[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t":3,"chapter-three-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t-three-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t-chapter-3":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Three Kingdoms: Tenfold Speed, Diaochan Says I'm Too Fast",{"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},1936067,2666,"Chapter 3","three-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t-chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>Seeing Diao Chan still hadn't moved, Duan Yu directly placed the earthenware rice bowl on Diao Chan's knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drink up quickly. We said half each, so it's half each.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Duan Yu's insistence, Diao Chan didn't refuse anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she held it as if cradling a precious treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully, she took two small sips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Diao Chan take two small sips of the gruel he found hard to swallow, yet showing a happy smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu understood just how poor this family was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't there a saying in later times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gambling father, a sick mother, a younger brother, and a sensible her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Applied to Diao Chan it would be: a drunken uncle, a sick aunt, a poor broken home, and a sensible her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I don't help her, who will?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether to repay the life-saving grace, or whatever else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, he had to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One bowl of gruel, half each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan didn't disdain Duan Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu also felt a hint of sweetness as he drank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus the two of them finished the entire bowl of gruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the gruel, Duan Yu had also finished soaking his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, night had already fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new problem arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one bed and one blanket in the room. How to sleep?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Early morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan felt as though something were pressing down on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she opened her beautiful eyes, her face flushed crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she quickly shut them again, pretending she hadn't woken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet her burning cheeks and uncontrollably trembling lashes had already betrayed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quietly turning her head, she gazed at that resolute face so close at hand, and her heartbeat involuntarily quickened once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that Duan Yu had not woken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Diao Chan carefully, bit by bit, gently lift that arm pressing down on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoo~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done all this, Diao Chan finally let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she quietly got out of bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning to look at Duan Yu behind her, Diao Chan only felt her cheeks burning hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shell-like teeth lightly bit her red lips, and in her downcast eyes flowed threads of a young maiden's springtime longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky outside had not yet fully brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having slept fully clothed last night, she walked out the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then began the day's labor as always.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splitting firewood, drawing water, boiling water, sweeping the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these years, Diao Chan had repeated this work every morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only compared to usual, today as Diao Chan worked, the corners of her lips always held a trace of sweetness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her diligent figure also seemed much more light and graceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking two still-warm eggs from the chicken coop, Diao Chan tucked them against her chest, then placed them into the boiling water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time at all, she fished out the two boiled eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then carefully placed them in an earthenware bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rooster crowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu opened his eyes on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered the beauty beside him was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there seemed to be warmth that had not yet dissipated in his embrace, and between his palms lingered what seemed to be her fragrance and softness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could I have crossed the line after falling asleep?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu looked at the boundary he and Diao Chan had agreed upon last night beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally Duan Yu had said he would sleep on the floor last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still March.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frozen earth had not thawed; the ground was ice-cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sleeping there all night, if he didn't freeze to death he'd certainly be frostbitten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan couldn't bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she let him sleep on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two squeezed onto the small bed with an agreed middle boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward such a kind-hearted girl like Diao Chan, Duan Yu honestly had not harbored any wicked thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had saved him, and even taken him in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he still had wicked thoughts, then he truly wouldn't be human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, while sleeping, he had maintained a flat-on-his-back posture without the slightest crossing of boundaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now awake, Duan Yu discovered he was lying on his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his arm had been thrown over to Diao Chan's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Duan Yu was recalling whether he had done something heaven-defying last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the room rang Diao Chan's gentle voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu, wearing coarse hemp clothes, hurriedly got up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the graceful and pretty Diao Chan walked in from outside holding an earthenware bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When their four eyes met, Duan Yu immediately saw the shyness in Diao Chan's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan shyly placed the large earthenware bowl in her hands before Duan Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same gruel as yesterday, but inside there was actually an egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu was stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the present era, common households were already destitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having one full meal a day was already a life of luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breakfast was even more out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Diao Chan's frail and delicate frame, one could tell her household normally couldn't possibly have breakfast at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, Duan Yu had said he would go hunting in the mountains early this morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Diao Chan had remembered those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan, didn't you say you were going hunting in the mountains today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan lowered her head shyly, speaking softly and gently, \"Eat something before entering the mountains, so you'll have strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are eggs......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan pushed the earthenware bowl toward Duan Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she seemed to remember something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan, you eat first......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she got up and walked toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu watched Diao Chan walk out the door in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the frail Diao Chan walked back into the room carrying Duan Yu's camouflage uniform, along with a bow and quiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan, you'd better take this clothes back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no clothes in the house that would fit you anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this bow and arrows, they were left by my father years ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan needs to go into the mountains to hunt, so you'll definitely need them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu said with a smile: \"If you give me the clothes, what will your uncle-in-law say when he asks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, aren't you afraid I'll just leave like this and never come back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wouldn't you have lost a lot then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan, sitting on a small stool across from Duan Yu, immediately shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No..... I believe in Big Brother Duan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan doesn't lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This little girl was truly both kind and naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu smiled and nodded, then reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind Diao Chan's ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This intimate gesture immediately made Diao Chan's cheeks turn even redder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a ripe apple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu looked at her, almost unable to resist going up to kiss her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Half for each of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu picked up the egg in the bowl and first broke it in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly in refusal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Duan, you eat it, I don't want it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't eat them before either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eating just a little at night is enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu firmly pressed the half egg in his hand into Diao Chan's palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, with me here from now on, we'll have three meals a day, every meal with meat and fish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu promised with a smile: \"I'll also buy you beautiful clothes, pretty skirts, and rouge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Duan Yu's words, Diao Chan's eyes were full of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three meals a day, meat and fish at every meal, beautiful clothes, pretty skirts, and rouge—these were all things she had never dared to imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of whether she could actually have them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hearing Duan Yu's words, she already felt sweetness in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan nodded shyly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chan'er believes Big Brother Duan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each holding half an egg in their hands, the two sat in the dilapidated thatched hut, and suddenly a warmth of a small family emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling made Diao Chan, who had lost care and love since childhood, feel very warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One bite of egg, one sip of hot porridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweeter than the honey water she remembered from her childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, they finished the eggs and the porridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu changed into his camouflage uniform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One meter eighty-eight in height, plus a robust build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already surpassing the vast majority of people in this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any malnutrition, Duan Yu would stand out like a crane among chickens even if thrown into a crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a longbow and quiver on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yu waved goodbye to Diao Chan standing at the fence gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go back, I'll definitely return before dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diao Chan's gaze was reluctant and worried as she bit her red lip and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when Duan Yu's figure disappeared from sight did Diao Chan reluctantly withdraw her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wretched girl, why is there only one egg left, where's the other one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you steal and eat it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vicious curse sounded from behind Diao Chan.\u003C\u002Fp>",1530,"2026-06-15T02:56:25.579Z","2026-06-15T06:17:29.456Z",1,"GLM-5.1","93ec5806fdcf7dbb76a819b8074de4f95f4f717e5d30ab57e96b5afbe8ded205","three-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t-chapter-4","three-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t-chapter-2",13,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-kingdoms-tenfold-speed-diaochan-says-i-m-t-cover.jpg"]