Chapter 147
Click.
The bedroom door locked from the inside.
Ye Zhenzhen leaned against the door, breathing heavily as if she had just sprinted eight hundred meters.
The heat in her cheeks had not subsided; instead, fueled by the scenes replaying automatically in her mind, it burned all the way to the roots of her ears.
What kind of posture was that just now?
Ahhh, what a hooligan!
Ye Zhenzhen, you are really going crazy! How can you understand all of that!
The girl let out a muffled whimper, feeling as though she had been corrupted.
It was all Pei Susu's fault!
She dashed to the bed in a few steps and buried her head into the arms of the giant panda plushie.
The girl pressed her pretty face tightly into the panda's soft belly, her long, slender legs flailing wildly on the bedsheets.
It looked like she was venting, but in reality, she was trying to hide an unspeakable sense of shame.
A full five minutes passed.
The corpse on the bed finally moved.
Ye Zhenzhen, sporting a messy head of long hair, lifted herself from the panda's embrace.
Her usually cold, almond-shaped eyes were now shimmering with unshed tears, carrying a hint of charm and looking incredibly watery.
Scoundrel...
She bit her lip, trying to shift all the blame onto that dog next door, but the corners of her mouth seemed to have a mind of their own and simply would not stay down.
That weightless sensation of a racing heart, that tingling electric current during their physical contact...
It was practically toxic.
It made one both afraid and... craving for more.
The girl rolled over, lay on her stomach, and reached into the bottom drawer of her nightstand to pull out a pink notebook.
She opened the notebook.
In addition to the 48 things siblings must do, it was densely packed with details from their recent trip to Wuzhen.
Looking at the contents, a smile surfaced on her lips. She then added a line at the end, immediately crossed it out, and rewrote:
[No more roughhousing in the living room! (crossed out)... Remember to lock the door when roughhousing from now on.]
After writing this, Ye Zhenzhen looked at the ink on the paper, her cheeks flushing red again. She hurriedly closed the notebook and cast a guilty glance at the locked door, as if terrified someone might peek at her innermost thoughts.
Even though the girl's thoughts hardly needed peeking into...
Next, she grabbed her phone and skillfully dialed the number of her psychological counselor, Pei Susu.
Beep—beep—
The phone was answered after just two rings.
Oh? A rare guest! Why did you think of me at this hour, big sister?
Pei Susu's lazy and teasing voice came through the receiver, accompanied by the crisp crunch of potato chips.
Did you finally bear to drag yourself out of that tender wonderland? How was it, was Wuzhen fun? Or should I say... was the person more fun?
Pei Susu, can you be a bit more serious!
Ye Zhenzhen tried hard to keep a straight face, attempting to regain her usual aloof, unattainable aura.
I just called to ask if you have finished filling out your college applications. Gu Ran and I have both finished.
As for Wuzhen... it was just okay. That guy Gu Ran is so clumsy; I had to take care of him. It was exhausting.
Ooh—
Pei Susu dragged out the syllable, her tone full of mockery.
Exhausting? Were you tired from shopping, or... tired from some other kind of exercise?
Pei! Su! Su!
The already guilty girl completely lost her composure, flying into a humiliated rage.
I just said a few words, why are you getting angry?
Pei Susu giggled, Hurry up and tell your little sister what you have been doing these past few days.
Accustomed to her teasing manner, Ye Zhenzhen ignored her jabs and instead began talking about Wuzhen, her eyes sparkling.
After a long while, having listened to the girl's speech, Pei Susu curled her lips.
Wow, you really have fallen into a tender trap. Two out of every three sentences include the name Gu Ran. I am so jealous that someone gets to live in your heart like that.
Ye Zhenzhen froze, instinctively retorting.
Do not talk nonsense! I am his older sister, his temporary guardian! What is wrong with mentioning him?
Guardian?
Pei Susu sounded as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world.
What kind of guardian stays in a giant round couple's bed?
Ye Zhenzhen, you are done for. You are completely lovesick now, terminal stage, beyond saving. I suggest immediate cremation.
I... I am not!
Ye Zhenzhen snorted stubbornly, muttering softly, We didn't even get to sleep in the giant round bed...
Her fingers unconsciously twirled the panda plushie's round ear, kneading the furry appendage out of shape.
Alright, stop playing hard to get.
Pei Susu sighed, feeling like her precious cabbage had been thoroughly ruined by a pig.
Down to business, how did you two end up filling out your applications? Did you really stay in the province?
At the mention of this, Ye Zhenzhen's eyes softened.
Yes, Qinglin University. I am in the eight-year clinical medicine program, and he is in the economics and management experimental class.
Gu Ran... he applied to Qinglin too?
Y-yeah.
The guilty girl thought she was about to be mocked by her best friend, but the other end of the line fell into an eerie silence.
Three seconds later, a burst of hysterical laughter erupted.
Hahahahahaha! I am dying of laughter! I can not... save me!
Ye Zhenzhen held the phone a bit further away, looking completely baffled.
Are you okay? Are you okay? What is so funny about that?
No... hahahaha!
Pei Susu laughed until she was out of breath.
Do you know where that poor sucker Ye Jinliang... where he applied?
Ye Zhenzhen was even more confused.
Where?
N-nothing, I can not take it, Gu Ran is such a dog, Little Fatty is so pitiful.
Pei Susu seemed to be slapping her thigh, laughing uncontrollably.
Forget it, forget it. You two just enjoy flying together as a pair at Qinglin. I will let this caring big sister take care of Little Fatty.
Having laughed enough, Pei Susu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Her tone then suddenly became serious as she began her lecture as the so-called love guru and armchair strategist.
Instantly activating her sage mode!
Come on, let us highlight the key points now. So, first question: you and your good little brother are going to college at Qinglin. What do you think is the biggest crisis?
Wh-what?
The girl pursed her lips, and the figure of Ye Shulian automatically popped into her mind.
If she found out that she and Gu Ran had a thing going on, would she not break his leg...
College is not high school.
Pei Susu cleared her throat, readily employing theories she had read in romance novels.
Also known as borrowism.
In high school, everyone still has to worry about underage dating, plus with Abbess Jiang keeping watch, those coquettish tramps did not dare to be too wild. But college is different; it is a total free-for-all!
Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen seemed to understand what she meant and could not help but furrow her pretty brows: And then?
And then? Big sis, do you have any idea how much lethal appeal Gu Ran has to those coquettish tramps? After the college entrance exams, the people asking for his contact number even came to me. Just think about it.
Then Pei Susu hit the nail on the head, He is handsome, has good grades, and the key is... that elegant scumbag vibe of his is the most attractive.
This kind of high-quality resource, once he enters college, he will be like a piece of prime meat, and top-tier at that! Do you really think you can defend the tower just by wearing the title of older sister?
Ye Zhenzhen's fingers paused slightly, and the panda's ear was pulled out of shape by her.
He... he would not.
The young girl muttered, her voice lacking confidence.
On the other end of the line, Pei Susu heard her mumbling and immediately let out a cold sneer.
"You... just get straight to the point!"
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."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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.
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
