Half an hour later, Su Cheng returned home, placed his things on the dining table, took off his school uniform, and changed into casual clothes before heading to the kitchen to make a cake.
The cake he planned to make was simple—just a plain egg and milk cake.
He knew how to make ordinary cakes, and he had an oven at home.
This time, he made a bit more than usual. Besides the one he had promised Cornelia, he also prepared one for Grandma Li, who had given him dumplings last time.
After more than an hour, Su Cheng had finished making the cakes. He sat on the sofa to rest for a moment.
He pulled out his phone and checked his messages. When he saw Liu Qingyue's message, he couldn't help but frown.
It dawned on him that Liu Qingyue had been out of contact for over a week.
However, he decided not to dwell on this matter. Instead, he found Cornelia's chat window and sent her a message: "Your cake is ready. Wait for me at the villa entrance, and I'll bring it to you."
One minute later
DuckDuck: "Got it."
Su Cheng stood up, divided the cake into two portions, and added two bottles of Walnut Drink before nodding in satisfaction. He then picked up the cakes and headed downstairs.
He thought there was a chance Ailiya might be staying with Cornelia, so he prepared two portions.
When he arrived at the villa entrance, Cornelia was sitting alone on a stone bench, her hands propping up her cheeks. She looked a bit dazed, and her cute white stockings were swinging aimlessly.
Seeing Su Cheng, her eyes lit up.
Cornelia jumped off the bench and, noticing the two bottles of drink in the bag, her eyes brightened even more.
"Here's your cake."
Su Cheng handed her the bag.
"Why did you put these ugly drinks in again? Ugh."
Cornelia glanced at the drinks in the bag, her delicate doll-like face filled with disgust.
"Fine, then I'll take them back."
Su Cheng pretended to take the drinks out, which startled Cornelia. She quickly stretched out her little hand to block him, her beautiful blue eyes wide with a threatening look that seemed to say, "If you dare, I'll bite you!"
"What?"
Su Cheng couldn't help but smile at Cornelia's nervous expression.
"Just leave them there. It's too troublesome to take them out now."
Cornelia said seriously, though her voice carried a hint of coquettishness, making Su Cheng want to laugh.
"Alright, I'm heading back then."
After handing her the bag, Su Cheng turned and left.
Cornelia watched his retreating figure, then looked down at the cake and drinks in the bag. A goofy smile spread across her lips: "Hehehe…"
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Su Cheng returned home and took out his phone to find Li Guanqi's chat window. He sent a message: "Let's meet at 9 AM tomorrow. Send me your location."
Li Guanqi quickly replied: "Okay."
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The next morning.
Su Cheng woke up early. After getting dressed, he went to the balcony, enjoying the gentle breeze and fresh air, feeling quite content.
Last night was the first time in a long while that he had slept soundly. It was the most restful night he had had in recent times.
Perhaps it was because it was his first time going shopping with a girl, and he subconsciously wanted to be well-rested and not show up with dark circles under his eyes.
After all, Li Guanqi usually nagged him to get enough rest, and he didn't want to disappoint her right away.
After stretching, he went to the bathroom to wash up. But when he looked at himself in the mirror, he froze.
In the mirror, although his dark circles were not as prominent as before, his eyes no longer had the bright, lively sparkle they once had. Instead, they looked dull and unfocused, his gaze wandering aimlessly.
"What's going on?"
Su Cheng was startled. Then he touched his lips, which were also slightly darkened.
Could it be…
A sense of foreboding suddenly crept into his heart.
Su Cheng took a deep breath, shook his head forcefully, and turned on the cold water, splashing it on his face.
After washing up, he headed to a nearby makeup store.
With his current appearance, anyone could tell there was something seriously wrong with him. And he couldn't let others notice.
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In the makeup store.
"Sir, what shade of lipstick are you looking for?"
The salesclerk enthusiastically asked.
Su Cheng scanned the shelves and said, "Light red."
"How about this one? It's very flattering."
The salesclerk pointed to a light red lipstick nearby.
"Sure, that one."
Su Cheng nodded.
After purchasing it, he went to an eyewear store.
"Do you have colored contact lenses?"
"Colored contacts? Of course!"
The salesclerk quickly fetched a box of various colored contacts from the display, introducing them enthusiastically: "These are very popular among boys."
Su Cheng took one look and his mouth twitched uncontrollably. The contents of the box were truly mind-blowing.
There were lenses like Sharingan, Rinnegan, the Eye of Death Perception, Contract Eye, and the Evil King's True Eye, among others.
"Just something ordinary, nothing too fancy."
Su Cheng said, glancing at the lenses.
"Alright, sir, please wait a moment."
As the clerk was about to fetch other options, Su Cheng's gaze lingered on the over-the-top colored contacts, his eyes stopping at the 'Death-Piercing Eyes'. He subconsciously swallowed.
To be honest, these contacts were incredibly cool, and he was tempted. But after glancing at the price, he dismissed the idea. Besides, he felt that such things were only for self-indulgence and releasing his hidden inner "middle school second illness".
There was no real need to buy them; doing so would just make him look foolish.
After a long while, he left the store with two pairs of contacts in hand. Looking at the "Eye of Death" in one of the boxes, he muttered guiltily, "Sorry, little money, I've never bought anything this cool in my life."
Back at home, he couldn't wait to apply the lipstick and put on the contacts. Gazing at himself in the mirror, he nodded in satisfaction.
In the mirror, his irises had three colors: an outer ring of blue, a middle ring of red, and an inner ring of black.
It was the legendary 'Death Perception Eye', said to be capable of killing anything.
"There's nothing I can't kill!"
Su Cheng said slowly, staring at his reflection, uttering this Chuunibyou line.
Immediately, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and he quickly lowered his head, taking off the contacts and putting on a plain black pair instead.
He changed into another outfit and left the apartment, looking just like any ordinary person.
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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?"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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...
