Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Three questions about life exploded in Mingmei's mind.

Wait, what is this villain talking about?

When did she become the villain's true love?

This wasn't mentioned in her NPC background information either.

The thing is, who the hell gave you permission to call me by my nickname?!

Not only was it bright and beautiful, but the viewers watching Lu Xiaoyao's live stream were also blown away.

Holy crap! This villain has true love?!

Don't joke around!

[Holy crap! I just checked the whole thing, and the official website didn't mention any updates for "The Ghostly Marriage" including these! I swear!]

【What you said earlier was even scarier, wasn't it? No, so what's the deal with this young lady?】

[As I said before, the villain in "The Ghost Marriage" is even more terrifying; he might have done it on purpose!]

[Miss, danger!!]

...

"You, you, you all..."

Lu Xiaoyao covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise, her eyes widening as she darted back and forth between Mingmei and the villainous young master of the Zhang family.

Good heavens! What on earth is going on in front of her?!

In the original storyline, Young Master Zhang only casually mentioned that he had someone he liked. At the time, people on forums and online communities said that it was just to appease Miss Bai and to lower the players' guard!

Good heavens!

This game company actually made one after the update?!

The more Lu Xiaoyao thought about it, the more convinced she became that it was true!

So, this extra player is playing the villain's true love?

Mingmei didn't know what Lu Xiaoyao was imagining, but she felt that when Lu Xiaoyao looked at her, her eyes flashed with surprise, confusion, and hesitation, and finally, she was completely baffled by her sudden realization.

What is this player thinking?

Hey! You have someone you like, why didn't you say so sooner?

Suddenly, Lu Xiaoyao put on an act as if she had no idea that the young master of the Zhang family was the main villain.

With a beaming smile, Lu Xiaoyao stepped forward and grabbed Mingmei's hand again. Then, mustering her courage, she pulled Zhang's young master's hand over and placed it in Mingmei's hand as well.

She patted the backs of their hands, making them clasp them tightly. Then, seeing Lu Xiaoyao forcefully squeeze out a single tear of emotion, she said, "Then let's quickly break off the engagement, so you can marry the woman you love!"

Mingmei: ...

If she hadn't known that the plot of Miss Bai's failure to pass the test was that she was dressed in exquisite bridal makeup and then torn apart and devoured by thousands of ghosts, she would have actually believed this superstition!

If Miss Bai were to break off the engagement, who knows who would be the one to be devoured by a ghost!

However, aside from that stroke of genius in the plot, the rest of the story remained the same.

Young Master Zhang looked troubled. He first explained that Master Zhang was seriously ill and that suddenly announcing the engagement would be too much of a shock to the old man. Then he added that "Meimei's" identity was not good, and Master Zhang probably couldn't accept it for the time being, so Miss Bai would have to suffer for a while.

Mingmei listened in a daze.

Is he looking down on her?

[My identity is not good?]

Mingmei silently asked the backend system.

[A lunchbox vendor without any parental records wouldn't have been considered particularly well-off in the past, right? Wasn't marriage based on social standing important back then?]

Gui Gui was completely dumbfounded. She never expected the plot that the young master of the Zhang family would just spout off like that!

"Young Master, the Master has woken up and wants to see you."

At this moment, the servants called Young Master Zhang away again, leaving only Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei in the hall.

As soon as everyone left, Mingmei finally breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Xiaoyao, over there, couldn't wait to grab Mingmei's hand and exclaimed, "Oh my god, sister! What kind of script did you get?! It's so exciting!"

Mingmei gave a slight twitch of her lips but did not answer her question.

Can she say that she was also caught off guard by this script?

"So what's your mission? Are you really the young master Zhang's true love? Or are you... being used by him?"

Mingmei: ...

The plot of "The Strange Marriage" is actually not complicated; it mainly revolves around the Zhang family.

One hundred years ago, one of Zhang's ancestors was seriously ill and was on the verge of death.

The Zhang family posted notices and consulted many doctors, but none of them could cure the ancestor. Then a wandering Taoist priest appeared and said that the Zhang family ancestor had a strange fate. While he was alive, the Zhang family's fortune was prosperous and the family was thriving, but once he died, all the fortune that came with him would disappear without a trace.

This was confirmed long before Mr. Zhang Jiazu fell seriously ill, when the Zhang family's business declined one after another, and members of the clan died in various accidents.

Afterwards, the Zhang family spent a great deal of money to ask that wandering Taoist priest for guidance. All they knew was that the priest gave the Zhang family a birth date and time, saying that after arranging a marriage between the Zhang family ancestor, who was not yet married, and a woman with the same birth date and time, the illness would naturally be cured.

After the Zhang family patriarch passes away, he will be buried in a burial site indicated by a feng shui master. This will ensure that the Zhang family's fortune will continue and be transferred to the next Zhang family patriarch.

Moreover, the Taoist priest said that in order to ensure the Zhang family's fortune continues uninterrupted, it is best for the birth date and time of each matriarch of the Zhang family to remain unchanged.

As a result, almost every Zhang family patriarch's first wife did not live past the age of thirty, dying from various illnesses or accidents.

These mistresses who ostensibly died from illness or accidents were actually devoured by evil spirits that had entangled the Zhang family.

The reason why Zhang's ancestor was seriously ill was because he accidentally offended these evil spirits...

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