"Prison girl group?"
Li Ming thought to himself, with so many talented people in prison, forming a prison girl group actually sounded like a great idea!
Some had previously joked that Dragon Country's soccer team was so bad they might as well recruit death row inmates to play. If they won, their sentences would be reduced—they’d surely fight tooth and nail for that chance to live, and maybe Dragon Country’s soccer team would finally have hope.
The same logic applied to a prison girl group. With the incentive of reduced sentences, these female inmates would give their all, and the performances would undoubtedly be spectacular. Just imagining it made Li Ming look forward to the idea.
"You go ahead with your work. I’ll come take a look once I’m done here," Li Ming said to Xia Hong before parting ways and continuing toward the counseling office.
When he arrived, Li Ming greeted the guard at the door, then knocked politely before entering.
Inside, Wang Xin and Wang Keyan sat side by side on the sofa, holding hands. Wang Xin clutched a half-used roll of tissue paper.
The mother and daughter quickly stood up when they saw Li Ming enter.
"Warden, you’re back! I truly don’t know how to thank you. It’s all thanks to you that we were able to reunite. From now on, whether in prison or after we’re released, if you ever need anything from us, just say the word. We’ll go through fire and water for you—no questions asked. You’re our savior!" As she spoke, Wang Xin pulled Wang Keyan down to their knees.
Li Ming hurriedly helped them up.
"Get up, please! There’s no need for this. As the warden, helping you is just part of my job. It’s nothing."
"Brother Li… thank you. If it weren’t for you coming to find me, I might never have seen my mom again in this lifetime…" Wang Keyan’s tears began to fall once more.
"Alright, no more crying," Li Ming said with a light laugh. "This is a happy reunion—you should be celebrating." He waved it off, not thinking much of his own role.
"You’ll be able to visit your mother regularly now, but next time, you’ll have to go through the official visitation process. This was a one-time exception. Still, we can’t let you stay too long today—it’s time to wrap things up."
Wang Xin and her daughter nodded, knowing Li Ming had already bent the rules for them and not daring to ask for more.
"Keyan, prison regulations mean you can’t stay here indefinitely. Have you thought about where you’ll go after leaving?" Li Ming asked.
Wang Keyan nodded, glancing at her mother for confirmation before answering.
"Brother Li, Mom bought a house in the city before… She wants me to stay there and find work nearby. I’ll visit her whenever I can!"
"That’s great. Black Mountain Prison has a monthly shuttle bus for family visits—just once a month, though. You can take that when you come to see her," Li Ming explained.
Black Mountain Prison only allowed one family visit per month. Given its remote location and rough roads, the prison operated a shuttle service for relatives. Wang Xin’s sister had taken the same bus before.
"Got it, Brother Li! Mom already told me. Thank you!" Wang Keyan said earnestly.
"Alright then… Wang Xin, it’s about time. Let’s head back. Keyan, you can return to last night’s room for now. I’ll arrange your departure this evening." Li Ming checked his phone—they’d already gone well over the allotted hour.
Wang Xin nodded, hugging her daughter tightly before composing herself and following Li Ming out of the counseling office.
The two walked in silence toward the prison block.
Then, suddenly—
"Warden… I’m sorry," Wang Xin blurted out.
"Huh? Sorry for what?" Li Ming asked, puzzled.
"This morning… when you took me out of my cell, I thought… that’s why I said… about washing up first… I never imagined you were bringing me to see Keyan! I don’t know how to thank you enough!" Her face, already flushed from crying, turned even redder at the memory of her misunderstanding.
"Come on, do I really seem like that kind of person? I’d never do something like that!" Li Ming laughed awkwardly.
So in Wang Xin’s eyes, he was some power-abusing devil warden!
"It was my mistake, Warden. You’re truly a good man," Wang Xin said with a coy smile, her admiration for Li Ming now sky-high.
Not only was he kind and handsome, but he’d gone out of his way to help her and her daughter. If she weren’t already a mother, she’d chase after him without hesitation—even if it led nowhere, the experience alone would be worth it…
As they chatted, they reached the prison block. The inmates were still at work, leaving the area deserted. Li Ming was about to escort Wang Xin to the work zone when she gently tugged his sleeve.
"Warden… could you come to my cell with me first?" Her voice was soft, her gaze loaded with meaning.
"Your cell? That’s… probably not a good idea," Li Ming muttered.
"Warden, just follow me… There are no cameras inside the cells! The metal doors usually block any view from outside, so they didn’t bother installing them. Only the hallways have surveillance. Once we’re inside… no one will see a thing…"
Her eyes glistening, Wang Xin pulled Li Ming into her cell by his sleeve.
Once inside, Li Ming scanned the space. Sure enough, the cameras outside couldn’t penetrate the cell, and Wang Xin’s bunk even had a curtain—drawn shut, it would hide everything happening on the bed.
"Doesn’t security mind this curtain?" Li Ming asked.
"They do, but inspections happen at set times. Outside those hours, they don’t care. Sometimes… it’s nicer to have privacy, don’t you think?" As she spoke, Wang Xin straightened the bedding and pulled the curtain open, ready for him.
"Warden, don’t worry—my bed’s clean! Come sit with me." She crooked a finger invitingly, one hand holding the curtain aside.
Li Ming glanced nervously at the cell door. Broad daylight, and here they were, about to fool around in a prison cell. If they got caught, his career as warden would be over.
"Maybe not… too risky." Tempted as he was, he hadn’t lost his head completely.
A moment of pleasure wasn’t worth the potential fallout.
"Warden… trust me. I’ve been here for years. I promise no one comes around at this time. And our block is in the middle—even if I scream, no one will hear…"
Li Ming opened his mouth to refuse again—
A soft ding echoed in his mind. The mission details materialized in his thoughts as if out of thin air.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
