"After I worried so much about you, this is how you repay me, right? A great beauty, huh? I'm so sorry I'm not a great beauty... I'm going to chop you up today!"
"I was wrong, honey, I... Honey, do you hear that? It sounds like our daughter is crying." Old Gong was pitifully grabbed by the collar by the woman, begging for mercy as if he was about to be KO'd, when he suddenly heard a noise outside the door.
The woman sneered, "Don't try that trick on me. Our daughter just..."
"Waahhhh... Mama, boohoo..."
The woman: "???"
Duoduo's crying came from outside the door, and a giant question mark appeared over the woman's head. Immediately after, the door was opened. The woman hurriedly let go of his clothes, pretending that nothing had happened.
No matter how much a couple argued, it was just between the two of them. As the saying goes, couples fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of it. It was just a quarrel, not a divorce.
They couldn't let their arguments affect the child, otherwise, it would be bad to leave a psychological shadow.
Click.
The ward door opened, and little Duoduo, who wasn't even as tall as the doorknob, rushed in crying from the outside. She threw herself into her mother's arms, out of breath as if she had been bullied.
The woman was heartbroken. "What's wrong, sweetie? Who bullied you?!"
"Boohoo, Uncle, boohoo... Uncle likes older women, boohoo..." With a face full of snot and tears, she wiped everything all over her mother.
The woman: "???"
Old Gong: "???"
After understanding the whole story, the woman fell silent. She sighed, and after comforting her daughter, she looked at Old Gong beside her.
"Old Gong, think of something! Don't all men like younger women? Why does Little Ye like older ones?"
Old Gong: "???"
Pfft!
Old Gong almost choked to death on his own saliva. He coughed violently twice and looked at his wife in disbelief. "Honey, are you serious?"
The woman's eyes darted away. "I... I was just joking..."
Old Gong: "???"
You don't look convincing at all. Do you think this is right? Our daughter is so young, and you... Eh, it doesn't seem impossible either. It would just take a dozen years or so, and by then, that guy would be in his thirties...
Wait.
What was he thinking!
Old Gong gave the woman a look, hinting to coax their daughter to sleep, and they would talk about the rest later. The woman understood perfectly and began to comfort her heartbroken daughter.
A few minutes later, the crying in the room stopped. Duoduo fell asleep in the woman's arms. Her face was a mess from crying, looking dirty as if she had just crawled up from the ground. The woman wiped it with a tissue before gently placing her daughter on the adjacent hospital bed and covering her with a blanket to rest.
With their daughter asleep, the couple finally had time to whisper about what they hadn't finished earlier.
"Honey, do you really think so?"
"I... I was just saying... Besides, it's not a crime to think about it..." The woman looked a bit embarrassed. After all, her thought was indeed not something a mother should have. It was a bit too...
"Well, I thought about it too." Old Gong nodded somewhat slyly.
The woman: "???"
"As long as there's hope for this matter, it's fine. We have the advantage of being close, but there's a high chance it won't work out. That kid is very clever. Not to mention us keeping an eye on him, before we even knew him, did you know there was a little girl in his class who had her eyes on him too?" Old Gong's eyes grew thoughtful as the image of Lin Baizhi from childhood surfaced in his mind.
"There's such a thing!" The woman looked shocked. It seemed he was unusually popular.
Old Gong nodded. "Yeah, that girl is much prettier than our daughter. We have no chance of winning!"
"That can't be. Our daughter is also very cute, okay? Do you know how to speak as a father?" The woman was somewhat dissatisfied with her husband talking about the crystal of their love like that.
Old Gong was very blunt. "Cute is cute, but haven't you heard the saying? Cuteness is worthless in the face of sexiness."
"Huh?" The woman was taken aback by his words. She looked at her daughter lying on the hospital bed next to them. Her face was chubby, fair and clean. No matter how you looked at it, she was extremely cute, and she would definitely be beautiful when she grew up. How could cuteness be worthless?
The woman still didn't want to give up. Even though she knew her husband didn't lie, she still couldn't help but want to give her daughter a chance at a revival match.
"Is she really that pretty? How does she compare to me?" The woman volunteered herself, using herself as a reference for comparison.
Old Gong fell silent for a moment. "You're a six, at most a seven. That little girl starts at an eight. Do the math yourself..."
The woman: "..."
The woman's heart sank. Didn't this mean they lost so badly they didn't even have their underwear left?
Because they were husband and wife, the woman knew that her six or seven out of ten probably had one or two points of exaggeration. But that little girl started at an eight. When their Duoduo grew up, she would be an eight at best...
The woman glanced at her daughter lying on the hospital bed, her little brows knitted together, and sighed inwardly... Daughter, forget it. Just honestly find a little boy in your class to develop a relationship with.
Your uncle... will probably only ever be just an uncle. Sigh.
Although Duoduo was young and hadn't even started first grade yet, back in kindergarten, there were already many sharp-eyed parents who wanted to come over and arrange a marriage, saying things like getting to know each other... Bah!
Your little intentions are written all over your face, yet you talk about getting to know each other. Bah, despicable! You're just lusting after our Duoduo!
The woman would receive such olive branches every time she picked her up after school. Those little boys from the kindergarten, who were no bigger than a fart, would stare straight at her, hugging their old mothers' or fathers' thighs, muttering something...
It's just a pity that your goddess is actually someone else's simp in a place you don't know about.
Take a number and go listen at the door.
Just as the woman was wondering how beautiful an eight out of ten really was, click-clack, the crisp sound of high heels came from the corridor outside. The next second, click, the door was pushed open.
A nine-out-of-ten great beauty appeared in front of the couple. Both of them were dumbfounded, with only one thought in their minds... Holy shit!
Tang Yuyao blinked, seemingly trying to identify something. She searched the room for a moment and found the Evil Little Dora already resting on the hospital bed. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a very charming smile.
"I'm sorry, something unpleasant just happened. Is little Duoduo alright?" Tang Yuyao asked with deep concern. Taking the initiative, she sat down on Duoduo's hospital bed. As if sensing something, Duoduo's finally relaxed brows knitted together again, and she woke up.
Opening her eyes, the first thing she saw was Tang Yuyao, looking like a "demon."
"Waaah, Mommy, boohoo..." She burst into tears. Having just fallen asleep not long ago, Duoduo scrambled up to hug her mother, looking as helpless as a giant toddler.
Seeing this, in a spot unnoticed by the couple, a flash of pleasure and smugness crossed the depths of Tang Yuyao's eyes... So satisfying!!!
You little brat, just be a good girl and go crush on the little boys in your class. Stop coveting other people's things all day long... Is it yours to covet?!
"N-no, we're the ones who caused you trouble. By the way... who are you?" Marveling at Tang Yuyao's aura, the woman stuttered a bit. Tang Yuyao's bare height was even a bit taller than the eldest miss and the guild president, and with her high heels on, she looked almost 1.8 meters tall.
She could almost look Ye Cheng in the eye while sitting.
She was a whole head taller than the woman, who was just over 1.6 meters. Of course, the gap wasn't just about height, but also the fact that she was a "stunning beauty."
The woman was dumbfounded.
Oh my god, is she a celebrity?!
"Oh, sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Little Cheng's girlfriend. My name is Tang Yuyao. You can call me Little Tang or Yuyao." Tang Yuyao extended a hand toward the still-shocked woman.
After freezing for a few seconds, the woman finally reacted and hurriedly prepared to shake her hand. But with just one glance, an inferiority complex began to spread in her heart, and she almost pulled her hand back.
It was too perfect. Her skin was just like her daughter's, soft and supple. But the thing was... her daughter was still so young and didn't have to do any chores at home, whereas Tang Yuyao was already a grown adult.
Did she never lift a finger to do housework?
Besides, who extends their hand right upon meeting? This... made it feel strangely formal. The woman had only seen such scenes in TV dramas.
The woman's hand paused in mid-air, hesitating, as if she was afraid her rough hand would "dirty" Tang Yuyao's.
"Hello." Tang Yuyao seemed to notice something, so she took the initiative to step forward and grasp the woman's hand, revealing a charming smile.
"Hello, hello..." The woman was a bit reserved, responding to Tang Yuyao's greeting somewhat mechanically. Her mind was still replaying what Tang Yuyao had just said.
Girlfriend?
Little Cheng's girlfriend?
Ye Cheng?
The woman: "!!!"
So... this was the "old woman" her daughter had mentioned?
Hiss... this, this... Is it possible, sweetie, that this is what people call a beautiful, mature, and intellectual stunning woman?
The last bit of reluctance in the woman's heart was completely wiped out after Tang Yuyao revealed her identity, disappearing and leaving only bitterness and helplessness... Sweetie, maybe in your next life, sigh...
"Hello, Old Gong. I'm Little Cheng's girlfriend. I wonder if he has introduced me to you?" Tang Yuyao let go of the woman's hand and smilingly greeted Old Gong, who was lying in bed, already dumbfounded.
Hearing his name called, Old Gong was very tactful. He proactively reached out his hand, his face covered in a wide smile: "Hello, hello, I'm Old Gong."
The woman: "..."
Visibly, the woman beside him was turning red with anger. Tang Yuyao didn't extend her hand in the end, and Old Gong also realized his current behavior was a bit inappropriate. He hurriedly withdrew his hand, scratching his head in embarrassment.
Before he could say anything, he suddenly noticed the "death stare" from the side.
Old Gong: "..."
Although the woman was just quietly watching from the side without saying a word, at this moment, silence spoke louder than words. The message conveyed was obvious... Just you wait!
Old Gong: "..."
"Ahem, well, yes, I've heard of you. Just this morning, that boy was telling me how beautiful his girlfriend is. I thought he was just bragging..."
Old Gong was, after all, a smooth operator in society. After being shocked by Tang Yuyao, it didn't take long for him to adapt and start chiming in—or rather, start talking nonsense.
Even though there had been absolutely no mention of a girlfriend, making things up for this kind of situation was incredibly easy. He just had to pile every complimentary word he could think of onto Tang Yuyao!
Things like, he loves you very much, wants to marry you, won't marry anyone but you in this lifetime...
It made Tang Yuyao practically melt with satisfaction.
So satisfying!!!
As expected of a businessman, he really knows how to talk. Say a little more, say a little more, hahaha!!!
The happier the chat on this side, the sadder Duoduo, crying in the woman's arms on the other side, became. Boohoo... She had tried her hardest but couldn't win.
Not long after, another set of footsteps echoed from the corridor outside.
A giant "gray rabbit," carrying various gift boxes and fruits in both hands, appeared at the door.
"Phew, Old Gong, I'm back." Ye Cheng wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, looking absolutely "exhausted." He was indeed exhausted, but not from carrying things—it was from being scared by Tang Yuyao earlier.
"Oh right, I forgot to introduce her. This is my friend. She's a doctor surnamed Tang. You can just call her Doctor Tang. I didn't have time to tell you earlier..." Ye Cheng talked for a while before noticing that the atmosphere in the room seemed a bit off.
He rubbed his smooth chin.
"Why are you guys looking at me?" Ye Cheng blinked.
Tang Yuyao's face stiffened, and Old Gong, who had still been bragging about how much Ye Cheng "loved" her, was equally dumbstruck.
One had claimed to be the girlfriend, and the other had fabricated a non-existent conversation...
"By the way, this 'Six Nuclear Bombs' drink looked way more awesome than 'Six Walnuts,' so I didn't buy 'Six Walnuts.' I'm going to open it, who wants to drink some?" Acting as if no one else was there and seeing that everyone was silent, Ye Cheng started opening the "patient gift bundle."
Six Nuclear Bombs, it sounded delicious just from the name!
Tang Yuyao: "..."
Old Gong: "..."
The woman: "..."
Duoduo: "Waaah boohoo..."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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!
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)
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...
