One in front, one behind.
One to the left, one to the right.
Under the spotlight, Bai Yuyou stood at the front of the stage. Before her was a standing microphone. The young girl stood there, the focus of everyone’s gaze, yet her expression remained unchanged—calm, unruffled, as if undisturbed by any wave.
“Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh!” Her appearance drew cheers from the crowd. In truth, most students at the school didn’t pay much attention to things like campus beauties or department queens, but Bai Yuyou was someone who had genuinely stunned everyone with her looks. She was the undisputed number one in everyone’s hearts.
For most people, getting to know Bai Yuyou followed a three-step process:
First—[You keep saying Bai Yuyou is so beautiful, really? Come on, stop going on about it all the time.]
Then, upon accidentally seeing her—[Holy crap, she’s actually that stunning? Can someone really be that good-looking?]
Finally, it turned into—[Let me tell you, that Bai Yuyou at our school? Insanely pretty. Go check her out for yourself if you don’t believe me!]
Looking at the audience below, Bai Yuyou saw them as nothing more than a vegetable gathering—whether they were carrots or potatoes, none of it affected the girl’s mindset. This so-called “emotional dullness,” in a sense, helped Bai Yuyou stay composed and at ease in any situation.
In a slightly cornered spot, Ye Shuang sat at the piano. From his angle, all he could see was Yuyou’s back, her long black hair cascading down like a waterfall. Though he couldn’t make out her expression at that moment, the silhouette under the spotlight gave Ye Shuang a feeling of reliability.
This feeling was unfamiliar. The girl who once depended on him for everything seemed to be gradually fading away.
This, perhaps, was what growth meant—to become a completely different version of oneself, until you forget what you used to be.
Ye Shuang pulled his thoughts together. He reached out and placed his fingers on the piano keys.
“...”
The notes seemed to leap. Ye Shuang played the prelude smoothly, a quiet yet elegant sound softly rising through the venue. Even though he hadn’t touched a piano in a long time, muscle memory allowed him to play without any hesitation.
Listening to Ye Shuang’s piano, Bai Yuyou lowered her eyes slightly. Her lips moved, and then she began to sing softly:
“The memories between us, I carefully collect them all, I always cry in secret...”
“I hope that the love I believe in will end up held firmly in my palm...”
Her ethereal, cool voice seemed capable of sinking everyone into the music. The glow sticks in the audience waved, turning the evening into something like a personal concert. Perhaps captivated by her unexpectedly beautiful singing, some people even pulled out their phones to record.
On the stage under the spotlight, the piano and the voice blended together, performing the most beautiful music.
The girl in the long white dress, singing—she must have stolen the hearts of countless people in their youth.
But soon, the piano sound began to soften. Ye Shuang’s fingers slowed down, his strokes growing more hesitant. Beside him, Yuyou’s singing became clearer, but his memories grew hazier. The girl’s smooth and flowing voice made Ye Shuang lose himself for a moment.
In his memory, the girl who used to stumble over her words, even a little stutter, seemed buried in the past.
In a daze, Ye Shuang felt as if he had forgotten how to play. His fingers hovered over the keys, unsure of what to play, and his mind went blank.
Ye Shuang: “...”
The sudden halt in the piano caught the audience’s attention.
“Why did the piano stop? Did it break?”
“No idea. What happened?”
“That guy stopped playing. Dunno why.”
Even Tang Keke was momentarily stunned. “Hey, why’d he stop? Was that part of the rehearsal?”
“Is the piano broken? Or maybe the speakers?”
“Huh, odd,” nodded Linlin, equally puzzled.
Bai Yuyou noticed this too. She turned her head slightly and saw Ye Shuang lost in thought, just staring at his own hands as if unable to play a single note.
“...”
But the girl held the microphone and began to sing a cappella:
“And then the dreams you gave me, the flowers you taught me to pick...”
“The summer we fled, as the night sky faded, you lit fireworks for me...”
Without Ye Shuang’s accompaniment, Bai Yuyou’s unaccompanied voice seemed even more prominent and emotionally charged. The girl’s singing pulled Ye Shuang back to his senses. He looked at the girl saving the show at center stage and couldn’t help but be momentarily stunned—
She really was shining brightly.
He placed his fingers back on the keys, and Bai Yuyou continued singing:
“The memories between us, I carefully collect them all...”
Ye Shuang pressed down on the keys, and the accompaniment resumed, perfectly blending with the girl’s voice. It sent a shiver down everyone’s spine.
“Wow!” Tang Keke and the others exclaimed in unison. Even Zhixia said, “This restructured part is amazing—singing a cappella first, then bringing in the accompaniment. It sounds great.”
“So beautiful. I didn’t know Yuyou could sing this well.”
“Probably a last-minute change. It’s really good,” Linlin nodded, since this wasn’t in the original plan.
It seemed there hadn’t been a problem after all—just a specially added segment.
Not just the light music club members, but even the audience’s earlier confusion dissipated entirely. That a cappella section was like the finishing touch—unique and deeply moving.
The piano sound faded away again, but this time it signaled the end.
As the song concluded, Bai Yuyou put the microphone back in place, held her chest, and bowed slightly.
The moment she bent down, the entire venue erupted in thunderous applause.
Ye Shuang sat there watching her, then looked at the instrument before him. He couldn’t help but smile, a little sheepish.
He had actually ended up dragging Yuyou down.
“Ye Shuang.”
Bai Yuyou walked up to him as the curtain fell. Then, the girl stood on her tiptoes—
And everything disappeared from view.
“Huh?”
The audience below strained to see, but saw nothing.
Inside the curtain, Ye Shuang looked at the girl with her arms wrapped around his neck and said softly, “Sorry, looks like I held you back.”
“No...”
“Yuyou, you’ve already become someone others can rely on.” He smiled.
Hearing this, Bai Yuyou gazed at him with her beautiful eyes, then said quietly, “I want Ye Shuang to be able to rely on me.”
“You already can, Yuyou. You’re really amazing.” Ye Shuang meant what he said. Gently pinching her cheek, his eyes were filled with mixed emotions.
“Kiss me, Ye Shuang.”
“There are too many people here.” Ye Shuang had barely finished speaking when Bai Yuyou lifted her head and kissed him.
A fragrant breeze brushed against his face—and the heart grew drunk.
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.”
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…
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?
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
