Chapter 757: Extra Chapter 3: Fate Can't Always Be on Her Side, Can It?

Liu Junyan finally tasted the feeling of picking up a stone and smashing her own foot.

But you don't hit a smiling face, let alone when the other party is just a little kid.

Liu Junyan laughed and replied, pulling a fine jade pendant from her person and handing it to the little one, saying, "This is a meeting gift; I hope you like it."

Ranran took it happily, tucked the jade away, and smilingly looked at Liu Junyan, saying, "Thank you, godfather, godfather is so handsome, godfather is so good."

Liu Junyan was praised so much her face almost turned red.

Of course, these are things that happened later.

Before that, three major events occurred.

The first was Wang Fantian's successful proposal, and Yu Nian was also successfully enlightened by Xiao Jiu; after they fully understood each other's hearts, Wang Fantian seized the moment, directly asked someone to check the date, and set the wedding day.

The second was Li Qingying's formal appointment as the new City God of Jūnzhú Shān Chenghuang Temple, becoming the parent official of this large region including Wufu Town.

As for the third, of course it was the pawnshop reopening for business.

First, let's talk about Wang Fantian and Yu Nian's wedding.

Wang Fantian was anxious, asked several people to help pick a date, finally chose the nearest one—just one month after the successful proposal.

The wedding definitely had to be grand, given their statuses.

Wang Fantian had his own separate residence in the Chenghuang Temple, large and imposing, while Yu Nian insisted on marrying from her funeral shop.

Originally Xiao Jiu suggested the pawnshop handle the bridal escort, Tang Xun said to directly escort from the Feng Clan, and Shan Shan also raised both hands in approval.

Yu Nian refused.

Yu Nian said, everyone she cared about could attend her wedding, except for her maternal aunt and mother.

She wanted to marry from her little nest in Huicheng, so her aunt and mother could see that Huicheng, which she had guarded for them, she had also grown up well and found a good partner.

If her aunt and mother in the underworld knew, they would surely be delighted for her.

Actually everyone understands that her aunt and mother are already gone.

But this is Yu Nian's last lingering wish buried deep in her heart, and everyone is willing to fulfill it for her.

So, during that month, in a small town in Huicheng, inside a little funeral shop, there was constant coming and going, lively and bustling.

Xiao Jiu had clearly prepared a wedding supplies list for Yu Nian's marriage early on, but the more she bought, the more she found it insufficient.

She wished to give Yu Nian all her very best.

That was her most beloved, the best senior sister in the world.

Finally, even Liu Junyan's precious antiques she had treasured for years were all ransacked by Xiao Jiu.

Had Liu Junyan not been quick-eyed and quick-handed, having early set aside a batch and constantly urging Xiao Jiu to leave some for herself and the children, Xiao Jiu could have emptied his entire little treasury.

Not to mention the relatives and friends adding to the dowry.

Among them, the Huicheng Tang Family, represented by Tang Tang speaking on behalf of the Tang Sect, gave Yu Nian a great gift; all expenses for Yu Nian's wedding in Huicheng were paid by the Tang Family.

That wedding spanned the yin and yang realms.

Of the members from both yin and yang realms who came to attend the wedding, after three rounds of screening, fewer than one-tenth were fortunate enough to remain and receive an invitation from the Chenghuang Temple.

But even so, during the wedding proceedings, someone with ill intentions actually brought up the Yin Dang Hang in front of everyone.

That person spoke fervently, saying the Yin Dang Hang was originally operated by Yu Nian's mother and thus should be inherited by Yu Nian.

Moreover, the Yin Dang Hang, neighboring the Chenghuang Temple, had once borne the temple's name; now that the City God and Yu Nian are married, it would be better to strengthen ties, so they pleaded with the City God to rebuild the Yin Dang Hang for Yu Nian.

That person went on at length.

Under everyone's gaze, glances darted back and forth between Yu Nian and Xiao Jiu, each harboring ulterior motives.

Some people sweated for this pair of sisters, while others wished they would start fighting right then and cause a scene.

After all, in many people's eyes, the Xiao Jiu, manager of the Wufu Town pawnshop, had reaped too many dividends—fate couldn't possibly always favor her, could it?

The result was that Xiao Jiu's face bore a smile from start to finish, neither angry nor upset, yet she expressed no stance.

The pawnshop members she brought along were each as calm as an old monk entering meditation, as if they had long anticipated this turn of events.

Meanwhile, Yu Nian, wearing the toast‑service robe tailored by Wang Fantian, gently looked at Xiao Jiu, neither refuting nor agreeing.

That person spoke passionately, first hearing the surrounding crowd's whispers, feeling pleased, and then sparing no effort to stir trouble.

As he spoke, he suddenly noticed the surroundings had gone quiet.

So quiet it made his heart turn cold.

His words began to stutter; as he spoke, he observed expressions, only to horrifyingly discover that everyone's gaze seemed to be focused entirely on him.

Especially the City God, Wang Fantian, whose gaze at him was like looking at a corpse.

He gradually found himself unable to speak, and closed his mouth.

At that moment, he even felt the urge to dig a hole and hide in it.

Wang Fantian merely waved his hand, and the Golden Shackles General stepped forward, pulling a long list from his pocket and began to read it aloud to that person's face.

Various crimes—some real, some baseless, some fabricated—were all lumped together and pronounced; the sole purpose: this person intended to fabricate facts, provoke disputes, and throw the Chenghuang Temple into chaos, a crime unforgivable.

Then a gleaming golden shackle was clamped around his neck, his hands and feet bound with iron chains, and he remained dazed, not reacting.

He didn't understand.

Clearly he was the one who set the trap, so why does he now feel as if he had long been set up by someone else and was lying in a pit?

Exactly where did the process go wrong?

A farce, ending with the Golden Shackles General dragging him away by the iron chains for judgment.

The wedding proceedings continued.

The protagonists drawn into it acted as if nothing had happened, while those who hadn't yet had a chance to cause trouble were frightened into inaction.

The entire wedding was grand and beautiful.

Finally, even the Ten Courts of Yama each sent congratulatory gifts.

The most unexpected thing was that Yu Nian even received a blessing from Hou Tu Niangniang.

Xiao Jiu saw Yu Nian so happy and content, her face froze from smiling.

She is truly happy.

Previously, what she feared most was that her bad fate would bring misfortune to the people she cared about most around her.

But everything has already changed.

She doesn't have a bad fate; her fate is actually very good.

Look, everyone around her is one by one rushing toward their own happiness.

Tang Tang was also moved to tears, she put her arms around Xiao Jiu's waist, rested her head on Xiao Jiu's chest and acted coquettishly: "Xiao Jiu, when are you and Seventh Lord going to hold the wedding? We agreed back then that I would be your bridesmaid when you marry, you can't go back on your word!"

Xiao Jiu smiled and patted her head, chiding: "I already have two kids, what wedding are we talking about? As for you, when you get married, if you don't mind that I've given birth, I'll be your bridesmaid."

Tang Tang exclaimed, shyly: "I'm still young, we can play a few more years before talking about marriage; by then you must be my bridesmaid, no backing out."

The two were speaking when a ghost official walked over, clasped his hands in a salute to Xiao Jiu, handed over a pouch, and said: "Xiao Jiu Zhanggui, this is something our mistress specially sent me to deliver personally into your hands; please be sure to accept it..."