In the end, though, Ye Shuang still took the two girls out.
If you ask why, it was mainly because that character An Shiyu had somehow gotten hold of a loudspeaker that kept looping the phrase, "Take me out to play."
"Oh, so this car is yours?" In the parking lot, An Shiyu looked at the Maybach and remarked, "You driving this car is a bit old-fashioned. Why not buy a Wuling?"
An Shiyu seemed particularly fond of the Wuling brand, aside from the matter of illegal modifications.
"Better than a baby bus," Ye Shuang retorted after being teased.
"Taking my car, or are you driving separately?"
"Street racing? My Wuling can smoke you."
"Race my foot?! Can't you have any traffic safety awareness?" Ye Shuang felt like finding an officer to give them a proper lecture on traffic rules.
Hearing there would be no racing, the two fish exchanged a glance and simply got into Ye Shuang's car. Perhaps because they couldn't be bothered to decide, neither of them took the passenger seat.
"Uncle, why doesn't this car have any snacks?"
"I just got this car today. Who's going to stock snacks for you?" Ye Shuang fastened his seatbelt and glanced in the rearview mirror at the two An Shiyus fiddling with something.
"So, where to?"
"Eh— Uncle, you take girls out without planning ahead? What a failure of a man."
"Yeah, yeah, how are you supposed to pick up girls like this?"
Ye Shuang: "..."
Regrets.
One An Shiyu was already noisy enough. Taking two out was simply torturing himself.
Ye Shuang didn't speak, silently starting the car and driving out of the garage.
"Where to?"
"The library," Ye Shuang said.
"?"
But they ultimately didn't go to the library. Ye Shuang took them to a nearby commercial plaza, even thinking about just casually watching a movie.
After parking on the third basement level, Ye Shuang led the two girls into the elevator heading to the first floor. The elevator had mirrors, and An Shiyu even took out her phone and snapped a few pictures of their reflection.
"Why take pictures?"
"To preserve evidence of being kidnapped," An Shiyu said, swiping through the photos showing three figures, then silently saved them.
Ye Shuang: "I feel like you two are the ones who could kidnap me."
At that moment, the elevator stopped at the second basement level. Several passengers got on and immediately noticed the twin-like An Shiyus.
The An Shiyus were wearing Yinshan Academy uniforms. Although Ye Shuang wasn't keen on complimenting them, An Shiyu was indeed the cute type, and having two together was even more eye-catching, especially with one in black tights and the other in white.
They were fine in every way, except it was a shame they had mouths. Once they opened them, even a mummy might get up and start hopping around.
"Ding." The elevator reached the first floor. Ye Shuang led the girls out, faintly hearing voices behind them.
"Are they twins? Quite pretty."
"Who's the guy? Their father?"
"Who knows, probably an uncle or something?"
"Must be."
Father?
Ye Shuang twitched the corner of his mouth. He was only about seven or eight years older than An Shiyu. Why the misunderstanding?
He turned to look at An Shiyu, seemingly wanting to ask if he looked that old.
But before he could speak, An Shiyu looked delighted and began humming softly, "Time, time, slow down..."
The other fish joined in, "...don't let him grow old anymore..."
Ye Shuang's face darkened with imaginary lines. Enough.
"Lifetime of being a strong dad..."
"Are you done yet?"
"Uncle, you're really sensitive about age, huh? Even though you're pushing forty, keeping a childlike heart is important too."
"A good mindset helps you live longer."
Ye Shuang made a face of utter confusion: "Wait, since when am I pushing forty?!"
I'm only 27, okay?
But the next moment, one An Shiyu suddenly reached out and hooked her arm through Ye Shuang's. The other one followed suit. Within seconds, Ye Shuang had an arm hooked on each side.
"What are you doing?" Although the soft pressure was nothing special, Ye Shuang didn't understand their intention.
"Doesn't this look less like that now?" An Shiyu smiled, showing her white teeth.
"Well, more like we're in a transactional relationship with Uncle," the other fish said.
"Then remember to pay up later, Uncle."
"Yeah, yeah."
Ye Shuang was rendered speechless.
Now being escorted by the two fish, Ye Shuang could feel the stares from around them intensifying. And although the soft pressure on his arms wasn't strong, when he tried to pull his arms back, he found them held even tighter.
Maybe it was his imagination, but he felt these two had frighteningly strong grips.
"With you like this, I can hardly walk."
"Should we hang on your legs then?"
"Forget it..." Ye Shuang sighed, hoping the cinema would arrive quickly.
But the two girls turned left and right, leading Ye Shuang into a dessert shop instead.
"Weren't we going to watch a movie?" he asked.
"The point of visiting a commercial plaza is to immediately enter any shop you feel like going into."
"Being so clueless about what girls think, Uncle, you wouldn't even qualify as a simp."
"Why on earth would I want to be a simp?" As the two fish let go, Ye Shuang crossed his arms. Rubbing away the residual warmth, he suddenly felt his own words sounded a bit odd.
Why did it feel like he had actually been a simp before?
Was it because of that Zhao Mengyao?
But Ye Shuang truly had no memory of Zhao Mengyao at all. Even what happened between them was solely based on what Chen Qin had told him.
And even when Chen Qin recounted those events, Ye Shuang listened from a third-person perspective, not feeling like they had happened to him at all.
Soon, the two each bought an ice cream cone, and also bought three different flavors for Ye Shuang.
With ice cream in hand, the two fish became much more well-behaved, hardly speaking at all.
Ye Shuang preferred the quieter An Shiyu.
Arriving at the cinema, Ye Shuang first got a bucket of popcorn, then looked at the display screen showing recently released movies.
"What do you want to watch?" Ye Shuang asked.
"Whatever."
"Hmm..." Ye Shuang looked at the movies listed: one about weight loss, one about racing, and... huh?
"The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon," he said. He remembered Chen Qin saying it was pretty good, though at that time he had taken her to the hospital, so they didn't watch it.
"What's it about? Sounds kinda boring," one An Shiyu said, eating her ice cream.
The other fish looked it up on her phone and raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Oh, it's about pew pew pew."
"On the bed or with guns?"
"Both."
"Let's watch it!"
Ye Shuang: "..."
Whatever, as long as they're interested.
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!" "......"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
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!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
