Seeing that she had recognized it, Shen Yi wasn’t surprised. His intention had always been to make Shu Yunyi drink less, but he still argued stubbornly,
“It’s really low-alcohol. Look, it’s labeled on the bottle.”
“Ugh, do you really think I’m a three-year-old you can fool?”
Shu Yunyi had been struggling without alcohol for days, and now, feeling tricked by Shen Yi, she began to grow restless and uneasy.
“I see it now. Everything you did before was on purpose, wasn’t it?”
“Beer, wine—you were just lying to me!”
Her anger wasn’t just about being deceived; there was also a rising sense of panic, a fear of facing the truth that made her lash out uncontrollably.
Seeing that he had been exposed, Shen Yi decided not to pretend anymore. Shu Yunyi needed a harsh wake-up call.
“Lying to you? Me? Aren’t you the one lying to yourself?”
Shen Yi’s expression was cold, his words sharp as he criticized her mercilessly.
“Have you looked in the mirror lately? Look at yourself! Messy hair, unwashed face, unchanged clothes—is this still the person you used to be?”
“You’re in your thirties, but you’re regressing. What kind of life is this? You’ve become a child who can’t even take care of yourself!”
“Every day, you wake up and drink, pass out, then wake up and look for more alcohol. Don’t you realize you’ve become a slave to alcohol?”
“Do you think I’m doing this for no reason? If you keep drinking like this, I’m afraid you’ll drink yourself to death within six months!”
Shen Yi’s piercing gaze bore into Shu Yunyi, as if he wanted to expose her completely under the scorching sun.
His harsh words left Shu Yunyi stunned. Her face burned, and her heart trembled.
Even in her drunken state, she still had some pride, especially since Shen Yi had once been her student. She instinctively retorted with anger:
“So what if I like drinking?”
“If I drink myself to death, so be it. It’s my body, my choice!”
Shen Yi sneered,
“Oh? So you’re proud of it? I didn’t know you were so fearless about death!”
“I had no idea this was the kind of mindset you were teaching your students back in the classroom. To give up? To self-destruct?”
With that, Shen Yi slammed the table and stood up, towering over her with an intimidating presence.
“What are you running away from?!”
Shu Yunyi was forced to avert her gaze. Her body felt as if it were crawling with insects, making her squirm uncomfortably.
As long as she still had a sense of shame, there was hope. If she had lost even that, Shen Yi wouldn’t know what to do.
Seizing the moment, Shen Yi wasn’t ready to let her off. This time, he wanted to strip away her last shred of dignity and trample on her pride.
“Shu Yunyi, Teacher Shu, Professor Shu! Do you even deserve the title of a teacher?”
“Look at what you’ve done. To satisfy your cravings, you’ve lowered your standards, your posture, even your dignity—just to beg a former student for a few drinks.”
“Don’t you feel pathetic letting a few glasses of alcohol control your life?”
Under the table, Shu Yunyi’s hands trembled as she clenched her fists tightly, gripping the hem of her clothes. Deep down, she was just lonely and wanted someone to drink with.
But Shen Yi’s words were like a sharp blade, cutting deeply into her heart.
The atmosphere grew heavy, the room eerily silent.
Shu Yunyi hung her head, a dark cloud of despair hovering over her.
Taking a deep breath, she tried to maintain the last bit of dignity she no longer had, stubbornly insisting,
“Why do you care?”
“Who are you? What right do you have to meddle in my life?”
As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted them.
Wasn’t Shen Yi doing all this for her? Shu Yunyi’s heart churned, her lips moving as if she wanted to say something to make amends, but no words came out.
She looked up and met Shen Yi’s gaze, freezing in place. His eyes were filled with disappointment, pain, regret, and anger, all intertwined.
Her words had hurt him deeply. Shen Yi stood there, his emotions a tangled mess, feeling as though his efforts had been wasted. For the first time, he understood the frustration of watching someone you care about throw their life away.
After a moment, Shen Yi let out a bitter laugh and softened his tone.
“You’re right. I’m not anyone important to you, and I have no right to interfere. Consider me foolish.”
“Perhaps the teacher I admired that summer has long been carried away by the evening breeze…”
“Goodbye, Teacher Shu.”
The softer his voice, the more respectful his tone, the colder Shu Yunyi’s heart grew.
Seeing no point in continuing, Shen Yi turned and left without hesitation.
The door clicked shut. Shu Yunyi reached out, her mouth opening as if to call him back.
“You…”
Her arm froze mid-air, her words cut off by the closed door.
Turning back to the table, she stared at the bottle of alcohol, the clear liquid sloshing inside. Suddenly, she swiped it off the table.
“Crash!”
The bottle shattered, liquid splashing everywhere, shards of glass scattering across the floor.
She stomped on the broken pieces, venting her regret and anger.
The cold liquid evaporated, releasing a strong smell of alcohol that made Shu Yunyi gag.
Covering her face, she slowly crouched down, tears streaming uncontrollably as she sobbed.
Shen Yi’s departure left her heart burning with torment, the pain almost unbearable.
A flood of negative emotions overwhelmed her, leaving her in a tangled mess, unable to see any light in the future.
The cicadas chirped outside, and the evening breeze gently swayed the curtains.
Shu Yunyi looked toward the window, her lifeless eyes flickering with a faint light. She murmured to herself,
“Maybe it’s better to let the evening breeze carry it all away…”
She stood up, moving like a lifeless shell.
Slowly, she climbed onto the balcony railing and sat down, gazing at the moon as if it could reveal the truth within her.
Her legs dangled over the edge, swaying slightly. She took out her phone and typed a long message to her mother, confessing her thoughts and expressing remorse for her actions.
Then she typed a short message to Shen Yi:
“I’m sorry for disappointing you.”
She hit send, then looked down at the neatly trimmed lawn below and leaped.
“Ah!”
Her scream pierced the night.
“Thud!”
A crystal-clear sandal fell from over ten stories high, landing with a muffled thud.
Shu Yunyi’s upper body dangled over the edge, her sandal slipping off. The cool wind made her heart race, her hands and feet sweating, her strength failing.
“Are you insane?!”
Shen Yi’s furious shout came from behind her. Shu Yunyi realized that an arm was wrapped around her waist, preventing her from falling.
Unbeknownst to her, Shen Yi had secretly returned just in time to witness this scene.
Cursing, Shen Yi used both hands to grip her waist tightly, pulling her back onto the balcony with all his strength.
As soon as her feet touched the ground, Shu Yunyi collapsed weakly against Shen Yi.
Her heart pounded like a drum, filled with the relief of having narrowly escaped death.
ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
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.
