Reborn as a True Heiress and Becomes a Boss

Chapter 35 Unexpected
Yang Nianqing was somewhat surprised. What kind of hatred would make a girl feel unwanted? Yang Nianqing patted her shoulder. "My name is Yang Nianqing. If you'd like, tell me about it."

Looking at Yang Nianqing's gentle smile, Wang Hua's fear of many days finally collapsed at this moment. Wang Hua threw herself into Yang Nianqing's arms and cried loudly, "Actually, I was so scared."

Yang Nianqing patted her back comfortingly. Judging from her appearance, this girl was a very well-behaved, kind-hearted girl. Perhaps that's why she kept getting hurt.

After crying for a while, Wang Hua calmed down a bit. She let go of Yang Nianqing, wiped her tears, and continued, "My name is Wang Hua. My mother sold me to a dead person for money. She made me marry a ghost." As she said this, Wang Hua couldn't help but choke up again and laughed self-deprecatingly, "10 yuan! So I'm only worth 10 yuan."

Ghost marriages are the practice of finding spouses for the deceased. Sometimes, a man or woman dies before marriage, and elders believe that if they are not married, their ghosts will cause trouble and unrest in the home. Therefore, a marriage ceremony must be held for them. Customs vary from place to place, and the rituals for ghost marriages also differ.
For the living, a ghost marriage is definitely not a good thing, because once the ritual is successful, you and the deceased are legally married in the underworld. The ghost will follow you, and if it wants you to go down to accompany it, the underworld will turn a blind eye to whatever means it uses, because you were the one who agreed to it.

Yang Nianqing didn't know how to comfort her; all she could do was listen quietly to her story.

“My mother didn’t want to have me, but she found out she was already four months pregnant. The doctor said that her physical condition at the time meant she could never have another child, so she gave birth to me. I’ve always known she doesn’t love me. She said I was her shame, evidence of her selling her self-respect. She got married when I was six, and I was left with my grandmother.” Wang Hua couldn’t help but choke up and shed tears again.

“My maternal grandmother loved me very much and treated me very well. I am so grateful to have my maternal grandmother, otherwise I would have gone astray. I finally got into Kyoto University of Communication, but my maternal grandmother passed away. So I went to my mother’s house. The last time I was at the movie theater was to work a summer job. That day when I got home, my mother said she would take me somewhere.” She wiped her face and continued.

“She took me to a house, and the family tied my hands together, just like in the movies. I heard the family say that the total was 10, and the remaining 5 had been transferred to her card. Then my mother left, and I was locked up and spent a day with that person’s memorial tablet.”

"The next day, the family let me go without saying anything. I went back to my mother's house, thinking I would feel guilty and sorry for her. But instead, she said, 'Why am I still here?' Haha, why am I still here? She thought I would be taken away by that ghost. I packed my things and went back to the little house I lived in with my grandmother. I thought it was just a ghost marriage, we didn't even get a marriage certificate, so it shouldn't affect me. I was going back to Kyoto when school started and never coming back. But I was wrong. That ghost really came." Thinking of the scene when the ghost first appeared, Wang Hua clenched her skirt tightly.

"That ghost was extremely ugly. I heard he died of illness and never had a girlfriend. He was emaciated and, because he was tormented by illness in life, he was extremely resentful after death, dying with his eyes wide open. So, for the sake of their family's peace, the family spent a lot of money to hire a matchmaker to find a living person to marry him in the afterlife." Wang Hua paused here, took a deep breath, and continued, "My mother's husband owed 5 yuan because of gambling. The matchmaker knew she had no money, knew that my mother had me as her only daughter, and that my mother didn't like me, so she offered to give my mother money so that I could marry that ghost."

"That ghost has been following me ever since that day." Wang Hua said this with a hint of fear.

"But with the amulet you gave me, he can't get close to me. He's too scary. He stands by my bedside every day watching me. I might never be able to get rid of him in my entire life. I might as well die. Anyway, my mother doesn't love me, and nobody likes me. I don't even have many friends, and nobody will be sad for me."

Seeing that Wang Hua had completely lost the will to live, Yang Nianqing patted her shoulder. The girl's feelings at this moment were so similar to her own before her rebirth. She encouraged her, "Why do you think like that? Didn't your grandmother like you a lot? Now we haven't met anyone who cherishes us. Does that mean we can't cherish ourselves? So what if your mother doesn't expect you? I'm not expected by any of my relatives either. You don't have any friends, but I'll be your friend. If you really die, you'll be the one who can't get rid of that ghost."

Wang Hua asked in confusion, "Why?" "Judging from the fact that the ghost is haunting you every day, your ghostly marriage is officially formed. Although your marriage has no legal significance in the mortal world, you are a legally married couple in the underworld. If he wants to take you away, even if he kills you with his own hands, he won't incur any karmic retribution. If you die, you won't be able to get rid of him until your lifespan in the underworld ends. The reason he's covering your eyes today is to kill you," Yang Nianqing explained.

"What should we do?" Wang Hua asked anxiously. She hadn't expected that even death wouldn't get rid of that ghost. She didn't want to see that ghost; it was too terrifying. She would rather die, but now death was not an option.

Yang Nianqing patted her shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll help you resolve this ghost marriage."

Wang Hua smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you."

On the other side, Gu Yuanhong drove Xu Anyu and Wang Xiaolan to the hospital. Wang Xiaolan sat in the back seat and secretly observed the two of them, wondering who they were and why Yang Nianqing was avoiding them.

“Brother Hong, that person can…” Xu Anyu thought of the fake Gu Tangtang’s ability to conjure objects out of thin air and couldn’t help but speak, but was interrupted by Gu Yuanhong’s cough before she could finish.

"Ahem! Xu Anyu!" Gu Yuanhong gave Xu Anyu a look, signaling him not to mention his superpowers in front of outsiders.

"Is it possible that she is my sister?" Xu Anyu didn't mention his superpowers, but the face that looked exactly like his brother's made him think of it.

Gu Yuanhong remained silent for a while before sighing and replying, "I don't know." His cousin, Xu Daiqing, did not look like a member of the Xu family, nor did she look like a member of the Gu family. She did resemble his aunt, Gu Rongrong, but only slightly. If it was really as Kong Tingting said, that the Xu family had given the wrong child, what should they do?

Xu Anyu fell silent. He made a silent decision in his heart: if he couldn't find the fake Gu Tangtang, wouldn't he be able to find Xu Daiqing? He had to find out the truth!

Gu Xiaolan sat in the back seat, looking shocked. What was going on? How did Yang Nianqing become his sister? Wasn't his surname Xu? Wasn't Yang Nianqing still hiding from them?

(End of this chapter)