“How is it? Looks good, right?”
Seeing Xie Yuyan fiddling with the phone, Ye Feng could tell she liked it.
“This phone is super functional. You can even use it to crack walnuts.”
“Pfft... Who would use a phone to crack walnuts?”
Xie Yuyan, who had been on the verge of tears from being moved, burst into laughter after hearing Ye Feng’s remark.
“Ye Feng, how about you give me your phone, and you use this new one?”
“It’s fine. Besides, I’ve grown attached to my old phone. You can keep this one.”
“Alright, when I start earning money, I’ll buy you a new phone too~”
“Okay.”
“Alright then!”
Xie Yuyan pressed close to Ye Feng’s shoulder and said eagerly, “Now it’s time to give me your phone number! And we should add each other on that social app too!”
“Sure, I’ve already bought a SIM card and put it in your phone. Give me your phone.”
Ye Feng quickly completed the setup and handed the phone back to Xie Yuyan.
“There, all done.”
Xie Yuyan took the phone and pressed the call button in front of Ye Feng. Instantly, Ye Feng’s phone rang, and only then did she feel reassured and put her phone away.
“Huh? Aren’t you going to play with it some more?”
Xie Yuyan brushed the hair by her ear, stood up from the couch with a smile, and said, “No need. As long as I can use this phone to contact you, that’s enough.”
“......”
Ye Feng was slightly taken aback by her words, but seeing her pursed lips and the mischievous smile, he knew she was waiting to see him flustered.
Oh, Xie Yuyan, is this how you treat your savior? Seems like you’ve gotten too comfortable.
Feeling his authority slipping away, Ye Feng decided to teach her a lesson as she turned around.
“Alright, today I learned a new dish, and I’m going to make it for you to try... Ah!”
Xie Yuyan suddenly felt a pair of hands gently touch her waist, sending a shiver down her spine. She instantly realized what was happening and leaned back.
“Hey hey hey! Xie Yuyan, you...”
“Thud.”
Ye Feng hadn’t expected Xie Yuyan to suddenly fall back, so he had no choice but to catch her firmly in his arms.
“Mmm...”
Holding her delicate figure, feeling her slender waist and the intoxicating fragrance, and seeing her turn her head to gaze at him with those affectionate, lively eyes, Ye Feng admitted that his heart skipped a beat at that moment.
Xie Yuyan, like a budding flower, was already blushing, her expression shy yet alluring as she stared at Ye Feng, her eyes gradually becoming hazy.
“Ye Feng... I...”
“S-sorry.”
Ye Feng suddenly let go of Xie Yuyan, his face showing a look of confusion. Just as he was about to leave, Xie Yuyan turned and hugged him.
“......”
“It’s okay... Can I just hold you for a little while? Just a little while...”
Xie Yuyan’s tone was no longer as shy as before. She simply held Ye Feng quietly, not saying another word.
The perceptive Xie Yuyan could see that Ye Feng’s eyes seemed to hide something, that look of confusion and conflict she had also experienced before—until Ye Feng appeared in her life.
Ye Feng... What is it that’s troubling you? Isn’t our relationship close enough for you to tell me? But I won’t give up!
You pulled me out of the abyss, and I won’t let go of your hand!
Never!
“Ye Feng... Thank you. I’ll go cook now. You sit and rest for a bit.”
“I’m sorry...”
“There’s no need to apologize, but you should know...”
Xie Yuyan suddenly leaned close to Ye Feng’s face, flashing a bright smile.
“I’m not giving up~”
“......”
With that, Xie Yuyan hummed a tune as she walked toward the kitchen, leaving Ye Feng standing there, seemingly lost in thought.
......
In the evening, Ye Feng gazed out the window at the night view, his soul seemingly adrift. Although he and Xie Yuyan had continued chatting normally afterward, he knew that an invisible barrier had formed in his heart.
Can someone like me still have freedom? I’m just a machine barely surviving by following orders. What room do I have to talk about anything else? Acting on emotions will only hurt me... and hurt her...
And did fate really bring me together with Xie Yuyan and the others? It was all just for my own survival. If not for the system’s demands, would I really have risked my life to save a stranger?
Would I...
“Sigh...”
Ye Feng let out a heavy sigh and closed his eyes. Perhaps within that sigh, he had already found his answer.
......
“......”
Hearing the sigh from the room, Xie Yuyan pulled her ear away from the door. After blinking her deep eyes, she returned to the couch.
Is it because of my identity? Or does Ye Feng have some secret he can’t tell me? No... If this continues, I’ll only drift further away from him... No... Absolutely not!
As Xie Yuyan thought this, her eyes gradually grew vacant.
Is it... If I eliminate all threats related to me, will Ye Feng accept me? That would mean we can be together forever!
Xie Yuyan clenched her fists and turned to look at Ye Feng’s room, seemingly hesitating about something.
......
Late at night, in a dimly lit shop on a dark street, several figures were discussing something in a warehouse.
One of the masked men knelt on the ground, shivering as he said, “S-sir, we’ve thoroughly searched the surrounding areas, but there’s still no trace of that woman. Maybe she’s already run away?”
“Run? Where could she go, injured as she is? We’ve sent so many Dark Palace assassins, and yet not a single hair of hers has been found? What a bunch of useless fools.”
An old man with a goatee was smoking a pipe. After saying this, he exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
“Goat, don’t be so angry. There’s always a way, right? We all know Cold Snake’s capabilities. The mistake lies with those above, thinking they had everything under control until things went wrong, and now we’re left cleaning up their mess.”
A seductive voice chimed in. If Ye Feng were here, he would find it familiar, as it belonged to the female clerk he had met when buying a recipe.
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.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
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!
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!
