“G-get married?!”
At the old Dragon Emperor’s question of when she planned to marry, Ao Xue let out a sharp shriek. Covering her burning cheeks with both hands, she stared at Ao Kun in disbelief and stammered:
“Dad, what nonsense are you talking about?!”
Even Ye Shu was struck dumb, frozen where he stood.
So the old bastard could have stayed offstage, but the moment he showed up, he dropped a bombshell.
“What?” Ao Kun glanced at Ao Xue and said indifferently, “Don’t tell me you don’t want to marry this kid. Or are you really planning to be his pet for the rest of your life?”
“I—I!”
Ao Xue opened and closed her mouth, struggling to refute him.
But the words simply wouldn’t come out. She knew that she really did want to, yet how could she possibly say something like that in front of everyone?
Ao Xue was so anxious her brain was about to crash.
The other girls also looked troubled, unsure what to say.
What could possibly be more ridiculous than watching someone try to pimp out your man right in front of you?
“You’re being incredibly rude!”
Jiang Xin was the first to step forward. Pointing at Ao Kun’s nose, she cursed, “It would be one thing if you usually ignored Little Sister Ao Xue, but now you suddenly show up and try to meddle in her marriage. What gives you the right?”
Ao Kun wasn’t angry in the slightest.
With his hands behind his back and a faint smile at the corners of his lips, he looked at Jiang Xin and said, “Then why don’t I add you to the arrangement?”
“A-add me?”
Jiang Xin froze, apparently not expecting him to say that.
Were the beast clans really this open-minded these days? They were marrying off their daughter and allowing a package deal?
She thought about it.
It actually sounded pretty good.
“It… it’s not like I’m against it…” Jiang Xin muttered softly, then added, “But I can’t stand behind her.”
“Fine.”
Ao Kun gave a slight nod.
What the hell?!
Xia Hanmo and Little Beast stared at Jiang Xin in shock.
So you looked so honest and upright, but you defected that quickly?
Seeing that Jiang Xin had already negotiated her terms, the other two immediately stepped forward as well, afraid that if they missed this opportunity, it would be gone forever.
“Then we want in too.”
“This kid has quite the romantic luck.”
Ao Kun was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile.
“Fine.”
Watching them exchange a few words and settle everything in just a couple of sentences, Ye Shu was completely dumbfounded.
Wow. You people just worked everything out like that?
No one had even asked for his opinion.
“Senior.” Ye Shu looked at Ao Kun helplessly. “I really don’t have the energy to play house right now.”
His voice carried a hint of exhaustion.
“There are still many people waiting for me to find them, and plenty of grudges waiting for me to settle.”
“That’s precisely why.”
Ao Kun’s expression turned stern as he looked at him.
“That’s precisely why you should give them an explanation. If you die on the path to seek revenge one day, what status will they have when they bury you?”
“Close friends? Fleeting lovers?”
“I’m not…”
A huge accusation had suddenly been dumped on his head. Ye Shu had no way to deal with it. Grimacing, he finally gritted his teeth and said, “Fine, I’ll marry them. I’ll marry all of them, all right?”
Originally, he had planned to discuss marriage after everything had settled down.
By then, they could hold one grand wedding together. It would make for a fitting finale.
Seeing his miserable expression, Ao Kun burst into laughter.
He patted Ye Shu on the shoulder and said with a grin, “I was just messing with you, bro. Marry them all? What am I, a pimp? Besides, even if you wanted to get married, there’s nowhere in Ten Thousand Beasts City to hold the ceremony.”
“Besides…”
“Even if you’re willing to marry her, Little Ao Xue may not be willing to marry you.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Ao Xue.
“Right?”
“I’ll give you a ‘right’!” Ao Xue had just been toyed with out of nowhere. Naturally, she was in no mood to be polite, and immediately launched into a colorful tirade.
The others didn’t look too happy either.
This stupid Dragon Emperor had shown up and wasted a whole paragraph for no apparent reason. What was he even trying to do?
“All right, all right.”
Ao Xue calmed herself down and waved her hand.
“Since you’re back—even if it’s not your true body, you’re still back—hurry up and take command of the beast clans again.”
“Take command of the beast clans?”
Ao Kun stared at her in bafflement.
“Aren’t you the leader of the beast clans now? What does that have to do with me?”
“It has nothing to do with you?”
Ao Xue stared back at him just as blankly.
“Aren’t you the Beast Ancestor of the beast clans?”
“…”
“…”
The two dragons stared at each other for a while.
Ao Kun finally looked away and shook his head helplessly.
“I’ve discovered that all of you are strange. You seem to think becoming the leader of the beast clans comes with some kind of benefit.”
“But what benefit is there to being a leader?”
The impatience in Ao Kun’s voice was that of a man speaking from experience.
“Having to manage this and that all day long—does it let you fool around with more little animals? Is it really that satisfying to have people call you Dragon King? It’s completely meaningless. Guess why I disappeared?”
“I was sick and tired of dealing with all this crap!”
“And now, I’m free.”
At this point, a genuine smile appeared on Ao Kun’s face.
“With two big idiots like you in charge of the beast clans, I don’t have to worry about this crap anymore.”
“…”
Ao Xue and Little Beast exchanged a speechless glance.
“If you hate coming back to the beast clans so much, why did you come back at all?”
“Because of you!”
Ao Kun became furious at the mention of it.
He lifted his head, spraying spittle everywhere as he shouted, “Your old man was trapped beneath that ruin for nearly ten thousand years! And you never once thought of coming to find me. I even had to come remind you myself!”
“Answer me. If I hadn’t come looking for you…”
“Would you have just continued living with your beloved Brother Ye, forgetting your old man completely?”
“H-how could I?”
Ao Xue looked awkward, having been exposed.
Actually, she had intended to rescue her father at first. That way, she could use force to lock Ye Shu up directly. Later, she discovered that she could simply become the Beast Queen instead, so the matter was quietly shelved.
“Enough nonsense!”
Ao Kun curled his lip in disdain.
His gaze swept across the faces of Ye Shu and the others as he said, “I came back this time to have you help me retrieve my true body from beneath the ruins.”
“Ten thousand years! Ten thousand years!”
“I’ve practically been bored to death!”
Helping the Dragon Emperor escape was naturally an excellent choice. Even without Ao Kun’s reminder, Ye Shu would have found a way to secure such an ally.
But something suddenly changed in his eyes.
“No.”
Ye Shu raised his head and spoke seriously.
“You lot go with Ao Xue. I have something else important to take care of.”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
