A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

“Originally I would have felt a little resentful, but now I just feel that none of these things matter,” Joan said.

“Joan, how are your family members now?” Li Wei asked.

A smile appeared on Joan's face as she said, "Thanks to you, young master, my family is doing very well now."

Now, she has absolutely no worries, and her family has started a new life. With extra money, her parents had time to learn new skills. Her father, through community training, learned electrical and plumbing repair, transforming himself from a simple porter and farmhand into a skilled worker, increasing his income several times over. Her mother is currently undergoing training to become a primary school teacher; if she passes the exam, she will be able to enter a public school and become a primary school teacher, achieving a remarkable turnaround in her life. Her younger brother, Tom, has recovered his health and is now back in school. To allow Tom to attend a good private school, the family moved from their rural home to a decent community in a small city, enabling Tom to attend a better school.

It can be said that her family's fate was turned around because of her; this is a case of "when a person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

Li Wei smiled and said, "That's good. If you encounter any difficulties, just tell me and I'll handle it."

Joan said, "I know, young master. My family has already received considerable benefits, and I have no other desires."

Right now, she has no other thoughts but to stay by Li Wei's side and do her job well.

What made Joan somewhat embarrassed was that after her parents learned that their family had turned their lives around because of Li Wei, they wrote to her wanting her to improve her relationship with Li Wei so that the whole family could also benefit more.

To put it bluntly, the so-called "further progress" meant making her Li Wei's woman. She explained in the letter that Li Wei already had many women around him, but her parents still insisted on their own ideas and wanted her and Li Wei to "further progress," which troubled her.

In truth, Joan felt somewhat inferior when facing the girls around Li Wei. After all, compared to the other girls, her biggest problem was a lack of femininity. Years of working outside had made her resemble a tomboy. Although she had started consciously taking care of herself and her appearance and figure were much better than before, there was still a gap between her and Mai Shiranui, Chizuru and Mankame, and Shermie.

Therefore, when she wrote back to her family, she had a bitter expression on her face. Compared to those exceptionally good-looking people, she really didn't have any competitive advantage, at least that's what she thought.

She was already very content to be able to stay by Li Wei's side as his housekeeper.

Li Wei grabbed Joan's hand, and Joan's body stiffened. She had originally wanted to break free from Li Wei's grasp, but Li Wei held her hand tightly. How could she possibly be a match for Li Wei's strength? So she could only let Li Wei hold her hand.

“Qiong, you’re very nervous,” Li Wei said.

“No, that’s not true, young master,” Joan said.

Li Wei said, "I know what you're thinking. There's no need to suppress your thoughts."

"Master..."

“Leave everything to me. You don’t just want to be a housekeeper, do you?” Li Wei said with a smile.

Joan lowered her head slightly, nestled in Li Wei's arms, and softly murmured "Mmm".

In an instant, the room was filled with fragrance...

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On the ring, fighters from Po Po took to the stage to compete. The preliminary rounds were for fighters who didn't receive an invitation but wanted to test their skills in the major tournament. After all, while the previous King of Fighters tournament was lively, it always felt too simplistic to Li Wei, which is why he arranged this schedule.

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The rules of the preliminary rounds are quite simple: it's a champion's stand system. The team that can stay on the stage for 10 minutes without being knocked off has the right to advance to the next round.

In a real-world fighting match, let alone a minute, even a few minutes would be quite difficult. After all, ordinary people in the real world have limited strength and stamina, and high-intensity combat can completely drain a fighter's stamina in a very short time.

However, the humans in this world have far greater potential in terms of physique than humans in the real world. As long as they are willing to put in the effort and train hard, it is not uncommon for them to break through human limits.

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Some fighters with exceptional stamina can even fight at high intensity for days and nights. However, being able to sustain this for half an hour is considered the minimum requirement for the first round of the qualifiers.

Inside the private box, Li Weihuai held the exhausted Qiong in his arms, watching the situation on the arena below. The massive stadium, capable of holding tens of thousands of people, had four large arenas in the center, each able to accommodate four matches simultaneously. These four arenas, coordinated by an underground mechanical transmission system, could be combined into a super-large arena—a giant arena prepared for the upcoming finals.

Li Wei gently stroked Qiong's hair, enjoying the tenderness with the beauty. Relying on his powerful senses, Li Wei discovered a considerable number of Orochi Familia members in the venue. However, these Orochi Familia members were very well-behaved, staying in the audience to watch the competition. Some even brought cola and popcorn, looking like tourists.

The venue not only had members of the Orochi clan, but Li Wei also discovered the calamity of the distant Land Clan. It has to be said that this guy's appearance is quite unique, even in the King of Fighters world where non-mainstream and flamboyant styles abound, making him quite easy to identify.

However, for Li Wei, who was in control of the overall situation, neither the Orochi Familia nor the people of the distant Land of the Land could have a significant impact on his plans.

After all, the Orochi Kinkaku were limited by their own vision and could not see the big picture, while he was "cheated" throughout the entire process. In comparison, the Orochi Kinkaku were at a complete disadvantage.

As for the distant tribes who arrived late, they had already missed the best time to make their plans, and now that they've come, it's already too late.

Chapter 1. Unexpected Visitor

The qualifiers weren't very exciting; in Li Wei's opinion, they were just a bunch of weaklings fighting each other. But for ordinary people, this level of battle was the most entertaining because the skill gap wasn't too big, so it was unlikely that they would be instantly killed. For a ticket that wasn't too expensive, you could see fighters fighting until their faces were covered in blood in the ring, which was a great deal for many people.

However, what Li Wei wanted to complain about was that the competition had only just begun its preliminary rounds, and people were already throwing fights.

During the preliminary rounds, Li Wei noticed several matches that seemed suspicious to him. He had the people left behind by Geese's clone investigate, and Li Wei discovered that those suspicious matches were backed by huge betting schemes, involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

Li Wei found this kind of thing disgusting. He had been burned by World Cup betting before, taking a few thousand yuan to try it out, only to encounter a "movie star". Since then, Li Wei has never bet on football again.

On the very first day that someone was fixing matches, Li Wei had Gis's men set up Gis's betting operations. After making a move against the betting companies that were operating the betting operations, he took over Jin Datou.

Geese's clone, Geese Society, and Krauser's clone, Monarchy, are both top-tier, massive, multinational underground organizations, far beyond the reach of ordinary betting companies. So when Levi's side opened official betting odds, the betting companies that wanted to take advantage of the King of Fighters tournament to make big bets were like wilted eggplants, immediately deflated.

Within just two or three days, the trend of fixing fights was effectively curbed, and the authorities also released a list of the fighters who had fixed fights as a warning to others. A tarnished reputation makes everything very difficult in the future; this can be seen as Li Wei's punishment for those who fixed fights.

As for the betting companies that instigated those fourth-rate fighters to fix fights, they also received their due punishment. All the money they had earned from fixing fights, including interest, had to be returned.

However, Li Wei did not push the other side to the brink. He simply made them return all the profits they had earned last time, without directly announcing the names of these gambling companies to the world. If Li Wei had publicized this matter, those gambling companies would have gone bankrupt in a very short time.

After all, the foundation of a betting company is fairness and integrity; match-fixing means bankruptcy of that integrity. Enraged gamblers will tear everyone in the betting company to shreds.

It was precisely because Li Wei showed leniency that all the gambling companies involved in the previous incidents became cowards and refused to participate in the betting operations for this year's King of Fighters tournament.

The remaining betting companies that are still operating are all honestly earning their share, and they dare not get involved in anything more.

As the competition progressed, the preliminary rounds concluded amidst enthusiastic cheers from the audience, and after a week of rest, the official competition finally began.

The seeded teams do not need to participate in this round of fierce competition because they have special invitations.

However, during the tournament, an uninvited guest arrived at Li Wei's mansion.

Li Wei, who was drinking tea in the garden, sensed an intruder entering his safe zone. After a quick assessment, he identified the intruder.

“A rare guest has arrived, why hide away? How about coming out for a cup of tea?” Li Wei put down his teacup, looked in the direction the other person was hiding, and smiled.

However, after Li Wei finished speaking, the other party still did not show up. Li Wei picked up an empty teacup and threw it in the direction of the person. With a whooshing sound, the teacup shattered into a large number of fragments, which instantly covered the area where the person was, forcing the other party to come out.

He was a tall young man with long, silver hair combed back into a slicked-back style, wearing a strange suit that exposed his chest, and polished white leather shoes.

"The way our guests arrived is a bit unusual. If we didn't use this method, it would be a bit unreasonable for them not to show up," Li Wei said with a smile.

The tall, silver-haired youth was none other than a member of the distant land race, Calamity.

The wicked man gently brushed his cheek, where his fingers had touched. The shard of the teacup had cut his face, and pale red blood, unlike that of a human, flowed from the wound. The wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Is this your way of treating guests? Someone who doesn't exist in the past or future." The wicked one approached Li Wei and sat down opposite him...

Hearing the way the other person addressed him, Li Wei was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that the other person would be able to see this far.

"An interesting statement. If someone doesn't exist in the past or the future, then they don't exist at all, do they?" Li Wei poured Huo Ji a cup of hot tea, and the wounds on Huo Ji's face had already healed.

"That's quite an honor," Huoji said with a sinister smile.

"Guest from the Distant Land Group, how should I address you?" Li Wei raised an eyebrow. Mokuki's strength was far inferior to his, but even so, Mokuki dared to come, so he probably had something to say. Precisely because of this, Li Wei didn't immediately call for battle after sensing the other party's approach.

“Moriko, just call me Dai. Mr. Li Wei, you must be from a parallel universe or another universe.” Moriko’s expression turned serious.

"Oh? I didn't expect that the people of the distant lands would know about the concepts of parallel universes and other universes." Li Wei was somewhat surprised, after all, the power displayed by the distant lands was completely contrary to this concept.

"The power we possess is no different from that of gods and demons to ordinary people. Of course, for Mr. Li Wei, such power may only be considered mediocre," said Huoji.

“I like hearing that, but I’m a little curious about why you came to find me. After all, the ultimate goal pursued by your distant race conflicts with my interests,” Li Wei said meaningfully.

Mokuki laughed, "That's just the idea of ​​that madman Saiki. We can't resist him because he has an absolute advantage in power, so whatever he says goes. But not every member of the Distant Land Clan wants to achieve such a crazy goal."

Li Wei roughly guessed what Masaki's purpose was. Unlike the relatively united Orochi clan, the internal strife among the clans of the distant lands was extremely fierce, and Masaki was one of the clan's ambitious members.

Moreover, the leader of the distant land tribe, Saiki, is a ruler who governs his tribe purely through violence. In other words, he is an arrogant man with no charisma whatsoever, so it is quite normal for his subordinates to rebel.

Chapter 1. You might not lose money, but I'll definitely make a killing.

Li Wei had a considerable understanding of the distant land tribes, so he knew that the young man in front of him was not someone to be trifled with. Although he was somewhat better than Saiji, he was still the best of the worst, and he was not a good person either.

Of course, Li Wei didn't simply say that the person on the other end wasn't a good person, because he himself was also a member of the "evil party."

“The goal of the distant land race is to destroy humanity. To be honest, from my perspective, I cannot accept such a thing,” Li Wei said.

Huoji said, "I do the same."

Li Wei looked at Huo Ji with a playful smile.

Magaki said, "The Faraway Land Clan is similar in nature to the Orochi Kin, but unlike the Orochi Kin who have the protection of Orochi, the Faraway Land Clan has no backing. Therefore, they have to rely on themselves for everything, which is a very difficult thing."

Li Wei laughed and said, "You want to find a backer?"

Huoji laughed and said, "You could say that. Originally, I wanted to maintain a cooperative relationship with you, Mr. Li, as equal as possible. But after I actually met you, I realized that my idea was a bit naive. Compared to equal cooperation, what I wanted more was your protection."

Huoji changed his form of address for Li Wei from "you" to "you (formal)". From the beginning, the two communicated in Chongguo (Chongguo), because Chongguo is the most concise language in the world. If both parties are proficient in Chongguo, misunderstandings are the least likely to occur during communication.

"What is your purpose?" Li Wei asked.

"To survive, you either have to endure the great serpent's purge or open a passage to a parallel or other universe to avoid this calamity," said Mokuji with a serious expression.

Li Wei said, "It seems you know something about the Great Serpent's destruction of the world. The ability of the distant land race to manipulate time is quite interesting."

Mokuki said, "But for someone like you who transcends the timeline, all of this is meaningless, isn't it? We are nothing but thieves who have usurped Orochi's authority. Once Orochi reclaims his authority, the distant land races are nothing."

Li Wei was somewhat surprised. The description of the Distant Land Clan's current situation was quite insightful. The Distant Land Clan was portrayed as incredibly mysterious in the story, each one exuding an air of superiority. Even the NESTS organization was merely a tool they used. However, in reality, the Distant Land Clan's true strength was inferior to that of the Orochi Familia.

Li Wei speculated that Saiki's strength was likely inferior to Goenitz's, falling somewhere between Goenitz and Yashiro. Although he was a top-tier powerhouse, he was only considered a mid-level one. This was evident from the fact that he was tricked by his own descendant Ash, even to the point of mutual destruction. Saiki's true strength was actually rather weak.

Huoji placed one hand on his chest and said, "Of course, I also brought my own pledge of allegiance."

The Fiend possessed the ability to manipulate space, and took out a beautifully crafted ruby ​​pendant, placing it on the stone table in the pavilion.

Li Wei activated the system's scanning function and instantly obtained detailed information about the item.

The Cursed One said, "This ruby ​​is one of the seven secret treasures possessed by my clan, called the Crimson Demon Gem. It is a pass to a strange space, a special space called the Crimson Demon Battlefield. This special space will select the strongest people from two or three worlds and pull them into the special space for a great melee. When the number of survivors drops to half, the space's BOSS, the Crimson Demon, and the First Athena will appear. Whoever defeats either of them can leave with their people and a large amount of benefits."