The streetlight at the alley entrance flickered weakly, its dim yellow glow barely outlining the moss-covered contours of the cobblestone path.
By the time Ye Chuan and Ye Yue returned home, the sky had already darkened. It had been a long time since they’d come back this late. As Ye Chuan gazed at their house from a distance, the warm glow of the lights inside inexplicably filled him with a sense of comfort.
Perhaps it was because someone was waiting for him at home?
Ye Chuan loved this feeling.
He was no longer alone, no longer worrying about his next meal.
This was something he had never dared to dream of before.
After all, for the Ye Chuan of the past, keeping the lights on for too long was already an unaffordable luxury.
"Brother?" Noticing Ye Chuan lost in thought, Ye Yue looked up at him curiously.
"Yeah, it’s nothing." Ye Chuan snapped out of it.
"Woof!"
As soon as they approached the house, Xiao Hei bounded over, wagging his tail excitedly.
"Where’s Hong Hong?" Seeing only the black dog, Ye Chuan asked.
"Woof!" Xiao Hei spun in circles.
"Speak properly."
"She’s sleeping."
"Mm." Ye Chuan nodded and stepped inside.
"Ye Chuan, you’re back! I made dinner~" Hearing the commotion at the entrance, Lan Xiaoke popped her head out, wearing an apron.
"All this was your doing?" Ye Chuan eyed the lavish spread on the dining table.
"Of course! I even cleaned the house and tidied everything up." Lan Xiaoke puffed out her chest proudly, her expression practically begging for praise.
She then discreetly kicked a takeout box into the corner, as if afraid Ye Chuan would notice she hadn’t cooked lunch at all.
In truth, the cleaning had been done by the robot vacuum. Lan Xiaoke had only prepared dinner—lunch had been takeout.
Amused but choosing not to expose her, Ye Chuan simply said,
"I brought back a cake. We’ll have it after dinner."
"Yay!"
But Lan Xiaoke stood in front of him, arms wide open.
"Huh?" Ye Chuan blinked. "What’s this?"
"I heard that when someone comes home after a long day, a hug can help them relax~" Lan Xiaoke grinned, her expression catlike. "Hehe."
"I’m not giving you extra allowance for this."
"Ugh…" Lan Xiaoke looked as if she’d been shot, but she persisted. "I wasn’t doing it for the money!"
With that, Ye Chuan wrapped his arms around her soft, plush body. Since he was much taller, he had to bend slightly.
She was surprisingly comfortable to hold—like a giant cotton ball, warm and soft everywhere.
Ye Chuan knew this from experience.
"Hehe." Lan Xiaoke reached up to ruffle his hair, then suddenly noticed a pair of eyes boring into them.
She blinked.
Huh?
The door down the hall creaked open, and Bai Qianshuang stepped out, her gaze immediately landing on Ye Chuan embracing Lan Xiaoke.
Her expression remained blank, as if she hadn’t seen anything, and she merely said softly,
"Ye Chuan, you’re back from the academy?"
"Yeah. Tough day of training?"
"No." Bai Qianshuang shook her head. "Just another day."
As she sat down, her cool, distant eyes kept flickering toward Ye Chuan—though she quickly looked away whenever their gazes met.
During dinner, Ke Ning emerged.
She ate a few bites of rice, some vegetables, and a bit of meat—meticulously controlling her intake—before thanking them and turning to retreat to her room.
No one found this odd. Ke Ning was the only one who lived entirely in her own world.
If not for the need to eat, she might not come out at all for days.
"Ke Ning, there’s cake," Ye Chuan called out.
Ke Ning paused mid-step, then turned back, scratching her messy, bird’s-nest-like hair.
"Cake… animal-based cream?"
"What?"
"Animal cream has natural fats and more balanced nutrition. Plant-based cream is less nutritious, and the hydrogenation process creates trans fats, which are bad for cardiovascular health."
Ye Chuan: "…"
He had no idea what she was talking about.
He glanced at the massive cake in front of him.
"So, after all that—are you eating it or not?"
"Yes." Ke Ning’s reply was swift and decisive.
"Uh…"
Luo Xi had gone back to her own place today, so she wasn’t around. The cake was divided into small portions for everyone. Lilith also came out to have a bite, and the rest ended up in Bai Qianshuang’s stomach.
Yet Bai Qianshuang’s stomach remained perfectly flat. Where did all that cake go?
Did her stomach have a spiritual storage dimension or something?
That evening, Ye Chuan watched TV with Ye Yue for a while, played some games with Lan Xiaoke later, and then headed to the training room to spar with Bai Qianshuang.
Ye Chuan was practically the perfect opponent.
Infinite health regeneration, unlimited mana, magic immunity.
No matter how fiercely Bai Qianshuang attacked, it had no effect. Meanwhile, Ye Chuan’s relentless counterattacks, combined with his zero-cooldown teleportation, made for an overwhelming offense the moment her pressure faltered.
"Hah… hah…" Bai Qianshuang’s arms trembled from exhaustion, her weapon nearly slipping from her grip.
Meanwhile, Ye Chuan hovered mid-air, completely unfazed, and smiled.
"Tired? Need a break?"
Bai Qianshuang gave a slight nod. She descended, immediately finding a spot to meditate and recover her spiritual energy.
Ye Chuan, however, took a more direct approach—reaching out and channeling his own energy into her.
"Why does your spiritual power never deplete?" Bai Qianshuang opened her eyes, her cool gaze tinged with curiosity as she felt her strength returning.
Ye Chuan had planned to brush off the question, but meeting her eyes, he smiled.
"Lilith granted me this power. I have near-infinite spiritual energy."
"Infinite… spiritual energy?"
The unfamiliar concept left Bai Qianshuang momentarily stunned. "Such strength…"
"Right?" Ye Chuan grinned.
Bai Qianshuang’s expression remained neutral, but the long lashes framing the beauty mark near her eye fluttered slightly. She fell silent.
"What’s wrong?"
"…" She shook her head.
"Hmm?"
"Hug."
Ye Chuan thought he’d misheard—until Bai Qianshuang turned her face away, arms outstretched.
Her ears were tinged pink.
"You… hugged Xiaoke… but not me…"
Finally, he understood why she’d been acting strange all evening. She was jealous.
Unable to help himself, he chuckled and sat beside her, pulling her into his arms.
Bai Qianshuang refused to meet his eyes, burying her face in his chest like an ostrich, her fingers clutching his clothes tightly.
Ye Chuan simply held her, smiling.
"Longer." Her voice was barely a whisper.
"Okay~ As long as you want."
【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.)
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
