Chapter 101
Gu Ran and Ye Zhenzhen had dressed neatly early in the morning and were standing in the living room.
The kind-hearted older sister, however, was still worried about her nervous younger brother.
"Don't be nervous, remember what I told you before..."
Her nagging manner made her look exactly like an old mother hen.
But Gu Ran didn't find it annoying at all. He just narrowed his eyes, smiling as he quietly watched the girl in front of him.
"Hey, are you even listening to me?"
Noticing that his gaze wasn't entirely pure, the girl frowned and reached out to kick him lightly.
Feeling the pure white cotton sock brush against his leg, Gu Ran shivered, suddenly feeling as if all his energy and spirit had returned.
"Relax, relax. Let's hurry up and eat!"
"Hmph!"
The aloof girl turned tsundere; with a flick of her high ponytail, she turned on her heel and walked straight toward the dining table.
Although the breakfast was simple, it was nutritionally balanced, designed to ensure they had enough brainpower for the day.
Right before they left, the anxious Ye Shulian reminded them again, her eyes full of reluctance and anticipation.
Although she had remarried, her desire for her daughter to succeed hadn't diminished in the slightest.
Compared to her, Gu Xiangcheng was much more laid-back.
Perhaps... it was because he didn't hold too much expectation for Gu Ran.
Maintaining his usual calm demeanor, he patted them both on the shoulders and said softly, "Take the exam seriously. We'll be waiting for your good news."
Today, he had specially taken some time off from work to drive the siblings from home to the examination center.
The family of four had all mobilized, showing utmost seriousness.
...
June 7th, the day of the College Entrance Examination.
The entire city seemed immersed in an unusual atmosphere, the air thick with a mixture of tension and anticipation.
Streets near the examination centers were lined with signs prohibiting honking in the test zones.
Passing vehicles drove much more carefully and cautiously than usual.
Especially drivers with children of their own, who were on high alert, afraid of making even the slightest noise that might disturb the candidates focusing on their impending exams.
Furthermore, businesses around the schools thoughtfully hung "Keep Quiet" signs, and buses and subways added "Gaokao Special Trains." It felt as if the whole city was, in its own way, escorting and protecting this battle of youth.
Outside the examination centers, it was a gathering place for parents.
Some were in small groups, while others waited alone.
But they all shared one common trait: their eyes were filled with expectation and worry.
After sending the siblings inside, Lao Gu and Ye Shulian joined the lineup.
"It really is an annual spectacle."
Looking around, Lao Gu couldn't help but sigh in emotion.
Some parents even wore bright red clothes, symbolizing a "lucky start."
Other parents held bouquets of flowers, ready to give their children the warmest comfort the moment the exam ended.
Hearing this, Ye Shulian also looked over and subconsciously nodded, "Oh my, why didn't I think of that! This afternoon, this afternoon I'll wear red too... no, I'll wear purple, for great success! And I'll bring two bouquets of flowers to wait for the kids to come out."
Gu Xiangcheng: "???"
Hearing this, his mouth twitched. He hurriedly suppressed his wife's fantasies and pulled her away from the scene.
Because the people who needed to enter the exam room had already gone in, there was no use in them standing around anymore.
It was better for those who needed to work to go to work, and those who needed to go home to go home, so they could prepare lunch for them earlier.
...
As time passed and the start of the exam drew closer, the expressions of the parents outside gradually became solemn.
Some paced back and forth anxiously, occasionally looking up at the gates of the examination center, as if they could see their children's figures through the thick walls;
Others clasped their hands tightly, praying silently, hoping that some unseen deity would bless them.
Regardless, whenever the bell rang at the examination center, everyone would involuntarily look up collectively, their eyes locked tightly on the building.
...
Unlike the nervous parents outside, the candidates walking into the examination center were even more nervous.
Watching one person after another hurry past him, Gu Ran shrugged and said to the girl beside him, "Did you know there's a certain kind of show every year during the Gaokao?"
"What show?"
The girl herself had been slightly affected by the environment and was starting to feel nervous, but his question instantly made it vanish into thin air.
"Ahem..."
Gu Ran cleared his throat and said in a broadcaster's tone, "Next, you will be watching the mega hit drama series: 'Lost Admission Ticket', 'Can't Find the Exam Room', 'Went to the Wrong Exam Room', 'Invigilator Forgot Their ID', 'Lost ID Card', 'Overslept', and 'Trapped in the Elevator'."
"Pfft, you're asking for death!"
Ye Zhenzhen, successfully amused, couldn't help but lift her foot to kick him. She continued, "Why would you say that? We finally made it to the Gaokao; no one wants any accidents to happen."
"I'm not saying anyone wants accidents to happen, but every year there's always some genius who manages to lose their admission ticket. Don't you think it's amazing?"
In the past, whenever Gaokao season came around, Gu Ran would always scroll past these kinds of videos on short-video platforms.
Especially one candidate who consecutively lost their admission ticket for N years; he didn't even know if it was a prank by a marketing account...
But whenever this time came, he would feel incredibly indignant.
Back then, he hadn't cherished this hard-won opportunity. By the time he realized it, it was too late, and he never had the chance again.
So he had a vivid memory of this kind of careless behavior of losing an admission ticket, wishing he could take their place.
Fortunately, he had now regained the opportunity!
"So where's your admission ticket?"
Hearing this reminded the girl next to him, and she tilted her head, asking with a smile.
"Mine is, of course..."
Hearing this, Gu Ran smiled and reached out to pat his pants pocket.
But halfway through the motion, the smile on his face instantly froze.
However, the smile didn't disappear; instead, it transferred to the face of the person beside him.
"Holy crap, holy crap!!! Where's my admission ticket?"
He hurriedly patted himself up and down, frantically searching for his admission ticket.
He had just been laughing at this kind of behavior, and in the blink of an eye, it was happening to him.
Truly—the clown was me all along?!
"Pfft, idiot!"
Seeing his panicked state, Ye Zhenzhen kicked him lightly, then pulled out the admission ticket.
"You scatterbrain, I put it away for you from the shoe cabinet this morning, you pig!"
Still not satisfied, she kicked him again, wanting to teach her forgetful younger brother a good lesson.
Phew~
Seeing his admission ticket recovered, Gu Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Unable to control himself, he hugged the person beside him and planted a kiss on her cheek.
Then he carefully put the admission ticket into his pencil case, looked up into the distance, and took a deep breath, trying to calm the waves in his heart.
After he calmed down, the aloof girl was no longer calm. Her exquisite face was like a boiled shrimp, terrifyingly red.
Noticing that Ye Zhenzhen had gone quiet, he turned to check and was immediately startled.
Belatedly realizing what he had just done, he felt a bit guilty and reached out a finger to gently poke her.
"What... are you doing?"
After a moment of silence, Ye Zhenzhen raised her hand to touch her cheek, and then yelled in embarrassment and anger.
"Gu 'Dog' Ran, you're dead meat!"
Seeing that the situation was bad, Gu Ran turned and ran for his life, as if he were being chased by a dog.
And in fact, he really was.
In the end, it was the forgiving older sister who stopped first, deciding to let her younger brother off the hook for now.
Familiar with the routine, the two of them breezed through the security check, headed to their respective exam rooms, and began to wait...
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.”
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.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
