Today was the final exam period at Yinshan Academy. Although Ye Shuang didn't have to proctor any exams, he still chose to come by today and take a look. Judging by his usual routine, his life basically followed a cycle of company-home-company-Chen residence-company-home-school.
"Really quiet, huh. Probably because of the exams." All morning, no one had come to the third infirmary, so Ye Shuang could actually spend his time reading a medical book to relax his mind. For him these days, time spent at school counted as a vacation.
On the tablet next to him, a video call was still connected. On the screen was a woman with long, slightly wavy hair, eating an egg custard while wearing a silk nightgown. Her belly was beginning to show, though the loose dress did a good job of hiding it.
"Honey, my mom took me to the prenatal check-up today. She said the baby is very stable," Chen Qin said from the other end of the video.
"That's good," Ye Shuang looked up from his book. "Did they say anything else?"
"Well, if we want to find out the gender, it'll take about four months," Chen Qin continued. "Honey, do you prefer a girl?"
"Boy or girl, it doesn't matter," Ye Shuang said with a faint smile.
Most hospitals didn't offer gender identification, but if you really wanted to know, it wasn't hard. At least for the Chen family, this wasn't even worth mentioning.
"Have a few more, then we won't have to agonize over it," Chen Qin said with a smile.
"Just one is enough. Your health isn't great," Ye Shuang replied.
"Hey, I'm in great shape," Chen Qin said, flexing to show off the toned lines of her arm. She worked out regularly and kept her figure very well.
"Well, we'll see then," Ye Shuang smiled.
While chatting with Chen Qin, a student walked into the infirmary. Seeing that the third infirmary was open, the student reached out and knocked, saying, "Hello?"
"Sweetheart, you go ahead and work," Chen Qin hung up the call.
Ye Shuang took off his earbuds, glanced toward the clinic door, and stood up with a smile. "What's wrong, student? Are you feeling unwell?"
The person who came in was a girl. She looked hesitant for a moment, then asked in a soft voice, "Can you close the door?"
"Close the door?" Ye Shuang nodded in response. "Of course. Go ahead and close it. If you need to, you can even lock it."
Feeling reassured by Ye Shuang's permission, the girl let out a breath of relief and shut the door.
"Is it a physical issue? Or maybe something you want to talk about psychologically?" Ye Shuang poured a cup of warm water for her. In his white coat, he looked nothing like someone who worked at a corporate headquarters—just like an ordinary school doctor.
"I want to ask about both—physical and psychological," the girl said.
"I see... have a seat, then. Don't be nervous."
Ye Shuang took a quick glance at her information—
[Name: Mao Mao
Second year, Class B, Yinshan Academy]
There was nothing particularly noteworthy. Ye Shuang paused for a moment, then asked, "Have you had any troubles recently?"
The girl named Mao Mao looked conflicted, as if she wasn't sure whether she should ask Ye Shuang. After a while, she spoke in a hushed voice, "Doctor, can you keep a secret?"
"Of course. Since you came to me, you probably know my reputation. You can even treat me like a tree hollow."
"That's good, then..." The girl said, "Well, I've fallen for my sister's boyfriend."
An emotional issue.
Ye Shuang was already used to this kind of consultation, really. After all, teenagers were full of crushes and infatuations—it was completely normal. Wasn't everyone like that once? Perhaps a single afternoon ray of sunlight falling on the side of someone's face could make you stare dreamily for a long, long time.
"So you like your sister's boyfriend? That's a pretty common thing. But since he's your sister's boyfriend, it's best if you shift your feelings and try getting to know other people. Is it a crush?" Ye Shuang said.
"Doctor, that's not what I meant," the girl said, holding back for a few seconds before speaking. "Um... 'with' is used here as a verb, actually."
"A verb?"
Ye Shuang paused for a few seconds, then replayed her original words in his head.
Hiss.
Things got a lot more complicated all of a sudden?
"Does your sister know?" Ye Shuang asked.
"My sister doesn't know. Neither does my brother-in-law," the girl shook her head.
"Wait... your sister has a brother-in-law as well?"
"Yeah, my brother-in-law is my sister's boyfriend's boyfriend."
Ye Shuang: "..."
"Hold on, let me sort this out." Ye Shuang took a moment to process this information while trying to stay composed. "So, what's the problem you're dealing with right now?"
"The problem I'm dealing with now..." Mao Mao gave Ye Shuang a sneak peek before saying, "I want to break up with my brother-in-law."
"Okay... because you like your sister's boyfriend, you want to break up with your brother-in-law."
"Yes, yes, that's right!"
"Many students have come to me for advice, but yours—hmm, how should I put this—is a bit complicated. " Ye Shuang asked, "Why are you so hung up on your sister's partner?"
"Because I like my sister. I don't want to see her be with anyone else," Mao Mao said.
Ye Shuang: "..."
"Ah... well now..."
Okay, no verb needed this time. Ye Shuang got it.
"I think you shouldn't dwell on this. Maybe you should look at the people around you instead, try to change your focus?" Ye Shuang suggested.
"But they're all my classmates," the girl said.
"I see..."
...
An hour later, Mao Mao left the infirmary.
Ye Shuang slumped into his seat, mentally and physically drained.
Tired.
Every now and then, you got a troublemaker of a student. Well, to be fair, no one who comes seeking a consultation is exactly problem-free.
"Let me go outside and clear my head." Ye Shuang got up and walked out of the infirmary. The hallway outside wasn't too crowded, and most of the students were from the lower grades—after all, not all year levels had exams at the same time.
"Hmm... could really use a cigarette."
Ye Shuang stood at the edge of the sports field, watching the P.E. class in session. He pulled a candy from his pocket and popped it in his mouth, crunching down.
"I want one too."
"That was the last one." Ye Shuang said automatically, then froze for a moment before lifting his gaze.
Sitting on a tree branch above him was a long-haired girl, her legs dangling idly in the air.
"Xiaoyi, why are you up in a tree?"
The one perched on the branch was, of course, Anshi Yi. She leaned against the trunk, a pair of headphones hanging around her neck, looking completely carefree.
"The air is better up here," Anshi Yi replied.
"What's so special about the air a few meters higher?" Ye Shuang said, at a loss for words. "And isn't today your exam day?"
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!" "......"
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.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
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!
