"I just grabbed some documents and stuff." Ye Shuang didn’t mention the specifics of the matter. He paused, then changed the subject with a smile, "The granddaughter of the old man upstairs came back from abroad. She seems really happy."
"Happy…"
"Yeah."
"I’m happy too when I’m with Ye Shuang." Bai Yuyou tugged at his sleeve as she spoke.
Ye Shuang looked at the girl beside him for a few seconds before asking with a smile, "Do you know what happiness is?"
"Being happy."
"Well, that’s not wrong." Ye Shuang replied.
"I’m happy when I’m with Ye Shuang. I like it when you touch me, when we kiss… when you hold me." Bai Yuyou said seriously.
Ye Shuang: "..."
"If someone we know hears this, it’ll be trouble." Ye Shuang said.
"Why?"
"No reason." Ye Shuang lightly tapped her head. "Just remember not to say things like that."
"Then kiss me… and I won’t say it."
Ye Shuang stopped in his tracks, wondering if he’d misheard. He looked at Bai Yuyou again, only to find the girl already standing on her tiptoes.
When did she learn this?
"No."
But Bai Yuyou didn’t budge, clearly determined to get her way. Over time, she’d picked up a few tricks to handle Ye Shuang.
She wasn’t as clueless as she seemed.
After a moment, Ye Shuang finally gave in, pressing a light kiss to her forehead. "Happy now?"
Bai Yuyou opened her eyes, touched her forehead, then tugged at her clothes. "More… touch me, Ye Shuang."
Ye Shuang said, "No."
"Was this Tang Keke’s idea?"
"No…" Bai Yuyou shook her head, then relented. "Fine… touch me when we get home…"
"Not even at home."
Bai Yuyou had definitely been corrupted by Tang Keke. Now, whenever they went out, she’d cling to his arm without hesitation, shamelessly pressing her softness and warmth against him.
The school festival day passed in a blink, filled with wandering, eating, and drinking like a mini vacation.
Near the end of the day, Ye Shuang returned to the infirmary to grab something, only to find a short-haired girl lying motionless on the bed.
"An Shiyu?" The girl lay there quietly, like a sleeping beauty.
He hadn’t seen An Shiyu all day and assumed she’d gone off to work some part-time job or hang out somewhere. He never expected her to be holed up in the infirmary.
And the door had been locked.
A thought crossed his mind, and he quickly walked over, reaching out to check her breathing. After a few seconds, he withdrew his hand and studied her for another moment.
"Tch, feels like some gross stare just licked me all over." A familiar voice suddenly spoke. An Shiyu opened her eyes, staring blankly at Ye Shuang. "What do you want?"
"No, I just—"
"I’m not dead yet, no need to worry." An Shiyu averted her gaze, as if understanding what he’d been doing. She closed her eyes again. "I’m going back to sleep. While this body’s still warm, do whatever you want."
Ye Shuang: "..."
He didn’t say anything else, just quietly pulled the blanket up and tucked her in.
Once done, he picked up what he came for and headed to the door. Before leaving, he glanced back at An Shiyu.
"Contact me if there’s an emergency."
An Shiyu didn’t respond, only rolling over to show her back. She lazily muttered, "So naggy… got it~"
With a soft click of the door closing, An Shiyu slowly rolled onto her back again.
She stared at the ceiling, then tugged the blanket down slightly.
Her shirt was crumpled and wrinkled over her chest.
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As usual, Ye Shuang let Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke head home together while he stopped by the supermarket for groceries.
When he stepped out of the elevator, he spotted a small figure curled up in front of his apartment door.
Ye Shuang blinked, double-checking the floor number behind him before walking over.
The girl hugging her knees looked about ten years old, with long golden hair. She was hunched over, making her seem even smaller.
Her hair was damp, and she looked a little disheveled.
"Alice?" Ye Shuang immediately recognized her as the girl who’d dined with him and Aunt Xian a few days ago—Bai Yuyou’s half-sister, Alice.
"Mmm." Alice lifted her face, then buried it back into her knees, her voice muffled. "Nowhere to go."
Ye Shuang: "..."
"What happened?" Ye Shuang crouched down to meet her eye level, a gesture meant to ease tension and encourage conversation.
But deep down, he suspected Alice’s situation might be related to why Aunt Xian hadn’t come to the performance.
"We fought."
"I see…" Instead of scolding her or calling her unreasonable, Ye Shuang simply stood up and swiped his keycard to unlock the door.
When he didn’t press further, Alice peeked up again. The next second, she felt a hand pull her up by the arm, steadying her on her feet.
"Meow!" Yi Wan trotted over, immediately catching Alice’s attention.
"Kitty."
"Meow~" The affectionate long-haired orange tabby rubbed against Alice’s ankles, tickling her.
After petting the cat, Alice stood up—only to have a towel draped over her head.
She looked down at it, confused.
"Dry your hair first. It hasn’t rained in Haizhu today. Don’t tell me you came all the way from the harbor district?" Ye Shuang walked to the water dispenser to pour her a cup.
Noticing Alice still hesitating at the doorway, he asked, "Come in. You were bold enough to camp at my door, but now you’re shy?"
Alice glanced inside once more before settling onto the couch.
"Here, some warm water to heat you up."
"Mmm, thanks…" Alice cupped the mug, savoring the warmth.
"You’re much more well-behaved than last time."
"W-what’s that supposed to mean?!"
Ye Shuang chuckled, then pulled out his phone. "I should let Aunt Xian know you’re here. She’d worry otherwise."
"No!" Alice blurted.
Under his questioning look, she shrunk back, mumbling, "Just for a little while… I don’t want them to know I’m here."
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.”
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
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…
