Xu Xiaoya couldn’t quite follow what was happening. She smiled and said, “Are you hungry? I’ll make you all something to eat.” She stepped forward to take Xiao Gouzi’s hand, but he only grew more anxious.
“That’s not what he means.”
A voice suddenly came from the corner, startling Xu Xiaoya. She turned and saw another little boy sitting there. Both his legs were missing, and he could only move by dragging himself along with his hands.
“What’s that?”
The boy glanced at Xu Xiaoya, then hung his head and fell silent.
Xu Xiaoya didn’t press him further. She knew these children, younger than herself, had all suffered a great deal.
“Anyone home?” came a voice from the still-open door. Xu Xiaoya turned and saw a haggard middle-aged man peering inside. One look at his clothes told her he was either wealthy or powerful.
“Can I help you?”
The man studied her for a moment, looking surprised, then glanced at the other two children. After a brief pause, he said, “I’m looking for a Master Xu...”
“Master Xu?” Xu Xiaoya was taken aback. She looked around. “You must have the wrong place. There’s no master here.”
The man stepped back, checking the door again. “No, this is it... the young master told me it was your home...”
“Young master?”
“Yes, a young man dressed like a Taoist priest. He told me if I had trouble, to come here and find someone named Xu...” The man’s expression darkened. “I was a fool not to listen to him!”
“Could you tell me... what did that young Taoist look like?” A figure flashed through Xu Xiaoya’s mind.
“My good daughter, I didn’t raise you for nothing!” Xu Da’s eyes lit up as he stared at the silver ingot Xu Xiaocao handed him. “Once I win some money, I’ll redeem you for sure!”
Xu Xiaocao’s face flickered with barely concealed disgust. “This is the last time. That fool doesn’t suspect me. If I took more, she might notice.”
Xu Da nodded eagerly. “Didn’t you say the kid who follows her left? What use does a little girl have with so much money?” He suddenly reached out to pat Xu Xiaocao’s head, and she flinched.
Xu Da frowned. “What are you flinching for? I’m not going to beat you. I raised you with all kinds of hardship, so is it wrong for you to help your old man a little now?”
Xu Xiaocao nodded silently, watching as Xu Da left in high spirits. Anger burned in her eyes.
She never thought her father would find her again—let alone have the nerve to come begging for money!
Xu Xiaocao wandered around for a while, cooked up an excuse, and headed home. Xu Xiaoya was so gullible, she told herself, she wouldn’t care if she came back empty-handed.
But when she got home, it wasn’t Xu Xiaoya she found. The disabled children immediately shrank away from her the moment they saw her.
“What are you staring at? A bunch of freaks! I don’t know why she keeps you losers around!” Xu Xiaocao yelled, frustration seething inside her. The memory of Xu Da’s greedy face only stoked her rage. She grabbed a bamboo rod by the corner and strode toward the boy cowering in the shadows.
The rod came down hard on him. The legless boy gritted his teeth, refusing to cry out. Xu Xiaocao had warned them—if they ever tattled, she’d beat them to death.
“She brought you back because she pitied you! Don’t think she’ll pick you over me!”
The front door slowly creaked open, the scraping sound harsh in the stillness.
Xu Xiaocao dropped the bamboo rod, her twisted, furious face shifting instantly. She turned to the door with a smile. “Big sister—” Then she froze. Xu Xiaoya was standing there with several people behind her, carrying items on their shoulders, each face full of reverence.
Xu Xiaoya smiled when she saw her. “Little sister, come lend a hand.”
“Sister... what’s all this?”
Xu Xiaoya seemed genuinely pleased. “Gousheng found me some work,” she said cheerfully. “These are thank-you gifts.”
A steward spoke up from beside her, “Master Xu, our master says that from now on, whatever troubles you may face, feel free to come to him. We will never forget your life-saving kindness!” He waved his hand, and the servants carried the gifts into the courtyard.
“You’re too kind... I only did a small favor...”
Watching the elegantly dressed steward bow respectfully to Xu Xiaoya, Xu Xiaocao’s heart twisted with envy once more.
Why should her life be so good? And again, that favor from Fang Zhiyi? What made her so special?
The Huang family had hired Xu Xiaoya to solve a problem at home. Ever since they discovered that the Wanli Temple was essentially a den of evil, the head of the family wanted to get rid of the Buddha statue they had brought back. But no matter how many times they threw it away, the statue always ended up back in their house.
Meanwhile, his critically ill parents were fading fast, and he himself was beginning to lose his mind.
To his surprise, Xu Xiaoya only came inside, took one look around, and solved everything.
From her perspective, it was simple. She summoned Gao Mingzhi’s restless soul and ordered it to patrol the area. Soon enough, it found several objects heavy with yin energy. Gao Mingzhi didn’t even wait for orders before swallowing them all.
This gave Xu Xiaoya a new idea. If Gousheng could be a Taoist priest, so could she!
If Fang Zhiyi had been there, he would have been speechless.
What kind of proper Taoist priest uses a ghost to exorcise evil? That’s basically a dark practitioner!
But to Xu Xiaoya, as long as she could help people, that was what mattered.
That night, Xu Xiaocao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She couldn’t understand why Xu Xiaoya, about the same age and also no more than a “worthless girl,” could be so lucky.
Though Xu Xiaoya always called her “little sister,” the neighbors knew perfectly well she was nothing more than a bought maid!
Just as she was stewing over it, a noise came from the window.
Xu Xiaocao jolted up. Then the window scraped again.
She hesitated before opening it, only to hear a low voice from below. “Xiaocao! It’s your dad!”
Xu Xiaocao froze.
“Come down quick! Let your old man see you!”
Within just half a day, Xu Da had gambled away all the silver Xu Xiaocao had given him. Desperate to recoup his losses, he came straight here.
Xu Xiaocao crept downstairs quietly, but a child huddled in the corner caught the whole thing.
“Ah, my girl’s done well for herself, living in such a nice place!” Xu Da said, grinning.
“Dad...”
“I’m out of money. I need more,” he said bluntly.
“But you had some just today—”
Xu Da’s face suddenly darkened. “Getting cocky, are you? Let me tell you, no matter where you are, I’m still your father!” He raised his hand as if to strike.
Xu Xiaocao instinctively cowered, and Xu Da, seeing her reaction, lowered his hand. “How could I hit my own daughter? Go get me a bit more. She lives in a nice place like this—that little girl’s got plenty to spare.”
Xu Xiaocao gritted her teeth, reached into the lining of her clothes, and pulled out a small pouch. Xu Xiaoya had given it to her before bed, asking her to use it to buy extra food for a celebration tomorrow.
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ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
