Ch2

As something began to clear in her mind, her door, which was white like everything else in her room, suddenly began to ring. Amidst the intense noise outside, Bai Yulan turned her head to the source of the door sound that reverberated in the room as she did not speak for a long time, her voice slightly muffled, "You can enter." said.

"Ma'am, less than an hour until the banquet starts. Madam Bai sent me to help you get ready."

The woman who had come through the door had walked to the middle of the room as she said this. She wore a more luxurious and professional-looking suit, unlike the standard maid outfit she normally wore.

When Bai Yulan saw this scene, lightning flashed in her brain and everything fell into place in an instant.

'I'm back to that day!'

She really was just now 23 years old. Because it was on the day of the engagement feast of her half-sister, who is 1 year younger than her. The engagement was held at the Bai mansion. From the food to the decorations, everything was luxurious and ostentatious. Even the serving waiters were in expensive suits.

She couldn't help grumbling in her mind as she looked at the suit on the woman talking to her. Bai Yulan still remembered every single detail about this day because after today, her life had literally started to go downhill.

'I have to pack up...'

Putting aside those days of pain and distress, Bai Yulan replied with an innocent yet confused expression on her face.

"My mother must have been worried about me, but I don't have any suitable clothes to wear to attend the banquet."

Looking at the young girl whose voice resounded in a calm and pure tone like water, Bo An couldn't help being stunned for a moment. So much so that even the expression on her face that she had trouble keeping was showing signs of cracking.

"Aahh, so when the young lady had a nervous breakdown in the morning, they thought you wouldn't be attending the banquet, so no clothes were prepared. If you want, we can choose something suitable from your closet."

Bo An, one of the chief maids of Su Fang, her father's second wife, was waiting for Bai Yulan to have a nervous breakdown again, and when she received such a response, she frankly didn't know what to do for a moment. Fortunately, it didn't take long for her to recover with her years of age and experience.

"Oh, but everything in my closet is old and I don't have a banquet-worthy outfit. I'm afraid that if I wear something bad, my father will be angry with my mother for letting the Bai family lose their face."

Every time she said a mother, suppressing the disgust in her mind and maintaining the innocent mask on her face, she got up slightly from her bed and opened the doors of her closet wide, revealing the clothes hanging in the closet.

Bo An out of the corner of her eye scanned the clothes in the closet, and seriously, among all the clothes, not a single one suitable for a banquet could be found. Moreover, her mind suddenly became confused as she looked at the young girl who suggested that this situation would suddenly be her mistress's fault.

Watching all the reactions of the old maid and clearly observing the anxious mood she was in right now, Bai Yulan decided to fan the fire a little more.

"Moreover, if word gets out that I don't have an outfit to attend today's banquet, my sister's engagement will definitely be ruined. Everyone talks about this and makes fun of the Bai family. We must go to my mother immediately and solve this problem."

As soon as she said this, she rushed out in her white nightgowns. Seeing the white figure flashing before her, Bo An was trying to digest what she had heard, so she didn't have a chance to stop Bai Yulan from coming out.

Actually, Madam Bai had sent her here on a mission to prevent Bai Yulan from attending the banquet and causing any trouble. This is exactly what Bai Yulan did in her first life. She stayed in her room and wept until the banquet was over.

Because today's engagement feast was between Chu Taishan, whom she loved and who was actually supposed to marry her, and her sister.

Due to the death of her birth mother while giving birth to her and her weak constitution, which has been sick since childhood, she was nicknamed the 'Star of Disaster' in high society. Even though she later found out that this nickname came from Su Fang's face, at that time, everyone was avoiding her because of this bad reputation, and she had no friends until college. There was only one exception, which is Chu Taishan, the second son of the Chu family.

One day, at a casual banquet, he came near the young Bai Yulan, who was sitting alone in the corner and watching everyone but herself having fun, and spoke to her with a bright smile on his face. Although the conversation between them was not long, it had greatly alleviated the unbearable loneliness that Bai Yulan had felt for years and filled the void in her heart to some extent.

Ahh, it was really pure back then. Was it possible that Chu Taishan had thought of her well-being when no one in high society took any ill-considered steps? Chu Taishan's whole problem was the promise of marriage made years ago between the Bai and Chu families. And the likely winners of the word were determined by the family elders as himself and Bai Yulan. It was just a political marriage that could be done.

Bai Yulan, who had mistaken love for this false interest in the past, obviously fell in love with young master Chu and thought that he loved her too. She even felt that she was extremely satisfied with the friendship between the two families and even the planned marriage between the families.

Of course, her sister Bai Meixie, who was at the top of the high society, was constantly praised by everyone. And Chu Taishan and Bai Meixie, who were touted as the proud son and daughter of heaven, were seen as a perfect match.