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The tiles were all... so beautiful! And most of all, they looked expensive!

What the heck did the kids do this time?

I knew it! I knew I shouldn't have left them alone again...

Zhou Jiahao had a very mixed expression, as it was hard to tell what he was feeling right now.

He walked inside his house slowly, removing his shoes first, of course. As his feet touched the exquisite-looking tiles, his eyes narrowed.

These tiles were so... cold! Why are they so cold? Hmm, but now that I think about it, these tiles look fairly new, so it's only natural that they are cold...

He continued to walk inside. The windows were all open to let the dust be blown out of the house, but it was practically useless since the windows just faced walls.

However, what confused him the most when he walked inside was neither the exquisite new tiles nor the open windows that were useless.

What was most confusing was that... his wife, Zhou Xiang, was lying on the floor with a face of ecstasy.

”...Xiang. What are you doing?” Zhou Jiahao called out to his wife with a deadpan face.

Only then did Zhou Xiang snap out of her daze.

She arrived first from buying groceries and was confused about why her husband was not there. She also had the same initial reaction as her husband to the new tiles, but eventually, she got addicted to the feeling.

”Ah, there you are. Didn't I tell you not to leave the kids alone? Look at what they've done to the house...” Zhou Xiang scolded her husband with an angry tone. However, with her face still ecstatic, it was really making Zhou Jiahao doubt if she was the one who just spoke...

”Well, I was called out to work by the boss... for 'urgent matters'.” Zhou Jiahao relayed to his wife what had happened with a mocking tone.

”Sounds like you're pissed at him.” Zhou Xiang bantered with her husband. She detected easily the mocking undertone in his voice.

With them being married for many years, it was a no-brainer as to why they knew each other's inside-and-outs.

”You know, you should stand up.” Zhou Jiahao finally could not stand it anymore and asked his wife, who was enjoying the feeling of the exquisite and expensive looking tiles on the floor.

.....

”There... we... go!” Zhou Lei tapped letters on the keyboard as he spoke respectively. He was finally finished typing. Well, typing 20 chapters...

He stretched his hand above his head as his fingers made cracking sounds. He leaned on the chair as he breathed deeply.

”This... is a masterpiece.” Zhou Lei muttered to himself as he nodded in agreement to his own comment. He was pretty satisfied.

”Now, I need to publish it...”

He put his untiring hand on the mouse and started clicking.

Click! Click! Click!

After a while, the first chapter was finally published. Zhou Lei named the novel ”Conqueror of the Realms”. It sounded very cliche, but to Zhou Lei, this title was the perfect and most concise summary of the story he just wrote.