Fang Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "I had nothing to do, so I thought I'd prepare bathwater for Second Uncle."
Fang Zhiyi noticed her expression wasn't right and narrowed his eyes. "What's wrong?"
Fang Xiaoxiao quickly shook her head. "It's nothing."
"Speak!"
Fang Xiaoxiao trembled and lowered her head in silence. It was the maidservant beside her who spoke up instead. "Second Madam returned and threw out the young lady's belongings, then cursed at her."
Seeing the maid's indignant expression, Fang Zhiyi was actually pleased.
"How dare she!"
Fang Zhiyi stormed into the courtyard and shouted until the entire household gathered, including Fourth Brother Fang Baoguo, who was usually away at school.
Looking around, he saw varying expressions—some uneasy, others indifferent—while his wife, Lanhua, stood with a frosty glare.
"I have an announcement to make today!"
"No—two announcements!"
"First, I'm divorcing this venomous woman!" Fang Zhiyi pointed at Lanhua, whose face shifted from icy disdain to disbelief.
"What did you say? Fang Zhiyi, say that again!"
"I'll say it ten times if I have to! You keep running back to your family at every turn, and now you dare curse my niece?" Fang Zhiyi's eyes bulged as if he were about to devour someone.
Fang Xiaoxiao timidly tugged at the hem of his robe. "Uncle, forget it. Second Aunt just... has a bad temper. She didn’t mean to curse at me."
"You little wretch!" Lanhua snarled, claws out.
Fang Zhiyi jabbed a finger at her. "You wouldn’t dare!" He never hit women, but his thunderous voice froze Lanhua in place.
"Either divorce me, or I’ll cast you out! Choose!" With that, Fang Zhiyi turned away.
"Second announcement—I’m dividing the family property!" The others, who had been watching the drama unfold, were stunned.
Even the usually uninvolved eldest brother, Fang Wenrui, frowned and spoke up. "Second Brother, you’ve caused enough trouble. What’s this about dividing the property? With your habits, how long would those shops last you?"
Fang Zhiyi scoffed. "Big Brother, have you been hiding in your study so long you’ve lost your wits? The Fang Family may pretend to be united, but we’ve all been managing our own affairs for ages."
Fang Wenrui had no retort.
"Anyway, it’s settled. If you refuse, none of you will have peace!" Fang Zhiyi reverted to his old, unruly self.
Eldest Sister-in-law Gong Hui panicked. If they divided the property now, Fang Zhiyi would walk away with three shops!
"Zhiyi, you can’t do this. Even if we’ve been managing separately, I’ve never mistreated you." She turned to Fang Baoguo. "Baoguo, talk some sense into your brother!"
Fang Baoguo had heard about the recent family disputes but didn’t care much, preoccupied with his own affairs. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, Fang Zhiyi spun around and punched him square in the face, sending him crashing into the wall.
Fang Zhiyi cheered inwardly—finally, a chance to beat up this little brat! The original story had overlooked a crucial detail: Fang Xiaoxiao had encountered trouble several times, and Fang Baoguo had witnessed it. Yet, he believed his niece was inherently worthless and deliberately ignored her. Though Fang Xiaoxiao had long given up on her relatives, the betrayal still stung.
"Zhiyi!" Fang Wenrui barked, but when he met Fang Zhiyi’s fierce glare, he swallowed his anger. "Fine! We’ll divide the property!"
Fang Xiaoxiao, standing behind Fang Zhiyi, was dumbfounded. Just like that, the family was splitting up?
The next day, they followed the formalities, inviting elders to witness the division. Once done, Fang Zhiyi immediately took Fang Xiaoxiao and the maid Huang Li away from the Fang Family. Before leaving, he finalized the divorce with Lanhua, ignoring her protests as he hired men to escort her out.
As he departed, the remaining family members wore dark expressions—especially Fang Baoguo, his face swollen, glaring hatefully at their retreating figures.
Fang Zhiyi bought a small courtyard and arranged rooms for Fang Xiaoxiao and Huang Li.
Sitting in the courtyard, Fang Xiaoxiao was still in shock. Had Second Uncle really gone this far for her? The icy walls around her heart finally began to thaw. If she had doubted his intentions before, she now truly believed he cared for her.
Fang Zhiyi even hired a tutor to teach Fang Xiaoxiao and Huang Li at home while he continued to roam around like a spoiled heir. To outsiders, he remained the same good-for-nothing, and some even placed bets on how quickly he’d squander his inheritance.
Time passed until one day, Fang Xiaoxiao and Huang Li ran into Fu Tingxiu in town.
For some reason, Fu Tingxiu was instantly captivated by her and followed them all the way to Fang Zhiyi’s doorstep, where he bumped into Fang Zhiyi returning from his usual wanderings.
"Kid, scram." Fang Zhiyi had no patience for him, inwardly cursing the ridiculous laws of attraction in this world.
Fu Tingxiu met Fang Zhiyi’s menacing glare but still managed to exchange a lingering glance with Fang Xiaoxiao before leaving.
Watching him go, Fang Zhiyi knew it was time to ramp up his niece’s education.
"The tutor won’t be coming for a while, and I won’t be going out either," Fang Zhiyi announced to the two girls. "How about I tell you some stories I’ve heard at the teahouse?"
Delighted—since teahouses were mostly male domains they couldn’t enter—they eagerly agreed.
"There was once a man born into a wealthy family who loved playing the devoted lover. His family arranged a marriage, and though he met his fiancée, he pretended to despise her just to show off. So, he went around acting pitiful."
Huang Li wrinkled her nose. "Ugh... then what?"
"Then he successfully deceived a girl. In this world, a lone girl with no support would naturally fall for such a seemingly devoted young master."
Both girls nodded, understanding the scenario.
Fang Zhiyi embellished the story with all the details he remembered.
Huang Li frowned. "That girl was so foolish."
But Fang Xiaoxiao murmured, "If a girl has lived in darkness for so long, it makes sense she’d cling to anyone who offers her light."
Fang Zhiyi inhaled sharply—time to intensify the lessons!
The next day, he told them a story about a scoundrel tycoon, adapted from something he’d read before. The girls listened intently, occasionally cursing the male lead.
On the third day, Fang Zhiyi recounted a tale of a noble lady who climbed the social ladder by betraying her best friend.
To ensure they absorbed the lessons, Fang Zhiyi spent nights drafting story outlines by lamplight while his system watched with glee.
"Make it even more tragic! I don’t think it’s tragic enough!" the system clamored.
"Shut up. Success hinges on this."
Five days passed when someone knocked on the courtyard gate. Upon opening it, there stood Fu Tingxiu, dressed impeccably, with a car parked not far behind him.
The Fu Family was indeed wealthy.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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?!
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
