"Here."
"Buy it."
"Ye Shuang, and this one too..."
"Buy it."
In no time, Ye Shuang had already bought Bai Yuyou a whole pile of snacks. The girl nibbled on them delicately while occasionally feeding some to Ye Shuang as well.
"Alright, you eat by yourself. I'm not hungry." Seeing Bai Yuyou raising her arm to feed him, Ye Shuang chuckled and took a small symbolic bite before letting her eat on her own.
Noticing something, Ye Shuang took out a tissue and gently wiped the oil stains from the corner of her lips. "Take your time."
"Okay..."
Walking side by side, they attracted quite a few glances due to Bai Yuyou’s striking beauty. At that moment, however, Bai Yuyou’s attention was captured by a small pool.
A few people were gathered around the pool, where numerous goldfish swam about.
"It’s a goldfish scooping game. Want to try?" Ye Shuang asked. The game involved using a paper net to scoop the swimming fish—players could take home however many they caught or exchange them for gifts.
"Play..."
Bai Yuyou seemed mesmerized by the goldfish darting through the water. She crouched down, her eyes following the little fish as they moved.
"How much per try?" Seeing how engrossed Bai Yuyou was, Ye Shuang asked the stall owner.
"U-um, five yuan per try," the stall owner, a younger girl, replied shyly, avoiding eye contact with Ye Shuang.
After scanning the payment, the girl handed over the paper net, which resembled a small showerhead with a fragile paper center—once torn, it couldn’t be reused.
"Here, give it a shot." Ye Shuang passed the net to Bai Yuyou.
She took it, studied it for a moment, then dipped it into the water—
The moment she tried to scoop up a goldfish, it flicked its tail, tearing the net instantly.
"Torn..." Bai Yuyou stared at the hole in the net, then turned to Ye Shuang with an innocent look. "Still usable?"
"Nope." Ye Shuang got her a new one from the stall owner.
Bai Yuyou tried again. This time, she managed to scoop up a fish, but the net tore mid-air, letting the goldfish slip back into the water.
"Torn." She looked dejected, even her usually perky hair strand drooping.
Ye Shuang fetched two more nets and reassured her, "Let me try."
Unlike Bai Yuyou’s cautious approach, Ye Shuang acted swiftly, targeting a fish near the surface and scooping it up in one smooth motion before transferring it to a small tank.
The whole process took barely a second—one goldfish caught.
Bai Yuyou clapped softly, completely captivated.
Using the same method, Ye Shuang quickly caught two more fish before the net finally gave way from being soaked.
"Try again. Just move faster," he encouraged.
After observing his technique, Bai Yuyou prepared for another attempt.
Perhaps due to bad luck, the net tore the moment she dipped it in.
"Ye Shuang... I can’t do it."
"Silly, you can." Ye Shuang patted her head gently and got another net from the owner.
This time, as Bai Yuyou held the net, Ye Shuang leaned in, wrapping an arm around her back. His large hand enveloped hers as they held the net together, pulling her close against his chest.
"Ye Shuang..." Bai Yuyou felt his steady heartbeat against her back. She turned slightly, finding his profile inches away.
"Here, I’ll guide you."
With a swift motion, he guided her hand, and—splash!—the net scooped up a goldfish effortlessly!
"Success!" Ye Shuang grinned as they dropped the fish into the tank.
Bai Yuyou stared at the bubbling goldfish, then suddenly turned around.
"Ye Shuang, hug..."
"W-wait, hold on?!"
After some chaos—Bai Yuyou had unexpectedly thrown herself into his arms, knocking over nearby fish tanks—Ye Shuang ended up compensating the stall owner before leaving with a single goldfish in a small plastic bag.
"I messed up..." Bai Yuyou murmured guiltily, clearly aware of her mistake.
"It’s fine. At least we got a little goldfish out of it." Ye Shuang pointed to the oxygenated bag.
"Keep it at home?"
"Probably not."
"Why?"
"Well... unless you want to treat it as a snack for Yīwàn." Ye Shuang doubted a goldfish and a cat could coexist peacefully, though he considered buying a sealed tank.
Spending on a tank for a cheap goldfish might seem excessive, but given that Bai Yuyou had caught it, it held sentimental value.
Next, Ye Shuang took Bai Yuyou to a few more attractions. By the time they finished, it was nearly lunchtime, and they settled on a bench under a large tree.
"Having fun?"
"Mhm."
"Good." Ye Shuang smiled.
"Ye Shuang..."
"Yeah?"
"What... were you like in school?" Bai Yuyou’s rare question caught him off guard. He reached out and pinched her cheek lightly.
"Why ask that?"
After a thoughtful pause, she answered earnestly, "I want... to know more about you."
"I see." Ye Shuang reminisced briefly. "School back then wasn’t as lively as yours. It was mostly studying nonstop. Though I was a bit rebellious."
"Rebellious?" Bai Yuyou didn’t seem to understand.
"Defying teachers and family, preferring freedom." He coughed awkwardly. "Ancient history."
"Later... something happened, and I started focusing on studying seriously."
"Somehow, in about half a year, I accidentally ended up ranking first in the grade."
Though curious about what had changed him, Bai Yuyou didn’t press further when she sensed his reluctance to elaborate.
Just then, a phone rang. Ye Shuang checked his pocket—not his.
He turned to see Bai Yuyou holding her phone.
"Keke’s message?"
"No..." She paused. "Hers..."
Realizing it was Aunt Xian calling, Ye Shuang nodded.
"Answer it."
"Okay..."
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!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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!" "......"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
