“Holy crap!”
Su Yang stood beside the bed, his eyes wide with astonishment.
Before he could react, Qingxia stepped forward and shoved him down.
There’s a saying online: When a man is handsome, in great shape, and has money, you can never know just how proactive the girl you meet might be.
Of course, the same applies to men. It’s just that most men wouldn’t dare act the way Qingxia did—otherwise, it would be considered sexual harassment.
What Su Yang hadn’t expected was that tonight would bring an extra surprise—and an astonishing one at that.
Since things had already reached this point, no normal man would be able to bring himself to leave the room. They simply had to—
They had to explore the matter thoroughly. It wasn’t as though it would be tiring.
Qingxia looked like a delicate, sweet, obedient little cutie. Who could have imagined that she would have such an unexpectedly bold side? Su Yang tried twice to turn the tables and take the initiative, but both times, she overpowered him and pinned him down again...
An hour later, at 4:10 in the morning, Qingxia admitted defeat and fell asleep on the spot. Being strong at the beginning didn’t mean she could stay strong forever.
Su Yang got up, pulled the blanket over her, then turned off the light and left the room.
“Phew!”
He took a deep breath, walked over to the coffee table, picked up a cigarette, and lit it.
After smoking for three minutes, Su Yang switched off the living-room light, grabbed his suitcase, and headed upstairs.
There were two bedrooms on the second floor, one of which had a small bathroom attached.
Since he would be sleeping upstairs alone, he naturally chose the room with the bathroom.
After finding the room, he pushed open the door, took out his pajama bottoms and underwear from his suitcase, and went into the bathroom for a shower.
By the time he finished, it was already half past four in the morning.
He didn’t play with his phone any longer. He turned off the light and prepared to rest.
But just as Su Yang closed his eyes, his ears suddenly twitched. There seemed to be footsteps coming from the stairwell not far outside his room.
Su Yang frowned and opened his eyes.
Damn. Who’s coming up?
The footsteps gradually drew closer. Although the person was clearly trying to walk quietly, anyone listening carefully could still hear the change in the sound.
Su Yang hadn’t reached the point where he could identify someone solely by the sound of their footsteps. He only knew that it was a person—and a woman.
That meant it had to be one of the three women downstairs. But all three of them had already fallen asleep. Who could it be at this hour?
Curious, Su Yang quietly propped himself up in bed and looked toward the door.
Seven or eight seconds later, the footsteps reached the area outside his room. The two bedrooms on the second floor were right next to each other, and Su Yang still couldn’t figure out what the person was trying to do.
A faint click sounded, and Su Yang narrowed his eyes at the door.
Although the lights were off, he could still see clearly.
His own door hadn’t opened. The person had apparently opened the door to the room next door.
Judging by the footsteps, she seemed to have gone inside, but she came back out very soon and casually closed the door behind her.
Su Yang thought, This time, it’s my room. I want to see who it is. It probably isn’t Yoshie or Qingxia—they’ve already been completely worn out and won’t wake up until at least nine. In that case, hey, it can only be Yuanying.
He watched the doorway with interest, waiting for the person to come in.
After several seconds of silence, a soft knock came from outside.
Knock, knock, knock.
Huh? Why doesn’t she just come in? She didn’t knock on the other door. Why knock on mine?
Su Yang smiled to himself. I’m not answering. Let’s see if you’ll come in anyway.
A few more seconds passed before a soft voice called from outside.
“Su Yang? Are you asleep?”
The moment he heard the voice, Su Yang smiled faintly. It was obviously Li Yuanying.
Wasn’t this girl completely passed out earlier? What’s going on?
“Su Yang? Are you asleep?” Li Yuanying called again in a hushed voice.
A few seconds later, the door clicked open, and a sliver of white light shone into the dark room.
The gap widened until the figure standing outside could be seen clearly.
Since the lights were off, Li Yuanying didn’t notice that Su Yang was sitting up in bed and watching her.
She tiptoed into the room and quietly closed the door behind her.
“What are you doing?”
Su Yang’s sudden voice made Li Yuanying shriek. She hurriedly raised her phone, using its flashlight to shine toward him. Su Yang was leaning against the bed, staring at her.
“You! What are you doing? Weren’t you asleep? Why didn’t you answer when I called you? You scared me half to death!”
Li Yuanying’s chest heaved as she tried to calm down, her soul nearly scared out of her body.
Su Yang reached out and pressed the switch beside him. The bedroom instantly lit up.
Li Yuanying was leaning against the door, clutching her chest and breathing heavily.
Su Yang tilted his head in confusion. “No, seriously. Why did you sneak into my room in the middle of the night?”
“Don’t talk yet. Good grief, you nearly scared me to death.”
“You scared me too! I thought you were a burglar.”
“You’re the burglar!” Li Yuanying retorted as she walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.
Su Yang asked again, puzzled, “You still haven’t answered my question.”
“What question?”
“You know what question. What time is it?”
“Four thirty-six.”
“You know it’s four thirty-six, yet you’re not asleep and came sneaking upstairs. What are you doing here?”
“It’s all your fault!”
“My fault?” Su Yang looked utterly bewildered.
“You’re the one who woke me up.” Li Yuanying turned to glare at him.
“When did I wake you? After you got drunk, I carried you back to your room and left.”
Li Yuanying shot him another glare. “You left, but...”
“But what?”
“I was woken up more than twenty minutes ago. Think about it yourself!” At that, Li Yuanying turned her head away shyly.
Hearing this, Su Yang covered his face and thought, Damn it! Did she hear everything? But I didn’t make any noise. It was Qingxia who was crying out.
“What woke you up?” Su Yang asked tentatively.
“Voices,” Li Yuanying answered with two words.
“Voices...” Su Yang pursed his lips. “Was I making them?”
“Not you. From the sound of it, it seemed to be a woman.”
“Then why did you come looking for me?”
“Would they have been making those sounds without you?”
Su Yang: “...?”
“Well, putting that aside... The main point is, did you come looking for me because I woke you up and you wanted to confront me, or was there something else?”
“I...” Li Yuanying turned to look at Su Yang, suddenly at a loss for words. Her face had already turned red all the way to her neck.
The two stared at each other. Su Yang smiled without saying anything.
Li Yuanying awkwardly scratched her head. “Right... why did I come looking for you?”
“Wasn’t that what I was asking you?”
Li Yuanying hesitated, seeming to want to say something but unable to bring herself to do so. She bit her lip, suddenly slapped Su Yang on the chest, then sprang to her feet and fled the bedroom as fast as she could.
Even after she had completely disappeared, Su Yang was still sitting there in a daze.
A few seconds later, he thought, What was that supposed to mean? She’s acting so strangely. Could it be... she wanted to make a few noises herself? Heh, that girl... She’s really mysterious.
“But she still heard it. Qingxia was just so loud… Whatever. If she heard it, she heard it. No big deal. Time to sleep!”
Su Yang couldn’t be bothered to dwell on it. He turned off the light and flopped back down.
The night passed uneventfully.
A few hours later, at half past nine in the morning, Su Yang stretched and sat up. Sunlight was already streaming into the room through a gap in the curtains.
He got out of bed, walked over to the window, and pulled the curtains open. A breathtakingly beautiful view unfolded before his eyes.
[Ding! The system has detected that the host has been deeply moved by the scenery before him, is feeling excited, and is thoroughly enjoying it. Reward: 8 million.]
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
