Fang Zhiyi didn’t say anything. He just quickly walked away from there.
“Hey, it’s fine for me to earn some pocket money, right?” Fang Zhiyi asked.
Xiaoxiaohei replied, “No problem, as long as you don’t make a big scene.”
“That’s good enough.”
Just as he was talking, Fang Zhiyi suddenly spotted a small figure lingering near his home, as if searching for something.
He quietly moved closer and watched Fang Xiaolian flip over a big rock, then shake her head, looking quite troubled.
“What are you doing?”
Fang Xiaolian was so startled that her whole body jerked. When she turned around and saw it was Fang Zhiyi, the expression on her face was hard to tell—whether it was fear or joy.
“Dad... I...”
Fang Zhiyi noticed the money in her hand. It was several small bills.
“I, I...” Fang Xiaolian grew even more nervous.
Fang Zhiyi just kept looking at her.
“I wanted to buy some pencils, but I found that the pencils in the shop were twenty cents more expensive than the ones at the stall... So I used the money you gave me to buy a few pencils from the stall and brought them to school. Just when a classmate was almost out of pencils, I sold them to her...” She held out the money in her hand to Fang Zhiyi.
Fang Zhiyi reached out and took it. “So you took the money and then thought about this?”
Fang Xiaolian lowered her head.
She had always envied other kids for having pocket money, but she also knew her family was poor. So the first thing that came to her mind was to earn some pocket money of her own, and once she saved enough, she could replace her old pencil case with a new one.
“Don’t go leaving it around. I’ll keep it for you,” Fang Zhiyi said.
But the look in Fang Xiaolian’s eyes clearly showed she didn’t believe him. Still, she also knew that the money had originally been given to her by her father.
He didn’t explain further. Instead, he turned and led Fang Xiaolian home.
“Back already? Hurry up and do your chores! Studying all day is such a waste of time!” Hu Xiulian barked.
Fang Zhiyi suppressed the urge to slap her, only saying, “From now on, let Xiao Wen handle those chores. Today, a friend of mine offered me some work, and I was thinking of taking this girl along to give it a try.”
“What kind of work?” Hu Xiulian asked, a bit dazed.
Fang Zhiyi said, “Just some manual labor, helping someone move stuff... Or should I take Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu instead?”
Hu Xiulian thought about it—her son was the top student in school; there was no way he was doing manual labor.
“Fine, fine, take her. She’s just dead weight eating for free anyway.”
“She still needs to eat. If she doesn’t eat enough, she won’t do a good job, and they won’t pay up.”
A few days later, Fang Xiaolian sat at the dinner table again. It seemed like the thought of another source of income had put Hu Xiulian in a rare good mood, so she didn’t scold her.
Fang Zhiyi also noticed that Fang’s Mother kept putting food in Wu Xiao’s bowl, telling him to eat more. Liu Wu looked delighted, while Liu Wen, sitting nearby, kept a dark expression throughout.
After the meal, Fang Zhiyi took Fang Xiaolian and headed out.
Fang Xiaolian followed her father, but the path grew wilder and wilder until they finally ended up on the hill behind the village.
“Dad, where... where am I supposed to work?” Her voice started trembling. Was her father going to sell her? She’d heard classmates talk about how some people’s little sisters had been sold off by their families.
“Work my ass,” Fang Zhiyi said, looking up at the sky and sighing. He pulled out a flashlight. “Do your homework first. After that, we’ll work. How did I end up in this situation?”
“Dad, what did you say?”
“I said, hurry up and do your homework! There’ll be work to do later!”
This time, Fang Xiaolian understood. She stood there dumbfounded for a moment, then put down her schoolbag and started busy herself.
After she finished her homework, Fang Xiaolian realized that everything around her had gone pitch black. Behind her, Fang Zhiyi kept the flashlight raised, lighting up her space.
“Dad, I’m done with my homework...”
“Done, huh? Good. Time to start work.” Fang Zhiyi lowered the flashlight, shaking out his stiff arm.
“What kind of work?”
“See that rock over there? Move it over to the other side.”
Even though she was confused, Fang Xiaolian gritted her teeth and tried to lift the rock.
“Wrong stance. Spread your legs, squat down!”
“Don’t just use brute force right away. Power comes from the ground, understand?”
“Wrong move. Put it down!”
Fang Xiaolian was completely baffled. She obeyed dutifully, but her father wasn’t satisfied. He just made her repeat the motion of lifting the rock over and over, occasionally yelling at her.
Still, as she bent over again and again, Fang Xiaolian began to grasp the trick. She started to understand what her father meant by power coming from the ground.
When she lifted the rock once more, Fang Zhiyi nodded.
“Drop it.”
“But, Dad, I was supposed to move it over there...”
Fang Zhiyi, however, shone the flashlight under the rock, poked around a bit, and flipped out a few bugs. “We’re catching bugs.”
“Huh?”
“These bugs can be used for medicine. There are plenty around here.” Fang Zhiyi paused. “If you don’t catch enough, don’t come home.”
Xiaoxiaohei worked hard analyzing nearby medicinal herbs and valuable bugs for Fang Zhiyi, which made things a lot easier. Fang Zhiyi thought, for the first time, that Xiaoxiaohei was actually somewhat useful.
It wasn’t until Fang Xiaolian’s little bag was half full that Fang Zhiyi let her follow him home. Fang Xiaolian was too exhausted to speak. If they were just catching bugs, why did Dad make her move that rock? But she didn’t dare to refuse.
When they got back, Hu Xiulian was cheerfully chatting with her two sons. Seeing Fang Zhiyi return, she came up happily. “Honey, how did it go? Did they take her?”
Fang Zhiyi didn’t say a word. He just pulled out twenty yuan and waved it. “See this?”
Hu Xiulian reached for it, but Fang Zhiyi pulled it back. “What are you doing? I need it for card games tomorrow!”
“You...” Hu Xiulian wanted to curse, but she held back, knowing he might hit her. But when she turned and saw Fang Xiaolian drenched in sweat, she sneered and spoke to her two sons. “See that? You’d better study hard, or you’ll end up doing manual labor like her.”
Liu Wen asked, “Fang Xiaolian, what did you do?”
Fang Xiaolian answered honestly, “Moved rocks.”
“Moving rocks? Suits you just fine.” Liu Wen laughed to himself.
Fang Zhiyi ignored him. He simply turned and urged Fang Xiaolian to wash up and go to sleep.
“Honey, she hasn’t done her chores yet...”
Fang Zhiyi turned around. “What chore is worth twenty yuan for three hours?”
“But...”
“How about you go move rocks tomorrow instead?”
“Forget it.” The look in Fang Zhiyi’s eyes made Hu Xiulian’s skin crawl.
Xiaoxiaohei breathed a sigh of relief watching this. That shrew should count herself lucky. If the host were to go off like in the last world, her head would probably be hanging at the village gate by now.
Fang Zhiyi suddenly remembered something. He whispered a few words to Hu Xiulian, then pulled out ten yuan and handed it to her. Hu Xiulian broke into a smile.
“Ahem, Xiao Wen, you’re growing up now. Do you want some pocket money?”
Liu Wen’s eyes lit up. “Yes.”
"Then you have to help me with some chores. When they're done... I'll give you five bucks!" Hu Xiulian was about to say ten, but on second thought, she figured she needed to keep five for herself.
Liu Wen was stunned for a moment, then immediately grew dissatisfied. "Why should I have to do chores?"
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.
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
] [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!"
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."
