"Xiao Feng, that's not what I meant..."
Shen Mengli leaned against Ye Feng's shoulder, finding solace only after inhaling his familiar scent.
"I don't know why, but I can't shake this worry. It feels like this happiness might just... disappear."
"You're overthinking it, Mengli. Everything’s going well, isn’t it?"
Ye Feng comforted her, though he couldn’t understand why she’d been so unsettled lately. Perhaps the emptiness of the mountain woods was getting to her.
"Mengli."
Ye Feng picked up her bowl and gently brought it to her lips.
"You have to eat breakfast, even if you’re not hungry. Understand?"
Shen Mengli didn’t protest—how could she, when Ye Feng was feeding her himself? Even without an appetite, she’d drink every last drop.
"Okay, but I want Xiao Feng to feed me~"
Ye Feng indulged her childish whim, assuming it was just one of her playful moods.
"Haa..."
After testing the temperature of the corn soup, he carefully tilted the bowl toward her mouth.
"It’s just right. Drink it while it’s warm."
"Mmm~ Thank you, Xiao Feng~"
Under his care, Shen Mengli finally smiled, taking small, delicate sips.
"How’s the taste?"
"Mmm..."
After swallowing a mouthful, she nodded emphatically.
"It’s delicious! The sweetness of the corn and the rich broth are so comforting."
"Good. As long as you’re eating, that’s what matters."
"But Xiao Feng, I think this soup is missing something..."
Just as Ye Feng was about to hand her the bowl, Shen Mengli’s sudden remark caught him off guard.
"Missing something? That can’t be. I added salt and MSG."
"It’s true! If you don’t believe me, try it yourself~"
Skeptical but curious, Ye Feng turned to reach for his own bowl—only for a small hand to seize his chin. Before he could react, warm lips pressed against his.
"Me—Mm?!"
Shen Mengli, cheeks flushed, turned her face away and murmured,
"Now it tastes just right."
Her bold move left Ye Feng stunned, cheeks puffed in protest. With no other choice, he swallowed the soup in his mouth.
Thump!
A familiar sound echoed as Ye Feng flicked Shen Mengli’s forehead, restoring quiet to the wooden cabin.
"Do you know what you did wrong?"
Ye Feng’s tone was stern as Shen Mengli buried her face in his chest.
"Wuu... I just wanted a kiss from Xiao Feng..."
"Don’t try that trick on me! I’m not falling for it. Finish your soup right now!"
With that, he lifted her and placed her back in her seat before returning to his own breakfast.
"Xiao Feng is so heartless! You said you loved me this morning, and now you’re a cold, unfeeling man!"
"Mengli, that’s quite the leap..."
Ye Feng’s expression darkened as he stuffed a piece of corn into her mouth.
"Can’t even keep your mouth shut while eating, huh?"
"Mmm..."
......
"After today’s events, Mucheng and Yuxin, I’m sure you both understand. We now know for certain that Ye Feng is alive—but Shen Mengli is hiding him."
"That witch... I never thought it’d be her!"
Su Yuxin gritted her teeth, seething with anger.
"She’s been scheming all along, doing something so despicable! How shameless!"
"Yuxin, I get how you feel, but we can’t let Shen Mengli cloud our judgment."
Li Mucheng gently placed a hand over Su Yuxin’s, soothing her.
"But I just can’t swallow this anger!"
Su Yuxin pouted, her voice small. Among the four of them, her relationship with Ye Feng had progressed the slowest—how could she not feel bitter?
Li Mucheng saw right through her. "Don’t worry, Yuxin. Once we find our teacher, I’ll make sure he understands everything."
"Okay... I just hope Ye Feng won’t hate me."
"Yuyan, let’s continue."
"Right."
Xie Yuyan remained composed, her focus solely on locating Ye Feng.
Now repentant, she longed to apologize to him directly—but Shen Mengli’s sudden interference left her heart in turmoil.
Ye Feng, did you really fake your death just to be with Shen Mengli? If you’re so ruthless, why did you save me? I’m so torn...
"Yuyan?"
Li Mucheng’s voice snapped her back to reality.
Ahem. "Let’s pick up where we left off. Even if we don’t know whether Shen Mengli and Ye Feng are colluding, we should prepare for the worst-case scenario."
"My theory is that Shen Mengli and Ye Feng struck a deal—using this scheme to be together. But I refuse to believe Ye Feng would do this..."
Xie Yuyan nodded to herself, as if reaffirming her own words.
"So we’ll uncover the truth ourselves. For now, our priority is pinpointing their hideout in the mountains."
"But how? If we stake out the village, someone as meticulous as her would notice."
"Exactly. That’s why we need a flawless plan. Capturing Shen Mengli alone won’t work—she’d never reveal Ye Feng’s whereabouts."
Xie Yuyan’s voice hardened.
"We can’t launch a large-scale search. I’ll go alone."
"Wait—alone?!"
Li Mucheng was baffled. One moment, Xie Yuyan warned against alerting Shen Mengli; the next, she proposed a solo mission.
"Yuyan, are you sure? The mountain range is vast. Finding their cabin won’t be easy."
"Don’t worry. According to the butcher, Shen Mengli last bought supplies three days ago. Unless there are wild beasts, tracking their trail should be possible."
"Alright... What can we do to help?"
"Monitor the village discreetly. Even though the villagers have aided us, we can’t afford to trust anyone blindly."
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."
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.
