Xu Xiaocao’s voice made Xu Xiaoya open her eyes.
She looked at the figure standing there frozen. “Who are you!”
Xu Da was flustered: “I, I…” Suddenly he gritted his teeth. “Hand over all your money!”
At this point, he didn’t care about anything else.
“Someone! Thief!” Xu Xiaoya shouted. Xu Da lunged forward and grabbed her by the throat, ignoring her struggles. He turned his head and cursed viciously, “You little bitch, trying to get me thrown in jail, I’ll—”
His words cut off abruptly. He looked down in disbelief. His own daughter was holding a sharp knife—when had she gotten it?—and had just stabbed him in the side.
“You little!”
Xu Xiaocao’s eyes were terrified but also filled with a certain resolve. She yanked the knife out and stabbed again, four or five times in a row, until Xu Da gradually went limp on the ground.
Xu Xiaocao gasped for air, then started laughing uncontrollably: “Ha, hahaha, you, you’re dead!”
“Cough, cough…”
The sound of coughing caught her attention. Xu Xiaoya had finally caught her breath. “Xiaocao, you…”
But the next moment, Xu Xiaoca raised the knife again.
“You have to die too. Once you’re dead, everything here will be mine!” Her eyes were wild with madness. “I’ll tell the constables that he came in to rob and killed you, and I stabbed him in self-defense…”
Yet Xu Xiaoya’s eyes showed no shock, only calm as she gazed back.
That composed expression made Xu Xiaoca uneasy. “Why are you staring at me! Blame yourself! You’re nothing but a worthless slut, acting like some lofty saint! Pah!”
Xu Xiaoya’s eyes filled with disappointment.
“Kill you, kill you, and then I’ll drive out all those cripples!”
Her eyes were bloodshot. Just as she was about to thrust the knife down, something struck her on the head. Xu Xiaocao staggered and turned slowly, meeting a pair of furious eyes.
“You dog, how dare you—”
Another blow followed.
The boy who hit her was trembling, tears already streaming down his face, shouting meaningless words.
Xu Xiaocao was beaten to the ground by a group of disabled children. They swung their sticks like they were venting their rage.
“Don’t, don’t you dare hurt Xiaoya Sister!”
Xu Xiaoya watched Xu Xiaocao fall unconscious, then suddenly stopped the children. “Stop hitting her. Report this to the authorities.”
“But, but she…”
“She did wrong. The law will punish her. You can’t become people like her.”
For a case of robbery, the patrolling constables still came and took the culprit away. But when they hauled Xu Da’s corpse out, they also demanded some “convenience fees” from Xu Xiaoya.
What Xu Xiaoya hadn’t expected was that Xu Xiaocao, already locked up in prison, would bite back. She accused Xu Xiaoya and Fang Zhiyi of involvement in an earlier murder case.
Xu Xiaoya’s heart went cold. She watched the constables arrive at her door again, simply told the children to mind the house, and followed them out.
“It’s her! Your Honor, it’s her! She and that Fang guy committed murder! Those crippled kids she took in can testify!”
With her hair in disarray, Xu Xiaocao was half-crazed, like a mad dog trying to sink her teeth into Xu Xiaoya.
If she couldn’t have it good, neither would Xu Xiaoya.
Since she couldn’t climb above her, she’d drag her both down into the mud!
The magistrate seated above had no intention of going into details. Dead people? People died every day in Huaijiang City. What did a few dead beggars matter? Still, glancing at the silent Xu Xiaoya, he cleared his throat: “Does the defendant have anything to say?” His fingers kept rubbing together.
But Xu Xiaoya’s mind was a mess at that moment, and she didn’t notice.
It was the constable who had taken a bribe before who kindly nudged her. She looked up. “Your Honor, no, no… it’s true indeed…”
Xu Xiaocao grinned smugly.
But then someone burst in.
The magistrate frowned. “Who dares to—Oh, Steward Huang.” His face broke into a fawning smile.
Xu Xiaoya stared at the newcomer, her expression dazed.
Steward Huang gave her a deep look, strode quickly to the magistrate, and slipped something from his sleeve into the official’s hand.
“Ahem!” The magistrate understood immediately. He walked back to his chair and sat down. “This court has already investigated! Xu Xiaocao! You killed your father for money! And now you dare to falsely accuse another! This is utterly wicked! I hereby sentence you to execution after the autumn harvest!”
Xu Xiaocao was stunned for a moment. “You, your ears aren’t working, are they? She already confessed to the murder! She’s a killer too! Are you deaf?”
The magistrate frowned. “Nonsense! This young lady is a person of impeccable character!”
“I get it! You must have taken money, so—”
The magistrate flew into a rage. “Disrupting the court and insulting an official! Beat her!”
Xu Xiaocao was dragged away.
“Steward Huang, what do you think?” He turned, all smiles.
Steward Huang hurried over and helped the bewildered Xu Xiaoya to her feet. “Your Honor saw through the case clearly. I will certainly report this to my master. You will receive our thanks later.”
“No trouble at all, no trouble at all!”
The disabled children didn’t know why Xiaoya Sister was brought back by the Huang family’s carriage, or why she’d locked herself in her room as soon as she returned. They were all worried.
In a mountain valley, Fang Zhiyi held his sword and whistled as he walked out. Behind him, bodies lay scattered in every direction.
The bandits hadn’t expected that a fat sheep they’d cornered would turn into a ferocious tiger.
Fang Zhiyi tapped the blade of his sword. “Full yet? If you’re full, let’s go!”
He turned his head. “Xiaoxiaohei, how come looking into something takes you so damn long?”
After a long pause, Xiaoxiaohei replied: “Host, Xu Xiaoya is currently safe.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
“You’re useless…” Fang Zhiyi muttered in dissatisfaction.
If he had been scolded like that, Xiaohei would’ve fired back. But Xiaoxiaohei only issued a mechanical reminder: “The host should not continue interfering in the fates of others…”
“Interfering in others’ fates? Why didn’t you say that earlier? You didn’t say a word when I ran away from Widow Li’s house, or when I saved Xu Xiaoya—now you remember.”
Xiaoxiaohei had no comeback.
Fang Zhiyi looked at his hand, recalling the vision he’d seen when he touched Xu Xiaocao.
“And it’s not like I’m interfering with anyone’s karma… That Xu Xiaocao was supposed to be sold to the Huang family as a maidservant anyway. Then, as her heart twisted, she’d climb up by any means necessary. Just when the Huang family was about to fall, she seized power. Then she treated the servants brutally and even killed the Huang family’s only heir.”
“I figured I saved the Huang family—no, Xiaoya saved the entire Huang family—by having them take care of this mess, it’s only right.”
“If anyone’s interfering in fate, it’s Xu Xiaoya.”
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
