Click, clack, click, clack. The sound of high heels striking the concrete floor played like music. Alice, revealing her little canine teeth and half-squinting her eyes, walked up to Ye Shuang under the watchful eyes of everyone present.
"Hehe." The young girl directly threw her arms around Ye Shuang's waist and shouted, "Baby daddy!"
This single sentence caused everyone's gaze to focus on Ye Shuang. While Ye Shuang was still a bit bewildered, the surrounding crowd immediately burst into chatter.
"Wait, how old is Lady Alice? You animal!"
"Holy crap, that guy is surrounded by beautiful girls, and even a Raiden Shogun."
"Alice actually has a child?! Oh no... I think I like her even more now."
"Let's just call the police."
At this moment, Ye Shuang still didn't quite understand the point of Alice doing this. Facing the scrutinizing gazes of the crowd, he instinctively wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead.
He looked down at Alice in his arms. Her face was full of a triumphant expression. "Hmph, that's what you get for liking Bobo so much."
I...
Ye Shuang pointed at himself. When did he ever like Bobo?
Was there some kind of misunderstanding?
The crowd of onlookers was growing larger, with some even suggesting they teach Ye Shuang a lesson. However, in the end, Bobo walked over and explained the situation to everyone.
Those who knew Alice naturally also recognized her inseparable bodyguard.
"This is just a joke from Lady Alice," Bobo explained gently, calming the agitated crowd.
"Who knows if it's a joke or not?" someone in the crowd muttered.
Hearing this, Bobo simply smiled and extended his hand. The next second, his muscles bulged, accompanied by the sound of fabric tearing.
"If anyone dares to lay a hand on the still-growing Lady Alice, I will personally break their bones."
The people present fell silent for a moment.
After saying that, he offered no further explanation and walked over to Ye Shuang's side.
"We meet again, Mr. Ye Shuang."
"It seems Lady Alice likes you very much," Bobo continued with a smile.
"Wh-who likes him?!" Alice took two steps back, immediately going to Bobo's side and huffing, "It's just a punishment for someone who doesn't appreciate my charm."
"But you almost caused a riot just now," Ye Shuang said with a laugh, not forgetting to lightly tap Alice on the head.
"Don't touch me!"
While Ye Shuang and Alice were chatting, Bobo seemed to sharply sense something. He suddenly looked toward a corner—
In a relatively inconspicuous corner, there were two flashes of bright yellow. They were two people wearing Pikachu mascot costumes.
Since it was an anime convention, wearing mascot costumes was completely normal here, but Bobo felt something was off.
"Mr. Ye Shuang."
"Hmm?"
"Please keep an eye on Lady Alice for a moment. Don't let her wander off," Bobo said.
"Am I some little kid that I'd wander off?" Alice became a bit displeased upon hearing Bobo say that.
Bobo then started walking toward the two people in the Pikachu costumes.
With such a towering figure, he was naturally noticed by the two Pikachus. The moment they saw the giant, tower-like man slowly approaching, the two Pikachus exchanged a glance and waddled toward the inside of the exhibition hall.
Bobo narrowed his eyes and immediately quickened his pace to close in on them.
Upon entering the hall, the two Pikachus were nowhere to be seen. Bobo looked left and right, but aside from some tourists and cosplayers taking photos, those two conspicuous figures were gone.
"..." Bobo stood there for a moment before turning around to leave.
A few meters away on one side, a long-haired girl was holding a camera, taking pictures of a short-haired girl dressed as Rikka Takanashi. When she noticed that Bobo had left, the long-haired girl lowered the camera and muttered,
"What's the deal with that gorilla? How could he detect us?"
"The intuition of a beastly senior," the short-haired girl said, twirling the umbrella in her hand.
"So what do we do now?"
"Forget it, let's just walk around the convention."
The two were none other than An Shiyu and Anshi Yi. They had originally wanted to secretly follow Ye Shuang's group to see if there was any fun to be had, but who knew they would be targeted by Bobo—last time, to snatch back the bracelet, the two fish had suffered quite a bit.
"Miss, can we take a selfie together?" A boy walked up to An Shiyu and asked.
"Oh?" Just as An Shiyu was about to ask why he would want a picture with her, she noticed the cosplay outfit she had changed into. She pointed at her own face.
"Am I cute?"
"Ah?" The boy was taken aback by the sudden question. "Very pretty."
"Then can you defeat that guy over there for cute little me?" An Shiyu pointed at Bobo's massive back in the distance.
"Huh?"
The boy hesitated. "I don't think... I can do that."
"Oh, work hard to get stronger, young man." An Shiyu waddled away. Anshi Yi stood to the side with a half-smile, eventually following the short-haired girl away, leaving the boy looking completely bewildered.
A few seconds later, he realized what had happened.
"Was I just rejected?"
...
"Did you go to the restroom?" Ye Shuang asked when he saw Bobo return. After all, nature calls, and even a bodyguard like Bobo was no exception.
"No, just some personal matters." Bobo's gaze lingered on Ye Shuang for a good while, but ultimately he didn't say anything, simply stepping back to the side to guard Alice as usual.
Alice was still chattering away with Ye Shuang about recent events, acting like a little girl who loved sharing secrets. However, aside from Ye Shuang, Bobo had never seen Alice act this way with anyone else.
Night fell. Unlike the clear day, the night sky was covered in clouds, with moonlight seeping through only a few cracks.
Ye Shuang took the initiative to invite Alice to his home for dinner.
The reason was simple: he needed to talk to Bobo alone. The time spent washing dishes after dinner or preparing the meal would be a great opportunity. Alice wouldn't be around then, so she wouldn't interrupt them.
"Dinner? Since you're asking so sincerely, I suppose eating there occasionally is fine." Alice agreed very straightforwardly, but then she asked, "That person... she won't be there, will she?"
That person actually referred to Aunt Xian. Even though they were mother and daughter, their relationship had deteriorated to the point of using such a title.
"You should address your mother properly. You can't just call her that person," Ye Shuang said, shaking his head.
Hearing this, Alice's voice carried a hint of grievance. "But she's the one who won't even acknowledge me..."
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
] [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!"
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?"
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
