After Gu Yue left, Lin Yu stayed in the hospital for a few more days. He waited until the swelling on his body had subsided enough that it wouldn't hinder putting on clothes before finally checking out.
Although the pain hadn't completely faded, with the help of medication, it was generally maintained at a tolerable level.
By this time, S University had already been in session for over a week.
Lin Yu returned to campus around one in the afternoon. Since his leave period hadn't fully expired yet, he wasn't in a hurry to attend classes and planned to rest in his dorm room for a while.
When he went back last winter, Lin Yu hadn't taken items like his bedding, merely packing them up simply into a box.
Now, he just needed to take them out and make the bed again.
After spreading the bedding on the bed, Lin Yu took off his shoes, lay down, and began silently reviewing the events that had happened during his more than half a year of university life.
Lin Yu picked out all the unreasonable incidents one by one, trying to connect them to glean more information.
It was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, piecing them together to see the complete picture.
Lying in bed, Lin Yu thought for a long time, and some fragmented pieces of the puzzle gradually took shape.
But just at that moment, his furrowed brows suddenly creased even deeper.
Because he realized he was missing several extremely crucial puzzle pieces.
The reason.
What was their reason for doing this? What did they want to gain by acting this way?
Based on the events that had occurred so far, their goal was already painfully obvious.
They lusted after his tall, strong physique!
They wanted to develop an intimate relationship with him!
So, what was their reason for doing this?
Lin Yu couldn't figure it out.
One thing was for certain: their approaches and pursuits were absolutely not born out of genuine liking but had some other purpose!
Biting his lip, Lin Yu stared at the ceiling about a meter away, silently sketching the mental puzzle pieces onto the white surface.
Looking at that large gap, Lin Yu clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Darn it!
The more he looked, the more that missing piece seemed to resemble Qing Mo!
Indeed, if Qing Mo were slotted in there, everything would make perfect sense.
She still had designs on him, so she orchestrated this whole crowd of women to try and seduce him into making a mistake...
...
The more Lin Yu thought about it, the tighter his frown became.
No.
No!
That doesn't make sense!
Qing Mo would never do something like this!
First of all, Qing Mo definitely understood him, knew he wasn't that kind of casual person.
Secondly, back when Qing Mo stood naked in front of him, he hadn't lost control like a beast. She naturally knew these ordinary beauties couldn't sway him.
Finally, she seemed to have no need for such self-deception. If she really wanted him that badly, why go through all this trouble? Wouldn't it be simpler to just tie him up and throw him in a dark room?
Unless...
There was another puzzle piece!
As soon as this thought emerged, it was like a sudden revelation, clearing Lin Yu's mind.
Right!
There's another puzzle piece!
The puzzle board was definitely missing one crucial piece!
If those women and the unreasonable incidents formed the hands, feet, torso, and body of the puzzle, and Qing Mo was the head, then what was missing was the neck piece connecting the body and the head!
With that piece, the whole picture would make sense and become clear!
After figuring this out, a new challenge presented itself to Lin Yu.
So, how was he going to find that missing piece?
Lin Yu raised his hand and rubbed his chin, feeling it was a bit tricky.
Maybe...
Go ask Qing Mo?
In all likelihood, she definitely knew that piece, since it was connected to her.
After some thought, Lin Yu quickly vetoed this plan.
Given Qing Mo's control over his current situation, she couldn't possibly be unaware of the things he'd encountered at school.
This proved she adopted a permissive attitude toward these events, perhaps even delighted to see that person succeed.
If that was the case, he definitely wouldn't get any answers from her.
Abandoning the idea of getting to the bottom of things through Qing Mo, Lin Yu rubbed his chin, feeling the only option left was to start with those inexplicable people who had approached him.
He could only see the complete picture of that puzzle piece through them.
However, this matter needed careful planning and couldn't be rushed; it would take time.
Right now, another problem lay before him.
And that was Tao Yaoyao!
Could she be one of the pieces in this puzzle?
Was she, like those other women, approaching him due to some order or for some benefit?
Regarding Tao Yaoyao, Lin Yu didn't dare jump to conclusions now.
Although she coincidentally appeared almost every time he encountered a difficult problem, offering help and seeing him through the tough times.
On the surface, it seemed eerie and suspicious.
But if he thought about it carefully, he knew some things couldn't possibly be arranged by her deliberately.
For example, she couldn't possibly have the ability to manipulate game data to make him match with that jerk, then level up to a gaming expert in a matter of seconds.
Appearing as a beautiful expert to save him and boost her favorability, right?
Moreover, her image and demeanor clearly indicated she was a young lady from a good family who had received an excellent upbringing.
Would someone like that stoop to such underhanded tactics for some benefit?
Besides, she had never expressed any desire to date him either.
Her appearances were always full of coincidence; perhaps fate had a hand in it.
...
...
While Lin Yu was deep in thought, an exclamation of surprise sounded from below him.
"Whoa!"
"Lin Yu, you're back?!"
The sudden shout startled Lin Yu. He turned to look and found it was that guy, Lv Pengju.
Haven't seen him for a while, and he seems to have gotten even chubbier!
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?!
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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!
] [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!"
