The Metal Man was plunged headfirst into the toilet, stirring up a flurry of murky splashes. Finally, he gave a weak twitch, his entire body twisted into a bizarre posture.
Tang Ye let go expressionlessly, allowing him to slump down, his head still tightly wedged in the toilet bowl.
Just then, Chen Miao, who was suspended high on an iron frame by ropes, twitched her eyelids and finally struggled to open her eyes.
The moment her consciousness returned, she felt the weightlessness of being suspended and the agonizing strangulation around her wrists and ankles.
Her vision focused, taking in the hellish scene before her. The floor was covered with people groaning in pain, and the air was thick with the stench of blood and filth.
There was also a tall figure, with his back facing her.
That back... was very familiar.
"Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!"
Desperate whimpers escaped Chen Miao's throat. With her mouth taped shut, she tried frantically to call out that name, her body struggling violently and causing the iron frame to creak.
Hearing the noise, Tang Ye turned around.
The girl hung in mid-air, her hair disheveled and her face covered in grime, yet her eyes were strikingly bright. Tears rolled down uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes, washing two clean streaks down her dirty cheeks.
"You're awake."
Tang Ye exhaled a breath of stale air, strode over, and swiftly ripped the duct tape off her mouth.
"Tang Ye... how could it be you?!"
Her newly freed lips were chapped, and her voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like her own. Seeing this familiar face, Chen Miao's tightly strung nerves suddenly relaxed. Tears burst forth like a broken dam, blurring her vision.
She remembered being dragged into a warehouse, screaming for help but finding none.
She never expected that Tang Ye would actually be here to save her.
More importantly, she had just noticed a patch of dark red blood spreading across the back of Tang Ye's head and neck. It looked like a bloodstain.
He was injured.
"I came looking for you."
Tang Ye's voice was as calm as if he were just picking her up from work. "It's okay now. We're leaving."
In a few quick moves, he untied the ropes binding Chen Miao, helped her weak-kneed body to the side, and then walked toward another girl who was also strung up.
That girl was still unconscious.
Too lazy to waste words, Tang Ye grabbed a cup of cold water from the table—God knows how long it had been sitting there—and splashed it directly onto her face.
Splash!
"Ah!"
The freezing water poured over her head, causing the girl to shudder and jolt awake. Upon seeing the gruesome scene around her, she let out an ear-piercing scream.
Startled, Chen Miao ignored her own weak legs and lunged forward to cover the girl's mouth.
"Don't scream! Don't scream! We're saved, it's okay!"
While Chen Miao was pacifying the other girl, Tang Ye picked up the empty handgun from the floor. Using a thug's shirt hem, he meticulously wiped down the gun from barrel to grip, missing no corners.
After doing this, he shoved the gun into a random thug's hand, deliberately wrapping the man's finger around the trigger.
The pacified girl finally calmed down. Though still trembling, she had at least stopped crying and screaming.
They watched as Tang Ye stepped on the throats of the wailing men writhing on the ground, crushing them one by one. They only felt that these men deserved it.
Only Chen Miao kept her eyes fixed on Tang Ye's back. Seeing the blood on his nape, her heart ached terribly.
"Are... are you okay?" she couldn't help but ask softly.
"I'm fine."
Tang Ye didn't turn around; he just tilted his head to listen to the movement outside.
"If we delay any longer, we really won't be able to leave."
Both girls had changed into different clothes, looking fairly normal now.
Tang Ye walked in front. Behind him, a small, trembling hand gripped the hem of his shirt.
The fabric was pinched so tightly it was almost twisted into a knot.
Chen Miao followed behind him, as if she had found her pillar of support, though her voice still carried the tremor of someone who had just survived a disaster.
"How... how did you find me?"
It was an abrupt question, but Tang Ye understood.
"I had to find you eventually."
The Sichuan girl had a pretty face and a good figure; otherwise, she wouldn't have been targeted by that Brother Hu.
Tang Ye didn't stop walking. Leading the two traumatized girls toward the elevator, a corpse slumped against the wall came into view. It was none other than Brother Hu.
Chen Miao's pupils contracted, but her shock was quickly replaced by a surge of anger.
Tang Ye glanced at the corpse and explained, "I was originally tailing this guy and found you in a warehouse on the outskirts of the city, but I was ambushed and knocked out by his men. After I woke up, I tracked them all the way here."
He omitted the dangers involved and concealed the slight feeling of discomfort in his heart.
Tang Ye felt conflicted right now. Although he had saved her, a thorn still lingered in his mind.
Chen Miao stared fixedly at Brother Hu's corpse, gritting her teeth, her eyes turning red.
"It's him! A while ago, Ah E and I went to the snack street and ran into this bastard. He seemed to know Ah E very well, talking and laughing with her."
"Then Ah E dragged me along, saying she wanted to treat me to food, but we ran into them again. I drank the water Ah E gave me, and I don't remember anything after that... When I woke up, I was in that pitch-black warehouse."
"Ah E! She is definitely in cahoots with this bastard!"
These words made Tang Ye furrow his brows.
This clearly contradicted what Tang Ye knew.
According to the information he had received, this woman named Ah E was supposed to be the one who told him that Chen Miao had left with Brother Hu. However, as the victim who experienced it firsthand, Chen Miao's account was obviously more credible.
The more Chen Miao spoke, the angrier she got. Perhaps feeling that cursing wasn't enough to vent her hatred, she actually stepped forward carefully and kicked Brother Hu's corpse hard twice.
There wasn't much force behind it; it was more about venting her anger.
"Kicking him is useless, he's dead as a doornail," Tang Ye's voice came from the side, devoid of any discernible emotion.
He grabbed Chen Miao, who wanted to deliver another kick, and pulled her into the elevator.
The other girl had been cowering in the back the entire time. Only now did she seem to find her voice, looking cautiously at Tang Ye with eyes mixed with fear and gratitude.
"Did you kill all those people?" she finally spoke after a long pause.
Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's, terrified of offending the man before her.
Tang Ye pressed the button for the first floor. The elevator doors slowly closed, shutting out the bloody scene outside.
He gave a hum of acknowledgment in response.
Then, he pulled out a thick stack of cash from his pocket, which he had conveniently taken from Wu Hui's office.
Without even looking, he split it into two halves and shoved them into the hands of Chen Miao and the other girl.
"Take the money and leave Guancheng as soon as possible. Go as far away as you can."
The thickness of the cash left both girls stunned.
Hearing this, Chen Miao immediately grew anxious and pushed the money back.
"What about you?"
"I killed people, so naturally I have to go on the run. I might even be on the wanted list by tomorrow."
Tang Ye said it casually, as if he were talking about the weather.
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.
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
