Li Ming waited until everyone had left the examination room before sitting down in a chair, observing Tan Qingqing, who was slumped on the floor in helpless sobs after her narrow escape.
From the moment she arrived at Qingcheng Prison, Li Ming could tell Tan Qingqing wasn’t like the usual inmates. Instead, she seemed more like a mischievous canary who had wandered into prison for a taste of life behind bars.
Her delicate, fair skin and soft, rosy hands suggested she had never done manual labor in her life—likely raised as a pampered young mistress, accustomed to being waited on hand and foot.
The freshly cut bob that framed her face, which might have looked awkward on other prisoners, only accentuated Tan Qingqing’s refined features. Even without makeup, she could rival the beauty of celebrities on TV.
Li Ming studied her from head to toe, waiting until her sobs subsided before speaking in a cold tone.
"Alright, out with it. What’s this ‘important matter’ you wanted to tell me? I may have saved you for now, but if you’re lying, you’ll still have to go through the full examination." His harsh words sent fresh tears welling up in Tan Qingqing’s eyes, stripping away any remaining composure she had when she first arrived.
Trembling, Tan Qingqing stood up, no longer bothering to cover herself. "Warden… I—I won’t be here long. My family will get me out in just a few days! Please, don’t let them do the internal exam. I’m still… untouched. Once I’m out, I’ll repay you properly. I have money—I’ll give you a fortune, okay?"
Li Ming raised an eyebrow in surprise. Huang Feihu had just been telling him about the underhanded ways prisoners got pulled out of incarceration. Was this sheer coincidence, or had Huang Feihu been hinting at something?
Li Ming couldn’t shake the feeling Huang Feihu knew more than he let on—but there was no way to confirm it now.
"Oh? Getting you out?" Li Ming smirked. "You haven’t even been here long. What kind of connections does your family have to pull that off?"
"It’s true, Warden! Believe me! Name your price—I’ll pay anything! Just lend me your phone. One call, and the money’s yours. Please!" Tan Qingqing dropped to her knees, clutching at Li Ming’s pant leg in desperation.
Li Ming quietly assessed his intuition—his "sense of truth" ability—but it gave no warning. Tan Qingqing was telling the truth. She really was wealthy, and it seemed she’d be out in no time. That only deepened his curiosity.
"You say someone’s getting you out soon. How? I’m the warden—if I don’t sign off, no one’s taking you anywhere. You know that, right?" He chose his words carefully, probing for more.
"Well… Warden, it’s not that I won’t tell you. I just don’t know how far along my family is in the process. But I know they’ll get me out! This whole prison stint was just for show. I just never expected the inspections to be this… invasive. If they accidentally break my hymen during the exam, even if my family gets me out, it’ll be too late." Tan Qingqing’s face twisted with regret. She’d planned for everything except this.
"You’re that confident your family can pull strings? What crime even landed you here?" Li Ming was now thoroughly intrigued. He picked up Tan Qingqing’s file and skimmed through it.
"Smuggling, bribery, and financial fraud. Multiple charges, 25 years—already finalized. And you think your family can just waltz you out?" Li Ming scoffed. These were serious offenses. Did she really think his prison was some revolving door?
No way was he buying this. He’d make sure no one smuggled Tan Qingqing out under his watch.
"Warden! If I’m saying this, I mean it. Trust me! Just let me stay quietly for a few days. Once I’m out, I’ll send you a generous gift!" Tan Qingqing insisted, dead serious.
"Keep your gifts. And forget about getting out. No one’s pulling you from this prison. Give it up." Li Ming stood, his tone final.
"Warden! If—if you don’t believe me… then how about a bet?" Tan Qingqing, frustrated by his stubbornness, racked her brain for a solution.
"A bet?" Li Ming chuckled. "Alright, I’ll bite. What’s the wager?"
"That I’ll walk out of here! Within a week—no, two weeks tops! I’ll leave this prison, and it’ll be completely legal!" Tan Qingqing stood tall, arms crossed over her chest, her delicate brows furrowed. She no longer wanted this man staring at her—his attitude had thoroughly turned her off.
"Interesting. And your stakes?" Li Ming smirked, amused by her fiery defiance. The way she half-covered herself only stoked his interest further, stirring something primal in him.
"My stake? If I don’t get out… I’ll be your dog in this prison. I’ll obey your every word. A virgin like me—you’re not losing out, right?" Tan Qingqing spat.
"Fine. And if you do get out?"
"Hmph! If I leave, I won’t ask much. Just guarantee my safety these two weeks—no internal exams, and no sharing cells with other inmates. I had my own room in Qingcheng Prison!" she negotiated carefully.
"Deal. Anything else?" Li Ming shrugged, indifferent.
"One more thing—let me use your phone to make a call. I won’t take advantage. Once I’m out, I’ll still send you that gift. I keep my promises, Warden. No lies." Despite her nakedness, Tan Qingqing spoke with unshakable conviction, earning a flicker of respect from Li Ming.
"Alright. The bet’s on." Li Ming handed her his phone. No matter how he looked at it, he had nothing to lose. He’d see just how Tan Qingqing planned to slip through his fingers.
"Make your call. Do it now—say whatever you need to. You get five minutes. After that, I’m coming back in." With that, Li Ming turned and left the examination room.
After a quick word with the guards at the door, he headed to the adjacent medical office.
Pushing the door open, he found Xia Hong lounging lazily in a chair, engrossed in a book.
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ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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?"
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
