The Ferris wheel slowly rose into the sky, and the distant night lights gradually emerged.
In this small space where only the two of them existed, Tang Manman looked at the scenery outside the window, bouncing lightly on her tiptoes.
This was the first time she had felt the sheer scale of the city so directly.
Clusters and patches of golden brilliance seemed endless, stretching all the way into the far distance.
She was very happy. In this moment, he was here with her.
Thinking of the beautiful legend about the Ferris wheel, she felt a little nervous.
Would Lin Yu be like the people in the stories, suddenly pulling out a gift she'd love right when the Ferris wheel reached the very top...
Actually, even empty-handed would be fine!
And then confess his feelings to her affectionately?
At this thought, Tang Manman couldn't help but steal a glance at Lin Yu.
He was sitting opposite her, equally focused on the night view outside the window.
The only difference was that he was holding a giant grilled squid in each hand, occasionally taking a bite from one and then the other, keeping them quite symmetrical.
Cute...
At this moment, Tang Manman suddenly felt a little regretful.
If only she had been a bit bolder and sat next to him when they got on the Ferris wheel.
That way, she could be resting her head on his shoulder right now.
Maybe she could even take the opportunity to hug him, and even...
...kiss him.
"Ah~"
While Tang Manman was lost in her daydreams, Lin Yu, sitting opposite her, suddenly let out a long, satisfied sigh.
Tang Manman raised her eyes to look at him. For some reason, she was suddenly a bit nervous, yet also a bit expectant.
In this space with only the two of us.
What... what is he going to do?
"So good!"
After his sigh, Lin Yu, completely won over by the delicious food, praised it from the bottom of his heart, even feeling the urge to give a thumbs up.
Tang Manman looked at Lin Yu, feeling a bit helpless but also finding it funny.
She couldn't help it; she just couldn't bring herself to be mad at him.
The Ferris wheel soon finished its rotation. The two returned to the ground, and this time they were really getting ready to leave.
"Are you not going to buy two more skewers of grilled squid?"
"You seemed to really like them."
Tang Manman glanced at her phone and suggested.
"No need."
Lin Yu shook his head, patted his stomach, and said with satisfaction:
"I'm already full."
"Oh..."
Tang Manman let out a disappointed oh and followed Lin Yu toward the exit of the amusement park.
"I... I want to eat ice cream!"
On their way out, Tang Manman suddenly made a request.
Even though it wasn't quite late autumn yet, the chill in the evening breeze had already taken on a biting edge.
Seeing Tang Manman wearing so little and still wanting ice cream, Lin Yu couldn't help but marvel inwardly at her resistance to the cold.
Turning his head to look at the amusement park exit right in front of them, Lin Yu, whose stomach was full of food, didn't want to make another trip and suggested:
"Should we buy some outside?"
Tang Manman shook her head.
"I want the ice cream from here. It's good."
Tang Manman insisted, and Lin Yu had no choice but to indulge her and make the trip back.
Back at the restaurant, Lin Yu looked at Tang Manman with a complex expression. She was holding a three-scoop ice cream cone in one hand and a cold fruit tea in the other.
Good grief.
Eating like this?
Aren't you afraid of making yourself sick?
Just as Lin Yu expected, after stuffing both of those things into her stomach, Tang Manman quickly started feeling unwell.
Lin Yu regretted to death that he hadn't stopped her earlier. Now, all he could do was wait outside the restroom, enduring the cold wind.
He took out his phone to check the time; it was almost ten o'clock.
There were only forty minutes left before the dormitories closed.
If she came out quickly, they might still make it back to campus before the dorms locked up. If she delayed any longer, they really wouldn't make it in time.
Thinking of this, Lin Yu took out his phone and called Tang Manman.
The call connected quickly, and Tang Manman's weak voice sounded:
"Hello?"
"How are you doing now?"
Lin Yu asked with concern:
"Do we need to buy some medicine, or go to the hospital for an injection?"
"No need."
Tang Manman refused in a weak voice:
"I'll be fine in a bit."
Hearing Tang Manman say this, Lin Yu could only continue waiting miserably outside.
Ten minutes later, Tang Manman finally emerged.
Her complexion...
???
When did you apply lip gloss?
Under the bright lights, Tang Manman's alluring pink lips were shiny, looking just like jelly.
"Let's go."
Tang Manman tilted her face up. Her delicate face, which seemed to have had a little touch-up, looked even cuter.
"Alright."
"Let's go."
"I hope we can still make it."
Lin Yu shrugged and took Tang Manman to hail a cab back to the university.
They flagged down a taxi by the roadside, and Lin Yu and Tang Manman slid into the backseat.
After closing the door, Lin Yu looked at the driver in the front seat and said:
"University A."
"Sir, is there still time to make it there?"
After asking this question, Lin Yu's gaze swept over the rearview mirror, and he suddenly noticed the driver shooting him a look of disgust.
???
Three question marks popped up over Lin Yu's head.
Bro, I haven't offended you, have I?
Why are you looking at me like that?
The driver gave a cold snort and said:
"Don't worry, I will definitely get you there."
After saying that, the driver shifted gears with a snap and slammed on the gas, speeding off in a flash.
Looking through the rearview mirror at the two people in the backseat, the driver secretly ground his teeth in resentment.
Thinking of his own well-behaved daughter who had been led astray by a blond punk, the driver found the blond punk in the backseat more and more of an eyesore.
Hmph!
Waiting until this late to head back to school, you must be trying to cut it close to curfew so this girl can't get back to her dorm, allowing you to carry out your dirty scheme to take advantage of her, right?
Well, I'm absolutely not letting you get your way today!
Tonight!
Even if I get a speeding ticket, I won't let a guy like you succeed!
In the dark of the night, a yellow taxi sped along the sparsely populated roads, leaving car after car behind its taillights.
A journey that would normally take over thirty minutes was forcibly shortened to less than twenty.
When the taxi came to a steady stop at the gates of University A, the driver's mouth curled into a grin, and he looked up rather smugly through the rearview mirror at the two people in the backseat.
Stinky blond punk, your plan has fallen through now...
???
Shouldn't your expressions be the other way around?
"Alright, you head back in."
Lin Yu sat in the car, waving goodbye to Tang Manman.
Tang Manman stood at the gates of University A, looking completely unhappy.
When she looked at the driver, her expression was especially resentful.
"Let's go."
"To the hotel."
Before Tang Manman could come up with any more tricks, Lin Yu instructed the driver and left University A directly.
Watching the taxi drive away, Tang Manman dejectedly drooped her delicate eyebrows and turned around to walk back into the university.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
] [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!"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
