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Jiang Yunshui was born in the wilderness and raised on the streets. Brought up by a blind zither player, he struggled to survive in a cruel world.
After the zither player died, he had no choice but to work as a laborer at the docks just to earn enough for a day's food. There, he was unfortunate enough to encounter demonic sect disciples using ordinary people to test their medicine, and was tortured until he was on the brink of death.
Just as he was about to die, someone suddenly soared down from the sky, furious and murderous, a long sword drawn at his waist. In an instant, thunder and lightning blotted out the sky.
That day, everyone in the land saw a world-shaking storm of lightning and thunder over the Huai Bei Circuit. A branch of the demonic sect was annihilated without even making a sound.
When Jiang Yunshui woke, he saw a handsome stranger sitting by his bed. He had seen this man's face not long ago on a wanted poster issued by the authorities. His identity was... the Demonic Sect's Demon Lord.
"My son has been unconscious for days, but at last he's awake." The man smiled and reached out to stroke his face. As Jiang Yunshui stared in utter horror, he continued, "Call me Dad."
Jiang Yunshui: "...?"
The Demon Lord has gone crazy right in front of me. How do I save myself? Help, urgent! Waiting online!
Many years later, someone from the martial world asked the next generation of Demonic Sect disciples, "Why did the Demon Lord decide to turn over a new leaf?"
The disciple folded his arms and answered in a world-weary tone, "Because if he didn't, Senior Brother wouldn't call the sect leader Dad."
A wise man doesn't fall in love, and a workhorse doesn't know when to quit. This has always been Mo Li Dao's principle.
He cultivated the Way of Forgetting Emotions, believing that all emotions and desires were illusions. Rather than talk about love, he would rather drink, or even go plow and sow in the fields. That was far more meaningful.
Until he met the one destined to be his true love. All his principles went straight out the window.
Many years later, a junior in the cultivation world asked Mo Li Dao, "Mr. Mo, didn't you say a wise man doesn't fall in love, and a workhorse doesn't know when to quit?"
Mo Li Dao replied without hesitation, "Exactly. Am I not just a workhorse in this vast world?"
Junior: "..."
Little scene:
Mo Li Dao: Yun'er, if your dad and I fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?
Jiang Yunshui: I can't swim, but I can ask my dad to save you!
Mo Li Dao (sucking in a pained breath): What if you had to get in the water yourself?
Jiang Yunshui: Then you're done for. My dad would definitely save me first, and then he'd electrocute the water.
Mo Li Dao: ...
Author's note:
1. The story's main pairing is a clever, mischievous, adorable, doted-on top x an unhurried bottom whose weakness is his top. Their everyday romance is mostly the bottom getting jealous of Dad.
2. This story focuses on family bonds. The bottom appears later in the story.
3. Please don't give writing advice or read with a shipping agenda.
Theme: Treasure family bonds and save each other.