Chapter 2

Vincent's face was gloomy, without any sadness or pain at all, and he turned around and was about to leave.

My sister cherishes life the most and said she would protect me all my life, how could she commit suicide!

With red eyes, I went to ask for an explanation, but my father slapped me in the face.

"I've already told you that your sister is unlucky. She doesn't have the luck to marry into such a good family!"

"Don't embarrass yourself here, come back with me!"

I was beaten so hard that I saw stars, and my father forcibly dragged me away amid the discussions of the crowd on the street.

This incident caused a sensation in Riverside City and prompted the province to set up a special team to investigate.

What I didn’t expect was that the investigation results were exactly as Vincent said, my sister committed suicide!

The Foster family has strict security, and the surveillance videos from the day of the incident were well preserved. It can be clearly seen that no one else has entered the ancestral hall since my sister entered. Even the sound of a mosquito flying by was recorded clearly in the radio, but no screams were heard.

That night, everything was peaceful outside the door and windows of the ancestral hall until the next morning when Vincent and FosterMargaret Foster opened the door together and found their sister's body.

The forensic doctor carefully examined all suspicious areas and ruled out homicide.

Everyone accepted the result except me.

After crying and making a fuss for an entire summer, I ended up going to an Ivy League University.

It’s not because I care about my own future, but because this was my sister’s greatest hope before she died.

I gave up the popular finance major and chose the extremely unpopular criminal investigation major.

After completing my undergraduate studies, I chose to pursue a master's and doctoral degree. I studied harder than anyone else, for fear of missing out on any knowledge that might help me solve the mystery of my sister's death.

Eight years later, I returned to Riverside City.

A lot of things happened in the Foster family over the years. After his sister, Vincent married seven wives in succession.

These seven ladies came from different backgrounds, had different heights, weights, and personalities.

But every bride committed suicide mysteriously while kneeling in the Foster family's Ancestral Hall on their wedding night.

Especially his eighth wife, Olivia Taylor, whom he married only half a year ago. She used to be a butcher at Caishikou. She weighed over 200 pounds, was strong enough to kill a grown man with one punch, and was also known for her explosive temper.

Tian's father owed 50 million due to gambling. At that time, the Foster family was struggling to find their next wife, so they just said to Olivia that as long as she could spend a peaceful night, they would give her 200 million in cash and 10 shops in Haishi the next day.

Olivia tried, but she didn't come back alive.

Vincent tried to persuade his family to give up the test of kneeling in the ancestral hall, but FosterMargaret Foster insisted that this was a family tradition and must not be interrupted.

At this point, rumors spread throughout Riverside City that the Foster family was tainted with something unclean and that they were determined to end the Foster family’s lineage and that was why they were preventing the new daughter-in-law from passing the test.

Some even say that the Foster family used the flesh and blood of their eight brides as a dark ritual to maintain their astonishing wealth.

But no matter what, looking across the country now, no family is willing to marry their daughter there.

But on the second day after I returned to Riverside City, early in the morning, I changed into a bright red classical cheongsam, put on exquisite and beautiful makeup, and appeared at the Foster's door gracefully.

"Tell you Margaret Foster, I am willing to be Vincent's ninth wife."

The news that I was asking to marry Vincent spread quickly throughout the city.

Riverside City is not small, but rumors can spread as fast as a virus.

"I heard that Sophia Reed just came back yesterday and is going to marry Vincent today. I think these two sisters are both gold-digging girls who are greedy for wealth!"