Once he started, there was no turning back. A gambler's mentality is always to crave more after winning and chase losses after losing. He kept saying it was his last time, but in truth, there would never be a last time.
So he stole the family's savings and even borrowed money from the gambling den. When he couldn't repay it, his legs were broken as punishment. The loan sharks warned him they’d come back for their money.
Chen's Mother looked as if she had been struck by lightning after hearing this. Chen's Father, who had remained silent until then, stepped forward and started hitting him, only to be stopped by Chen's Mother after a few blows.
"Enough! Are you trying to kill him? Who will take care of us in our old age if he dies?"
Chen's Father glared furiously at his good-for-nothing son.
"What do we do now?"
Chen Azhi's eyes darted around before he suggested, "Find Chen Xiaoxiao!"
A glimmer of hope flashed in Chen's Mother's eyes.
Gu Xiaoxiao was called out of class by a schoolmate and found her birth parents waiting at the school gate. Chen's Mother scrutinized her while showering her with praise, making Gu Xiaoxiao uncomfortable. They had only met once before—why were they here today?
Sure enough, after a few pleasantries, Chen's Mother cut straight to the point and demanded money.
Gu Xiaoxiao was furious. "Why should I give you money? I have nothing to do with you!"
Chen's Mother froze, her eyes reddening as she wiped away tears. "You're our daughter! How can you say that? Xiaoxiao, you can’t be so heartless."
Her sobbing drew the attention of passersby.
Gu Xiaoxiao panicked. "Keep your voice down!"
"They took our daughter away, and you never came back! And now you won’t even acknowledge us? Heaven help us!" Chen's Mother wailed even louder.
"That’s not true! My parents gave you money!" Gu Xiaoxiao shouted.
But Chen's Father suddenly stepped forward and slapped her across the face. "Talking back? You’re my flesh and blood, understand?"
Gu Xiaoxiao was stunned.
"Money? Can money cut blood ties? You’re our daughter! Back then, if we hadn’t let you go to live a better life and help your brother someday, do you think you’d be living as a city girl now?"
More people gathered, and Gu Xiaoxiao spotted her classmates among them, wishing she could disappear into the ground.
"Talk to her properly, don’t hit her," Chen's Mother intervened. "Our daughter has always been filial."
Gu Xiaoxiao didn’t hear a word of it, clutching her stinging cheek, her eyes burning with hatred.
"You old monsters! I’m not your daughter!" she suddenly screamed before turning and running away.
Chen's Father was livid but didn’t dare chase her into the school.
Gu Xiaoxiao locked herself in her dorm room as her phone buzzed incessantly. She checked it—another message from that unknown number.
"Xiaoxiao, don’t blame your father for hitting you. Your brother is in the hospital and needs money. Please, help him."
Her heart turned to ice. So it had been her birth mother messaging her all along!
Trembling, she called Gu Xiuyuan, who dropped everything and rushed to pick her up.
The moment she saw him, the humiliation of being slapped overwhelmed her, and she threw herself into his arms, sobbing.
Gu Xiuyuan stiffened for a second before tightening his embrace, his eyes turning cold. Whoever had hurt his sister would pay.
But Gu Xiaoxiao never expected to see those two waiting in her home when she and her brother returned.
"Oh, Xiaoxiao’s back!" Chen's Mother greeted her with exaggerated delight.
Chen's Father stood stone-faced, as did Gu's parents.
"Dad, Mom, what’s going on?" Gu Xiuyuan had already heard the story on the way and was disgusted by anyone who harmed his sister.
"Hmph, ask your sister," Gu's Father said coldly, his voice dripping with resentment.
Gu Xiaoxiao’s heart skipped a beat—her father had never spoken to her or her brother like that before.
Gu Xiuyuan looked at her questioningly, but she shook her head frantically, clueless.
"Xiaoxiao, you... sigh." Gu's Mother also sighed in disappointment.
Chen's Father spoke up. "You already know the truth. I’m not an educated man, but blood is thicker than water. Our daughter has lived with your family for so long, yet she still remembers us. Now that her brother is in trouble, of course she should help."
Gu Xiaoxiao shook her head repeatedly but forced herself to maintain composure in front of her parents. "I... I cut ties with you long ago. I’m grateful you gave birth to me, but the ones who raised me are my real parents..."
Chen's Father’s face darkened.
Chen's Mother added, "Xiaoxiao, your father and I are right here. No need to pretend. You’ve been secretly saving your allowance to send us money because you worried about us. I was so touched."
Gu Xiaoxiao was stunned.
So was Gu Xiuyuan. Gu's parents stared at her in silence.
"What are you talking about? I never gave you money!" Gu Xiaoxiao panicked. She knew Gu's Father better than anyone—he had once berated Gu Panxi for supposedly still caring about her birth parents. His love was conditional.
"No wonder you suddenly asked for so much allowance before college," Gu's Father said icily. He despised being deceived most of all. "So you could support your birth parents."
"Old Gu! Is it wrong for a child to be filial?" Gu's Mother cut in.
"Filial?" Gu's Father scoffed. "Filial to people she’s met once? Using my money to play the dutiful daughter? Do you know how much she spent?" He stormed off to his room.
"No, that allowance was—" Gu Xiaoxiao wanted to explain but stopped abruptly. How could she say it? Admit she gave the money to Fang Zhiyi to bully Gu Panxi?
She was trapped. Who had impersonated her to send money to her birth parents? Was it Gu Panxi? Impossible—Gu Panxi had no money!
Seeing her distress, Gu's Mother sighed. "Xiaoxiao, talk things over with your birth parents. Once you’ve settled it, let me know, and I’ll try to calm your father down."
Gu Xiaoxiao’s mind was in chaos.
Chen's Mother reached for her hand. "Daughter, let’s go see your brother now."
Gu Xiaoxiao recoiled, but Gu Xiuyuan shielded her.
"No! I don’t acknowledge you!" she screamed before bolting out of the house. Gu Xiuyuan hesitated, then chased after her.
Gu Xiaoxiao wandered the streets, crying uncontrollably, with Gu Xiuyuan trailing behind.
"Let’s go home, Xiaoxiao."
She turned to him, eyes red. "Do I even have a home anymore?"
Gu Xiuyuan’s heart ached for her.
She bought alcohol with the little cash she had, checked into a hotel, and started drinking. Gu Xiuyuan couldn’t stop her, so he joined her. Soon, both were drunk.
The turning point of the original plot had arrived ahead of time.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
