"What do you mean, if you go out and find a woman, I have to put up with it, but if I go out and find a man, you'd kill me?" Jiang Xin's eyes were wide, her face full of disbelief.
"How is that fair?"
She couldn't fathom how a mouth at thirty-seven degrees Celsius could spew such ice-cold words. She trembled with anger, breaking out in a cold sweat despite the heat, her hands and feet icy.
Could this world get any worse?
Did women have no rights at all?
Jiang Xin glared, her cheeks taut, her silver teeth grinding audibly.
Seeing her like this, Ye Shu couldn't help but find it amusing.
For some reason, he always thought this silly girl, with her blustery way, seemed foolishly endearing. "Sit down first, and let me explain slowly."
"Hmph! You'd better spit out something worthwhile!"
Jiang Xin gave a delicate snort, pulled up a chair, and sat down, but the heaving of her chest betrayed her inner turmoil. She was truly infuriated by this heartless man.
No, she was furious!
If this bastard's answer didn't satisfy her, she would... she would bite him to death!
"Look, let's sort this out first."
Ye Shu sat down across from her, took her small hand, and spoke earnestly: "Right now, aren't we just husband and wife in name only? There's no real relationship between us, is there?"
"Yes... that's right."
Though she didn't want to admit it, Jiang Xin nodded anyway.
After all, if she said otherwise, wouldn't that mean she was admitting she was really his wife!
"Since we're only married in name,"
Ye Shu smiled, "then it's only reasonable for me to go out and find a lover, isn't it? After all, we're not really married, so I have no duty to stay faithful."
"Uh... I guess so."
Jiang Xin hesitated. It did seem to make sense.
"Good. Then let me ask you another question."
Ye Shu nodded in satisfaction.
"Since we're married in name only, if you were to go out and find some other man, as your nominal husband, shouldn't I react to uphold my status as husband?"
"Uh... that sounds right too."
Jiang Xin scratched her head.
When he put it that way, it really seemed correct, but she felt something was off, yet she couldn't quite pin it down.
Her head itched—she felt like she was growing a brain.
"That does seem to be the case..."
Jiang Xin looked at Ye Shu blankly, her eyes as clear as a fresh graduate's.
"There you have it."
Ye Shu spread his hands toward her. "If I go out to find a lover, you have no say, because we're only married in name. But if you go out to find another man, I have to step in, since I'm your nominal husband."
"Oh, right, right."
Jiang Xin nodded in sudden realization.
"Oh, no, no, no."
She suddenly shook her head violently, jumped up from the chair, pointed at Ye Shu's nose, and huffed, "No, you're messing with me!"
"Why do I have to fulfill a wife's duties?"
"And you don't have to fulfill a husband's duties?"
"Don't I?"
Ye Shu looked at her, blinking innocently.
"Do you?"
Jiang Xin glared at him angrily.
"I don't?"
"Do you?"
In response, Ye Shu still blinked at her with a bewildered look. "Aren't I fulfilling a husband's duty by killing any other man who dares to touch our marital relationship?"
Jiang Xin's words caught in her throat, and she fell silent again.
Damn it, that seemed right too.
No, no, there had to be something else wrong.
"Don't... don't come closer. Let me think first." Jiang Xin took a few steps back, one hand on her forehead, the other held up defensively.
Seeing this, Ye Shu was practically chuckling inside.
How had he never noticed before that this bargain wife was so adorably clueless?
"Alright, alright. I won't come closer."
"Hmph!"
After a moment, Jiang Xin finally figured it out.
She put her hands on her hips, climbed onto the nearby table, looked down at Ye Shu from above, and with an air of having seen through everything, lifted her chin smugly, nostrils flared.
"I've completely seen through your game!"
"Why do I only have to be a good wife and mother, without having to worry about you running off to find other women, while you don't have to be a good husband, but only have to keep me from running off to find other men?"
"Huh? Why are we different?"
"Hmph! Speechless now, aren't you?"
Jiang Xin crossed her arms, lifting her chin triumphantly. "Trying to fool me? Don't you know how smart I am?"
"Hahahahaha!"
"I'm the smartest! Hahaha!"
Thrilled at how her sharp wit had seen through the bastard's trick, Jiang Xin burst into laughter, rocking back and forth so wildly she nearly fell off the table.
"But... the exceptionally clever Miss Jiang."
Ye Shu suddenly spoke up.
"We're a man and a woman. Isn't it natural for us to have different roles? Just like in ancient times, when our ancestors had men hunt outside and women gather berries at home. Men protected the territory, women kept the home fires burning. That's perfectly normal, isn't it?"
"Hahaha! Ha-ha—"
Jiang Xin's laughter, as she was bent back laughing, came to an abrupt halt. She froze in place.
"That... that does seem right..."
But she still felt something was off.
Just as she was about to keep thinking, her foot slipped, and she suddenly lost her balance, toppling off the table.
"Ah!"
She let out a startled cry, but before she could react, a pair of hands caught her steadily, and she landed in a warm embrace.
"I told you, girls aren't supposed to climb on tables."
Ye Shu held Jiang Xin helplessly, gently tapping her nose. "See, now you've fallen, haven't you?"
"I-I meant to jump off the table!"
Jiang Xin widened her eyes, stubbornly retorting, "Don't change the subject! I'm not done talking yet!"
"Still at it?"
Ye Shu quickly stopped her, tightening his arms and holding Jiang Xin securely. He pointed at the night outside the window. "It's so late. Don't wake the kids."
"Be good. Rest first. We'll talk tomorrow."
With that, he strode toward the bed, gently laid Jiang Xin on the soft mattress, then crawled in himself, wrapped his arms around her waist, lazily said "goodnight," and soon fell into a deep sleep.
"Let go of me. Who asked you to hold me!"
Jiang Xin muttered through gritted teeth, struggling slightly.
She was sure she could find where the logic broke.
She definitely could!
But... but...
Leaning against Ye Shu, a wave of drowsiness washed over Jiang Xin, impossible to resist.
But... this guy's arms were pretty comfortable, weren't they...
A breeze blew softly through the crack in the window frame, carrying a hint of nighttime coolness.
Jiang Xin's consciousness wavered between drowsiness and clarity. She wanted to think more about what felt wrong, but the warmth behind her was too cozy, and the breathing too peaceful...
"Tomorrow... for sure tomorrow..."
She mumbled vaguely, finally unable to withstand the drowsiness, and sank fully into slumber.
Until midnight.
A pair of bright eyes suddenly snapped open in the pitch-dark room.
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
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!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
