Mister Zhong rolled to the side, evading the strike of the bandit’s blade by a stroke of luck. But his luck was about to end. He tried to get up but the bandit was already right beside him. He lifted the blade and struck again. Mister Zhong closed his eyes and waited for his end. …
Continue reading OMF V1C39 No Need to Thank Me … Father-in-law
The person that walked in was Su Yan’s father. When he saw his son sitting next to his wife on the couch he frowned disapprovingly. "So you’ve come back?" Su Yan evaded his gaze. "It’s not like I’m going to move back in. I just came to see mom. I should go now." He stood …
Mister Zhong gulped. He shook his wife’s shoulder and sat up, forcing himself to smile at the man while he was shivering inside. Madam Zhong opened her eyes. It was still dark. The sun had just started to rise, painting only a sliver of the horizon in a lighter gray. She wanted to ask what …
The next days passed without incidents and the Zhongs finally reached the forest at the foot of the Long mountain range. If any dark clouds dared to approach their path, a certain dragon king chased them away with an even darker expression. Those things shouldn’t even think of scaring his beloved! Well, at least not …
Early the next morning, the Zhongs set out toward the capital. It would take them about six weeks to reach there. After all, they would have to cross the plains and pass through the forest at the foot of the Long mountain range before they would arrive in the far north. Legend had it that …
Jing Yi told his parents what Qiu Ling had said about the letter’s content. The Zhongs discussed and started packing their belongings the same day, intending to head towards the capital the next morning. There wasn’t much they had to take with them. Some clothes, the little stash of copper coins they had saved up, …
Just like the Fate’s Scribe had written in Jing He’s scroll of fate a letter reached the house of Zhong Jing Yi’s family shortly after he had turned eight years old. He curiously eyed it, not understanding what his father held there. When his father didn’t explain he looked up at his mother. His habit …
In the Nine Heavens, Hong Bao happily skipped over to the courtyard Shun Tao had ordered her to monitor. Her flowery dress was swirling around her legs with each of her steps and her hair swayed in the breeze. Had she not been of low status she probably would have had many suitors in the …
Qiu Ling pulled his beloved closer, barely resisting the urge to hug him. "Little boy, you know, running into the forest all alone isn’t good. Not even mentioning that your mother would worry about you what would you have done if I wasn’t here anymore?" Jing Yi drooped his head. "There, there." Qiu Ling patted …
Zhong Jing Yi debated for the whole day who had lied and who had told the truth. He didn’t believe Madam Pan but he believed his mother and they had both said the same thing. The old man hadn’t seemed like he lied but how could his mother have been a mud monster once? It …
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