Card Master: My Special Feature - Choose One of Three

"Young Master Bai, you are the only one in this family who is willing to protect my young lady. Xiao Cui begs you, Xiao Cui begs you to save my young lady."

Whether it was because Xiao Cui had calmed down, or because the fire in her heart had been extinguished by Bai Miao's indifference, or simply because she was exhausted from crying, she was now able to speak normally.

Bai Miao was confused for a long time. He was new to the place and didn't know where he was or where the ancestral hall Xiao Cui mentioned was.

He remembered Jiao Beiyao's instructions before entering the spiritual realm: do not act rashly, and prioritize survival above all else.

However, having played games, he knew that no NPC would appear where he didn't need to be.

The Xiao Cui who appeared in front of Bai Miao at this moment might be an NPC triggered in the Spirit Realm. If Bai Miao didn't go to save the young lady Xiao Cui was talking about, he might have his throat slit by Xiao Cui in the dead of night.

Or he could be sent to his death by Xiao Cui with a bowl of poison.

Staying put and cowering in place to survive is not the best way to survive.

"I don't know what happened to your young lady. I'm willing to save her, but you have to tell me what she did on the way."

Only then can I find a way to help your young lady, right?

Xiao Cui addresses Bai Miao as Young Master Bai, which proves that Bai Miao has a certain status and position.

But he didn't know how much influence this young master Bai had in front of the master Xiao Cui spoke of.

He didn't even know if he was currently in the Bai residence.

After receiving Bai Miao's confirmation, Xiao Cui staggered to her feet. She could barely stand, and when Bai Miao tried to help her up, Xiao Cui knelt down again as if she had been electrocuted.

"This servant is filthy and cannot bear to be helped by Young Master Bai."

Bai Miao had no choice but to put his hands behind his back. Xiao Cui stood up unsteadily and led the way for Bai Miao with a limp.

This residence is very similar to the setting in the TV dramas that Pinky likes to watch, with carved beams and painted rafters, pavilions and towers, artificial hills and flowers and trees, every part of it is exquisite and elegant.

Xiao Cui walked very fast, and every two steps she would turn around to make sure Bai Miao was really following.

"My young lady was falsely accused of having an affair with the eldest son of the Jiao family."

At Bai Miao's request, Xiao Cui recounted in detail what had happened.

Upon hearing the name "Grandpa Jiao," Bai Miao immediately thought of Jiao Beiyao. Having a past with Jiao Beiyao was unlikely to be a false accusation, since Jiao Beiyao was known for his philandering.

"No matter what, my young lady has a fiancé. Although the second master of the Yin family was adopted by the Yin family two years ago, he performed exceptionally well in the martial arts examination this year and became the top scholar."

How could my young lady possibly break her engagement with Master Yin and have an affair with Master Jiao?

Moreover, Master Jiao and Miss Jiao are already engaged. My young lady is of impeccable character; how could she possibly do something like stealing her own sister's husband!

"So, what exactly happened?"

This girl is clearly destined to be a gofer; she can't even explain what's going on clearly, rambling on and on for so long.

Although Bai Miao still wanted to extract more information from her, he saw a group of servants surrounding several richly dressed men and women outside a building not far away.

A woman was pinned to a bench, while a middle-aged man behind her held up a thorny cane and said something unintelligible.

Judging from the man's expression, Bai Miao felt that what the man said was definitely not a good thing.

Xiao Cui was taken aback by Bai Miao's direct question, then gave up and said:

"Master Yin invited Miss to go boating on the lake. Who knew that Master Jiao was sitting on the boat? A gust of wind blew up the curtain, and Miss saw Master Jiao embracing her."

My young lady would never act so rashly; I implore Young Master Bai to see the truth!

This is something Jiao Beiyao would actually do.

The two walked towards a crowded area. Before Bai Miao could speak, a woman in fine clothes, not much older than Bai Miao, presumably the young lady Xiao Cui had mentioned, began to hurl insults.

"Bai Miao is a matter for my Jiang family. You, a member of the Bai family, should mind your own business. Jiang Yuexin dared to seduce my fiancé, Jiang Zhiyue, and she will have to pay the price."

She summoned several maids, pointed at Xiao Cui, and said, "Why aren't you seizing this maid? She's going to report everything to the young master!"

Bai Miao only then realized his true identity: he was the cousin of the Jiang family, which was quite fitting.

Young Miss Jiang Zhiyue's eyes were red-rimmed. When she looked at Bai Miao, tears welled up but refused to fall. Seeing that Bai Miao was unmoved, she said helplessly:

"Cousin, you don't want to marry me. I'm already promised to the Jiao family. Why can't you let me marry them properly?"

The sudden remark left Bai Miao bewildered, and the maids and servants present subtly separated Bai Miao and Jiang Zhiyue.

The wealthy woman at the head of the group also looked at Bai Miao with anger in her eyes.

"Could it be that the story is going to go like this: I like Jiang Yuexin, Jiang Zhiyue likes me, I want to marry Jiang Yuexin, so Jiang Zhiyue has to marry Jiao Beiyao?"

Why didn't Jiang Zhiyue marry me?

Jiang Yuexin, pinned to the stool, gave Bai Miao the answer. She tilted her head back and cried out in anguish.

"Master Yin and I are deeply in love, and there is absolutely no way I could have any connection with Master Jiao anymore. Master Jiao and I were framed by a villain who wanted to ruin the marriage between my Jiang family and the Jiao and Yin families."

"Who would be so bored as to try and ruin your wedding?"

Bai Miao was puzzled. He voiced his question, and everyone in the Jiang family, from Master Jiang holding the rattan cane to Xiao Cui being held hostage by two strong servants, looked at Bai Miao in disbelief.

Bai Miao was slow to realize it.

Do these people think they are deliberately trying to ruin Jiang Yuexin's marriage because they love her but can't have her?

If that's the reason, why would he have schemed against Jiang Yuexin and Jiao Beiyao? If Jiang Zhiyue's marriage falls through, she might come back and pester him.

"Young Master Bai, have you been studying late into the night lately and are feeling unwell?"

Everyone in Yujiang knew that the city lord would choose a pure and flawless woman to preside over the river lantern festival.

In the city, every able-bodied family had arranged marriages for their daughters and was eager for them to get married.

It's called presiding over the River Lantern Festival, but in reality, it's a death sentence. No one in Yujiang City who presided over the River Lantern Festival has ever returned alive after going out to sea on a dragon boat.

With Bai Miao's interruption, the Jiang family patriarch's rattan cane lashed out at Jiang Yuexin's back.

"As a daughter of the Jiang family, you can't even avoid such a simple scheme, needlessly harming your sisters. Do you accept my family's rules or not?!"

"Wait a minute!"

A figure in black strode into the ancestral hall, blocking the Jiang family patriarch and protecting Jiang Yuexin behind him.

As the man walked past him, Bai Miao recognized his face; it was Jiao Beiyao.

"It really was you!"

Bai Miao understood.

"This is a matter for the Jiang family. What right do you, Jiao Beiyao, have to stop me?"

The Jiang family patriarch was furious and his attitude towards his eldest son-in-law became unfriendly.

Jiao Bei pointed at Jiang Zhiyue and said, "It's because Jiang Zhiyue arranged for me and Jiang Yuexin to meet together."