Chen Hao was in a state of great agitation.
Ever since he found out that his younger sister had been forced to become Jiang Che's maid, he had been so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night.
The last time he felt this level of distress was when he witnessed Qin Qiaoqiao being taken to a hotel by Jiang Che.
And now, it was his own sister.
"Damn that bastard! If you dare lay a finger on Shuang'er, I swear I'll kill you someday!"
Chen Hao clenched his fists tightly.
Just then, a familiar voice reached his ears.
"Hey, security guard, could you open the gate? Thanks!"
Chen Hao froze instantly. That voice... it was like the whisper of a demon, dredging up his most painful memories!
He glanced sideways and sure enough!
He didn't recognize the extended Maybach, but he sure as hell recognized the license plate number 99999. In the entire city of Hangzhou, who else but Jiang Che would dare use such an ostentatious plate?
Jiang Che!!!
That damn bastard!
Sure enough, the car window soon rolled down, revealing Jiang Che's smiling face and a set of gleaming white teeth.
"Oh? It's you again? Changed jobs and became a security guard?"
Jiang Che was as casual as ever.
Chen Hao gritted his teeth. "No entry! Qiangsheng Group doesn't allow unauthorized personnel inside!"
Jiang Che was all too familiar with Chen Hao's stubbornness. "Oh? Not letting me in? My own company... and I, the boss, don't have the right to enter?"
Chen Hao was furious. "You're the boss of this company? Do you really think I'd believe that?"
Meanwhile, Chen Ningshuang, sitting in the back seat, was stunned.
Brother?
The girl wanted to lean out, but she immediately pulled back.
Looking through the car window, it was indeed... her brother, Chen Hao!
It had been a long time since she had seen her brother, and she missed him terribly. Aside from her father and brother, very few people could penetrate the cold exterior of this aloof young woman.
[No, no! I can't go out and let my brother see me like this. Jiang Che will definitely use him as leverage against me.]
[I've already brought so much misfortune to the Chen family. I can't drag my brother down any further.]
Chen Ningshuang was terrified!
As for Chen Hao... on one hand, he wanted to ask about his sister's situation, but on the other hand, he didn't dare to speak up.
"You... you think I'd believe you? Qiangsheng Group is a newly established company... how could a student like you own a company?"
Ever since Chen Hao had learned from his father that Jiang Che was backed by the ancient martial arts Jiang family, with a grandmaster standing behind him, he had been careful not to be too reckless when speaking to Jiang Che.
But he was still pushing his luck.
Jiang Che didn't say much more. Instead, he made a call to his super butler, Leng Ningqiu.
Soon, Leng Ningqiu hurried down from the Qiangsheng Group office building.
Jiang Che had previously obtained a butler team from the system, consisting of a hundred people, with seventy or eighty of them being elite business professionals. After establishing Qiangsheng Group, they had effectively taken over the company's top management, and they would never betray him.
Leng Ningqiu was the head butler of the team!
"Boss! Welcome to the company for your inspection!"
Leng Ningqiu was dressed in professional office attire, her perfect legs accentuated by black stockings. Her wavy hair and gold-rimmed glasses made her a true heartthrob for young men!
Following her was a large group of men and women, though the majority were strikingly beautiful women. Almost all of Qiangsheng Group's top executives were Jiang Che's people.
"Welcome, Boss!!!"
The scene was awe-inspiring, leaving Chen Hao completely dumbfounded.
Jiang Che, that damn bastard... really knew how to enjoy himself. So many beautiful women in the company... all his people? What a scumbag!
"Alright, Ningqiu, I'm just here for a routine inspection," Jiang Che nodded, then gave a subtle glance to Chen Ningshuang in the back seat.
Chen Ningshuang: !!!
[No! I don't want my brother to see me like this, serving as someone's maid!]
[No!]
Chen Ningshuang was utterly panicked.
At that moment, Jiang Che triggered a long-awaited villainous choice!
[Ding! Host has triggered a villainous choice.]
[Choice 1: Humiliate Chen Hao in front of Chen Ningshuang. Reward: 10 years of internal energy.]
[Choice 2: Humiliate Chen Ningshuang in front of Chen Hao. Reward: Dual Cultivation Manual.]
[Choice 3: Consider Chen Ningshuang's fragile emotions and get out of the car alone. Reward: Chen Ningshuang's used sanitary pad.]
Jiang Che: "..."
Ah, the long-lost system! He had been so engrossed in indulging himself lately that he had almost forgotten about his system cheat!
Jiang Che only needed a glance to make his decision.
He loved multiple-choice questions, and Choices 1 and 2 weren't mutually exclusive.
Especially the reward for Choice 2!
"Dual Cultivation Manual"?
Was this the start of a path to immortality? After all, the Dual Cultivation Manual sounded like an incredibly powerful technique!
With this, wouldn't I be able to reach the level of a grandmaster in a single night, even while sleeping?
Definitely going with the first two options. As for the third choice?
Chen Ningshuang's used sanitary pad? Sure, I might have a slight streak of perversion, but I'm not twisted enough to be interested in a woman's sanitary pad!
......
"Shuang'er, come out with me!"
Jiang Che stepped out of the car and opened the back door, forcibly pulling Chen Ningshuang out.
Despite being a mid-level martial artist, Chen Ningshuang was as docile as a lamb. Ever since she had injured Jiang Che and brought disaster upon the entire Chen village, she hadn't dared to use her internal energy against him.
Even when she was being humiliated and bullied... she could only grit her teeth and endure.
"Shuang'er?"
Chen Hao's pupils contracted sharply when he saw Chen Ningshuang.
Although Chen Ningshuang was now dressed in traditional Hanfu, how could her own brother not recognize her?
"Brother, I—"
Chen Ningshuang lowered her head, overwhelmed with shame and anger.
"Oh? Do you two know each other? Shuang'er... is this your brother?"
Jiang Che put on an act of feigned ignorance, so convincing that even Oscar would have awarded him a golden statue.
Chen Ningshuang was practically seething with rage!
How could she not understand now?
Jiang Che had done this on purpose. He had deliberately brought her here to meet her brother. The "familiar person" he had mentioned earlier... was none other than Chen Hao!
And now this scoundrel was pretending to know nothing.
[You bastard! You scoundrel!]
[What more do you want from me? I've already agreed to your demands and become your personal maid... what else are you trying to do?]
Chen Ningshuang's emotions were in complete turmoil.
Of course... someone else was even more distraught than her, and that was Chen Hao!
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
