"Wherever Ye Shuang goes, I go," Bai Yuyou said. For her, it didn’t matter where they went—as long as she was by Ye Shuang’s side, that was enough.
"So, where should we go? Aren’t there a few visa-free countries we can visit lately?" Ye Shuang asked Chen Qin.
"Hmm… how about our family’s private island?" Chen Qin suggested after a moment’s thought. After all, she had traveled to so many countries for business that she was a bit tired of them.
Besides, the food wasn’t all that great either.
"Chen Qin-jie, your family owns an island?!" Tang Keke was stunned.
She knew Chen Qin was wealthy, but she never imagined she was that wealthy.
"A foreign business associate gifted it to my dad. Apparently, he bought it in the 90s for just over a million dollars," Chen Qin explained, though she wasn’t sure what its current value was. The island usually generated income by offering vacation rentals.
"Just over a million dollars…" Tang Keke tried to imagine the purchasing power in the 90s… but then again, she hadn’t even been born back then.
"Come to think of it… Ye Shuang, you’ve never been there, have you?" Chen Qin smiled playfully at him.
"With all your family’s properties, I only vaguely knew about it. Plus, I’m not much of a traveler," Ye Shuang said.
He was the quintessential homebody.
Still…
Taking Yuyou out for a trip was necessary. Emotional fulfillment was important, and while photos of scenic places could be found online, the experience of actually being there was entirely different.
"Where’s the island? Hawaii?" Ye Shuang asked.
"It’s in the Bahamas. I’ll just contact the management company to arrange the flight route, and we can take the private jet there," Chen Qin said.
"You have a private jet too?!" Tang Keke’s mind was blown.
"It’s just more convenient, though we can’t fly it wherever we want," Chen Qin replied.
Just more convenient…
"How much does one of those cost?" Tang Keke suddenly felt like she was face-to-face with a rich young mistress straight out of a novel… Wait, hadn’t she just called Chen Qin the "Dark Cuisine Overlord"? Would Chen Qin-jie hire an assassin to silence her later?
In her imagination, Chen Qin sat regally on a throne in a red leather outfit, cracking a whip against her butt.
"Crack!"
"Tie this brat into a sack and toss her into the Pearl River!"
"Yes, ma’am!" Several burly men in sunglasses immediately stuffed her into a burlap sack.
"HELP—"
……
"Chen Qin-jie, please forgive my ignorance!" Tang Keke trembled and immediately prostrated herself in apology.
Chen Qin blinked. "…?"
"A private jet would definitely cost several million," Ye Shuang answered Tang Keke’s earlier question.
"Several million…" Tang Keke’s family didn’t own one, but it didn’t seem that expensive—maybe comparable to a high-end sports car?
"Dollars," Ye Shuang added.
Tang Keke: "…"
Okay, yeah, that was insanely expensive.
"Right?" Ye Shuang asked.
"I dunno, maybe six or seven million?" Chen Qin wasn’t entirely sure. Hers was a fairly standard business jet—aside from important occasions, she usually just flew commercial.
Besides, the private jet was a money pit. Just keeping it parked at the airport cost a fortune every day.
Not that it came out of her allowance or dowry savings, though.
"Oh, it’s getting late. I should head out." Chen Qin checked her watch and quickly finished her sandwich, washing it down with a large glass of iced soy milk.
"Ye Shuang, feel free to invite more people for the trip. I’ll get going now."
"Alright, be safe," Ye Shuang said.
"Heh."
After slipping on her heels, Chen Qin was out the door.
"Brother…" Tang Keke stared at the closed door and suddenly spoke up. "I’m not gonna end up in the Pearl River tonight, am I?"
Ye Shuang: "…?"
"Anyway, we’ll discuss the trip later. Keke, you should also talk to your family about it tonight."
"T-talk about what? My last words?!"
Ye Shuang flicked her forehead. "What nonsense are you thinking? I mean the trip. Since we’re going abroad, you’ll need your parents’ permission, right?"
"Wait, I’m going too?" Tang Keke rubbed her forehead, surprised.
"Didn’t Chen Qin just say we could invite more people?" Ye Shuang replied. "Unless you already have summer plans?"
"Well, I was supposed to visit my grandpa in the countryside… but it’s not like I have to go…"
"Are you sure?" she asked tentatively. "I don’t have much pocket money left, though."
"You don’t need to pay."
"Hehe."
"Alright, it’s about time to leave." Ye Shuang cleared the dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher. Because of the stalker incident, he had been driving the two girls to and from school lately.
When they arrived, Ye Shuang smoothly parked in his usual spot—sandwiched between two brightly colored microcars.
"…" After getting out, he stared at the two tiny cars, lost in thought. "Two…"
"Ye Shuang, what are you thinking about?" Bai Yuyou tugged at his sleeve.
"Oh, nothing." He snapped out of it and smiled.
"Hurry up. Isn’t today when grades are posted? Give me some good news later."
"Mm!" Bai Yuyou nodded.
Tang Keke, however, was less confident. "Ugh… Am I gonna get held back?"
"If that happens, Yuyou will be my senior!"
"It’s okay," Bai Yuyou reassured her softly.
"Next year, you’ll pass…"
"Waaah, that’s not comforting at all!" Tang Keke wailed. Bai Yuyou’s words made it sound like she was doomed to fail this time, instantly ruining her mood.
"Go on, now," Ye Shuang urged.
"Fine. Bye, brother!"
"Mm."
After absorbing some more energy from Ye Shuang’s hug, Bai Yuyou finally let Tang Keke pull her away.
……
The grade rankings were posted on the bulletin board on the first floor. When the two girls stepped out of the elevator, they saw a crowd gathered around it.
"So many people!"
"Keke, let’s go…"
"Okay!"
"Excuse me, excuse me!" Tang Keke tried to pull Bai Yuyou through the crowd.
But her strength was no match for the packed students, and she got shoved back!
"Oof!"
"Keke, I’ll do it." Bai Yuyou took Tang Keke’s hand and pushed forward instead. Yuyou was surprisingly strong, effortlessly making her way through—her expression calm beneath her bangs, her gaze steady. For some reason, Tang Keke felt a strange sense of security.
Yuyou…
She’s kinda cool.
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!
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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!" "......"
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.
