"Brother, do you know how to play badminton?" Tang Keke asked curiously as she followed behind Ye Shuang on their way to the equipment room, accompanied by the other girl.
Bai Yuyou also turned to look at him.
"I know a little," Ye Shuang couldn't help but smile. Truthfully, he was better at tennis than badminton. Both sports involved swinging a racket and running around, so they had some similarities, though badminton required more technical skill.
But if he was just playing with these two girls, there was no need to be too serious—it wasn’t like they were competing.
When they arrived at the equipment room, Ye Shuang exchanged a few casual words with the teacher in charge, who immediately smiled and said, "Go to the shelf on the left. The badminton rackets there are brand new. They should feel more comfortable to use."
"Thanks."
"Not at all, don’t mention it."
Ye Shuang took three rackets and a couple of shuttlecocks from the shelf before leading the two girls out.
"Wow, these rackets and shuttlecocks are so new—they look completely untouched!" Tang Keke marveled, noticing how the goose feathers on the shuttlecocks were pristine white.
Bai Yuyou seemed to notice something too. "The teacher… acted differently."
"Probably the effect of having a handsome guy around," Tang Keke patted Bai Yuyou’s shoulder and sighed dramatically. "The proper way to utilize Brother."
Bai Yuyou didn’t quite understand, but Ye Shuang lightly flicked Tang Keke’s forehead. "Alright, stop filling Yuyou’s head with nonsense. Let’s go play badminton."
"Hehe."
The badminton courts were inside the gymnasium, divided into about ten sections for students to use during P.E. classes. After school, this area also served as the badminton club’s practice space, where upperclassmen who no longer had classes would gather to play.
"There are quite a few people here. Let’s go over there." Ye Shuang pointed toward a quieter corner where they’d be less disturbed.
The gym was stuffy—after all, the school wouldn’t turn on the air conditioning—and the scent of rubber filled the air.
"You two can be a team, and I’ll play alone. Sound good?" Ye Shuang asked.
"No problem."
To his surprise, both Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke were quite skilled at badminton. At first, Ye Shuang deliberately hit high shots to make it easier for Bai Yuyou to return—
But the next second, the girl leaped up slightly and smashed the shuttlecock straight at him in a sharp line drive.
"Smack!"
Her slender ponytail swayed as the crisp sound of the impact echoed, and the shuttlecock landed right at Ye Shuang’s feet.
He stared at it. "Huh?"
"Hehe, Yuyou might seem a little airheaded, but she’s pretty good at sports," Tang Keke gloated with a mischievous grin, while Bai Yuyou stood coolly with her racket in hand, looking like a swordswoman holding a blade.
"Alright, I underestimated you two." Ye Shuang chuckled and stretched his limbs. "Then let me show you the power of an adult man."
Ten minutes later—
"Yay!" Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou high-fived while Ye Shuang stood defeated on the other side, completely outmatched by the two of them.
"Brother, you really don’t have much talent for sports, do you?" Tang Keke remarked.
Ye Shuang: "…"
Why was he being roasted by Tang Keke when Bai Yuyou had done all the work? She was just coasting along.
"Guess I’m getting old. You two really got me." Though he said that, he didn’t seem upset at all—in fact, he’d had a lot of fun.
After a short break, they sat down on the benches.
"Brother, do you want some water?" Tang Keke asked.
"I’m not thirsty, but if you two want some, there’s a water dispenser and a vending machine outside the gym."
"Then I’ll go buy a few bottles."
"Sure."
As Tang Keke hurried off, Ye Shuang suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder—Bai Yuyou had leaned against him, resting her head there.
Not only that, but her clear, bottomless eyes were fixed on him, her gaze filled with nothing but his reflection, as if he were her entire world.
Silent and steady.
"What’s up?" His arm was hugged tightly, enveloped by the softness of her sports attire.
"During lunch break… I was thinking… about Ye Shuang."
"Hasn’t it only been a few hours?" Ye Shuang said. In fact, because Bai Yuyou had waited up for him too late the night before, he’d even excused her from two classes.
If you really counted, they’d only been apart for a handful of hours.
"Ye Shuang… do you think about me?" she asked.
"I do."
Bai Yuyou seemed happy.
Ye Shuang pulled out his phone and then took a handkerchief from his pocket. "Here, sit up straight so I can wipe your sweat."
Bai Yuyou straightened up, placing her pale hands neatly on her thighs, looking perfectly obedient.
After Ye Shuang wiped the sweat from her face, she murmured, "There’s sweat inside too…"
"Help me wipe it."
"Not here, we’re in public," Ye Shuang said.
"At home… then it’s okay?"
Realizing Bai Yuyou was trying to find loopholes in his words, Ye Shuang pinched her soft cheek lightly. "Still no."
Just then, Tang Keke returned with the water. "I’m back~"
"Keke, use this handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Yuyou’s back," Ye Shuang handed it to her.
"Got it!"
Tang Keke didn’t hesitate at all, taking the handkerchief and slipping her hand into the back of Bai Yuyou’s collar.
"It tickles…"
"Really?" Tang Keke lightened her touch. "Like this?"
"When Ye Shuang touches me… it tickles too," Bai Yuyou said.
Ye Shuang, who had been drinking water, nearly choked but managed to say, "Alright, let’s keep playing."
...
Meanwhile—
Principal’s Office.
Principal Huang of Yinshan Academy sat at his desk, sipping tea when his computer suddenly chimed.
[Principal’s Mailbox: You have a new message]
Most school websites had a principal’s mailbox, but usually, it wasn’t the principal who read them—staff members handled replies with polite, generic responses.
But at Yinshan Academy, the principal was required to personally review every message and respond within 24 hours—one of the rules set by the school board.
"It’s been a while since anyone sent a message to the principal’s mailbox," Principal Huang muttered as he clicked on the email.
"Let’s see…"
"A student from Class 3A… reporting an inappropriate relationship…"
"Bai Yuyou…"
"Hm? The school doesn’t forbid dating, though?" Principal Huang continued reading, but his brows slowly furrowed.
"An inappropriate relationship between a school doctor and a student?"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
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!
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
