MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

 What awaits them may be a bright future, or it may be swords, guns, swords and halberds.

 But as long as the relatives around them are still there, they can draw countless nutrients from here and nourish them until eternity!

The light of the early sun filled the ground of Jinling City, and the Gu family walked towards the old house step by step, talking and laughing as they did before.

 Two years later, Dajin suddenly raised his troops and went south.

They intended to replicate the sneak attack and massacre of the Gu family army back then, but this time, they met the descendants of the Gu family who did not like common sense.

 Gu Siwen, who was only 19 years old, took command and set out for the expedition. His twelve lieutenants and 500,000 tiger troops were all under his orders.

 Make strategic plans and win every battle.

When the good news was sent back to Sui'an City from Cezhou one by one, Xing Zhao was dining with His Majesty.

“Well, well, the Gu family is so brave. Look at Shaoyu’s child. He is really good. When he returns to the court this time, I will definitely reward him!”

 Is the teacher returning to the court?

　　Can't help but remind Xing Zhao of the scene when his cousin came back from the victory.

This year after year, year after year, it really goes round and round, and it never changes.

At the same time, Gu Siwen, who went straight to Huanglong, found a "distressed" noblewoman in the big tent after killing the Golden King.

When he opened the curtain, he caught sight of those smart eyes.

Stubbornness, ferocity, hostility, and hatred for revenge all came together. After seeing too many beauties from the south of the Yangtze River, Gu Siwen fell in love with such "thorns on the edge of a knife."

 Then, he grabbed her arm and pulled the dagger she was holding toward his chest. He spoke with some disdain and some teasing.

"You are so weak that you can't take revenge. If you have the guts, just go back with me and give you ten years to seek revenge on me. How about that?"

 The woman was puzzled, her eyes full of vigilance.

"It's easy for me to kill you. Whether you want this opportunity or not is entirely up to you."

After saying that, he threw away her hand, turned around and left without any sloppiness. When he got to the horse and got on the horse, he saw the noble lady inside walking out, with a look of determination to die. , he said loudly.

"good!"

When he heard this, Gu Siwen smiled. He always had a cheerful temperament, and everyone thought he had intercepted something great. Unexpectedly, when he appeared in front of people again, there was an extra watcher on the horse. A girl who is not very old.

Look at the outfit she’s wearing, she still looks like a noble girl.

Hence, Mu Lianying immediately stepped forward and said.

 “Young Marshal, the military orders of the Gu family army must not be violated!”

"Uncle Mu, don't worry. You must not insult the enemy's female relatives. I will never forget the things that are deeply engraved in my heart. But this one is different. She came to seek revenge from me. I agreed to take her back and give her ten years." , I just want to see if the wealthy lady has this ability!"

At this point, Mu Lianying was stunned, but she couldn't resist the wanton temper of her young commander, so in the end she had to give up, but privately she kept an eye on the wealthy lady.

“After talking for a long time, I still don’t know what your name is, Marshal?”

The woman was silent for a moment. Gu Siwen thought she didn't want to speak, so she didn't force her. Then she galloped off and ran, leaving Mu Lianying far behind.

As the wind whistled past her ears, the noble lady said something lightly.

 “Xuanman.”

“Xuanman? It doesn’t look like a name that your noble daughter would choose.”

 The black mandala and the unpredictable death are just like her current situation, aren't they? I just don’t know whether what greets her is the darkness of the long night or the silence before dawn...

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 Wow, another book has been finished.

Every time it’s time to write the conclusion, I always have a lot to say.

 Thank you all, it is my eternal theme.

  It can be said that without your support, Dalizi would not be able to insist on coding.

I got into coding by accident. At the beginning, I wanted to give my life more possibilities. Later, I slowly discovered that writing stories is really what I like, so I took it step by step. Now.

 Three books, 3.5 million words.

 It feels like there are quite a lot to say, but compared with the powerful authors, I still have a lot of shortcomings, so I will write a summary and hope that I can make more progress next time~

 Let me talk a little bit about this book.

 When I first wrote this book, I ambitiously wanted to reach 3 million words. When I reached about 600,000 words, I felt that I still had a lot of stories to tell, so I was full of confidence.

 Especially the portrayal of the heroine Du Jingyi at the beginning, I revised it over and over again for six versions, and finally presented the character I wanted to express in my heart.

 Not necessarily perfect, but with bones and blood.

 This is true for her, and it is true for all the other characters.

Including the plot twist later, some sisters feel that the male patron Gu Shaoyu is not so perfect. In fact, I think this is the norm!

How can there be perfect characters in this world?

 Just because they are male and female protagonists, all descriptions will be particularly slanted and tolerant of them, but in fact from the perspective of others, perhaps some of their actions are also "evil"!

 This aspect is also a topic I have been discussing!

Ideals are always good, but there will still be deviations when implementing every plot in the story. So the problem is that I overhauled the first 300,000 words, and then the update was not satisfactory due to repeated illness.

 Especially the repetition of some characters made me feel that it was a bit substandard, so I cut off part of the plot and chose to finish it today.

 Have any regrets?

certainly!

 But I always think that a good-looking book should have a clear protagonist, exquisite side dishes, and an interesting story.

 Obviously, my book is still far from such a goal. I can only say thank you to everyone for your tolerance, correction, reminder and acceptance, and for accompanying me for 8 months.

 This is a very rare experience that I will remember forever.

 The good and bad merits and demerits are all over at this moment.

 Thank you for always accompanying me, and thank you for all the corrections. I will continue to work hard and study in the future to bring you more exciting or more flesh-and-blood works.

   (section about new books)

 In fact, I had almost finalized the outline of the story in January, but it was the same as before. I had to revise it repeatedly and wanted to add eye-catching elements, so the writing was unstable.

 Sometimes it looks good, and the next time it’s very stuck.

I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to present such a manuscript to everyone, so the original plan was to stop it for a while until I could sort out my thoughts.

 Maybe it will be 10 days later, maybe a month later, before I set off again.

 At the end of the day, Dalizi is still here, fulfilling his promise to “keep writing”!

I hope that when the new story is introduced to everyone, it will attract you again, and when the time comes, we will explore a different kind of life and happiness together~~~

Hee hee, as the old saying goes, I won’t say goodbye in the world, I will say, see you in another world!

Sincerely three avocados

 February 29, 2024 (End of this chapter)