However, what Tian Xiaotian found rather strange was that no one seemed surprised by her presence—at this moment, Tian Xiaotian's body was translucent, and she had several wounds on her. No matter how you looked at it, she clearly appeared injured.
"Me? Oh, you're asking about that." Hearing Tian Xiaotian ask about this, Lan Xiaoke casually waved her hand.
"Ye Chuan is always bringing weird people back home."
Lan Xiaoke waved her hand again. "Someone like you only counts as a loli in our house."
"Ah... a loli? So that's how it is." Tian Xiaotian stood there blankly for a good while before seemingly accepting reality.
She looked left and right, her gaze slowly sweeping across the entire living room following Lan Xiaoke's gesture, and her tense shoulder line unconsciously relaxed a bit.
There was no foul stench of black rain here, no bizarre roars. There was only a faint, fresh scent of wood mixed with the smell of sunlight drifting into her nose, dispelling the lingering chill around her.
After spending a hundred years in the weird dungeon, Tian Xiaotian was truly exhausted.
Seeing the scene before her, she even wondered if the boss coming to save her and bringing her to his world was just another illusion created by the weird dungeon.
Truth and falsehood blurred together; she really couldn't tell them apart anymore.
The entire house had a rich log cabin style. Beneath her feet was a solid wood floor with clearly visible grain, polished bright and clean.
Two black game controllers were casually tossed on the sofa, with faint traces of use still visible on the buttons. Next to them lay a folded cream-colored knitted blanket, making the place feel very much like a home.
Her gaze shifted toward the window, which happened to be fitted with white sheer curtains. A gentle breeze blew through the gaps in the curtains, causing a wooden wind chime hanging by the windowsill to sway gently.
It inexplicably brought peace to one's heart.
"This is so nice..."
Tian Xiaotian subconsciously raised her hand and looked at her translucent palm. The residual black marks on her palm, symbolizing the erosion of filth, seemed to fade a little in this warm yellow light and gentle atmosphere.
Her shoulders slumped slightly as her tight nerves relaxed bit by bit, and the suffocating sense of oppression in her chest gradually dissipated.
Her body, which had been trembling slightly from extreme tension, steadied itself, and even her breathing became much smoother.
She felt like a person who had been drifting for a long time and had finally found a safe harbor to dock in.
"What are you spacing out for?" Lan Xiaoke's voice pulled Tian Xiaotian's thoughts back.
"Nothing, it's just really nice here." Tian Xiaotian shook her head.
Lan Xiaoke asked, "Oh right, what's your name?"
"Tian Xiaotian."
"Tian what tian?"
"Tian, Xiaotian."
"What Little Sweetie?" Lan Xiaoke scratched her head. This name seemed a bit of a tongue twister; it didn't sound as nice as her own name, Lan Xiaoke.
Tian Xiaotian: "..."
"You can call me whatever you want," Tian Xiaotian finally gave up.
"Okay, Tian Xiaotian."
"..."
Whatever. The people around the boss probably just weren't all that normal anyway.
Right at that moment, Ye Chuan walked out, holding a newly refined Void-Condensing Body-Sculpting Pill in his hand.
"Here, eat this and you can resurrect directly." Ye Chuan tossed the pill to Tian Xiaotian.
Hearing it was such a precious item, she immediately reached out to catch it. "Boss..."
"What is it?"
"I don't know how to repay you," Tian Xiaotian said softly.
She knew Ye Chuan loved money and transactional exchanges, but right now, she seemed to have absolutely nothing.
"Repay?" Ye Chuan thought for a moment, then finally waved his hand. "Forget it. The house isn't short of an extra pair of chopsticks. Just live well in my house from now on."
"If you want, you can help clean up the place."
That single sentence made Tian Xiaotian freeze for a moment. Seeming to feel the kindness in Ye Chuan's words, tears welled up in her eyes as she clutched the pill in her hand and nodded vigorously.
"Join my pet faction." Lan Xiaoke grabbed Tian Xiaotian. "The days of just eating and waiting to die are awesome."
"Pet?"
"Yes, pet!"
Although Tian Xiaotian didn't quite understand, seeing Lan Xiaoke's pleading little eyes, she finally agreed.
Since Tian Xiaotian was going to move in, a room definitely needed to be prepared.
"Hmm..." Ye Chuan wasn't sure what style of room Tian Xiaotian liked, but he directly opened the renovation function anyway.
"Hey, what kind of room do you like?" Ye Chuan asked.
"Boss, any room is fine with me," Tian Xiaotian said immediately. "I wouldn't even mind sleeping in the storage room."
For Tian Xiaotian, as long as it wasn't the world of the weird dungeon, it was already a massive blessing.
Who would want to wake up and face weird horrors every day? Even if you lived in a palace, if you bumped into weird horrors daily, there would be zero happiness to speak of.
In her current situation, as long as there were no weird horrors, Tian Xiaotian would be fine even sleeping on the streets.
"Just give me a rough idea of what you need. You're a member of the family now, too," Ye Chuan said.
A member of the family...
Such words made Tian Xiaotian pause, an inexplicable warm current surging through her heart.
"Can I really ask for things?"
"Yeah. If you want, I can even custom-build you a room with the exact same black rain scenario." Ye Chuan's next sentence scared Tian Xiaotian so much that her mushroom-cut hair puffed up.
"I'm just joking." Ye Chuan laughed. "Oh right, do you want me to let Xiao Tian out so you mother and daughter can live together?"
"She's already been chopped up," Tian Xiaotian said expressionlessly.
Having survived in the weird dungeon for so long, Tian Xiaotian wasn't some naive, sweet girl. She wouldn't show any mercy to those who needed to be killed, even if it was her adopted daughter.
Betrayal was betrayal.
"Fair enough."
"I'd like a warm bed, a space to bathe, a desk, and a wardrobe," Tian Xiaotian stated her requests.
"Pretty standard. Do you want a computer?"
"If possible."
"Sure." Ye Chuan tossed the requests into the renovation function, and very quickly produced what Tian Xiaotian wanted.
The moment she pushed open the door, Tian Xiaotian realized the room was huge—even significantly larger than the living room. It was so big that she asked Ye Chuan beside her in a daze,
"Boss, is my room really this big?"
Judging by the size of the living room, the bedroom shouldn't have been this large.
"Do you like it?"
"I like it... but it's too extravagant..."
"As long as you like it. You can resurrect here. Reshaping your body will take a little time." As Ye Chuan spoke, he glanced at Lan Xiaoke, who had followed behind them looking like a curious baby.
"You can ask her about the rest. Even though she's a bit silly, she basically knows everything about the house."
"Ye Chuan, I feel like you have some misunderstandings about me," the white-haired girl said.
] [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!"
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)
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
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."
