He Was Fit to Be a Father? / System, You're Surprisingly Nice

Writing a Diary in Douluo Drove Bibi Dong Mad

Author: Seeking Dreams in Books

Synopsis:

Zhao Ling transmigrated into the Douluo World and awakened the "Diary-Writing Makes You Stronger System." As long as he wrote in his diary regularly, he could earn impressive rewards.

But who could have imagined that the goddesses of the Douluo World would each obtain a "Diary Copy" with a built-in audio playback function?

Ah Yin: What? I actually sacrifice myself to a human in the future? Then he... must be an outstanding husband and father, right? What??? He spends all day drinking afterward? His child even has to take care of his daily needs? Someone like that is fit to be a father?

Bibi Dong: What bullshit is this? I would fall for someone who spends all day shouting that there are only useless Soul Masters, not useless Martial Souls?

Liu Erlong: I would fall for my own older cousin? Did water get into my brain, or did a donkey kick me in the head? If I ever fell for him, I'd rather gouge out my own eyes.

Xiao Wu: All three of us, one older sister and two younger brothers, sacrifice ourselves together? Impossible? Absolutely impossible? How could I be stupid enough to sacrifice myself to a human and get both my younger brothers to sacrifice themselves to him too? Nonsense, absolute nonsense...

Zhao Ling buried himself in writing his diary every day, only to discover one day that all the goddesses had gone completely mad...

Chapter 1: He Was Fit to Be a Father?

"Young lady, did you just get back from washing clothes? How hardworking. Whoever marries you will surely be blessed."

An older woman with graying temples and a kind smile saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen walking back from the river with a wooden basin. The girl wore a blue-and-gold dress and had long azure hair, and the woman's clouded eyes filled with affection.

"Auntie Shen, you flatter me. I'm not nearly as good as you say."

The azure-haired girl looked gently at Auntie Shen. Light shimmered in her beautiful eyes as they moved, and a soft smile graced her red lips.

The more Auntie Shen looked at the girl, the more she liked her. She wished her son could marry the girl and bring her into their family.

If her son brought home such a beautiful wife, wouldn't that give her something to be proud of?

After saying goodbye to Auntie Shen, the girl headed toward her lodgings. She encountered quite a few villagers along the way and greeted them all with a smile, treating even strangers from outside the village the same way.

After hanging up her freshly washed clothes to dry, she leisurely returned to her lodgings.

As soon as she entered her room, she saw an illusory diary floating before her eyes. Its cover bore the words "Zhao Ling's Diary Copy."

What's going on? Am I seeing things? The girl rubbed her beautiful eyes with both hands, then looked again at the illusory diary floating before her.

She discovered that "Zhao Ling's Diary Copy" had opened on its own, and a strange man's incredulous voice rang in her ears.

[That blue-and-gold dress, that long azure hair, and that unmistakable Soul Beast presence... damn, could she be Ah Yin as a young girl?]

[To think that after transmigrating into the Douluo World and training in seclusion deep in the mountains for fifteen years, the first character from the original story I met after coming out would be her-and her younger self, at that.]

[Hmm, she's incredibly beautiful. Compared to her, most of the first- and second-tier actresses on Blue Star in my previous life were simply a joke. Just what you'd expect from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who took human form.]

[Good. Since I met Ah Yin first, no one can blame me for being the pavilion nearest the water and catching the moon first. Tang Hao, I'll gladly take your future wife...]

[System, what the hell did you just say? Ah Yin is Tang Hao's canonical partner? Stealing someone else's love isn't gentlemanly?]

[Canonical partner? Canonical, my ass. I'm taking Ah Yin! No one can stop me. I, Zhao Ling, said it. Got a problem with that?]

[Let me tell you, Tang Hao doesn't deserve Ah Yin at all. I've been wanting to say that for ages. What merit or ability does he have to marry a woman as beautiful and gentle as Ah Yin? Is he even worthy?]

The contents of "Zhao Ling's Diary Copy" ended there, and the man's dissatisfied voice abruptly stopped as well.

The azure-haired girl's heart immediately felt like fifteen buckets drawing water-seven rising and eight falling in turmoil.

The reason was simple: she was the Ah Yin mentioned in this "Diary Copy."

The man seemed to know her quite well. He even knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who had taken human form, filling her with a sense of danger.

Why does this person know my background? And what does he mean by transmigrating from somewhere called Blue Star? She couldn't understand it.

Utterly baffled, she knitted her delicate brows and carefully mulled over the diary's contents.

She vaguely sensed that this man named Zhao Ling bore her no ill will. He even seemed interested in her, which made her secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

She also noticed that his complaints repeatedly mentioned a man's name-Tang Hao.

He even said she would become Tang Hao's wife in the future, but how could that be possible?

She had never even met this Tang Hao. How could she become his wife?

Still, after spending so many years in the human world, she had heard something of that name.

Rumor had it that he was the second son of the Clear Sky Sect's current sect master. Before reaching thirty, he had already made his name throughout Douluo, and outsiders called him and his elder brother the Clear Sky Twin Stars.

Tang Hao in particular was said to possess extraordinary talent, a favored son of heaven capable of reigning supreme over an entire era.

Yet in the words of that mysterious voice's owner, even such a figure wasn't worthy of her. She truly had no idea what that man was thinking.

As the saying went, what young girl didn't dream of love? At that moment, she couldn't help indulging in fantasies.

If I could really have a passionate romance with a favored son of heaven like Tang Hao, just as the "Diary Copy" says, how wonderful that would be...

Just as she was imagining all of this, new content appeared in "Zhao Ling's Diary Copy," and the mysterious man's voice in her ears grew regretful.

[Not long after Ah Yin and Tang Hao married, they conceived the original story's protagonist. That was probably the happiest time of their lives.]

[But their happiness didn't last long before a group of Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall surrounded them and tried to kill them.]

[To protect Tang Hao and their son Tang San, Ah Yin willingly sacrificed herself to Tang Hao, making his name as the youngest Titled Douluo.]

Hearing this, Ah Yin didn't know whether she should believe it.

Yet her beautiful eyes reddened involuntarily, and her heart ached.

Her happiness with Tang Hao was actually so brief. For a Soul Beast who sacrificed herself, the outcome was undoubtedly death.

Even though she was a plant-type Soul Beast and could leave behind a seed to grow anew after dying in sacrifice, how was that any different from truly dying?

Still, she believed that if she faced the same choice again, she would sacrifice herself without hesitation. To let her beloved and their child live, she would never look back.

While Ah Yin's heart filled with sorrow, the man's voice shifted from regret to anger, even hysteria.

[If Tang Hao had properly fulfilled his responsibilities as a father after Ah Yin sacrificed herself, I'd have nothing to say.]

[But this guy drank all day, living every day in a drunken stupor, and even dressed it up by saying he needed alcohol to numb himself so he wouldn't think of Ah Yin every day.]

[It certainly looks devoted enough, but was this guy acting like a human being?

From the time Tang San was two or three, he had to cook every day. He wasn't even as tall as the stove and could barely reach it by standing on a stool.]

[If Tang San's circumstances hadn't been unusual, and Village Chief Old Jack hadn't helped out, he probably would've starved to death long ago because of this unreliable father.]

[He couldn't even take care of the fruit of their love that Ah Yin had worked so hard to bring into the world, yet he had the nerve to present himself as a devoted lover???]

[And that wasn't all. With Tang Hao spending every day in a drunken stupor, Tang San, who should've been cared for by his parents, had to take on the responsibility of looking after his alcoholic father's daily needs.]

[That's it? That's it, and Tang Hao still had the nerve to say he loved Ah Yin, to call himself a good husband and father?]

[System, let me tell you, no matter how much you object, it's useless. I absolutely won't let Ah Yin marry Tang Hao again.]

"Bastard!!!" Ah Yin immediately felt rage rise from the depths of her heart. She strode to the dining table and flipped it over, scattering the leftovers from breakfast across the floor.

Fury blazed in her eyes. This was the child she had carried for ten arduous months before giving birth. Even if she was gone, shouldn't Tang Hao have poured even more fatherly love into their child? But what had he done?

He spent all day drowning his sorrows and numbing himself with alcohol, ignoring even his child's basic needs. Someone like him was fit to be a husband? Fit to be a father?

(This book is mindless wish fulfillment from start to finish. Please don't bring your brain when reading, because the person writing it doesn't have one...)

Chapter 2: System, You're Surprisingly Nice

Ignoring the mess on the floor, all Ah Yin wanted now was to tie Tang Hao up and slap him dozens of times, demanding with every slap, "Someone like you is fit to be a husband? Fit to be a father?"

She even felt an urge to slaughter Tang Hao. A man who didn't care even about his own son didn't deserve to be human.

But she soon calmed down. With her current strength, defeating Tang Hao, who had become world-famous before turning thirty, was impossible.

More importantly, she hadn't even met Tang Hao yet, and the events in the "Diary Copy" hadn't happened.

Then she could simply avoid meeting, getting to know, and falling in love with Tang Hao. Since that child would only suffer throughout his childhood after being born, while Tang Hao scarcely fulfilled his responsibilities as a father, then let that child never be born into this world.

At the very moment Ah Yin made her decision, a handsome, muscular man who appeared to be about 1.8 meters tall stood beneath a large tree at the village entrance, muttering to himself.

"System, the diary uploaded successfully, right? Where's my reward?"

An illusory screen appeared before him, densely covered in writing.

[Diary uploaded successfully. Rating: A. Host, please select a reward category. A. Martial Soul quality upgrade. B. Increase the age of all Soul Rings by 1,000 years. C. Enhance a designated body part. D. Randomly obtain a Soul Tool (hidden weapon) that appeared in the Douluo Plane's past (future).]

Looking at the third option on the screen, the young man gave a crooked-mouthed Dragon King grin and asked tentatively.

"System... that third option, enhancing a designated body part. Can I choose..."

He stopped short. Although he hadn't said which part he wanted enhanced, his expression said it all.

Just then, three red exclamation marks appeared on the screen, accompanied by a passage in red text.

[Warning, warning. Unhealthy thoughts detected in the host. If you do not restrain yourself, this reward will be withdrawn...]

"Tch... if you can't handle it, don't offer that reward. Do I, Zhao Ling, still need some Martial Soul quality upgrade? Do I need my Soul Rings' ages increased? Do I need some damned Soul Tool?

"If I'd awakened the system right after transmigrating to the Douluo Continent, I'd have been pretty happy with these rewards. But I've been here for over a decade, and I'm already a level-92 Titled Douluo. As long as I don't court death, where in this vast world can't I go?"

Zhao Ling curled his lip, looking utterly unconcerned by the system's warning. Of course, those words clearly went against his true feelings.

Naturally, he wanted his Martial Soul's quality improved, or the ages of all his Soul Rings increased. Ideally, he'd get a Soul Tool capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Comparatively speaking, however, Zhao Ling still preferred enhancing a designated body part. Even though he had physically transmigrated into the Douluo World over a decade ago, and his physique had improved considerably as his strength increased.

He still felt it wasn't enough. After all, there were so many beautiful women in the Douluo World that he felt his physique could never be too strong. Men remained boys until death-what man would complain about being too physically capable?

The system froze for two minutes before finally displaying a line of text on the illusory screen.

[This system is a respectable diary system. Host, please adopt a proper attitude. In light of the host's unhealthy thoughts, this system will issue all future rewards randomly...

Rewards successfully issued. Congratulations, host, on increasing the age of all Soul Rings by 500 years and enhancing your entire physique by 10%. Please keep up the good work.]

As the rewards were issued, Zhao Ling felt his physique improve slightly.

Although the improvement was small, a mere 10%, its advantage was that it enhanced his entire physique, naturally including the aspect he wanted to improve.

That already satisfied him considerably. What he hadn't expected was that the system would also give him an additional reward of increasing all his Soul Rings' ages by 500 years.

Zhao Ling readily went along with it, putting on a comical expression and grinning mischievously at the system panel. "System, you're surprisingly nice..."

The system didn't respond again, clearly speechless at its host's unhealthy thoughts.

Seeing that the system was ignoring him, Zhao Ling couldn't be bothered to invite another snub and summoned his attribute panel with a thought.

[Name: Zhao Ling

Age: 31

Looks: 86 (maximum 100)

Charm: ??? (no title yet)

Strength: Level-92 Titled Douluo (power attack system)

Martial Soul: Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda

Soul Ring Configuration: Purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red

Soul Bones: Iron-Armed Demon Ape left arm bone, Qian Jun Ant Emperor right arm bone, Plate Armor Rhino torso bone, Great Strength Gorilla right leg bone, Qian Jun Ant Emperor left leg bone (currently missing a head Soul Bone and an external Soul Bone)

Soul Skills: Iron Tower, Bronze Wall; Defensive Steel Hardening; Might Subdues a Thousand Armies; Beast in a Cage's Struggle; Pagoda Subdues Mountains and Rivers; Xingtian Subdues Demons; Demon-Subduing Tower True Form; Pagoda Protects the True Form; Netherworld Subdues Gods and Demons...]

With the system's reward of adding 500 years to all his Soul Rings, the sole Soul Ring under a thousand years old, which he had originally absorbed from a five-hundred-year Iron-Armed Demon Ape, had now turned purple too.

Looking at his configuration of three purple, three black, and three red Soul Rings, he felt buoyant with pride and couldn't help recalling everything he had experienced since physically transmigrating into Douluo.

Over a decade ago, he had accidentally transmigrated into the Douluo World and awakened a new tower-type Martial Soul that had never appeared on the Douluo Continent-the Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.

Unlike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Zhao Ling's Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda wasn't a support-type tool Martial Soul, nor did it have the restriction of only allowing cultivation up to level 79.

Once he released his Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, its size could change freely. When he brought it down to suppress someone, almost no one at the same level could withstand it.

Even more shamelessly, the Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda itself possessed terrifying defensive capabilities.

Zhao Ling had tested protecting himself with the Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda while letting others surround and attack him. Almost no one at the same level could break through its defenses either.

Awakening the Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda hadn't gone to his head. Over the past decade and more, knowing the dangers of the Douluo Continent, he had thoroughly embraced the great way of lying low. He went nowhere, staying deep in the mountains and forests to develop his strength with everything he had.

He applied all the special forces training methods from his previous life to himself, only taking them to even more insane extremes. Training this madly day after day for over a decade had sent his level soaring.

Only when he needed a Soul Ring to advance would he venture deep into Sunset Forest or travel to Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for one.

It could be said that every one of his Soul Rings was exceptionally compatible with the Netherworld Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, whether it was his lowest-level five-hundred-year Iron-Armed Demon Ape Soul Ring or his highest-level hundred-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperor Soul Ring.