[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-daily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres":3,"chapter-daily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres-daily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres-chapter-24":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Daily Life in a Multiverse: My Superpowers Refresh Every Season",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2295810,4491,"Chapter 24: Two Pairs of Girlfriends Chat Late About He Chen","daily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres-chapter-24",24,"\u003Cp>Tong Wenjie thought her son had taken it to heart and was delighted, feeling her performance had been spot-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could she know? A mother’s own child knows her best—her little pep talk had zero effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Yifan loudly rejected staying back a year, claiming he’d do anything to avoid shame, including studying hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it came to actual effort—even just hearing he’d be enrolled in tutoring classes—he’d immediately back down and say, “Maybe I should just repeat a year?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how flexible and adaptable he is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his mother’s anger had mostly subsided, he quickly moved close, showering her with affection, then assured her not to rush—she could go pick up her cousin; he’d be fine alone at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Wenjie was determined to pick up her nephew Lin Lei—otherwise, she’d not only delay her elder sister’s genius son but also fail to prove her kindness through action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she then confidently criticize her ex-husband and broadly attack all men as a moral high ground?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she told her son to behave well at home, not to cause trouble, and that she’d ask her good friend, Song Qian, to supervise and look after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her son promised and returned to his room to study, she called her friend. Once the main matter was settled, she launched into gossip and complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know He Chen—I can tell right away he’s no good!” On the other end, Song Qian, mother of Qiao Yingzi, struck first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!” Tong Wenjie agreed wholeheartedly, eager to hear more of her friend’s scathing remarks about He Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course!” Song Qian spat. “He hit it off immediately with Qiao Weidong, that scumbag. They’re so different, yet they started chatting like old friends the moment they met.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Birds of a feather flock together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he was born bad!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later events proved my instincts right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had zero manners—directly mocked me for disciplining my own daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of person is that?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not the least surprised he’d do something as cruel as sending Fang Yuan to jail!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got to be careful!” Tong Wenjie, thoroughly pleased, egged her on: “He Chen is even handsomer than old Qiao was in his youth, hit it off with him instantly, and mocked you for managing Yingzi—you’ve got to watch out—he might have ill intentions toward Yingzi!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He dares!” Song Qian exploded on the phone: “Yingzi is my entire world, my life. If he so much as approaches her, I’ll fight him to the death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two friends raged against He Chen for a long while before Song Qian regained a sliver of calm and proudly added: “My Yingzi would never be so shallow as to be attracted by a pretty face like his—I still have confidence in that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course! Yingzi’s been raised under my eyes since childhood—just as excellent as you!” Tong Wenjie was delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Yingzi, with her four apartments and her father’s billions, had long been the daughter-in-law Tong Wenjie had already chosen in her mind. After drinking with her friend, she’d joked about it—saying that when Qiao Yingzi married in, she’d demand a few apartments from her future mother-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So naturally, she lavished praise on Qiao Yingzi, then begged Song Qian again to keep an eye on her son while she was away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not ask Fang Yifan’s grandparents in the city?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wouldn’t do at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she opened her mouth, her in-laws would surely seize the chance to nag—especially since their son had been sent away, she was going to pick up her sister’s child for the capital, and she’d also enroll him in Chunfeng High School, where tuition alone cost 150,000 yuan per year—of course they’d say nasty things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t stand hearing those nasty remarks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to those two old men, her sister’s son—her nephew—was her true family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she repeatedly emphasized to her son that Lin Lei was his blood brother, sharing a quarter of their lineage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, she checked on her son once more, then packed her things and headed straight for the airport to personally pick up and escort her nearly grown nephew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her nephew had suffered too much these years—he was this old and had never even flown before. She couldn’t bear to leave him alone; she had to fly over first, then accompany him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Song Qian, after hanging up, left her room and went to the specially designed soundproof room she’d spent a fortune setting up for her daughter. Peering through the window, she saw her daughter obediently working on the test sheets she’d assigned, and smiled in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She claimed confidently on the outside that her daughter would never be drawn to He Chen, but inside, she felt uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even someone as strong-willed as her had once been fooled by her ex-husband Qiao Weidong—married him, bore him a daughter, then watched him cheat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she hated to admit it, back then, she’d been drawn to him precisely because he’d been genuinely handsome—even with nothing, even failing at everything, she’d happily worked hard to support him and felt joy doing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he’d later hit it big late in life, got lucky and became rich—shattering that happy life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Chen, this little scoundrel, is even more handsome than her ex-husband was in his youth, and her daughter Yingzi lacks the fierce determination and drive she herself once had. As a mother, how could she not worry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the soundproofing rivaled a professional recording studio, when Song Qian leaned her head near the window, Qiao Yingzi inside sensed it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this prison-style room was so oppressive that she’d become hypersensitive to any “visiting gaze” from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without such strong soundproofing, she could at least hear footsteps to gauge whether she was safe—but now, she couldn’t anticipate when her mother would peek in. Just that alone made her feel suffocated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention finishing one test sheet for her mother, the tutor, to grade, only to be immediately handed several more, all timed strictly to the Gaokao schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she finally survived the day and pulled the curtains to sleep, she had no desire to rest—she pulled out her phone under the covers and began her daily venting session with her friend Huang Zhitao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think He Chen did it on purpose?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After venting about her mother’s high-pressure tactics, Qiao Yingzi suddenly realized: “He must’ve predicted Fang Hou’s reaction—and deliberately provoked him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what?” Both were top students, sharp-minded—Qiao Yingzi could think of it, and Huang Zhitao certainly could too, but she dismissed it with a counter-question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Fang Yifan weren’t that kind of person, how could He Chen’s plan have worked? In the end, it was Fang Yifan’s own choice. He Chen merely gave him a chance to show another side—and his performance was disappointing, wasn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t blame him entirely,” Qiao Yingzi teased. “After all, you’re his goddess, and He Chen is the undisputed campus hunk—he was just nervous around you, that’s why he reacted so strongly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t even say that,” Huang Zhitao sneered. “You know I’ve never been interested in him—he’s just deluding himself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then who are you interested in?” Qiao Yingzi laughed. “Ji Yangyang? Or maybe now He Chen too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dare you talk about me? Fang Yifan’s your childhood friend—you know him best. Why are you always bringing up He Chen?” Huang Zhitao shot back immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did that glance during the day really make your heart flutter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible… He Chen isn’t Fang Yifan. He’s like us—he seems uninterested in this kind of thing… I don’t even know what kind of girl he likes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind? Obviously, beautiful ones! We’re nowhere near good enough! Look who he spends time with every day? Not to mention Professor Ruan Liuzheng, even Ruan Liuzheng herself is a top contender for campus beauty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two friends chattered and teased, all pressure and discomfort vanished—only joy remained, along with a faint, unacknowledged emotion lingering in their hearts, lingering long into sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>",1340,"2026-06-20T05:35:49.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e149618827b68329c251070baa81ab233562972fe6095dcaabcf82fc0e2fdd94","daily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres-chapter-25","daily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres-chapter-23",883,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdaily-life-in-a-multiverse-my-superpowers-refres-cover.jpg"]