"Ah, ah, ah, ah, my face!"
In front of a luxuriously decorated dressing table, Yu Xiuying stared in horror at her reflection in the mirror. She saw her hair withered, her face covered in wrinkles more terrifying than an eighty-year-old woman's, mottled with age spots that marred her once radiant appearance. She even had a faint scent of old age about her. For her, who loved beauty and pursued eternal youth, this was a devastating catastrophe.
"Madam, what happened...?"
The enormous commotion instantly drew the servants outside. They anxiously tried to push open the door. But before they could act, a terrified roar came from inside the room.
"No one is allowed to come in! No one is allowed to enter! All of you, guard the door! If anyone fails, get out of the Yu family!"
This furious roar immediately halted the servants. They looked at each other, then one of the older servants was the first to react. "What are you all standing around for? Didn't you hear Madam's orders? If you still want to stay in the Yu family, guard the door properly."
"Yes!" The many servants awoke from their daze and began to move.
As the commotion outside the door subsided, Yu Xiuying, sitting before the dressing table, let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, her hideous appearance hadn't been seen by anyone, otherwise, she would truly have no face to show. But she knew this wasn't a long-term solution; she couldn't stay locked in her room forever.
Her mind was filled with confusion, as she couldn't figure out why she had become like this. Just yesterday, everything was fine. She had even asked the 'Goddess' to help her deal with that sharp-tongued little girl from the Gu family. Thinking of this, Yu Xiuying suddenly paused, and her eyes lit up.
"How could I forget this crucial point? The 'Goddess' can definitely save me, she definitely can."
Looking at her aged reflection in the mirror, Yu Xiuying couldn't sit still. Without thinking, she rushed into the walk-in closet. In the innermost section of the closet, there was a meticulously crafted shrine. Made of red sandalwood, it was carved with lifelike dragon and phoenix patterns, clearly showing the owner's devotion.
And at this moment, on the divine throne of the shrine, sat a porcelain-white fox deity statue. The fox was entirely crimson, sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform in a human-like posture, its fox eyes filled with compassionate pity for the world.
"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, Fox Immortal, please descend into this divine spirit!"
Yu Xiuying skillfully drew three thin incense sticks from the side, lit them, recited an incantation, and then inserted the incense into the censer. Wisps of green smoke rose, and she then devoutly knelt on a prayer mat on the ground, respectfully awaiting the deity's descent.
But unlike usual, the Fox Immortal remained unresponsive for a long time. Even after the incense burned out, and her knees ached from kneeling, there was still no sign. This sudden change made Yu Xiuying's heart sink to rock bottom. She wouldn't believe it, gritting her teeth and lighting incense to summon the deity again. But this time, the thin incense stick broke without warning the moment it was inserted into the censer.
"This... this... impossible."
This scene made Yu Xiuying's scalp tingle, and her eyes instantly filled with disbelief. One must know that when she first brought the deity statue home, the deity had said that if the incense broke before it, it meant she had angered the divine spirit, and from then on, no miracles would occur. This was what was called being 'abandoned by the gods'!
Yu Xiuying's aged face was filled with panic. She continuously muttered "impossible," because she knew better than anyone how devout she was; how could she possibly anger the divine spirit?
"Something must have gone wrong, it must have."
She reached out to light another stick of incense, and as if sensing her movement, a crisp sound suddenly echoed in the room. Because the room was quiet, this slight sound was incredibly distinct.
Yu Xiuying subconsciously looked towards the source, and then her clouded old eyes suddenly contracted. For she saw a crack suddenly appear in the center of the deity statue.
Before she could examine it closely, the crack spread like a spiderweb, rapidly covering the entire statue in the blink of an eye. Then, under her horrified gaze, with a "bang," it exploded into smithereens.
"Ah ah ah ah!"
The flying debris directly struck Yu Xiuying, who couldn't dodge in time. Both her face and hands now had streaks of blood. The stinging pain made her cry out. However, compared to the wounds on her body, she was more concerned about the self-destruction of the deity statue.
"Abandoned by the gods... this is abandonment by the gods, Heaven wants to destroy our Yu family!"
Yu Xiuying's appearance at this moment was like that of a madwoman, for she knew better than anyone the help the Fox Immortal had brought to their family. Now that the deity statue was gone, anyone could guess what kind of predicament their Yu family would fall into. And Heaven seemed to be responding to her thoughts, for she heard her phone in her pocket suddenly vibrate, its ringtone like a death knell.
Yu Xiuying had no choice but to take out her phone. The caller ID showed her husband. She tried to suppress her emotions and pressed to answer, but before she could speak, his voice urgently sounded.
"Xiuying, did something happen to the Fox Immortal at home?"
"You... how did you know...?" Yu Xiuying was startled upon hearing this, and many bad thoughts arose in her heart.
"You ask me how I knew? All the construction sites at home have had problems! Those were all cash cows bestowed by the Fox Immortal! How do you think I knew!"
Upon hearing her husband's voice, Yu Xiuying's last shred of hope was completely shattered. This sudden devastating news instantly left her breathless; her vision kept blacking out. Coupled with her body's rapid aging, she was no longer strong and vigorous. She couldn't hold on and directly fainted. Before losing consciousness, only one thought remained in her mind: The Yu family is finished!
Of course, all of this was Hong Jiu's doing. For it, dealing with the Yu family, who had risen to prominence because of it, was simply too easy. But that wouldn't be satisfying enough. So, to truly hit them where it hurts, it even actively controlled the servants to call an ambulance.
This timely rescue saved the unconscious Yu Xiuying, who would, in a short time, experience the tragedies of her family's collapse, marital strife, and parental-child estrangement. And truly, it couldn't be blamed. After all, "Rome wasn't built in a day," and "three feet of ice is not formed in a single cold day."
Yu Xiuying had been too arrogant and overbearing in her daily conduct, always pushing her advantage, which was bound to offend many people. Even her live-in husband and children, who usually obeyed her every word, had turned against her, truly fulfilling the saying, "When a wall falls, everyone pushes."
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