"Ruo Xi, child, say something already!" Old Lady Lan said with displeasure, her face stern.
In her view, an unmarried girl's earnings rightfully belonged to her family—and should be managed by the elders!
Lan Ruoxi glanced at the old woman coldly and replied, "Sorry, I don’t want to lend it. An Yi, let’s go."
Old Lady Lan trembled with rage as she stood up. "You—you come back here! You ungrateful wretch!"
Lan Yihe, standing nearby, wasn’t as foolish or naive as his mother.
He dropped to his knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly, his voice choked with tears. "Ruo Xi, your uncle was wrong! I admit all my mistakes! Just lend me two million—it’s nothing to you, but it’s life or death for me!"
There was no denying that Lan Yihe’s crying act was heart-wrenching enough to move anyone to tears.
But despite his forehead turning bruised from banging it against the floor, Lan Ruoxi didn’t even look back, striding out of the villa with unwavering resolve.
Old Lady Lan shook with fury. "Ungrateful child! Absolutely ungrateful!"
Once the two were out of sight, Lan Yihe climbed to his feet, his expression turning vicious. "You little brat, just you wait! If I don’t ruin you, I’ll change my surname!"
"A crow that somehow flew onto a branch and thinks it’s a phoenix!"
If he couldn’t even deal with a mere girl, how could he ever survive in Jiangbei City?
Whoosh!
At that moment, a figure flashed before Lan Yihe like lightning.
Lan Yihe paled, his body trembling. "A-An Yi! W-what do you want?"
An Yi cracked his knuckles leisurely. "Fatso, Ruo Xi let you off, but I didn’t."
"D-don’t come any closer!"
Thud!
An Yi swung his leg in a powerful kick, slamming it straight into Lan Yihe’s face.
Two bloodied teeth went flying.
Lan Yihe howled in pain as his obese body was sent flying like a ball, crashing into the wall with such force that cracks spiderwebbed across it.
"Ah, that feels much better."
An Yi grinned, exhaling in satisfaction before walking away without another glance.
Old Lady Lan’s wails soon followed.
"Oh, my son! What sin have we committed? Your teeth—they’re gone!"
"Mother, don’t be angry. It’s not worth ruining your health over that girl."
Lan Yihe, covered in injuries, hobbled over with a bowl of porridge.
Old Lady Lan scowled, raising her cane to strike him. "How dare you eat now! How will you repay that two-million loan? They’ll kill you!"
Lan Yihe dodged, pleading, "Mother, please! That brat just kicked me half to death—I don’t have a single spot left unhurt!"
Old Lady Lan’s face remained dark, still seething over Lan Ruoxi’s defiance.
But she knew—Lan Ruoxi wasn’t the same helpless girl she once was.
Lan Yihe licked his lips hesitantly before suggesting, "Mother… why don’t we sell the villa? It’s old, but the location’s good. It’s worth at least four or five million—more than enough to repay the debt."
"You dare even think about the villa? Over my dead body!"
Old Lady Lan swung her cane again.
Dodging, Lan Yihe sighed. "Mother, just eat your porridge. It’s getting cold."
Old Lady Lan glared at him. "That wretched girl Ruo Xi—I’ll make sure she pays for this! She thinks she can marry whoever she wants? Not on my watch!"
"Yes, yes, Mother. You’re absolutely right."
Lan Yihe forced a smile.
As Old Lady Lan took a sip of the porridge, the corner of his lips curled.
"Yihe, don’t worry. I’ve told you—this house will be yours eventually..."
Old Lady Lan rambled on, but sweat began beading on her forehead, her face growing paler by the second.
"You’ve been saying that for five years! But I can’t wait anymore! If I don’t repay them, they’ll kill me!"
Lan Yihe looked up, his gaze icy as he stared at his mother with a twisted smile.
"Mother… you won’t blame me, will you?"
"You—you—"
Old Lady Lan clutched her stomach, the pain intensifying.
Thud!
She collapsed, the bowl of porridge shattering on the floor.
Horror dawned on her face as a terrible realization struck her.
"You’re only seventy, still so healthy—you could live another ten years! If you don’t die, how will I ever get the money?"
Lan Yihe kicked the bowl aside, his expression cold and cruel as he loomed over her.
"Tell me, what era do you think this is? Still clinging to those outdated clan rules! Just because my brother was the eldest son, everything went to him—even the inheritance! Why? Because he was the ‘rightful heir’? Do you have any idea how much I hated him for that?"
"Yihe… you—you—"
Old Lady Lan’s eyes widened in terror as another thought struck her.
"Yi Feng… was it you—?"
"So what if it was?"
Lan Yihe’s grin turned monstrous. "I hate you!!"
Old Lady Lan shut her eyes in agony, tears streaming down her face. "Such sin… such sin..."
Finally, Lan Yihe watched as her breathing stilled.
He staggered back, trembling violently, as if all strength had left him.
He… had actually gone through with it.
Ring!
The sudden shrill of his phone made him jump, cold sweat drenching his forehead.
He gulped, answering shakily. "H-hello? Young Master Xue?"
"How’s the money coming along?"
A lazy voice drifted through the line.
Lan Yihe’s voice quivered. "A-almost ready."
"Hah! I saw everything. Impressive—even we of the Five Venoms Sect aren’t that ruthless!"
Young Master Xue’s amused tone sent chills down Lan Yihe’s spine.
He’d been caught!
"Don’t misunderstand—I wasn’t spying on you. A nobody like you isn’t worth my attention. But your methods… I like them. How about joining the Five Venoms Sect?"
Lan Yihe knew exactly who he was dealing with. Overwhelmed, he stammered, "R-really? Th-thank you, Young Master!"
The call ended.
Lan Yihe exhaled shakily.
Looking at his mother’s lifeless body, he steeled himself before bursting into loud, dramatic sobs.
"Mother! Mother! Wake up! Look at your son! Someone help! Help—!"
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In the lobby of a Jiangbei City hotel...
"What a deranged bastard."
Five Venoms Sect’s Young Master Xue Ming swirled his wine glass, gazing at the nightscape outside as he muttered to himself.
Rui Rui, dressed in a red dress, sauntered over, her voice dripping with false allure.
"Senior Brother, when are we moving out?"
Despite her plunging neckline, her flat chest did little to enhance any seductive appeal.
Xue Ming took a sip. "Not yet."
Just then, Yuan Yuan, clad in black combat gear, approached grimly.
"Senior Brother, our scouts at the frontlines—all dead."
Xue Ming’s eyes narrowed. "Night Emperor’s work?"
Yuan Yuan clenched her teeth and nodded.
The mere thought of that despicable bastard made her chest ache with fury!
It felt as though a great sword were hanging over her heart.
Xue Ming curled his lips into a sinister smirk: "So they’ve found out. Time to signal the retreat—unless they all want to die there."
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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.
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!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
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!
