Lan Yao watched this scene from a distance, her heart completely unmoved.

The jade Pixiu asked, quite dejectedly, "So, why is this little girl following you? Does she have a crush on you?"

Jade Abacus: "Pipi, you complained that Master was stupid before, but I think you're the stupid one! If she didn't have something to gain, would she have been so patient and followed Master all that way? Wasn't it all to find out where Master actually lives?"

The jade Pixiu was furious and embarrassed: "Of course I know. I want to ask about her purpose, do you understand what purpose means?"

Jade Abacus: "That's not what you just said. You were teasing your master, you wicked ornament."

Lan Yao can now completely ignore the two little ones arguing. She rubbed the back of her hand and guessed that the reason they were staring at her so intently was probably because they were after her luck.

Lan Yao thought this way because the jade Pixiu had previously said that Hua Niu's luck was very special.

What alarmed her most was Hua Niu's cryptic words during their bargaining, which sent chills down her spine and put her on high alert.

Therefore, Lan Yao felt that what Hua Niu wanted to get from her must not be an ordinary thing.

Hai Jiao's appearance made Lan Yao even more certain of this.

The other party just wants her luck!

She was so certain because she had recently stolen four-fifths of the luck from Lan Jiaojiao.

Can the fortune of a favored daughter of heaven be anything ordinary?

That's definitely not ordinary!

According to her limited common sense, the lifelong obsession of a jiao (蛟) is to transform into a dragon.

No dragon doesn't want to transform into a dragon; if there were, then that's definitely not the case.

Therefore, for a dragon to transform into a dragon, it must need immense luck, good fortune, and other factors...

With so much evidence to back it up, it's easy to guess what the other party wants.

Her luck had a strong attraction for that sea dragon.

To be honest, looking back now, Lan Yao herself is quite surprised, surprised that she was able to steal so much luck from Lan Jiaojiao.

Wouldn't you say that this is proof of her ability and intelligence?

Lan Yao's thoughts raced through her mind, but her gaze remained fixed on the flower girl in the yard.

Hua Niu expressionlessly strangled her drunken father by the neck. Her drunken father stared at her with wide eyes in disbelief, then his eyes filled with rage as he struggled to kill her.

"You little beast, you actually tried to strangle me? Let me go, or I'll beat you to death today."

Hua Niu remained unmoved and continued to choke him.

"You damned little beast, let me go!"

Haijiao grew impatient listening to the man's cursing: "Hey, mortal, are you just going to let him keep cursing like this? Can't you just tell him to shut up?"

The sea dragon said maliciously, "Do you want me to give you more power? That way you can tear his body apart like he did to your mother, and then throw him piece by piece into the sea to feed the fish?"

Hua Niu seemed to be encouraged by Hai Jiao, and gradually tightened her grip on her father's neck, watching his face turn blue little by little from suffocation.

At the crucial final moment, she released his neck and threw him to the ground like trash.

Then, she walked up to him, looked at the man's angry glare, and grinned: "Why can't you learn your lesson? Wasn't I enough of a beating last time?"

"You...I...I'm your father." The man clutched his neck, his voice filled with anger.

Hua Niu said "Oh," and slapped him hard: "So what? I'm still your own daughter. But didn't you always want to kill me to make room for your son?"

Still not satisfied after saying that, she slapped the man a few more times to vent her anger. She stared at him coldly and said, "Go fishing later. If I don't see you there, don't come home for the next few days."

After she finished speaking, she took the fish basket to the kitchen and began to clean the fish and shrimp.

Haijiao scoffed, "I thought I'd strangled him! Ah, what a pity. So it really is because he's your father?"

Hua Niu continued what she was doing, saying casually, "I remember you said that if I want to change my luck, I need a close relative."

Otherwise, why would she keep that scumbag who killed her mother?

Haijiao:......

"Ah, I see."

Hua Niu said coldly, "You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Haijiao felt guilty: "...How could this be?"

Cough cough cough, it really did forget.

Hua Niu narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "You better be. Otherwise, I won't interfere in your affairs anymore."

"You still have the nerve to bring that up? Didn't you lose track of that old lady just now?" The sea dragon was furious. The thought of the luck that had a fatal attraction to it made its liver ache with anger.

That was the fortune that could transform it into a dragon. Just now, it felt its soul tremble and its mouth watered as soon as it smelled a tiny bit of the other party's leaked energy.

For some reason, it felt that as long as it absorbed the other party's luck, it would definitely be able to successfully ascend to become a dragon this time.

Hua Niu kept her head down and continued working, saying indifferently, "Don't worry, I will find her again."

She smiled and said, "She promised me, and she hasn't paid me yet, so how could I not find her?"

Haijiao thought about it and realized it made sense, and couldn't help but chuckle: "I didn't expect you to be so clever, little girl."

Hua Niu lowered her eyes, a hint of murderous intent flashing in them, and said in a sinister tone, "Of course I'm very smart."

They will definitely be smarter and live longer in the future.

It is said that eating dragon meat can grant immortality.

Lan Yao stayed not far away and used her mental power to hear what she wanted to hear. She turned around and left without hesitation.

To be on the safe side, she didn't want to get too close; it would be a huge problem if she were discovered.

Besides, I have other things to do tonight, so it's better to find a place to rest for a while first.

Despite thinking this, Lan Yao still went to the state-run store to shop and then went to the black market to shop before finally using a letter of introduction to find a guesthouse that looked decent to stay in.

Lying on the soft blanket, Lan Yao felt completely at ease.

Jade Pixiu: "I thought my master would keep an eye on the other side."

Lan Yao yawned: "...No need. They've already got their eyes on me, and they'll probably try all sorts of ways to find me. Besides, I have other things to do, and I don't have time to waste on her."

After Lan Yao finished speaking, she found a bathhouse, took a shower, ate something simple, and went to sleep.

Meanwhile, in Baihe Village, as darkness fell, every household lit lanterns, and the loudspeaker hanging in the center of the village broadcast the village's announcements.

"In a few days, it will be the annual sacrificial ceremony in Baihe Village, the day when we offer our bride to the mountain king. So how should we hold it this year? How should we organize it?"