Liu Aijiu was savoring a book with great relish.
It was his favorite book, his spiritual comfort, called "Destined Love: Marry None but You," which he had specially brought along.
But just then, a shout startled him, and he instantly tensed up, quickly lifting his head to look.
He was terrified that troops from Huai’an City had chased after him.
However, seeing the traveling peddler’s outfit and his sun-dried, weathered face, he immediately knew it wasn’t the case.
His heart, which had been in his throat, settled back down.
After all, he had brought nothing except that book, "Destined Love: Marry None but You," and a bit of loose silver.
He hadn’t even taken the Liu family carriage when fleeing.
He wanted to create the false impression for Ren Tianye that he might still be inside the city.
Ren Tianye wasn’t a god—how could he have discovered it in such a short time!
Steadying himself, he asked, “Do you know me?”
“Master Liu, of course I know you!” the peddler said excitedly. “I used to be from Huai’an City too.”
“At the Hongluan Wenyuan Library, you often gave speeches, taught lessons, and told us to believe in love, that only true love is invincible.”
“Believe in love and you can get everything!”
“You also said that books have their own golden houses, books have their own jade-like beauties; as long as you read the books from Hongluan Wenyuan and believe in their content, you can find a wife!”
He scratched his head sheepishly and added, “I didn’t have money, so I never got a chance to go into Hongluan Wenyuan to hear you speak.”
“I always listened from outside.”
“I really admired you.”
“So I also joined the Huai’an City Mutual Love Alliance.”
Liu Aijiu’s eyes lit up.
So, it turned out this was one of his admirers!
A member of the Huai’an City Love Alliance.
He asked, “Then this time, didn’t the government’s crackdown on the Love Mutual Alliance affect you?”
The peddler said in confusion, “What about the government?”
“I’ve been outside the city this whole time. I haven’t been back to Huai’an City for ages. Anyway, the Huai’an City Love Mutual Alliance didn’t really like me—they thought I embarrassed them.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine!” Liu Aijiu consoled him. “As long as you have a heart that believes in love, you’ll become a key member of the Love Mutual Alliance someday.”
“Besides, from now on, I’ll have your back.”
The peddler was overjoyed: “Thank you, Master Liu!”
“By the way, Master Liu, I’ve always had something I wanted to ask you. Since I finally got the chance today, I was wondering if you’d mind solving a puzzle for me?”
“I don’t mind!” Just then, seeing that the peddler was reinforcing his belief that his path was right, Liu Aijiu felt deeply comforted. Since Yuancheng was close, he even told the carriage driver to stop again.
“Driver, there’s a little stream over there. Go fetch some water. While we wait, I’m going to have a good talk with this young man today.”
“Alright, sir.”
As the driver left to get water, the peddler couldn’t wait to speak.
His first words were: “Master Liu, where’s my wife?”
“Huh?” Liu Aijiu was stunned. “How should I know where your wife is?”
“No, no!” the peddler said, getting anxious. “Master Liu, didn’t you say that books have their own jade-like beauties?”
“Didn’t you say that if you read more Hongluan Wenyuan books and believe in love, you’ll have a happy marriage?”
“I’ve read so many of your Hongluan Wenyuan books—tyrant princes, young lords surnamed Tang—I can almost recite them all.”
“Day after day, I believe in love. I even joined the Huai’an City Love Mutual Alliance. But I still don’t have a wife!”
“So, where’s my wife?”
At this, Liu Aijiu understood.
He had celebrated too early.
This peddler was a bit off in the head.
His face darkened. “When it comes to love, you have to be sincere. No matter if you’re rich or poor, you’ve got to give it your all. Then you’ll find a wife.”
“I did give it my all!” the peddler said, quickly. “For years, I worked like a dog, taking any job, no matter how hard or exhausting.”
“I worked several jobs a day!”
“I saved up a lot of money.”
“And I didn’t spend a single coin on myself.”
“With what my father left me, I saved a full hundred taels of silver!”
“A hundred taels!”
“That’s a fortune!”
“But even this money can’t get me a wife.”
“They either say I don’t own a house, or my jobs aren’t good, or I’m ugly…”
“And the betrothal gifts go up every half year.”
“The old folks say that ten taels used to be enough—at most twenty—but now a hundred taels isn’t enough!”
“No one will marry me!”
“I still don’t have a wife.”
“So I’m asking…”
“Where’s my wife?”
Liu Aijiu no longer wanted to talk to this man. He thought the peddler was mentally ill and wished the driver would hurry back with the water.
He brushed him off. “You still need to wait a bit. With all your hard work, after another eight or ten years, you should be close…”
This sentence infuriated the peddler. Years of pent-up bitterness exploded.
“Wait? Wait my ass!”
“I’m already in my thirties and still single as can be!”
“You want me to wait?”
“Another eight or ten years?”
“You might as well wait till I’m buried before giving me a wife!”
With a fierce gleam in his eyes, the peddler growled, “You’re going to deliver my wife today—otherwise…”
Liu Aijiu was startled but more annoyed. He turned and climbed onto the carriage, muttering under his breath, “This guy’s crazy!”
But no sooner had he stepped onto the carriage than the peddler grabbed him and yanked him down.
The peddler was strong, and Liu Aijiu hit the ground flat on his face. Eyes burning red, the peddler hoisted him up and swung his right hand in a wide arc, landing a slap.
“Slap!”
“Slap!”
“Slap!”
…
After each slap, he yelled one sentence:
“Where’s my wife?”
“Where’s my wife?”
“Where’s my wife?”
“I just want a wife to live an honest life with! You promised, but where’s my wife?”
Liu Aijiu saw stars from the beating and cried out in pain.
This time, he didn’t dare put on airs anymore, since out here in the middle of nowhere, no one was going to stand up for this so-called Master.
He begged for mercy.
But the peddler’s years of suppressed rage couldn’t be stopped. In no time, Liu Aijiu’s face was swollen like a pig’s head.
Finally, the carriage driver came running back.
“Hey, hey, what do you think you’re doing?”
“What’s going on? Why are you beating up my passenger?”
The driver pulled the peddler away and held him back, preventing him from going after Liu Aijiu again.
The peddler roared, “He’s hiding my wife! Why shouldn’t I beat him?”
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
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."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
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)
