52: An Jia's true purpose, a desperate girl.

After An Yuyao left, the An Family Clan Chief, An Hengyan, came to the main room.

Seeing his wife Shen Tinglan's gloomy and uncertain expression, he quickly asked:

“Madam, how did things go?”

“Did she agree to this matter?”

“That 'good' daughter of yours is still quite reluctant!”

“As expected of that slut's daughter, she's just as annoying as her mother.”

“Then what should we do now?”

An Hengyan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke in a somewhat fearful tone.

The world thought he was living a glorious life as the Clan Chief of the An Family.

But what others didn't know was that his ability to become the Clan Chief was entirely due to Shen Tinglan's help.

His wife, Shen Tinglan, was the Eldest Miss of a prestigious family; it was with her support that he successfully rose to power.

Because she hadn't given birth to a son, Shen Tinglan had helplessly agreed to the An Family elders' request for him to take a concubine.

The new concubine he took was beautiful and gentle, and he favored her greatly.

Unfortunately, Shen Tinglan had a bad temper and was extremely jealous of this concubine, so she used a scheme to murder her.

An Yuyao was the child born to that concubine.

Back when the concubine died, he had taken advantage of Shen Tinglan's inattention to secretly send An Yuyao away.

Since then, Shen Tinglan had been operating from the shadows, and now the An Family had almost completely fallen under her control.

He was now merely the Clan Chief in name only.

“If she doesn't want to marry, she still must!”

“You know what kind of person the Eldest Young Master of the Ji Family is.”

“How could I let my own daughter marry him!”

“It just so happens that the slut's daughter has been found; she can take my daughter's place and marry the Young Master of the Ji Family!”

“But the Young Master of the Ji Family won't disagree, will he?”

“It doesn't matter. She inherited a few points of that slut's beauty; the Young Master of the Ji Family certainly won't mind!”

At this point, a cold look appeared on Shen Tinglan's face.

An Hengyan wanted to say something but felt helpless.

Now, all major family matters were decided by his wife, and he had no right to interfere... At a teahouse near the An Family estate.

Su Yun spent the last few copper coins on him to order a pot of tea and some snacks, then sat down in a corner of the teahouse.

The teahouse was very lively, with people discussing all sorts of things.

Fortunately, in less than half an hour, people began to gossip about the An Family.

Su Yun immediately held his breath and focused his mind to listen.

“I'm telling you, the An Family recently recognized their Second Miss, and she's quite beautiful.”

“I saw her too. She's much prettier than the Eldest Miss of the An Family; her looks are truly peerless!”

“If I could become the husband of the An Family's Second Miss, this life would be worth it.”

“What a pity that such a beauty is about to fall into the hands of that Wicked Young Master!”

At this moment, a man dressed as a scholar joined the discussion.

Seeing this, the others became curious and quickly asked:

“Why does this brother say such a thing?”

“Sigh, you don't know that the An Family suddenly recognized the Second Miss just to form a marriage alliance with the Ji Family.”

“An alliance with that Wicked Young Master of the Ji Family?”

“Exactly.”

“I heard the Eldest Miss of the An Family was unwilling to marry that Wicked Young Master, so the alliance has been dragging on.”

“By a stroke of luck, they found the Second Miss. Madam An dotes on the Eldest Miss, so she's pushing the Second Miss out for the marriage alliance.”

“So heartless? Disregarding her own daughter's happiness like that?”

“It's normal. The Second Miss isn't her biological child; she was born to a concubine.”

“No wonder. I heard that many years ago, the accidental death of the An Family Clan Chief's concubine was related to Madam An.”

“Sigh, this Second Miss is too pitiful!”

Su Yun finally understood the truth of the matter from the passersby's conversation.

The reason the An Family recognized An Yuyao was likely to have her replace the Eldest Miss in marrying the Ji Family's Wicked Young Master.

“So now my mission is to snatch the bride?”

Su Yun suddenly discovered a way to speed-run the illusionary realm.

Tomorrow, General Yu would arrive near Cuiyan City, and he had tens of thousands of troops under his command.

At that time, he could borrow men from the general.

When the time came, he would go directly to the wedding and snatch her away.

This method was very convenient, but Su Yun always felt that the clear conditions for this illusionary realm weren't that simple.

The jade pendant used to enter the illusionary realm was originally held by both parties of a marriage contract.

Two people were playing roles in this illusionary realm.

And the two were very close members of the opposite sex.

Could it be that this illusionary realm was related to the feelings between the two?

It required him and An Yuyao to realize their true feelings and love each other before they could finally clear the Secret Realm together.

If the clear condition was this, then he couldn't use brute force directly; it could only be a backup plan.

Analyzing up to this point, Su Yun also thought about the feelings between him and An Yuyao.

At first, he only noticed An Yuyao because she was the female protagonist and was very beautiful, so he started paying attention to her.

But unknowingly, he and An Yuyao had experienced a series of events together.

During this process, An Yuyao's kind heart had gradually attracted him.

There was also her occasional shyness, her pure and beautiful smile, and even those lively pale-gold eyes.

All of these had made him gradually fall in love with An Yuyao.

As An Yuyao's favorability toward him increased, hadn't his favorability toward her also increased?

“So I should take the initiative!”

“Let my love break through your false memories!”

After Su Yun made up his mind, he immediately stood up and left the teahouse, preparing to sneak into the An Family estate to see An Yuyao directly.

Even though this was an illusionary realm, he couldn't bear to let the person he liked marry someone else... The An Family.

After An Yuyao returned to her bedroom, she sat blankly on the bed without saying a word.

She never expected that Madam An would forcibly arrange a marriage for her.

She had originally thought Madam An was a good person, but she hadn't expected her to change her face after only a few days of being back in the An Family.

Although she didn't know what kind of person the Ji Family's Young Master was,

seeing that Madam An was unwilling to let her own daughter marry into the Ji Family but wanted her to instead, she could tell that the Ji Family's Young Master was not a good person.

“Su Yun, I regret it!”

“I shouldn't have doubted your words.”

“Father really did have a purpose in recognizing me and bringing me home.”

“None of them truly care for me.”

An Yuyao's eyes turned slightly red, and crystal tears flowed down her fair cheeks, dripping onto her dress.

She didn't know what she should do in the future.

Was she just supposed to accept her fate?

Should she try to escape from the An Family now?

An Yuyao wiped her tears with a handkerchief and then walked with light steps to the door of her bedroom.

Through the crack in the door, she found dozens of maidservants guarding the courtyard from all directions.

Forget sneaking out of the An Family; even a mosquito flying past would get slapped.

“It's over, it's really over this time!”

Despair gradually filled An Yuyao's eyes.

Now, even if she could rush out of the courtyard, she wouldn't be able to make it out of the An Family's main gate because there were many guards.

She was just a weak woman without the strength to even truss a chicken; how could she fight against them?

“Su Yun, it seems we can only meet again in the next life!”

An Yuyao pulled a hairpin from her hair.

Then, she raised the hairpin, ready to stab it into her neck.

Her heart was already in despair; since she couldn't escape, she would at least leave her purity behind in this world.

“Yuyao, long time no see!”

A familiar voice came from the roof.