Due to a schedule adjustment, Class A and Class B were warming up on the same running track. After about ten minutes of jogging, the students were free to do as they pleased.
"Yuyou, Yuyou, want to play badminton later?" Tang Keke mimed swinging a racket as she grinned at the girl beside her.
Bai Yuyou thought back to Ye Shuang's words and nodded.
"Keke..."
"Yeah?"
"Restroom."
"Go ahead. I'll grab the rackets from the equipment room. Let's meet back here later." Tang Keke blinked and waved her off.
Bai Yuyou nodded.
The nearest restroom wasn’t in the school building but behind the spectator stands—a secluded spot usually only frequented by students having P.E. on the track.
As Bai Yuyou headed toward the restroom, she forgot one thing Ye Shuang had written in her notebook:
[5. If you need to use the restroom, go to the one next to the teachers’ office at the end of the hallway.]
From another class having P.E., a few girls noticed Bai Yuyou walking alone toward the restroom. Three of them quietly followed.
After finishing up in the stall, Bai Yuyou stepped out and noticed the door had been locked from the inside. Three girls stood there, arms crossed, smirking coldly.
That expression was familiar, but Bai Yuyou didn’t recognize them. Their school badges weren’t from the third year but the fourth—practically college students. There should’ve been no reason for their paths to cross.
"That’s her, right? No mistake?"
"Yeah, her. The prettiest one in Class 3A."
The girls closed in, surrounding Bai Yuyou.
"Not bad looking. No wonder Su Zhe likes you," the leader said flatly. "Hand over the love letter."
Love letter...
Bai Yuyou understood now. Some time ago, she had indeed found a letter in her desk—addressed to "Bai Yuyou" from a boy surnamed Su. But she had thrown it away. She didn’t know him at all.
"Threw... it away," Bai Yuyou said.
"Threw it away? Or did you hide it, you little flirt? Su Zhe is mine, got it?" The girl’s voice dripped with scorn.
Bai Yuyou stayed silent.
She wasn’t good with strangers, especially when cornered like this. Words failed her.
Seeing her quiet, the girls took it as guilt. When Bai Yuyou reached for her notebook to write, the leader suddenly slapped her across the face.
"Slut!"
A familiar sting burned her cheek. The notebook fell, soaking into the damp floor.
Bai Yuyou almost apologized—but then she remembered Ye Shuang’s words.
Slap!
She hit back, mirroring the girl’s own motion.
"I... did nothing wrong," Bai Yuyou said firmly. Her instincts told her this wasn’t her fault.
No mistake meant no apology.
The girl, stunned that Bai Yuyou dared retaliate, shrieked in rage. She grabbed Bai Yuyou’s hair and slammed her head into the sink.
Thud!
The impact was brutal. Bai Yuyou crumpled to the floor, blood trickling from her forehead down her pale face like a scarlet thread.
Her vision blurred. Dizzy, she couldn’t move.
"W-was that too much?" one girl whispered. "She’s bleeding."
"Who cares? Strip her. Once we take photos, she won’t dare talk," the leader said coolly.
"Oh, right. Good idea."
"You film it."
As two girls yanked Bai Yuyou up, a sudden flush roared from one of the stalls.
Whoosh!
The sound startled them. They glared toward the source—some idiot student who didn’t know better.
But then the last stall door creaked open. A short-haired girl stepped out.
She glanced at the hostile group, then casually turned on the faucet to wash her hands.
"Can’t even take a piss in peace these days," she muttered.
"You got a problem?" the leader snapped. She hadn’t expected anyone else here, but it didn’t matter.
An Shiyu shrugged, dried her hands, and tucked them into her jacket pockets.
Then her gaze landed on Bai Yuyou. She raised a brow. "You’re messing with her? Not scared of getting your skull cracked open by that old man?"
"Old man?"
"Who the hell are you?" The girls closed in on An Shiyu.
"Me?" An Shiyu tilted her head. "Just a passing Kamen Rider."
"The what?" They stared blankly.
"Fine. A high-level ninja with two and a half years of training," she amended.
The girls exchanged looks, as if dealing with a lunatic. One didn’t bother with words—she lunged to grab An Shiyu.
An Shiyu sidestepped, hands still in her pockets, and delivered a swift kick between the girl’s legs.
Though the move was deadlier on men, it worked just fine here. The girl paled, staggered back, and collapsed with a whimper.
The remaining two hesitated, but their pride won out.
"Get her!"
They regretted it instantly. Within seconds, both were on the ground, groaning.
"Pathetic." An Shiyu yawned, stepping over them to reach Bai Yuyou. One girl even got a shoe print on her face.
Kneeling beside the trembling Bai Yuyou, An Shiyu pulled a handkerchief from her pocket. "Here. Clean up."
Bai Yuyou took it. Blood dripped onto the white fabric, blooming into crimson flowers.
"Did I... do wrong?" she murmured, her dull eyes unfocused.
"Not sure what happened," An Shiyu said carelessly. "But you should go find that old man."
Ye Shuang...
Ye Shuang.
"Ye Shuang." A flicker of life returned to Bai Yuyou’s eyes. She struggled to her feet, swaying as she stumbled toward the door.
Ye Shuang, where are you...
I want to see you.
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.”
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
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…
