Playing the male antagonist in a melodramatic novel is fine for a bit of fun.

Inside the Wen family's gentle room.

Wenrou stared at Liu Ruyan's monologue, which had gone viral online, her teeth grinding and her fists clenched tightly.

"That bitch, how dare she!"

Wenrou knew she was jealous.

Unlike Liu Ruyan, who only entered into a marriage of convenience with Qin Yi to prevent her company from being targeted, she herself had genuinely harbored ill intentions when she started keeping a substitute.

Therefore, seeing Liu Ruyan so openly express her love, Wenrou felt more jealousy than anything else.

If she didn't have a stand-in, she would also like to express her love openly and honestly.

But there are no "what ifs" in life.

Ah Zhou was fully aware of his own despicable nature.

If he were to follow Liu Ruyan's example, it would be nothing short of an insult to the Chen family, who knew the truth. It would be like throwing A-Zhou's face to the ground and trampling on it. In that case, he would probably never be able to enter the Chen family's gate again in his lifetime.

Therefore, seeing Liu Ruyan's overwhelming online announcements about her impending divorce and pursuit of true love, Wenrou felt a mix of jealousy and inferiority.

Mr. and Mrs. Wen stood outside the room, and the door, which had been pushed open a little, was closed again.

The two looked at each other, both with a worried expression.

Instead of disturbing Wenrou, they went to the study together.

After sitting down in the study, Wen's mother looked at Wen's father with a glimmer of hope and asked, "Old Wen, what did Chen Mu say? Is there still a chance for the two children?"

Seeing the hopeful look in Wen's mother's eyes, Wen's father shook his head: "Old Chen said that Chen Zhou has psychological trauma and will never get married. I know Old Chen is just trying to save face for me, that's why he said that. What did Tong Xiao say?"

Wen's mother's hopes were dashed, and she sighed, "Tong Xiao said the same thing."

As she spoke, Wen's mother's eyes welled up with tears: "Xiao Rou has finally grown up, finally found someone she likes, how could this happen?"

Wenrou's parents poured so much love into their child, who had suffered from insomnia since childhood, and naturally couldn't bear to see their child suffer like this.

Father Wen sighed, "There's nothing we can do. In the end, it was Xiao Rou's own fault. Otherwise, I would kneel down and beg Chen Mu to settle the marriage between the two children."

"But now, I'm too ashamed to beg."

"Ah Zhou is such a good child, he should find someone just as good. Xiao Rou made the wrong choice."

Mother Wen covered her eyes: "My poor, unfortunate daughter."

……

Chen Zhou was unaware of what was happening in various places.

Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

At this moment, Chen Zhou had arrived at the location and began to initially connect the strategy system to the second mountain.

The woman being wooed looked completely satisfied, letting Chen Zhou touch her all over.

Don't just focus on the right side, add some to the left too.

Hearing the little man's words, which sounded like he was instructing a bathhouse attendant, Chen Zhou's face darkened. He stopped being so careful to prevent the little man from feeling pain and loosened the restrictions a bit, connecting more nodes at once.

【Aww~】

Instantly, the little mannequin let out a pig-like scream, while Chen Zhou's face broke into a smile.

"Why does it suddenly hurt so much?" the strategist asked knowingly.

In reality, Chen Zhou only slightly increased the burden on the character he was supposed to bear, which was similar to the pain of a sudden bump – it would only hurt for a moment and wouldn't last.

Having spent some time with the villain and Chen Zhou, she naturally knew that Chen Zhou was deliberately teasing her because of what she had just said.

A little pain is just playing around.

After all, Chen Zhou had gone through all that trouble to upgrade himself, so it was a little embarrassing for me to just enjoy it.

As a pet, she naturally needed to consider Chen Zhou's feelings as his master, so she pretended to be in great pain to make Chen Zhou feel that she was not so much like a bathhouse attendant.

(The little character's inner monologue: [Master Chen, you need to balance things out; you need to take care of every part of his body.])

Chen Zhou looked at the little manga guide and nodded slightly: "It's become much smarter."

The little character, arms crossed, said with great pride: "Of course, I'm extremely clever."

Chen Zhou nodded: "It's better to be smarter, so you won't get scammed later."

The little character in the strategy guide looked thoughtful: "But right now, you're the only one I can talk to regularly, and you're the only one who's lied to me."

……

The next day, early in the morning.

At the Chen family residence, Chen Zhou led everyone in martial arts practice.

Chen Zhou realized that Chen Xin was almost able to master the operation of the technique.

"Xin Xin is almost in mastering the technique; everyone else, give it your all."

Chen Mu and Tong Xiao stood next to each other, and they both glanced at Chen Zhou, who had a serious expression on his face.

Seeing that Chen Zhou wasn't looking in his direction, Chen Mu turned his head towards Tong Xiao and whispered, "I usually use these kinds of words to motivate my employees, but I didn't expect them to be used to motivate me today. It feels a bit strange."

Tong Xiao nodded in agreement, recalling the scene of Chen Zhou and the others being disciplined by her when they were young, and couldn't help but say, "I disciplined A-Zhou when he was young, and now I'm being disciplined by A-Zhou. It does feel strange."

As Chen Zhou listened to his parents reminisce about the past, they began to talk about how he first came to the Chen family, how he started to get along with his older sister Chen Ya, and how Chen Xin was born.

Not only Chen Zhou heard it clearly, but everyone else did too.

Chen Ming and Guo Yueyue were particularly distracted by this, and they even made mistakes in their moves.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Zhou spoke in a tone used to coax kindergarten children: "Mom's classmate, Father's classmate, don't disturb the other students' studies."

This sound successfully reminded the two people, whose combined age was over one hundred, that it was time to practice martial arts.

Chen Mu coughed twice and began to practice seriously, as if the person Chen Zhou had just mentioned wasn't him.

Tong Xiao wasn't so thick-skinned. Being watched by so many juniors and being told to stop talking by A Zhou in a coaxing tone, her face immediately turned red.

The others quickly focused on their tasks, but Chen Ming planned to ask his mother and father when Chen Zhou took Guo Le to practice after the session was over.

Chen Ming was still very curious about the fact that he was not in the Chen family when he was young.

Soon, the martial arts training was completed, and Chen Zhou began to guide Guo Le in practicing the Universal Techniques for Extraordinary People 3.0.

During the game, Guo Le watched Chen Zhou's movements and imitated them. At the same time, she recalled the rhythmic movements of Chen Zhou's body when his hand was on her back.

Thinking this, Guo Le seemed to see that regular rhythm, and his movements became faster.

Chen Zhou's divine sense clearly saw this change, so he stopped his training and turned to look at Guo Le with some admiration in his eyes: "Good comprehension."