Accompanying the female host’s voice, the screen switched to several life photos of Xu Xiangying. An antique tea room, rising incense, an elegant cheongsam, a gentle and indolent temperament, long black hair pinned with a wooden hairpin, a charming and innocent face, with slender fingers holding a cup of tea, truly a beauty to behold.
The female host was generous with her praise: “Is this the legendary divine beauty? She’s too beautiful. Together with Jiang Boyuan, they are truly a divine couple. I really hope they reunite soon. If anyone has seen Xu Xiangying or knows her whereabouts, please contact the number below. A six million reward awaits you…”
Hearing this, Jiang Ruyi understood her current situation:
- She was inside a novel.
- The antagonist Jiang Boyuan was her father, and her beautiful mother had just gone missing.
- She was about to be sent to live with her aunt, becoming a pitiful child dependent on others, destined for a short, tragic life.
- Her antagonist father’s fate was miserable. Disgraced! Imprisoned! Overnight, his hair turned white! Life imprisonment! What terrifying words!
Jiang Ruyi felt her world crumble. No! She couldn’t let Jiang Boyuan meet such a dire fate. Heaven had given her a second chance at life, making her his daughter; surely, it was meant for her to help and change his destiny.
With this thought, she toddled over on her little legs and threw herself into his arms, crying out in her babyish voice, “Daddy, Mommy’s gone, I only have you now.” In her past life, she was an orphan, without kin. Even though she had adoptive parents, their bond was weak, nothing compared to the affection she felt for him now. How strange, given they were strangers.
Jiang Boyuan, in a drunken stupor, only opened his eyes upon hearing his daughter’s cries: “Little Ruyi, don’t cry, be good, don’t cry—” He wiped away her tears with his hand, soothing her gently: “Daddy will bring Mommy back. Really. Mommy will come back.” This was his obsession, the driving force of his life.
