Late-Night Readings: Memoirs of a Liangshan Commoner

“My name is Li Cunyi, but everyone calls me Dog Leftover. During the Northern Song drought, I was forced to join the bandits. The family letter hidden in my shoe was trampled to pieces: ‘Run away and we’ll kill your mother!’ I had no martial arts skills and no System. I got by on keeping count and balancing the books, just trying to earn enough to eat on Liangshan. But I protected three brothers, helped soldiers’ families claim their compensation, and even took in an orphan. They say, ‘Act in Heaven’s name.’ I say, ‘First, protect the people close to you.’ Now I’m old, sitting in my grain shop, telling you about my days as a lowly Liangshan soldier…”