"Let's go, why did we stop? We haven't arrived yet, have we?"
In the back seat of the car, Tang Shouye, who was forced to boot up and start his day early in the morning, grumbled as he pointed at the hospital ahead.
Beside him was his youngest son, who was feeling melancholic about "growing up" all by himself, and Li Juan, whose eyes were still red, evidently having cried once before coming over.
The driver glanced at the convoy ahead and spoke, sounding slightly silent.
"Boss, there's a traffic jam."
Tang Shouye: "???"
"A traffic jam? What traffic jam? Aren't we inside the school? How can there be a traffic jam?" Tang Shouye's eyes widened, full of disbelief, as if to say, "Are you kidding me?"
He rolled down the window and craned his neck to look ahead. Cars were packed densely in front of them, leaving no room to even set foot. Since they arrived late, they naturally couldn't squeeze in.
Tang Shouye: "???"
Damn, this is really bizarre. A traffic jam at the school hospital early in the morning?
You've got to be kidding!
"Then let's wait a bit." Tang Shouye pulled his head back in, planning to catch up on some sleep. He had woken up so early today that he hadn't slept enough.
Smack!
Tang Shouye, who had just closed his eyes to doze off, was slapped awake, the flesh on his face jiggling twice from the impact.
"You heartless man, how can you still sleep! She's not your niece, so you don't feel bad for her, do you? Boo hoo hoo..." As Li Juan spoke, her eyes turned red again, and she wiped away her tears with a tissue.
Tang Shouye: "..."
That slap definitely cleared up his eyes quite a bit.
"Honey, how can you say that? Aren't I here helping? Don't cry. Let's get out right now and walk over, okay?" Tang Shouye comforted her while preparing to get out of the car.
Bang!
The car door closed as the couple got out. After a moment, Tang Shouye felt as if something was missing. "Honey, wait a second."
He went back the way he came. Click. Opening the car door, Tang Shouye silently watched his son, who was propping up his chubby chin with one hand, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. His mung-bean-sized eyes held a faint sense of melancholy and sorrow exclusive to a male protagonist...
"Son, what are you doing? Let's go," Tang Shouye said.
His youngest son remained silent, merely sighing and shaking his head. "You don't understand."
Tang Shouye: "???"
"What's wrong with you?" Tang Shouye had a face full of question marks. Why was he acting so melancholic? If he remembered correctly, his son was only in the senior class of kindergarten. What was he doing?
His youngest son sighed again. "You'll understand when you reach my age..."
Tang Shouye: "..."
"If you don't get going, I'm telling your mom," Tang Shouye stated calmly.
Youngest son: "..."
"Hehehe, Dad, I find you take things too seriously. Why involve others in the matters between us father and son?" The youngest son put on a big smile, climbing out of the car as he spoke.
Because he wasn't tall, he practically hopped down. When he landed, the flesh on his body could be seen bouncing twice, full of comedic effect.
A wise man submits to circumstances.
His mom was seeing red right now. He had just received a "ten-combo" beating yesterday. With his cousin's situation still unresolved, if he pulled any more stunts, he'd probably get a hundred-combo beating to start with. Would his butt even survive that?
Both father and son were people who knew when to yield. Neither wanted to get beaten up early in the morning. One was a large version, the other a small version—a one-to-one replica. No matter where they stood, there was no need for a paternity test.
He didn't just look like his biological son; it looked like Tang Shouye gave birth to him himself.
Naturally, Tang Shouye's favorite was this youngest son. His other two sons and daughter all took after their mother in terms of looks, while their personalities were an equal mix of both parents. Only the youngest son was a one-to-one copy of him.
When he was brought out of the delivery room, Li Juan was dumbfounded. So she had no part in his manufacturing, huh?
Mother Tang also found it quite fascinating. Those who didn't know better would think her own chubby boy had reincarnated... It was quite nice.
The other children in the family had to go to school; only the youngest son didn't need to study. Besides, it didn't really matter whether he attended the senior class of kindergarten or not. He'd just be going there to eat anyway, so they might as well bring him along to keep an eye on him.
Of course, another reason was to use him to draw enemy fire when necessary.
Truly, a loving father and a filial son!
As Tang Shouye and his group walked toward the hospital, they finally saw clearly why there was a traffic jam ahead. Aside from a small number of cars belonging to the Dongfang family, most of the vehicles blocking the way belonged to the Li family.
They all belonged to his brother-in-law. The fastest to arrive was still Li Erhe, who had come before dawn and brought a whole truckload of people. Yesterday, he had even gone overnight to invite a master from Longhu Mountain.
Incense money, pulling strings... he had spent quite a bit, a rather terrifying sum. But for Li Erhe, none of this mattered anymore.
Oh, right, by the way, because Li Erhe had essentially booked all the masters from Longhu Mountain, when Su Su went over, there were none left...
Su Su's resentment +1+1+1...
Who was it? So wicked!
Whether it was Eastern methods, Western methods, or metaphysical methods, as long as it worked, it was a good method. They threw everything at the wall, which resulted in the traffic jam at the hospital entrance.
Many students passing by on their way to school came over to watch the spectacle, discussing who exactly had an accident in the hospital to warrant such a grand display.
The previous news about Ye Cheng had been jointly locked down by several families. Not a single bit of information had leaked out. All the witnesses in the hospital that day had also been given strict orders not to reveal a word and had even signed non-disclosure agreements...
Those out of the loop would wonder what on earth had happened.
As for Ye Cheng, one of the parties involved, he was currently fast asleep in bed, looking like all was right with the world, completely unaware that danger was approaching and that his death was imminent.
"Brother!" Li Juan excitedly ran toward Li Erhe, who was standing not far away at the hospital entrance. The large and small father-and-son duo were forced to hold their bellies and run after her.
After a brief chat, the group headed up together, bringing along a large squad of ruthless people—and ruthless here didn't need quotation marks.
At a critical juncture like this, even scammers wouldn't dare approach. Just seeing the sheer number of luxury cars inside and outside the hospital would scare a couple of drops of pee out of them. Okay... just kidding, they'd probably crap their pants too.
After the large crowd went upstairs, inside a rather inconspicuous car in the corner.
Su Su "watched" the group go up, her eyes turning red when she saw a few people wearing clothes marked with Longhu Mountain symbols.
"Damn it, so they all came here!" Su Su gritted her teeth, then sighed as she thought of something.
Alas, she really couldn't be angry about this. She was quite aware of the Li family's situation. That silly girl always following their Zhixia around could be considered Li Erhe's lifeblood.
It was human nature. They were all parents, so she could understand.
Su Su planned to borrow the masters from Longhu Mountain after Li Erhe was done here, to have them take a look at her precious daughter and see if she was really entangled by some dirty spirit.
It is worth mentioning that Dongfang Zhan didn't come along today. A contract needed to be finalized at the last minute, requiring his personal presence.
The contract involved cooperation with the Du family. Shen Ming stepped forward to finalize it personally and would also go. After all, if Du Wanyi went, the outcome of this contract would be hard to say.
Barring any major changes, they just needed to go through the motions. Everything would proceed as usual; it was merely a matter of signing a name.
As for whether today's urgent last-minute contract was truly a timely coincidence or a deliberate setup... that remained a question mark.
Brother Doudou: Brother Dongfang, I'm sorry!!!
Su Su sat in the car for a while. Feeling that it was about time, she opened the car door and headed toward the hospital. Step by step, she faded into the distance. The outside of the hospital fell quiet, immersed in an eerie silence.
Not far from the hospital.
Xiaxia, what are these people looking at?
Xia Tongxin blinked her pale blue eyes, full of curiosity and confusion. Holding the head maid's hand, the two of them hurried toward the hospital.
The head maid's expression was quite complex. Eventually, she squeezed out a very forced smile, It's too far to see. There's probably some event going on. How about we go take a look, Miss?
The head maid stood on her tiptoes and glanced toward the crowded area ahead. Indeed, there were a lot of people.
It was right in the direction of the hospital, perfectly on their way.
Alright, Xiaxia, let's go. Since we came so early today, those two bad women definitely aren't here! Xia Tongxin's tone was excited, yet carried a hint of slyness.
It was as if she was afraid others wouldn't know she was currently doing something bad.
Faced with the consecutive combo attacks from the eldest miss and the student council president, between getting angry and being a coward, Xia Tongxin chose to sulk cowardly and then sneak off to steal a bite. She was truly too smart!
As expected of her!
Nia hahaha~~~
The standard arrogant laughter of a small fry brat, perfectly suited for a bratty girl with a Dragon Kingdom baby's constitution.
The head maid: ...
Faced with her young miss's baffling confidence, the head maid sighed inwardly, her expression turning somewhat bitter.
My dear Miss, is there a possibility that one of them hasn't left at all, and the other is on her way over right now?
For Xia Tongxin, who usually slept until she woke up naturally, getting up this early today was quite a feat. Showing considerable perseverance, she had actually engaged in a difficult several-minute struggle with her big bed before finally defeating the evil blanket monster.
This was a victory belonging to the great Lady Xiaxia, nia hahaha~~~
The head maid: ...
The master and servant held hands, one large and one small, heading toward the hospital. There was no massive entourage today; it was just the two of them. Two people with very pure intentions, both coming for Ye Cheng.
Both here to pull a fast one.
Meanwhile.
On the road, a super cool, heavily modified, top-tier black Kawasaki motorcycle weaved through the city. The machine roared and howled while Du Wanyi sat there yawning, looking like she hadn't woken up yet.
Coming over so early and in such a rush, I'm not even fully awake yet. Sigh... but then again, Little Hanhan, you being in such a hurry, could it be that you like Little Chengcheng and are afraid someone else will beat you to him...
The comical expression on Du Wanyi's face didn't last long. Upon feeling the sharpness of the fruit knife pressing against her back, she put away her grinning teeth and took on a pitiful, wronged look.
She muttered to herself, who knows what she was grumbling about, but she must have felt terribly wronged.
This is too much, actually pulling a knife on your own mother. Boohoo, you definitely weren't like this when you were little. You were so cute yesterday, hugging me non-stop...
Before she could finish her rambling, the eldest miss's fruit knife from behind moved forward another inch.
Shut up. From the backseat, the eldest miss's cold voice rang out from inside the helmet.
One hand holding onto a certain old lady, the other hand pressing a knife against her...
Du Wanyi: ...
Damn loser dog, just you wait. I'm going to drug your water cup today!
Vroom!
The motorcycle turned into a black flash of light and sped away, heading in the direction of the academy!

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!

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.

young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."