The Shen family mansion.
Inside the Eldest Miss's room, the area by the doorway was an absolute mess.
One of the legs on the chair Shen Qinghan was holding was dangling precariously, looking as if it were about to give out. Shards of glass were scattered all over the floor. As for the catalyst of this disaster, the Eldest Miss's phone, it was now completely obliterated.
Smashed to smithereens.
Even the last faint glimmer of light from the screen had completely vanished. It had burned out!
Shen Qinghan set down the chair. Her chest heaved as she stared at the wreckage before her, falling into silence... It felt as if she had just been possessed by some foul spirit.
Ultimately, the Eldest Miss blamed this outburst on something unclean in the house possessing her, rather than admitting she had been triggered by the "mean and sharp" comments on her phone...
Letting out a long breath, the Eldest Miss pushed the door open to fetch some cleaning supplies. As for the phone... it was completely totaled. Transferring the data from it to a new one was going to take quite a bit of time.
Tap, tap, tap... The Eldest Miss hobbled out of the room on her small crutch.
The crisp tapping sound was immediately picked up by Madam Du, who was out in the courtyard!
"Oh no, Little Hanhan is coming to catch me!" Du Wanyi's heart skipped a beat at the sound. Her fear was written all over her face. After a moment of thought, she shifted her gaze to the short-haired woman standing in front of her.
"Little Lanlan, I've always treated you well, haven't I?" Du Wanyi wiggled her eyebrows, giving a sly look to the short-haired woman, who suddenly had a very bad feeling about this.
Du Wanyi grabbed the short-haired woman's hand and shoved Da Hei into it. "Here, take it. No need to be polite, we're all family!"
The short-haired woman: "???"
The moment she made contact with the spider, a wave of sheer terror washed over the short-haired woman, and goosebumps instantly erupted all over her body.
Even though she regularly helped the head of the household take care of her "cute little pets," that care only involved feeding them, ensuring they had enough ventilation, and cleaning their enclosures. She never dared to actually touch them.
Strictly speaking, Du Wanyi's taste in pets was rather sinister. She liked things like bugs, scorpions, snakes... and so on. Bugs were the only ones relatively easy to hide in the house; the others, not so much.
It wasn't a matter of lacking the resources; it was a matter of being beaten to death by the Eldest Miss. Once, Du Wanyi had suggested getting a pet tiger, but before she could even finish her sentence, the Eldest Miss's swift justice descended upon her. She was beaten senseless, and her "Happy Big Cat" plan was aborted before it even began.
In the end, only these smaller bugs were allowed to stay. They had to be the smart kind, too, the ones that could actually understand human speech. That way, they wouldn't scurry around and risk getting caught by the Eldest Miss, who would instantly smash them into a gooey paste with her slipper.
That was exactly how Xiao Hei had met its demise. Boohoo... my poor Xiao Hei, boohoo...
"When Little Hanhan asks about it later, just tell her Da Hei was crawling around and that I had nothing to do with it. Little Lanlan, I'm going to lay low outside for a bit. I'll go find that old geezer from the Dongfang family, ahem, I mean, catch up with an old friend. Don't call me back until Little Hanhan leaves. I'm off!"
The principles of loyalty and righteousness had guided Du Wanyi her entire life. That might be true in theory, but right now... Go, Da Hei! An army is maintained for a thousand days just to be used for a single moment. Now is the time to repay me!
Take the blame for this, and then happily pass on to the next life! I'll be sure to burn extra joss paper for you during the holidays!
Du Wanyi had a conscience, but not much of one. She silently mourned for Da Hei for exactly three seconds, and then... Go, Da Hei!!!
It was a pity Du Wanyi didn't watch Pokemon. Otherwise, she could have stuffed these highly intelligent bugs into Poke Balls. Whenever she wanted to show off, she could just whip one out and chuck it at someone... Hahaha!
In a way, the Eldest Miss's summary of her was spot on: a "naturally evil old hag"...
If it weren't for the Eldest Miss, this household would descend into absolute chaos under Madam Du's leadership. Just imagine coming home every day to a swarm of bugs and several "big cats" staring at you, drooling with anticipation...
And so, Du Wanyi dumped the scapegoat, Da Hei, onto the short-haired woman and made her grand escape, having her driver rush her to the Dongfang family's residence that very night.
The short-haired woman: "..."
The short-haired woman watched her matriarch flee into the distance, then looked down at Da Hei resting in her palm. She fell into silence.
How on earth was this thing supposed to take the blame?!
If she could, the short-haired woman would have gladly sold Da Hei out and let it take the fall. The problem was that Da Hei was a bug, a spider, to be exact. It was a fat, chubby tarantula with fine, glossy hairs and multiple big, sparkling eyes...
Hmm... truth be told, upon closer inspection, it was actually kind of cute.
But the problem was that their Young Miss was terrified of bugs. If she dared to whip this thing out right in front of her, their Young Miss would probably drop dead on the spot.
"Sigh..." The short-haired woman had no choice but to tuck Da Hei into her pocket for now. She would just have to wait for the right moment to use it as a "meat shield." Before slipping it into her pocket, she muttered a few words to the spider.
"Don't go running around, okay? Otherwise, you're seriously going to get squashed..."
It truly lived up to its title as Madam Du's "spiritual pet." It was highly intelligent. Understanding the short-haired woman's words, it blinked its many big, sparkling eyes and obediently stayed put in her pocket without fussing.
At that moment, Da Hei was blissfully unaware of just how "ugly" human nature could be. It was being used as a sacrificial lamb, and as for its master... she had already made her escape.
At Madam Du's current speed, she could reach the Western Hemisphere before dawn. She didn't dare face the Eldest Miss at all. It was far too terrifying, she had even smashed her phone! The next thing to get smashed would undoubtedly be her pretty, gentle, generous, and beautiful... Mama-chan.
Run away, she absolutely had to run away. She needed to lay low somewhere else. It was the perfect opportunity to visit a certain old geezer's house and use some underhanded tactics... Ahem, use some completely fair and honorable methods to make that old geezer hate Little Chengcheng.
As for her silly goose of a Baka Daughter-chan, she looked like a total loser in love. She had explicitly told her that the tsundere trope was totally out of fashion, but the girl was too stubborn to believe it. Sigh, there was no helping it. Since things had come to this, her pretty, gentle, and beautiful... Mama-chan would just have to take matters into her own hands!
Inside the black private sedan.
Du Wanyi sat in the backseat with her legs crossed, making a phone call...
"Ring, ring..."
The call connected quickly.
"Hello?" A deep, resonant voice of a middle-aged man came from the other end of the line. Just hearing it subconsciously conjured up the image of a tall, authoritative man.
"It's me, your daddy," Du Wanyi announced brazenly.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
The call was abruptly disconnected.
Du Wanyi: "..."
Silently, Du Wanyi dialed the number once again. This time, it rang for five minutes before it was finally connected.
"You'd better actually have something important." On the other end of the line, Dongfang Zhan suppressed his anger and spoke properly to Du Wanyi.
Du Wanyi was slightly more serious this time. Otherwise, if she messed around like she just did, she might get blocked for half a month. The liaison with the Dongfang family had always been handled by their subordinates.
Over the years, the relationship between the Dongfang and Du families had always been quite good. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had the idea of becoming in-laws. It was just a pity... that it didn't succeed in the end, so they could only place their hopes on the next generation. But as a result, the eldest miss had some personality flaws... Sigh.
Although the relationship between the two families didn't progress further, it was still excellent. Dongfang Zhan especially liked to chat with Shen Ming. Shen Ming was a smart man, spoke pleasantly, and was extremely capable. In Dongfang Zhan's eyes, the only stain in Shen Ming's life was being ruined by a certain crazy woman. Brother Shen was truly pitiful.
"I do have something, of course I do. We've known each other for so long, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to look for you to chat, right?" Du Wanyi's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Then came a silence that lasted for over ten seconds.
On the other end of the line, Dongfang Zhan seemed to be thinking about something.
"I have nothing to say to you. If there's something, let Shen Ming contact me."
"Pfft~ Do you have no shame, you old fogey? My husband is not your husband. Why should he contact you just because you say so? In your dreams!" Du Wanyi's extremely indignant voice rang out.
Dongfang Zhan: "..."
As if accepting his fate, Dongfang Zhan sighed, knowing he couldn't hide from this.
"When are you coming over?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Yes, I'm already at the gate of your manor. Open the door, it's me, your daddy!"
"Beep beep beep..."
Somewhere in Dahai City, in an extremely luxurious and vast manor, a huge dragon head totem was imprinted on a lawn covering thousands of square meters.
This was... Dahai City's Dongfang family!
The black exclusive car of the Shen family slowly drove into the manor after the main gates opened...
...
Inside the academy.
The President's villa, first floor.
"Bastard, are you done yet!!!"
"Done, done, right away, right away, just wait a little longer, President, I'll be done in a second!"
Dongfang Zhixia stood at the bathroom door, her tone laced with fiery anger. Her chest heaved up and down as she constantly urged Ye Cheng to come out of the bathroom. It had been ten minutes, and Ye Cheng was still inside!
"I'll give you ten final seconds. If you don't open the door, I'll smash it open!"
"10, 9, 8, 7..."
"Click!"
The bathroom door opened, and Ye Cheng appeared, having changed into the bright yellow men's formal suit that Dongfang Zhixia had picked out. He finally came out of the bathroom.
The moment the door opened, seeing Ye Cheng's current appearance clearly, Dongfang Zhixia was momentarily dazed and stunned.
A pair of attractive peach blossom eyes, half-dry messy bangs combed back, a high and straight nose bridge...
Of course, there was also the most important point—the beauty filter state right after taking a shower. It was considered the absolute godliest of natural beauty enhancers. Brothers with life experience should all know that at this time, one would become more than a whole level more handsome, and might even admire themselves in the mirror for a while...
An originally average 5-out-of-10 appearance would immediately be temporarily pulled up to a 6. If one styled their hair a bit, it wasn't impossible to break through even further...
As for someone like Ye Cheng, whose charm was already maxed out, the buff effect wasn't as obvious, but it was still somewhat there.
The charming effect was still exerting its power, hard-controlling the President. Coupled with the fact that Ye Cheng was now dressed to the nines, he genuinely exuded a bit of nobility, looking like a handsome, wealthy young master...
Dongfang Zhixia's heartbeat quickened slightly, and she couldn't resist taking a few more glances.
This guy... is barely passable, hmph!
Dongfang Zhixia's exquisitely beautiful face flushed slightly. She was just about to offer a couple of compliments when she noticed that Ye Cheng didn't seem to be looking her way. She couldn't help but frown, feeling inexplicably displeased.
He actually wasn't looking at her?
Before Dongfang Zhixia could open her mouth to question him, Ye Cheng pointed behind her and said with some uncertainty, "Uh... well, President, the hamster seems to be a little bit dead."
Dongfang Zhixia: "???"
What hamster? Since when did they have a hamster in their house...
Wait?
The hamster!
As if realizing something, Dongfang Zhixia abruptly turned her head and looked behind her... only to see the little secretary lying on the ground, her two eyes having turned into X's. Looking at her playing dead, she must have been thrown off by the treadmill after burning out on it.
Dongfang Zhixia: "!!!"
"Ahhhh, you idiot!!!"
Dongfang Zhixia's sharp, explosive shriek echoed across the first floor...
...
By the way, it's the daily interactive segment.
Du Wanyi: Does everyone think I will succeed?
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 bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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...
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
