At this moment, Luo Xi was like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, not saying a word, while her other hand tugged at Ye Chuan's clothes.
Ye Chuan, on the other hand, just looked at her with a smile.
"Xi Xi is actually feeling shy, what is there to be shy about?" Seeing Luo Xi's rarely seen embarrassed appearance, even Luo's father found it a bit amusing.
Luo Xi peeked out half of her face from the edge of the table, her snow-white, pretty face already covered in a deep blush. "Bringing this up out of nowhere, I wasn't mentally prepared at all, and talking about getting engaged..."
She muttered the rest, making it hard to hear clearly.
Luo's mother continued to chat with Ye Chuan about the engagement. In fact, the two of them could have just gotten married and registered for their marriage certificate right after graduation. The reason they were considering an engagement first was that they were afraid they were too young, so this would give them a buffer period.
"I don't have any objections, what about you?" Ye Chuan turned his head to look at Luo Xi.
Luo Xi was completely unlike her usual self at this moment, simply covering her face with her palms. "Ah, I don't know."
Even her neck was red, making her look like she had been thoroughly roasted.
"Then we'll do as we discussed?"
"Mhm," Luo Xi let out a tiny sound, as faint as a mosquito.
Luo's mother and Luo's father watched the way Ye Chuan and Luo Xi interacted, unable to hold back their smiles.
...
After a simple dinner, Ye Chuan and Luo Xi said their goodbyes and headed back together.
On the way back to the rental apartment, Luo Xi stayed close to Ye Chuan, holding onto his arm with one hand.
The usually chatty Luo Xi was uncharacteristically quiet today. She just looked up from time to time, seemingly lost in a daze.
"What's wrong?"
"Time flies so fast. I just feel like so much has happened recently. Chuan Chuan suddenly became a rich man, and even became Ultraman."
"Isn't the description of Ultraman a bit inaccurate?"
"Humph~" Luo Xi opened her palm, and an ice crystal flower spun in the center of it. In truth, Luo Xi herself had never imagined that she would become an immortal cultivator.
"Chuan Chuan, let me ask you something."
"What is it?"
"Are you happy about getting engaged to me?" Luo Xi's question made Ye Chuan look a bit puzzled, but he still asked,
"Why do you ask that?"
"I mean... um..." Luo Xi hugged Ye Chuan a little tighter. "There are so many girls out there. If you get engaged to me... wouldn't the others lose their chance?"
"I'm not as pretty as Qian Shuang, and my figure isn't as good as Xiao Ke's. I'm bound to be a bit lacking, right?" Luo Xi's voice revealed her lack of confidence.
"Besides, we've known each other for so many years, there shouldn't be any sense of novelty left, right?"
Hearing this, Ye Chuan suddenly couldn't help but laugh.
"What, what are you laughing at?" Luo Xi swatted Ye Chuan.
"In my heart, you are the most important one, bar none." Ye Chuan's words made Luo Xi's face blush all over again.
"You only know how to say sweet things... You must have said this to plenty of girls."
"Hard to say," Ye Chuan chuckled.
"Hah, I knew it!" Luo Xi pretended to be angry, stretching out her little pincer-like fingers to pinch Ye Chuan's flesh, but was caught off guard when Ye Chuan suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.
Luo Xi instinctively pounded Ye Chuan a few times, but soon she held him tightly.
After a while, Ye Chuan looked at the almost dizzy Luo Xi and gave a soft chuckle, "What's wrong?"
"I-I don't know." Luo Xi averted her gaze. "Since you're engaged now, you're not allowed to back out!"
"There's no regret medicine!"
"When we actually register our marriage, I won't ever go get a divorce with you!" Luo Xi flicked her ponytail.
"Okay," Ye Chuan said. "Not even in death."
Hearing this, the corners of Luo Xi's mouth curled up, but she still said, "Don't say things like that, you won't die."
Ye Chuan pinched Luo Xi's soft cheek.
They embraced and kissed again.
...
After returning home, Lan Xiao Ke was on the sofa watching TV with Bai Qian Shuang. Turning around and seeing Ye Chuan and Luo Xi come back, Xiao Ke spoke up,
"Welcome baaack, was dinner good?"
"It was pretty good. After all, Uncle used to run a barbecue stall, so it was definitely delicious."
Ye Chuan didn't forget to ask Lan Xiao Ke, "What about you guys? What did you have for dinner?"
"McD's." Lan Xiao Ke pointed to the paper bags not far away, and Bai Qian Shuang also nodded gently, "Burgers."
Ye Chuan saw the paper bags piled up in the corner; there were a good dozen of them.
Obviously, they were all devoured by Bai Qian Shuang.
"The delivery guy earlier thought we were having a party," Lan Xiao Ke said. "Oh my~"
"As long as you're full. Did you feed Ke Ning and the others?"
"Yeah, that little robot took it in just now."
"Alright."
After checking in on the tenants, Ye Chuan sat down on the sofa with Luo Xi.
Bai Qian Shuang seemed to have noticed something and asked, "What's up with you two?"
"What do you mean?"
"I see that Luo Xi's lips are swollen."
"Ah?" Luo Xi hastily took out her phone and opened the selfie camera, finding that they were indeed red.
Lan Xiao Ke poked her head over. "I was wondering why you came back so late. Were you guys doing it in the wild?"
"No." Ye Chuan knocked Lan Xiao Ke on the head.
Why did this girl only have these kinds of things in her head?
However, Xiao Ke was definitely the one who liked it the most. Among all the special CGs, Lan Xiao Ke's were the most abundant and varied, and she enjoyed playing around the most.
"Then you ate something spicy?"
"No~" Luo Xi was a bit too embarrassed to talk about what happened tonight. As if trying to change the subject, she said, "U-Um, why don't we all chat for a bit before going to bed tonight?"
"Agreed!" Lan Xiao Ke immediately raised her hand enthusiastically. Hearing that they could get together and play San Guo Sha, she showed immense eagerness.
"Mhm." Bai Qian Shuang tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, having no objections.
Ye Chuan subconsciously supported his lower back. Hearing this, he just said, "Chatting and playing cards is fine too, uh..."
"Let's take a shower first then, and go to bed early tonight."
"Hehe, Luo Xi, I'll shower with you." Lan Xiao Ke immediately leaned over.
"Alright... Qian Shuang, do you want to join us?"
"I... I want to go with Ye Chuan."
"Then go ahead."
...
The night passed without words, XXXX.
The next day, when Ye Chuan woke up, he had no idea what time it was.
They had stayed up very late last night. After all, his luck had been pretty good, constantly drawing Barbarian Invasion for group attacks, completely wiping clean everyone's health bars. But later on, he didn't fare much better himself.
Pulling an all-nighter playing cards was actually quite exhausting.
"Hah... should I just skip going to Aether today?" Ye Chuan yawned. It seemed there was no need to visit the Succubus Brothel recently, but he still had to complete the Valoran quests.
"Forget it, taking a day off today won't hurt." Ye Chuan yawned again, then patted Lan Xiao Ke, who was pressing down on him. "Move over a bit."
"Smack... oh... woo... sleepy..."
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
