“Clang!”
The plate in Xie Yuyan’s hand suddenly slipped, followed by the sound of it shattering.
“I’m... I’m sorry... I broke the plate again... Am I useless? I keep causing trouble for you, Ye Feng...”
“Stop saying that. It’s fine, really. It doesn’t matter.”
Ye Feng gently stroked Xie Yuyan’s hair while wiping away the tears on her cheeks. His tender voice whispered softly in her ear.
“I’m not scolding you. Eating is essential for your health. Seeing you skip meals so often worries me. I just wanted to lecture you a bit today, but it’s all my fault. I’m sorry.”
“No... Ye Feng, don’t apologize...”
Xie Yuyan’s vacant gaze had already returned to normal the moment Ye Feng embraced her. Seeing him rush to her without hesitation, she had no other thoughts except wanting to stay by his side forever.
She interrupted Ye Feng before he could speak further, resting her head on his chest and listening to his heartbeat.
“I know... Ye Feng, everything you do is for my sake. From the very beginning, you saved me without expecting anything in return, letting me stay here and taking care of me every day. I’m the one who should apologize. I’ve been spoiled by your kindness~”
“......”
“You know, during my days as an assassin, my tasks were either endless surveillance or assassinations assigned by the organization. We had no thoughts of our own, just empty shells of robots.”
“If the organization hadn’t tried to kill me, maybe I wouldn’t have met you, Ye Feng.”
As she spoke, Xie Yuyan couldn’t help but reach out her smooth hand to touch Ye Feng’s cheek.
“You made me who I am, and you... gave me this happy life.”
“Xie Yuyan...”
“But I realized that this so-called beautiful life is meaningless without you. Without you, it feels like I’ve returned to that terrifying place from before.”
“That’s when I understood. Even without the organization chasing me, without the worries of hunger or cold, this world would still be colorless. But since meeting you, Ye Feng...”
“I’ve come to love this world filled with happiness.”
This was perhaps the most heartfelt confession.
“......”
Ye Feng wasn’t a fool. He could hear the affection in Xie Yuyan’s words, and he admitted that his heart stirred slightly. But what did it matter?
As long as the system existed, he could never focus on such things. On one hand, it was for survival; on the other... he didn’t want a girl like Xie Yuyan to live under his false facade.
Had he truly saved Xie Yuyan out of pure intentions? No, he just wanted to survive. Xie Yuyan and he were tied to the same rope.
“Xie Yuyan... I’m sorry...”
The light in Xie Yuyan’s eyes dimmed instantly upon hearing Ye Feng’s response. She hadn’t expected him to reject her confession so decisively.
Of course... it must be because of her identity, right? If only she had a happy family like Ye Feng’s students, maybe he would have agreed. Who would want someone tainted like her? She was the most despicable of professions...
On the surface, Ye Feng seemed to be apologizing for rejecting her, but if one listened carefully, his tone was more like an apology to Xie Yuyan, not a rejection...
“Alright... alright!”
Xie Yuyan took a deep breath and slowly pulled away from Ye Feng’s chest, her light tone seemingly trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.
“But Ye Feng, you better be ready! I’m not the type to give up so easily! Now, this lady is going to take a nice bath. Before that... give me your shirt.”
“My shirt? Why do you need it for a bath?”
“To wash it, of course. After all, it’s stained with oil now. Consider this my way of making it up to you~”
Perhaps to comfort Xie Yuyan, Ye Feng didn’t refuse her request and nodded. “Alright then.”
Just as Ye Feng was about to unbutton his shirt, he suddenly remembered something.
Right! The mark on my neck! Xie Yuyan mustn’t see it, or it’ll be over. If she misunderstands and thinks I rejected her while having someone else’s mark... it’s not just about emotions anymore. Anyone would go crazy.
“Wait... no! I’ll go change in my room first. You go ahead and take your bath, Xie Yuyan.”
“Who knew Ye Feng could be shy in a situation like this? Fine, just leave the dirty clothes by the sink later. I’ll get them myself.”
“Okay.”
With that, Xie Yuyan quickly gathered her toiletries and headed into the bathroom.
Only after Xie Yuyan disappeared did Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief. After sweeping the broken pieces of the plate into the trash, he returned to his room to change.
“Splash, splash...”
“So... so heartless... I thought I could finally hold onto you... Ye Feng...”
Xie Yuyan stood motionless under the shower, letting the water pour over her.
But... but why did I feel his heartbeat suddenly race when he held me? Even if it was brief, was it just a coincidence?
Although Xie Yuyan’s subtle first confession to Ye Feng didn’t succeed, she wasn’t the type to give up. She wouldn’t admit defeat until the task was complete.
She didn’t feel too anxious either. In her heart, the answer was already decided: either Ye Feng would be happy with her, or she would be happy with Ye Feng. There was no other outcome.
After experiencing Ye Feng’s kindness, she could no longer endure the lonely, cold days of the past.
......
“Knock, knock.”
Just then, there was a sound at the bathroom door, pulling Xie Yuyan out of her thoughts.
“Ye Feng, is that you?”
“Yes, I left the shirt by the sink. I also made some vegetable soup. Make sure to have some after your bath to warm your stomach, okay?”
“Got it. Thank you, Ye Feng~”
Detecting a hint of concern in Ye Feng’s words, Xie Yuyan’s eyes sparkled as she bit her lip, thinking of something.
I’m in the middle of a bath... I can’t let this opportunity go to waste~
A moment later, the bathroom door slowly opened, and a delicate hand reached out from the crack, grabbing the white shirt by the sink. The shirt was quickly pulled into the bathroom...
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
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!
