On the straw mat, as a powerful current from an unknown source surged through his entire body, Su Yu, who usually had a terrible case of morning crankiness, was jolted awake in convulsions, completely baffled.
“No, wait, what the hell is this?!”
Su Yu’s eyes were wide open as he gasped in shock.
But before he could recover, a slightly feminine mechanical voice rang out in his mind again.
[Detected that the executor has not yet executed the “Cuckold Fate” schedule plan. Continuous electric shock punishment for 10 seconds. Countdown begins.]
[Three]
“Huh?”
Su Yu listened to the voice in his head, his expression full of confusion and bewilderment.
[Two]
“What schedule plan? Execute what?”
Still dazed from being shocked awake, Su Yu’s brain was clearly sluggish, but his face grew more terrified as the cold countdown continued.
[One]
“Why don’t you tell me what to execute? How am I supposed to do it if you don’t say… AHHHHHH—!!!”
Before Su Yu could finish his complaints, an even stronger current than before erupted from the crown of his head and instantly spread through his entire body!
“AHHHHHHH—!!!”
His body began to convulse uncontrollably, his eyes rolling back as his screams echoed through every room of the Su Family residence.
After ten seconds, the current disappeared, and Su Yu twitched a few times before rolling onto his side.
Then, the schedule paper he had left beside the bed caught his eye.
“Wait, the schedule plan doesn’t mean…”
[Detected that the executor has not executed the “Cuckold Fate” schedule plan. Continuous electric shock punishment for 60 seconds. Countdown begins.]
[Three]
Hearing the cold countdown start again, Su Yu shot up from the bed like a spring, but because he had been shocked for so long, he immediately fell to the floor with a thud as he got down.
He struggled to his feet, barely steadying himself, and swallowed hard. He held his breath, waiting for the mechanical voice to speak again.
The world seemed to fall silent. After several breaths, the mechanical sound did not return.
“Phew…”
Su Yu couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
“—What the hell are you barking about at this hour, Su Yu? Are you trying to die?!”
A deep, furious middle-aged woman’s roar came from outside the door.
On any normal day, Su Yu would have panicked upon hearing that roar, thinking he was doomed. But now, he couldn’t care less, because if he didn’t follow that damn schedule plan, he wouldn’t just be doomed—he’d actually die!
[Detected that the executor has not continued executing the “Cuckold Fate” schedule plan. Electric shock punishment countdown begins.]
[Three]
Hearing the familiar countdown buzz in his head again, Su Yu ignored everything else and quickly grabbed the schedule paper he had tossed beside the bed.
When he saw the line [Position Plan Objective: Strive to be—Cuckold Fate] , he immediately understood why this damn schedule was called “Cuckold Fate.”
But he didn’t want to become a cuckold; he just wanted to fight against the fate of being one. He only wrote “Cuckold Fate” because the line couldn’t hold more characters!
Damn it! If only he had started a new line and written it out completely!
[Two]
But as the countdown sounded again, Su Yu had no time to regret. He quickly looked at the next line, which was the first planned item.
[Yin Hour (03:00–05:00): Wake up and practice martial arts, or go to the Martial Hall to learn martial arts.]
“Fuck, wake up at Yin Hour? Are you insane? Which idiot set this…”
“Fuck! I’m that idiot!”
[One]
Cursing, Su Yu hurried toward the door.
“I can’t practice martial arts in this room, can I? This broken house doesn’t even have a decent place to stand!”
He complained, but it sounded more like an explanation to someone.
Strangely, the explanation seemed to work—the damn countdown didn’t start again, as if it accepted his reasoning.
Even so, Su Yu didn’t dare relax, because no one knew when that damned countdown would ring again.
“Have you gone crazy, Su Yu? What are you doing in the middle of the night? Do you want to live?!”
When Su Yu stepped outside, a disheveled middle-aged woman stood there like an angry lioness, glaring at him.
But Su Yu had no time for Qi Shi, because the damn countdown started again!
[Detected…]
In an instant, Su Yu’s face turned bitter as a pig’s liver. What could he do? Obviously, if he didn’t start practicing martial arts right away, that damn schedule would electrocute him again!
‘Practice martial arts…’
‘Practice martial arts…’
Su Yu’s mind was filled with that word. The schedule said to practice martial arts, but he had completely forgotten how!
Ever since he was thirteen, when the Deputy Hall Master of Lin’s Martial Hall declared his bone talent mediocre, he had never practiced again. Back then, he had only learned the most basic皮毛 (superficial skills), and now he couldn’t even recall those!
Now he had to practice martial arts immediately. How?
‘Would doing push-ups or something count as practicing martial arts?’
The thought had barely entered his mind before he shook his head and dismissed it.
Because in this world, “martial arts practice” couldn’t be equated with “exercise” from his previous life. Martial arts wasn’t just about training blood and energy; the most important thing was to train real “Inner Force.” Push-ups had nothing to do with training Inner Force—you needed proper martial arts techniques to cultivate Inner Force.
[Three]
But the schedule didn’t care about Su Yu’s predicament. The countdown continued coldly.
For a moment, Su Yu racked his brains for a way out. He couldn’t let this damn schedule electrocute him to death here, could he?
And even being electrocuted to death might be a mercy—what if it just kept shocking him without killing him? That would be torture worse than death!
[Two]
“Right, the full morning plan is ‘Wake up and practice martial arts, or go to the Martial Hall to learn martial arts.’ Right…”
“Go to the Martial Hall!”
“Yes, yes, that’s it. Even though it’s not dawn yet, I remember that the Martial Hall keeps the outer courtyard gate open for early risers who want to practice… I also recall that the walls of the Martial Hall have the most basic Standing Stake Exercise recorded on them.”
Relying on vague memories, Su Yu finally found his only way out.
Just as Su Yu came to this realization, Qi Shi, who had been watching, couldn’t hold it in anymore. She glared at him with a mix of anger and confusion:
“What kind of crazy spell have you fallen into, Su—”
But before she could finish, Su Yu bolted out of the Su Family Courtyard like a madman.
“Hey, it’s not even dawn yet! Where are you going? Are you insane, Su Yu?!”
“I’m going to the Martial Hall to practice martial arts! Don’t worry about me, Auntie!”
Su Yu shouted back without turning his head—or rather, without daring to turn his head.
“Who the hell is worried about you? Did you get water in your brain today? Freak! Crazy?”
Qi Shi watched him run off and couldn’t be bothered to chase him. She muttered a few curses under her breath.
But then, as she closed the courtyard gate, she couldn’t help glancing in the direction Su Yu had gone.
Sure enough, Lin’s Martial Hall was in that direction.
“Best if he really goes to the Martial Hall. If he goes out to fool around and gets eaten by those demons outside the village… his mother will surely come demanding the compensation money. Where would I get that kind of cash?”
She snorted quietly to herself, then coldly shut and locked the courtyard gate.
“Mother, what happened?”
At that moment, Su Rou, woken by the commotion outside, came out rubbing her sleepy eyes and asked.
“Nothing. Your good big brother Su Yu has gone crazy. He ran out at this hour, saying he’s going to the Martial Hall to practice martial arts.”
“Going to the Martial Hall… to practice martial arts?”
Su Rou’s tone was filled with great surprise, as if she couldn’t connect the words “Su Yu” and “practice martial arts.”
“Why?” Su Rou asked instinctively.
“Who knows.” Qi Shi rolled her eyes and shook her head.
“But I think he was stimulated by what happened yesterday. I only said a few words to him—was that really necessary?” Qi Shi snorted, then looked at Su Rou. “Don’t worry about him. Go back to sleep. You need to rest since you have to practice martial arts during the day… He’s definitely acting on impulse. In a few days—no, he won’t even last past today before he loses the energy to play crazy.”
“Rourou, you’ll see. He’ll be back with his tail between his legs before noon, at breakfast time. And even if he does practice martial arts, what can he achieve? He’s just not cut out for it. Waste of effort, brain full of water!”
Qi Shi couldn’t help muttering a few more complaints, then turned and walked back into the house.
Su Rou, on the other hand, tightened the loosely fastened clothes she had thrown on. Her usual smiling face was now furrowed with worry, as if she was concerned about something.
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