In the male dormitory.
Ye Cheng stared in disbelief at the message Xia Tongxin had just sent him, followed by a long silence.
He could now confirm that Xia Tongxin was undoubtedly a child—one of those "pure and untouched" kids who had never been hardened by society, sheltered far too well by their parents.
After all, these days, any kid exposed to a smartphone tends to lose their mind a little. Not every single one, sure, but it’s an undeniable trend.
Just the other day, Ye Cheng had seen one such kid on the bus. The boy couldn’t have been older than nine or ten, probably in third or fourth grade, covered in grime as if he’d been rolling around in dirt somewhere.
He’d squeezed onto the bus without paying, then immediately started screeching, pulling grotesque faces, and doing that obnoxious "electric shake" dance.
It was the middle of summer, and the whole bus was simmering with irritation. But with the kid under the divine protection of the "Heavenly Law," nobody dared lay a finger on him. They were all just poor wage slaves—who knew how much a moment of "righteous fury" might cost them?
So, the entire bus fell into an eerie silence.
Coincidentally, Ye Cheng was sitting in the most comfortable spot on the bus, right under the AC vent.
Like any ordinary guy, he wasn’t about to challenge the Heavenly Law’s chosen one head-on. But Ye Cheng had a plan—a surgical strike against this little demon.
He waited. Patiently. For the perfect moment.
Finally, after a few more stops, his chance arrived.
A scrawny old man in a white undershirt hobbled onto the bus, leaning on a cane. He didn’t bother tapping his card, either.
When the driver politely reminded him, the old man pretended not to hear, strutting down the aisle with an air of arrogance.
Ye Cheng glanced at the kid next to him—still flipping him off and doing that cursed electric shake—then back at the cocky old man.
This was it.
"Here, sir, take my seat!" Ye Cheng announced loudly, drawing the attention of everyone on the bus—including the old man, whose hearing had miraculously improved.
The old man scurried over, cane clacking, his face lighting up with a "you’re a good kid" smirk as he shuffled toward the vacated seat.
Just as expected, the electric-shaking brat lunged ahead of him and plopped right into Ye Cheng’s premium, AC-blessed throne.
The entire bus watched, then collectively had an epiphany.
Several passengers subtly raised their thumbs in approval. A masterstroke—setting the wolf against the tiger!
What followed was an all-out brawl between the old man and the feral child, two divinely protected entities unleashing their magical fury upon each other. It was a battle that shook the heavens, tore the sky asunder, and painted the clouds crimson...
In the end, the old man settled it with a solid whack of his cane to the kid’s skull.
And Ye Cheng, the architect of it all, finally allowed himself a satisfied smile.
Just as his dad always said: the only way to defeat magic is with better magic.
Back to the present.
Although that brat on the bus earlier was an absolute nightmare—a true "golden legend" of terrible behavior—there’s no denying that overall manners are on the decline these days.
Kids like Xia Tongxin, who are still "pure and natural," are becoming rare. She’s almost unbearably adorable, the kind you could imagine crying for hours if you so much as flicked her forehead.
"Pleeease, don’t say no, okay…?"
Reading Xia Tongxin’s message, Ye Cheng’s heart wavered for a moment. A flicker of pity stirred within him—and then…
"Nope, nope, not happening! I refuse, I won’t do it, nah-nah-nah~"
Ye Cheng went all out, spamming her with Tom and Jerry memes, sticking out his tongue in every possible way, just to mess with her.
Seriously, did she think he’d agree just because she begged?
Who does she think she is, some spoiled young mistress?
The strong exist to ruthlessly trample the weak. Compassion? That was never in Ye Cheng’s vocabulary. Joke’s on her—he’d spent nearly two decades as the underdog himself. Society’s warmth? Never felt it. Society’s beatdowns? Oh, he’d had plenty.
Given those circumstances, the fact that he wasn’t completely antisocial was a miracle. And now she was trying to play the emotional card?
Sorry, but his heart was as cold as a butcher’s cleaver.
Ye Cheng never wasted energy on guilt. Even if he accidentally went too far, the most he’d do was apologize. Just because he didn’t enjoy bullying kids didn’t mean he wouldn’t do it.
So what if he roasted her? She was on the other side of a screen—it wasn’t like she could crawl through the internet and stab him.
Ye Cheng never did anything without a payoff, and Xia Tongxin’s challenge offered zero benefits. It’d just be a waste of time. He’d rather watch some brainless short videos instead.
After Ye Cheng sent his reply, Xia Tongxin went silent for a long while. Just when he thought the matter was over, she sent a voice message.
Her first voice message ever!
Back when Xia Tongxin was deep into anime and dreaming of sweet romance, she once hopped on voice chat in a game, only to be met with, "Whose kid is talking?" That shattered her, and she’d sworn off voice messages ever since—sticking to text only.
But today was different. She was crying too hard, her hands trembling, tears splashing onto the screen, making her typed words a garbled mess. No matter how many times she tried, she couldn’t form a coherent sentence.
Left with no choice, she finally sent Ye Cheng a voice note.
Xia Tongxin held down the recording button, sniffling as she fought back a runny nose.
"You… you’re so mean, wuuu… wuuu… WAAAH—!"
Ye Cheng: "…"
The moment Xia Tongxin’s voice hit his ears, Ye Cheng’s mind instantly conjured up an image of a pitiful little girl—soft, delicate, and utterly heartbroken, as if the world had wronged her beyond repair.
Sniffle… "Pleeease don’t say no, okay? Wuuu…"
Her voice was so pathetic it was almost hard to believe this was the same person who’d been out for revenge. Right now, she sounded more like the victim.
"Crying? Crying still counts as time wasted, kid. The adult world doesn’t run on tears. Save those for your mom."
Ye Cheng mercilessly sent a voice message.
"Wuwuwu, wahhh..."
Xia Tongxin kept spamming him with a series of 60-second-long sobbing voice notes, broken and uneven, as if she was mumbling something between the cries, her words drowned out by the weeping.
After enduring multiple 60-second-long "demonic whispers," Ye Cheng finally couldn’t take it anymore and decided to compromise—at least to make her back off.
"It’s not like I can’t accept your challenge, but I never do anything without benefits. You get what I mean, little girl?"
"Wuwu... sniffle, sniffle... Wuwu... Wh-what do you mean... sniffle..." Xia Tongxin’s clumsy voice came through the phone.
Ye Cheng: "..."
"I mean money. Do you even have money, little girl? I’m a busy man, making millions every minute. Can you afford to waste my time just to play games with you?" Ye Cheng sneered, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
Xia Tongxin blinked, tears streaming down her face. Her clear eyes flickered—she finally understood what Ye Cheng meant.
"Sniffle, sniffle... Uh, wuwu... I-I also make millions every minute! I have money... sniffle, sniffle... Fight me one-on-one... sniffle..."
Oh?
Not even grown yet, but already talking big!
Ye Cheng smirked, instantly channeling his inner domineering CEO: "Oh? So you’re loaded, huh? Show me what you’ve got—send me 20K right now."
A few minutes later.
"MixedLoli/" has requested to add you as a friend!
"Friend request accepted. Start your first chat now!"
"Green Bubble payment received: 20,000 yuan!"
Ye Cheng: "???"
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.
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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)
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."
