The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 285

Chapter 285: Chapter 285: Cleansing Nine Generations of Women, Family Prosperity

Scarlett Jennings frowned slightly upon hearing those four words.

She had never heard of "first daughter drowning," but she had come across it in books distributed by the Taoism Academy.

"First daughter drowning, nine generations washed, the family prospers."

The ghost’s voice recited those twelve words in a low tone, yet there was a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

Ariel Zimmerman looked bewildered and quietly asked Evander Simpson beside her,

"What is first daughter drowning?"

Evander, having apparently heard of it, wore a displeased expression but still explained,

"That was an evil technique of geomancy once believed in ancient times; the so-called first daughter drowning was the practice of drowning the firstborn daughters of the first family branch. They believed that after nine generations of this ritual, the family’s fortune would change, leading to future prosperity."

Upon hearing Evander’s explanation, not only Ariel but even the staff nearby, along with the viewers in the livestream, could not help but widen their eyes.

They knew ancient feudal societies had many abhorrent customs, yet they had never thought there existed such a malignant evil technique. freeweɓnovel.cøm

As if hearing Evander’s explanation, the ghost suddenly descended slowly from mid-air.

She paid no attention to the soul stabilizing talisman trapping her, only sneering coldly as she spoke of her own family,

"The family I belonged to, though having a modest fortune, was not a prominent one. Not sure which generation of the family head desperately wanted the family to prosper and began the nine generations of first daughter drowning after hearing of the method."

"For every generation thereafter, the firstborn daughters of the first family branch were drowned in the presence of the family, and the bodies were buried at the doorstep, trampled underfoot. This continued for eight generations... And I was the ninth-born daughter."

"Luckier than the previous eight generations, I had a mother who understood and loved me."

"My mother was born into a scholarly family, one of the few educated women of her time. Before marrying, she was unaware of such a ’tradition’ in the family. When she accidentally learned everything during her first pregnancy, she refused to accept her fate as her mother-in-law did."

"After finding out that the firstborn was likely a girl, she bribed the midwife to announce my birth as a boy, raising me as a son thereafter. To prevent further daughters, she secretly took contraceptive potions until she could no longer bear children."

"Though I was a girl, I never lived a day as one. Since I became aware, my mother constantly taught me to keep the secret. I knew that if my identity was exposed, it would be the end for both my mother and me, so I always played the part well."

Raised like a boy.

Attending school, reading, fighting, practicing martial arts.

I gradually convinced myself that I was a boy.

But any secret eventually gets uncovered.

The day the truth was revealed, the malicious and fierce faces of the family members, even after a hundred years, were still vivid in my memory.

The elders who once spoke kindly to me given my "first family son" status turned twisted and vicious, glaring venomously at my mother and me, cursing that we ruined the family’s grand plan and obliterated a hundred years of effort.

That day, my mouth was stuffed, and I was tied up in a water cage, forced to watch as they put my mother on a pyre on the riverbank.

Everyone screamed furiously for us to be dealt with.

And my father, he remained silent from start to finish.

I watched helplessly as those family members burnt my mother alive.

Until her body turned to char, they looked satisfied.

Then they turned their eyes back on me.

I was bound to a rock and drowned in the pond.