“Miss Ning…”
General Zhang Shi continued sighing, his face full of worry. “There’s nothing we can do. Just bear with it!”
“General Zhang Shi…” Ning Wanqin’s voice carried a hint of sadness—sadness for herself, and sadness for General Zhang Shi as well.
However, Ning Wanqin soon came up with an idea. “General Zhang Shi, since both of us are dissatisfied with Ruan Fei, why don’t we form an alliance?”
“We can join forces against Ruan Fei!”
“What do you think?”
Zhang Shi was stunned.
He hadn’t even thought of that himself. How had Ning Wanqin come up with it so quickly?
It seemed his mind really wasn’t as nimble as theirs. Or perhaps he simply hadn’t studied hard enough. He hadn’t even managed to anticipate this move.
Still, faced with Ning Wanqin’s enthusiastic invitation, Zhang Shi readily agreed. “That would be wonderful. We can band together for warmth.”
“Oh, right. Didn’t you say you were about to set out to find Lord Gu Qingyue? Please give Lord Gu Qingyue my regards.”
Ning Wanqin nodded firmly. “Once I see Lord Gu Qingyue, I’ll explain how overbearing Ruan Fei has been. I’ll also make it clear that you, General Zhang Shi, wish to be on friendly terms with her.”
“I’m sure Lord Gu Qingyue will be willing to cooperate with you, General Zhang Shi. Then the three of us can form an alliance and work together against Ruan Fei!”
Zhang Shi nodded vigorously again. “That would be wonderful.”
“However…” Ning Wanqin reminded him, “this matter must remain secret. Whatever you do, don’t let Ruan Fei find out. Otherwise, things could become very troublesome!”
Zhang Shi was stunned once more.
That was supposed to be his line. Yet Ning Wanqin had beaten him to it again?
“Damn it. No wonder Wang Ming had it so easy before!”
“That bastard didn’t have to do a thing, yet everything was practically delivered right to his doorstep. Of course things went smoothly for him!”
After complaining about his brother Wang Ming inwardly, Zhang Shi put on a face full of admiration and said, “Miss Ning, your thoughts are truly meticulous. I’m deeply impressed!”
“If you ask me, you’ve already rendered such a great service to the all-woman army, and you possess such a remarkable temperament as well. If the all-woman army were to choose a grand commander, I think…”
Zhang Shi rose to his feet and declared each word with emphasis, “You would be the most suitable candidate!”
“Who else could possibly compete with you?”
“You are the grand commander in my heart…”
“The Grand Commander!”
Zhang Shi’s impassioned cry reverberated through the tent, and it stirred the same heroic spirit within Ning Wanqin.
“The Grand Commander?!”
“That’s right!”
“If Ruan Fei wants thirty thousand troops, wouldn’t that make her the de facto Grand Commander?”
“That means such a position could actually exist!”
“Then…”
“Why should that position belong to Ruan Fei instead of her?”
Ning Wanqin’s confidence began to rise. “Very well, General Zhang Shi. With your support, I’ll fight for the position of Grand Commander no matter what!”
Zhang Shi nodded firmly. “You absolutely must!”
“Good!” Ning Wanqin said. “In that case, I won’t delay any longer. I’ll go find Lord Gu Qingyue right now and discuss our countermeasures!”
Zhang Shi personally saw Ning Wanqin out of the tent.
His own heart was surging with excitement as well.
He… hadn’t really done anything, had he?
And yet, somehow…
The conflict was about to begin!
“Excellent!”
“This style of fighting is no worse than my Gale style!”
“Then let’s keep going...”
“Let’s carry this style forward and make it flourish!”
A name suddenly sprang into Zhang Shi’s mind.
Shen Zhian!
Ruan Fei had made it perfectly clear: the all-women army had five commanders in total: Gu Qingyue, Ning Wanqin, Ruan Fei, Shen Zhian, and Bao Bao.
At present, the people he could reach were Ning Wanqin, Ruan Fei, and Shen Zhian.
He had already formed private alliances with the first two. Now it was time to seek out the third person available to him and forge an alliance with her as well.
Besides...
Shen Zhian’s husband, Zhou Buzhang, had once been a naval commander, a man capable of rivaling Grand Commander Zhou Mengyan!
“If I can form an alliance with Shen Zhian, and at the same time win Zhou Buzhang over, that would be killing two birds with one stone!”
“An opportunity like this can’t be delayed!”
Having made up his mind, Zhang Shi planned to pay a visit to the Zhou residence at daybreak the following morning, to meet the husband and wife.
At that very moment, the couple was having dinner at home.
Shen Zhian truly deserved her reputation as a formidable woman, capable both inside and outside the home.
At the very least, she believed herself to be capable. Others, such as Ning Wanqin and Ruan Fei, thought so as well.
That capable pair of hands had prepared a table full of dishes that day.
She had made every single one herself.
Spread across the dining table, the food looked, smelled, and tasted exquisite enough to make anyone’s mouth water.
“Husband, today we should celebrate properly.”
Shen Zhian invited Zhou Buzhang to sit down and personally served him food. “Husband, try my cooking. Has it gotten any worse?”
“It’s been a long time since you last tasted anything I made.”
Over the years, Zhou Buzhang had drifted through life in a daze. He rarely ate with his family, and it truly had been a long time since he had tasted Shen Zhian’s cooking.
At Shen Zhian’s warm urging, Zhou Buzhang picked up his chopsticks and took a bite. The fragrance of the food burst across his taste buds, carrying an indescribable sweetness, yet his face remained expressionless.
No matter how good the meal was, it tasted like ashes in his mouth.
The reason was simple. Only a few days earlier, he had sold the family’s ancestral home to scrape together enough money to repay his debts.
And he had sold it for a pittance.
That was his ancestral home, the place where he had grown up. Though he had not lived there in later years, it was still his root. Yet now, merely to make ends meet, he had been forced to sell it.
Zhou Buzhang could not even imagine what face he would have to show his ancestors in the underworld when he was laid to rest a hundred years from now.
“Eat, Buzhang. Why aren’t you eating?”
Shen Zhian’s face was alight with joy. “No matter what, we’ve paid off the debts owed to those people who were blocking our door. Life can finally be peaceful again.”
“With such wonderful news, shouldn’t we have a drink?”
Shen Zhian was in high spirits. She rose, brought over a jar of wine, and opened it, releasing a rich fragrance. Finding two cups, she poured one for herself and then another for Zhou Buzhang.
“Buzhang, no matter what, today is a day of great joy. Let’s...”
“Have a toast!”
She clinked her cup against his, then drained it in a single swallow.
After setting down her cup, she saw Zhou Buzhang sitting blankly on his stool, his face utterly expressionless.
"Husband, why aren't you smiling?"
"Isn't this something to be happy about? Aren't you happy?"
Zhou Buzhang forced a faint smile, but he could not keep it up any longer. "I'm full," he said.
Then, dragging his numb, hollow body behind him, he turned and left.
...
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.
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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?”
