Lan Xiaoke's revival took longer than Ye Chuan had anticipated, and with no progress bar to track it, he eventually left the room after waiting a while, seeing no signs of movement from her.
In the living room, Bai Qianshuang happened to step out to grab a snack. When she spotted Ye Chuan, her footsteps quickened slightly, as if she were about to turn back into her room.
"Qianshuang."
"..." Bai Qianshuang paused, her slender fingers fidgeting slightly before she turned gracefully toward him. "Ye Chuan, what is it?"
"Why have you been avoiding me lately?" Ye Chuan chuckled. Ever since that incident during her bath, the girl had seemed to be keeping her distance.
Bai Qianshuang’s face was still too easily flushed.
Cornered by Ye Chuan’s directness, her gaze began to wander—left, then right—before she finally muttered stubbornly, "No, you’re misunderstanding."
"Oh?" Seeing her denial, Ye Chuan simply smiled softly. "Want to go for a walk with me?"
"I... I still need to cultivate, to consolidate my cultivation base." Bai Qianshuang hesitated for a few seconds before ultimately retreating into her room like a startled rabbit.
"Guess she needs a bit more time."
Ye Chuan didn’t mind. There was no rush—once Bai Qianshuan figured things out, it would be easier to proceed.
Just as he was about to head out for a stroll, the sound of a door unlocking came from behind him. The gap in Bai Qianshuang’s door slowly widened, revealing half of her delicate face. "I... I’ll go with you?"
"Hm? Sure." Ye Chuan grinned at the sight of her actually opening the door to talk to him.
"Let me change first."
"Alright."
A short while later, Bai Qianshuang emerged again, smoothing out her clothes. Despite there being not a single wrinkle, she seemed unusually conscious of her appearance in front of Ye Chuan.
"You look great," Ye Chuan said.
"..." Bai Qianshuang averted her eyes, not daring to meet his gaze. "You bought this for me."
"Let’s go."
"Mm."
Stepping outside, Ye Chuan had only intended to get some fresh air. But since he now had Bai Qianshuang with him, he decided to head to the nearby park.
The weather was lovely—sunlight spilled across the asphalt, and the chirping of cicadas leaked through the rustling leaves.
The roads and buildings had mostly been repaired. Humanity had shown remarkable resilience in the face of disaster. On such a peaceful, beautiful afternoon, no one would guess that monsters had roamed these streets not long ago.
"Ha ha ha!"
"Don’t run!"
Children played along the roadside as Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang walked side by side. The girl kept her head slightly lowered the entire way, her gaze fixed on the trees lining the path—never once turning toward Ye Chuan.
Ye Chuan didn’t mind. After exchanging a few casual words, they arrived at the largest lakeside park in the area.
"Everyone... doesn’t seem afraid anymore," Bai Qianshuang murmured, observing the elderly men playing chess under the shade and the couples cuddling on benches.
"Life goes on, no matter what hardships come our way," Ye Chuan said, sitting beside her to enjoy the view. "Living optimistically is more important than anything."
His words carried a double meaning—one meant specifically for Bai Qianshuang.
Bai Qianshuang fell silent for a few seconds. A strand of hair slipped over her forehead, failing to hide the flicker in her beautiful eyes. "I don’t understand."
"What don’t you understand?" Ye Chuan asked.
"I... used to cultivate hard to repay my sect."
"Now, I cultivate for revenge."
"But I..." A trace of confusion surfaced on her face. The Tianxuan Continent seemed impossible to return to, and her Nascent Soul-level strength wasn’t enough for vengeance. Everything left Bai Qianshuang feeling utterly lost.
What was she supposed to do?
Like a castaway adrift at sea with no shore in sight, she had no sense of security at all.
"Live well. Be yourself." Ye Chuan’s words pulled her back from her thoughts.
"..."
"I’m not one for grand speeches, and at your age, I’m hardly some wise old man handing out life advice..." Ye Chuan suddenly grinned.
"But I think—if someone’s alive in this world, they shouldn’t live just for others, right?"
"Facing your own heart matters more than anything."
"Simply put, make yourself happy."
Bai Qianshuang gave a small nod.
"Sorry."
"Why apologize?" Ye Chuan blinked at her sudden words.
"I really have been avoiding you lately." Bai Qianshuang met his gaze earnestly. "I’m sorry."
"Ha ha ha..." Ye Chuan couldn’t help but laugh.
His abrupt laughter left Bai Qianshuang frozen for a moment, as if she couldn’t fathom why he found it so amusing.
But the next second, she felt warm hands cupping her face.
"..." Her eyes flickered slightly.
"You’re adorable when you’re serious—even when apologizing."
Bai Qianshuang’s usually expressionless, snow-pale face finally reacted, flushing pink. Yet she didn’t pull away, simply staring back at Ye Chuan.
"Close your eyes," he said.
Her lashes trembled, but she slowly obeyed.
A moment later, she felt something being pressed into her hands.
Baffled, she opened her eyes to find a bouquet of white flowers.
"Flowers...?"
"Spirit-Calming Blossoms. You should recognize them, right?" Ye Chuan said. "They have a soothing effect on cultivators. I figured you overthink things sometimes—don’t strain yourself so much."
"Flowers..." Bai Qianshuang held them silently against her chest.
Noticing the way she was looking at him, Ye Chuan smirked, amusement crinkling the corners of his eyes. "What? Did you think I was going to kiss you?"
Caught off guard, Bai Qianshuang stiffened like a robot before mechanically turning her back to him. "I thought... you were going to teach me a cultivation technique."
"Terrible excuse."
"..." She turned back around, clutching the flowers before finally meeting his gaze. "Ye Chuan... do you want to become my Dao Companion?"
"The kind with feelings, or without?" Ye Chuan knew Bai Qianshuang’s understanding of Dao Companions differed from others—or perhaps he himself wasn’t entirely clear on how things worked in the Tianxuan Continent.
"I want..." She hesitated. "The kind with feelings."
"Then you wouldn’t take another Dao Companion, would you?"
"No." Bai Qianshuang shook her head. "Only you, Ye Chuan."
"I see..." Ye Chuan grinned.
"Let me think about it. Or—how about you kiss me now? Then I’ll say yes."
The blush on Bai Qianshuang’s face deepened. Gripping the bouquet tightly, her voice trembled slightly.
"You’re terrible."
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!"
u serious?" Chen Feng watched helplessly as his painstakingly trained disciple, fresh off a championship victory, publicly abandoned him. "You had your chance, but you didn’t appreciate it. Now, face the consequences of your choice!" Chen Feng possessed the "Master System," a treasure trove of supreme martial arts techniques, capable of molding ordinary individuals into peerless prodigies. "Legs like yours? A shame not to train in the Crippling Kick." "Ever heard of a palm strike that descends from the heavens?" "Auntie! I see extraordinary bone structure in you—a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand." The once-defiant senior disciple, now watching her juniors rise to fame one after another, dominating the internet, was consumed by endless regret.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
