Fang Zhiyi was covered in dust and grime, as Little Black mocked him: "An ordinary person using their flesh to withstand lightning—you're really something."
He spat. "Enough talk, let's get moving."
As the surroundings shifted, Fang Zhiyi let out a long sigh. Beloved modern times! Beloved high technology! He had had enough of riding horses every day; his backside felt nearly split in two.
Before he could receive the plot, a phone call came through.
"Brother, I've found good schools for Dabao and Xiaobao. Do you want to come take a look?"
Fang Zhiyi was taken aback for a moment, then answered offhandedly, "No need, you decide."
It was noisy on the other end, the woman's voice somewhat shrill. She laughed and hung up. Just from hearing that, Fang Zhiyi knew exactly what kind of person he was dealing with.
Fang Zhiyi's daughter was only three when his wife passed away from illness, leaving his wish for a son unfulfilled.
Others advised him to be good to his child, but he couldn't shake the thought that "without a son, you can't hold your head high." He grew increasingly cold toward his young daughter. It wasn't that he hadn't considered remarrying, but his sister's family caught wind of it and rushed over.
His sister, Fang Jingtong, had two sons named Dabao and Xiaobao. Their family was not well-off. Ever since her sister-in-law's death, Fang Jingtong had started scheming about her brother—she knew exactly what he wanted.
"Brother, from now on, my Dabao and Xiaobao will be your sons. When you're old, they'll take care of you!" With just that one sentence, Fang Zhiyi happily welcomed this family who had come seeking refuge.
From that day on, his daughter Fang Yu became the lowest person in the household. The little girl had to do chores and got the worst food. Once, when she had a fever, Fang Zhiyi said, "A child having a fever is nothing, she'll get over it." But when Dabao and Xiaobao asked him for pocket money, Fang Zhiyi gave it to them without a second thought.
Fang Jingtong knew exactly how to butter up her big brother. With just a few tricks, she had Fang Zhiyi completely wrapped around their family's finger. He didn't even mind when his daughter dropped out of school, instead focusing intently on his two nephews' grades, never stinting on paying for their tutoring or swimming lessons.
Fang Yu grew up fast. After dropping out, she found a job washing dishes at a restaurant. It was there she encountered the second turning point in her life: Li Chengfeng.
Li Chengfeng was a street punk with dyed blond hair. He always hung around with a few lackeys, his mouth full of foul language. His acquaintance with Fang Yu began with a bet among friends.
"Hey, check out that chick. Ah Feng, you dare to chase her?"
Li Chengfeng smirked disdainfully. Perhaps it was fate—turning around, he saw a greasy middle-aged man harassing the girl. Deeming himself righteous, Li Chengfeng immediately stepped forward and shoved the man. A fight broke out. Amid the sound of shattering plates and bowls, Fang Yu stared blankly at the boy. This was the first time since she could remember that someone had stood up for her.
The restaurant owner tried to stop Li Chengfeng and his friends from escaping. For the first time, Fang Yu mustered her courage, shoved the owner aside, and led them away through a back alley.
From that day on, she became the "Sister-in-law Feng" in the mouths of these underlings. The title made Fang Yu a bit shy, but she still felt a sweet warmth in her heart.
Thus, the naive Fang Yu began her first romance. To be honest, Li Chengfeng didn't treat her very well. More often than not, he seemed to treat her like a servant—washing clothes stained with vomit, running several blocks under the blazing sun to buy betel nut for them while they played cards. But Fang Yu, who had lacked love since childhood, still felt happy. At least she was needed.
Through Ah Feng's introduction, she changed jobs to work at an entertainment venue with all sorts of people. As a newcomer, Fang Yu was harassed by customers, but Ah Feng was always the first to jump out and berate them: "You dare touch my girl?" Then he'd turn and scold her: "Can't even handle this, what use are you?"
Fang Yu believed he was protecting her, so she worked even harder. She wanted to earn money to support Ah Feng's lifestyle.
She took Ah Feng's "I might come back" as a promise, staying up all night waiting for him; she devoured the leftovers he brought back when drunk, feeling he still remembered her; she even said nothing when Ah Feng took her entire salary to treat his brothers to fun. She still believed Ah Feng needed her. That was love.
But peace never lasted long. Ah Feng and his crew clashed with another gang. He injured one of their leaders and fled by boat without even saying a word to her. By then, Fang Yu was pregnant. On her way to work, she was intercepted by people trying to force her to reveal Li Chengfeng's whereabouts. Fang Yu didn't know and refused to say. During the struggle, her stomach was knocked, and a large amount of blood flowed out. Finding it bad luck, the assailants simply left, abandoning her in that abandoned factory building.
By the time Li Chengfeng got the news, Fang Yu was already a corpse, along with his unborn child.
Furious, Li Chengfeng returned to seek revenge. Perhaps only then did he remember Fang Yu's goodness and begin to regret slapping her and all the insults he had hurled at her.
He set about getting revenge and also met a new girl. This girl was smart and came from a good family. She urged Li Chengfeng to take the right path. Under the influence of her love, Li Chengfeng gradually changed, eventually becoming a designer. Looking back on those years, he would only sigh with regret.
Fang Zhiyi also ended up miserable. He had given all his money and house to his two nephews. But after he was injured and confined to a wheelchair, his sister's family's true colors were revealed. They mocked him and kicked him out to live in a leaky rented room.
Only then did Fang Zhiyi remember his daughter, but she had long been dead.
Not long after, someone discovered his corpse and notified the family to claim it. His sister's family simply had it taken away to be cremated, telling them to dispose of the ashes however they liked.
"Wait, can I strangle myself?" Fang Zhiyi flexed his hands.
Little Black hurriedly stopped him. "No, no, no! You are you, he is he. If you die, you'd just be clearing the level early. It wouldn't change anything in that world."
"Damn it." Fang Zhiyi looked around.
Today happened to be exactly one month since Fang Yu dropped out and started working at the restaurant.
"Couldn't you have sent me a bit further back in time?"
Little Black shook its head. "No way. It was hard enough finding a gap to insert into. The time node isn't something we can choose arbitrarily."
While they were still talking, the door opened. A beaming Fang Jingtong walked in with her two sons.
"Uncle! I bought you cotton candy!" Wu Dabao ran forward. He was long accustomed to how to please this uncle. Anyway, the uncle wouldn't eat the cotton candy; it would be his again soon.
Unexpectedly, Fang Zhiyi smiled. "Thank you, thank you. Let me have a taste."
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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."
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
