"A bit more exhausting than I imagined."
After finishing the inspection of all the students in the Business School, Ye Shuang finally could take a short break—he stood in front of the vending machine and bought himself a bottle of mineral water.
He wondered if it was because he was getting older, but he no longer liked those overly sweet and heavily flavored drinks.
At this moment, there was a slight movement beside him. Ye Shuang glanced over and found a long-haired girl standing next to him.
"Yuyou? Why are you here?" Seeing Bai Yuyou, Ye Shuang was slightly stunned. Shouldn't she be with Tang Keke?
"Keke went to the club room, so I came to find Ye Shuang," Bai Yuyou said, reaching out to hug Ye Shuang's waist.
A warm sensation pressed against him, and the young girl rubbed her cheek against his chest.
"Is that so? Are you tired today?"
"Not tired."
Ye Shuang gently held the girl, while Bai Yuyou practically melted her body into his embrace.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Bai Yuyou so clingy today, Ye Shuang smiled and asked if something had happened.
Bai Yuyou whispered, "I've gotten fat."
"Hahahaha..." Hearing this, Ye Shuang laughed as if amused. He reached out and pinched Bai Yuyou's cheek. "Where are you fat?"
"Here." Bai Yuyou pointed to her slimes. "Look, Ye Shuang."
Saying that, she grabbed Ye Shuang's hand and placed it there.
"Uh..." Ye Shuang withdrew his hand, then looked earnestly at her face for a moment before smiling again. "Not fat at all."
"Before going to the club room, do you want to take a walk on the track?"
"Okay." Bai Yuyou nodded.
...
It was just after school. Aside from some students exercising, members of the track and field club were practicing running on the track. Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou chose an outer lane to walk on, just to avoid disturbing the other students.
The afternoon sun was neither too hot nor too dry. With a cute girl walking beside him, his mood seemed to improve significantly.
"Ye Shuang, have I grown up?" Bai Yuyou asked as she walked beside Ye Shuang, reaching out to hold his hand.
"Yes, both physically and mentally." Ye Shuang nodded.
Bai Yuyou no longer spoke as slowly and stutteringly as she used to. She was no longer the ignorant girl she once was.
She could take care of herself now. Perhaps she was still a bit dependent on him, but that wasn't a problem at all.
"In the future, I want to take care of Ye Shuang and protect Ye Shuang." Hearing what Ye Shuang said, Bai Yuyou looked ahead.
Ye Shuang was momentarily stunned, then smiled.
"Sure."
"That day will come," he added.
"When?"
"Hmm... When the day comes that I can no longer walk, I might need your help taking care of me," Ye Shuang said. "After all, you're younger than me, so I'll definitely grow old first."
"That'll take a long time." Bai Yuyou tilted her head and thought about it. The gentle breeze brushed through the girl's hair, mixed with dappled sunlight, making her face look incredibly dazzling.
"A long time..." Ye Shuang said, as if sighing with emotion.
"Isn't it better if it takes a long time?"
Bai Yuyou seemed to understand something. She withdrew her gaze and leaned closer. "I want to be with Ye Shuang forever."
"..."
Ye Shuang squeezed Bai Yuyou's hand tightly. It felt like he hadn't said anything, yet had said everything.
Some words were buried in the wind.
...
...
Evening, Light Music Club.
"Where did you guys go? Why are you so late?" Tang Keke asked curiously when Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou returned to the club room.
"I chatted with Yuyou for a bit," Ye Shuang replied.
"Oh?"
At this time, only Keke and Zhixia were in the club room. It was quite rare to see so few people.
"Why are there so few people today?" Ye Shuang asked.
"Xiaoyi was here just now, but it seemed she got bored after a while and left," Zhixia said with a smile. "As for Linlin, she had some family matters today and went home early."
"As for Taozi and Ducky, they seemed to have found some super rare bottle and ran out together."
"I see." Ye Shuang nodded, but he noticed a flyer on the table.
[Bar Music Festival]
"What's that?" Ye Shuang picked up the flyer and found it was registration information for a music festival.
"Xiaoyi brought it over. She said since we're free anyway, we could go participate in this competition." As soon as Zhixia finished speaking, Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou leaned in to look at the flyer in Ye Shuang's hand.
"Are we going to perform then?" Tang Keke asked curiously.
"Well, let's wait until everyone is here to have a meeting and discuss it," Zhixia said with a smile. Although she was the president, she wouldn't make such decisions on her own.
"Hmm..." Ye Shuang glanced at the address on the flyer.
The next second, he froze.
"This address..." Ye Shuang took out his phone and directly dialed a number.
After a while, a sweet voice sounded from the other end of the phone. "What's up, Little Shuangshuang? Calling to have a heart-to-heart with your big sister?"
"Since when did you become my big sister?" Ye Shuang's mouth twitched.
"You're so mean~~~~~"
Listening to the wealthy-sounding voice on the other end, Ye Shuang looked at the flyer in his hand and asked, "I remember... the bars over in the East City, are they your properties?"
"Not all of them, only four or five belong to us."
"This one called Violet, is it yours?" Ye Shuang continued to ask.
"Oh? I think so. Doesn't the name sound nice?"
"It sounds nice," Ye Shuang said.
"So perfunctory. Tell me, what's the matter? Hmph."
"I saw a flyer saying there's a music festival being held. Is the environment there suitable for students to perform?" Ye Shuang asked.
"Oh? Is it Little Yuyou?"
"And Taozi."
"Of course I know, my precious daughter is there too," Aunt Li continued. "It's just an ordinary bar over there, but the space is large enough, and the stage is big enough for band performances. Plus, whatever environment you want, I can create it for you."
"I just don't want it to be too chaotic."
"Oh, having the audience sitting prim and proper isn't very rock and roll, you know."
"True..."
"My daughter is there too, what are you worried about?" Aunt Li said.
Ye Shuang: "..."
That seemed to make some sense.
"Little Shuangshuang, it's not that I want to lecture you," Aunt Li's voice continued.
"Actually, it's okay to let go a little sometimes. Yuyou and the others aren't as fragile as you imagine~"
Hearing this, Ye Shuang smiled. At this moment, Bai Yuyou was standing aside looking curiously, seemingly unaware of who Ye Shuang was talking to on the phone.
He reached out and rubbed Bai Yuyou's head, and the young girl comfortably narrowed her eyes.
"Perhaps you're right."
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.
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
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!" "......"
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!
