I'll Be the First to Dig Into This Free Meal

[Main story complete, extra chapters updated irregularly] Hua Zhao was struck dead by heavenly lightning. The Heavenly Dao told her that the world she lived in was an cultivation novel about leveling up, with her junior brother Xie Fu as its protagonist. She was a holy-mother tool character in Xie Fu's harem, responsible for pushing the plot forward and helping him collect girls along the way. Looking back over her life, Hua Zhao realized that the only time she had ever enjoyed any happiness was when her second senior brother, who loved her so much he had gone mad, abducted her and kept her prisoner by his side. She had truly been waited on hand and foot, with delicious food brought to her and not a foot ever touching the ground. Moved by the weight of her accumulated good karma, the Heavenly Dao gave her a chance to be reborn. Hua Zhao was reborn on the night her second senior brother was afflicted by a love curse and nearly took advantage of her. Outside, the wind howled and rain poured down. She was supposed to use a magical weapon to severely damage her second senior brother's spiritual roots, leaving the proud prodigy of the immortal sect unable to cultivate immortality and with no choice but to cultivate demonic arts. Then she would escape his clutches, crying as she ran to her junior brother's room. Thinking back on what had happened, Hua Zhao pondered for a moment. She tossed the magical weapon in her hand onto the floor, along with her sash. Then she lay on the bed, struck a pretty pose, and beckoned to her second senior brother, who had already lost his reason. Hua Zhao: "Come here." Reborn once more, Hua Zhao, who was used to relying on others, couldn't wait to find herself a new "meal ticket." She had planned to avoid love altogether in this life, using people when necessary and living as she pleased. She never expected her second senior brother to take her hand, support her, and teach her how to grow into a mighty tree instead of clinging like a vine. He taught her what love was, and what it meant to be herself. Synopsis written on October 14, 2022. Screenshot saved. Reader's Guide 1. The male lead is Shi Wushe (yi). One-on-one romance. The female lead grows over the course of the story and isn't perfect. 2. Feel free to criticize the story and characters, but don't make it personal or attack one another. Mind your manners. Elegance never goes out of style. 3. Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Void Refining, Deity Transformation, and Tribulation Transcendence. All the details and settings are made up by me. Come on!!!!!! Jinjiang review-and-recommendation event. Dates: 2023.01.17-2023.02.12 How to participate: Write "My creative recommendation is here" on the first line, then add a one-sentence recommendation for the story below. Limit: 20 Chinese characters. Judging: The author will select one winner for each of first, second, and third place, with prizes of 1,000 to 3,000 Jinjiang coins. The one-sentence recommendations from each group's first-place winners will be posted on Jinjiang's official media for a public vote to determine the final winner within each group. The most-voted recommendation will win the top prize. There will be one top-prize winner per group, four in total, each receiving 10,000 Jinjiang coins. Coming Soon "I've Never Heard a Request Like That in My Life" by San Ri Cheng Jing After transmigrating, Yun Yingshi hadn't even figured out what was going on before she was told she'd be someone's stepmother. Her prospective Dao companion was over a thousand years old, yet looked as beautiful as an eighteen-year-old. Before their wedding, he came to tell her that his previous Dao companion had left behind a son, that his path had nothing to do with romance, and that he wanted a marriage of convenience. His only condition was that she stay obediently on the mountain, where she could enjoy and make use of everything in Yunqi Palace. Yun Yingshi looked at Yunqi Palace, luxurious as a fairyland: a mansion. She looked at the thousands of spirit beasts raised in the back courtyard: luxury cars. She looked at her stepson, who was already over a hundred years old: no pregnancy, no childcare! A home and a car, high status, a ready-made child, and no in-laws to care for: overcome with joy, she agreed to every condition on the spot. Goodness, she'd never heard a request like that in her life. So what if he was over a thousand years old? He was her darling old baby. Just after she accepted his proposal, the young lover she'd agreed to elope with showed up. Yun Yingshi turned him down righteously. Running away from her wedding would be immoral! Yun Yingshi: "Bro, I'm sorry. It's not that I'm greedy for wealth and comfort. I mainly like older men." Old men are great. Old men have pensions. But on her wedding day, she spotted her young lover at the ceremony. Only then did she realize that her young lover was her stepson. Now that's exciting. Synopsis written on 2022.9.1. Screenshot saved. Theme: Love yourself, love yourself, love yourself.