Ye Chuan really hadn't expected the princess to make him a snack. He lifted the white cloth and took a look, finding some cookies inside. But a princess probably wouldn't know how to make this sort of thing, right?
Meeting Ye Chuan's inquiring gaze, Irena smiled, seemingly a bit embarrassed. "I learned how to make them. I don't know if they'll suit your taste."
Ye Chuan took a bite.
Probably because they were freshly baked, they were crisp and tasted decent.
"Not bad," Ye Chuan said.
Hearing Ye Chuan say that, Irena looked as if she breathed a sigh of relief. She slowly set down the small basket in her hands. "That's great."
"Did you make these specifically for me?"
Ye Chuan's words instantly made Irena's face turn red. She looked left and right before finally giving a soft "Mm." "Lord Xi Xi has been working too hard lately. I couldn't think of a way to repay you right away, so..."
Irena was very poor right now. She had no money to offer, so she could only offer her heartfelt intentions.
"Thanks," Ye Chuan said, stuffing a cookie into Elara's mouth as well.
"Awoo~" Elara was already on the verge of magical exhaustion. Being held in one of Ye Chuan's arms, her limbs dangled back and forth like playdough. With a cookie in her stomach, she immediately revealed a blissful expression.
"Delicious!"
"That's good," Irena smiled.
As night fell, it was just about time for Ye Chuan to log off.
"Quitting time, quitting time." Ye Chuan originally wanted to log out of the Aether Continent directly, but on second thought, he realized he hadn't visited the Succubus Parlor lately.
That wouldn't do.
How was he supposed to complete his side quest?
Of course, it wasn't because Ye Chuan wanted a massage. He just wanted the quest rewards. What if the Succubus Parlor went out of business because it lacked his share of revenue?
If it went bankrupt, how could he finish his quest?
At this thought, Ye Chuan immediately flew back to Isu Town.
The night in Isu Town was steeped in a somewhat ambiguous warm light. The magic lanterns at the entrance of the Succubus Parlor in the alley flickered and swayed, casting brilliant colors upon the wooden doors.
Ye Chuan pushed the door open and entered. The familiar scent of incense wafted over him, mixed with faint magical fluctuations.
The parlor was as lively as ever. The passing succubus attendants had slender figures and gentle smiles. Seeing Ye Chuan come in, they all bowed in greeting.
"Oh, dear customer! You're finally here!" The little succubus Sophia swayed her small pink tail, a sweet smile on her face. She trotted over to Ye Chuan, looking up with a face full of joy.
"You haven't visited our parlor in so long. Have you been busy lately?"
Pressed against her modest curves, Ye Chuan simply said, "I have indeed been quite busy lately."
"That makes sense. There's a war going on, so business has been tough," Sophia said, then asked Ye Chuan what service he wanted.
"Numbers 11 and 6," Ye Chuan said. He still preferred the well-endowed twin succubi to give him a massage.
But Sophia waved her hand, still smiling as she recommended:
"Customer, those sisters happen to have the day off today!"
"Why don't you try our number 1 masseuse, Nini, again? She's our parlor's ace. Didn't you say it felt great after she massaged you last time?"
After saying that, she patted her flat chest, guaranteeing his comfort.
Ye Chuan stroked his chin, not thinking too much of it.
"Alright, her it is."
"Okay!" Sophia's eyes lit up. She quickly turned to instruct an attendant to call Nini, while she stood obediently to the side and poured Ye Chuan a glass of fruit wine.
"Just a moment, Nini will be right here."
A moment later, the sound of soft footsteps approached.
Nini wore a light purple gauze dress, her long hair loosely tied up. With a gentle smile on her face and her black tail swaying softly behind her, she walked up to Ye Chuan and bowed:
"Customer, sorry to keep you waiting."
Her demeanor was as gentle as ever, but there seemed to be a trace of imperceptible exhaustion hidden deep in her eyes.
"Please follow me."
"Mm."
After arriving at the room, Ye Chuan changed his clothes and lay face down. Nini expertly picked up the essential oils and gently applied them to Ye Chuan's neck and shoulders.
Her technique was as delicate as ever, the pressure just right. His muscles, originally tense from teleportation and combat, gradually relaxed under her massage.
The faint, refreshing scent of vegetation lingered at his nose, mixed with Nini's unique magical aura, causing Ye Chuan to involuntarily breathe a sigh of relief.
Not bad, not bad.
Though if the twins were massaging him, Ye Chuan could have rested his head on them.
"As the ace masseuse, you must make a lot of money, right?" Ye Chuan asked with his eyes closed, casually finding a topic to chat about. His tone was flat, purely just to pass the time.
Nini's massaging movements paused for a moment before returning to normal. Her voice was soft but carried a hint of strain:
"The income really isn't bad, it's just... there are a lot of places I need to spend money."
Her fingertips tightened slightly. "My mother... she's sick. I need to save money to treat her."
She stopped halfway through, seemingly unwilling to bring it up any further. The exhaustion in her eyes deepened a bit more.
A sick mother, a broken girl...
Ye Chuan opened his eyes and glanced at her. Seeing that she didn't want to say more, he didn't press the issue and closed his eyes again to enjoy the massage.
Seeing this, Nini breathed a sigh of relief and focused entirely on her massage techniques.
After the massage ended, Ye Chuan got up and stretched his limbs. He felt relaxed all over, and his blood flow seemed much smoother.
Not bad.
It was just a pity that the well-endowed girls weren't working, otherwise he could have gone for another package.
He went to Sophia to pay and casually brought up Nini's situation. "Sophia, what kind of illness does Nini's mother have?"
"Customer, did Nini talk to you about her mother?"
Ye Chuan was curious. "Why?"
"Both Nini and her mother are sick. It's a very rare blood disease, seemingly genetic."
Sophia lowered her voice, her tone full of worry.
"This disease is very hard to treat. They have to hire a Tier 5 Healer just to barely keep the condition under control. But Tier 5 Healers are incredibly rare, they are equivalent to Platinum-rank adventurers. Not only are they hard to find, but their consultation fees are also terrifyingly high."
She paused, then added:
"Most of the money Nini has saved over the years has been spent on her mother's medical bills. She just has to endure her own illness. She's stubborn and doesn't like telling others about these things, afraid of being a burden."
With no other choice, Nini could only take on more clients. And Sophia, as the Succubus Parlor's little poster girl, was happy to recommend Nini to others more often.
That was all she could do.
Hearing this, Ye Chuan tilted his head slightly. A rare blood disease? A Tier 5 Healer?
These might be monumental problems for others, but for Ye Chuan, it didn't seem like a very difficult matter at all.
"Is it that hard to hire a Tier 5?" Ye Chuan asked instead.
"A Tier 5 is equivalent to a Platinum-rank adventurer. There are too few of them, and they generally aren't willing to take on this kind of commission. If you want to raise the price to attract them, you have to save up a lot of money." Sophia spread her hands.
"There's just no other way."
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)
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!
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.
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."
