Chapter 198: The Yu Family

Inside the banquet hall, the atmosphere was oppressive enough to make one feel suffocated.

Yu Chengye stood in place, his face grim and terrifying, his eyes flashing with a vicious light.

He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, blood dripping from between his fingers, yet he felt nothing.

"Jiangnan… Xia Yurou…"

He gritted his teeth as he muttered those two names, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between his teeth, full of hatred.

He never imagined that his meticulously planned proposal would end like this.

He not only failed to win the beauty, but in front of so many people, Jiangnan harshly humiliated him.

How could he swallow this anger?

Yu Chengye stood in place, his face alternating between gloom and clarity, his heart filled with anger and unwillingness.

He couldn't understand why Xia Yurou would reject him and choose that worthless Jiangnan.

Could it be that I truly am inferior to that guy?

No! Impossible!

He, Yu Chengye, the eldest son of the Yu family, who gets whatever wind he wants and whatever rain he wants, how could he possibly lose to a nobody?

He must make Jiangnan pay the price!

He will make Xia Yurou regret today's decision!

Just then, a sudden, urgent phone ring broke his train of thought.

He frowned, pulled out his phone from his pocket, glanced at the caller ID—it was his stepmother, Liu Ru Cigarette.

Yu Chengye's brows furrowed further; he hesitated a moment, then answered the call.

"Hello, what's up?"

His tone was somewhat impatient.

"Chengye… something happened… your dad… your dad…"

On the other end of the phone, Liu Ru Cigarette's voice trembled with tears as she spoke haltingly.

"What happened to my dad?"

A bad premonition surged in Yu Chengye's heart, and he hurriedly asked.

"Your dad… he… he died…"

Liu Ru Cigarette finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

"What?!"

Yu Chengye felt as if struck by lightning, his whole body frozen.

He never expected his father to die so suddenly.

How could this be possible?

His father's health had always been fine; how could it suddenly…

"What's going on? How could my dad suddenly…"

Yu Chengye's voice trembled slightly; he struggled to control his emotions as he asked.

"I… I don't know either…"

Liu Ru Cigarette cried as she said,

"This morning your dad was fine, but by noon he suddenly… just…"

"He suddenly collapsed to the ground, then… then…"

Her voice grew softer and softer, until it was almost inaudible.

"And then what? Come on, spit it out!"

Yu Chengye shouted anxiously.

"Then… then he died…"

Liu Ru Cigarette finally finished speaking, then broke into a heart-wrenching sob.

Yu Chengye felt the world spin; he almost lost his balance and plopped down onto the ground.

He never imagined his father would depart this world in such a way.

What on earth is going on?

Could it really be what Jiangnan said—that the Yu family is facing a great calamity?

No! Impossible!

Yu Chengye shook his head violently; he didn't believe these nonsense rumors.

His father's death must have some other cause.

"Chengye, come back quickly; the house is in utter chaos…"

Liu Ru Cigarette's voice came again, interrupting his thoughts.

"I… I understand…"

Yu Chengye's voice sounded hoarse; he hung up the phone and then staggered out of the banquet hall.

He must now rush home immediately to find out exactly what happened.

Yu Chengye walked out of the banquet hall dazed and confused, his mind in turmoil.

He completely failed to notice that a bruise had appeared on his shoulder at some point.

Moreover, the bruise kept expanding and its color grew darker. Just then, his phone rang again—it was his cousin.

His cousin's voice sounded in his ear, carrying a hint of despair and fear.

"Chengye, listen to me—our Yu family might have been cursed…"

"A curse?"

Yu Chengye's steps halted, and he asked:

"What curse?"

"I don't know what curse it is, but... but our Yu family is really going to be finished..."

"Grandfather died, elder uncle also died, my father is now in a coma. The next... the next could be the two of us..."

"What are you babbling?!"

Yu Chengye felt a chill in his heart and roared,

"What curse? This is all superstition! I don't believe it!"

"Yu Chengye, don't you get it? This isn't superstition, it's real!"

"When your grandfather died, it was the same—he suddenly fell to the ground, and then... then he was gone..."

"Your father the same way, they all died from a curse!"

"Our Yu family must have been cursed by someone; otherwise, how could such things happen?"

Yu Chengye's complexion turned deathly pale as he suddenly recalled what Jiangnan had said earlier.

"I examined your features; your forehead is dark, your eyes lifeless—this is a great omen of disaster."

"Your family, has someone died?"

"And his death was very strange, right?"

Could it be that everything Jiangnan said is true?

Is the Yu family really cursed by someone?

No! Impossible!

Yu Chengye shook his head again; he didn't believe this nonsense.

He must be mad to believe such baseless talk.

"Yu Chengye, listen to me, our only option now is to find the person who cursed us and beg them to spare us..."

His elder cousin's voice came again, interrupting Yu Chengye's thoughts.

"Find that person? How do we find them?"

"I... I don't know either..."

"But we must find him, otherwise our Yu family will truly be finished..."

"Or find an expert, at least to see clearly what's happening to our Yu family, then there might be a sliver of hope!"

Yu Chengye fell silent; he didn't know what to say.

His mind was a mess now, unable to think at all.

"I understand, hanging up first."

Yu Chengye finished speaking and hung up the phone.

He tossed his phone aside, then clasped his head with both hands and crouched on the ground.

He felt his shoulder getting itchier and couldn't help reaching out to scratch.

But the scratch wasn't trivial; he actually scratched off a piece of flesh!

"Ah!"

Yu Chengye cried out in pain, staring at the bloodied flesh in his hand, his eyes filled with terror.

What on earth is happening?

Why is this happening?

Could it be that the Yu family is truly cursed by someone?

He suddenly recalled Jiangnan's earlier words, and a strong fear rose in his heart.

"No... impossible..."

"It must be a coincidence, it must be a coincidence..."

But in his heart he knew this was probably not a coincidence.

Is the Yu family really about to be finished?

What should he do?

He suddenly remembered what Liu Ruyan had just said: to find the person who cursed the Yu family and beg them to spare them.

But who exactly is that person?

How can he possibly find them?

Or... find an expert, at least to see clearly what's happening to our Yu family.

And the one who can discern the Yu family's problem is none other than Jiangnan?