Fang Ruoruo nodded: "I washed them very clean, don't worry, Auntie."
Fang Yu forced a smile: "Good, good. You put them away first, I'll wash them."
Fang Ruoruo carried the plates toward the kitchen.
"Fang Zhiyi! You worthless piece of trash!"
Fang Zhiyi felt his eardrums might burst: "What?!"
"Your daughter is slaving away in someone else's home, and you just sit there like a lump?!"
"Auntie, what's wrong?" A flustered Fang Ruoruo came running back, her face full of tension.
Seeing her, Fang Yu immediately swallowed her anger: "It's nothing, I was just talking with your dad. Go play for a while, sweetheart."
Fang Ruoruo glanced at her father, who waved her off, so she lowered her head and walked away.
"You think I want this? The custody battle is lost—what else can I do? If they make her wash dishes, should I sue them for abuse?"
"I'm going to tear that bitch's mouth apart!" Fang Yu fumed, pacing in circles. "And your wife—pah! That brain-dead woman!"
"Save your breath. Just give me more time. I have things to handle. When Ruoruo grows up, things will change."
"What could you possibly—"
"Auntie, I finished washing the bowls. Where should I put them?"
Fang Yu turned, her face red with suppressed rage twisting into a strained smile: "Anywhere you like, sweetheart."
"Auntie, why is your face so red?"
"I'm happy. I'm happy you're here." Fang Yu exhaled deeply. "Come visit me every week from now on, okay?"
Fang Ruoruo looked at her father, but Fang Yu turned her face back. "Don't look at him."
Fang Ruoruo nodded.
Fang Zhiyi smirked. A girl ought to be fierce—it kept her from being bullied. His sister might not be a saint, but at least she knew her place as "Auntie."
"Do they think the Fang family has no backbone? How dare the Li family push us around like this?" Fang Yu gnashed her teeth.
The Xu brothers, Jiaqing and Jiayuan, had been feeling more at ease lately—the homework bandit had disappeared. But their lies were exposed, and rumors about them spread through the school, even becoming a joke among classmates.
Just when they and Li Xue thought it was over, the bandit struck again—ambushing them, tearing up their homework, and vanishing, this time even taking the shredded pages. The Xu brothers were devastated.
When questioned by their teacher, they opened their mouths to explain but remembered their past humiliation. Defiantly, they jutted their chins: "We didn't do it!"
The teacher was furious. "You didn't do it, yet you act so proud?"
Both were punished.
From then on, the homework bandit struck intermittently. Xu Jiaqing eventually devised a solution: actually not doing the work. If no one believed him anyway—not his teachers, parents, or classmates—why bother?
On the day they paid "protection money," Xu Jiaqing proposed joining the bullies, even stealing Li Xue's money to "offer tribute."
Younger brother Xu Jiayuan also grew disillusioned with school, though he lacked his brother's boldness—he just zoned out in class, lost in thought.
Their odd behavior drew attention from school and family. Unsurprisingly, Li Xue failed to intervene this time either. Xu Li hung both sons up and beat them mercilessly, leaving Fang Ruoruo wide-eyed in shock while neighbors gathered to watch.
Li Mei stepped in to mediate, but Li Xue snapped at her within seconds.
"Who asked for your fake sympathy? Can't even handle your own mess, yet you come to laugh at mine?"
Li Mei looked stunned. "Elder Sister, I—I wasn’t..."
"Just seeing you two makes me sick!" Li Xue vented her rage on Li Mei and her daughter.
"Don’t yell at my mom!" Fang Ruoruo stood up. Li Xue glared, but Li Mei reacted faster, yanking her daughter back. "How dare you talk back to your aunt? Behave!"
Fang Ruoruo stared at her mother’s furious, humiliated face, speechless.
Outside, Fang Zhiyi and Fang Yu arrived right on schedule. Seeing Fang Ruoruo’s arm gripped by Li Mei, Fang Yu lunged forward, even more incensed than Fang Zhiyi. She wrenched them apart. "Are you insane? What kind of mother are you? Trying to strangle your own daughter? You—" She glanced at Fang Ruoruo and swallowed the rest.
Fang Zhiyi understood completely. Though Fang Yu hadn’t appeared in the original plot, he knew from memory that if she unleashed her full fury, ten Li Meis wouldn’t stand a chance.
"Auntie..."
Meanwhile, Fang Zhiyi smirked at the two dangling boys. "What’s this? Slaughtering pigs out of season?"
"Fang, what are you doing here? I’ll sue you for trespassing!" Li Xue snarled.
"We’re here to audit the books. Just an audit."
"Audit my ass!" Li Xue spat. Fang Zhiyi’s expression darkened. "Not yours—my child support records. If I find even a penny missing from Ruoruo’s expenses, I’ll drag you to court every single day."
The room fell silent.
"Hand over the ledger." Fang Zhiyi reached toward Li Mei, who hesitated, unprepared for his demand. After a long delay, she produced a notebook—just a school exercise book.
Before Fang Zhiyi could take it, Fang Yu snatched it away.
"Wow, a hundred bucks for one meal? Ruoruo, I never knew you could eat a whole pork leg by yourself!"
Fang Ruoruo hung her head.
"Oh-ho! What’s this? New clothes? Ruoruo, let me see these fancy outfits." Fang Yu’s eyes darted toward Li Xue. "Or was this money spent feeding pigs?"
"You—!" Li Xue lunged, but Fang Yu was ready. She’d come looking for a fight, and Li Xue paid the price instantly.
Xu Li finally snapped out of his daze and moved to intervene, but Fang Zhiyi blocked him.
Picking up a brick, Fang Zhiyi split it with one chop. "Think carefully. If you throw the first punch, my retaliation is self-defense."
As for the other relatives, Fang Zhiyi knew they were just a mob of cowards—no chance they’d unite against him.
Only when the old lady shrieked about calling the police did Fang Yu finally relent. Li Xue howled, rolling on the floor in a tantrum, a sight so absurd Fang Yu couldn’t help laughing. She stepped back, flicked her wrist, and spat.
"Fang Zhiyi, take your sister and daughter and get out of my house." The stone-faced ex-mother-in-law finally spoke. Fang Zhiyi almost chuckled—this old woman had watched her daughter get beaten without lifting a finger. How pragmatic.
"I’d love to, but she won’t let me." He pointed at Li Mei, who stayed silent.
Suddenly, Li Xue sat up, shrieking: "Out! All of you out!" She jabbed a finger at the easiest target—Li Mei. "You too! Get out of my house!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
host is extracting the Celestial Bone of the Destiny's Female Lead! The Destiny's Great Villain System has successfully bound!] Mo Tianxiao: "Destiny's Great Villain? Me?" Looking at the radiant Celestial Bone in his hand and the beautiful woman lying on the bed, Mo Tianxiao felt somewhat confused. How could he, a law-abiding citizen, become a villain? Mo Tianxiao: "Fine, villain it is then. With the system here, even a Chosen One isn't unbeatable." [Ding! Detected 18,653 Chosen Ones in this world. Please seize the destiny of all protagonists to become the true Destiny's Great Villain!] Mo Tianxiao: "Seize how many?! What kind of lousy great villain is this? I'm a perfectly good citizen!"
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
