Outside the Lin family villa, a simply dressed girl was pushing a shared bicycle, looking out of place next to the magnificent villa.
Looking closely, the girl's shared bike had a dropped chain.
With a crestfallen face, she prepared to lock it, but her phone displayed a message indicating that the return area was unknown and she couldn't return the bike.
"Well, who would ride a shared bike in a villa area anyway?"
Shu Cheng sighed, her gaze turning somber as she looked back at the gate of the Lin family villa.
If she hadn't overheard the Lin family's conversation, she would never have imagined that she was actually the Lin family's young lady.
"Hey, who are you! Get lost, and take that broken bike of yours with you."
Before she could even enter, the security guard at the gate came over, cursing.
Shu Cheng looked at him with a cold face.
"I'm here to see my mother."
"Your mother? Which nanny's daughter are you? Didn't your mother tell you not to come here? This kind of place for rich people isn't for the likes of you!"
The security guard said impatiently, crossing his arms, with no intention of opening the gate.
"Call your mother and have her come out to find you."
Shu Cheng couldn't help but scoff, "If my mother could come out, you'd probably be scared to death."
Just as she finished speaking, a car horn sounded behind her, and she turned to find the familiar figure of Uncle Chen.
"Miss Shu Cheng?!"
Uncle Chen was surprised to see her, then asked guiltily, "Why are you here?"
Uncle Chen was the Lin family's driver.
"I'm here to offer incense to my mother."
"This..."
Uncle Chen glanced at the main gate, before he could say anything, laughter and the sound of singing 'Happy Birthday' immediately came from inside.
Shu Cheng's eyelids twitched, her face darkening slightly.
Uncle Chen said helplessly, "Miss Shu Cheng, you should go back. Chairman Lin and the others are holding a birthday party for Miss Qingxue, you..."
"Birthday party! Today is the anniversary of my mother's death, and he's celebrating Lin Qingxue's birthday!?"
Shu Cheng clenched her fists, her eyes filled with barely concealed anger.
The Lin family could disown her, but why didn't they even respect her deceased mother!
She gritted her teeth and rushed in, ignoring Uncle Chen's calls behind her.
Crossing the yard in a few steps, Shu Cheng pushed open the inner door.
Instantly, everyone in the room turned their gaze towards her.
There weren't many people in the room, mostly close relatives of the Lin family, who were currently gathered around a beautiful girl wearing a princess dress and a pearl necklace.
Someone recognized her.
"Isn't that the jinx?"
"Lin Shucheng? It really is her."
"She killed her aunt-in-law as soon as she was born, and almost bankrupted the Lin family. The fortune teller said she was the reincarnation of a jinx."
"Yeah, after we kicked her out, the family business slowly got better. Why is she here? What bad luck…"
Shucheng didn't speak, but fixed her gaze on the middle-aged man not far away. He was holding a delicately wrapped gift box, with Lin Qingxue standing beside him. The amiable smile on his face instantly froze when he saw her.
This man was her biological father, Lin Haotian.
"What are you doing here!"
As soon as he spoke, his anger overflowed.
Lin Qingxue, wearing a white princess dress beside him, quickly comforted him, "Dad, don't get angry."
Shucheng couldn't help but sneer. Lin Qingxue was indeed of the Lin family bloodline, but she was just Lin Haotian's niece!
For so many years, she had been living comfortably as the Lin family's heiress!
"I'm here to offer incense to my mother."
Shucheng's expression was calm, her voice not loud, but it clearly echoed throughout the hall.
Ignoring the gazes of the crowd, she walked towards the table in the corner of the living room, wearing a plaid shirt that was out of place with everyone else.
"Lin Shucheng!"
Lin Haotian gritted his teeth and roared, his anger splashing everywhere.
Shu Cheng didn't stop her movements, opened the cabinet, took out her mother's portrait and placed it, saying without turning her head:
"Director Lin might have forgotten, when you drove me out back then, you took back my surname."
"You!"
Lin Haotian's face turned red with anger.
Lin Qingxue, standing aside with red eyes, comforted him, "Dad, don't be angry, sister just wants to come back and see her mother…"
"Her mother was killed by her!"
"This jinx, if it weren't for the guidance of an expert back then, driving her out, our family would probably have been ruined by this disaster!"
Shu Cheng's face paled a bit, she placed the portrait, and then took out three incense sticks from her canvas bag and lit them.
Just as she inserted them, two of the incense sticks broke.
Some of the guests chuckled——
"See, she really is a jinx, even her mother doesn't want to receive her incense!"
Shu Cheng seemed to have expected this, opened her bag, and took out two more to light.
Lin Qingxue shrugged her shoulders and couldn't help but cry again.
"Dad, sister… did sister do this on purpose? Did she deliberately come on my birthday, wanting me to be as unlucky as her?"
"Sister, are you jealous that I'm the lucky star…"
As soon as the words fell, Shucheng heard a 'splat' sound, and the back of her head, along with her neck and hair, were covered in thick cake cream.
She turned her head and saw a five or six-year-old boy making a face at her.
"Bleah, bleah, who told you to bully my sister."
Lin Qingxue stopped crying and scolded, "Ranran, how many times have I told you, call me cousin!"
Shucheng understood instantly.
It seemed that this little boy was Lin Qingxue's younger brother, the son of Lin Haotian's younger brother.
"The incense is finished, hurry up and get out, don't disturb Qingxue's birthday party here!"
After speaking, Lin Haotian shouted at the butler beside him, "What are you still standing there for? Quickly get this jinx out of here."
"Yes!"
Soon, several bodyguards rushed over.
The people around were watching Shucheng with expressions of amusement.
Staring at the sticky cream on her head and neck, Shucheng laughed sarcastically.
"You think you can continue to live comfortably behind closed doors after kicking me out? Don't even think about it."
After speaking, Shucheng looked up at the crystal chandelier directly above the table, and suddenly smiled at the little boy who had just been grinning evilly.
"Throwing cream is nothing, I'll show you something impressive."
She turned and grabbed an ornament from the table, throwing it hard at the chandelier.
Bang!
Crash!
In an instant, accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, the largest crystal ball at the top fell off, smashing directly onto the table.
The people around her exclaimed and backed away, their faces pale with fright.
At the same time, the hall's electrical system seemed to be disturbed by an unknown cause, the lights began to flicker, and finally went out completely, plunging the entire room into darkness.
Immediately after, the sound of a strong wind raging outside could be heard, the windows banging from the wind.
Amidst the chaos, Shu Cheng took the opportunity to retreat to the exit of the banquet hall, her face showing no remorse, only a smile as she looked at her masterpiece.
"Remember, everything today is just the beginning. What you owe my mother, I will take back one by one."
As soon as she stepped out, a thunderous sound came from the sky, and a torrential rain poured down, stinging her skin.
The sticky cake mixed with the rain made her hair even more disgusting, she seemed to be used to such bad luck.
That expert was right, she was indeed a jinx.
With a loud crash, a bolt of lightning split open in front of Shu Cheng, she took a half step back in fright, just as she was feeling relieved that she wasn't so unlucky this time, a mechanical voice came into her mind—
[System: Ding! The Bad Luck System is binding to you.]
[System: Ding-dong! Congratulations, host, you have successfully bound to the Unlucky System.]
"Un, Unlucky System?"
Shu Cheng wiped the rain off her face, her lips twitching.
"Is this because I'm not unlucky enough!?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a white light flashed in her mind, and a large amount of information flooded in. Shu Cheng stood by the roadside, closed her eyes to sort it out, and then opened her eyes in astonishment.
[Shu Cheng: As long as I'm unlucky, I can get rewards?!]
[System: Yes, host. During the binding period, the more unlucky you are, the more generous the rewards you will receive.]
Shu Cheng couldn't help but get excited when she heard this.
She's good at being unlucky!
Shu Cheng blinked twice, made a sprinting gesture, and started running in the rain.
Splat!
A banana peel that appeared on the road at some point tripped her hard to the ground.
"Ouch... that hurts so much..."
[System: Ding-dong! Congratulations, host, for stepping on a banana peel and falling down, successfully being unlucky. We are now redeeming a reward for you - 10,000 yuan in cash!]
The next second, Shu Cheng's phone vibrated, and a message came that the cash had been credited to her bank card.