DLWAV CH108

Ao Ruize left this world with Third Master Liu in the sixteenth year of the Chengde reign.

At that time, Emperor Zhangwu had already been dead for six years.

His health at the time was actually quite good; the reason he suddenly died was that he had learned the true identities of the middle-aged man and his companions.

—He had originally almost believed the rumors that Ao Ruize was truly the Heaven-ordained Son of Heaven.

But then he was told that Ao Ruize was no Son of Heaven at all; the only reason he could make a comeback was because he had received help from the people of the Hua Nation.

As a result, he couldn’t catch his breath and literally died of sheer anger.

Seeing that Great Yang was gradually getting on the right track, and considering they had already explored almost all of this world anyway, Ao Ruize handed over all necessary matters. He set Lu Dang free to continue his “scheming and maneuvering” with the middle-aged man, and then directly departed from this world.

However, this time, after the little Milk Dumpling tearfully jotted down Qin Xiuyan’s name in its little notebook, it couldn’t hold back anymore.

This was already the fourth one—

Clearly, back then, it only wanted to slander Ao Ruize to dispel its “wife” Fu Mu’s affection for him, so it had casually made up the lie that Ao Ruize had over twenty wives—but looking at it now, it seemed this phrase was actually going to come true.

If this continued, even if it directly robbed Ao Ruize of all his points in broad daylight, it wouldn’t be able to afford to support its “wives.”

“Loving every single one you see, can’t you have some moral integrity?!?”

Ao Ruize, who was originally in a pretty good mood: “…”

After all, compared to the previous few worlds, he had been a hands-off boss from start to finish in the last world—that was a vacation in the truest sense!

Ao Ruize immediately straightened his expression: “How do I lack moral integrity?”

Then he realized what the Milk Dumpling was talking about.

“About that…”

It was still the same old saying: he really didn’t want to tell the Milk Dumpling the truth.

Because he was also very curious to see exactly when the Milk Dumpling would discover the truth.

So he merely said, “But aren’t you the same?”

Loving every single one you see.

Milk Dumpling: “…”

Even so, what Ao Ruize said actually seemed to be true.

However, it quickly snapped back to reality, its fur standing on end: “How can we be the same?”

“We haven’t established a relationship! If we did, I would definitely be absolutely loyal to my wife.”

“But look at you! Seducing every one you meet! Shameless, despicable, scumbag…”

It declared: “If you keep doing this, I’m telling you, even if I risk never becoming a regular employee, I’ll ruin your missions, terminate your contract, and send you down to the eighteenth level of hell!”

Ao Ruize: “…”

It seemed the Milk Dumpling was truly angry.

What could Ao Ruize do?

He could only say: “Alright, I promise I won’t lay a hand on your wives anymore.”

The Milk Dumpling hadn’t expected Ao Ruize to agree so easily, so it blanked out for a moment.

Then it realized something. As if a thought had struck it, it immediately added: “What’s the use of a promise? I want you to swear an oath.”

“And what do you mean by ‘won’t lay a hand on my wives anymore’? It should be ‘won’t lay a hand on anyone else anymore’!”

Ao Ruize: “…”

He didn’t expect the Milk Dumpling to have such smart moments, actually finding the loophole in his words.

Ao Ruize: “Fine, I swear I will never lay a hand on anyone else in the future. Otherwise, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death.”

“Is that good enough?”

“Remember what you said.”

The Milk Dumpling was satisfied. It seemed it still held a lot of prestige in Ao Ruize’s heart.

Only then did it say: “Then let’s start the next mission immediately.”

Ao Ruize lowered his eyes and chuckled: “Alright.”

…

“…By the way, I remember Tofu Liu died of lung cancer, right? Why are there rumors everywhere now saying he died of AIDS?”

“I heard this rumor too. What exactly is going on?”

“Tsk, one look and I can tell you guys don’t browse short video apps much and haven’t seen that joke.”

“What joke?”

“They say that after one parent passes away, the best way to prevent the surviving parent from remarrying and splitting the family property is to slander the deceased parent by saying they died of AIDS.”

“Because this way, wouldn’t others suspect that the surviving parent is also infected with AIDS? Then who would dare to marry them?”

“That daughter of Tofu Liu…”

The old lady speaking couldn’t help but shake her head.

“So this was Tofu Liu’s daughter’s doing?”

“Hasn’t she always been quite filial to Tofu Liu and his wife?”

“Truly, you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

Under the archway of an urban village in Qianshi City, a large group of old ladies and aunties were gathered together sunbathing.

Just at this moment, an old lady called out to the passing Ao Ruize: “Ruize?”

Ao Ruize happened to be a bit tired from walking, so he walked over and sat down: “Grannies, Aunties, you’re all here.”

The old ladies and aunties immediately asked: “Ruize, didn’t you go for a job interview? How did it go?”

Ao Ruize sifted through the original body’s memories and simply said: “Don’t mention it. The HR of that company asked right off the bat if I could accept working overtime.”

The old ladies didn’t think much of it: “Sigh, what company doesn’t require overtime these days?”

Ao Ruize: “They don’t pay overtime either.”

The old ladies: “…Hasn’t the economy been bad these past few years? It’s understandable.”

Ao Ruize: “Their job posting said 3,000 to 6,000 a month, but in the end, they were only willing to give 3,000.”

The old ladies: “…Usually, starting salaries aren’t very high. When my daughter just started working, she only made a little over 3,000 too.”

Ao Ruize: “The key is that the employees there have to pay out of pocket first for the gifts, travel, and phone bills when doing sales. And they only reimburse you if you successfully secure an order. So I figure, if I really joined their company, after working myself to the bone for a month, the take-home pay would definitely not exceed 2,300.”

The old ladies: “…Then that is indeed a bit low.”

“Then keep looking.”

Unexpectedly, hearing this, a passing young man burst out laughing aloud.

Ao Ruize and the others immediately turned to look.

Seeing the young man, the expressions of the old ladies and aunties instantly darkened.

Meeting all those stinky faces, the young man’s good mood vanished instantly.

He just assumed they were pulling long faces because they were biased toward Ao Ruize.

So he immediately rolled his eyes: “Keep looking?”

“Keep looking for another eight or nine months to make it an even three years?”

“The way I see it, you simply don’t want to go out and work. You just want to enjoy yourself. What’s wrong with a 2,300 salary? Earning 2,300 a month is at least enough to feed yourself. It’s better than you staying at your sister’s house and leeching off her all the time, right?”

“It’s a wonder your sister can stand you.”

“If you were my younger brother, I would have broken your legs long ago.”

After saying that, he swaggered away.

The old ladies’ and aunties’ faces grew even darker.

“Don’t listen to him. This guy just can’t spit ivory from a dog’s mouth.”

“And it’s not like he doesn’t know that right after you graduated, your mom fell ill, and you only stayed unemployed to take care of her…”

At this point, the old ladies all suddenly shut their mouths.

Mainly, they were afraid of reminding Ao Ruize of this sad matter.

Because later, medical treatment failed, and his mom passed away.

They immediately changed the subject: “By the way, Ruize, do you want to come to my house for lunch today? I had good luck today and managed to snatch a large wild carp.”

“You can come to my place too, I’ll have my Old Wu make braised pork belly for you.”

…

The scene instantly became lively again.

Right at this moment, a group of people suddenly walked past them angrily.

The old ladies immediately looked over: “Who are they?”

“Don’t know them.”

“They aren’t here to cause trouble, are they?”

“Quick, follow them and take a look.”

They immediately followed.

As soon as they turned the corner, they saw the middle-aged man leading the group raise his foot and kick the young man who had just mocked Ao Ruize directly to the ground. The people he brought then rushed into the young man’s shop and started smashing things up.

The young man was completely stunned.

The customers in the shop instinctively asked: “What are you trying to do?”

Many people immediately took out their phones, preparing to call the police.

Just then, the middle-aged man said angrily: “Don’t call the police! I am this guy’s father-in-law! Our family pooled money together to open this shop for him, and now he wants to divorce my daughter. There shouldn’t be any problem with us smashing his shop now, right?”

After saying that, he fiercely slapped the young man across the face again.

Hearing this, the people who were about to call the police indeed stopped what they were doing.

However, an old lady next to Ao Ruize said: “Zhao Cheng wants a divorce?”

“Didn’t he just get married the year before last?”

“And didn’t his wife just give birth to twins for him last month?”

Before the middle-aged man could speak, the young man—Zhao Cheng, as the old lady called him—reacted: “You dare hit me?”

“What right do you have to hit me?”

“Your daughter is unclean now, why shouldn’t I be allowed to divorce her?”

Hearing this, the people who had been preparing to call the police immediately opened their phones again.

They just assumed that the middle-aged man’s daughter had cheated and Zhao Cheng wanted a divorce, and as a result, the middle-aged man had unreasonably come to beat him up.

Who knew that in the next second, they would hear Zhao Cheng say: “I told her at the time to hold it in a bit longer, to wait until a female doctor was available to give birth. She wouldn’t listen and insisted on having that male doctor deliver the babies. In the end, that male doctor saw everything. I’ve lost all my face!”

The middle-aged man’s eyes turned red, and he threw another slap: “Hold it in?! The babies’ heads were already crowning! How could she hold it in, suck them back in?!”

Smack!

The other side of the young man’s face also swelled up.

He was thoroughly enraged. He charged forward, nearly knocking the middle-aged man to the ground.

“Am I wrong?”

He pointed at the spectating crowd and said: “If you don’t believe me, ask them! What man could tolerate such a thing?”

The crowd instantly understood.

The truth of the matter was that Zhao Cheng had completely forgotten the fact that his wife had risked her life to give birth to twins for him. He only remembered that his wife had been fully seen by the male doctor delivering the babies, and then felt that his wife was unclean, clamoring for a divorce—

How could there be such a shameless person in this world?

Those who were originally preparing to call the police completely put their phones back into their pockets, looking at Zhao Cheng with cold sneers.

Zhao Cheng, who hadn’t expected no one to agree with him, had his expression freeze entirely.

Right at this moment, a voice rang out: “I think Brother Zhao is right. What man could tolerate such a thing?”

The crowd turned to look at the source of the voice in disbelief.

Zhao Cheng, however, was stunned again.

Because he didn’t expect the person speaking up for him to actually be Ao Ruize.

After all, he had just mocked him.

Thinking of this, a surge of guilt couldn’t help but rise in Zhao Cheng’s heart.

He decided that starting today, Ao Ruize would be his brother.

Who knew that in the next second, he would see a surge of mockery rise in Ao Ruize’s eyes.

He only heard him say: “So, if you are a man, after encountering such a thing, you should directly commit suicide.”

“After all, if it weren’t for your incompetence and inability to make money, you wouldn’t need your father-in-law to pool money just to open a shop. Even less would you be unable to afford to hire eight or ten doctors when your wife is giving birth, ultimately forcing your wife to ‘hold it in’… Tsk.”

“Exactly.”

Hearing this, the spectating crowd couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“You’ve lost all your face, what are you still living for?”

The expression on Zhao Cheng’s face, however, completely froze.

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