[You chose option 1.]

[In the dark and damp cave, you advance cautiously in the dark.]

[Initially very narrow, barely allowing a person to pass, you walk several thousand steps before it suddenly opens up.]

[The light ahead brightens significantly, and you emerge from this natural tunnel between two mountains.]

[After determining your direction, you continue towards Baiyun County Town.]

[The next day, you arrive at Baiyun County Town.]

[On the street, you see a convoy of officials, with Xu Hu, Xu Linglong, and other bandit leaders being escorted in prison carts.]

[They are severely injured, barely clinging to life.]

[The bandit minions have long been left to rot in the wilderness, not even qualifying for interrogation.]

[You don't linger, quietly retreating into the crowd.]

[You remember the location of Third Sister's house in the county town from when you attended her wedding.]

["Why has it been sealed?"]

[Third Sister's small courtyard is sealed with a white strip, reading: Sealed by the County Office of Baiyun County, Baling County, Qingzhou, Great Qian.]

[You climb onto the wall and see that the inside has been emptied, leaving only fallen leaves.]

[You find a nearby neighbor to inquire.]

["Are you talking about Chen Qingshan? Oh dear, this murderous demon killed ten families in one night, and was beheaded at the market last month. The County Magistrate sentenced his entire clan to exile. Who are you to him?"]

["I, I shouldn't be part of his clan..."]

Chen Yi: "?"

What's going on??

How did Chen Qingshan become a murderer?

This brother-in-law, Chen Yi remembers him as a dignified and righteous man, extraordinary in demeanor.

Moreover, he was also an official, a demon slayer in the county's Demon Slaying Division.

There must be some injustice here, right?

"So, Third Sister was exiled?"

According to the simulation timeline, Chen Qingshan was beheaded a year later.

It's unclear if the incident has already occurred.

"I only have this one relative left, I can't just ignore it..."

Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do now but worry.

Chen Yi himself is struggling to escape the control of the Black Stone Gang.

[You don't know how the nine clans are calculated in Great Qian.]

[To be safe, you give yourself a new name, Chen Dong.]

[To make a living, you work as a waiter at the Yuelai Inn in the county town.]

[The landlady is a widow, kind-hearted, and takes good care of you workers, providing ample food and not being harsh or difficult in daily tasks.]

[However, some guests are quick to resort to violence and abuse against you lowly commoners.]

[Especially certain martial artists, who consider themselves superior and look down on ordinary people.]

[Third year, age twenty.]

[Begin entry extraction...]

[Extraction successful!]

["Husbandly Aura" (White): You inadvertently exude a husbandly aura, improving your appeal to women.]

[Would you like to adjust the entry?]

[Yes/No]

[You replace "Ji Ni Tai Mei" with "Husbandly Aura."]

[A martial artist causes a scene at Yuelai Inn because the tofu pudding is salty.]

[He breaks your arm, and the kind-hearted landlady helps bandage you while you're shirtless.]

["Ah Dong, don't hold a grudge, we ordinary people must bow before martial artists, just being alive is a blessing."]

[You say indignantly.]

["Hmph! Don't underestimate a poor youth, I, Chen Dong, will one day reach the pinnacle of martial arts and grind the great path to dust!"]

[The landlady playfully taps you.]

["You can't even find a wife, and you say that..."]

[You two exchange a look, and somehow, perhaps due to the "Husbandly Aura," you see eye to eye, feeling the heat and urgency in each other's gaze.]

[That night, despite your injuries, you and the landlady ignite a passionate flame, burning through the night.]

[Later, you marry the landlady, transforming into the owner of Yuelai Inn.]

[Your life shifts from the social bottom to the gentry class.]

[Indeed, being a gigolo is the shortcut!]

"Who says white entries are useless? I'm the first to disagree! I wonder what the landlady looks like..."

Chen Yi thinks happily.

The simulation continues, year by year.

Suddenly, Chen Yi's eyes light up.

In the black-and-white simulation text, a hint of green appears!

It's not that he's been cheated on.

It's that his entry turned green!

[Tenth year, age twenty-seven.]

(Entries that can't be used won't be written out, it's not that they weren't drawn~)

[Married for many years, you and the landlady remain loving, respectful by day, passionate by night.]

[With a bit of modern management and scientific knowledge, you and the landlady run the inn prosperously.]

[Unfortunately, as lowly commoners, some things you can only endure passively.]

[Such as theft, robbery, martial artists dining and dashing, and the government's extortionate taxes, etc.]

[However, compared to most commoners, your life is much better.]

[The only regret is your difficulty in having children.]

[The landlady often laments that it would be nice to have a child.]

[Whenever she has free time, she sits and does needlework, staring blankly at the tiger-head shoes she sews stitch by stitch.]

[You comfort her, saying such things must follow fate, and that having a child is also about destiny.]

[Eleventh year, age twenty-eight.]

[Begin entry extraction...]

[Extraction successful!]

["Luckier with Age" (Green): Starting at age sixty, every decade when extracting entries, you are guaranteed to receive a rare entry, and the probability of drawing rare or higher entries is slightly increased.]

[Would you like to adjust the entry?]

[Yes/No]

After so many years of white, it's finally green!

But if you really calculate the probability, this draw is quite lucky, as the probability of a rare entry is only 0.9% now.

"This entry can be equipped at age sixty, guaranteeing a rare one is not bad."

In the subsequent simulation.

Chen Yi sees how difficult life is for a commoner in a world dominated by martial artists, plagued by demons, and torn by war.

His later life is comparable to Fugui in "To Live," full of hardships and tears.

[Thirteenth year, age thirty.]

[This year, you and the landlady finally conceive a child.]

[The landlady cries tears of joy, and you are happy for her.]

[Fourteenth year, age thirty-one.]

[It's a boy.]

[Yuelai Inn holds a three-day banquet, inviting all the townsfolk.]

["Child's father, you're being too extravagant. Although we've made some money over the years, there are always many risks."]

["Hahaha! Rather than letting thieves steal it or the County Magistrate take it under various pretexts, I'd rather spend it happily! Besides, my son is born, how can I not announce it to the whole town?"]

["Ah Dong, you're getting carried away, we're just commoners."]

["Don't underestimate a middle-aged man, I, Chen Dong, am no ordinary person!"]

[Sixteenth year, age thirty-three.]

[Your second daughter is born.]

[You hold another three-day banquet.]

[Twentieth year, age thirty-seven.]

[With a son and daughter, a family business, and a prosperous life.]

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[Gradually, you almost forget you're in a simulation, feeling that everything is too real, too happy.]