At night, a restaurant that doesn't even deserve a name.
Dim lights, romantic ambiance, soothing music... Seriously? How is this any different from a club?
Zhao Yan silently mocked in his mind.
Of course, he had never been to a club.
It's just that he had a friend who often went.
Zhao Yan had only heard about it from him.
"Zhao Yan, why aren't you eating? Just a bit of wine and you're full?" Chen Yurou asked curiously.
Zhao Yan smiled faintly, "There's a saying, 'beauty is feast for the eyes,' and another saying goes, 'love makes the water taste sweet.'"
"You have such a sharp tongue," Chen Yurou blushed and chided softly, raising her glass and taking a sip.
Zhao Yan added in his mind, 'Beauty is feast for the eyes,' refers to gorgeous ladies being like a dish. But 'love makes the water taste sweet' doesn't refer to this water.
Tonight was their first date. Chen Yurou was dressed beautifully, her hair elegantly styled, revealing her delicate face and slender neck.
In a light purple strapless dress, she exposed her fair shoulders, her body's curves graceful, the hem just reaching her knees, her legs encased in black stockings long and straight.
Elegant yet generous, noble yet refined.
At eleven at night, their dinner ended. Chen Yurou was originally going to drive Zhao Yan back to school.
But Zhao Yan, citing concern for her driving alone after drinking, suggested driving her home first and then taking her car back to school himself.
A rough man, yet attentive to details.
Faced with Zhao Yan's thoughtfulness, Chen Yurou felt her heart melting, wishing they could just get married right away.
"Or we could go in and sit for a while before leaving."
After arriving home, Chen Yurou invited Zhao Yan in.
Zhao Yan looked at the lights in the living room, shaking his head in refusal, "Let's forget it. Your brother is at home tonight. Otherwise, I would've gone in and sat with you."
"Don't worry about him. My sister-in-law is back today. He won't dare to act up," Chen Yurou smiled coyly, pursing her lips.
Zhao Yan thought to himself, 'Your sister-in-law is back, even more reason for me not to go in. I'm afraid he'll come after me.'
Just then, the door opened.
Chen Han, with a bruised face, first saw Chen Yurou, then noticed Zhao Yan below the steps. When brothers meet, there's always extra excitement. His eyes immediately turned red.
"Zhao Yan! I'm gonna kill you!" Chen Han roared and charged forward.
Zhao Yan agilely dodged aside, "Brother Chen, don't be like this, you might hurt yourself."
"Still pretending, huh! I'm a 8th-degree Taekwondo black belt, can't handle you? See the bruises on my face? All because of you! I'll pay you back double on your face!" Chen Han gritted his teeth.
Chen Yurou's face was full of anxiety, a hint of anger showing between her eyebrows, "Brother! Can't you stop? Do you know what Zhao Yan told me today? He said no matter how you treat him, he'll forgive you. Why can't you learn from him and be more open-minded?"
"Him? Forgive me?" Chen Han pointed at Zhao Yan and then himself, his eyes wide as he shouted, "Can a human say such words?"
"Zhao Yan! You damn bastard, really sharp-tongued, you've opened my eyes!"
He made me so miserable, yet shamelessly stood on the moral high ground, saying he would forgive me.
Chen Han was getting angrier by the minute.
"Chen Ge, listen to my explanation... no, listen to my explanation," Zhao Yan's expression was very sincere.
But Chen Han just wanted to punch him: "Say whatever you have to say after you've taken a beating from me!"
"Chen Ge, please don't do this, you'll really hurt yourself," Zhao Yan pleaded earnestly.
Chen Han sneered, "Haha, you really have a knack for pretending, then I beg you to hurt me."
With that, Chen Han attacked.
Chen Han threw a straight punch.
Chen Han fell.
"Ge! Are you okay, Ge!" Chen Yurou exclaimed, rushing to help Chen Han.
"I told you not to do this, you really will hurt yourself, Chen Ge, why won't you listen to advice?" Zhao Yan said helplessly.
As the saying goes, those who don't listen to advice will go hungry.
Chen Han foamed at the mouth, looking incredulously at Zhao Yan as he struggled to speak, "You... you're also at the eighth level?"
"Well, I took some body-enhancing drugs," Zhao Yan revealed a harmless smile.
"Pfft—"
Chen Han spat out blood, lying in Chen Yurou's arms, tears streaming down his face as he howled to the sky, "Ah ah ah!"
"If I have sinned! The law will punish me severely! Why did heaven send you to torment me!"
A tall and beautiful woman in a nightgown walked out, "What are you arguing about so loudly at night! I can hear your pig-slaughtering screams even when I'm taking a bath!"
Upon seeing Chen Han's miserable state, her expression changed instantly, and she hurried forward to take Chen Han from Chen Yurou's arms, "Husband! What's wrong with you, husband! Who did this to you, who beat you like this."
Lying in his wife's arms, Chen Han was deeply moved, his wife still loved him, what a warm embrace.
"Sister-in-law, it was Big Brother who started it, he was being unreasonable, Zhao Yan forgave him, but he insisted on hitting Zhao Yan," Chen Yurou pouted and explained.
Chen Han's wife, upon hearing this, the anxiety on her face disappeared instantly, and she directly let go, "So he's being stupid on his own, he deserves it."
Chen Han fell heavily to the ground again.
"..........(´；ω；`) sob~"
He had never felt so wronged in his life.
"Sister-in-law, this is Zhao Yan, he has helped my brother a lot, without him, there would be no Hanjiang Group today," Chen Yurou pointed to Zhao Yan and introduced.
Chen Han's wife looked at Zhao Yan in amazement, no wonder her husband had suddenly become successful in recent years.
So there was someone helping behind the scenes.
Zhao Yan modestly said, "Sister-in-law, I just did a little insignificant help, most of it is Chen Ge's own credit, not mine."
"You shut up! You smug face, what does this have to do with you!" Chen Han cursed.
"It's you who should shut up! Look at your wolf-like face." His wife glared at him, then looked at Zhao Yan, "Zhao... Zhao Yan, you are our benefactor, come in and have a seat."
"No thanks, sister-in-law, I have some things to do, I need to go back urgently," Zhao Yan repeatedly refused.
Watching the three people chatting and laughing, Chen Han shouted angrily, "Just take me to the hospital first!"
"Who told you to pick a fight on your own, huh!"
Chen Han's wife was very beautiful and also very tough.
No wonder Chen Han was henpecked.
After that, Zhao Yan bid farewell to Chen Han's family and drove away amidst a series of blessings from Chen Han.
There were too many blessings, so I won't write them down.
Writing them out would just turn into **.
................
After returning to school.
Before Zhao Yan could even take off his clothes, he was dragged out by the suddenly bursting in Meng Hao.
"Oh my god! You scared me! I thought it was a flower thief," Chen Mao said, clutching his buttocks.
"Don't worry, flower thieves don't pick chrysanthemums."
"Chrysanthemums are also flowers, don't you understand what gender equality is?" Chen Mao retorted, then asked, "What do you guys think Meng Laoshi was in such a hurry to take Lao Zhao out for in the middle of the night?"
"Most likely he wants Lao Zhao to participate in some competition to bring glory to the school," Liu Qiang yawned.
Zhang Yuan covered himself with a blanket, "Anyway, it can't be to participate in the Olympics, there's nothing worth paying attention to, hurry up and sleep, being late again tomorrow would be miserable."
Meng Hao was in such a hurry to take Zhao Yan out because he brought leaders related to the Olympics and the national track and field team coach to inspect on-site.
After all, this matter was too absurd, to be honest, no one believed that there could be someone who could run so fast.
If it weren't for Meng Hao's solemn assurance, they wouldn't have wasted their time making a trip.
They thought Meng Hao had developed an obsession due to his injury and hopeless retirement as a champion from years ago, which is why he was talking nonsense, originally everyone pitied him.
After all, according to Meng Hao's words, that guy named Zhao Yan runs faster than livestock, who could believe that?
How could there be such a person in the world?
If there is one, then it must not be human.
It's another kind of livestock!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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...
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?"
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
