Seeing the target walk down the steps to the riverside, the two men's hearts almost leaped out of their throats.
They didn't dare follow from too far away anymore and quickly closed the distance. Seeing him finally stop by the river's edge, they breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't dare relax completely.
They could only stand trembling with anxiety in a spot where they could rush over to rescue him at any moment without catching his attention.
Neither dared to be the slightest bit careless.
After all, their former colleague had his belongings thrown into the dumpster by the boss's men just because of a momentary lapse in judgment.
Not to mention, this was a life-or-death moment.
The target by the river suddenly swayed a bit. Their hearts pounded, ready to intervene at any second.
Just as his foot showed signs of lifting again, the two finally couldn't hold back anymore.
But right at that moment, a comical phone ringtone chimed.
He stopped his movements, and naturally, the two of them stopped as well.
Who knows who was calling or what was said on the other end.
The man seemed to lose all his strength. Supporting his knees with his hands, he slowly squatted down and wept uncontrollably.
The two exchanged another glance. The crisis seemed to be averted?
Emmmm...
Better not be careless. Best to treat it with caution!
...
Meeting up with Tang Manman by the roadside.
She seemed to have reverted to that soft, timid teenage girl from high school, her gaze darting away, almost too afraid to look at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu was a bit angry, but seeing her obedient and cowardly appearance, he just couldn't bring himself to be mad.
Right now, Tang Manman was like a little puppy that had angered its owner.
Her head was lowered, but she would occasionally peek up to secretly gauge her owner's mood. Sensing something wrong, she would quickly lower her eyes again, looking silly, sneaky, and pitiful all at once.
"Did you not take the medicine I bought for you?"
Lin Yu wasn't angry. His voice was calm, just carrying a trace of exhaustion.
It wasn't relief; he was just genuinely out of ideas.
Truly out of ideas...
Tang Manman shook her head, giving Lin Yu the answer he expected.
"Phew."
Exhaling a tired breath, Lin Yu couldn't even be bothered to ask why she hadn't taken the pill. Instead, he moved on to a more crucial question.
"Have you... tested yourself?"
Tang Manman shook her head.
Then, as if afraid Lin Yu wouldn't believe her, she quickly added:
"Ever since that time, my... that thing hasn't come."
"And lately I've always been feeling nauseous, wanting to throw up, dry heaving, and my chest feels so tight I can't catch my breath."
"Qinqin was the one who noticed something was off with me and asked if I was..."
At this point, Tang Manman lowered her head in embarrassment.
Thinking of that quirky and mischievous Tang Qinqin, Lin Yu asked with a slight headache:
"So what did you tell her?"
"I told her it was nothing like that and told her to stop overthinking."
Tang Manman replied.
Staring at Tang Manman for a moment, Lin Yu suddenly raised his head and looked around.
After scanning the area, he ignored the sparse pedestrians and shouted loudly into the air:
"Tang Qinqin!"
"Get out here!"
Lin Yu's loud voice drew sideways glances from passersby, who looked at him like he was an idiot. Lin Yu ignored them completely and continued shouting at the empty air:
"Not coming out, huh?"
"I'll give you three seconds!"
"If you don't come out, I'm going to sign you up for ten thousand tutoring classes!"
"One!"
There was only the sound of footsteps crunching on snow. Most of the pedestrians had retracted their gazes, going about their own business.
"Two!"
The moment Lin Yu yelled "two," Tang Qinqin walked out from behind a nearby corner, puffing her cheeks in anger.
She seemed mad that she had been discovered.
Tang Manman looked at her younger sister in surprise, then at Lin Yu, bewildered as to how he knew her sister had been following them.
Tang Qinqin pouted and walked over. Before she could even stand still, Lin Yu pointed behind her and said mercilessly:
"Go home."
"I won't!"
Tang Qinqin said stubbornly. She seemed to want to say more, but Lin Yu cut her off directly.
"If you don't go back, I'll buy you practice workbooks right now. Do you have any idea how much money I have on me?"
Tang Qinqin's words caught in her throat, unable to come out.
For a high school student on vacation, what could be more terrifying than suddenly acquiring extra practice workbooks?
And given their mother's frugal nature, if this big bad guy Lin Yu bought them, she would definitely be forced to finish every single one!
Thinking of this, Tang Qinqin could only pin her hopes on her sister, acting coquettishly:
"Sis~"
"Qinqin, you should go back."
Tang Manman gave her no face either.
Helpless, Tang Qinqin had no choice but to leave, still puffing her cheeks in anger.
After Tang Qinqin left, Tang Manman couldn't help her curiosity. She looked at Lin Yu and asked:
"How did you know she was following me?"
"I didn't."
Lin Yu said flatly.
"Then..."
Tang Manman tilted her head in confusion, an adorable question mark seemingly popping up over her head.
Seeing her looking so silly and dense, Lin Yu guessed it was highly likely she really was pregnant.
They say pregnancy makes a woman dumb for three years; does it start the moment they get pregnant?
"Just a feeling."
Lin Yu said casually:
"Basically, I was just bluffing. Your sister is full of tricks, so I figured she might have tagged along."
"Oh, oh."
"I see."
Tang Manman nodded and smiled foolishly, her naive and charming appearance just like back in high school.
This look made Lin Yu steal a few extra glances at her.
Come to think of it, the last time he saw her, she lacked a sense of security, acting stubborn and even somewhat neurotic.
Why was she acting so obedient this time?
Lin Yu found it a bit surprising, but overall, it wasn't a bad thing.
While Lin Yu was lost in thought, the fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose suddenly grew much stronger. He looked at Tang Manman, who had suddenly stepped very close, and blinked, wondering what she was up to.
Tang Manman looked very nervous. Her eyes darted left and right, occasionally sweeping over Lin Yu, but she didn't dare let her gaze linger on his face for too long. Her cheeks gradually flushed with a light shade of pink.
???
Three question marks popped up in Lin Yu's head.
What was going on?
Lin Yu reached out and placed his hand on her forehead. She wasn't running a fever.
"Let's go. We're going to the hospital to get you checked."
Lin Yu tilted his head, signaling her to follow.
Tang Manman looked a bit disappointed, but she obediently nodded.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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!
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?!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
