"Come with me."
Lin Yu called out, then turned and left Wanhui Plaza.
Ye You quickly followed. She was a bit shorter, and while her legs didn't look short, it was really just due to her good proportions.
Three of Lin Yu's strides equaled five of hers. She trailed behind his tall figure, her little legs working double-time to keep up.
"Where are we going?"
Ye You asked in a sweet, slightly naive voice, sticking close behind him.
"You'll know when we get there."
Lin Yu replied dismissively.
"Oh, okay."
Ye You nodded. After a while, her curiosity got the better of her again.
"What are we going to do?"
"You'll know when we get there."
Lin Yu used the same answer for her different question, and it somehow didn't feel out of place at all.
Ye You gave another simple "oh" and quickened her pace to follow him.
They walked in silence for a while longer before Ye You started to feel something was off.
She looked around and realized the further they walked, the more remote the area became and the fewer people there were. They were now on a brick-paved path flanked by dense, lush vegetation you couldn't see through.
In this secluded place, a faint sense of unease began to flow and spread in her heart.
But soon, she talked herself out of it, settling her nerves.
What was there to be afraid of?
Lin Yu was right beside her, after all.
The worst possible outcome... was actually the outcome she secretly wanted the most.
Nothing to be nervous about.
Though, admittedly, something like that might be a bit too thrilling for her.
What if someone saw them...
Ye You was lost in these wild thoughts, head bowed, when Lin Yu suddenly stopped. Not paying attention, she bumped right into his solid back.
Ye You covered her forehead and instinctively took a step back. The intense, unfamiliar masculine warmth she felt from the contact made her body tremble slightly.
That brief collision was her first close contact with a man. Hard, warm, his body nothing like a girl's softness. It didn't feel particularly good or bad, just... new and strange, something she'd never experienced before...
Thinking this, Ye You looked up in surprise at Lin Yu, who had turned around and was now reaching towards his pants. Her ears burned, and her face flushed a deep red.
Is... is it happening now?
Mmm...
But I've never been with a man before...
Ye You's face was crimson, the blush spreading to her neck and the roots of her ears, making her look as if she had a fever.
Seeing her like this, Lin Yu thought she might be suffering from heatstroke. But glancing at the sky, he didn't think the weather was hot enough for that. He stopped his hand and asked with concern,
"What's wrong with you?"
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Ye You shook her head stiffly. She looked at Lin Yu timidly and mumbled in a small voice,
"Are we..."
"Let's exchange contact info."
Lin Yu didn't know what was up with her, but since she said she was fine, he didn't bother probing further. He pulled his phone from his front pants pocket and said what he originally intended.
Ye You's expression froze, seemingly not expecting things to turn out this way.
Realizing she had misread the situation, her face turned even redder.
She hurriedly pulled her phone from her shorts, held it with both hands, and with head bowed, brought up the scanner. She aimed it at the QR code on Lin Yu's phone screen, ready to add him as a friend.
Just in those few seconds it took to align the phones and scan the code, before they could connect, Lin Yu suddenly lunged, throwing himself at Ye You.
Watching his tall, sturdy frame rush towards her, feeling the wave of masculine presence, Ye You's small mind went completely blank, leaving only one ill-timed thought:
So I wasn't overthinking it after all...
The roar of an engine had arrived beside them at some point, vibrating unpleasantly in their eardrums.
But before their bodies could even adjust to the noise, the sound of the motor was already roaring into the distance.
Ye You, shielded behind Lin Yu, stood there dazed, completely unaware of what had just happened. Her view was entirely blocked by Lin Yu's broad back.
It was only when Lin Yu started cursing that she realized her phone was gone.
"Damn it!"
"What the hell was that?"
"Dares to rob even me?"
He hurled a vicious curse at the retreating motorcycle's taillight, then quickly turned to Ye You and said,
"Wait right here. I'm going to chase them down and get our phones back!"
With that, Lin Yu broke into a full sprint, charging in the direction where the motorcycle had almost vanished.
If anyone else had seen this, they would have rolled their eyes and called him an idiot.
The motorcycle would be almost home by the time he started chasing, and he's only thinking of pursuing it now?
Truly, always a step behind.
But on this deserted path, there were no onlookers, only a blushing young woman.
She watched Lin Yu's figure sprinting away, savoring the sense of security she felt when he shielded her. Her cheeks felt burning hot, and something in her chest was pounding wildly, so loud it was almost deafening.
He felt...
kind of handsome...
...
"Once you flash this thing open, can you reset it back to its original password?"
Lin Yu stood behind a chair and asked casually.
"No."
The young guy doing the flashing shook his head.
"Flashing only breaks the original password lock. To set a new password, you'd need to know her original one."
Lin Yu thought about it and decided it didn't matter.
He could just tell Ye You he didn't catch up with the thief, but later used his connections at a phone shop to find her phone, which had already been flashed open.
It was a plausible explanation. Not a big issue.
The phone would take a little longer to flash open. Lin Yu turned his head towards the entrance of the phone shop and said to the two men standing there,
"Thanks for your help today."
"You can go now. Everything's handled."
The two men nodded with ingratiating smiles and bid farewell.
"Don't mention it."
"See you later, Boss Yu."
After speaking, they left the shop, got on a motorcycle parked outside, put on their helmets, twisted the throttle, and rode off stylishly.
Not long after, Ye You's phone lock screen password was successfully cracked. After paying, Lin Yu took the phone and started browsing through it.
Ye You didn't have many contacts in her phone, but she was in quite a few group chats. Lin Yu went through them one by one. Even after checking the last one, he still hadn't found what he was looking for.
Lin Yu frowned. He knew there was definitely something off about Ye You. He just hadn't discovered it yet.
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] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
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!
