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Chapter 143, "How about Grandma introducing a girlfriend to you?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Princess Wen's situation into a concrete plot event. Early on, Is there really such delicious fish soup in the world?.
Chapter 342, "This is our Hua Country's archery", is the clearest early answer because it turns Daniel's situation into a concrete plot event. Early on, Some horses fell in the mud pits and never got up, some remained....
Chapter 27, "Signing Jiang Yan is fine, but you have to follow along too.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Shen Lan's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 61, "Young Master Before vs After Going to the Countryside", is the clearest early answer because it turns Jiang Yan's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with Hahahaha, oh my god, Jiang Li's mouth is even more venomous.
Chapter 205, "The Fairy Descends to the Mortal World", is the clearest early answer because it turns Jiang Li's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 128, "Which family created the white lotus persona to go transplant rice seedlings in the field?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Su Yinwan's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 343, "He Can Support Jiang Li for a Lifetime", is the clearest early answer because it turns Lifetime Jiang Li's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from But she suddenly acted mischievously indifferent, "Are you a...
Chapter 268, "I'm Just Jealous of Jiang Li, I'm Annoyed by Her!", is the clearest early answer because it turns Su Yinwan's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 166, "Daniu Gets Jealous!", is the clearest early answer because it turns Zhao Lang's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Only after everyone in the small courtyard had left, did Zhao Lang...
Chapter 280, "Tonight, the entire village of you will have to apologize for my brothers!", is the clearest early answer because it turns Grim Reaper's situation into a concrete plot event.