Under the pitch-black night sky,
The entire Jiang Family residence was brightly lit, and Jiang Tianxiong and his wife had long since returned home.
The dining table was laden with all kinds of delicacies. Under Mother Jiang's arrangements, Jiang Cheng reluctantly sat beside Li Shiyao.
"Shiyao, have some food."
The more Li Rou looked at the well-behaved and sensible Li Shiyao, the more she liked her. She picked up a piece of braised pork with her chopsticks and placed it in Li Shiyao's bowl.
"Thank you, Aunt!" Li Shiyao replied with a sweet smile.
"This child is so polite, isn't she, Old Jiang?" Li Rou looked at Li Shiyao with satisfaction and quietly kicked Jiang Tianxiong, who was busy stuffing his face.
She helplessly shook her head. Father and son, exactly alike!
"Yes, Shiyao is indeed a very polite girl." Father Jiang gave a dry cough, then turned his gaze toward Jiang Cheng, who had puffed-out cheeks and was shoveling food into his mouth as though he had been starving for days.
"Jiang Cheng, look at yourself! Who did you learn that from?"
Jiang Cheng, who was in the middle of eating, looked up in bewilderment. How did this get dragged back to me?
Li Shiyao let out a snicker. Senior was so cute like this! I really want to pinch his cheeks~
Jiang Cheng glared at Li Shiyao with wide eyes, as though saying, What are you laughing at? Laugh again and I'll smack your butt!
"Who told you to glare at Shiyao?! Hurry up and serve Shiyao some food. How can you be so rude?" Li Rou shot Jiang Cheng a glare, then took Li Shiyao's hand with a beaming smile.
Who exactly is the biological child here?
Jiang Cheng's mouth twitched. You two are the real mother and daughter, aren't you? Should I just leave?
"It's fine, Aunt. Senior might just not be used to it yet. He'll get better over time."
Li Shiyao secretly studied Jiang Cheng with her beautiful eyes, then suddenly slapped her forehead. "Aunt, I almost forgot—I brought gifts for all of you."
"You silly girl, we're family. Why are you being so formal?" Mother Jiang watched Li Shiyao as though she were looking at her future daughter-in-law, unable to wipe the smile from her face.
"Family? Mom, actually, I think..."
"Shut up!" Li Rou's face immediately darkened as she looked at Jiang Cheng with disappointment. Why was her son such a blockhead?
What a wonderful girl! If someone else got to her first, he would not even have a place to cry later.
Jiang Cheng immediately covered his mouth and smiled sheepishly.
Before long, Li Shiyao came downstairs carrying several large and small packages.
"Aunt, this is for you! And Uncle, I bought this tea for you. I hope you don't mind it."
With that move, Li Shiyao directly won over Father Jiang and Mother Jiang.
The two exchanged a glance and nodded repeatedly. They absolutely had to keep such a filial, sensible, and beautiful daughter-in-law.
Li Shiyao secretly rejoiced. As long as she won over Jiang Cheng's parents, winning over Jiang Cheng himself was only a matter of time.
Rule One of the Li family's courtship strategy: before winning over a man, win over his parents first!
Jiang Cheng was dumbfounded as he watched. They got bought off just like that?
"Senior, this is your gift!"
Li Shiyao shyly lowered her head and held out an exquisite gift box to Jiang Cheng with both hands.
"Me? I get one too?" Jiang Cheng opened his mouth wide and pointed at himself. He had not expected Li Shiyao to prepare a gift for him as well.
You think you can buy me off with this? I've seen every kind of gift there is. This little trick won't work on me!
I'd like to see what it is!
Jiang Cheng untied the ribbon and opened the gift box with a disdainful expression.
The next second, he snapped it shut with a bang, staring in shock at the rosy-faced Li Shiyao.
"Cheng'er, what gift is it? Take it out and let us see!" Father Jiang and Mother Jiang stared curiously at the gift box in Jiang Cheng's hand.
Jiang Cheng quickly hid the box behind his back and shook his head. "It's nothing. It's better if you don't look."
"This child, you can't even bear to show it." Li Rou held Li Shiyao's hand and chuckled. "Shiyao, look how much Jiang Cheng likes your gift. He won't even let his own mother see it~"
Likes it my ass! Is that something people can look at?
Thinking back to what he had just seen, Jiang Cheng could not help complaining. Who gives condoms as a gift?!
The entire gift box was packed full of them. He really did not know how Li Shiyao dared to do it. What if one accidentally fell out...
He could see it now—none of these Heroines were normal. Was it because he had not followed the plot?
Whatever! After one month, he could stay far away from them.
He really did not know what the Protagonist was doing. Hurry up and collect all the Heroines already! What medical and martial arts mastery? Bah! Useless trash!
"Bold!"
Beneath an abandoned bridge, Ye Bufan, wearing a tattered straw hat, glared viciously at the Baldy Black Dog in front of him. "I'm requisitioning this spot tonight."
The Baldy Black Dog bared its teeth and barked at Ye Bufan several times. It had been sleeping peacefully when a beggar suddenly appeared and tried to take over its home.
I may not be human, but you're the real dog here!
"Still not convinced?" Ye Bufan raised an eyebrow, picked up a stone, and threw it at the Black Dog.
The Black Dog yelped in pain, tucked its rear, drooped its ears, and ran off at top speed. Only after running more than twenty meters away did it turn back and give him a deep look.
Ye Bufan sat on a stone stump, gazing blankly at the bean-sized raindrops falling from the sky as he sank into thought.
I'm the Heavenly Mountain Sect's sole direct disciple, proficient in both medicine and martial arts, yet I've ended up living in a doghouse? This script is wrong, isn't it?!
He had originally thought that, with his abilities, he could roam Huadu unopposed. Yet who would have thought that the moment he came down from the mountain, he would inexplicably end up in the Police Station?
When he saw those police officers with dark circles beneath their eyes and exhausted faces, he had even suspected that they had calculated the timing and waited there specifically for him!
"No!! The heavens are unjust!"
Ye Bufan pointed sorrowfully at the sky and dropped to his knees, howling in grief.
Rumble!
A clap of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. Immediately afterward, a dazzling bolt of lightning streaked across the heavens and struck directly at Ye Bufan.
Hic~
Ye Bufan opened his mouth and exhaled a puff of black smoke. His hair stood straight up, and his entire face was charred black.
Damn it! I only said one extra sentence. Are you seriously this petty?!
The next second, Ye Bufan felt a warm current coursing through his body. He was instantly overjoyed and immediately sat down cross-legged.
When he opened his eyes again, his aura had surged tremendously. With one palm strike, he left a deep handprint on a huge boulder.
"I did it! I did it! I really am the chosen one! Hahaha~"
Ye Bufan laughed loudly. After an entire year, he had finally entered the Internal Strength realm.
If I'd known it was this easy, why did I even cultivate? Couldn't I just let lightning strike me a few more times?
As the saying went, a happy occasion refreshed the spirit. Ye Bufan felt like he was back on top, and even his previously unpleasant experiences now seemed much more agreeable.
It must have been Heaven's test for me!
Ye Bufan pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "It turns out everything had clues to follow."
Why had that curvaceous, gorgeous Police Flower led a team to arrest him, only to reveal a look of reluctance when he left the Police Station? She had clearly been plotting against him for a long time.
She simply wanted to seize the chance to attract his attention. Thinking of this, the corners of Ye Bufan's mouth nearly curled up to the sky.
Hehe~ Woman! I have to admit, your scheme was very successful. I'll remember you!
And that lightning just now—why did it strike only him instead of all those other people? Wasn't that proof enough that he was special?
Just as Ye Bufan was feeling smug, a bone-piercing cold wind swept past...
"Hiss!"
He looked down. Where the hell are my clothes?! What is that pile of charred stuff?
Even my hair is gone!
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