"Extra, extra--"

This word is probably only heard on television, in the twenties and thirties of the last century. Whenever a major event occurred, newspaper boys from bustling districts would roam the streets, calling out with papers in their hands.

What big event is happening in today's glitzy, neon-lit metropolis now?

"The second Miss Hua is about to get married."

Upon hearing the news, countless aristocratic sons from wealthy families start beating their chests in despair, and every family starts to busy themselves, taking active preventive measures.

Preventing what? Preventing poison ingestion, jumping off buildings or into Yellow River! All to avoid causing social unrest.

Which Miss Hua could have such a profound, earth-shattering impact?

None other than the second daughter of Hua Qing Shan, the richest person in X state - Hua Yao Yao, a legend among legends.

Whenever Hua Yao Yao is mentioned, there's no end to the topics that scions of wealthy families would come up with.

Her family is quite wealthy, any spare change they throw around could easily transform a poverty-stricken beggar into a super tycoon.

Not only is she beautiful, but she's also exceptionally talented.

When it comes to this, the wealthy sons and daughters have endless stories to tell.

Hua Yao Yao, when she was three years old, she recited Tang poems and Song lyrics, as well as countless digits of pi.

At thirteen, she enrolled at Harvard in the United States.

By nineteen, she had become a master in various fields such as finance, management, medicine, law and so much more.

At twenty, with nothing else to learn and bored to death, she has become infatuated with martial arts novels. Ever since, she worshiped the Shaolin temple and aspired to Wudang mystic arts.

At twenty-three, she had martial skills that could easily surpass Guo Jing and Huang Rong of the classic wuxia tales.

At twenty-five, under her father's insistence, she took over the Huashi family business.

The legend of Hua Yaoyao could not be finished even in three days and three nights. Many noble young masters fell under her beguiling charm and were left turned away at the gate by this little girl.

Yet, when she was twenty-six, a shocking announcement was made: the new head of the Huashi Group, Hua Yaoyao, was to get married.

Many hearts were shattered.

All the lines of emergency number 120 busy.

The police hotline 110 was in chaos too.

...

The moon was as bright and clear as jade, pouring its luminous light on a prospering land. A placid lake shimmered with the reflection of beautiful scenic views and dazzling mansions.

Here, there was no glaring neon of the city center, but a gentle yellow light that added a layer of mystery and tranquility to the serene night.

Presently, beautiful music wafted out, tinkling piano tunes that seemed like a blessed melody from a Utopia, accompanied by ripples of laughter.

Indeed, this is where Hua Yaoyao lived - a zone in City X where the rich reside, dotted every few miles by unique villas, private golf courses, swimming pools, and gardens, demonstrating unmatched luxury.

Tonight, a grand ball was underway, with the sound of piano music and laughter coming right from this event.

Undoubtedly, the venue of the ball was the Hua mansion.

Three days later, Hua Yaoyao is going to be married. Tonight is her wild party.

For the youngsters reveling in the party, their parents are naturally uncomfortable. The old Master of the Hua family and his wife adore this second daughter so much. They found an excuse to leave home early.

Tonight the Hua house is the epitome of an extreme party.

A beautiful woman is wearing a snow-white evening dress, her fragrant shoulders half exposed as she mingles through the resplendent crowd, raising her glass to drink until her cheeks flush a faint red.

She is indeed pretty, her beauty is like a meticulously crafted porcelain doll, her pure white face lacks any flaws. Her long hair to her waist cascades down like a waterfall, and a slight breeze curls it as though alive, which fascinates many young lads in the hall.

"I wonder which young master Hua Yaoyao has set her sights on?"

"I heard that she's interested in the son of a subordinate of the old Master Hua."

"What! The son of a wage earner?"

"To put it nicely, he is one of the elders in the Hua Group. To put it bluntly, he's just a high-ranking wage earner."

"Is Hua Yaoyao really going to marry such a man?"

"Well, it is said that they have grown up together. Childhood sweethearts, you know."

"Childhood sweethearts, huh! They're not even married yet. If you know how to court, there's no woman you can't win over."

"Mr. Li, what do you mean by that?"

"The Hua family's women are infamous for their coquettish ways. I have tasted the flavor of Hua Yaoyao's elder sister. This younger sister might be the same!" At the edge of the dance floor, a handsome playboy squints his eyes and watches Hua Yaoyao moving through the crowd. He lifts an eyebrow, seemingly confident.

"Mr. Li, you shouldn't say these things lightly." The person next to him quickly pulled him back a bit.

"What are you scared of, watch me!" A dandyish young man set his goblet onto the table, straightened up in his expensive suit, and went after the retreating figure of Hua Yaoyao with confidence.

"Miss Hua—" As he called out to her, Hua Yaoyao stopped in her tracks. When she turned her head, her bright eyes blinked; they were so expressive, they almost seemed capable of speech.

She naturally recognized the dandyish man approaching her—Li Qi, the young master of the Li Corporation, and a textbook debauchee.

"So it's Young Master Li!" She greeted him politely, following the principle that every visitor is a guest.

"Of course it's me. Or did you think it was your impoverished, low-ranking fiancé?" Li Qi began the conversation in an offensive manner.

The crowd was silent, and unfortunately, some managed to overhear. Hua Yaoyao took a brief glance at the departing crowd, her lips curving into a brilliant smile. "You'd best watch your words, Young Master Li, or there will be severe consequences.

"Consequences? I would certainly like to take my chances. I'd also like to taste... you." As Li Qi spoke, he daringly reached his hand out towards her. She was undeniably beautiful, her youthful face radiating freshness. "Your sister was tasty, but you... you must be even better—AAH!"

Before he could finish his boastful statement, a painful shriek drowned out the music in the ballroom, and heads turned to look.

At that moment, Hua Yaoyao was trapping Li Qi's salty pig's hand and was pressing it onto the ground with force. The clear sound of cracking bones could be heard.

"As I warned earlier, there will be severe consequences," she declared, smiling beautifully and tightening her grip. "You should have heard about my martial arts skills. If I add a little more strength, your hand would become useless. From then onward, you won't be called 'Mister Li' or 'Li Qi,' you'd be 'Li the Cripple.' Hehe..."

"Hehe..." The onlookers joined in the laughter.

"Hua Yaoyao, your sister is a slut—" Li Qi defiantly tried to speak again.

"Hm?" Not giving him the chance, Hua Yaoyao frowned slightly, and again, pressed his wrist harder. The sound of bones cracking could be heard again. "Truly wishing to become 'Li the Cripple'?"

"Ah—!" Li Qi screamed in pain, realizing the beautiful woman was not someone to mess with. If he ended up crippled, he wouldn't be able to enjoy his life with women around. "No, no, I am the scum, I am! I indeed am!"

"Is that so?" Hua Yaoyao asked, offering him a sweet smile. She glanced at the gawking crowd, most of whom were children of prestigious families. However, their statuses were all below the Huas, so naturally, they sided with her. It seemed that Li Qi's misfortune was inevitable. "What does everyone think? Should we just let him go after his assault towards me?"

"Absolutely not," everyone chorused unanimously.

"If they all say no, then there's nothing I can do," Hua Yaoyao shrugged, feigning helplessness with an innocent grin. "How about this, since you admit that you're the outrageous one, why don't we see you in all your glory? Strip off your clothes and let us have a proper look."

Li Qi fainted.

"That's right, take off your clothes," the crowd started to jeer.

That night left behind a classic, the junior master Li of the Li Corporation was forced to walk out of the Hua family's mansion in only his underpants. By the next day, he was a subheadline on every major media platform, causing quite a stir.

As for why he was only a sub-headline and not the headline, that was another story for later.

The ball prematurely ended due to the Li Qi incident. After the guests had all left, Hua Yaoyao was exhausted. Recalling her sister Hua Jin, it seemed that she only caught a glimpse of her during the entire banquet, and afterwards, she was nowhere to be found. Ascending the stairs, dragging her weary body, her mind began to replay Li Qi's words.

He said he was with Hua Jin...

Could it be...

Hua Jin was not her biological sister, but her father's adopted daughter. They grew up together and shared a deep bond. Apart from her indulgent personal life, she didn't have any significant drawbacks.

There was the sound of water running in the corridor, seemingly coming from Hua Jin's room.

"Darling, give me a kiss," a familiar voice echoed along the hallway.

"You scoundrel! Why are you here now?" Hua Jin responded, her voice captivatingly coy and gentle.

"Isn't it because I miss you?"

"Is it because you miss me, or her?"

"Of course, it's you! It was, is and will always be you!"

The more she heard, the more it sounded familiar. Huā Yàoyao quickened her pace. "Sis-" Knock knock knock, she sounded on Huā Jǐn's room door.

The room quieted for a moment before Huā Jǐn’s somewhat lazy voice piped up. "Come in."

Without being polite, Huā Yàoyao pushed open Huā Jǐn’s room door. The room was slightly messy with clothes strewn all over the floor. The person lying in the big bed had some intriguing curves, her sexy pink nightgown accentuating her flushed cheeks. It appeared like there had been a passionate storm, save for the fact that there was no one else in the room.

"Sis, I just heard a man's voice from your room!" Casually glancing towards the bathroom direction, Huā Jǐn may be open-minded but wouldn’t usually invite men into their house.

"Yàoyao, come here, I have something to tell you." Huā Jǐn's seductive makeup was still on, her smile mesmerising. Surely, any man would find it hard to resist.

"What is it?" Huā Yàoyao moved closer, her full trust in Huā Jǐn made her completely oblivious to the figure behind the door.

"Yàoyao, I want to say that Ní Hào is mine, and Huā Enterprises is also mine!" Huā Jǐn slightly sat up, her slender legs in a captivating pose, throwing a flirtatious look at Huā Yàoyao.

Huā Yàoyao was slightly taken aback, "Sis, are you joking--uh--" She hadn't finished speaking, and her body stiffened abruptly. Slowly, she turned her face and saw a familiar and handsome face.

Ní Hào. He was half-naked, looking at her with a indifferent gaze, and the fruit knife in his hand was already halfway inserted into her back.

Ní Hào, the man she was to marry in three days.

Ní Hào, the loving sweetheart she grew up with.

"Wh-why-" Huā Yàoyao only felt her throat congested with metallic taste. She wanted to question why, only to have Ní Hào cruelly press down the sharp blade further.

Then she slowly fell to the ground, her struggling hands clutching the white sheets stained with terrifying red.

She, the intelligent and martially-adept Huā Yàoyao, was deceived by the person she trusted and loved the most.

Ni Hao gave her an indifferent glance and went straight towards Hua Jin's bed, kissing the sensual woman fervently.

Until he had had enough, until he was nearly suffocating.

“I am the adopted daughter of your Hua family, and I will not receive a penny in the end. Only when you die, will everything be mine!” Hua Jin smirked victoriously, lying in Ni Hao's arms.

Hua Yao Yao smiled, a cold, chilling smile. Her eyes dimmed with the gradual fading of her lifeblood, and they finally rested on Ni Hao. She wanted to know his answer.

“I am a man! I have normal needs!” Ni Hao revealed no hint of mercy, her death seemed like a release to him. He growled in resentment, “After all these years together, you've played the saint long enough, and I've had enough! From now on, our Ni family will no longer be a slave to your Hua family!”

Playing the saint?

She just wanted to save the beautiful nights for their honeymoon.

Slave?

The Ni family was never the slave of the Hua family!

“Haha…” Hua Yao Yao did not refute, she just laughed. Laughed at her own foolishness, never realizing that her most beloved person and her closest sister would have such an affair.

A joke, what a grand joke.

“Ni Hao! Hua Jin!” Hua Yao Yao summoned their names with her last breath, “I've said it before, if I don't offend others, no one will offend me. If I die, you two will die with me!”

She spat a mouthful of blood onto the floor, her body slowly growing cold.

Ni Hao and Hua Jin only took her words as a joke. What can a dying person do? He laughed, she laughed, and he buried his head into her bosom, starting their intimacy.

Hua Yao Yao watched the intertwined bodies on the bed indifferently, playing with the diamond ring on her fourth finger.

The ring was a proposal from Ni Hao to her.

They forgot one thing, Hua Yao Yao was a genius. Earlier for convenience, she had installed a circuit control system of the Hua's mansion within her diamond ring, which included a self-ignition system.

With just a press, the circuits in the Hua's mansion would immediately collapse, leaving a sea of flames.

Yes, she pressed it with a smile.

Ni Hao was not hers, nor was he Hua Jin's.

The Hua Corporation wasn't hers, and certainly not Hua Jin's.

At the age of twenty-six, Hua Yao Yao's life came to a full stop.

The next day a piece of news shocked the entire X continent: X continent's richest man, Hua Qing's home caught fire, his two daughters and future son-in-law all perished in the flames.

This became the headline, and an eternal mystery to the outside world.