Lying in bed, Lin Yu felt a bit troubled.
His original plan was to take advantage of the period when Little Darling's condition was stable.
To visit Qing, Xia, and Tang one by one.
They could all meet up and bond a little.
But plans could never keep up with changes.
He had only just finished meeting with Qingmo.
And before he could even enjoy a few days of a carefree, emperor-like life at Xia Muzhu's place,
he was dragged back by Little Darling's sudden emergency.
Scratching his belly.
Thinking about the current situation.
Lin Yu let out a long sigh.
He felt even more troubled.
Now, Little Darling's condition had become unstable again.
Which, in turn, caused Su Yuyao, as the mother, to be in a much worse state.
She was frightened every day, washing her face with tears.
Under these circumstances, how could he possibly leave the mother and daughter?
But on second thought.
Lin Yu felt that he really owed the other three way too much.
In the year since Little Darling was born.
He had almost exclusively hovered around Little Darling and Su Yuyao.
Qingmo was actually fine.
After all, she had her own career to keep her busy.
She wouldn't be too unaccustomed to life without him around.
Moreover, she had a very good relationship with Su Yuyao.
Sometimes, if she missed him.
She would just fly straight over.
She didn't even need to give him a heads-up.
She could just mention it directly to Su Yuyao.
This piece of... (whole line crossed out)
He, a handsome and dashing young man, was thus lent out like a piece of merchandise without even knowing it.
Xia Muzhu was different.
Xia Yueshan was in H City.
Although that kid had now fully grown into a sturdy teenager who could take care of himself.
Xia Muzhu still couldn't stop worrying about him.
Just like a mother who could never stop worrying about her child.
Even though Xia Yueshan was only her younger brother.
The way Xia Muzhu acted as an older sister felt no different from being a mother.
So Xia Muzhu was trapped in H City.
She...
...
Lin Yu's sorrowful face suddenly froze.
Because he remembered the time back in college when he only had Xia Muzhu as his girlfriend.
The distance in kilometers between S City and H City seemed to be about the same as the distance between N City and H City.
But Lin Yu remembered that back then.
Xia Muzhu was always able to easily fly to S City.
And spend several days lingering and playing with him...
...
Lin Yu's expression calmed down.
But his black eyes gradually dimmed, like something sinking slowly from the water's surface to the bottom of a lake.
It was only at this moment that Lin Yu suddenly figured it out.
The reason Xia Muzhu wasn't willing to fly over often like Qingmo perhaps wasn't because she couldn't leave due to taking care of Xia Yueshan.
It seemed she was just being gentle, not wanting to cause him any trouble...
...
Lying in bed, Lin Yu stared silently at the empty ceiling for a long time.
Finally, he let out a long, lonely breath.
"It seems I owe Sister Zhuzi much more than I imagined..."
"Sigh."
If there was a chance in the future, he would slowly make it up to her.
Sniffling, Lin Yu then thought of Tang Manman.
Actually, among the three of them, Lin Yu was most worried about her.
Qingmo had her own things to keep busy with.
Xia Muzhu had Xia Yueshan's company, and her emotions and personality were very stable.
Lin Yu wasn't worried about the two of them.
Towards those two, Lin Yu only felt guilt and a sense of owing them.
Only with Tang Manman, Lin Yu truly couldn't put his mind at ease.
As a person.
She looked weak and soft, appearing honest, introverted, obedient, and very easy to bully.
But in reality, she was actually very opinionated and easily got stuck in dead ends.
She wouldn't speak her mind; she would just hide it in her heart.
Then she would quietly brood over it and endure it all by herself.
Like a pressure cooker whose vent was blocked by impurities.
In the end, she would suddenly drop a huge bomb on you.
Just explode right in front of you!
Lin Yu was genuinely a little afraid of her.
Over the past year, Lin Yu had sent her the most text messages among the three.
Whenever he thought of her, he would shower her with greetings and concern.
Asking how her life had been recently.
Whether she had encountered anything happy or unhappy.
Whether her study pressure was high.
Over the phone, Tang Manman seemed to be doing fine.
Good and obedient.
But deep down, Lin Yu always felt something was off.
It was like suddenly arriving at a sea surface without a single ripple.
The calmness was somewhat terrifying.
This time he went out.
He had visited both Qingmo and Xia Muzhu.
But he had left her out.
And she was someone who loved to let her imagination run wild and get fixated on things...
...
No!
The more Lin Yu thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.
He kept feeling as if something bad was about to happen right in front of him.
He needed to quickly comfort Tang Manman!
He had to explain it to her properly.
The reason he didn't go accompany her this time wasn't because of anything else.
It was purely because Little Darling's condition had worsened!
Thinking of this, Lin Yu hurriedly grabbed his phone beside him.
His fingers quickly tapped and swiped on the screen.
Lin Yu's finger had just stopped on the VX icon.
Before he could even tap it.
VX suddenly opened automatically, popping up a call invitation.
Lin Yu looked closely.
When he saw the caller ID Tang KuaiKuai, Lin Yu's heart suddenly tightened.
Tang Manman, oh Tang Manman.
Speak of the devil.
Lin Yu couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his temples.
Tang Manman actually rarely called directly.
She usually just sent messages.
She would only call directly if she had sent a message and he hadn't replied for a long time, or if there was something relatively important.
And he had replied to every single text message she had sent recently.
Then...
...
Lin Yu swallowed hard.
With his heart in his throat, he pressed the answer button.
"Hello?"
Tang Manman's soft voice came from the phone's speaker. Her tone was as gentle and soft as always, like a feather, carrying a bit of caution as if afraid to break anything.
"I'm here."
Lin Yu responded dryly.
The other end of the phone was silent for a moment before she asked softly and tentatively:
"Are you still in N City?"
Being asked this, Lin Yu had a faint, ominous premonition, but he still answered truthfully:
"Yes, I am."
"Oh."
"Me too."
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.
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?!
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!
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
