Fu Nanzhi was no pushover.
Facing off against Shu Yunyi, she raised her delicate brows and retorted sharply:
"Me, let go? You’ve got it backwards."
"Shouldn’t you be the one letting go? You’re the one clinging to my husband!"
Shen Yi turned his head, about to calm Fu Nanzhi down, when Shu Yunyi sneered:
"Your husband?!"
"I knew Xiao Yi long before you were even done crying in some corner."
Shen Yi sighed and turned back to reason with Shu Yunyi, but she ignored him, her gaze locked fiercely on Fu Nanzhi.
"Me, cry? You’ll be the one crying later."
"Hah... Anyone can brag. Take a look in the mirror—shameless."
"Who’s the shameless one here? A teacher your age, snatching men!"
"Disgusting!"
"Stop... stop..."
"Who are you calling disgusting?"
"Whoever fits the description!"
"You two... just... stop..."
"Husband, scold her for me!"
"Xiao Yi, tell me—who do you side with?"
Their faces flushed with anger as they hurled rapid-fire insults, leaving Shen Yi trapped between them, unable to get a word in.
"What do you mean ‘your husband’? Let go—he’s mine!"
"You call him ‘Xiao Yi’? You let go—he belongs to me!"
"Mine..."
"Mine..."
The two women, usually gentle and demure, now threw all restraint to the wind. Not only did their words clash, but their hands also tightened around Shen Yi’s arms, their fingers turning white from the strain, nails nearly digging into his flesh.
The small boat, unable to withstand the trio’s struggle, rocked violently, teetering on the verge of capsizing.
Shen Yi’s heart pounded with alarm—if the boat overturned in this chilly weather, the consequences would be dire.
"Enough!"
No longer caring if he might hurt them, he barked the command and yanked both women’s arms forcefully.
Fu Nanzhi and Shu Yunyi were no match for Shen Yi’s strength. Caught off guard, they both stumbled forward.
"Stop fighting—we’re in the middle of the lake!"
With an arm around each, Shen Yi steadied them and guided them back to their seats.
The boat finally stabilized, its fragile frame unable to handle any more turmoil.
Seeing that they had finally quieted down, Shen Yi softened his tone.
"Listen to me, both of you..."
Shu Yunyi’s chest heaved—whether from anger or exhaustion—before she finally caught her breath and spoke:
"Fine. I won’t argue with her."
"Xiao Yi, just tell me—who do you choose? Her or me?"
Fu Nanzhi, meanwhile, lightly patted her chest to steady her racing heart. At Shu Yunyi’s question, her gaze snapped to Shen Yi.
Though she remained silent, her meaning was clear.
The weight of their expectant stares bore down on Shen Yi like a crushing burden.
There was no easy way to navigate this.
Choosing one meant betraying the other—an unbearable pain. Letting go of either was simply unthinkable.
So, steeling himself, Shen Yi held firm to his resolve.
He sighed softly, his gaze shifting from Fu Nanzhi to Shu Yunyi.
With solemn sincerity, he began:
"I’ve been wanting to come clean with both of you..."
"After sharing a lifetime together, the ties between us can’t be summed up in just a few words."
He looked at them earnestly.
"What we’ve built is a deep, enduring bond—one that can’t be ignored."
"And I’m only human. My heart feels just as deeply as yours. Love is mutual."
"Whether it’s Nanzhi or Yunyi, meeting you both has been my greatest fortune. We’ve weathered hardships and joys together."
"If it was possible in dreams, then it can be real too. No matter what the future holds..."
Here, Shen Yi took a deep breath and delivered his final answer with unwavering conviction:
"I won’t give up either of you."
Silence fell, broken only by the night breeze rippling the water. The distant noise from the shore felt worlds away.
"You... you... I..."
Shu Yunyi was the first to react, her voice trembling as she forced a brittle laugh.
"Xiao Yi... you’re joking, right?"
"You have to be joking. This can’t be real..."
She had always believed Shen Yi’s love was hers alone—a private devotion no one else could share.
Now, that intimacy was being torn in half, and the shock was too much to bear.
Shen Yi’s heart ached at her strained smile, but this was the moment of truth. If he wavered now, he might never get another chance to lay his feelings bare.
So, hardening his resolve, he nodded firmly.
"This is real. No jokes."
Shu Yunyi froze as if struck by lightning, her last shred of hope shattered.
Tears welled in her eyes, rolling down her cheeks like pearls before clinging to her jawline.
The deeper the love, the deeper the pain. To her, this felt like betrayal.
"I..."
Shen Yi’s chest tightened at the sight. He reached out to take her hand, but she turned away before he could.
On the other side, Fu Nanzhi remained eerily quiet, her emotions far more composed.
Though her heart had clenched in anguish at first, she quickly suppressed the rising bitterness.
She had anticipated this. In fact, she had already taken steps toward acceptance—steps born of necessity rather than desire.
After their last trip to Shen Yi’s hometown, she had brought up surrogacy again in the car, only to be rejected once more.
Frustrated, she had considered countless alternatives before realizing Shen Yi needed to embrace the idea himself.
That was when she thought of her cousin, Cheng Jun.
Fu Nanzhi knew it wasn’t entirely ethical, so she first confirmed whether Cheng Jun had any feelings for Shen Yi.
Given the hints from before—and the fact that he had once saved her—it wasn’t impossible. If there had been no attraction, Fu Nanzhi would have dropped the idea immediately.
"Wait..."
A sudden realization struck her.
Reviewing her interactions with Cheng Jun, she noticed striking parallels in their behavior.
As the saying goes, once you know the answer, the puzzle pieces fall into place. Instantly, inconsistencies made sense.
"She also knew him but didn’t have his contact info... She was also digging through records..."
"Could it be...?"
Abruptly, Fu Nanzhi looked up at Shen Yi and asked:
"Was it just the two of us in that dream of yours?"
"Were there others?"
The question made even Shu Yunyi’s tears halt mid-fall. Stunned, she blurted out:
"There's more?!"
u serious?" Chen Feng watched helplessly as his painstakingly trained disciple, fresh off a championship victory, publicly abandoned him. "You had your chance, but you didn’t appreciate it. Now, face the consequences of your choice!" Chen Feng possessed the "Master System," a treasure trove of supreme martial arts techniques, capable of molding ordinary individuals into peerless prodigies. "Legs like yours? A shame not to train in the Crippling Kick." "Ever heard of a palm strike that descends from the heavens?" "Auntie! I see extraordinary bone structure in you—a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand." The once-defiant senior disciple, now watching her juniors rise to fame one after another, dominating the internet, was consumed by endless regret.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
