Hearing this, the anger on Situ Yunshu's face instantly faded, replaced by a blank expression. She stared blankly at Jiang Chengshan, her eyes gradually turning red.
The next second, she threw herself into Jiang Chengshan's arms.
Although she had already given birth to a child, having been under house arrest for over ten years, Situ Yunshu's mindset actually still remained that of the young girl from back then.
She hugged the man's waist tightly, burying her face in his firm chest, her voice heavy with a nasal tone and trembling.
She hugged Jiang Chengshan fiercely.
"Ashan, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have doubted you."
Jiang Chengshan let out a long sigh of relief and hugged her tightly in return. His large hand gently patted her back, stroke by stroke, as if comforting a frightened little beast.
His voice was deep and gentle, carrying a hint of a barely noticeable wicked smile.
"It's fine, but after doubting me, you'll have to compensate me."
Hearing this, Situ Yunshu suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
What kind of shameless words were these?
Jiang Yunlu watched helplessly as her biological father's gaze seemed glued to the beautiful woman opposite him, unable to tear it away.
The two of them just gazed at each other like that, the air seemingly filled with pink bubbles, sickeningly sweet.
Jiang Chengyue really couldn't stand it anymore. She coughed heavily, awakening this pair of lovesick fools who were acting as if no one else was around.
"Brother! Sister-in-law! That's enough, Yunlu is still here!"
So many people sitting together tonight, wasn't it just to give Jiang Yunlu a complete explanation?
A blush instantly flew onto Situ Yunshu's cheeks. She looked away in embarrassment, not daring to look at Jiang Chengshan again.
She took a deep breath and focused all her attention on Jiang Yunlu, her gaze burning yet carrying a trace of caution.
"Ahem! Little Yunlu, I have some things I want to say to you."
Jiang Yunlu was a bit dazed by this spectacle, but looking at the serious expressions of her elders, she still subconsciously wanted to find a chair to sit down and prepare to be lectured.
Who knew that Situ Yunshu would stand up and open her arms towards her.
"Child, come here to me, let me take a good look at you."
The suppressed trembling in that voice made Jiang Yunlu's heart skip a beat.
She looked to her aunt for help, and then looked at her father.
Both Jiang Chengshan and Jiang Chengyue cast her encouraging looks.
Only then did Jiang Yunlu hesitate, walking over step by step.
As soon as she got close, her hands were grasped by a pair of warm and soft hands.
Situ Yunshu carefully rubbed the back of her hands, the warmth of her fingertips seemingly trying to feel the years she had missed.
After a long time, she finally raised those red-rimmed eyes and said clearly, word by word:
"Child, actually, I am your mother."
Ah?
Jiang Yunlu's brain felt as if it had been struck by a bolt of lightning, instantly going blank.
She abruptly turned her head and stared fixedly at Jiang Chengshan, her eyes full of inquiry.
So fast?!
Jiang Chengshan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he finally nodded heavily.
This nod made Jiang Yunlu's entire body stiffen.
She subconsciously wanted to pull her hands back, forcing out a smile that was uglier than crying on her face, "Um, Auntie, I feel like this is a bit too fast, how about... we spend some time together first?"
Seeing her daughter's troubled and alienated appearance, Situ Yunshu felt a pang of pain in her heart, yet her foot showed no mercy, kicking Jiang Chengshan right on the shin.
Hiss—
Jiang Chengshan gasped in pain but didn't dare to cry out. He could only put on a bitter face and hurriedly explained to his daughter:
"Nannan, Dad isn't joking with you, she really is your mother, your biological mother!"
Jiang Yunlu was completely stunned. Had she misunderstood?!
She looked at this beautiful woman claiming to be her mother, and then looked at her biological father who had a face that said "I didn't lie to you."
She blurted out.
"But Dad, didn't you say that my mom went to a very, very far away place? ... Doesn't that mean she's dead?"
The air instantly froze.
Jiang Chengyue hadn't swallowed a mouthful of tea and almost spat it out on the spot.
Good heavens, what a display of filial piety!
Situ Yunshu's face completely darkened. The glare she directed at Jiang Chengshan could almost spit fire.
Too lazy to bicker with this stupid man anymore, she stood straight up and tightly pulled the still-dazed Jiang Yunlu into her embrace.
This embrace was warm and strong, carrying a strange yet inexplicably comforting fragrance.
"Child, I really am your mother. I missed you so much, my child."
Situ Yunshu's voice choked with sobs, her scalding tears soaking the fabric on Jiang Yunlu's shoulder.
The yearning and pain suppressed for many years transformed into a burst of tears at this moment.
Jiang Yunlu's body was originally still stiff, but listening to the crying calls by her ear, her nose tingled, and an indescribable sense of grievance suddenly surged into her heart.
She didn't even know what she was feeling wronged about, but her tears rolled down uncontrollably like pearls from a broken string.
In the living room, the mother and daughter hugged each other and wept bitterly, completely venting the emotions that had accumulated for over ten years.
Acknowledging one's relatives wasn't actually that difficult; the hard part was how to clearly explain the entire sequence of events.
And Jiang Yunlu felt like her worldview had been shattered and reassembled.
Especially knowing that her mother had been under house arrest for over ten years, this made her cry bitterly once again.
Just as this sorrowful atmosphere was almost solidifying, the always silent Situ Dingyi suddenly stood up, his body tense and his eyes as sharp as an eagle's.
The true qi arranged at the door had been disturbed, allowing him to sniff out a trace of danger.
Beside him, Situ Qiong's expression also changed, feeling that faint, almost imperceptible murderous aura seeping in from outside the house.
"Attention, there are enemies."
"Are the people of the Situ family ultimately still unwilling to let us go?"
Situ Yunshu's voice trembled, subconsciously shielding her daughter tightly in her arms, her frail back now as solid as a mountain.
Situ Dingyi took a deep breath and pulled out a string of prayer beads from his pocket, then turned his head to look at Jiang Chengshan.
"Son-in-law, call that person."
The person mentioned here was naturally Lin Mo.
Although Jiang Chengshan was a hundred times unwilling in his heart, he was very clear about certain things, so he immediately took out his phone.
Right at this moment, out in the hallway, a series of shrill screams pierced the silence, only to abruptly stop as if forcibly muffled.
Immediately after, there were a few muffled sounds of bodies hitting the ground.
Then, everything returned to peace.
The tense crowd in the room stared fixedly in the direction of the door.
Ding-dong!
The crisp sound of the doorbell rang out without warning. In this dead silent atmosphere, it seemed particularly abrupt, even a bit comical.
Everyone shuddered.
Suddenly remembering something.
Jiang Chengshan frantically grabbed the remote control and turned on the television connected to the door's security camera.
The screen flickered for a moment, and the image clearly appeared.
In the hallway outside the elevator, five or six burly men in black clothes lay sprawled out, their postures twisted, their life or death unknown.
And right in the center of this mess stood a young man.
The young man seemed to have noticed something. He raised his head, accurately found the direction of the camera, then grinned, raised his hand, and casually waved.
"It's me, open the door!"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
