Every word from Su Yuxin felt like a dagger to Li Mucheng's heart, stripping away the last shred of her defenses and leaving her with no room for excuses.
"Li Mucheng... Do you really want to disappoint Teacher so deeply?"
Su Yuxin stared intently at the motionless Li Mucheng, as if searching for any trace of weakness in her subtle movements.
"No, I never meant that. I just... I couldn’t face him..."
"Hmph."
Seeing Li Mucheng still cowering as before, Su Yuxin let out a scornful laugh.
"Seems your love for Brother Ye Feng is just that shallow—you can’t even stand by him when it matters most."
Li Mucheng trembled at the taunt, her lips parting as if to retort, but no sound escaped.
"Luckily, Brother Ye Feng chose to leave you. With your lack of resolve, he’d only have suffered more if he’d stayed."
"No... Don’t say that—"
"What a waste of time Brother Ye Feng spent on you. Even now, he might still be waiting for you to save him. But I guess that’s impossible—you don’t even have the will to try. What a devoted student you are."
"No... Stop it..."
"If I’d known you’d treat Brother Ye Feng like this, I should’ve been harsher. Even if he hated me for it, at least he wouldn’t have suffered your neglect. Honestly, you’re such a disappointment..."
"Shut up!!"
Li Mucheng’s suppressed emotions erupted in a desperate scream.
"I love him... I’ve always loved Teacher! After everything that happened, he understood my feelings and forgave my mistakes. Things were finally getting better—but now? I pushed him into the abyss myself! Anyone would break under that guilt! Do you have any idea how it feels to destroy the person you love?!"
"......"
Su Yuxin didn’t answer. Instead, she quietly stepped closer, took Li Mucheng’s hand, and led her to the bed.
"If you’ve made a mistake, then make it right. Just like how you apologized to Brother Ye Feng before. No matter the outcome, at least you won’t regret not trying."
"Yuxin..."
Under Su Yuxin’s shift from harshness to gentleness, Li Mucheng’s defenses crumbled. Her clarity returned as her emotions poured out.
"What... What should I do?"
"I think you know better than I do. After all, you’re the one who received Brother Ye Feng’s guidance. That’s why I came to you."
"Okay... I understand."
Li Mucheng nodded, a plan already forming in her mind. But she knew her current state—she could barely take care of herself, let alone search for Ye Feng. Gripping Su Yuxin’s hand tightly, she whispered,
"Thank you, Yuxin. I never thought... we’d talk like this again."
"Honestly, neither did I. We used to be so close, remember?"
Su Yuxin smiled faintly, as if recalling something bittersweet.
"But after Brother Ye Feng came into the picture, everything fell apart. When I found out you had feelings for him too, I was furious for no reason. But in the end, you’re the one who made me face the truth."
Li Mucheng blinked in disbelief. "Me? But... why would you think that?"
Su Yuxin rolled her eyes. "Because you slapped sense into me! If you hadn’t, Xie Yuyan would’ve gotten her hands on Brother Ye Feng by now. Her methods are way more ruthless than ours!"
"I know... Xie Yuyan is... efficient but extreme."
"And I’m certain that if I’d helped her that day, Brother Ye Feng would’ve despised me forever. Xie Yuyan only sees people as stepping stones—my help would’ve just been a tool for her."
"But... doesn’t it bother you? You could’ve used my confusion to search for Teacher alone. You know all of us—even Shen Mengli—want him for ourselves."
"Of course it bothers me! I’d love for Brother Ye Feng to be mine alone. But let’s be real—none of us will ever give up on him. And in this endless competition, he’ll only grow to resent us. Didn’t you hear what he said before he fell?"
"Right... He said he was tired."
Only now did Li Mucheng truly grasp Ye Feng’s words. He’d made it clear—this life wasn’t what he wanted. He’d rather throw himself into the river than stay on that cliff a second longer.
"Exactly. Brother Ye Feng is sick of our fighting. In all this, he’s the one who suffered the most. He kept considering our feelings, while we, wrapped up in his kindness, ignored his. Don’t forget... he’s a person too. He deserves his own life."
"Yuxin, you..."
Li Mucheng was stunned by Su Yuxin’s calm acceptance.
"You’re wondering why I’m so composed now, aren’t you?"
Su Yuxin gave a bitter smile.
"After coming down from the mountain, I kept searching for Brother Ye Feng. Seeing how exhausted he looked on that cliff... it reminded me of our past. Back then, I was the one comforting him. He told me he wanted a life of his own. And..."
She glanced at the window, then at the closed door behind her, before leaning in to whisper in Li Mucheng’s ear.
"I think... Brother Ye Feng is hiding something from us..."
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!" "......"
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!
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.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
