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.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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.”
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!
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
