"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.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
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.
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.”
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…
