In the 1900s, Beiping City didn't cover as large an area as it did in a previous life. There were fewer vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and the driver stepped on the accelerator without any scruples.
Soon, they reached their destination.
The driver slowly parked the car at the entrance of a narrow alley and pointed forward, saying that the car couldn't get in.
Su Ning took a careful look around.
This was undoubtedly one of the "slums" in Beiping City. The houses were low, the roads were narrow, and there were dirty slush and some unidentifiable garbage by the roadside.
There was an indescribable smell in the air.
She hadn't felt it when she was holed up in the luxurious Beiping Grand Hotel for the past half - month, but now that she was here, she finally felt a heavy sense of reality.
When they saw a car coming, first, a passing child screamed and ran, shouting:
"A car, a big - horned car is coming!"
"Come out and have a look!"
The shrill voices of the children pierced the sky.
In the blink of an eye, many skinny children with big heads and small bodies emerged from all directions. They gathered in a group several yards away, sucking their fingers, their eyes full of curiosity.
This didn't mean that the adults weren't curious. They were peeping from the corners and over the walls, but they were afraid of offending the noble guests and getting into trouble, so they didn't dare to come forward.
The car stopped steadily.
The driver, who had been greatly psychologically stimulated, still had a strong sense of service. Or rather, his manner became even more respectful.
He got out of the car, walked around to the left, and bent down to open the door.
In full view of everyone.
Half - Immortal Su, with several big footprints on his clothes, straightened his back and got out of the car. He raised his voice and said to the person inside the car window:
"Niece Ning, you can rest assured. I've taken good care of our ancestors' graves over the years. It definitely won't cause any delays."
His deliberately raised voice, combined with everyone pricking up their ears, meant that everyone within a twenty - meter radius could hear.
It was precisely because they heard that they were shocked.
What? When did Half - Immortal Su have a niece who could ride in a car?
"Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Tang," came a cold female voice. The car window slowly rolled down. Due to the angle, most people could only see the upper half of the face, with extremely black eyebrows and extremely white skin.
The stark contrast between black and white.
It always gave a sense of cold and noble air.
"At the latest, my father's ashes will arrive in a month. I'm not very familiar with the funeral etiquette in the country. I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Tang, at that time."
"We're all relatives. It's only right," Half - Immortal Su nodded repeatedly, patting his chest to guarantee that he would handle it well. He said that, aside from anything else, he would meditate for three days and use all his skills to calculate the best date for the funeral of his poor younger brother who died in a foreign land!
Su Ning: …
Well, anyway, there was no such person as Su Huaishan. Let him calculate then.
After they had said what they needed to say.
A fair, delicate hand, perfectly fitting the image of someone who never did any manual work, stretched out from the car window.
What attracted everyone's attention was that this hand was holding a roll of silver dollars wrapped in white paper.
There were at least fifty of them.
The owner of the hand said apologetically, "I should have visited your home, but I have some urgent matters to deal with. I'll come to pay you a formal visit in a few days."
"Take this little money to have tea."
The world fell silent, filled with the sound of everyone's hearts breaking.
Fifty silver dollars for tea?
How could these two words be connected!
Half - Immortal Su took the silver dollars. The heavy weight not only pressed on his hand but also on his heart.
His nose felt a bit sour.
He had been wandering the world for so many years.
How could Half-Immortal Su not know that having tea was just a way for Su Ning to save his face? It was obvious that she truly regarded him, a poor relative, as a family member.
As a result, half of his initial intention to take advantage of the situation quietly faded away...
Su Ning: Without money, it's like a gun without ammunition, which affects the performance of the Su family.
The car window slowly closed.
Taking a final look outside, Half-Immortal Su looked proud and disdainful. He stood there, spitting and ranting at the neighbors who had gathered around.
The Rich and Heartless System dinged, indicating that she had successfully acted in a heartless way as a rich person.
One yuan, one yuan, one yuan...
Even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat.
Su Ning closed her eyes and listened to this wonderful sound.
Suddenly, the anxious voice of the system came into her mind again.
"Host, just now I detected several plot characters less than fifty meters away from you. Since they're here, can't you just bully them on the way?"
"What's the rush?"
Su Ning opened her eyes and seemed very calm.
As the saying goes, where there's a venomous snake, there's an antidote within ten steps.
As a family of villains, there were naturally many plot characters around the Su family, and some of them even had quite a lot of screen time.
The plot had just begun.
Normally, it should be easy to bully these plot characters.
However, there was a twist.
"Others may not know, but don't you, the system, know that I'm really not some heir to a super - rich foreign family. Apart from the money just rewarded, I have no foundation at all."
"If I act rashly and offend or bully others, I might not even know how I died." Su Ning said helplessly.
Perhaps to prove the correctness of her words, outside the car window, in a dark alley, a rickshaw had overturned on the snowy ground. Several fierce - looking men were kicking and beating a man on the ground.
A woman beside them was crying hysterically.
Passers - by didn't dare to intervene. Those who had to pass by covered their faces and quickened their steps.
The car was moving fast.
Su Ning only took two glances. After the car turned a corner, she couldn't see anything anymore.
"In the Republic of China era, just having money isn't enough."
The system seemed to understand but also not quite. Hearing this, it got a bit anxious. "Then what should we do? My task rewards are only money and some assets..."
"Relax."
Su Ning's mood was very stable. Or rather, she had already gone through the phase of breakdown.
"If used properly, money can be transformed into influence." She smiled slightly.
"This influence needs to be carefully arranged and it also takes time. Being impatient is the last thing we should do."
She had already taken the first step.
Next, it was time to consolidate the persona of the heir to a foreign rich family.
It was unwise to just throw money around blindly. That would make one look like a fool, be looked down upon, and the process would be too slow.
Holding a grand and extremely luxurious funeral would be the most natural and appropriate thing to do.
After that, it would naturally attract those with ulterior motives.
Infected by the host's calmness, the Rich and Heartless System breathed a sigh of relief and excitedly reminded the host.
"Next, the relevant plot of the Su family should be about Su Zhenzhu, your step - cousin. Her fiancé has returned from studying abroad and has accepted new ideas. He strongly opposes the arranged marriage."
"Su Zhenzhu is greedy for wealth and cunning. No matter how nicely her fiancé Fang Lin tries to persuade her, even promising to treat her as a younger sister, she refuses to break off the engagement."
"She cries, makes a scene, and even threatens to commit suicide. She even instructs her older brother, Su Chen, to beat Fang Lin."
Su Ning showed her confusion.
"Shouldn't Fang Lin be the one in the wrong for breaking off the engagement without a good reason?"
"Also, what do you mean by treating her like a younger sister?" She scoffed. "That's just empty promises. Do you think the Fang family's property will be split in half and given to Su Zhenzhu?"
There's a clear difference between being the definite young mistress of the Fang family and just being verbally treated like a younger sister.
There's no need to even discuss which one to choose.
"......Host, what you said seems quite reasonable," the system added.
"In the book, Su Zhenzhu also used various means to forcefully marry into the Fang family, causing chaos in the family. Since Fang Lin has feelings for the female lead, Ye Tang, she repeatedly framed Ye Tang."
Su Ning raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Then, the more Su Zhenzhu persecuted them, the deeper their feelings became. After going through many hardships, they finally exposed the true face of the vicious female supporting character, and the lovers finally got married?"
"You're wrong."
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The Rich and Heartless System said:
"Ye Tang is indeed the female lead, and Fang Lin... let me see, he's the affectionate second male lead."
"Although Fang Lin finally managed to divorce Su Zhenzhu, due to an accident, they had an intimate encounter. Coupled with Su Zhenzhu faking a pregnancy to gain the support of Mrs. Fang, Ye Tang was completely exhausted and finally gave up on this relationship."
Su Ning rolled her eyes at this plot.
