“Learning a skill?” The boy put down the abacus he was holding and looked at his parents with a tilt of his head before promptly shaking his head. “What’s there to learn? I won’t go.”


  The young master of the Nie family carried some fame to his name, and it wasn’t simply because of the Nie family.

  Nameless Nie was extremely talented in martial arts but favored his abacus and frequently conducted trades with other people.

  “Dad, Mom, how much money does the Nie family have? After you die, won’t I have to take over the management of the Nie family’s finances? What’s the use of learning martial arts? Just look at the Shen family…” Nameless Nie expressed his objections to his parents’ decision to send him to learn martial arts.

  Father Nie exploded with wrath. “You scoundrel! Send! Immediately send him away!”


  …


  Within three days, Nameless Nie was sent out of the Independent State.

  At a village in a small country neighboring the Independent State:

  Nameless Nie looked at the mansion sitting in the center of the village then looked at the owner of this mansion. He couldn’t understand why his parents would send him to this lousy place in the middle of nowhere.

  Also, what was the deal with this woman who liked to smoke cigarettes next to him? His parents wanted him to learn martial arts from her?

  Nameless Nie couldn’t tell what was unusual about this woman? She didn’t seem to be that big of a deal. If he had to name a strength of hers, there was something.

  Whether it was this woman’s appearance or her figure, they were both top-notch. However, she dressed very casually. She wore a pair of shabby jeans and a loose top, appearing rather unruly and free. If she put some effort into her looks, she would probably be a rare beauty.

  “Nameless, my ancestors had some connections to your ancestors. Your parents sent you to me to learn. I hope you can listen well in the future, okay?” the woman asked Nameless Nie with a light chuckle.

  Nameless Nie blinked and blinked. “D*mn hag. Even my parents can’t manage me, so what right do you have to control me? Blah!”


  Nameless Nie snorted and turned to leave.

  However, he didn’t take more than a few steps before the woman grabbed him by his collar and picked him up.

  “Punk, you’re rather uncouth! How do your parents discipline you?”


  The woman snorted.

  “I’m warning you—release me immediately! A good man doesn’t fight a woman, and this young master has never beaten a woman, but I don’t mind breaking this rule… I’m telling you—I’m very strong…” Nameless Nie started brandishing his claws in mid-air.

  The woman was amused by Nameless Nie’s appearance and gently put him back on the ground. She stuck her hands into her jeans pockets, intrigued. “Are you very strong? I really couldn’t tell. If you can defeat me, I will send you back to the Independent State. How about that?”


  “Alright, you were the one who said it! Don’t blame your Grandfather Nameless for ruining a flower and not knowing how to be tender to a woman!” Nameless Nie harrumphed.

  “Ruining a flower… Being tender to a woman… Who did you learn these words from, little imp?” the woman asked curiously.

  She really couldn’t figure out how a seven-or-eight-year-old child could say something like this.

  “I learned without a teacher! Please call me a genius!” Nameless Nie replied.

  “Don’t tell me you learned it from your father,” the woman said, humored.

  Nameless Nie was startled. “How did you know?”


  Before the woman could say anything else, Nameless Nie suddenly looked behind the woman in astonishment. “Mom, why did you come here?”


  The woman reflexively looked behind her.

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  Nameless Nie guffawed and swung his fist, charging toward the woman. “The world is dangerous and human intentions are unpredictable! Let me teach you a lesson!”


  However, a “plop” resounded and Nameless Nie tripped and crashed next to her feet.

  The woman turned around and looked at Nameless Nie, baffled. “What did you say?”


  Nameless Nie replied, “Oh… I missed my mom too much, so I was probably having hallucinations…”


  “Who did you say you were teaching a lesson to?” The woman stared at Nameless Nie.

  “Didn’t I come here to learn martial arts? Teach me a lesson then,” Nameless Nie said.

  The woman instantly picked up Nameless Nie and strode toward the mansion up ahead.

  …


  “To be my student, you have to abide by three rules,” the woman said to Nameless Nie in the living room.

  “Which three rules?” Nameless Nie asked curiously.

  “First, from today onward, you’re responsible for the cleaning the house as well as buying groceries and cooking.”


  “Second, from now on, you’ll do whatever I say without any objections.”


  “Third, you’re now a member of our family and the only man in the house, so you must work and train harder so that you can at least protect us in the future.”


  Nameless Nie sat on the sofa with one leg crossed over his knee and snorted when the woman finished speaking. “What do you mean I’m the only man? Is your husband dead? Are you a widow? Don’t even think about making me buy groceries, cook, and clean! I want to learn the monkey fists, so how about you give me a monkey show?”


  Before the woman could respond, an apathetic girl walked downstairs from the second floor with a white dress.

  “Mom… so noisy…” the girl softly said to the woman. Her gaze toward Nameless Nie was aloof but was mixed with a trace of curiosity.

  “Who are you?” Nameless Nie asked the girl.

  “You’re in my house. Why are you asking who I am?” the girl retorted calmly.

  “Nameless Nie, she’s my daughter. In terms of family hierarchy, you should call her aunt,” the woman said.

  “Aunt?” Nameless Nie stared at the girl. “Why should I call her aunt? Why isn’t she calling me Grandfather instead? If she calls me Grandfather, I’ll call her Aunt. If we address each other like this, then I can accept that.”


  Before the woman could respond, a realization dawned on Nameless Nie. “She’s your daughter… Which means you really have a husband, but you just said I was the only man in the house. Your husband really is dead, and you’re a widow!”


  “Imp, don’t take a mile when I’ve given you an inch. I never hit children,” the woman responded coldly.

  “Hag, don’t bare your fangs at me! I never hit women!” Nameless Nie wasn’t to be outdone.

  “Ling Miao, help Mommy teach this imp a hard lesson,” the woman said to the girl.

  The girl shook her head though. “It’d dirty my hands.”


  “It appears I have no choice but to personally teach you a lesson, imp.” The woman snorted.

  “Come! Do you think I’d be scared of you, a widow?” Nameless Nie pursed his lips.

  …


  About half an hour passed.

  Nameless Nie, who was beaten black and blue, looked at the woman with a grin on his face. “Auntie Ling, Great Aunt, give me some money. I’ll go buy some groceries…”


  “Are you giving in?” Auntie Ling asked Nameless Nie.

  “How could I give in… It’s just that I’m the only man in the house, so I have to yield to you and Aunt Ling Miao. This is just a basic form of respect…”


  Nameless Nie, who was basically beaten to submission, could only start shouldering all the chores in this house. He did all the cleaning and cooking every day. Thankfully, Auntie Ling treated him decently and left the laundry to Ling Miao.