[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-above-destiny":3,"chapter-above-destiny-above-destiny-chapter-411":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Above the Heavenly Fate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2226112,4117,"Chapter 411: Wine and Song","above-destiny-chapter-411",411,"\u003Cp>Oh no, what to do if I accidentally wipe out a friend's family? Online waiting, quite urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the awkward silence, Ji Jue and Wen Wen faced each other, one stunned and one complex, both wanting to speak but stopping. Ji Jue suddenly began to wonder, am I already drunk? Otherwise, how could I hallucinate something so outrageous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wanted to ask Sister Wen if she was joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, no. The expression on that familiar side profile remained complex, but unfortunately, there was no laughter or playfulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, it’s a bit messy... let me sort it out...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue looked at her suspiciously, scratching his head for a long time, wanting to confirm again, \"The two who came yesterday, are they your relatives?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen picked up the whiskey she had just opened again, didn't even add ice, drank a whole glass straight, threw the glass down, and picked up the bottle: \"That Heart Pivot is my younger sister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue scratched his chin, sighing naturally: \"They really don't look alike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where don't they look alike?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Figure?\" Ji Jue gestured in front of his chest: \"After all, she’s flat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Boom!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen rolled her eyes and threw a punch without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, she held back some strength; otherwise, a casual punch from a Wilderness Overcomer would be no different from a Great Luck, and it nearly scrambled Ji Jue’s brains, making his vision go black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't joke!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue sighed, rubbing his numb shoulder: \"Isn't it because I’m afraid you’re not feeling well if it’s too serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stinky brat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen glanced at him, sighed, and looked at the strong liquor in the bottle that was almost finished, unable to help but want to sigh again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she didn't know whether she regretted others or herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also find it hard to believe...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her eyes, whispering softly: \"Clearly, she was such an obedient child when she was young, a little crybaby who would only shed tears when bullied. Why did she become like this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what about the one behind?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue asked, \"The dark and gloomy one, is he also your relative?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Snap.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks appeared on the wine bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen replied expressionlessly: \"A lump of non-combustible trash, *tsk*! Should have burned him to ashes... Back then, I broke his bones one by one and ground them into mud. Didn't expect him to survive... The lives of things like bugs are sometimes too tough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue couldn't help but shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like although they were all relatives, the difference in treatment was a bit extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't say anything, so he could only listen in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wanted to persuade her, but realized his rhetoric was all focused on sarcasm, so silence was better than a thousand words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, what if he accidentally broke Sister Wen’s defenses? The key was that if she broke, she would drink wildly, and if she drank too much, she would break even more, her fists would get harder, her punches would be fiercer, and it would hurt more to hit people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his physique, even if he was reborn, he would be like a crispy snack in her hands, so better not court death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Ji Jue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silent drinking, Wen Wen suddenly made a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\" Ji Jue looked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Su, she...\" Wen Wen paused, stiffly pleading: \"Although she did the wrong thing, she is my sister after all. Can you give me some face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was stunned and shocked: \"That really doesn't sound like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I mean...\" Wen Wen made up her mind and squeezed the words through her teeth: \"If she falls into your hands again, for my sake, give her a quick end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was confused, doubting his ears even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, Big Sister, you struggled for so long, begging for favors and laying the groundwork, I thought you wanted me to let her go, but what does \"give her a quick end\" mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the key is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Wen, what exactly do you think I am?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do I even need to think about what kind of person you are?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How you handled the Pacquiao affair has almost become a horror story in the Wilderness Market, alright!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, do you think your \"re-doing-a-person\" assembly line is just for show?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, the first batch of people released from prison came out. They looked lively, but in reality, they were already dead inside. What normal person would cry and scream and soil their pants the moment they saw an electric baton!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolled her eyes and asked bluntly: \"If I didn't say anything, what were you planning to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That goes without saying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue didn't hesitate. A Chosen One is full of treasures, and such a rare high-level Heart Pivot—not to mention the blessings, matrix, and research value, the body is the best spiritual conductor material, the heart, the brain... the bones are simply infinitely useful. Hmm, extract the soul first and raise it for regular harvesting and extraction, then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damn vivid imagery came up all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he came to his senses, it was too late to deny it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen’s eyes became sharp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, *cough cough*...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue lowered his head and took a sip of wine, looking away. \"As expected of you, Sister Wen, decisive when it’s time to be decisive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen sighed wearily: \"Do I have any other choice? What if it were you? If your family did something like this, what would you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was silent, looking over gloomily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister, is this question of yours somewhat hellish? No matter how bad a family dispute is, the premise is that there must be a family... Is the theme of our drinking today to stab each other in the heart?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen realized she had spoken out of turn after asking, and buried her head in wild drinking to cover her embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s nothing, it’s been so long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue didn't care. \"However, family... Lu Ma and the others should count, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Ling has a straightforward personality, and the third sister and the youngest are also clear-headed good children. Lu Ma’s way of teaching children can never be wrong. Besides, I have 24-hour surveillance on them, so it’s hard for them to go astray... As for Lu Feng, hmm, he also looks like a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is an Ember, not a Transmutation, so he can't be called a righteous messenger of punishing evil and promoting good. When family and justice are placed on the two sides of the scale, he already knows which direction it will tilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cannot be as decisive as Wen Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of a Craftsman, all things have value, but the value of some things outweighs others. Even so, he still wouldn't allow such a \"measurement\" to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has come all this way, rolling and climbing up without regard for his life, isn't it just for the freedom to pull out a hammer and smash the so-called scale at a critical moment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen held her wine glass, as if hesitating and probing, distinguishing his expression: \"You seem to have never mentioned your father’s affairs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was stunned. Why did it feel like Sister Wen was acting like a fool today, starting to eat his gossip?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, he shook his head with emotion: \"Probably because I can't remember.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry.\" Wen Wen sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on? Always apologizing and sighing, really doesn't sound like you.\" Ji Jue poured himself another glass and sipped it: \"When I was old enough to remember, he had already passed away. It was said to be a workshop accident, intracranial hemorrhage, and he was gone when he was sent to the hospital... However, occasionally I can remember some scenes from when I was a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those fleeting glimpses of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be a night after he had just comforted the child, and after the program on the TV finished playing, it turned into flickering snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the intervals of sleep, he saw that person sitting in front of the table, writing and drawing intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't see his face clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the light of the desk lamp illuminated that back, outlining a reassuring silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cool breeze of a summer night blew, and the sound of insects came from the grass outside the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a good dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides that, there were many outrageous things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue smiled with emotion: \"It is said that when I was a child and my mother wasn't there, whenever I cried, he would read the 'Engineering Materials Manual' to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then you stopped crying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I cried even harder, okay! Where in the world is there anyone who uses that kind of thing to coax a child?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Hmm, indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen nodded, unable to refute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My mother told me my dad was that kind of dull person, taciturn, unromantic, and had no sense of ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had to say, he was like a wound-up watch, following the steps, turning tirelessly and laboriously, stable enough to make people feel reassured and helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he looked at the most precious things in the world, he would shine, his eyes like stars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue recalled his mother’s expression at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also filled with joy and happiness, as if she were describing the best person in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, Ji Jue can barely remember his father’s appearance. After so many years of stumbling and turning, the only thing left is a photo that his mother specially scanned and stored when she moved and dealt with old items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wedding photo with a red background, a young man and his wife holding hands, gripping tightly, his smile appearing a bit wooden, but when looking at the camera, he couldn't restrain that happiness and hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s so good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen sighed with envy, resting her chin on her hand, shaking the ice cubes in her glass, wanting to speak but stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to say something, but there was no way to start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the tiny residual light in Ji Jue’s memory, she once thought her life was illuminated by the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that sun was just a hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had never been any light; she was just harboring unrealistic fantasies, running wildly in the darkness in a delirium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, when recalling her father, besides resentment and anger, the most vivid thing was that mask-like smiling face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed it had never changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the time she was a child, she felt that her father was the best person in the world, strong, powerful, and his smile was like the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore that smile while pushing another child into the incinerator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he hadn't made any mistakes, clearly he had worked harder than anyone else, the only shortcoming was that he had only worked hard until he was eleven and hadn't been able to awaken autonomously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mistake he made was having no value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more disgusting was that for a moment, she actually felt this was right, natural—a useless piece of trash with no value, it didn't matter if he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she could never forget that last look the child gave her when he turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With tears and a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if relieved, saying goodbye silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He escaped hell from the fire and was never seen again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That firelight reflected on her face, but in her heart, a thought she had never had before arose—one day, would she be abandoned by her father like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that day on, an unspeakable fear and hesitation rose in her heart, forcing her to work hard and suffer endlessly, to win praise and compliments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without knowing it, the brothers and sisters around her were getting fewer and fewer, and the relationship between them gradually changed from warm and sunny to seeing each other as enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There could only be one good child for Dad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that person was her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could only be her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they envied each other, thus they killed each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until she finally couldn't bear it anymore and escaped from that hell at any cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But did she really escape? Wasn't her past rebellion just Wen Zheng’s indulgence? And wasn't that scene just something Wen Zheng intentionally showed her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't care anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wandering all the way, fighting all the way, biting and plundering in vain like a wild beast, lost in the world, and then, bit by bit, learning human rules until she became the completely different person she was today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she looked back, she realized what kind of monster her past self was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every time she looked back, she would find that her past self was also looking at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beginning to end, she was close at hand, and getting closer, admiring her futile escape and avoidance, like a nightmare that never left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end... nature is hard to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How ridiculous I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and drank the remaining wine and ice in one gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silence, she turned back and looked at the person beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ji Jue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\" Ji Jue was puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Wen Wen seemed to want to speak but stopped. Soon, she laughed, as if she had put down some heavy burden, feeling relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wen smiled and raised her glass. \"Let’s drink.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said: \"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of gentle and happy smile...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue had never seen it on her face before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a moment of trance, he subconsciously raised his glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the crisp sound of clinking, he drank it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the last memory he could recall before blacking out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that followed was too messy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the confusion of alcohol, he acted wildly, played finger-guessing games, was punished with drinks, cheated at dice and got hammered, he seemed to have performed a small show, and ended up doing a split instead of a backflip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his impression, he seemed to have put his arm around Sister Wen’s shoulder, patting his chest and guaranteeing that the relationship between brothers didn't need nonsense, he would definitely give her sister a quick and clean death, and when the time came, the head could be made into a wine cup to keep as a souvenir for her to drink with. If she didn't want to use it, she could also use it to hold her dad’s ashes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he got hammered again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he had good intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, when he woke up, his face was bruised and purple, and his whole body felt like it had been run over by a big truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head hurt like it was splitting, regretting the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already noon, and his phone was full of missed calls and unread messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from advertisements and junk texts, there were actually only two things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing was that after Sister Wen finished drinking last night, she went to kick the door, beat up the owner and staff of the repair shop, took back her sixteen hundred dollars, and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second thing was that she had resigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for any approval or permission, she just left a resignation letter on the desk that finally came in handy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, leaving without saying goodbye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of the night, Yu Shu couldn't sleep all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tossing and turning, he seemed to have had a dream, and woke up in a cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes, trying hard to fall asleep again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a trance, he heard the singing again, so distant, like weeping and complaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the vast sea, the bright moon hung high in the night sky, quietly reflecting the mist above the waves. Bloated, rotting corpses floated up and down in the sea waves, gathering like a tide, drifting toward the distant lonely island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On each rotting face filled with happiness, lips parted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The happy souls sang loudly. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon faces full of pleasant corruption, lips parted and closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy souls sang at the top of their lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>",2731,"2026-06-17T22:21:53.433Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","88a9510cd51dc0c629ef8992b9020ee324a50822e8f11f9215c7d98bc50c0f49","above-destiny-chapter-412","above-destiny-chapter-410",461,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabove-the-heavenly-fate-cover.jpg"]