"Xie Yuyan, do you finally realize your mistake now?"
Ye Feng had been lecturing for so long that his throat felt dry before he finally stopped.
"I understand..."
"Alright, alright. Let's put this matter behind us, but you better remember this lesson well!"
"Okay... Ye Feng, stop talking now. You might aggravate your injuries."
"Now you’re worried about me?"
Ye Feng glanced at Xie Yuyan with a smirk. Hearing this, Xie Yuyan’s expression visibly dimmed.
"I... I’ve always cared about you..."
"Yeah... almost cared me to death."
"Wuwu... I’m sorry..."
"Enough. Let’s not dwell on other things for now. I still have some questions for you, Xie Yuyan. This time, don’t try to make excuses."
"O-okay... Ye Feng, I’ll tell you everything I know."
Xie Yuyan obediently sat sideways on the edge of the bed, staring at her palms as she mumbled softly.
"First, Xie Yuyan, are you hurt?"
Ye Feng asked this question first. Truthfully, when he heard that Xie Yuyan had single-handedly wiped out the entire Shadow Pavilion after leaving, his first reaction wasn’t fear—it was concern that she might have suffered severe injuries.
"Hurt?"
Xie Yuyan hadn’t expected Ye Feng to ask this. His concern warmed her heart, and she quickly shook her head in denial.
"No... no lasting effects or anything..."
"So you were hurt?"
"...Mhm."
"How bad?"
"I... I didn’t die..."
"......"
A sigh sounded beside Xie Yuyan’s ear, followed by Ye Feng’s voice from the bed.
"Lean your forehead over here."
"Mm..."
Thunk!
The sound of a flick echoed as a red mark bloomed on Xie Yuyan’s fair forehead. She obediently pulled her head back, accepting the punishment without complaint.
Seeing her so contrite and well-behaved, Ye Feng was somewhat surprised. Still, he pressed on, "Promise me you won’t do something like this again, understand?"
"I understand."
"Good. Next question... Xie Yuyan, why did you act this way?"
Ye Feng stared straight into Xie Yuyan’s eyes, searching for any clues. After hesitating for a long time, she finally answered with a hint of resentment.
"Because... because I thought you... didn’t want me anymore..."
"......"
"When I came home and saw someone else in the place that used to be mine, it felt like a knife had stabbed my heart. That’s why... I ended up like this..."
Xie Yuyan’s voice carried a trace of blame toward Ye Feng, but she eventually lowered her head.
"Then why didn’t you just ask me about the truth? I was waiting for you the whole time. Who’d have thought we’d reunite like this?"
"I... I wanted to surprise you, but that vixen made me lose my mind."
"Vixen? You mean... sigh..."
Ye Feng roughly guessed she was referring to Shen Mengli. Calmly, he explained, "Mengli is a child I took in from the orphanage. She needs care because of her health, so I’m living with her. It’s the same as when I saved you after you were injured."
"But why save her? I... I was here first."
Xie Yuyan’s dissatisfaction flared at Ye Feng’s affectionate tone for this girl named Mengli, but the memory of what she’d done to him quickly doused her anger.
"Why... why save her?"
"Because I have reasons I can’t explain. I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you."
"Why not? I could’ve helped you too!"
"Because it’s my mission."
Ye Feng vaguely framed the system’s tasks as a "mission."
"Mission? Wh-what kind of mission requires this?"
"To save you all... and myself, in a way."
"Save me? Save yourself?"
Xie Yuyan’s mind flashed back to how Ye Feng had once rushed to save Li Mucheng the same way. Then there were those mysterious pills that suddenly boosted his physical abilities, and the knife that had stabbed his heart earlier but bounced off inexplicably. These things defied logic, yet they’d happened.
Could Ye Feng... really have no choice?
"Alright. I’m just glad you’re back safely. But Xie Yuyan, care to explain why the house is such a mess?"
Ye Feng blew away a stray cotton fluff floating near his nose and weakly gestured at the slashed-up quilt beside his bed.
"I... I was so angry I needed to vent a little..."
"So that’s your excuse for nearly demolishing the place?"
"Sorry..."
"Forehead. Now."
Thunk!
......
After that, the two continued talking, and Xie Yuyan’s unease gradually eased. The fact that Ye Feng had been waiting for her all along was enough to soothe her heart.
"So promise me you’ll think before acting from now on, okay? We can talk things through."
"I promise." Xie Yuyan pressed her lips together and nodded, even proactively leaning her forehead toward Ye Feng.
"Xie Yuyan, what’s this?"
"I... I’m presenting myself for punishment."
"Enough fooling around. We’ll deal with the mess later. Right now, there’s something I want to tell you."
"Is... is it about that Mengli girl?"
"No. I wanted to say that while you were away from Shucheng, I prepared a gift for you."
"Huh? A gift? You got me a gift?!"
Xie Yuyan had been feeling off-balance because of Shen Mengli, but the mention of a gift from Ye Feng instantly widened her eyes, sparkling with anticipation.
"Mm. It’s in my bedside drawer. Just open it."
"Okay!"
Without hesitation, Xie Yuyan sprang up and hurried to the drawer. Sure enough, inside was the phone Ye Feng had once given her, a square gift box, and a key—though she wasn’t sure what it unlocked.
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
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!
