[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-45":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: Starting Off Invincible in the Combined Anime World!",{"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},2258618,4408,"Chapter 45: Twelve Years Later, Stengzai Enters High School!","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>Adding flowers to brocade is far less valuable than giving charcoal in snow; a director who has survived for years in this industry is naturally a seasoned veteran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he came to Stengzai himself to recommend a job, and the favor he did wasn’t just for Stengzai alone—another director who asked him for help now owed him one too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But overall, the other party truly helped him this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about it? Are you going to accept the job Director Oogawa recommended?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki walked behind Stengzai, squatted down in front of him, patted his head, and asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course I’ll take it—why not? Didn’t you say our finances are so bad we’re about to eat instant noodles?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, this job Director Oogawa recommended is perfect for me—there’s no reason to refuse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The job Director Oogawa recommended for Stengzai was a Sengoku-era TV drama, in which Stengzai would play a young lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this young lord was exceptionally gifted from childhood and possessed high combat ability, the production team had been unable to find a suitable actor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, one of the younger crew members saw the recent viral “Shonen Sōya” clips online and showed them to the director.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After watching the clip of Stengzai fighting a wild wolf, the middle-aged director’s eyes lit up instantly—he exclaimed this was exactly the actor they’d been searching for!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entertainment industry’s connections are as intricate as a tree’s root system, so this director, through a mutual acquaintance, reached out to Director Oogawa, leading to this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to his previous bit roles in films, this TV drama gave Stengzai far more screen time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he wasn’t the lead, second lead, or even a major supporting role, it was still a fairly substantial part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Director Oogawa, Stengzai’s filming would take a week, and he had negotiated a salary of one million yen for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a child actor who had only ever played a minor role once, this salary was practically astronomical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Oogawa secured this salary largely because, despite being a newcomer, Stengzai was now extremely famous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a week-long shoot requiring travel to Hokkaido, Yuki ultimately had to put her work on hold and accompany Stengzai as his guardian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she could draw manga anywhere, and when she heard Stengzai’s salary was a full million yen, honestly, it hurt her deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, Wenren Yuki, had been drawing nonstop for months, yet after a whole month’s labor, she earned less than a five-year-old child in a single week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This crushed Yuki; she felt her twenty years of life had been wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slipped by like a white horse passing through a crevice; soon, twelve years had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a luxurious two-story house, a handsome black-haired boy with sunlit features bit into a slice of toast, clutching his schoolbag, and rushed out the front door bearing the sign “Wenren.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stengzai, you again refuse to eat properly! How many times do I have to tell you—breakfast is vital for your health!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boy stepped out, a beautiful woman with a stunning figure, dressed in pajamas, her long hair tied back, holding a spatula, chased after him through the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, enough—he’s grown up now. Stop scolding him so easily. And if he overslept, isn’t it really your fault for not waking him up on time today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should change your personality—if you don’t become more ladylike, you’ll never find a husband.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve years had passed; Wenren Yuki was now in her early thirties. Time had left no mark on her face—instead, it had deepened her charm and maturity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, sister, you spoil him too much. When I was in college, you still scolded me every other day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And didn’t I already tell you? Words like ‘marriage’ and ‘getting married’ are banned around me—don’t bring them up again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My family will always be just Stengzai and you—I won’t form another household, and I won’t leave this house.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Yuki’s words, another woman behind her—seven or eight tenths similar to Yuki, equally stunning in appearance—let out a heavy sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, looking at her own wheelchair-bound legs, she clenched her fists and spoke with self-reproach: “It’s all my fault for dragging you two down. You and Stengzai should have had far better lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman in the wheelchair who could still scold Yuki was, of course, Yuki’s older sister, Ako.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Stengzai debuted as a child star and began gaining fame and income, Ako, who had been in a coma in the hospital, received better treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After years of treatment, Ako finally awoke when Stengzai turned ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, due to the severity of her injuries, her lower body remained paralyzed, forcing her to rely on a wheelchair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to doctors, her condition wasn’t necessarily irreversible—advanced treatments existed overseas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost of that medical care… well, it was undeniably a truly astronomical sum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling herself a burden, Ako had long been consumed by guilt, even contemplating suicide repeatedly to stop being a burden to Stengzai and Yuki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ako believed Yuki, now over thirty, had no desire to marry simply to care for her useless sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her sister speak such despairing words again, Yuki flew into rage, strode up to Ako, and stared her straight in the eyes with solemn seriousness: “We’re family—there’s no such thing as burdening each other.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Stengzai heard you say that, he’d ignore you for days again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you remember what he told you after he found you trying to kill yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And why do you always assume everyone else’s problems are your fault? Who told you I don’t want to marry because of you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki’s words made Ako lower her head—she could never forget the words Stengzai spoke when he saved her years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To stop dragging down Stengzai and Yuki, Ako had chosen to slit her wrists in the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her consciousness faded and her life slipped away, Stengzai, returning home from school, discovered her—he carried her on his back for over ten kilometers, finally reaching the hospital in time to save her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ako still couldn’t understand how a child of eleven or twelve, with such a small frame, could possess such immense strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1034,"2026-06-19T15:18:33.595Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","43b10fd154dd88d398e9f1b5d320604c68081efd89d9f5b66eb1a7daf1401557","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-46","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-chapter-44",587,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-starting-off-invinc-cover.jpg"]