"Today, I'm taking my elder brother with me. Let’s see who dares to stop me!"
"Master, please stay safe. I’ll be back soon."
"Sir, let’s elope right now!"
"The situation is too chaotic. Please take shelter in my arms, Master."
"Brave Servia, charging forth!"
...
Xu Xi experienced an absurd and bizarre New Year's Eve.
The scene was utter chaos.
It could only be described as a battle of the supreme gods.
Fortunately, Xu Xi intervened in time, putting an end to the farce and forbidding the girls from fighting.
"No sparring either," Xu Xi added.
At the same time, he flicked Ying Xue’s forehead, stopping her attempt to drag him into eloping.
And so,
the farcical New Year's Eve came to an end.
Everyone returned to their own rooms.
The next day, the sun shone brightly, and the sky was crystal clear. On the first day of the new year, the courtyard was serene and picturesque.
The flowers remained unchanged.
The pond remained unchanged.
Only Xu Xi’s life had undergone a dramatic transformation.
Some things, once spoken, could never return to the quiet of before.
The emotions contained within those words permeated every corner of daily life, making them impossible for Xu Xi to ignore.
Whether it was intimate dates,
or shy moments alone together.
The feelings expressed were unmistakable—too obvious to overlook.
And Xu Xi was utterly defenseless against them.
"Brother, let’s go on a date."
"A date?"
"Yes, a date!"
No longer did his sister make excuses as she once had. Now, she stated her intentions outright.
Smiling, she took Xu Xi’s hand,
interlacing their fingers, pressing their palms together.
...
"Master, the last kiss was too quick. I didn’t really feel it. Can we try again?"
"..."
The sorceress was studious, earnestly seeking Xu Xi’s guidance.
Xu Xi was left speechless.
Once, he had hoped she would develop her own thoughts and act on them with courage.
But he never imagined it would manifest like this.
...
"Sir, are we really not going to elope?"
"Ying Xue, that’s not something we can do."
Xu Xi sat by the pond, fishing.
Ying Xue lay with her head in his lap, murmuring incessantly about her unfulfilled dream of eloping.
But as she murmured,
she gradually drifted off to sleep.
Xu Xi draped a small blanket over her.
...
"Master, have you given any thought to the household registration matter?"
"Or perhaps you’d prefer to get the marriage certificate first?"
Bending gracefully, tray in hand,
Ailei stood poised under the sunlight, her delicate face feigning innocence.
"Is there a third option?" Xu Xi asked curiously.
"There is," Ailei pointed to her cheek, enunciating each word with utmost seriousness. "Please give me a kiss."
The mechanized maid couldn’t bear it.
She refused to fall behind the sorceress.
She could accept losing to others—but never to her.
...
"Great Sorcerer, am I troubling you too much?"
"Not at all, Servia."
The brave warrior had a wish—
not the heroic dream of saving the world,
but something simple, something any ordinary girl might yearn for.
"Click—"
With the sound of the shutter,
Xu Xi and Servia took a photo together, standing close, each wearing a ring of similar color on their left ring finger.
"Thank you, Great Sorcerer."
Servia was overjoyed.
She held the photo up to the sunlight, gazing at it again and again.
Time flowed like a river,
silent and unceasing.
By the time winter had fully passed,
and the ice and snow had melted away in the spring breeze,
Xu Xi finally snapped out of his daze, realizing that his relationships with the five girls had grown increasingly intimate, leading him toward a future he had never envisioned.
No matter how oblivious one might be,
no matter how clueless about emotions,
it was impossible not to feel the intensity of their affection.
"If I told my past self about today’s events, he’d never believe it, no matter what."
Gazing up at the sky,
the golden outline of the sun reflected in Xu Xi’s eyes.
Lost in thought, he sighed.
His sister, the sorceress, the noble lady, the mechanized maid, the brave warrior—
five girls, five supreme beings.
Their love was laid bare before him, like answers spread across a desk, waiting for his perusal.
If he wished, he could respond with a perfect score in an instant.
Yet Xu Xi still hesitated.
He lowered his head, watching the flow of magic in his palm, the gathering of qi and elements swirling into a tiny vortex. "Will life remain this peaceful in the future?"
Xu Xi worried.
Over time, conflicts might arise among the five girls—after all, love was selfish. If given the choice, none would willingly share.
When that time came, someone would inevitably be hurt.
"Brother, you’re overthinking things again."
A voice came from behind.
A girl sat down beside Xu Xi, swinging her legs gently. "Brother always worries about unnecessary things. But the truth is, none of us want to leave you."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
spital. Good news: I've bound a system. Bad news: I'm still a baby. "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, do not bully the middle-aged for being poor — Divorce Comeback System." "Your marriage may have failed, but your luck in love has never run dry. Your childhood sweetheart, out of contact for twenty years, reappears. Her beauty remains, yet her eyes are brimming with tears." [Listen to the childhood sweetheart's sorrowful story.] Chen Zhi looked down at the diaper he was wearing, then at the little childhood sweetheart crying her heart out beside him, and fell into deep thought. Can anyone relate? I'm having a midlife crisis at an age where even rolling over is a struggle.
