Chapter 238
Park Hyatt Hotel, 66th-floor Presidential Suite.
With a soft beep from the electronic door lock.
Ye Jinliang, his forehead covered in fine sweat, carried Pei Susu on his back all the way into the living room.
"Alright, alright, put me down quickly! This carpet is softer than my bed, it won't kill me to fall."
Pei Susu patted Ye Jinliang's broad shoulders, her tone carrying a hint of unconcealable panic.
They had been stared at by all the hotel staff along the way.
It was only because Pei Susu had thick enough skin.
If it were someone with social anxiety, they probably would have died on the spot by now.
"No can do, Sister Zhenzhen said that a bone or muscle injury takes a hundred days to heal! Even if it's not fractured, we can't be careless."
Ye Jinliang panted heavily and shook his head stubbornly.
He carefully walked over to the sofa, slowly bending down with gentle movements.
Gu Ran followed behind them and casually closed the door.
Watching this scene, he couldn't help but give him a mental thumbs-up.
He's getting the hang of it!
He used to just say "drink more hot water," and now he's directly evolved into a "human wheelchair."
With this level of execution, he deserves to have a girlfriend.
Less than two minutes later, a private butler wheeled a small cart in.
On the tray were ice packs, Yunnan Baiyao spray, and a few warm towels.
"Sir, do you need any help?"
The butler asked politely.
"No, no, I'll do it myself."
Ye Jinliang took the ice pack and even specifically tested the temperature with the back of his hand, afraid it would be too cold for Pei Susu.
He knelt on one knee on the plush carpet in front of the sofa, gently lifting Pei Susu's slightly swollen and red ankle.
Normally, this guy would drop his chopsticks three times a meal, but right now, those large, meaty hands were incredibly steady.
He first placed a towel under her ankle, then gently applied the ice pack.
"Hiss..."
The sudden cold sensation made Pei Susu instinctively pull her foot back a little.
"Does it hurt?"
Ye Jinliang's hand trembled. He jerked his head up, his face full of tension.
"Should I be gentler? Or put a thicker towel under it?"
Pei Susu looked down at him.
From her angle, she could just see the small hair whorl on top of Ye Jinliang's head, as well as his eyelashes fluttering slightly due to nervousness.
This guy usually acted like a brainless Husky, but he was surprisingly attentive when taking care of someone.
For some reason, the bellyful of teasing remarks she had ready suddenly couldn't be spoken.
"It's fine, it doesn't hurt."
Pei Susu turned her head away, her voice an octave lower than usual, her ears inexplicably feeling a bit hot.
"You... you should wipe your sweat too, it's dripping onto my foot."
By the bar, Gu Ran swirled a glass of ice water in his hand and raised an eyebrow at Ye Zhenzhen beside him.
The girl understood perfectly and leaned in to whisper in his ear.
"I think this is getting more and more solid."
"Be more confident, take out 'think'. Lao Ye just has dumb luck."
Gu Ran chuckled softly.
The girl nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, to deal with a 'keyboard warrior' like Susu, sincerity is the ultimate finishing move."
Just as they were talking, the doorbell rang.
Several dining carts filed in.
The Australian lobster was still steaming, the pastry of the Beef Wellington was a tempting golden brown, and the black truffle mushroom soup gave off a rich aroma.
Amidst these top-tier ingredients sat a few incongruous bottles of iced cola.
There were also a few cups of fruit-filled milk tea that had just been brought up from downstairs.
"Come on, come on, let's eat, I'm starving!"
After finishing with the injury, Ye Jinliang washed his hands.
He plopped down on the carpet and grabbed a lobster claw without any regard for his image.
Gu Ran pulled Ye Zhenzhen to her seat and, seeing Ye Jinliang looking like a reincarnated starved ghost, couldn't help but tease him.
"Lao Ye, you're eating already? She's incapacitated right now, shouldn't you peel a shrimp for her? Or maybe... chew it up and feed it to her?"
"Pfft—cough cough cough!"
The mouthful of cola Ye Jinliang had just drunk nearly shot out of his nose, and his entire face instantly turned the color of pig liver.
"You... don't talk nonsense! What do you mean chew it up and feed it!"
Pei Susu was holding her milk tea and slurping boba; hearing this, she nearly choked to death and glared fiercely at Gu Ran.
"Gu Ran, even food can't shut your mouth, huh?"
Although she was scolding him, Ye Jinliang silently put down the claw in his hand.
He clumsily picked up a knife and fork, cutting the steak into evenly sized pieces.
He also completely extracted the lobster meat, drizzled it with sauce, and then gently pushed the plate in front of Pei Susu.
"Um... Sister Susu, eat this, you don't need to use your hands."
Pei Susu looked at the mountain of meat piled in front of her, her fingers tightening around the milk tea cup.
She lowered her head, using the motion of drinking her milk tea to hide the uncontrollable upward curve of her lips.
"Thanks, Fatty."
...
The atmosphere at dinner was lively and relaxed, with only the night sky outside the window serving as a reminder of the passing time.
Fully fed and satisfied, the four of them sprawled on the sofa to digest their food.
"What time is the flight tomorrow?"
Ye Jinliang asked, breaking the temporary silence.
"Ten in the morning."
Gu Ran glanced at his phone.
"You guys don't need to rush, you can sleep in and head back to school in the afternoon."
Hearing this, the previously playful and bantering atmosphere faded a bit.
Happy times were like Pinduoduo red envelopes.
They looked like a lot, but in reality, they were full of tricks and vanished in the blink of an eye.
Their two-day trip to the imperial capital, although tiring as a dog, was indeed the most relaxing time they had had since starting school.
"Sigh, I don't know when we'll see each other next."
Pei Susu sighed, shaking the cola can in her hand with some melancholy.
Ye Zhenzhen leaned on Pei Susu's shoulder, her face also showing reluctance to part.
Gu Ran smiled and raised the cola in his hand.
"Why so sentimental? Transportation is so advanced now, we can see each other whenever we want. Besides, the National Day holiday is coming up soon."
"Let's make a date. Over the National Day holiday, we'll meet up again back in City A."
"Alright! It's a deal!"
Ye Jinliang was the first to respond, raising his cola.
"Whoever breaks the promise is a puppy!"
Pei Susu also raised her cup.
"Cheers!"
The four pop cans clinked in the air, making a crisp sound.
Foam spilled over, like the overflowing joy of youth.
Gu Ran stood up and stretched lazily.
"This hotel has an open-air private hot spring on the top floor. It would be an absolute waste of God's gifts not to take a dip."
"Let's go, I'll show you what it means by 'the empire I have conquered for you'."
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transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
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."
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.
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.
