Her consciousness was somewhat muddled, as if sinking into an endless fog.
Eni was not entirely sure what she had experienced afterward.
When she opened her eyes, a familiar ceiling appeared before her. The familiar carved patterns caught her eye, the very designs she would count every night before falling asleep.
She had returned to her own room.
Her room within the manor.
Turning her head, she saw Xia Lun and Aina sitting beside her. Xia Lun's face looked somewhat haggard, with a bit of stubble appearing on his chin. Even his usually meticulously combed black hair was somewhat messy now. Madam Aina sat quietly by his side, her slender fingers tightly gripping Xia Lun's sleeve, as if silently offering him support.
"Lord Xia Lun..."
Eni was slightly taken aback, not expecting the two of them to be here.
"What happened?" Eni murmured.
"You're awake, child?" Xia Lun spoke with some bitterness, his eyes filled with deep sorrow and guilt. "I am truly... sorry. To think Aise would actually do such a thing..."
"Young Master Aise..." Eni muttered to herself, and then she suddenly recalled what had happened earlier.
The bloody slaughter, the severed limbs and organs scattered across the ground, and then, amidst a pile of corpses, she was... by Young Master Aise...
All the color instantly drained from Eni's small face. Her stomach convulsed violently, and a surge of stomach acid rushed up her throat. She covered her mouth, retching uncontrollably. Her frail body curled up and trembled fiercely, yet she could not throw up anything.
Aina stepped forward on her own initiative and gently patted her back.
Eni began to cover her face and weep bitterly. Her shoulders heaved helplessly as tears continuously spilled through her fingers, dampening the bedsheets.
Aina gently pulled Eni into her embrace. Her movements were somewhat clumsy and stiff, clearly unaccustomed to doing such a thing for anyone other than Xia Lun, yet it carried a rare gentleness.
Xia Lun's expression turned exceptionally gloomy, exuding a chilling aura of authority. His hands, resting on his knees, clenched into fists, his knuckles turning white from the force.
"Child... I will find a way to give you a proper explanation," Xia Lun promised Eni.
"Young Master Aise..." Eni slowly raised her head, fresh tear stains lingering at the corners of her eyes. "How... how is he? Is he alright?"
"I have grounded him... Child, he won't hurt you anymore." Xia Lun forcefully suppressed the emotions in his heart, trying his best to make his tone sound gentle. "I will make him apologize to you."
Eni suddenly recalled the look in Aise's eyes when he looked at her earlier—paranoid, fanatical, yet mixed with an indescribable coldness...
That gaze made Eni feel as if her heart was being choked by an invisible hand. Her throat felt as though it was wrapped by a venomous snake, hissing and flicking its tongue at her, sweeping her up in a freezing sense of suffocation.
"No! I don't want to see him!" Eni cried out in a breakdown, hugging her own arms and shrinking into a ball on the bed, shivering like a quail in the dead of winter.
"Alright... I understand, child. You won't see him again, don't be afraid..." Xia Lun hurriedly softened his voice, anxiously comforting her. "I will send you back, send you home... You can stay with your mother from now on. If you ever encounter any trouble, you can always come to me. I will definitely help you..."
Upon hearing about her mother, a bit of light returned to Eni's eyes. She nodded gently, her voice as faint as a gossamer thread. "Thank you... Lord Xia Lun."
Xia Lun rubbed Eni's head with some heartache.
Xia Lun stood up, intending to leave, but Eni caught the corner of his clothes.
"Young Master Aise..." Eni suddenly spoke again, biting her lip until it turned white. "Lord Xia Lun, please do not blame Aise... I am his maid, I..."
Eni's voice broke into whimpers again. Aina handed over a handkerchief, helping her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"If Lord Xia Lun hadn't saved us back then... my mother and I might have died in some remote corner long ago... So, no matter what Young Master Aise does to me, I won't blame him..."
"These two things are not the same." Xia Lun shook his head. "I will handle this matter properly, child..."
...
Xia Lun did not know what had happened to Aise.
When he returned from outside carrying the unconscious Eni, his personality had undergone an earth-shattering change.
He had calmly told Xia Lun and Aina what he had done, a faint smile even lingering on the corners of his lips.
"Father, I have merely found my true self. I feel wonderful right now... I am simply following my desires. I don't think I did anything wrong."
Xia Lun, who had never hit Aise before, ruthlessly smashed a fist into his face for the first time, sending Aise flying to crash heavily against the stone wall ten meters away.
Aise, however, merely wiped the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and slowly stood up from the ground. Aise did not fight back, nor did he even show any grievance or anger. He just stood quietly in place, looking at Xia Lun with those eyes that had become so unfamiliar.
It was Aina who stopped Xia Lun, who was like an enraged lion. "Xia Lun... it has already happened. What you need to do right now is properly settle Eni."
Xia Lun heeded Aina's advice and forcibly suppressed the fury that threatened to incinerate his reason.
Now, the matter with Eni had temporarily come to a close.
Xia Lun walked down the corridor with resolute strides, and Aina followed closely behind him.
"Xia Lun..."
"I know, it's fine, Aina." Xia Lun gave Aina's hand a squeeze.
Aina said no more.
Arriving at the door to Aise's room, Xia Lun took a deep breath and then pushed the door open to enter.
The room was very dim. Aise was leaning against the headboard, sitting on the bed with his legs curled up, doing who knows what... Seeing Xia Lun enter, his gaze immediately darted over.
In that instant, the scarlet pupils flickering under the candlelight made Xia Lun feel as if he were looking at a mindless, irrational beast.
"Aise..."
Xia Lun looked at his son, not knowing how to begin.
"What is it, Father?"
Aise revealed a bright smile, as if nothing had happened earlier.
"Are you... really Aise?"
"Why would you ask such a strange question? Of course I am Aise, your son." Aise laughed aloud, as though this were just an ordinary conversation between father and son.
"There is something very wrong with you. Who are you, really?"
"It is because I have found my true self... Father, the person standing before you right now is the real me."
"You were never like this before."
"Because I was always pretending, acting like the person you expected me to be... But that was far too stifling, and I don't want to go back to that. I am not lying to you, Father. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mother. She should have already noticed it..."
Aina's gaze toward Aise turned exceptionally cold, but Aise seemed completely unbothered by it.
Aise slightly narrowed his eyes. "I am sorry to have disappointed you, Father."
Xia Lun gave Aise one last, profound look and left the room without looking back.
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
