The Ninth Wife of Mr. Foster

Everyone in Riverside City knows that the Foster family, the richest family in Riverside City, has a strange rule.

A newly married daughterinlaw must chant scriptures in the Ancestral Hall overnight and be safe and sound the next day before she is accepted by the ancestors.

It was originally just a formality, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened when Vincent Foster got married.

The bride died tragically in the ancestral hall, her throat was cut more than ten centimeters long, and the tendons of her hands and feet were twisted and broken.

After checking all the surveillance cameras, they showed that no one except the bride entered the room at night.

Later, Vincent married seven more women, but all of them died tragically in the ancestral hall on their wedding night.

The police investigated endlessly but could not come up with any results, so in the end they could only close the cases as suicides.

Speculations arose in Riverside City. Rumor had it that the Foster family had negative energy and was haunted by ghosts, so no one dared to send their daughters there anymore.

But on this day, I was wearing a red dress and standing gracefully in front of FosterMargaret Foster.

"Foster is always handsome and I have had a crush on him for a long time. I am willing to be his ninth wife."

"Don't worry, our ancestors may not like them, but they will definitely like me."

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My family opened a small bakery on Riverside Avenue.

Every morning before the roosters crow, my sister would go to the store to help my parents.

She is extremely skilled in kneading dough, chopping stuffing, making dumplings and boiling soy milk, but she never lets me get involved.

"Sophia, you are a good student, just study hard."

"I'm at home, we will definitely support you to become a talented person!"

Eight years ago, I became the top scorer of Riverside City in the college entrance examination.

My elder sister, wearing a pure white gauze dress, shyly got into the luxurious wedding car driven by the Foster family.

Everyone envied my sister's good luck. She was just selling cups of soy milk, but she was noticed by Vincent, the heir of the richest family, Foster, and became a wealthy wife.

I was also happy for my sister, but not because of the power of the Foster family, but because of the shy look she showed when she held my hand before she got married.

"Sophia, don't worry about me. Vincent is a very gentle person, and the Foster family is also very kind to me."

"Only if I fly higher will you go further. You will always be my sister who I will do everything in my power to protect!"

In my dream that day, I dreamed that my sister gave birth to a lovely baby, who was so cute and round that he pulled my clothes and called me aunt sweetly.

The next morning, I received the unexpected news of my sister's death.

I rushed to the Fosters' house like crazy and saw them carrying my sister out on a broken stretcher.

My sister's once soft and white hands are now covered in bruises and gray.

The fingertips were covered in blood, and all ten fingernails were forcibly torn open, leaving a bloody mess.

I ignored the dissuasion and pulled the white cloth away.

My sister died in a horrible way. There was a hideous bloody wound more than ten centimeters long on her neck. Her body was twisted in a strange posture, and her eyeballs bulged out like fish.

Her bright red wedding dress was soaked with blood, and even the stretcher was covered with a pool of blood.

I felt dizzy and fell to the ground.

But I heard my father nodding and fawning on Vincent.

"It must be Sophia's fault that something like this happened. She was not favored by the ancestors of the Foster family."

"Foster is young and promising. He will definitely find a better wife in the future. Don't be sad for such a bitch!"

Although my family was poor, my father had always been very good to my sisters and me and had never said a harsh word to me.

In the past, relatives laughed at him for having two moneylosing children, and his father even took a kitchen knife to fight them.

For a moment I couldn't believe that these words actually came out of his mouth.

"I didn't expect to marry a psychopath. He committed suicide in the ancestral hall on our wedding day. What bad luck!"

"Get rid of it quickly, it's annoying to read."

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 daughterinlaw 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 golddigging girls who are greedy for wealth!"

"I just feel sorry for old Robert Reed. He used to brag to us every day about how outstanding his daughter was, but in the end, he fell for money."

"I don't think money matters. The key is that we have to pay attention to the rumors about the Foster family over the years. Now, Robert Reed's two daughters might fall into the hands of the Foster family!"

Everyone in Riverside City thinks I'm a vain, golddigger.

Especially since I am a female PhD graduate from Ivy League University, the huge contrast makes them even more excited.

Inside the Foster estate, Margaret Foster had someone lead me in.

"Sophia, are you really going to marry my son?"

Margaret Foster looked at me with interest.

“More real than real gold!”

"It is said that Mr. Foster is a gentle and elegant person, friendly and kind to others. The key is that his net worth has exceeded 10 billion some time ago. Why should I not like such a person?"

I smiled at Margaret Foster.

Margaret Foster sneered twice after hearing this.

"I knew you couldn't really like Vincent!"

The disgust in her eyes was palpable.

But I know she has no choice.

"Forget it, I won't beat around the bush with you."

"You haven't forgotten that your sister died in Ancestral Hall eight years ago?"

"During the eight years you were away, every year a bride died tragically in the ancestral hall. What makes you think you can live longer than them?"

Margaret Foster stared at me pointedly.

I smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, Margaret Foster. I am different from those ordinary people. Our ancestors may not like them, but they will definitely like me!"

I stared at Margaret Foster with a haughty look on my face.

The other person looked at me for a long time.

Finally, he nodded and agreed.

"Go back and prepare. Only by surviving tonight can you prove that you are different from others!"

She waved.

I curled the corners of my mouth. It seems that all the truth will be revealed tonight!

When I got home, my parents had been waiting for me for a long time.

"Nonsense! Who made you agree to marry Vincent?!"

My dad was so angry that his face turned red.

My mother was wiping her tears anxiously, and her eyes were full of sadness when she looked at me.

But when I looked at my father, I didn't feel any emotion at all.

"Do you care who I marry?"

I stared into Dad's eyes.

"Nonsense! Why shouldn't I care? Don't you know the rumors about the Foster family over the years? You're courting death if you go there! Are you going to kill me and your mother?"

Dad was eager to scold me to wake me up.

But I just asked him coldly: "If you really cared, you wouldn't have let my sister die unjustly back then!"

Dad shuddered all over and his lips trembled slightly.

"Sophia, don't talk to your dad like that, your dad..."

"Shut up!"

Just as mom was about to speak up for dad, he scolded her harshly.

Then Dad stared at me.

"Okay, since you've made your decision, I won't bother you anymore!"

"From now on, you are no longer my daughter!"

My father kicked me out of the house. Although my mother begged him desperately, my father remained unmoved.

After leaving home, I kowtowed three times and nine times in the direction of my parents.

"Mom and Dad, I am an unfilial daughter."

"If my daughter can find out everything, she will definitely come back to honor you!"

I muttered to myself, then stood up and headed for the alley entrance.

Vincent's wedding procession was even more luxurious than eight years ago, with all of them being RollsRoyces. Who wouldn't be envious when seeing this?

"It's over. Old Robert Reed's family will be extinct!"

"I have studied for so many years in vain. It seems that this doctorate is of no use at all."