Tao Gong Wang

In the late years of the Daqian era, tyrants roamed freely, war erupted endlessly, and the people could not sustain their lives. 
After transmigration, Chen Jie finds himself as a drunken gambler with a pair of unfortunate sisters at home.

The elder one, Su Yunjin, is his wife, and he also has a five-year-old sister-in-law, Su Yunrui. 
Their family is so poor they can barely make ends meet. 
Then suddenly, his beautiful wife comes smiling, bringing him a bowl of hot porridge. 
"Husband, I was wrong yesterday. Please have some porridge while it's hot."
Seeing the bruises on his wife's face, Chen Jie feels something is amiss.

Ding~
[Daily Information has been updated]
[1. Yesterday, you gambled away the last three acres of good land, beat Su Yunjin while drunk, and planned to sell the five-year-old Su Yunrui, to recover your losses.]
[2. The Su sisters rely on each other. Su Yunrui is Su Yunjin's only hope.]
[3. Su Yunjin, having lost hope, traded her mother's hairpin three days ago for a pack of arsenic.]

...Arsenic!
Staring at the hot porridge brought to his lips, Chen Jie looks up at his wife, seeing the faint bruise on her face and her eyes shifting away, avoiding his gaze.

"Honey!"
"Yes?"
"You didn't really drugged me, did you?"

Honey, you didn't really drugged me, did you?

"Brother Yu, you look all dusty and tired," he asked. "Where have you been?"


In the backyard, Wu Zhong and Yu Biao were drinking tea.


Wu Zhong looked at Yu Biao and said, "You must have had a plentiful harvest."


"Ah, let's not talk about it, a complete waste of effort," Yu Biao replied, waving his hand dismissively. He didn't want to continue the topic, especially since the two were actually rivals. Moreover, the election for the Village Chief was approaching soon, and both gangs were under strict orders to secure that position.


Thus, although they seemed harmonious, they were in fact probing each other.


Seeing that Yu Biao was reluctant to elaborate further, Wu Zhong didn't press the matter. Just then, Yu Sanliu came in, holding a promissory note.


Chapter 38: Reluctant Heart