"Brother?!" A voice came from behind. Ye Shuang, who was eating rice at the time, paused and turned around—only to find Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou standing right behind him.
"Ye Shuang..."
Ye Shuang hadn’t expected such a coincidence. After all, Yinshan Academy had multiple cafeterias, each with two floors. Not to mention, this was his first time eating at the student cafeteria—yet he still ran into them.
"Come sit," Ye Shuang said.
Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke glanced over and noticed that the seats beside Ye Shuang were already taken. Sensing Tang Keke’s gaze, An Shiyu waved lazily, "Hey, busty girl."
"Y-you again!"
Bai Yuyou sat across from Ye Shuang. Though she would’ve preferred sitting beside him, the spot was already occupied.
"Ye Shuang… here?" Bai Yuyou seemed puzzled about why he was in the cafeteria.
The truth was, Ye Shuang had never told them he’d taken a job as the school doctor—precisely to avoid Bai Yuyou clinging to him in the infirmary all day.
When Bai Yuyou got injured last time, neither she nor Tang Keke realized Ye Shuang was the school doctor. They assumed he’d rushed over after receiving a notification.
He didn’t want Bai Yuyou spending all her free time with him. But now that they’d found out, he decided to come clean.
"Actually, I got hired as the school doctor here."
"Oh! So the super handsome, gentle school doctor everyone’s talking about is you?" Tang Keke immediately caught on.
Ye Shuang blinked. "There’s a rumor like that?"
"Yeah! You’re pretty famous in our grade."
Ye Shuang: "..."
No wonder there were so many "fever cases" every day.
Bai Yuyou’s eyes brightened. "At… school."
This meant she could see Ye Shuang even during school hours.
"Yuyou, you can’t come during breaks," Ye Shuang quickly saw through her thoughts and warned.
Unlike An Shiyu—who had special permission as part of his employment deal—he didn’t want Bai Yuyou becoming overly dependent on him. Otherwise, he would’ve told her sooner.
Bai Yuyou’s usual perky strand of hair drooped. She listlessly poked at the bean sprouts in her bowl, her entire being shrouded in gloom.
She’s more upset than I expected…
Feeling a pang of guilt, Ye Shuang sighed and relented. "Fine, I’ll spend lunch breaks with you."
Bai Yuyou immediately perked up. "Okay."
Like she’d been revived in an instant.
Watching from the side, Tang Keke couldn’t help but marvel at the power of love.
"But, Brother, why are you eating with An Shiyu?" Tang Keke asked. Bai Yuyou also tilted her head curiously.
"It’s a long story."
An Shiyu smirked and chimed in, "We’re butt-bonded comrades."
"What?"
Neither Tang Keke nor Bai Yuyou understood, but Ye Shuang’s eye twitched—he wanted to sew An Shiyu’s mouth shut.
The next second, An Shiyu lazily draped her leg over Ye Shuang’s thigh, leaning closer with a mischievous grin. "Care to explain, old man?"
Ye Shuang was about to retaliate but stopped when he noticed Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke watching.
"It means we bonded over drumming together," he said flatly.
"Drumming?" The two girls didn’t notice the movement under the table.
"Yeah." Ye Shuang had no choice but to play along.
An Shiyu propped her chin on her hand, grinning. "Mhm, exactly."
Her stocking-clad leg pressed down teasingly.
Ye Shuang wasn’t about to let her get away with this.
"Keke, which entrance did you come in from?"
Tang Keke turned and pointed behind her. "That one."
Bai Yuyou’s gaze followed.
Seizing the moment, Ye Shuang reached out—but An Shiyu was quicker. Slipping away like an eel, she stood up, tray in hand.
"Full. I’m out."
With that, she sauntered off.
Ye Shuang: "..."
Should’ve hit her harder last time. Should’ve treated her like an Ansai waist drum.
Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou didn’t find anything odd. Once An Shiyu left, they started asking about the infirmary.
"Brother, we can go to school together now!"
Ye Shuang refused immediately—he deliberately kept his commute time separate so they could socialize with peers.
Once they finished eating, Ye Shuang prepared to return to the infirmary. But as he left the cafeteria, he noticed Bai Yuyou following him.
"Why aren’t you going back to class with Keke?" he asked, turning around.
Bai Yuyou tugged at his white coat, her voice barely audible. "Lunch break… together."
Ye Shuang then realized he’d said "lunch break" earlier instead of "lunch." But the way she clung to his sleeve, as if she’d won the world, made him relent.
"Fine. Come with me."
"Okay."
Back in the infirmary, Ye Shuang sat at his desk while Bai Yuyou threw herself into his arms.
"People will misunderstand," he murmured, holding her soft form.
"Sleepy… in class," she mumbled against his shoulder.
Ye Shuang sighed and patted the back of her head, letting her stay.
After a while, Bai Yuyou reluctantly pulled away, still craving the warmth.
"One minute per lunch break. That’s the rule," Ye Shuang declared.
Bai Yuyou’s usually expressionless face showed rare conflict. She counted silently, then held up two fingers.
"Two minutes…"
"If you behave… maybe," Ye Shuang conceded, though it felt more like rewarding himself.
Bai Yuyou nodded eagerly. "I’ll behave…"
Only then did her attention shift to the infirmary. The sterile scent of disinfectant filled the air. Ye Shuang’s small work desk was tidy, with a few cozy trinkets.
"What’s wrong?"
"Ye Shuang… why… school doctor?" she asked curiously.
Ye Shuang smiled faintly.
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
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!
