marry in place of someone else to bring good luck
In the autumn of 2015, Xia Xiwan was seated on a train journeying from the countryside to Haicheng.
At the age of nine, she had been abandoned in the countryside and was only being fetched back today. There was but one reason: the Xia family intended to marry a daughter into Youlan Garden to perform a propitious marriage ceremony for a sick person.
It was rumored that the groom in Youlan Garden was terminally ill. The Xia family had two daughters, neither of whom was willing to marry. Thus, the Xia family retrieved her, who had been fostered in the countryside all along, and made her marry in place to perform the propitious ceremony.
Xia Xiwan was sitting on the berth, engrossed in a book. Suddenly, the door was flung open, and the cold, biting wind from the outside, accompanied by a sweet and fishy smell of blood, rushed in.
Xia Xiwan lifted her eyes and beheld a tall and stalwart figure collapsing in from the outside.
He was unconscious.
Swiftly, several men in black rushed in. "Boss, there's no one here now. Let's send him straight to the underworld."
"Who said there's no one?"
The scar - faced man, who led them, turned his gaze towards Xia Xiwan. Xia Xiwan never anticipated that such an accident would strike so suddenly. The man who had suddenly collapsed in her carriage had brought her mortal danger. There was thick murderous intent in the scar - faced man's eyes, evidently intending to kill her to silence her.
Xia Xiwan, without betraying her emotions, glanced at the weapons in their hands and quickly pleaded in a panicked tone, "Please don't harm me. I didn't see anything."
The scar - faced man stepped forward and looked at Xia Xiwan's small face. She was wearing a veil, obscuring her true features, but a pair of clear and bright almond - shaped eyes were revealed.
Those almond - shaped eyes were astonishingly clear and bright. As they moved, they seemed to exude a captivating charm.
The scar - faced man had never seen such a pair of beautiful and dazzling eyes. Instantly, his heart was ensnared. Coupled with the fact that he hadn't been with a woman for some time, a wicked thought immediately took root in his mind.
"Little beauty, we can refrain from harming you, but you must serve the brothers well."
Xia Xiwan's long eyelashes fluttered, and she said pitifully, "I don't want to die. I'm so scared. As long as you don't hurt me, I will definitely serve you all wholeheartedly."
The girl's soft and tender plea made the scar - faced man unable to hold back any longer. He lunged forward and pinned Xia Xiwan beneath him.
"Boss, you go first. We'll send this guy on his way, and then it'll be the brothers' turn to have some fun."
Amidst the vulgar laughter and the allure of the soft - spoken woman, the scar - faced man laid down his weapon and reached out to undo Xia Xiwan's shirt buttons.