled from the Ye Family and sent back to the countryside.
But she hadn’t thought the Ye Family would be so malicious. They not only wanted her to give up the position of the Lin Family’s Young Madam but also have her replace Ye Xuan to marry into the Zhan Family, marrying that Living Yama, Zhan Hanjue.
The rumors about Living Yama are known by everyone in Jiangcheng; how could she not know?
Jiangcheng’s four major families: Zhan, Feng, Ye, Lin.
This Zhan Hanjue is the only son of the Zhan Family, the current leader.
But no one has seen his real face; a tragic accident thirteen years ago left him blind and disfigured. Since then, he hasn’t appeared before anyone, residing day and night in the depths of the Zhan Family’s large estate without stepping outside. However, even so, after taking over as the head of the Zhan Family ten years ago, he was able to create the myth of the Zhan Family’s commercial empire in the shortest time.
Since then, the Zhan Family has soared to divine status.
Although mentioned alongside the other three families as the four major families, even combined, the power of the three may not match the Zhan Family.
Even with blind eyes and a ruined appearance, the wealth of the Zhan Family rivals nations, and families in Jiangcheng wishing to form alliances with him remain as numerous as carp crossing the river.
Ten years ago, Old Mrs. Zhan found him his first wife, who was none other than Miss Feng.
But unexpectedly, within less than three months of marriage, the healthy Miss Feng passed away.
Two years later, Old Mrs. Zhan sought another marriage for him. This time, even more bizarre, upon the wedding eve after the betrothal gifts were sent, the bride had committed suicide.
Three years later, Zhan Hanjue found a woman himself, a popular actress. They publicly announced the happy news in the newspapers, but before long, the actress accidentally drowned during filming, and was found frozen to death.
Since then, people nicknamed Zhan Hanjue the "Living Yama," cursed to doom his wives; whoever married him was destined to die. Even with the wealth and power of the Zhan Family, no woman dared to risk her life marrying into it.
Wealth may be tempting, but one must have a life to spend it.
In a blink, Zhan Hanjue was approaching thirty, yet remained a widower.
Just two months ago, Ye Company faced a capital shortage and sought help from the Zhan Family. The Zhan Family agreed to help Ye Family through the crisis, but the sole request was for Ye Family’s daughter to marry over.
Ye Henghui had only two daughters; Miss Ye had married two years earlier, leaving only Second Miss Ye, Ye Xuan, waiting to be wed.
Once the Ye Family overcame the crisis, regret must have overtaken them, prompting them to rush the Lin Family to set the wedding date. They then schemed to kill two birds with one stone, swapping her with Ye Xuan, having Ye Xuan marry into the Lin Family, and sending her to the Zhan Family to settle debts.
"Aunt, I know you’ve tried your best. Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of myself." Ye Ningwan didn’t hesitate to accept the card.
Free money, no reason to refuse — this is Lin Family’s debt to her.
She didn’t know the role Mrs. Lin played in the scheme, but Lin Yuyang was definitely involved.
Mrs. Lin wiped away tears, saying: "If you find you cannot stay at the Zhan Family, take this money and run."
Ye Ningwan nodded, she certainly would run, she didn’t want to marry either the Zhan Family or the Lin Family.
"Speaking of it, you have some fate with Zhan Hanjue. He was one of the victims in your parents’ car accident back then, though he had the fortune to survive, your parents..." Mrs. Lin couldn’t continue, she wiped away her tears again.
"Aunt, you say Zhan Hanjue was among the victims of that car accident?" Ye Ningwan was shocked.
She surprisingly knew nothing of this matter.
Back then, she was also at the accident scene, but she was too young to recall many details. When she grew up and tried to investigate, all traces of the accident had been erased, leaving nothing to be found.
"Yes," Mrs. Lin sighed, "I hope he considers this connection and treats you a bit better."
Ye Ningwan’s autumn-water-like eyes deepened; initially not wanting to marry into the Zhan Family, now she had changed her mind.