Chapter 18: The Seven Dragon Balls of the Original Novel’s Female Lead

The man with the beard pulled out a short knife from his sleeve and gave a malicious grin.

His henchmen raised their sticks and approached.

Zhao Anming had never encountered such a situation before and nervously backed away.

“Someone, help me…”

The sound of hurried footsteps approached, so quickly that Zhao Anming thought it was just his imagination.

“Isn’t it a bit excessive to gang up on one person like this?”

Everyone turned to look, stunned when they saw the newcomer.

A beautiful woman around twenty years old appeared. Her skin was as white as snow, her almond eyes shimmering, and her hair elegantly pinned up in thick, dark waves. She had a slim waist and long legs, elegantly draped in layers of white dress.

She was holding a seven- or eight-year-old boy in her arms, with a small, dark creature standing at her feet.

With a resounding crash from the sky, Nian Nian made a dazzling entrance!

Hehe… she used her remaining points to exchange for long legs and a shapely butt not long ago, perfect for playing the hero and saving the beauty. But no, she was the real beauty.

The man with the beard swallowed nervously and forced a smile.

“This is excessive? My brothers and I can be even worse. Do you want to see?” Jiang Niannian frowned, and the man became even more pleased with himself, leering, “Oh, this little face is so charming when it’s scrunched up! Come on, scrunched up it for me to see?”

As soon as he finished speaking, his henchmen displayed knowing smiles.

Yin Buqi’s eyes glinted with a chilling light, filled with icy hostility.

How dare these filthy creatures tarnish his Niannian?! They should be punished!

Jiang Niannian, instead of being angry, smiled and beckoned the bearded man with a finger.

The man grinned and moved towards her.

Her gaze fell on his extended hand.

With a subtle flick of her fingers, her long sword moved and struck towards the bearded man’s arm.

It was clean and decisive, with no hesitation.

The sound of the sword slicing through flesh and the man’s shrieks were extremely harsh.

“If you can’t manage your own hands, let me help you destroy them so you can’t use them for evil anymore!”

Withdrawing the sword, Jiang Niannian gently wiped the red from it and smiled, “Now get lost.”

The henchmen exchanged glances and, unwillingly, dragged their leader away.

One of them glanced back at Jiang Niannian, unable to forget such a rare beauty.

But his gaze was met with a small projectile that made him bleed.

“Ouch—” He instinctively covered his eye, unable to stay any longer, and ran off in a panic.

He looked at the small thing that had hit his eye—an hawthorn seed.

“Wow, a fairy! There really are fairies in this world, woo woo woo! I’ve always dreamed of meeting one, and now my dream has come true. Fairy, you saved me, and I swear I will be devoted to you!”

Zhao Anming wailed, reaching to embrace Jiang Niannian, but was stopped by a small hand around his throat.

Yin Buqi’s thin lips pressed together as he coldly watched him.

“Are you a white snake? Why are you stopping me from hugging the fairy?” Zhao Anming, turning white from being choked, still tried to push forward.

“Buqi, let go first,” Jiang Niannian said helplessly.

Reluctantly, Yin Buqi released his hold and wrapped his arms around Jiang Niannian’s neck.

The fairy could be ruthless one moment and tender and smiling the next.

This made the little boy relax his grip on his throat!

What does this mean? It means the fairy is concerned about him!

“Wow! Fairy, you really care about me!”

“Wait, stop right there.”

“Oh…” Zhao Anming paused, looking aggrieved as he stood still.

Jiang Niannian observed him for a while.

The young man looked about seventeen or eighteen, with rosy lips and white teeth, dressed in extravagant golden silk and jewel-encrusted clothing.

He looked flashy and seemed to be saying, “Come rob me.”

She asked, “What’s your name?”

Zhao Anming felt even more wronged and said, “I didn’t shout.”

Jiang Niannian: “I meant your name.”

(T/N: What Jiang Niannian said is (nǐ jiào shénme), and it literally means “What is your name?” But it can also be misunderstood as “What did you shout?” (since “jiào” can mean “to shout” or “to call”).

“Oh, I’m Zhao Anming. My father is Zhao Shang. Fairy, my family is very rich. I swear, if you stay with me, all our wealth will be yours…”

“You’re Zhao Anming?!” Jiang Niannian interrupted, surprised.

Zhao Anming, scratching his head awkwardly: “Fairy recognizes me? Well, I am quite famous, haha.”

Zhao Anming was one of the seven Dragon Balls of the female lead, Tang Murou.

He wasn’t wrong—his family was indeed wealthy.

To what extent? In a sect as large as Rimuli, more than half of its annual expenses were covered by his family.

In modern terms, it would be called “investment,” and he was a major shareholder.

Zhao Anming was the only child, pampered and indulged without any skills.

However, in a couple of years, when his father passed away, he would inherit the vast family fortune.

His father’s death would be a devastating blow to him.

From then on, he lost his innocence, living a life of excess in brothels, indulging in pleasures, and engaging with everyone.

He was known as “The Dandy Young Master.”

Later, at the Immortal Alliance Conference, he fell for the female lead at first sight and spent lavishly just for a smile.

For the sake of the female lead, he began to clean up his act and turn over a new leaf. It’s not easy for a prodigal person to reform.

[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully triggered a hidden quest: Pursue the seven men of the female lead.]

[Lord Sage Shen Yu: Attributes—Skilled in medicine, sharp-tongued.]

[The Dandy Young Master Zhao Anming: Attributes—Rich family, middle school syndrome (Chuunibyou)]

[Northern Wolf King Tang Xuanye: Attributes—Exceptional martial prowess, sister-con.]

[Pure Yang True Monarch Yin Ci: Attributes—Inheriting his father’s legacy, protagonist halo.]

[Miaojiang Gu King Jie You: Attributes—Skilled in witchcraft, psychotic beauty.]

[Demon Lord Ye Linyuan: Attributes—Arrogant, enjoys being a stud.]

[Yin Buqi (renamed): Attributes— Affected by strange factors, the system has not obtained data.]

Jiang Niannian shook her head and said, “I don’t have a hobby of starting a harem. Besides, Yin Ci and Yin Li are brothers. Things can’t get this chaotic. Let’s just forget about this mission.”

After all, if she is suspected of being involved in pornography and even doing it with seven people at once, wouldn’t she be sentenced to life in prison? !

She couldn’t agree; she just wanted to raise her little cub well and be satisfied.

[Dear Host, we also have a task to seize the female lead Tang Murou’s fortune in this book, with very generous rewards. Please consider it~]

Jiang Niannian continued the second kill: “I don’t have the habit of randomly snatching people’s belongings, so let’s forget about this task.”

[Beep—Beep beep beep beep beep—Beep beep beep beep beep—]

Purify the world, starting with muting.

This is the first time the system has seen such a passive and negligent host, and the first time it has given up its moral integrity and started cursing.

Jiang Niannian actually felt a bit sorry for it. The system’s cursing wouldn’t be aired, and she wouldn’t hear it anyway, so what was the point?”