bestfiction Chapter 321
Chapter 321
It was exactly the National Day holiday.For six whole days, Rong Yu and Ji Mohan were holed up in the lab, finally coming up with a result.
She leaned back on the sofa, took a sip of coffee, and pulled out her phone to search for Yaoyao’s name.
A week ago, at the international e-sports competition, Yaoyao’s frequent mistakes had led to a crushing defeat, turning Chinese e-sports into a global laughingstock. As a result, Yaoyao was fired by her e-sports company and hit with a massive compensation claim.
Yaoyao became the target of public outrage, branded as the disgrace of the e-sports industry.
But even so, she still had a few die-hard fans. These fans banded together, hanging banners outside Yaoyao’s residence, calling for her return to the e-sports arena.
Yaoyao kept a low profile and met with about forty of these devoted fans privately.
Then disaster struck quickly.
One fan suffered an asthma attack on the spot and was hanging by a thread.
Three other fans, while taking the elevator, had an accident when the lift malfunctioned and plummeted from the sixth floor to the first, leaving all three with varying degrees of injury.
Another four fans were attacked by large dogs in the neighborhood as they left…
In short, accidents kept happening one after another.
“How terrifying—this woman is absolutely terrifying,” Ji Mohan said, shuddering at the thought. “Those fans probably never dreamed that they got hurt because their luck was drained by their idol, Yaoyao… If we don’t stop her, who knows how many more victims there will be.”
Rong Yu stood up. “Get a few people to move the experimental results from these past few days back to the Ji mansion.”
She dialed a number. “Aye, arrange for Yaoyao to come to the Ji residence.”
Yaoyao received a WeChat message from Ji Zhouye and trembled all over.
In the span of a single night, she had fallen from grace—from an e-sports goddess to the shame of the industry. How dazzling she had once been at the peak, and how wretched she had become after crashing to the bottom.
She had met privately with many fans.
But those fans had far too little luck on them to change anything substantial.
She desperately needed an overwhelming wave of luck to help her claw her way back to the top.
Yaoyao pulled herself together, put on a flawless makeup look, changed into a long dress, slipped on high heels, and drove to the Ji family’s grand villa.
As her car entered the villa district, surrounded by one ultra-luxurious mansion after another, she was stunned.
The Ji family—were actually living in the capital’s wealthiest neighborhood?
This place was home to nothing less than top-tier billionaires!
She had known Ji Zhouye and his group were rich, but she hadn’t expected they were wealthy to this degree.
Just as her car pulled up to the villa entrance, Steward Yu came out to greet her. “Miss Yaoyao, I presume? Hello, I’m the steward of the Ji residence. Please, follow me.”
Yaoyao glanced at the steward.
She paused again, startled.
How could a mere steward have such an abundant amount of luck on him?
She probed deeper.
This steward’s original life path had been to die on the way to the hospital while driving his employer, both killed instantly in a car crash.
But somehow, fate had twisted around—he ended up living to ninety-one, surrounded by children and grandchildren, passing away peacefully.
Yaoyao lowered her eyes.
This steward could be added to her list of candidates.
“Miss Yaoyao has arrived.”
Steward Yu led her through the entrance.
As soon as she stepped inside, Yaoyao froze. The living room was packed with people.
Rong Yu felt a headache coming on.
Originally, she hadn’t planned for the whole family to be here.
But somehow, Yingbao found out about it, and then the entire family knew. Except for Duoduo, everyone had shown up in full force.
Ji Zhiyuan stepped forward first. “I’m the president of the Ji Corporation, Aye’s eldest brother. A pleasure to meet you.”
He was the Ji family eldest grandson, the eldest brother, the pillar of the clan, and he intended to stand before all his family and shield them from this unknown storm. He hoped to draw all of Yaoyao’s attention to himself.
And Yaoyao’s attention was indeed captured.
She widened her eyes in disbelief.
This eldest Ji brother—his original life had been tragically bleak. His first wife had died from a difficult childbirth. Later, he married the youthful love of his life, one he had harbored feelings for since they were young. But before three months had passed, his beloved daughter was lost, and one night, as he drowned his sorrows at a bar, he was kidnapped by unknown assailants. By the time the police found him, what they recovered was only a corpse—with his kidneys missing.
But now—his entire life had been rewritten…
“Elder Ji Brother, it’s nice to meet you.”
Yaoyao extended her hand to shake his.
From the side, Ji Yanting strode over quickly, pushing Ji Zhiyuan aside. “Miss Yaoyao, I’m Aye’s second brother. I love games too—so happy to meet you.”
Yaoyao stared at him, dazed.
The acclaimed actor Yan Ting—was actually Ji Zhouye’s second brother… and his luck was also immense.
His original life, too, had ended in violent death… He had married his agent, but less than two weeks after the wedding, the ex-husband had shown up and stabbed him to death. The darling actor had thus bowed out on that shockingly absurd note.
“Second Ji Brother, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
Before Yaoyao could say more, Ji Mohan could no longer hold back and hurried over.
Over the past half month, as he helped Granny Rong research that intangible thing called luck, he had become intensely curious about Yaoyao.
If he could witness it firsthand, it might bring even more breakthroughs to their research.
He grinned. “Miss Yaoyao, I’m Aye’s third brother. He talks about you all the time. Welcome to our home.”
Yaoyao looked at him.
This one, too, had been marked by tragedy—a fate that stirred deep sighs.
He was a gifted researcher who should have become famous early on, but because his savior was also a researcher, he gave up all his credits to her, later marrying his lifesaver woman, becoming the man behind that female researcher. Every breakthrough he made helped her climb higher and farther.
But no secrets can stay hidden forever. Once the truth came to light, the couple was locked behind bars together. Humbled to the bone by guilt, he committed suicide in prison.
But now—his life had changed utterly. Somewhere down the line, he would actually become an academician…
“Miss Yaoyao, we’ve met before,” Ji Jingchuan said, walking toward her. “I’ve seen the news about you over the past few days. A single setback proves nothing. I’m waiting to see you reclaim your peak in the e-sports world.”
When their eyes met, Yaoyao felt an inexplicable trace of fear.
That day on the e-sports stage, she had merely brushed hands with Ji Jingchuan, and then she had spun out of control, spitting blood, and committing one clumsy mistake after another.
This man was far too unsettling.
But his luck—it was all too tempting.
Of all the Jis, his original life might have been the most wretched.
As a child, he was secretly swapped by a nanny, going from a rich young heir to a "little orphan" in some gritty countryside. Not an orphan in the strict sense, but with parents who couldn’t be bothered, he might as well have been one. After scraping by to grow up, his foster mother forced him to become live-in son-in-law to a rich family. He fled the arranged marriage, ran off to another city, and started from nothing, carving his way to build a company of his own.
When he was in his thirties, he finally learned the truth—that he wasn’t his adopted parents’ biological child—and began searching for his real family.
But just as his family was about to find him, he was pushed from a tall building by the fake young master who had lived his life in his stead, plummeting to his death.
He landed straight at his kin’s feet, staining the ground with blood.
And those relatives, who had come to seek him out, were the last descendants of the Ji family—one of whom was the first person he had gotten close to: Ji Zhouye.
She had held back a little toward Ji Zhouye.
Having absorbed only seventy percent of his good fortune was enough to ensure Ji Zhouye would live to an old age in peace and safety... though his life would be somewhat riddled with hardships.
Perhaps it was because she had harbored good intentions that Ji Zhouye had invited her to the Ji residence, where she encountered so many people bursting with luck.
If she could absorb all this luck completely, she would not only return to her peak—but surely, she would become an unprecedented legend in the esports scene, an unparalleled myth who would usher in a new era...