CH 19

The wedding banquet hosted by the Shen family was naturally luxurious and grand. Most of the celebrities in A City attended, and there were also many reporters who came by to catch a story. Luxury cars went in and out of the large hotel.

The wedding banquet was gossiped about excitedly for three days and three nights. Even a long time later, it was still a popular topic. For example, how much did the car to welcome the in-laws cost? How much was Shen Ming’s bridal gift? So-and-so foreign master made the bride’s dress by hand for X years.

Of course, the main topic was the love between Shen Ming and Jiang Nian. One was a business giant and the other a talented student of a famous school. They were simply a match made in heaven; the protagonists of a romantic love novel.

As the heroine of a love novel, Jiang Nian’s first action was to bring the God of Wealth from her mother to her new home. She placed it in the best place in the hall where she could see it every morning and evening to ask for blessing.

Shen Ming had no opinion on this. He was just curious why his mother-in-law would send a god of wealth?

After all, this was really unexpected for the average person.

Mother Jiang herself was quite helpless.

“I overheard her several times talking obsessively in her sleep, saying ‘God of Wealth, I think this was my doomed fate.'”

Shen Ming: “…………”

He never knew his wife would talk about the God of Wealth in her dreams?

After this, Shen Ming couldn’t help but pay attention to Jiang Nian when she slept at night. He was curious to hear what she would say but he never heard his wife talk in her dreams. She slept hard from night until dawn without a word.

Jiang Nian didn’t know how to feel after hearing this. After all, she was worked so hard every night; where did she have the strength to talk in her dreams? It was easy to do before, when she was idle. She wasn’t idle anymore and now, instead of the God of Wealth, her brain was only filled with the six pack.

****

The married life between Jiang Nian and Shen Ming is not much different than before marriage. Except that they moved from a small apartment to a large villa, and her name changed from Miss Jiang to Mrs. Shen, there really was no difference.

The Shen family didn’t restrict her too much, whether it was going to work or continuing her studies. Jiang Nian felt that, as a rich man whose weekly house money was higher than a month’s paycheck, she couldn’t achieve a sense of accomplishment at work, and chose to go back to school to get her PhD. Occasionally, she would accompany Shen Ming to a reception or Yao Shuqin to a charity dinner.

The old man had no opinion on this- he was only anxious wondering when he could hug his great grandson. His grandson was already in his 30s, after all.

The only man was anxious, and Yao Shuqin was anxious, and she talked to Jiang Nian about the fun of having a child.

Jiang Nian thought it through; a woman was an old mother if she gave birth after 30. In this way, “I understand, Shen Ming is already an old father, and it is really not suitable to wait much longer.”

Yao Shuqin: “………”

*cough!*

…Her son became an old father because he was waiting for you to graduate!

—

Jiang Nian also liked babies very much, and thought it was good to have a child to play with, but she and Shen Ming never used protection after marriage so it could only be fate that they were not yet pregnant.

However, regardless of the family’s reminder, Shen Ming seemed to work very hard in this matter. Jiang Nian couldn’t help but want to touch his six pack every time, marveling at its strength.

The result of such hard work was that, in less than six months, the couple finally conceived a baby.

At the same time, Jiang Nian’s heroine aura had risen to 80. It seemed, once she made it past the 60 bottleneck, it was rather easy.

At this point in the original world, everything had already collapsed because of the missing heroine aura. Though Jiang Nian still didn’t understand why a person’s disappearance could be related to the destruction of a world. Maybe it’s because she was the story’s protagonist so all the roles were born around her?

Jiang Nian couldn’t figure out what she didn’t understand, and didn’t waste time thinking about it. Instead, she concentrated on raising her baby at home. During this time, she also published two papers on Fortune.

With the so-called heroine aura behind her, she also needs a shiny resume to show the years of school weren’t in vain.

—

Shen Ming was very kind to her during pregnancy. He was afraid of her hand being too cold or her mouth being too hot. There was a personal assistant with her around the clock. If there was something she liked, it would be delivered to her. It seemed he had been promoted to empress.

When Mother Jiang came to take care of her, she couldn’t help but call Father Jiang to complain about their daughter’s life. She was more spoiled than before, her temper isn’t small; the only thing that hadn’t changed was her obsession with the God of Wealth. Every day, she held her big stomach to kneel and pray to the God of Wealth, asking him to bless her child from the womb!

This is too tacky!

Father Jiang comforted his wife and said, “It’s not easy to make money now, and you can’t make money without brains. If our grandson is blessed with wealth, that means he’s smart. Perhaps you should pray as well1.”

Mother Jiang hung up.

Shen Ming didn’t think much about his wife’s love for the God of Wealth other than it being his wife’s lucky god. If Jiang Nian asked for it, he might really make her a solid gold God of Wealth. The only thing that made him a bit embarrassed was that she also liked to take him to worship, saying his fortunes couldn’t be worse than his child’s.

He rubbed his forehead. There was no way he could refuse his pregnant wife- what choice did he have?

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It may be because of this but afterwards, Shen Ming’s fortune have always been very good. Not long after his son was born, Shen Ming was already ranked in the top 20 wealthiest people in Forbes.

Although Shen Ming made money well, Jiang Nian spent money almost as well. After finishing her PhD., she stayed in school to teach. She took her children to do academic research at home during class hours, and she also did charity with Yao Shuqin.

She felt, since the God of Wealth was so effective, she must also do good deeds in return and secure a long-term relationship! So she donated a lot of textbooks and stationary to poor areas, helped the poor, and funded several free medical institutions. She also sponsored a lot of scientific research.

****

By the time Jiang Nian died in this life, she had become a well-known scholar and philanthropist in China.

She and Shen Ming lived together for a lifetime. She lay in his arms, with her son and grandchildren surrounding them, and quietly closed her eyes.

Her 99 point heroine aura finally reached 100 at the moment she died.

****

As soon as Jiang Nian died, her soul returned to the main god system, and she heard a mechanical sound in her ear.

“Welcome the host to return to the world of the Lord God. I, system 867, serve you wholeheartedly.”

“Congratulations to the host for earning 10 points for completing task one: upgrading the heroine aura past 60 and 10 points for task two: preventing the original world from collapsing.”

“Congratulations to the host for earning 50 points for completing the assessment.”

“Congratulations to the host for earning 50 points for successfully completing of the heroine aura.”

“Points can be used to purchase items in the Lord God Mall.”

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After Jiang Nian died, she was told she was selected by the Lord God system to raise the heroine aura to 100. If the mission failed, the world would collapse and she would lose the chance to be reborn. Of course, there were many people selected, but few able to complete the task because the system would not tell the tasker why the heroine lost her halo.

Once Jiang Nian’s soul settled in the space, the plot of the original novel appeared in her mind.

It turned out that, in this life, Yang Huiling should have been reborn. When she confessed to Shen Ming, the heroine should have turned and walked away, giving Yang Huiling the chance to approach Shen Ming. With the male lead in a hurry to chase the heroine, Yang Huiling fell down and accidentally hit her head, waking up as Yang Huiling from a dozen years later.

After being reborn, she used various unknown “prophecies” to make money for her family. Of course, in the last life, she also wanted the best man. But, although she married a wealthy and handsome man, the person played with flowers left and right2. Later, he brought a mistress home. When she and the mistress scuffled, she fell to the ground, life and death unknown.

After being born again, she envied the original heroine’s Cinderella story and resolved herself to never give up Shen Ming due to pride. So she tried every means to provoke the relationship and make the Shen family hate Jiang Nian, finally driving the heroine out of A City. In the end, the heroine failed to complete her studies and died unexpectedly on the way home.

Since the world revolved around the heroine, the story’s main plot collapsing meant the collapse of the entire world.

After Jiang Nian passed through, she happened to be there when Yang Huiling should have been reborn. Instead of running away, she stood there and watched a long time…and sent everything off track.

She’s also wondered how a world would collapse just because of the heroine’s absence. It turns out it was a novel created for the heroine. No wonder.

After finally resolving the doubts in her heart, Jiang Nian took a look at the catalogue for the Lord God Mall and, at first glance, saw the product marked with the words, “Reborn Again”.

She looked closely at the points needed: 100 million.

Jiang Nian closed it without thinking.

Let’s look at something else.

There were many varieties of elixirs: beauty elixirs, intelligence elixirs, even elixirs to improve strength and speed.

She had a total of 120 points; each elixir needed at least 10 points with the strength elixir needing 20. It also stated that each elixir lasted the duration only one world, not permanently.

“867, may I know in advance what the next world will be?”

“The next work is “President’s Wife Running with the Ball”3 , and the task is two stars.”

…Well, it already sounds difficult just hearing the name.

Jiang Nian spent 20 points on the strength elixir. Since it was running with the ball, it was not a simple matter of physical abuse. Jiang Nian added a little force to herself, and the rest would be left to her perfect IQ.

Jiang Nian woke up again, on a large bed. The room she slept in was spacious, bright, and magnificent. There was no one in the room except her.

Jiang Nian is now the wife of the young master Han Xiao, who she’s been married to for one year.

Although they have been meeting every day, the relationship between them is still very indifferent. Han Xiao was forced to marry Jiang Nian in order to inherit the Han family.

Grandpa Jiang and Grandpa Jan were once good brothers who roamed the battlefield together. Grandpa Jiang broke his leg to save Grandpa Han and returned to his hometown with only a pension. Grandpa Han, moved by Grandpa Jiang’s kindness, made a verbal agreement to marry their children. They believed the two families were similar and the marriage suitable; who knew Grandpa Han would climb all the way up to general.

Grandpa Jiang originally wanted to catch up with his old comrade-in-arms but hesitated due to the difference in status. Gradually, 20 years passed. Jiang Nian’s parents died in a car accident, and Grandpa Jiang, who suffered a blow seeing off his children, could only entrust his only granddaughter to his old comrade-in-arms.

Thus, “Jiang Nian” appeared in front of Han Xiao and the others.

Grandpa Han thought Grandpa Jiang had died long ago, so he didn’t expect to see him again; after all, it was difficult to find someone from so long ago. However, Grandpa Jiang was already too ill- skin and bones with his broken leg already gone. Grandpa Han was very distressed and promised Grandpa Jiang on his deathbed to take good care of Jiang Nian.

So “Jiang Nian”, who had no relationship with him, followed Grandpa Han to the Han family.

“Jiang Nian” was originally a lively girl with a lovely temperament but became restrained after arriving at the Han family.

Although Grandpa Han treated her well, the Han family was large. Grandpa Han had four sons, with each son getting married and having children…many people are prone to accidents. Of course, some people were also jealous of Grandpa Han being so good to an outsider. And so, at Grandpa Han’s 80th birthday, someone directly pointed out that Jiang Nian and Han Xiao had an engagement from before they were born.

Everyone was in an uproar. For a time, Jiang Nian suddenly became the object of everyone’s attention.

Han Xiao, now 28, was the most promising grandson of the Han family. Many people wanted to marry into the Han family, lusting after Han Xiao’s strength and ability. Now to be told that Han Xiao already had a fiancée…

Han Xiao had been reluctant. He didn’t want to get married at all, but the old man was too domineering, even for the hot-tempered Han Xiao. After numerous noisy fights, he finally agreed in front of the old man’s death bed.

Only, after he agreed, the old man didn’t die, but actually got better and better, and immediately started to prepare for the wedding…

—

It has been a year since the marriage.

Han Xiao has never touched her, but there has been constant lace news outside4

Although the man was handsome, he had wicked and wild temperament, completely different from the decent Grandpa Han.

FOOTNOTES

1. Actually unsure what this means. It was a funny lil comment too… 

2. Had tons of mistresses. Flowers=beautiful women. Ties back into that ‘school flower’ term earlier 

3. Pregnant woman running, ball=baby.

4.Not sure the best way to say this…romantic news? News of him having affairs and “new loves” and all that.