Chapter 679 - 682: Prank

Chapter 679: Chapter 682: Prank

Everyone in the private room turned to look at the uninvited guest who had suddenly burst in.

Song Yixian took the opportunity to break free from the sleazy man, stumbling to her feet and fleeing toward the door.

She happened to run right into Hua Yusen.

Originally, Hua Yusen hadn’t wanted to get involved. But now that someone had crashed into him, retreating would seem far too cowardly.

He pulled the panicked Song Yixian behind him and smiled at the men at the table.

"This young lady is an acquaintance of mine. If you’ll do me a favor and let her go, all your drinks today are on me. How about it?"

The men at the table were already drunk.

Under the influence of alcohol, they weren’t thinking straight at all.

Seeing someone trying to steal their "girl," why would they agree? They immediately slammed the table and started causing a scene.

No matter how much they argued, Hua Yusen refused to back down.

Just as the two sides were about to come to blows, the hotel manager rushed over after hearing the commotion. It took a great deal of persuasion to calm the group of drunkards down.

Under Hua Yusen’s protection, Song Yixian left the hotel.

Hua Yusen, seeing the job through to the end, drove her right to her doorstep.

Before parting, they added each other on WeChat.

As an observer, Hua Manman could clearly see the gratitude for the man in Song Yixian’s eyes.

At that moment, in Song Yixian’s eyes, the man was like a peerless hero who had descended from the clouds to save her from Water and Fire.

From that point on, their lives intersected, and they naturally grew closer.

Confession, dating, proposal.

The scenes flew by as if someone had pressed the fast-forward button.

Several times, Hua Manman wanted to stop Song Yixian from continuing her relationship with Hua Yusen.

But it was no use.

No matter what she said or did, no one could perceive her.

She could only watch helplessly as Song Yixian fell in love and eventually walked down the aisle with Hua Yusen.

Witnessed by friends and family, Hua Yusen vowed to take care of and protect his wife for all of his life.

Song Yixian’s smile was incredibly sweet.

Hua Manman couldn’t bear to watch any longer and turned her head away.

Mr. Zhu stood beside her and said with a light chuckle.

"Look at them, so happy. It’s just a shame..."

The rest of his words were drowned out by the cheers of their friends and family.

After getting married, Hua Yusen and Song Yixian lived a sweet and inseparable life together.

Song Yixian soon became pregnant.

Hua Yusen knelt on one knee, pressing his ear to Song Yixian’s belly, listening intently for the baby’s movements.

With every kick from the fetus, he would exclaim with joy.

"She moved! The baby moved!"

The young couple were as happy as two little fools.

Seeing this, Hua Manman felt a mix of complicated emotions.

Mr. Zhu smiled and remarked, "They really seem to be looking forward to your birth."

Hua Manman pressed her lips together, saying nothing.

’If they were so expectant,’ she thought, ’why did they abandon me in the end?’

Mr. Zhu smiled mysteriously, as if he could read her mind.

"You’ll know why soon enough."

After their daughter was born, Hua Yusen became more and more of a family man. Every day after work, he would rush home, eager to spend time with his wife and daughter.

A prosperous family, doting parents.

Hua Manman’s early childhood was as if she were steeped in honey; every day was filled with immense joy.

Until—

Hua Yusen’s company participated in a very important bid.

Hua Manman watched with her own eyes as Mr. Zhu, with a flick of his finger, leaked Hua Yusen’s company’s bidding documents to a competitor.

This directly caused Hua Yusen’s company to lose the bid.

And that was only the beginning.

From then on, it was as if Hua Yusen was cursed. No matter what project he took on, he would run into all sorts of trouble.

He thought he was just having a run of bad luck.

Only Hua Manman knew that Mr. Zhu was the one orchestrating it all.

He was like a malicious hunter, deliberately pushing his prey into a pit he had dug beforehand.

Finally, Hua Yusen couldn’t hold on any longer and had to declare bankruptcy.

To pay off his debts, he sold their house and car, and the family squeezed into a shabby, cheap rental unit.

Mr. Zhu then deliberately had some brutish alcoholics get close to Hua Yusen.

Under the pretext of investing in his business, those people toyed with him, gradually leading him to develop a drinking habit.

People tend to be impulsive when they’re drunk.

A drunk Hua Yusen was like a different person.

He shed his usual gentle image, beating and kicking his wife and daughter, venting all his resentment and frustration on them.

Hua Manman watched as her younger self was choked by her father, who called her a jinx and screamed at her to go and die.

Her mother’s helpless cries rang in her ears.

Several empty liquor bottles lay scattered across the floor.

Even though the window was open, not a single ray of sunlight came in.

The room was as dark as hell.

Mr. Zhu spoke in Hua Manman’s ear, his voice like the whisper of a demon.

"How does it feel to fall from heaven into hell?"

Hua Manman hadn’t understood why her father’s company suddenly went bankrupt, nor why such a calm and self-controlled man would develop a drinking problem.

She had thought it was all a coincidence.

Only now did she realize—how could there be any pure coincidences in this world?

It was all just a malicious prank orchestrated by some demon.

Hua Manman couldn’t help but clench her fists.

She barely suppressed the urge to punch him and asked through gritted teeth, "Why would you do this?"

Mr. Zhu: "If a person is born in darkness, never knowing the taste of light, they will foolishly believe it is their destiny.

Only when someone has experienced the light and then fallen into darkness will they feel resentment and indignation.

These emotions will corrode your mind, making you more and more extreme.

At that moment, if someone gives you a chance to transmigrate and have a brand new life...

...you would surely be ecstatic, and you would do everything in your power to seize that opportunity.

Foolish, paranoid, and willing to do anything to achieve your goals.

Such a character profile is so similar to the supporting female role I designed for you in *Palace Intrigue*."

Hua Manman was so furious she laughed. "Are you out of your goddamn mind?!"

Mr. Zhu ignored her scorn and sighed softly.

"What I didn’t expect was that even after falling into hell, you could still struggle your way back out, and your heart would remain pure.

I’ve thought about it for a long time and can’t figure out why.

Can you tell me why that is?"

Hua Manman: "Get lost!"

Mr. Zhu didn’t get angry at all. Instead, he just gave a good-natured smile.

"It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me. I can just go see for myself."

Time continued to move forward.

A young Hua Manman walked home from school with her backpack on, her head hung low.

As she passed a wall covered in ivy, she heard a soft meow.

MEOW~

She looked up toward the sound and saw a Three-colored Cat sitting on top of the wall.

At that moment, Hua Manman, the observer, felt extremely nervous.

From Li Ji’s notes, she knew that the Three-colored Cat was actually Li Ji.

One of the most important reasons she had been able to endure those dark years was the companionship of the Three-colored Cat.

’Judging by the Main God’s reaction, it must not know about this.’