The next day, sunny.
Today was the day to go to the anime convention, so Tang Keke started preparing early. Ye Shuang had no idea what she was busy with, only hearing all sorts of weird noises, clanking and banging as if she were striking iron.
"What is Keke doing?" By the dining table downstairs, Ye Shuang asked Bai Yuyou, who was beside him.
"Keke said she needs to put on makeup, and then do some cosplay for the anime convention." Bai Yuyou did not quite understand either. After a while, Tang Keke walked out. She was dressed up as a succubus, with purplish-black clothes paired with horns, holding a large scythe. However, her slimes were only half-covered, the dazzling white skin a bit blinding.
Tang Keke looked quite satisfied. "Hehe."
"Keke, isn't this outfit a bit too revealing?" Ye Shuang took one look and spoke up to remind her.
"Hehe, I wouldn't have dared to wear it before, but you said I should be confident in my figure, brother," Keke said with a grin, twirling the scythe in her hand in a circle.
"That's a bit too confident." Ye Shuang felt that Tang Keke's confidence was overflowing now, completely devoid of her former self-esteem issues regarding her figure.
However, he didn't know if being this overly confident was a good thing or a bad thing.
"But you do have a point, brother, so I have another version." Tang Keke said. She put down the scythe, tugged at the inner corners of the clothes on her chest, and finally pulled out a piece of black silk fabric from a hidden corner inside to cover her cleavage.
"Look, isn't it great now?" Tang Keke put her hands on her hips, wearing a smug little expression that screamed I am so awesome.
Bai Yuyou took a look. "It's even more eye-catching now, Keke."
"I feel like this half-hidden look is even more..." Ye Shuang hesitated to finish his sentence. However, since it was Tang Keke's hobby, it wasn't his place to critique it too much, so he just asked,
"What character is this?"
"This is my own original character, and I made the clothes myself," Tang Keke said, adding, "The style references the protagonist of that show who wants to be a magical girl, oh, and the pure succubus from Overlord."
"Is that so?" Ye Shuang hadn't watched that many anime series, so he had no idea what Tang Keke was muttering about.
Since Tang Keke was ready, Ye Shuang took the two girls out.
The anime convention was held over at the Cultural Park. Perhaps because of the convention, Ye Shuang soon saw quite a few anime-decorated cars in the parking lot. Their colorful designs stood out prominently among the normal-colored vehicles.
Ye Shuang found a spot and parked the car. Perhaps because the car's emblem was particularly striking, many people cast their gazes over.
"What's wrong?" Ye Shuang noticed it too. Could everyone have noticed the figure in his car? But the reflective film on the windows should have made it hard to see inside.
"Brother, you're too flashy driving this car," Tang Keke said from the back seat. "A lot of people at the anime convention are here looking for rich guys."
"Why?" Ye Shuang was momentarily stunned.
"Because the ACG subculture is no longer in the era where everyone looked down on it," Tang Keke said in a faint tone.
"What you love is your life."
Ye Shuang: "?"
Although he didn't quite understand what Tang Keke was saying, Ye Shuang still got out of the car with Bai Yuyou. There were a lot of people here, even a scene where a group of photographers surrounded a cosplayer taking pictures. Ye Shuang and the others decided to enter the exhibition hall first to get their tickets checked.
Tang Keke attracted quite a few people, and some even came up to ask for her contact information. At this time, Ye Shuang stood aside with Bai Yuyou, watching, and also noticed that there were many gaming exhibition booths around.
"Hmm... the atmosphere is quite strong, but it seems there isn't anything particularly fun to play?" Ye Shuang looked around. It was mostly for sightseeing, though of course, there were also some small stalls selling related merchandise.
"Ye Shuang." At this moment, Bai Yuyou, who had been staying by Ye Shuang's side, tugged at him.
"Hmm?"
"Over there." Bai Yuyou pointed not far away. Ye Shuang looked over and found that there was a stall for temporary costume rentals, and they even offered a one-stop service for taking and editing photos. Of course, all of this came at a cost, and the prices were quite a bit higher than regular professional photography.
"Well, Yuyou, do you want to try changing clothes too?" Ye Shuang asked with a smile. Today Bai Yuyou was wearing a white dress, so she could definitely try on some cosplay outfits for the experience.
"Together," Bai Yuyou said, taking Ye Shuang's hand.
"Sure."
"Do you want to take photos, handsome guy and pretty lady?" The stall owner was a young girl. When she saw Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou, her eyes instantly lit up. After all, with such good looks, they didn't even need makeup. Just a little editing, and using them for promotion would draw in a massive amount of popularity.
"Can we change into any of those clothes?" Ye Shuang looked at the row of clothing racks and found there were an exceptional number of outfits, though they were mostly one-size-fits-all, as they couldn't cater to every size.
"We have a special five-hundred-yuan package here. Two outfits and five fully edited photos, and we give you all the original negatives too."
"Where's the photographer?"
"That would be me." The girl pointed to herself.
"You're both the boss and the photographer?" Ye Shuang smiled, then looked curiously at the clothing racks nearby. "Then let's try this five-hundred-yuan package."
But at this moment, Tang Keke trotted over from nearby. "Count me in too."
"You want to take photos too?" Ye Shuang glanced at Tang Keke. Would such a carefully put-together outfit get all wrinkled if she changed out of it?
"No, no, I just want to take photos with Yuyou later." Tang Keke grinned. After all, good photographers were rare.
"That works."
After briefly discussing it with the boss, Bai Yuyou was soon led inside by Tang Keke to change clothes.
Ye Shuang waited outside for a short while. When the curtain of the temporary dressing room was pulled open, Ye Shuang swept his gaze over.
A simple maid outfit, but it looked exceptionally cute on Bai Yuyou.
"Does it look good?" Bai Yuyou asked, swishing her skirt.
"It looks good," Ye Shuang nodded.
After that, Bai Yuyou changed into outfits resembling a detective suit, white-collar office wear, a student uniform, GG Bond... Perhaps boosted by her incredibly high aesthetic appeal, even if the sizes weren't a perfect fit, they all looked fantastic.
While Ye Shuang was waiting on the side, Tang Keke trotted out with a grin.
"Brother, look at this outfit."
Seeing Keke's mysterious smile, Ye Shuang gave her a slightly surprised look, then cast his gaze toward the dressing room.
As the curtain was pulled aside, a dress of snow-white entered his line of sight.
Bai Yuyou slowly walked out wearing a wedding dress. She looked over, her gaze resting on Ye Shuang.

uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.

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…

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.”

d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!