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Chapter 62: Chapter 61 Unstable Taoist Heart (Please Subscribe!)

Cheng Zhu got home, and the first thing he saw was his uncle’s black BMW.

He immediately went to the neighborhood convenience store to buy paper, pens, and glue.

The characters for “repay the debt” he wrote were bold and untamed, and he used his left hand.

After writing, he sneaked over and plastered it on, slathering glue on the glass as if it cost nothing.

In the end, while sticking the paper, it nearly seeped through, dammit.

After all this was done, Cheng Zhu joyfully ran upstairs.

Although he had already prepared the groundwork, causing his parents to spend all their money and open a fresh food store, who knew if his uncle would pull some other trick.

“Today, I’m going to expose him directly as a gambling addict!” That was Cheng Zhu’s goal.

He had borrowed so much money and probably couldn’t even keep track of which group was pestering him for money; that was the most lethal part.

Cheng Zhu had a friend in his past life who became a gambling addict and had borrowed from every conceivable source. In the end, as the interest compounded, he himself couldn’t quite figure out how much he really owed.

All he could think about was getting more money to gamble!

At this moment, Cheng Zhu stood in the living room, pouring boiling water into his teacup. His eyes, cold and detached, followed the pouring stream.

He could hear his mother Xu Yun talking with Cheng.

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“He was really knocking on the glass, you should go down and ask.”

“Ah, he’s already in the car, Cheng, call him and find out what happened. Do you think he might have run into some trouble?” said Xu Yun.

Cheng fell silent for a moment, then finally said, “No need to call him, I’ll call Shuping.”

Shuping was Cheng Zhu’s uncle’s wife.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhu could sense his father’s wisdom.

If he couldn’t find out anything from his own siblings, there were two possible outcomes.

The first outcome was that the husband and wife had already conspired together to hide the truth from our family, meaning that the purpose behind borrowing money was definitely not simple.

The second outcome was that Shuping really didn’t know anything; if that was the case, then things would really blow up!

Besides, given Cheng’s understanding of his own brother and sister-in-law, he would probably lean more towards the second scenario, which is why he chose to call the sister-in-law immediately.

“Indeed, the older generation, though not well-educated, has their own set of methods,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

Cheng went outside to make the call, and Cheng Zhu couldn’t be bothered to eavesdrop on the specifics.

At this point, as a younger member of the family, he had done enough and it was time to step back.

The family drama that would follow wasn’t something he needed to get involved in, nor could he play a significant role in it.

In a previous life, the uncle swindled money that Cheng and Xu Yun had earned through hard work at Yunlai Restaurant, living days filled with smoke and fire, and they were used to being thrifty.

The money saved over several years could be lost by the uncle in one night.

Keep in mind, Cheng wouldn’t buy new clothes even once a year.

“Gambling addicts deserve to die,” Cheng Zhu thought, plain and simple.

After returning to his room, he remembered that it was 2014. Some lending businesses were still doable, especially… campus loans.

But that was an industry he wouldn’t touch.

Cheng Zhu certainly had a wild way of doing things, and his moral bottom line was quite flexible.

But at least he had a bottom line.

“Better to just quietly continue being my QQ business tycoon.”

“Once I get to university, there will be plenty of opportunities, and several pots of gold to scoop up.”

He plopped down in front of the computer and opened the backend of the online store Persistent Visit.

“The money I’ve made these past few days almost matches the entire previous month,” Cheng Zhu muttered to himself.

Too bad the store’s earnings couldn’t be withdrawn immediately.

But no matter; he would just withdraw it bit by bit.

He also felt that pioneering a new style in the comic field and standing out in the lewd content market meant there should be more of an impact.

After all, the driving force was always sexual desire!

Just look at the skins and models in games later on to understand this.

“The real storm probably hasn’t started yet,” Cheng Zhu thought.

“Let the bullet fly a little longer.”

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“Quit Porn Bar,” a truly bizarre existence inside the forums.

There were millions of members here, and the forum always maintained its popularity.

It’s hard to believe a forum with such a name once won the title “Exemplary Bar of Decade”.

This place had its fair share of thunderous quotes.

For example: “Society has kidnapped my energy, quitting porn brought me to the peak of life!”

In this large family, many referred to each other as “quitting buddies”.

They encouraged each other and made progress together.

It was a mixed bag of people, and the atmosphere slowly began to sour over time. Back in 2014, it was a bit better than later on.

Of course, any place with a large crowd will surely have some with ulterior motives. But then again, out of millions of users, the majority are…silly netizens.

Inside “Quit Porn Bar”, there was a classic type of thread known as the “No Porn Check-in Thread.”

Some engaged in this as their bodies could no longer keep up and they had no choice but to quit. Others, well, were simply clueless and brainless.

In such threads, the original poster would check in daily with messages like, “Day one of quitting porn, checking in!”

Among them, some were seriously committed to the cause.

Others were fooling others as well as themselves.

Checking in while indulging, purely fishing for clicks and replies.

Recently, there was a check-in thread in “Quit Porn Bar” that had become quite popular.

Simply because the poster didn’t just check in; he also shared photos of himself, documenting his changes over time.

He would pixelate certain parts of his face in the photos to avoid being recognized in real life.

But truth be told, judging from the non-pixelated areas, this poster named “Tang Sanzang is a Tough Guy” did seem to be getting healthier.

The first photo he posted showed him looking sallow and weary with heavy dark circles, puffiness, and a receding hairline.

His spirit and demeanor indicated he belonged to the group of people who had to quit.

Initially, the comments were encouraging, with some even offering advice and techniques, emphasizing genuine human connection.

Can’t help it, the guy looked really pathetic – don’t die young, dammit!

“Keep it up! My advice is to spend less time on the internet! It’s all a barrier to quitting porn!”

“Do some exercise, cycling, running.”

“Less fantasizing, much less fantasizing.”

“When you’re feeling distressed, listen to some songs. It works, tried and tested.”

This poster named “Tang Sanzang is a Tough Guy” genuinely persisted with the support of his enthusiastic “quitting buddies”.

The comments evolved from motivation and advice to praise and astonishment.

“Holy cow! Awesome! More than twenty days already!”

“You can tell from the photos, he’s really getting better! You can do it, man!”

“Damn it, every time I start a thread, I fail after three days! Salute to you!”

“Respect, lady here impressed, 666!”

“I’m taking notes, starting today I’ll say goodbye to being a lewd woman. I wonder if I’ll change like you did.”

“Damn, a person does look better when spirited, seems like he got handsomer?”

And as time passed, it became about the poster sharing his own experiences; he had upgraded to a mentor.

As the internet is wont to do, the silly netizens soon started to get creative with their comments, and the style began to shift.

Silly netizens are notoriously harsh.

Eventually, some began to coax gently.

“Bro, how many days has it been? You should reward yourself every once in a while, right?”

“Man, don’t be so hard on yourself! DM me, I’ll give you top-notch content.”

“Not to interrupt, but you can’t just swing from one extreme to the other! Come on, relax occasionally.”

“Join our ‘Quit Oily Foods’ team. It’s all about quitting, then breaking, then quitting again!”

“Wow, handsome guy, can I add your WeChat?”

The kinder silly netizens would just talk dirty.

The worse ones actually shared pictures or provided ‘resources’.

However, the forum’s admin was quite strict in this respect and kept a tight grip on content moderation.

But today, one silly netizen commented in the thread and attached a picture.

“Haha, brothers, look what great stuff I found!”

Comic-style QQ shop showcases like these appeared here.

A bunch of people commented below, asking what on earth it was.

“Is this a new work by some foreign master?”

“Never seen this style before, it’s incredible!”

“There’s a mole among us, stop quitting porn!”

“Damn, the enemy is within, after all!”

“Someone, please explain, do any big shots know what this is?”

Truth is, with such a vast crowd of netizens, there’s nothing that can’t be unearthed.

Shortly after, someone replied: “This is a show-off post by a QQ store, I dare not say the store name for fear of offending the forum’s admins.”

“Haha, I know this store too, but I dare not say the name, it goes against our bar’s beliefs, even at odds with them!”

“I know it too, but I won’t say!”

Well, they all turned into riddle folk!

The more you act mysterious, the more curious everyone gets.

What kind of store name could it be, elevated to this level, breaching our “Quit Porn Bar” admins’ taboos?

Moreover, think about it, who needs to quit porn? What kind of past do these people have?

Many individuals in this forum were once regular customers of QQ shops!

A small number were old hands, familiar with brick-and-mortar stores like the back of their hand.

But they had never seen such a creative, artful QQ shop capable of producing comic pictures for their showcase.

As the thread went on, even the original poster couldn’t resist asking: “Stop teasing, what’s the name of this shop already? A name isn’t that big of a deal, right?”

But no worries, where there are mystery folk, there will be others who talk.

With so many active users in the forum, not everyone will play coy.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before someone spilled the beans and informed all the “quitting buddies” of the store’s name.

For a moment, every one of them who saw the store name was stunned.

It was actually called—Persistent Visit!

“Quit Porn Bar” and… Persistent Visit?

Bold! Daring to use such a cheeky name!

Visit my ass!

Persist my foot!

Quit it! Everyone, just quit!

This cunning QQ store, its novel and innovative showcases aside, even using such a provocative name!

Now everyone understood why the riddle folk said what they did.

Damn it, the store’s name and its content were a serious clash with our bar’s “doctrine”.

—”The scoundrel, ruining my path to virtue!!!”