Being monitored

  "Dad, you hit me? You've never hit me from childhood to adulthood, just because of Dongfang Xiang, you hit me?" An Hao was scared silly, maybe her words were too extreme, but usually she spoke to her dad without restraint, and he had never dared to hit her.

  An Shixiong regretted slapping her after he did it, holding his sore palm. For twenty years, he had never hit or scolded her, but today she really hurt his heart. His arrangements were all for her sake. He couldn't stay with her forever, and after he died, his enemies would not spare her either. With her abilities, she wouldn't be able to cope, so he could only find a man who could protect her.

  But his kindness, this girl doesn't understand.

  "It's alright, I've spoiled you too much, so much that you don't even understand human relationships and social norms. Unless I die, this marriage is settled."

  "I also told you, I'd rather die than marry Dongfang Xiang, I will definitely leave the underworld." An Hao said and ran out crying. Her ideals were simple, she wanted to live a peaceful and simple life, she didn't want to be like her mother who died from taking a bullet for her lover, she wanted to spend simple days with her loved one and their children.

  At that time she was only six years old. No one knew how terrified she was when she saw her mother die in front of her. Nor did anyone understand how much she hated the underworld.

  For the next month or so, except for going to school, there were people following her wherever she went. As soon as she left the school gate, there would be people waiting outside, all of them sent by An Shi Xiong and Dong Fang Xiang. She had no freedom at all now.

  For more than a month she almost resigned herself to her fate, sometimes she would feel discouraged and think that it's better to just get married.

  After the last wedding didn't go as planned, An Shixiong and Dongfang Jia chose another date for the wedding. In order to make a long night's dream come true, the wedding was set for tomorrow.

  An was not enthusiastic about this wedding, she didn't care how busy others were, and she hadn't even tried on her wedding dress personally. For her, marrying a man she didn't love made what she wore irrelevant. The wedding was tomorrow, but today she attended classes as usual.

  Although she was in the auditorium, her heart had long been unknown where to drift. Her mind was full of escape, but where could she go? In this city, who dared to take in An Shi Xiong's daughter and Dong Fang Xiang's fiancée?

  "Alright, I've got a date tonight at a nightclub, are you going?" asked Ding Minjia, who was sitting in front of An Hao, turning her head back to ask softly.

  "Not going, recently at home it's been too strict, every day after school there's someone to pick me up, can't get out." An Hao replied with a lack of enthusiasm.

  "Come on, come on. I can see you've been in a bad mood lately, so I invited some friends to accompany you and relax." Ding Minjia said with a smile. She wasn't close friends with An Hao, but he had money, which was enough. All she needed was someone who could pay for her when they went out to eat, drink and have fun.

  An Hao naturally knew that Ding Min Jia didn't consider her a friend, and she didn't consider Ding Min Jia a friend either. An Hao had never really had anyone befriend her sincerely since childhood, so she was used to it. Her friendship with Ding Min Jia was mutually beneficial; she needed a patron, she needed a facade, at least her university life wouldn't be so dull.

  "Why don't we leave after this class? Anyway, your family won't be here to pick you up until tonight, and if we leave now, they won't be able to find us." Ding Min was clever and came up with a plan. She was afraid that An Hao wouldn't go today, and if she didn't go, no one would pay the bill tonight.