Chen Ningshuang's pride seemed to have completely vanished. She had truly been crushed, her spirit broken.
A martial arts master at the peak of Huajin, someone much younger than her, had willingly become Jiang Che's maid!
What did that make her?
Jiang Che glanced indifferently at Chen Ningshuang. This woman was truly exceptional, with her cold and aloof demeanor that made one want to shatter her pride into dust.
"I heard... you're from the ancient martial arts Chen family, right?"
"Mhm." Chen Ningshuang nodded, fearing that Jiang Che would bring up the Chen family.
"How many people are in the Chen Family Village?"
Jiang Che's question filled the girl with terror. Why was he asking about the number of people? Could it be... that he didn't plan to spare a single one?
"Including me... 327 people."
Chen Ningshuang's voice trembled. It was hard to imagine that a Huajin mid-level martial artist like her could feel such fear.
"327 people? What a pity—"
"No! You can't do this!" Chen Ningshuang panicked.
"Are you... ordering me?" Jiang Che's cold gaze swept over Chen Ningshuang, sending a shiver of fear through her.
"N-no... I wouldn't dare."
"I made a mistake. I'll take full responsibility for everything, okay? As long as you spare the Chen family, I'm willing to atone with my life!"
Jiang Che felt a wave of exasperation.
Who said anything about atoning with your life?
Such a beautiful and lovely maid—I cherish her dearly. Why are you so quick to talk about dying? Don't you realize where your strengths lie?
Jiang Che took another look at Chen Ningshuang.
She had long hair, wearing a white martial arts uniform, her silky black hair cascading down. Her usually cold and elegant face now looked slightly disheveled, with strands of hair falling over her forehead.
As for her figure... thanks to years of practicing ancient martial arts, she was curvaceous and well-proportioned, more so than Ye Mengyao and Qin Qiaoqiao, though she still fell short of Wang Yanran.
"Chen Ningshuang!"
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Chen Ningshuang immediately raised her head, her heart filled with anxiety. She was terrified of upsetting Jiang Che, fearing that the Chen family would suffer as a result. She wasn't afraid of death... but she was terrified of bringing disaster upon her family.
"Chen Ningshuang, you don't want the Chen family to be wiped out, do you?"
"No!" Chen Ningshuang was like a blank sheet of paper. Despite Jiang Che's obvious hints, she still hadn't caught on to what he was implying.
"I'll atone with my life. Please, spare the Chen family!"
Jiang Che, however, reached out and took Chen Ningshuang's small hand.
"You—"
The girl's hand recoiled as if shocked, her face filled with vigilance and a hint of shame.
[You scoundrel! What are you trying to do?]
Jiang Che merely glanced at her and raised a finger.
"Three!"
"Two!"
Chen Ningshuang finally understood. Though she was inexperienced in matters between men and women, she wasn't stupid!
"From today on, you are my personal maid, responsible for taking care of my daily needs."
Chen Ningshuang: "..."
[Personal maid? Impossible!]
[A Huajin master cannot be humiliated. I can't possibly become your personal maid!]
All her pride had been shattered by the grandmaster Jiang Yunhuang. In the past, someone like Jiang Che, who dared to humiliate her, would have been slapped to death long ago.
"J-Jiang... Young Master Jiang, is there another option..."
"Do you have a choice?" Jiang Che's voice turned colder.
"I heard you have an older brother who entered the secular world?"
Jiang Che played his trump card.
Come out, Chen Hao!
As expected, the mention of Chen Hao made Chen Ningshuang's expression change.
"Brother—"
Chen Ningshuang faced reality.
The girl's body emitted a faint fragrance, different from Yu Wan'er's milky scent or the other girls' natural aromas.
Hers was the scent of agarwood, likely from years of meditating and practicing martial arts to calm her mind.
[You scoundrel!]
Though panicked, Chen Ningshuang had no choice but to endure the humiliation.
Not to mention Jiang Che's grandmaster grandfather, even the silver-haired girl in front of her was someone she couldn't defeat.
"I agree! I'll become your personal maid! But I have three conditions!"
"You dare to make demands? Do you believe I can turn the Chen Family Village into a Chen Family Graveyard?"
As expected, Jiang Che's threats left Chen Ningshuang completely speechless.
When had this proud daughter of heaven ever endured such bullying? Yet, despite her resilience, she didn't shed a tear.
Facing Jiang Che, this super villain, Chen Ningshuang silently recited the Heart-Calming Mantra in her mind.
"Alright, come home with me. From now on, you'll be responsible for my daily needs—Shuang'er."
When Chen Ningshuang heard that final "Shuang'er," she completely lost her composure.
But Jiang Che held all the power now. If she were to defy him, her father, her brother, and her entire family would suffer.
So she had no choice but to endure.
[Chen Ningshuang! You must endure. With your talent, you can reach the grandmaster level in ten years at the earliest. Revenge is a dish best served cold. You'll settle the score then!]
[I'm sorry, Father! I'm sorry, Brother! Shuang'er has brought this upon you!]
Though Chen Ningshuang appeared submissive on the outside, she was already plotting in her heart.
Little did she know, Jiang Che, upon hearing her thoughts, felt like laughing.
Still thinking of revenge? In ten years, you'll probably have given birth to three children... and you're still dreaming of revenge?
"Dong'er, let's go!"
Jiang Che got up from the hospital bed, looking completely fine.
Only then did Chen Ningshuang notice Dong'er!
Her mood instantly plummeted to the depths.
With such a prodigious girl by Jiang Che's side, someone even more talented than herself, did she even stand a chance at turning the tables?
What level would this girl named Dong'er reach in ten years?
A grandmaster? Or perhaps an even more terrifying realm?
She didn't dare to imagine. The thought alone made her vision darken, as if she could already see the despair and misery of her future.
"What are you standing around for? Follow me and open the car door!"
Jiang Che immediately began ordering around his newly acquired maid.
[You—]
Facing Jiang Che, no matter how cold and composed Chen Ningshuang's heart was, he could always throw her off balance.
[Scoundrel! Scoundrel! Scoundrel!]
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.
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.”
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
