QT Cannon Fodder's Record: Dekachapter 234

Chp 2331: Not in This Lifetime!

An Xuchen’s eyes reddened. His fists, which he placed on his lap, were tightly clenched. He was trying his best to suppress his emotions.

Seeing this, Yan Suni suddenly got a foreboding feeling. Her heart was loudly pounding.

She immediately rushed to explain herself, “I have nothing to do with that man. We were just coworkers, but his wife got jealous and slandered me, calling me his mistress.”

“Is that true?” An Xuchen said in a dark, low voice.

Yan Suni nodded. "Yes, it really is."

“Well, if you want me to believe it, you have to marry me,” An Xuchen said. He had spent a lot of effort on Yan Suni, so he wasn’t willing to let her slip through his fingers like this.

He must now grab hold of her. Of anything, really, to ease the deep insecurity that he bore.

“Marry you?” Yan Suni's voice was sharp and full of disbelief. "You know I'm not getting married. Not in this lifetime!"

Yan Suni didn’t want to get married at all, least of all to this An Xuchen, who had turned unrecognizable.

The past An Xuchen was a radiant man, but that radiance was brought upon him by his career. It had given him an air of confidence and a shining halo. The current An Xuchen, however, carried a strong air of despondency.

An Xuchen no longer appeared radiant. He always had a depressed atmosphere around him recently, and he also looked much older now.

Yan Suni didn’t want to entrust the rest of her life to such a person.

Even if she was going to get married, it should be when she wanted to

"You're a woman. If you don’t get married, what will you do? You can’t do whatever you want just because you’re pretty. When you're old and sickly, do you think there’ll still be anyone who wants you?" An Xuchen bitterly spat.

Yan Suni was so infuriated that her body trembled. How did she not see before that An Xuchen was actually such a scoundrel, who was capable of saying such words?

"I don’t want to marry you. Let's break up!" Yan Suni was now sickened just by seeing An Xuchen’s face. How could she have not seen his true colors before?

An Xuchen’s eyes reddened again. “I knew it. You want to abandon me! Nice try, but you have to marry me. I won’t let you go!”

Yan Suni shook off An Xuchen’ grip on her arm and hurriedly ran out of the clothes shop.

An Xuchen tried to go after her but was stopped by the staff, who told him to pay for the clothes.

He hastily gave them the money and ran after her, but by then, Yan Suni had already gotten into a taxi and ran away.

An Xuchen clenched his fists tightly.

His new website wasn’t popular, and he also had no money to advertise it, so it couldn’t generate much revenue.

Simply put, An Xuchen’s business had failed. He had invested a lot of money without gaining anything.

Seeing all the expenditures and the nonexistent return every day was too much torture for him, so An Xuchen finally threw in the towel and closed his website.

He fired the few employees he had. They were all technicians, so it was easy for them to find better jobs.

An Xuchen also sold his server as if it were worthless junk. He now no longer knew what the direction of his life would be.

He didn’t even know what he was supposed to do now.

When the payment for the loan he mortgaged his house for was finally due, he didn’t have the money to pay it, so the house was seized by the bank for the time being.

An Xuchen didn’t even have a place to stay in the city, so he simply carried his things and went to stay at Yan Suni’s house.

The current An Xuchen no longer cared for anything and simply stayed at Yan Suni’s house as if it were his own.

His crashing at her house truly made Yan Suni want to fall apart.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu no longer even cared about these two. She was now abroad for her further studies program.

Before she left the country, Ning Shu had also made a trip back home to see Xue Jing’s parents and gave the old couple some money. She told them to spend it freely and not to save it.

However, when Ning Shu was heading out, Xue Jing’s mother stuffed the money back into Ning Shu’s pocket.

She said that since Ning Shu was going to live in a foreign country for a while, surely she’d find it more convenient to have a little bit more money on her.

Ning Shu smiled, hugged her tearful mother, and walked away with her suitcase.

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2332: You Must Help Me

After she boarded the plane, Ning Shu got to look at the layers of white clouds in the sky. She could finally feel calm and at ease.

Ning Shu spent six months studying abroad, then returned to the company. After she returned, Ning Shu got a small promotion and immediately threw herself back into her work.

One day, after work, Ning Shu accidentally bumped into a person. Ning Shu apologized and was about to walk away, but the other person grabbed onto her.

"Jingjing, Jingjing! You must help me."

Ning Shu took a closer look and saw that it was Yan Suni, who looked a little haggard.

"Jingjing, you and An Xuchen should remarry, he’s simply..." crazy! The last word simply hung in the air, as Yan Suni didn’t blurt it out.

Although An Xuchen had failed in business, it didn’t mean that he was completely clueless in everything. Yan Suni had great looks, and he saw it as the heavens granting her easy access to life’s resources.

He thus had her work as a female streamer and locked her inside the house for about eight hours a day, forcing her to do whatever it’d take to make money.

It didn’t matter whether she was acting cute or stripping her clothes, as long as she made money.

During these past six months, Yan Suni was tortured beyond measure, and An Xuchen simply continued using her as a tool to make money and controlling her every day.

This made Yan Suni feel very miserable. When she heard that Ning Shu had returned to China, she immediately went to seek her out.

Ning Shu frowned when she heard Yan Suni's request. "What did you say?"

"You and An Xuchen should get remarried."

Ning Shu’s face was completely expressionless. She was still insisting on pushing An Xuchen to her? Seriously, this Yan Suni…

Ning Shu then smiled faintly and said, “We’ve become strangers the moment we divorced. Look, I’m rooting for you and An Xuchen, okay?”

Ning Shu bypassed Yan Suni and got into her car. Meanwhile, Yan Suni glanced at the watch around her wrist and realized that she had been out for too long.

When she got back, she’d certainly be punished by An Xuchen again.

Yan Suni felt miserable. She felt like her soul had been imprisoned.

She suspected that the current An Xuchen had been possessed by someone else.

Otherwise, how could he have become like this?

He had turned vicious, greedy, and fiendish.

He was once a refined, gentle, and tender man. However, all those qualities had suddenly vanished.

Who knew whether the old or new An Xuchen was the real him?

If she did anything even slightly wrong in his mind, An Xuchen would come and shout all sorts of obscenities at her.

Yan Suni couldn’t imagine how such a beast could appear in her exquisite life.

This man had ruined her perfect life!

There had been a lot of times when, as she was lying in bed and listening to the obnoxious snoring from next to her, Yan Suni felt like falling apart.

This wasn’t how her life was supposed to be.

Sometimes, murderous thoughts would even pass through Yan Suni’s mind.

When Ning Shu looked a bit into the situation of these two people, she found that they were cohabitating, although whether they married or not was unclear.

Still, it looked like An Xuchen wouldn’t let go of Yan Suni. Some things in life were indeed predestined. An Xuchen and Yan Suni still ended up together in this life, too, even if in a terribly twisted way.

Although there was also the fact that Yan Suni came to ask her to remarry An Xuchen, which meant that Yan Suni wanted to get rid of An Xuchen and was trying to use her as a shield again.

It really rendered Ning Shu speechless...

It seemed that Yan Suni was really going through it. An Xuchen and Yan Suni both loathed each other now. If Yan Suni couldn’t get rid of An Xuchen, then her entire life was really going to be miserable.

After this occasion, Yan Suni returned to the company several times to ask Ning Shu to remarry An Xuchen.

Ning Shu: …

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2333: Up to Xue Jing

Ning Shu really didn't understand why Yan Suni felt that it was only natural for the original host to sacrifice for the sake of her happiness.

Could it be because they had grown up together, that was why Yan Suni felt so self-righteous?

She didn't feel the slightest twinge of guilt after hurting the original host.

Seriously, why did she think the original host should take all the falls for her? Now that she didn't like An Xuchen anymore, she tried to shove An Xuchen onto her.

The fr*ck?

Could it be that Yan Suni thought that if the original host remarried An Xuchen, she could get free of him?

Was An Xuchen even the type of person that cared about the responsibilities that came with marriage?

After all, even when he got together with Xue Jing, he continued to be lovey-dovey with Yan Suni without any qualms.

Ning Shu felt that only someone that got their head kicked would choose to get back together with An Xuchen.

Ning Shu ignored Yan Suni. Yan Suni could wait however long she pleased.

Those two could just torment each other on their own.

“Ding. Task complete. Would you like to leave the task world?" 2333's voice appeared in Ning Shu's mind.

Ning Shu nodded. “Leave.”

As for the rest, it would be up to Xue Jing.

Ning Shu felt a moment of dizziness, then she returned to the system space. As she took in the sight of the barren space, she sighed.

Then she sat down cross-legged on the floor and started cultivating. After she finished cultivating, she tapped open the stats panel.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Advanced Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 46150k

Soul: 330

Life: 111

Intelligence: 354

Charm: 30

Luck: 209

Mental Strength: 240

Faith: 18515

Martial Arts: 362

Aptitude: 129

Merit: 13460

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Intermediate Combat Skill, Novice Practitioner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts, Intermediate Poison Concoction, Rudimentary Business Administration Knowledge, Entry-Level Programmer, Entry-Level Lawyer, Entry-Level Exorcist

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Items: Calmness Halo, Tranquility Pill, Faith Halo, Protective Talismans x4, Upgraded Protective Talisman x2

Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress’s blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi’s blessing), Chief Halo (Cao’s blessing), Lifelong Friend (Miao Miaomiao’s blessing), Healing Hand (Zhu Suniang’s Blessing), Nation Founding General (Chen Ermei’s Blessing), Lady Law (Chen Ning’s Blessing)

Fulfilled Xue Jing's wish: make sure those two bastards suffer.

Task Completion Degree: 100%

Gained 5000k experience points.

Gained 80 attribute points.

Deducted 3k faith points.

Deducted 50 merit points.

Ning Shu rubbed her eyes. She hadn't gotten any faith or merit points in this task and actually got some deducted?

She felt like she was struck by lightning. After a moment of dumbfoundedness, she asked, “What happened?"

"The problem lies with An Xuchen's previous company. That company suffered losses because of you, and you also benefited from it, so karma became associated with you.

"Karma and retribution; all causes lead to an effect. You cannot involve other innocent people in your actions," said 2333.

"Since you wish to walk the path of the Supreme Dao, you have to pay attention to these things. However, the original host was pretty satisfied with you, so there are more attribute points than normal this time."

Ning Shu pressed her lips together. "It's my fault. I didn't consider everything fully."

She couldn't help but smack her own head. Then she sat down cross-legged on the floor to recite the heart-clearing chant.

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2334: Have a Heart of Benevolence

With the effect of the tranquility pill added on, a cool refreshing sensation started streaming into her soul.

She felt all the frustration and restlessness that had been with her slowly dissipate as if washed away by waves of water.

She opened her eyes, then recalled that the little monk had given her a mala bracelet.

As soon as she took the bracelet out, a faint scent of sandalwood filled the system space.

She could vaguely hear the voices of countless monks chanting sutras.

And then she, like a monk, started praying with the Buddha beads while reciting the heart-clearing chant.

Kill those who deserved to be killed. Have a heart of benevolence towards all things.

The sight of the gentle and compassionate eyes of the little monk reappeared in her mind.

She and the little monk were different. The little monk treated everyone the same, but she was a task-taker. How could she guide others onto the right path?

If it was possible to reform everyone, then there wouldn't be so many people that suffered misfortunes, and there would be no task-takers.

Since then, everyone would be happy and there would be no regrets or grievances.

Ning Shu closed her eyes and almost seemed to have fallen asleep. After an unknown amount of time, when she woke up, she felt relaxed like never before.

During this past period, she hadn't taken the time to regulate her mood, so her mind had become burdened.

The deduction of the faith and merit points served as a lesson for her.

Her duty was to pacify grievances, not to cause another wave of grievances.

She calmly accepted this failure, then allocated the 80 attribute points.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Advanced Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 46150k

Soul: 330 (+10)

Life: 111 (+10)

Intelligence: 354 (+10)

Charm: 30 (+10)

Luck: 209 (+10)

Mental Strength: 240 (+10)

Faith: 18515 (-3000)

Martial Arts: 362 (+10)

Aptitude: 129 (+10)

Merit: 13460 (-50)

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Intermediate Combat Skill, Novice Practitioner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts, Intermediate Poison Concoction, Rudimentary Business Administration Knowledge, Entry-Level Programmer, Entry-Level Lawyer, Entry-Level Exorcist

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Items: Calmness Halo, Tranquility Pill, Faith Halo, Protective Talismans x4, Upgraded Protective Talisman x2

Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress’s blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi’s blessing), Chief Halo (Cao’s blessing), Lifelong Friend (Miao Miaomiao’s blessing), Healing Hand (Zhu Suniang’s Blessing), Nation Founding General (Chen Ermei’s Blessing), Lady Law (Chen Ning’s Blessing)

Since she had 80 attribute points, she increased all the stats that she could.

After she finished allocating the points, she started reciting the heart-clearing chant with the prayer beads again. The combined effect of these two was really good.

It fully calmed one’s heart.

After Ning Shu left and Xue Jing went back, the company opened a branch office and Xue Jing became the manager of the branch office. She no longer had any dealings with Yan Suni.

However, she heard from her mother that Yan Suni and An Xuchen had gotten married and had a huge wedding ceremony.

Xue Jing's mother was furious and had completely exploded. Back then, when An Xuchen married her daughter, they hadn't even held a wedding. Who exactly was he trying to disgust by holding such a grand wedding now?

Due to what had happened between the younger generation, the two families no longer talked. An Xuchen had become the son-in-law of both families, so the friendship that had lasted decades between the two families ended just like that. When they saw each other, they usually didn't even say hi.

Xue Jing didn't care that the two got married. She just felt stupid for having been obsessed over someone like this.

It was none of her business whether the two ended up happy or not.

In this grand wedding ceremony, only the people involved truly understood their own feelings. The admiration and envy of others were only due to ignorance.

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2335: This Wedding Was the Beginning of Her Tragic Fate

Yan Suni felt that this wedding was the beginning of her tragic fate. She didn't love the man next to her at all.

This man had been exploiting her all this time and was not gentle with her at all. She could not let herself be ruined by marriage.

Yan Suni told her parents that she didn't want to get married, but in front of her parents, An Xuchen acted like the perfect modest gentleman. He treated Yan Suni amazingly well.

So it made it seem like Yan Suni was being completely unreasonable.

Yan Suni grounded her teeth resentfully. This man was truly hateful.

However, Yan Suni wasn't someone that was easy to deal with either. Every time the two were intimate, Yan Suni made sure to injure An Xuchen somehow.

Otherwise, she would just lay there like a dead fish as a show of defiance.

An Xuchen was inwardly furious. All men derived pride from conquest, but he didn't feel any of that. It was like sleeping with a corpse.

This feeling…

Both of them loathed each other. If it weren't for the fact that Yan Suni could earn money, he wouldn't have married her.

The failed business venture last time made An Xuchen very scared, and he couldn't help but want to escape from thoughts of that.

So he relied on Yan Suni to make money.

However, there was no love between the two, only resentment.

Yan Suni couldn't get free.

An Xuchen attached himself to her like a maggot.

It was suffocating and painful.

When Ning Shu woke up from sitting in meditation, she felt as light as a feather, like she would float when she walked.

She glanced at the black hole on the wall of the system space. The black hole was gradually getting smaller, but she didn't know how long it would take to completely close.

If these two pearls were that capable, why didn't they ascend to heaven already?

Ning Shu said to 2333, "Let's enter the task."

"Alright." 2333 said in a gentle tone, "I chose a relatively easy task for you this time."

As soon as Ning Shu heard that tone, she had a bad feeling about things.

Gentle and considerate weren't part of 2333's character composition.

"I…" Before Ning Shu could even finish speaking, she felt a moment of dizziness, then her soul was squeezed hard into a body.

Furthermore, even after her soul successfully merged with the body, she still felt like she was being compressed. It was like she had been forcefully shoved into a small glass bottle.

On top of that, as soon as she moved, she felt a piercing pain like iron claws were digging into her flesh and ripping it apart.

Fr*ck it hurt.

Ning Shu hastily opened her eyes and what entered her view was the walls of a pit. Some snow had accumulated inside the pit.

Furthermore, this hole in the ground was rather deep. It looked about two meters deep.

She was currently lying on the ground. She lowered her head and saw her two forelimbs which were beautifully snow white.

There was no expression on her face, but her eyes were filled with fury.

She then turned to look backward at the part of herself that was in pain.

She found that her furry hind leg was caught in an animal trap. Fresh blood had soaked her fur and even the snow was dyed red.

So, this time she was a nonhuman creature?

Ning Shu fully gave up on 2333. She shouldn't have harbored any hopes for him anyways.

She tried moving her leg and immediately felt unbearable pain. Above the pit, the cold wind howled.

She wanted to pry open the trap, but how was she supposed to do it with these paws?

Ning Shu slowly got up, keeping the leg caught by the trap only half lifted, and looked towards the top of the hole.

With her current jumping ability, she wouldn't be able to jump out.

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2336: Bai Sanniang

Ning Shu felt like her legs were about to break from being clamped by the animal trap. Seeing no other choice, she lay on the ground and began trying to pry the trap open with her mouth.

The moment she moved and touched the trap, however, her wound hurt like crazy.

Moreover, due to excessive blood loss, her body was very weak. Ning Shu was very thirsty, too.

She stuck out her tongue and licked the snow on the ground.

As she grimaced in pain, Ning Shu started receiving the storyline.

The original host, Bai Sanniang, was a white fox who had been injured by an animal trap and fell into a hole dug by a hunter.

At this point, Bai Sanniang was still just an ordinary fox. She could only, at best, be considered a bit smart.

Bai Sanniang was then rescued by a boy, whom she followed afterward.

This world was a cultivation world. Its people were eager to gain power and become immortals.

In this kind of cruel world, the boy, who had been orphaned, was viewed as a weed. As they lived together, the boy and Bai Sanniang became codependent on each other.

But nothing lasted forever. Bai Sanniang’s snow-white fur was flawless. Even if she rolled in dirt to cover the fur up, it would still attract the attention of some greedy people.

Indeed, some monster traders later came to capture Bai Sanniang. In order to let Bai Sanniang escape, the boy grabbed them and hindered them from going after her.

Before Bai Sanniang escaped, she saw people beating him up. She realized then that her presence there would only encumber him, so she ran.

Bai Sanniang returned to that place the next day, but by then, he had disappeared.

She didn’t know if he was even still alive.

Bai Sanniang could only whimper and return to the deep mountains. There, she worked hard and cultivated. By the time she had achieved strength, however, the world had already changed.

By now, even if Bai Sanniang wanted to seek revenge on those hunters, she wouldn’t be able to find them anymore.

Likewise, she never saw the boy again, either.

Later, when Bai Sanniang was going through heavenly tribulation, her inner demon caused her to be directly killed by the tribulation lightning. Her soul was supposed to be scattered completely by the lightning then. However, because of the obsession she held, a trace of her soul held on.

Ironically, the same inner demon that motivated her to pursue power also made her fail in her pursuit.

Bai Sanniang's wish was to repay the boy well.

Ning Shu was now Bai Sanniang who had been caught in an animal trap.

Ning Shu let out a long sigh and she stopped struggling. She’d just wait for the boy to save her.

She should also think of ways to repay him…

When Ning Shu thought of the boy, the word ‘wet nurse’ instantly popped into her head.

This was her first time transmigrating as a non-human being.

She didn’t know if she could cultivate the Unsurpassable Martial Arts or not.

Who knew if animals even had dantians or not?

Ning Shu lay on the ground. She inwardly recited the Unsurpassable Martial Arts, but animal tendons were different from those of a human being.

Ning Shu had no choice but to learn as she went. Since there was fur all over her body, and thus she couldn’t absorb spiritual energy through her pores, Ning Shu had to inhale spiritual energy with her mouth open.

Since she was using her mouth, only a bit of spiritual energy was entering her body. However, she could still feel that this world had quite an abundance of spiritual energy.

Ning Shu’s heart was thus full of expectations. Since the spiritual energy of this world was abundant, it’d be easy for it to naturally form some treasures. She might just encounter something good here.

It was already dark, and the boy was still nowhere to be seen.

The chilly evening wind howled. The weather was getting colder, too.

Ning Shu curled up into a ball and pressed her head against the injured leg. Because of the injury, the blood from her leg had become frozen. She was both cold and very much in pain.

As she waited for the boy to come rescue her, Ning Shu kept her ears perked up. She also opened her mouth to absorb the spiritual energy in the air.

She was a little bit afraid that the hunter would come before the boy. That’d be tricky.

The problem was, some things just weren’t set in stone.

Ning Shu cultivated all night. By the next morning, she was licking the snow to try to stave off her hunger.

If only she had a fasting pill with her, she wouldn’t have to waste spiritual energy to maintain her physiological normality right now.

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2337: Heaven Knows Where the Dantian of an Animal Was

Ning Shu searched for the meridians of her current body and started to cultivate again. This was not a human body, after all, so she had to find out where her meridians were.

Heaven knows where the dantian of an animal was.

Ning Shu opened her mouth like a dog and panted to take in one breath after another.

Her leg that had been caught in the animal trap had turned completely numb.

Come on, little boy, get here already, come on…

While she cultivated, Ning Shu noticed movement outside the animal trap.

The cold wind was blowing, and Ning Shu, still in the hole dug by the hunter, felt so cold.

Ning Shu was still lying on the ground. Her dark eyes twitched. She raised her head from time to time to look out the hole.

Ning Shu was now starting to doubt if the boy would even come at all.

Bai Sanniang got to be rescued by the boy, but perhaps she wouldn’t get that luxury?

Ning Shu truly felt like the whole world was always malicious towards her.

If she was going to be transmigrated, she should’ve just been sent to a time when Bai Sanniang had met the boy. At this point, there were still too many variables.

She also couldn’t write off the possibility that 2333 did this intentionally.

She had already crossed that bridge, though. Ning Shu licked two mouthfuls of snow. Her tongue was frozen and numb now.

She calmed down and started to cultivate. If she didn’t cultivate, she really wouldn’t be able to wait for the boy to come.

Even if he came, she’d already be dead by then. It’d be hilarious if she ended up just becoming that boy’s dinner.

Wait, would that count as paying him back?

Paying back his life-saving grace with her body!!

“Ah…” A slightly surprised voice came from above Ning Shu's head. Some snow from the mouth of the pit fell down.

Ning Shu looked up and saw a child looking down into the hole. His tender face clearly showed his surprise.

Ning Shu excitedly got up. She opened her mouth to speak to him, but only whimpers came out.

Being unable to speak, Ning Shu had no choice but to hope that the other party could see the emotions expressed in her eyes despite her furry face.

Yi Liang, the boy, was lying at the mouth of the hole, from which he saw Ning Shu’s fox body. It was entirely white, except for her eyes and nose.

Yi Liang was a little excited. He never imagined that he’d pick up a fox. His eyes met Ning Shu’s dark and glistening eyes.

“Wait there! I’ll save you.” Yi Liang ran away with the bamboo basket on his back.

Ning Shu pressed her lips together. Her leg really hurt, ah…

She looked towards the mouth of the hole, waiting for Yi Liang to come back.

Yi Liang came back with a strip of rattan that he had found somewhere.

He was gasping for air. Because of the cold weather, his large mouthful of breath fogged.

His face and nose were also flushed.

Yi Liang tied the rattan to the bamboo basket. Fearing that it wouldn’t be strong enough, he tied it several times.

Yi Liang then grabbed the rattan and slowly lowered the bamboo basket.

“Little Fox, jump into the bamboo basket and I’ll pull you up, get it?” Yi Liang shouted to Ning Shu.

Yi Liang was a little worried that the little fox couldn’t understand him.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu endured the pain in her leg and jumped into the bamboo basket.

Yi Liang slowly pulled Ning Shu up. It took a lot of effort to pull her out of the hole.

Once she was out, Ning Shu jumped out of the bamboo basket. She stretched out her legs and began whimpering at Yi Liang.

Yi Liang saw the trap on Ning Shu’s leg and rubbed his hands nervously on his clothes.

He wanted to free her leg from the beast trap, but he was also worried that the fox would hurt him.

Ning Shu whimpered again at Yi Liang. He then squatted down and stretched out his hand to grab the trap.

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2338: She Would Rather Just Die, Really…

“Please don’t bite me after I take this trap off for you. I don’t have money to get treatment,” Yi Liang said as he stretched out his hand to grab the animal trap.

Because of the trap’s strength, as a child, Yi Liang found it hard to open the trap.

The teeth of the animal trap also kept rubbing against Ning Shu’s wound.

Ning Shu: …

She would rather just die, really…

Ning Shu stared at Yi Liang blankly, which made Yi Liang a little nervous. His nose began to sweat.

“Be patient. I’ll be able to open the trap right away,” Yi Liang comforted her.

Yi Liang exerted a lot of strength and finally opened a gap in the trap. Ning Shu hurriedly pulled her leg out.

A second more, she felt, and her legs would really become destroyed.

Yi Liang then let go of the trap, and the animal trap slammed shut with a terrifying noise.

Ning Shu whimpered at Yi Liang while he wiped the sweat off his forehead and said to her, “You should go now.”

She stared at him. In the original storyline, this boy was supposed to be a twelve-year-old. However, he was malnourished, so he didn’t look his age.

His clothes were patched, and his toes were sticking out of his shoes.

On such a cold day, he didn’t wear much. His clothes were also only tied around his waist by a thin rope.

He was so clearly impoverished.

Despite his dire straits, though, after he rescued Bai Sanniang, Yi Liang still didn’t kill nor sell her.

He must be very kind.

“Are your legs injured?” When he saw Ning Shu’s leg, Yi Liang scratched his head and looked around. There was snow everywhere, and he couldn’t find any herbs.

Ning Shu wasn’t concerned. With that animal trap gone, her wound would slowly heal anyway.

She jumped into Yi Liang’s bamboo basket. He was a little surprised, then said, “Go away. I can’t raise you.”

Yi Liang stretched out his hand and carried Ning Shu out of the bamboo basket. He then walked away with the bamboo basket on his back.

He was reluctant, but he finally decided to let Ning Shu go.

He felt that it’d be a pity for such an intelligent fox to die like this.

When they faced hunger and cold, it was natural that a person would prioritize their survival, but this child’s kind heart prevailed over his own survival instinct.

Ning Shu looked at Yi Liang’s receding back and limped towards him.

Yi Liang saw Ning Shu from the corner of his eyes, then stopped and sighed.

He put down the bamboo basket, stretched out his hand, and carried her into the basket. He then took off his clothes and covered Ning Shu’s body with it to prevent her from being seen.

Yi Liang carried the bamboo basket on his back, then ran. Meanwhile, Ning Shu was tossing and turning in the basket.

Holy sh*t, her legs hurt!!

Ning Shu looked at the view outside through the bamboo basket’s gaps.

This forest was located on the mountain behind Yi Liang’s house. Ning Shu had expected that Yi Liang’s house would be completely ramshackle, but she didn’t expect it to be a small courtyard.

It was dilapidated, of course. In the yard that was supposed to be a garden, for instance, some herbs and vegetables were grown instead. However, in this weather, the vegetables were already wilting, showing only yellowing, rotten leaves covered by a layer of snow.

It was better than what Ning Shu had imagined, though.

Yi Liang pushed open the door, and it rattled. He walked into the house and put the bamboo basket down.

Ning Shu jumped out of the basket and looked around. The room they were in was empty, furnished only by an old table and two old benches.

However, the room was quite large. Judging by its size, there were probably many decorations in this room.

Could it be that Yi Liang’s family was relatively wealthy in the past?

“Wait. I’ll get you some medicine.” Yi Liang picked up his clothes from the bamboo basket and put them on. He then went to the yard by the door to find herbs.

In no time at all, Yi Liang had pulled out some herbs, found a mashing pot, and crushed the herb with an iron pestle.

He spread the herbs on Ning Shu’s leg and wrapped it with a strip of cloth.

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2339: Becoming an Animal

Ning Shu smelled the herbal medicine Yi Liang made for her. It was an herbal medicine supposed to reduce swelling and stop bleeding. She had not expected that Yi Liang would know medicine.

Since he had medicinal knowledge, then why was he still living so poorly?

Yi Liang’s hands were slightly red and swollen, obviously because it was cold. He used both of his hands to wrap the strip of cloth around Ning Shu’s leg.

Ning Shu stared at Yi Liang. He wasn’t tall, and his complexion was sallow, but his facial features were nicely defined and his eyes were a beautiful shade of black.

Yi Liang lived alone in the house.

With his good looks and how his house looked, Ning Shu concluded that his family’s situation probably wasn’t bad before.

“You should stay here until you recover,” Yi Liang said after making a knot.

Ning Shu opened her mouth, but all that came out was whimpering, which rendered her speechless.

Yi Liang ran to the kitchen and dug out two dark things from the stove hole. They looked like sweet potatoes, or perhaps simply potatoes.

Yi Liang put one in a bowl and gave it to Ning Shu, then began to gnaw on the other one. “Eat. This is the only thing I got. When your injury has healed, go back to the mountain. Living there is better than being here.”

Ning Shu was famished. She had stayed in the trap for so long, all the while injured and bleeding, as well as cold and hungry.

The potato Yi Liang gave her was roasted sweet potato. Ning Shu quickly finished eating it.

Yi Liang, seeing the little fox eating so hurriedly, couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t it hot?”

Ning Shu wiped her mouth with her front paws. Suddenly, she felt a little like breaking down. She really felt like she was becoming an animal.

Yi Liang poured some water into Ning Shu’s bowl. Ning Shu stuck out her tongue to lick the water. The water was cool.

Ning Shu inwardly sighed. This child…

How should she repay him?

Everyone in this world lusted after money, power, and strength.

What wishes did Yi Liang have? She’d help him fulfill them.

The room was very quiet. Yi Liang was drinking water when suddenly, they heard the banging sound of someone slamming the door.

As soon as Ning Shu heard the sound, she knew that it must not be anything good. She turned to look at Yi Liang’s gentle face again.

Hearing that sound, Yi Liang’s face became filled with anger and hatred, mixed with helplessness and sadness.

The sound became louder and more urgent, and then came an exasperated voice saying, “Yi Liang, hurry up and open the door!”

“Don’t think you can escape by hiding at home.”

“Open the door!”

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The people outside kept shouting, so Yi Liang picked Ning Shu up and hid her under the blankets. “Stay here. Don’t come out. If you come out, you’ll be taken away by those people.”

Yi Liang covered Ning Shu carefully with the blanket.

He then closed the bedroom door before he confronted those people.

Ning Shu peeked out the blanket and began to eavesdrop.

“Yi Liang, hurry up and move out of this house! This house belongs to the clan.”

“Who knows where your damned father ran off to? Your mother probably ran off of someone else.”

Yi Liang’s voice was deep and filled with anger. “Don’t you talk about my parents this way!”

“And your sister, who knows which human trafficker managed to lure her off?” The other party kept provoking Yi Liang.

Listening to these words, Ning Shu couldn’t help but be a little speechless. This Yi Liang wasn’t a jinx, was he?

Translator: Kaho

Chp 2340: Either the Protagonist or the Villain

People with this kind of fate were either the protagonist or the villain.

If they were the protagonist, this background was meant to strengthen their heart. If they were the villain, these kinds of things would surely be enough to twist their mind.

His whole family was gone. What a tough life.

These people talked specifically to poke at Yi Liang’s sore spots. Considering that he was just a young boy, it was already impressive that he was able to endure until now.

“You have until the end of the day to get the hell out of here. This house occupies such a good position, so it’ll be used for business.”

“This is my house. What right do you have to make me move out?” Yi Liang raised his chin and said stubbornly. His body was tense, and it was also trembling as he clenched his fists.

“Do you think that this can be your house just because you say so? Your family just temporarily lived here back then. I never thought that you’d be so shameless and think of it as your own house.”

“This is my house, get out of here!” Yi Liang shouted, pushing those people out of the door.

“Yi Liang, you’ve surely grown some guts. Don’t forget, my great-grandfather is a foundation stage cultivator. If you dare to touch even a single hair on my body, my great-grandfather can make your soul fly away with a single finger.

“My great-grandfather is also in charge of this town. Before you do anything, you should first think about the consequences,” the leading man said triumphantly.

The man was less than twenty years old, and he looked domineering.

Although the foundation stage was only the entry point for cultivation, it already placed its attainers on a level different from ordinary people.

Foundation stage cultivators would already be called immortals by ordinary people since their lifespan was longer than that of the ordinary.

Moreover, there were very few people who could cultivate. Only one in about a hundred thousand people might have a spiritual root.

Yi Liang thought of the great-grandfather that man mentioned and clenched his fists tightly. He endured it, but he was also unwilling to step back. They were thus in a stalemate.

Not only did this world have many sects, but it also had an imperial family. Rumors said that the imperial family had a powerful figure who was in the soul formation stage.

These powerful cultivators were like the nuclear weapons of the imperial family. The country used them to intimidate and deter other countries from attacking.

Indeed, every place was ruled by cultivators with high cultivation levels.

The imperial family allowed the cultivators to rule places because they were afraid of other, troublemaking cultivators.

This town in particular was managed by this man’s great-grandfather.

Hearing his words in the room, Ning Shu couldn’t help but frown.

This was a cruel world. A person would only have the right to speak if they were powerful. This was obviously Yi Liang’s house, and these people were trying to snatch it.

Murders were also commonplace among the cultivators trying to snatch all kinds of cultivation resources from each other.

This was just a remote town, and the situation was already this bad. One could imagine the situation in a more prosperous place, where there'd be more powerful cultivators.

Ning Shu jumped out of the bed, out of the window, and into the kitchen in the flash.

“Brother, I think I just saw something flash past?” a man next to the leading man quickly said to him.

“What’s there?”

The man rubbed his eyes, thinking that he must be dazzled.

“Yi Liang, don’t blame me for not giving you some face. For better or for worse, we are family. When are you moving out?” Yi Xue stretched out his finger and poked Yi Liang’s chest, forcing him to take a couple of steps back.

Yi Liang looked at Yi Xue stubbornly. “I’m not selling the house. This is my house, and I’m going to wait for my parents to come back.”

“Sell? Who said anything about buying? I’m telling you to move out now. This house belongs to the clan. Who do you think you can sell it to? Get out now, or you’ll see how rude I can be to you.” Yi Xue sneered.

“Yi Xue, are you really going to be this cruel?” Yi Liang clenched his fists tightly.

“Cruel? You really have no clue about what’s going on right now, do you? The clan had allowed your family to live in this house, and now you’re taking it for yourself. Do you have any sense of shame? Have you no shame?” Yi Xue patted Yi Liang’s face roughly as he spoke, making harsh and loud slapping sounds.

Yi Xue was deliberately humiliating him.

Yi Liang’s face was ashen. His eyes were fixed on Yi Xue.

MTL Editor: Ran

Translator: Kaho