[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-warlord":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-warlord-rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-8":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Warlord",{"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},1895489,2527,"Chapter 8","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>When Su Xueyan said this, her expression was clearly struggling, and her heart was full of helplessness and complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grabbed her shoulders, face to face, staring at her and saying seriously: \"Silly girl, you have to believe that good people will be rewarded in this world. No one will be like this forever. Destiny is in your own hands. If you want to change, you will definitely be able to change!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing my words, Su Xueyan looked at me and smiled self-deprecatingly: \"Change? It's easy to say, how to change?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's precisely because of these family ties that we become stronger and tougher. I don't know how to persuade you, but I will use practical actions to prove it to you!\" I held Su Xueyan's hand and comforted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing my serious appearance, Su Xueyan was stunned, then smiled slightly and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, looking at her, I knew that most of her heart still didn't believe it. After all, for a person like me, if I were powerful, I wouldn't be living so miserably now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After we ate a little, we took a few bottles of beer to the riverside and lay on the lawn by the river, looking at the stars in the sky. Our small village here wasn't like a big city, brightly lit at night. On the contrary, it was very quiet at night, occasionally with bird calls and cicadas, and the stars in the sky were exceptionally bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my head to look at Su Xueyan lying on the side, and for a moment, I was a bit dazed. Su Xueyan's face was flushed red, her expression was dazed, illuminating her originally beautiful face even more charmingly. In the dark night, those watery big eyes were staring at me without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We both looked at each other, and suddenly she turned over and pressed directly onto me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was startled by Su Xueyan's action, at a loss, my hands nervously grabbing the grass on the ground, my eyes slightly closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xueyan's face slowly leaned over, leaned to my ear, and whispered: \"Yang Yun, do you like me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden question made me slowly open my eyes. At this moment, what came into view were a pair of white rabbits. I subconsciously swallowed, not knowing how to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't look at the fact that I have lived for 18 years, but except for Sister Shuang, I usually haven't had much contact with women. Even when I was in school before, I was a novice in terms of male-female emotions. I didn't know if I liked this silly girl, but what was certain was that at least I didn't hate her, and being with her was a bit relaxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that I didn't reply, Su Xueyan got off me, turned to the side, and turned her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That, I'm sorry, I, I!\" For a moment, I was speechless. I sat up, looking at a loss. I didn't know if she was angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, you don't need to say sorry, you didn't do anything sorry to me, I was the one who was too abrupt!\" Su Xueyan didn't turn around when she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't know how to answer her, so I could only be silent, looking up at the stars in the sky, and suddenly said to Su Xueyan on the side: \"Tell me about your family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I only knew that Su Xueyan had a younger sister in her family, I didn't know anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My family is my mother and my younger sister. My mother said that not long after giving birth to me, my father died. At that time, my father didn't leave any money, so the family conditions were particularly poor. Mother not only had to take me with her every day but also had to find ways to make money, otherwise, we would all be drinking the northwest wind. Later, a few months later, she found my younger sister who had been abandoned on the side of the road. But my younger sister still doesn't know she was picked up. Mother only told me about this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In a situation where the family was already difficult, adding my younger sister made it even worse. Mother had to work until very late every day and also had to take care of our daily life. Basically, mother didn't have any rest time. Whenever she was free, she would go out to make money. Just last year, mother had a serious illness. Because she couldn't bear to spend money on treatment, she ended up with a root cause of illness. Now she basically can't do any heavy work, but she still insists on going to work to make money every day. I know mother does all this for me and my younger sister, to let her suffer a little less. I came to the KTV to work. Although I was full of disdain and humiliation here, thinking about being able to share more for mother, this suffering is worth it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lay on the lawn and listened carefully to Su Xueyan's words, knowing that she hadn't had it easy all these years. Being able to not do that kind of thing in a place like a KTV, I have to say Su Xueyan was still very self-disciplined and lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about you? I've never heard about your affairs?\" Suddenly Su Xueyan turned her head and looked at me and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have any affairs. I'm just an orphan. I grew up in an orphanage when I was young, then ran away, and later was picked up by Sister Shuang. But three years ago, Sister Shuang left, leaving ten thousand yuan for me, and I ended up spending it all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that I was an orphan, Su Xueyan said apologetically: \"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, it doesn't matter, I'm already used to it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, it was summer now, and lying on the lawn by the river was even cooler and more comfortable than at home. The silly girl wasn't in a hurry to go home, and naturally, I wasn't in a hurry either. There was no one at home anyway, and talking to Su Xueyan here was pretty good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beer was finished, and basically, it was all drunk by Su Xueyan. I have to say this guy's bar was really not bad, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to work in a place like a KTV. Su Xueyan suddenly gave a loud shout, which startled me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw her stand up and shout fiercely at the riverside. The shouting lasted for at least ten seconds, and then she actually collapsed drunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I patted her and found that she didn't react for a long time. I grabbed her clothes and shook her: \"Big sister, don't sleep, tell me where your home is first, I'll send you back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This silly girl opened her eyes in a daze and pushed me away, saying: \"Don't go back, I won't go back, I want to drink, I still want to drink!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't drink anymore, you silly girl, hurry and tell me where your home is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xueyan turned her head, her face red, and looked at me angrily: \"Why are you asking where my home is? Are you trying to find out my home address so you can have ulterior motives for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her words, I was speechless. I really wanted to throw her here and let her lie like a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to have ulterior motives for me, why go to my home? Why not now!\" Su Xueyan touched her lips with her fingers, smiled sexily, and pressed me under her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn! Again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xueyan opened her sexy red lips directly. I only saw a big face rush over and kiss my face wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, if I drink with you again, I'm a pig!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1345,"2026-06-11T15:09:04.179Z","2026-06-11T16:08:36.738Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","10af3c3398858e3585698161de4c9d2789f93b038e61d1c9ac2a121de015e281","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-9","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-7",227,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-warlord-cover.jpg"]