"Come on, don’t be so stiff. Relax a little."
"Just use your mouth, yes—otherwise, you might choke."
In the pool, Ye Shuang was teaching Bai Yuyou how to swim. For beginners, aside from the unorthodox doggy paddle, breaststroke was actually the most suitable.
Under the sunlight, Bai Yuyou, wearing a swim ring, looked a bit like a little turtle as she practiced.
"It’s okay, take your time. Everyone starts like this," Ye Shuang said, patiently guiding the girl without a hint of frustration.
Once, twice—even ten or a hundred times—if Bai Yuyou was willing to learn, he was willing to teach.
Fortunately, Bai Yuyou’s physical coordination wasn’t bad. After quickly adapting to moving in the water, she soon shed the swim ring under Ye Shuang’s guidance and mastered breaststroke.
Next came treading water and backstroke.
These weren’t too difficult, and soon Bai Yuyou could move freely in the water.
"Ye Shuang… I did it," Bai Yuyou said, floating on her back, as if fishing for praise.
"Mhm, keep practicing," Ye Shuang smiled.
Just then, a splash of water sounded. Ye Shuang turned to see Tang Keke paddling over with a flurry of waves. "Yuyou, let’s race!"
"Race?"
"Yeah! Whoever swims to the other side first wins a serving of takoyaki!" Tang Keke grinned.
"Okay." The mention of food made the girl agree without hesitation.
"In that case, I’ll be the referee," Ye Shuang said, standing up in the pool and moving to the edge. He glanced at the finish line.
"Ready—"
"3… 2… 1!"
"Go!"
The two girls took off. Bai Yuyou swam with the rhythmic breaststroke Ye Shuang had taught her, while Tang Keke’s movements were wildly exaggerated—arms and legs flailing like someone drowning, yet somehow, she didn’t sink. Instead, she managed to paddle forward.
"Truly unorthodox. Is it because she’s more buoyant?" Tang Keke quickly pulled ahead, but her exaggerated movements drained her stamina just as fast. Just before reaching the finish line, her face suddenly paled.
"Ow?!"
Her limbs thrashed desperately. At first, Ye Shuang wasn’t too concerned—her doggy paddle wasn’t much better anyway—but when he noticed Tang Keke’s panicked expression and her body starting to sink, he immediately dove in.
"Keke!"
Bai Yuyou also noticed something was wrong and swam over to help.
"Wah—cramp!" Tang Keke was pulled out by Ye Shuang so quickly she barely swallowed any water, but her face was still twisted in discomfort.
Her limbs hung limp, her expression utterly defeated.
"Keke…"
Ye Shuang carried Tang Keke with one arm, dragging her to the edge before crouching down to massage her cramped muscles.
"Are you okay?!" A lifeguard jogged over, having kept an eye on the area. He couldn’t help but think—
That girl was cute and had a great figure, so why did she swim like that?
Like some kind of cart titan.
"Should be fine," Ye Shuang said, pressing his fist into Tang Keke’s foot to relieve the cramp. "Just a cramp. Luckily, we caught it in time."
"Glad to hear it. Please be careful."
The lifeguard left after confirming the situation, needing to stay alert for other swimmers.
"Ugh… why did I have to fail like this?" Tang Keke lay sprawled on the ground, unable to move, feeling like a slab of meat on a cutting board—utterly humiliating.
"Your movements were way too exaggerated, and you didn’t warm up properly," Ye Shuang pointed out.
"That’s just how doggy paddle is."
"Maybe stick to proper swimming techniques," Ye Shuang chuckled.
Luckily, Tang Keke was mostly unharmed, aside from swallowing a bit of water. Once she stood up, Bai Yuyou helped her to a lounge chair under a sun umbrella. Seeing the girl’s lifeless expression, Bai Yuyou waved a hand in front of her face.
"Keke, okay?"
"I guess… hic!" Tang Keke suddenly burped.
"Uuuugh…"
"Eat something. Feel better," Bai Yuyou said.
"I think I’m already full," Tang Keke mumbled, patting her stomach gloomily.
Bai Yuyou reached out, encouragingly taking Tang Keke’s hand. "It’s okay. I can teach you to swim…"
"You just learned! That’s not comforting at all!" Tang Keke groaned, even more dejected at the idea of being taught by a fellow beginner.
"Since Keke drank half the pool, maybe we should take a break from swimming. There are other fun things here," Ye Shuang said, glancing around before pointing into the distance.
"How about the lazy river later?"
"…Fine." Tang Keke nodded. She wasn’t eager to get back in the water just yet.
After resting, Ye Shuang led the two girls to the starting point of the lazy river ride. The attraction involved floating down a winding water channel in a small rubber raft. Due to the occasional bumps, life jackets were mandatory.
After a short wait, it was their turn. A staff member handed out life vests. "Hold on tight when it gets rough. If you fall in, don’t panic—the vest will keep you afloat."
Once ready, they boarded the raft.
"Ye Shuang, moving," Bai Yuyou said as the raft began drifting forward.
"Yeah, it’ll get more exciting soon. Hold on," Ye Shuang said, gesturing to the safety straps and handrails.
Almost instantly, the channel’s slope steepened!
"Y-Y-Y-Yikes?!" Tang Keke shrieked as the raft suddenly plummeted, her grip instinctively latching onto Ye Shuang’s stomach like a lifeline.
Ye Shuang: "…"
Maybe he should’ve worked on his abs.
His flesh wasn’t exactly as sturdy as the handrails.
With a splash, the raft shot down the chute, sending up a spray of water—
Leaving behind a faint rainbow in its wake.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
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."
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.
