Chapter 1: The Fake Daughter Pulls Out the Willow Tree

"My daughter Zi Han is ill and can't get married, so you have to marry her. Although you are not my biological daughter, I have raised you for 18 years after all, so you have to repay me."

Yu Ning concentrated on preparing her lessons and ignored her adoptive mother's threats and inducements.

Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded by playing the emotional card, Wu Yan could only suppress her heartache and took out a check from her pocket and put it on the table.

"I'm not asking you to live with that vegetative person for the rest of your life. I'll let you two switch back when Zi Han recovers. This money is nothing."

Yu Ning glanced at the check.

"My mind has been unstable these days, so it's not suitable for me to go down the mountain." One hundred thousand, just to send away a beggar?

Her master would charge more than this much for drawing a talisman.

Wu Yan almost vomited blood.

Although Yu Ning is a teacher at a Taoist college, she teaches politics and doesn't practice Taoism. What a bullshit!

Wu Yan suppressed her anger and took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes.

"Ning Ning, you have enjoyed the prosperity and wealth in our Yu family for so many years on behalf of Zi Han. Can you bear to ignore the Yu family when it is in trouble?"

"Yes, sister, we were taken away by the wrong child. You have enjoyed wealth and glory for eighteen years. Now you should help me." Yu Zihan burst into tears.

"Wealth and glory? Ha." This was the funniest joke Yu Ning had ever heard.

She lived to the age of 20, and the darkest 18 years of her life were spent at Yu's home.

She lived in a wealthy family but had to eat leftovers and wear tattered clothes, and even the servants in the house could beat and scold her at will.

She was also extremely unlucky.

I was almost turned into a vegetable after being hit by a flower pot while walking.

I went to the beach and was swept into the sea by the waves and choked into the ICU.

I almost choked to death while eating steamed buns.
This "wealth and glory" is for whoever wants it.

Two years ago, she met her master and found out that she was not a child of the Yu family.

The Yu family deliberately exchanged the child at the instruction of an expert.

The real daughter Yu Zihan was born with bad luck in her life. She needed someone with a noble star and a destiny with immortals to help her ward off the nine calamities of life and death in order to survive. That was how the fake daughter Yu Ning was adopted.

Yu Ning blocked eight disasters for Zhen Qianjin, and each disaster was life-threatening.

If you really want to repay the kindness of raising me, then these eight times are enough.

Wu Yan wanted to use the moral obligation of raising her to bind her, but in Yu Ning's eyes it was just a joke.

"You ungrateful bastard! I've raised you for so many years in vain!" Wu Yan was so angry that she started cursing when she saw that she couldn't convince Yu Ning.

Yu Zihan hurriedly stood up and hugged her mother's arm, timidly advising:

"Sister, please don't be so angry with me. I'm not feeling well. You should apologize to me."

She always looks lovely and adorable on weekdays, and everyone in the Yu family likes her.

Yu Ning shifted his gaze to Yu Zihan's face and shook his head.

"You have the bad luck in your life palace, so you are born with little energy and little luck. You should cultivate your mind and cultivate your character, but you like to gossip, which will only make your fortune worse and worse."

Yu Zihan's face changed drastically after hearing what she said. Yu Ning looked at her carefully again and exclaimed.

"I see your Palace of Illness is dark, I'm afraid you're going to have a serious illness."

Yu Zihan quickly took out her makeup mirror and looked carefully. Her face was flawlessly covered with foundation, and there was no dark aura that Yu Ning had mentioned. She felt relieved.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Yu Ning was also gloating.

"Sister, have you been in the mountains for too long and developed schizophrenia? I am very worried about your current mental state."

After the Yu family recognized the real daughter, the fake daughter Yu Ning was kicked out.

Yu Zihan was once very worried.

She was afraid that Yu Ning would marry into a wealthy family and live a good life after leaving the Yu family.

After all, Yu Ning had excellent grades since childhood. She skipped a grade to take the college entrance examination and ranked second in the province. Her appearance and talent far surpassed those of a real rich girl.

After leaving the Yu family, Yu Ning did not use her beautiful face that made Yu Zihan jealous to marry into a wealthy family, nor did she use her education from a prestigious university to find a decent job. She went to a Taoist college in the mountains and became a teacher.

Yu Zihan checked and found out that this school was not even registered with the Religious Affairs Bureau and was just a fake school.

Besides, why would a school that teaches metaphysics need a political teacher? It doesn’t seem like a serious job.

The school building was in tatters and looked like it was about to collapse. The desolate sight made Yu Zihan almost laugh out loud.

Thinking of this, Yu Zihan suppressed her happiness and persuaded Wu Yan.

"Mom, my sister is mentally ill now, and has fallen to such a poor state that she lives in such a shabby house. Please have pity on her and don't bother with her."

Wu Yan looked at her daughter lovingly and said dotingly, "You are just too kind. She bullied you so much, but you didn't bear a grudge."

"After all, we are sisters, right, sister~" Yu Zihan jumped in front of Yu Ning and shook her arm affectionately, as if she was acting coquettishly.

However, his elbow "accidentally" aimed at the small jade bottle on the table.

She saw it as soon as she entered the door. This small jade bottle was the size of a palm. It was hard to tell what quality the jade was, but it looked like a good thing and was out of place in this shabby little house.

How could the little bastard be worthy of such a good thing? Yu Zihan seized the opportunity and slammed the jade bottle with his elbow.

The jade bottle fell to the ground, making a crisp sound and broke into pieces. Yu Zihan's eyes were full of pride.

"Sister, I didn't mean it. You won't blame me, will you? - ah!"

Yu Zihan's face turned to one side, and Yu Ning slapped her hard.

Wu Yan rushed over screaming and pushed Yu Ning hard:

"You little bastard! You hit my daughter!"

Wu Yan raised her hand and was about to slap Yu Ning back, but was stunned by Yu Ning's cold eyes.

When the child was at her house, he had never looked at her with such eyes, cold and heartless, as if he was looking at a stranger.

"Take your daughter and get out of here right now!" Yu Ning pushed Wu Yan away and squatted down to pick up the fragments with a look of heartache.

This jade bottle was left to her by her master before he ascended to heaven, and she has always regarded it as a treasure.

The jade bottle was broken by Yu Zihan, and Yu Ning wanted to kill her.

"The Lin family's marriage——"

"Get out!" Yu Ning punched the table, and the hard willow wood table that was struck by lightning was actually dented.

Wu Yan and her daughter were so frightened that they hurried out.

"Wait a minute, come back!" Yu Ning's eyes fell on the broken bottle, and there were a few lines of small words inside the bottle.

It was the master's handwriting, she recognized it.

"You want me to marry for you, right? Sure, five million." Yu Ning looked straight at Wu Yan.

"Five million?! Why don't you buy a lottery ticket!" Wu Yan was shocked by her big mouth.

"Not even a penny less."

Wu Yan thought of the Lin family's amazing grandmother who was too good to offend, and cursed Yu Ning in her heart for ten thousand words.

"Okay. The Lin family's bride-picking party will go up the mountain tomorrow, so you should get ready.

After seeing Wu Yan and her daughter off, Yu Ning stared at the words on the bottle in a trance.

The jade bottle broke, and my disciples went out. They rose when they encountered a forest, became rich when they encountered a mountain, prospered when they encountered water, and stopped when they encountered a river.

Five million was just an excuse for her.

The master asked her to go down the mountain to the Lin family, and she had to obey the master's order.

But
"Master, do you really think I have never read "Water Margin"?"

Aren't the four verses on the bottle the ones given to Lu Zhishen by Elder Zhizhen in Water Margin?
"So in Master's heart, I am Lu Zhishen who uprooted the weeping willow tree?"

Yu Ning looked at the dent on the willow wood table left by his punch and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)