"Gulp... gulp..."
As Ye Feng tilted the paper cup in his hand slightly upward, Su Yuxin followed suit, raising her small head to drink. At that moment, her emerald-green eyes met his gaze.
"How are you feeling now? Is your head still spinning?"
"N-No, it’s not..."
Su Yuxin answered in a voice as faint as a mosquito’s hum, quickly lowering her head again. A fleeting look of guilty panic flashed in her eyes.
"Next time, don’t ride those physically demanding attractions, okay?"
"I... I don’t need your concern. It’s not like you ever cared about me anyway."
Su Yuxin turned her head away petulantly, though her eyes still darted toward Ye Feng now and then.
"How could you say that? If I didn’t care, why would I bother bringing you hot water to take care of you?"
"Th-That’s because you wanted..."
"Wanted what?"
"Wanted... my heart..."
"Huh?"
Ye Feng was momentarily stunned by Su Yuxin’s words as he watched her face flush crimson, almost as if it might bleed. But he quickly realized she was just spouting nonsense again and hurriedly took her hand to cut her off.
"Come on, Yuxin. There are still so many rides we haven’t tried yet. If we don’t hurry, we’ll run out of time."
"Hmph..."
Su Yuxin let out a soft scoff, resigning herself with a slight pout.
Of course... Brother Ye Feng, you always change the subject at the crucial moment. Why can’t you just face my words properly? Maybe it’s because, in your eyes, I’ll always just be a nuisance clinging to you, right?
Truthfully, Ye Feng hadn’t deliberately tried to divert the topic. He simply didn’t want Su Yuxin to bring up the emotions buried deep in her heart again. Since the wound was already there, there was no need to reopen it. The only thing he could do was smooth it over until no trace remained.
He could only hope it wasn’t too late to make amends...
After that, Ye Feng accompanied Su Yuxin through the amusement park with the utmost patience, doing his best to keep her entertained. But even after a full round of attractions, Su Yuxin remained expressionless, trailing behind him aimlessly.
"Yuxin, how was the boat ride earlier? It’s a shame we didn’t feed the fish in such a beautiful lake. But there’s still bumper cars and other rides to try! Let’s go—"
"Enough!"
Just as Ye Feng reached for Su Yuxin’s small hand, she suddenly jerked away and shouted.
"Y-Yuxin?"
Ye Feng stared into her pitch-black eyes, a growing sense of unease tightening in his chest.
"It’s... enough. This so-called amusement park isn’t amusing at all. None of this is what I wanted..."
Su Yuxin lifted her chin, meeting his gaze head-on. The docility she had shown earlier was completely gone, replaced by something cold and unfamiliar.
"Yuxin..."
Ye Feng took a step forward, wanting to ask why she was acting this way, but Su Yuxin suddenly yanked the strawberry plushie tied around her waist and threw it to the ground.
The plushie tumbled across the pavement, gathering dust before coming to rest at Ye Feng’s feet. The strawberry—once her most cherished possession—now lay discarded. The sight made him freeze mid-step.
"From the very beginning... you never truly cared about me, did you? Maybe in your eyes, I’m just some little sister trying to win your favor. No matter how hard I try, all I get in return is your so-called ‘brotherly affection.’ But do you really think that’s what I want?"
A twisted smile curled on Su Yuxin’s lips, as if she had resigned herself to despair.
"What I want has never been a brother who treats me like a little sister. What I’ve always wanted... is you, Ye Feng."
"......"
"But it’s too late now. I finally understand that all my efforts to win you back were pointless. I’m just a tool... a plaything for your amusement, right~?"
In that instant, all traces of Su Yuxin’s sweetness vanished, leaving behind only a gaze brimming with obsessive desire and bitter love.
"Why? Why does Li Mucheng get your forgiveness and get to stay by your side, while I have to beg over and over just for scraps of your attention?"
"It’s not fair. Not fair at all. Or have you always been biased from the start?"
Su Yuxin cupped her own cheek with one hand, squishing her plush skin as her eyes darkened with endless craving and a sickening devotion.
"But none of that matters anymore. I’ll make you love me again—just like you love Li Mucheng..."
As Su Yuxin took slow, deliberate steps toward Ye Feng, a costumed bear mascot emerged from around the corner of the park behind him.
Spotting the bear, Su Yuxin paused briefly, her eyes flickering with something sinister, but she quickly refocused on Ye Feng.
"What’s wrong, Brother Ye Feng? Shouldn’t you be running away now? Just like when you fled from Li Mucheng’s room? Otherwise... I might just become the next person to treat you that way~"
"I’m sorry, Yuxin."
To her surprise, Ye Feng bent down in front of her. Hearing her unrestrained confession, he realized that mere companionship could no longer mend the twisted void in her heart. Now, the only thing left was honesty—to reveal his true intentions.
"What? Are you going to kneel and beg for my forgiveness now? Hah... too late for th—"
Before she could finish, Ye Feng picked up the dust-covered strawberry plushie from the ground, carefully brushing off the dirt.
"Y-You... What are you doing? Don’t think this will make me—"
"You shouldn’t throw away things you love. Isn’t this strawberry your favorite?"
After ensuring the plushie was clean, Ye Feng held it out to her.
"If you discard the things you love... you might not love them the same way again."
"Hmph. I know everything you’re doing is just to—"
"Want to watch the sunset with me? There’s one last ride we haven’t tried."
"Wh-What ride?"
Su Yuxin didn’t understand why she had unconsciously asked the question—as if the words had slipped out on their own.
"Will you go on the Ferris wheel with me? This time, I’m the one asking you. Please, Yuxin."
"......"
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."
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!
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!" "......"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
