Outside the window.
Snowflakes danced wildly, and the wind was bitterly cold.
Silver dust-like snowflakes scattered across the entire sky and earth.
They were carried by the biting wind, roaring through the city above with overwhelming force.
There was a hint of an apocalyptic vibe to it.
Inside the house.
A young girl, clad in a soft white dress, walked barefoot on the warm floor.
She bustled between the bedroom and the kitchen.
Coming and going like a gentle breeze carrying the scent of flowers.
“Here.”
“Brother Long, have some fruit...”
“Here.”
“Brother Long, have some snacks...”
“Here.”
“Brother Long, have some sweet water...”
The girl tirelessly fed the boy seated by a low table.
Her eager demeanor made it seem like she wanted to stuff all the good things in the house into him at once.
And her sincere efforts finally got a response from the boy.
Lifting his naturally sharp and unruly eyes, he looked at the girl with her radiant smile before finally opening his tightly shut lips.
“Gu Yue!”
“Are you going to study or not?!”
Lin Yu slammed the table in anger, unable to hold back his curse even though he knew Gu Yue’s mom might be in the living room.
This idiot.
What the hell did she want?
Her grades were so bad she didn’t even know some middle school basics.
He was here flipping through textbooks and organizing study notes, so stressed he felt like his hair might catch fire.
All just to teach her these things that even middle schoolers knew.
And instead of focusing and following along,
She kept running back and forth, bouncing around like a fly, trying to feed him stuff.
Was she deliberately messing with him?!
Gu Yue’s outfit today was actually quite lovely.
Fair skin, a beautiful face, and a flowing white dress.
When he first saw her,
Lin Yu was a little taken aback by her charm.
But once the tutoring began, that bit of admiration dissolved like cotton candy dropped in water—gone after just a few practice problems.
Now, Lin Yu was filled with nothing but anger and frustration.
He wished he could just grab Gu Yue and take a big bite out of that head of hers filled with mush.
Gu Yue was stunned by Lin Yu’s shout.
She froze on the spot.
The sweet smile on her face quickly faded, replaced by a look of awkwardness and timidity.
She looked pitiful, like a child trying to share joy with her mother only to be harshly scolded.
But Lin Yu’s outburst, born of sheer exasperation, finally had some effect.
Gu Yue quieted down.
She obediently sat down by the low table, head slightly bowed, silently staring at the open books in front of her.
Watching her finally settle, Lin Yu took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
Suppressing the irritation that had eased slightly, he resumed teaching.
Glancing now and then at the study materials on the tablet to his left and the open textbook to his right,
Lin Yu droned on and on.
He tried his best to explain the concepts as simply and clearly as possible, making them easy for Gu Yue, that little dunce, to learn and digest.
Sitting beside him, Gu Yue occasionally hummed in agreement as Lin Yu lectured.
After finishing one concept,
Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He instinctively turned to look at Gu Yue to see if she was paying attention.
But the sight left him stunned.
Gu Yue seemed to be studying,
But her state was clearly off.
Her eyes were red and teary, and a few lingering tears clung to her slightly chubby cheeks, not yet wiped away.
Looking down,
Lin Yu noticed a few small wet marks on the notebook in front of her, blurred from crying.
Even her neatly written characters had distorted from the moisture.
It dawned on even Lin Yu then.
He had been too harsh with her just now.
Even though Gu Yue wasn’t like the quiet, well-behaved girls from typical families,
She was still a girl, wasn’t she?
And all that running around just now—she was only trying to bring him snacks.
He shouldn’t have yelled at her like that...
...
Thinking it over,
Lin Yu had already begun to regret how he had treated Gu Yue.
But he hadn’t yet learned how to say the words “I’m sorry”!
He had another way to apologize though!
This trick usually worked on Gu Yue.
“Alright.”
He gently patted Gu Yue’s smooth, fair shoulder, and said casually,
“We’re bros, you know.”
“It’s like this.”
“Guys have those few days every month where they’re in a bad mood.”
“We’re buddies, so cut me some slack, okay?”
Gu Yue wasn’t one to hold grudges.
Now that Lin Yu had given her an out, she took it.
Pouting slightly, she nodded cutely, signaling that it was fine.
But she still seemed a bit down, like she couldn’t bounce back to her lively self right away.
Lin Yu wasn’t worried, though.
Because this was part of his routine.
The real killer move was still coming!
Looking at her with her head half-lowered, Lin Yu asked with a grin,
“Not mad anymore?”
Gu Yue nodded quietly.
Not mad anymore.
But obviously not happy either!
“Alright, if you’re not mad anymore,”
“How about a smile for your big bro?”
Lin Yu shamelessly pushed his luck.
Usually, when a girl’s been upset and hasn’t been fully comforted yet, hearing such an unreasonable request,
She’d puff up angrily and glare at you like a pufferfish.
And at that point, Lin Yu would pull out the finishing move of his routine:
Grinning widely, he’d say, “Then how about I smile for you?”
At that moment,
The girl would be caught off guard by the twist, break into a laugh, and the whole misunderstanding would be completely put to rest.
It worked every time.
But this time,
He was facing someone who didn’t play by the rules.
When Gu Yue heard his cheeky request, instead of getting angry, she actually smiled.
Her smile didn’t seem forced.
It carried her trademark sly charm, yet the way she bared her teeth looked a little goofy.
With those few forgotten tears still on her face,
Her smile was so disarming that Lin Yu wanted to laugh too.
“Whoa!”
“You’re giving me that much face?”
“You actually smiled when I asked?”
The routine had been broken, but Lin Yu was amused.
“Alright,”
“I’ll remember this favor.”
“Next time you get mad at me,”
“If you tell me to smile,”
“I promise I’ll return the favor!”
Lin Yu put on an air of brotherly righteousness.
“Really?”
Gu Yue blinked her still-reddened eyes and asked.
“Really!”
Lin Yu nodded firmly.
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?!
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or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
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!
