"Hurry up, how much longer do you need?"
Xia Yueshan stood at the door, clad in swim trunks, a swim cap on his head, and a pair of dark goggles tightly strapped across his forehead. He had even eagerly slipped on a swimming ring already.
"We still need some time."
Inside the hotel room, Xia Muzhu wore an autumn-yellow one-piece swimsuit with a matching sheer lace shawl draped over her shoulders.
Her swimwear could only be described as conservative—not a hint of skin revealed.
But some things don’t need to be exposed to be captivating.
Their mere existence is enough to leave one speechless!
Though the autumn-yellow shawl softened the visual impact somewhat...
At least, that’s how it looked!
"What else do you need to do?"
"Aren’t you already changed?"
Xia Yueshan tilted his head in confusion.
"We still have to apply sunscreen."
Lin Yu, who knew a thing or two about skincare, shot him an exasperated look and retorted,
"Do you want your sister to end up as tanned as the two of us?"
Xia Yueshan had spent much of the summer running around outside (albeit reluctantly), leaving him noticeably darker.
As for Lin Yu?
He’d never been fair-skinned to begin with!
Hearing this, Xia Yueshan deflated and grumbled unhappily,
"So how much longer?"
"If you’re in such a hurry, go ahead by yourself."
Lin Yu rummaged through the suitcase for Xia Muzhu’s sunscreen, not even sparing Xia Yueshan a glance as he dismissed him.
"Why don’t you let her apply it herself? Let’s go down first, yeah?"
Xia Yueshan grinned shamelessly, trying to drag Lin Yu out to play.
Lin Yu straightened up and looked at him with pitying eyes, as if he were an idiot.
"Can you reach your own back to apply sunscreen?"
Xia Yueshan reached behind himself, attempting and failing, before finally giving up on pestering Lin Yu to join him.
"Fine, but hurry up."
After one last impatient urge, Xia Yueshan turned and marched off downstairs, fully geared up.
"Don’t go near the deep water, you hear?"
Lin Yu called out from the room, loud enough for Xia Yueshan to catch.
"I’m not stupid!"
Xia Yueshan’s exasperated shout echoed from the hallway, clearly tired of being treated like a child with all the warnings.
Lin Yu and Xia Muzhu exchanged an amused glance, both sighing at the antics of this teenage boy.
"Found it!"
Lin Yu pulled out a bottle of sunscreen from the corner of the suitcase. Without giving Xia Muzhu a chance to protest, he popped open the cap and squeezed a generous dollop onto his palm, rubbing his hands together to spread it evenly.
"Zhu-jie, I’ll help you with the sunscreen!"
At the sight of Lin Yu’s hands coated in white lotion, Xia Muzhu’s cheeks flushed pink, as if recalling something.
She nodded softly and took a seat on the chair in the room, waiting for him to begin.
Lin Yu nudged the door shut with his foot, struggling a bit to lock it since his hands were slick with sunscreen.
"Let’s move to the bed."
"It’s not easy to work here..."
"Ugh—I mean, not easy to apply!"
Lin Yu quickly corrected his slip of the tongue.
Xia Muzhu’s face burned redder. She shot him a reproachful look and reminded him,
"Not today."
"Xia Yueshan’s still waiting downstairs."
"And besides..."
She bit her lip, the heat in her face visibly intensifying as she turned away, her voice barely above a whisper.
"I still want to save some energy for later..."
"Don’t worry."
"It’s just sunscreen. I won’t do anything else."
Lin Yu puffed out his chest, as if ready to swear an oath.
Reassured, Xia Muzhu pulled out a beach mat from her bag and spread it over the bed to keep the sheets clean.
Once prepared, she obediently climbed onto the bed and lay face down on the mat.
Lin Yu approached, running his hands along her calves, massaging the sunscreen in slow, even strokes...
...
Heaven bear witness—
Lin Yu had genuinely intended to apply sunscreen properly at first!
But somehow...
Xia Muzhu’s body seemed to possess an irresistible allure, and before he knew it, his focus had shifted.
His hands naturally followed suit...
"Mmm..."
Xia Muzhu suddenly let out a soft, stifled sound, squirming slightly in discomfort.
"There... there’s no need to apply there, right?"
"Of course there is."
Lin Yu replied with utter sincerity,
"What if your clothes shift while we’re out? You wouldn’t want to get sunburned."
"You don’t want to end up as dark as me, do you?"
???
Why did I phrase it like that again?
Though Lin Yu disliked this kind of talk, he had to admit—
It worked like a charm.
Xia Muzhu fell silent, choosing to endure quietly as Lin Yu grew bolder, his touches venturing further...
"Whew."
Letting out a heavy breath, Lin Yu eyed Xia Muzhu’s alluring figure and decided it was time to stop.
Any longer, and he really wouldn’t be able to hold back.
Just as he steeled himself to withdraw, Xia Muzhu lifted her head in confusion, her sapphire-blue eyes clouded with desire—both questioning the pause and silently pleading for more.
Their gazes locked, and in that wordless moment, an understanding passed between them...
...
Meanwhile, Xia Yueshan had cycled through the stages of excitement and exhaustion, now settling into the third phase—
Boredom.
Lying on the beach, he glared at the distant skyscrapers, his thick brows knitting together.
What’s taking them so long?
Two whole hours had passed. Even if they were applying sunscreen—or doing anything else—they should’ve been done by now!
Unless...
They’d ditched him to go on a date or grab a meal?
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
