Although N City was nominally a northern city, its actual geographical location leaned more towards the central region, barely touching the edge of the northern territories.
Due to its location, the temperature here was generally higher year-round, and it rarely snowed.
However, during this year's heavy snow season, N City also welcomed a few hearty blizzards.
But by now, there was hardly any snow left to be seen.
Unlike H City, where snow still blanketed everything.
Because he had to handle the troublesome procedures of transferring schools, Lin Yu arrived quite early just to be prepared.
Once he finished everything that needed to be done, Lin Yu looked back and realized there were still five or six days until the semester started.
What should he do during this time?
Lying on the bed with his hands behind his head, Lin Yu was momentarily at a loss for how to spend these next few days.
He couldn't just stay in the hotel twenty-four hours a day, right?
That would be terrible for his health.
Just as he was thinking this, the hotel room door opened.
Lin Yu turned his head and saw that Tang Manman had returned from buying snacks.
Tang Manman didn't stand on ceremony; she tossed the snacks onto the table and then threw herself onto the bed.
She buried her cold, soft little face right into Lin Yu's neck.
She rubbed against him affectionately like a spoiled little puppy.
Not only that.
After nuzzling him for a while, she seemed to have put herself in a great mood.
She quickly slipped out of her coat, lifted the blanket, and dove right in, lying softly on top of Lin Yu.
Lin Yu reached out and pinched this clingy girl's cheek, then pressed his warm palms against her face to help chase away the cold. At the same time, he voiced his question.
"What should we do during these days before school starts?"
Hearing this, Tang Manman lifted her face. It seemed she had already thought about this question. Her dark eyes sparkled as she looked at Lin Yu and suggested:
"Let's go rent an apartment!"
"Then we can live together from now on!"
Lin Yu thought about it and felt it was a pretty good idea.
Living conditions in a rented apartment off-campus would be much more comfortable than staying in the school dorms.
Just as Lin Yu was about to nod in agreement, Tang Manman seemed to have opened Pandora's box, chattering away without stopping:
"We can also go climb Phoenix Mountain in N City."
"I've wanted to go for so long. I saw some videos before; when the weather is right, the clouds are right beneath your feet. Standing on the peak feels like standing in the sky."
"We can also go to the aquarium!"
"N City's aquarium is super famous."
"They have all kinds of animals inside."
"My roommate and her boyfriend went once, and they took a lot of pictures."
"The polar bear in the pictures didn't look very big."
"But my roommate said that when that polar bear stands up, it's twice as tall as her!"
"I've only ever seen brown bears in the free parks."
"They were already huge, but my roommate said brown bears can't even compare to polar bears."
"I want to go see it."
"And also, also."
"We can go play on the beach!"
"Maybe we can even catch crabs!"
"..."
"But this season isn't quite right for that. We can wait until summer or spring to go."
"We can also go to the neighboring city to eat at the buffet."
"That buffet is really famous!"
"They have lobster and king crab."
"But it's a bit expensive, so I couldn't bear to spend that much eating there alone."
"Now that you're here, we can go eat there together!"
"And also, also..."
"We..."
"..."
As she kept talking, Tang Manman seemed to get a little tired. She lowered her head and pressed her cheek against Lin Yu's chest. After murmuring for a little while longer, she stopped.
After a brief few seconds, she spoke again, but this time her soft voice carried a hint of a choke:
"When you weren't here, there were so many places I wanted to go with you."
Tang Manman's sudden vulnerability softened Lin Yu's heart. He reached out and gently stroked her smooth, long hair, saying softly:
"I won't be away from now on."
"I will accompany you for every single thing you want to do."
"We are going to be together for a very, very long time."
Tang Manman listened quietly, then nodded heavily in deep agreement. Her tone was gentle, yet it carried an indescribable firmness:
"Yeah."
"We are going to be together for a very, very long time."
"..."
...
Tang Manman took the matter of renting an apartment very seriously.
After Lin Yu repeatedly assured her that money was not an issue.
She dragged Lin Yu around to check out various residential communities.
Finally, she chose a fully furnished, 120-square-meter apartment with three bedrooms and one living room.
It had all the necessary appliances and furniture, the master bedroom faced the sun, and the environment was excellent.
Tang Manman was very satisfied with this place.
And then.
Lin Yu just bought the apartment outright.
Actually, when buying the apartment, Lin Yu did feel a tiny sliver of guilt.
After all, using Qing Mo's money to buy a house for Tang Manman gave him the shameful feeling of a kept man finding a mistress and spending money on her.
But it was fine.
Lin Yu had thick skin; he could just grit his teeth and get over it.
What's yours and what's mine?
What belongs to my wife belongs to me!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
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!
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.”
