The Wuling Hongguang sped swiftly along the road, arriving in Yunzhou City.
In the Great Xia, the southeastern province had always ranked among the top five in terms of overall strength.
And its capital, Yunzhou City, stood at the forefront among the new first-tier cities.
One could say that apart from the imperial capital and the cosmopolitan hub, Yunzhou was one of the most impressive cities.
The housing prices were equally terrifying.
The place An Yi had come to was the wealthiest villa district in all of Yunzhou!
Yes, right up ahead.
Nie Qinglan pointed the way for An Yi.
Then, rows of sharply dressed men in black stood like greeters.
An Yi drove the Wuling Hongguang forward, somewhat stunned by the sight.
He opened the car door.
A black-clad man who looked like a bodyguard hurried over to shield him from the car's edge.
"Welcome, Boss An!"
"Welcome, Boss An!"
The moment An Yi stepped out of the shabby car door, he was met with an overwhelmingly enthusiastic welcome.
At the entrance, there were also hostesses in cheongsams, their slender, fair legs visible through the high slits—though that wasn’t the main point.
The main point was the middle-aged man with a slicked-back hairstyle standing at the entrance—Boss Nie!
"Haha, An Yi, I never thought I’d actually get you to come. My humble abode is truly honored."
Boss Nie wore a delighted smile as he stepped forward to greet An Yi.
An Yi chuckled insincerely, "It’s been a while since we last met. How have you been, Uncle Nie?"
"Great, great! Still as dashing as ever—have you gotten even more handsome lately?"
Boss Nie patted An Yi’s shoulder warmly.
To an outsider, they might have seemed like old friends who had known each other for years.
In reality, this was only their second meeting.
Less than half a year had passed since their last encounter, but An Yi’s circumstances had undergone a dramatic transformation.
From a former deadbeat nobody, he had risen to become the big boss of the An Corporation and the third-ranked martial artist on the Hidden Dragon List!
With billions in assets and terrifying strength, he was the epitome of a young, accomplished, and ultra-wealthy self-made tycoon.
Under the halo of wealth and power, none of his past deadbeat aura remained.
The black-clad bodyguards and cheongsam-clad women all stood rigidly at attention, not daring to make a sound in An Yi’s presence.
They knew full well that this seemingly young man was someone even Boss Nie had to personally welcome—no one dared slack off.
Even their breathing was cautious, lest they make a mistake.
Nie Qinglan, who had been chattering nonstop on the way, fell noticeably silent upon returning home, her delicate face cold and expressionless.
"An Yi, this car of yours is modified, right?"
Boss Nie casually glanced at the battered Wuling Hongguang and asked curiously.
No license plate either—quite suspicious.
Surprising it didn’t get pulled over. Lucky.
Was this kid trying to pick a fight with the Public Security Bureau?
"Yeah, it’s modified," An Yi replied dismissively.
Given his current status, driving a Wuling was bizarre enough—if they thought it was modified, so be it.
Then, a black dog with red eyes strutted out of the car, wagging its tail with an air of arrogance.
Boss Nie raised an eyebrow. "This dog is—"
"My pet," An Yi explained.
"Quite a unique breed. Looks aristocratic—must’ve cost a fortune," Boss Nie said, blatantly lying through his teeth.
An Yi brushed it off. "Just a stray I picked up off the street. Ugly thing, worthless."
"Woof!"
Hongtian, hearing himself called a stray, instantly flared up.
He lunged to bite An Yi’s leg, but An Yi, with his sharp reflexes, stomped on the dog’s head, keeping its jaws shut.
"Heh, quite spirited," Boss Nie remarked, narrowing his eyes at Hongtian, though his thoughts were unclear.
"Dad, is that woman not here?" Nie Qinglan glanced around and asked.
Boss Nie glared at her. "What ‘that woman’? She’s your stepmother!"
Nie Qinglan muttered under her breath, "Hmph, that vixen!"
"Oh, what’s everyone doing at the entrance? Come on in."
The stunning mixed-race beauty Shirley greeted them with a radiant smile.
"Arm candy."
An Yi gave her a quick once-over. Though not his first time seeing her, he couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
At 1.75 meters tall, she was three centimeters taller than Shangguan Qianqian, and her legs were downright hypnotic.
"Is she really that pretty?!" Nie Qinglan pinched An Yi’s arm, gritting her teeth.
"Just because she’s got long legs!"
"That vixen!"
At only 1.62 meters, her height was a sore point.
An Yi chuckled. "Not pretty at all. She can’t compare to you—it’s not even close."
Nie Qinglan’s delicate face brightened. "Really? Then swear it."
An Yi: "I’m lying."
Nie Qinglan: "..."
The banquet made it clear just how much Boss Nie valued An Yi.
The spread was filled with rare delicacies—many of which An Yi had never even heard of.
This meal alone must’ve cost hundreds of thousands.
An Yi did a quick mental calculation, mildly shocked—and that was just based on the dishes he recognized.
"Who would’ve thought? The boy Qinglan brought home is this handsome. I knew we had a connection the first time I saw you."
Shirley gazed at An Yi tenderly. "An Yi, I’m entrusting Qinglan to you now."
These words left Nie Qinglan somewhat at a loss.
An Yi had never officially confirmed their relationship.
She had invited An Yi to her home under the pretense that her father wanted to see him.
Mhm.
An Yi agreed readily, but his chopsticks never stopped moving, his eyes glued to the food—his responses utterly perfunctory.
Shirley wanted to say more but couldn’t find the right words to continue.
Boss Nie looked at An Yi with a solemn expression and said slowly, "Qinglan has little experience with love. You’re the only one she’s ever truly liked. If you let her suffer, I won’t let you off easy."
Hearing Boss Nie’s words, An Yi set down his chopsticks and replied earnestly, "Uncle Nie, don’t worry. I’ll take good care of Qinglan—I won’t let her suffer even a little!"
Beside them, Nie Qinglan’s face flushed red.
Is this guy serious?
"Good. Your word is enough for me!"
Boss Nie raised his wine glass slightly in a toast.
An Yi picked up his glass, clinked it, and downed it in one go.
"Impressive drinker."
Shirley quickly refilled An Yi’s glass, smiling. "But this wine is best savored slowly, you know."
"Got it. Thanks."
An Yi replied indifferently, chopsticks still flying.
Soon, his plate was piled high.
The table was full of delicious dishes, but alas, his stomach had its limits.
"Can’t eat anymore. These are all yours."
With practiced ease, An Yi pushed the unfinished food on his plate toward Nie Qinglan’s side.
Nie Qinglan stared at him in stunned silence.
Boss Nie: "?"
Giving someone else your leftovers?!
Who spoiled this brat into such bad habits?
An Yi:
Oops. Force of habit.
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!
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!
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.
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
