Ever since they got married, it was impossible to stay in the small apartment they used to live in.
Shu Yunyi was also not suited to continue living at the school.
Shen Yi bought a house next to Jianyuan, which was closer to Jingyuan University.
Six or seven years passed, and Shu Yunyi had officially been promoted to professor, taking on a few new students, and was now busy until late every day.
Meanwhile, Shen Yi was busy in the kitchen preparing dinner, leaving Fu Nanzhi in the room to take care of the child.
Little Jinyao, having finished her homework, was hovering around Shen Yi.
“Dad, remember to take a picture of my homework and upload it to the group later, don't forget.”
“And read a fable story to Mom, we need to record a video of it.”
Shen Yi was seasoning the food in the pot when he turned his head and said:
“The teacher assigned video homework again, huh.”
He gently patted her little head and smiled:
“Alright, Dad knows.”
Little Jinyao hugged Shen Yi's leg, sniffed the air, and took a deep breath, saying:
“It smells so good, what dish are you making today?”
Shen Yi replied casually:
“Garlic scapes stir-fried with beef.”
As he spoke, he took a little broth with a spatula, tasted it for saltiness.
“Really?”
Jinyao's eyes sparkled as she bounced around, saying,
“Let me taste it, let me taste it.”
The seasoning was just right, no need for her to taste it, but Shen Yi still indulged her, pinching a small piece of beef and placing it in her mouth.
“Here you go, little glutton.”
The beef was tender, becoming more flavorful with each chew, and she ate it with great enjoyment.
Seeing her playful demeanor, Shen Yi patted the back of her head and said:
“Go wash your hands, it's time for dinner.”
“Call Mom and ask where she is.”
“Okay.”
Shen Jinyao agreed, hopping out of the room.
Only then did Shen Yi turn back to serve the dish, using kitchen paper to wipe the sauce off the edge of the plate before carrying it out.
He prepared three dishes and a soup for dinner, more than enough for three adults and one child.
Both Shu Yunyi and Fu Nanzhi had small appetites and couldn't eat much, so if he made too much, he would have to finish it himself.
After setting out the bowls and chopsticks, Shen Yi went to the door and gently pushed it open.
The room was dark, and the light streaming in made Fu Nanzhi look up. She was holding Little Lingdang.
Shen Yi walked to the bedside and whispered:
“Asleep?”
Fu Nanzhi nodded gently, looking affectionately at the little one in her arms, saying:
“Yes, just woke up for a feed, and now she's asleep again.”
“This is the time when she can eat and sleep well.”
Shen Yi bent down to brush away her falling hair, patting her shoulder and saying:
“Let her sleep on her own, dinner’s ready, come out and have something to eat.”
Fu Nanzhi was about to say she wasn't hungry, but then thought she might have to get up in the middle of the night, so skipping dinner wouldn't do.
She carefully put Little Lingdang down, and the two of them went out to the living room.
Just then, Shu Yunyi also returned, with Little Jinyao opening the door for her.
“Back already, just in time for dinner.”
Shen Yi called out, while Fu Nanzhi had already gone to the kitchen to serve the rice.
“Yeah, after a busy day, I’m definitely hungry.”
“Timing really is everything.”
Shu Yunyi cheerfully agreed, placed her bag on the shoe rack, and squatted down to change her shoes.
Now at forty-two, having had a child, fine lines had begun to appear at the corners of her eyes.
Yet, her beauty was radiant, her demeanor exceptional, and with years of teaching experience, she naturally exuded an aura of elegance and grace when serious.
Her smile was like the thawing of ice and snow. After changing her shoes, she bent down and gave Little Jinyao a peck on the cheek.
"I have some good news to share with you."
Shu Yunyi was standing by the sink washing her hands when Shen Yi spoke from the doorway.
"Good news? What is it?"
Shu Yunyi turned her head, wiped her hands, and raised an eyebrow.
"I brought Little Lingdang home."
"Little Lingdang?"
Shu Yunyi frowned, thought for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"Oh... the one you mentioned before..."
Having lived together for so long, Shen Yi had mentioned it before. She smiled and said:
"That's great! Where is she?"
"In the inner room, let me take a look."
Shen Yi quickly stopped her,
"No, no, no, she just fell asleep."
"Let's eat first, and then you can see her after dinner."
"Alright."
Shu Yunyi nodded and followed him to the dining room.
As soon as she sat down, she smiled and said:
"Congratulations, Nanzhi."
"Finally, a burden off your mind."
Fu Nanzhi picked up her chopsticks, her eyes curving like crescent moons as she replied,
"Yes, Shen Yi brought her back without a word."
"It really surprised me."
Shen Yi laughed heartily, looking pleased, and gestured with his chopsticks:
"Let's eat first, we'll chat while we eat."
Shu Yunyi picked up some food with her chopsticks and placed it in Little Jinyao's bowl, saying:
"Now the nursery can be used again."
"All the things Jinyao used back then are still there. We can use them for a few days before gradually replacing them with new ones."
These were all things Fu Nanzhi had helped organize back then, and now it was her turn to lend a hand.
Fu Nanzhi had already made up her mind and replied after swallowing her food:
"Lingdang is still too young, so I'll take care of her for now and wait until she's a bit older."
Little Jinyao, hearing some keyword, sat up straight in her chair and patted her chest, saying:
"Look at me, look at me."
"I'm already a big sister. Taking care of my little sister is my job."
Shen Yi turned his head and gently tapped her head with the end of his chopsticks, saying:
"Rely on you?"
"You can't even take care of yourself. If you don't make your sister cry, that'll be a blessing."
Everyone laughed, and the table was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
"Hmph!"
"Underestimating me."
Jinyao grumbled, holding her rice bowl, and quickly took a bite to comfort herself.
Shu Yunyi, sitting to her right, heard this and pointed to the fine lines at the corner of her eyes, teasing her:
"See this? These are the wrinkles your mom got from taking care of you."
"I've even got wrinkles now, and you don't even feel sorry for me. You just keep making me worry."
Shen Jinyao pressed her delicate fingers against the shallow lines, not yet understanding what they meant.
Sensing Shu Yunyi's emotional fluctuation, Shen Yi quickly interjected with a smile:
"Not at all! I think our Teacher Shu is still in her prime."
"Right, Fu Nanzhi?"
Fu Nanzhi covered her mouth and nodded with a laugh.
"Forget 'youth,' it was stolen long ago by who knows what."
Shu Yunyi rolled her eyes at Shen Yi in mock exasperation, but the playful banter at least lightened the mood.
Little Jinyao couldn't quite grasp the teasing between adults. Her innocent heart only wanted to comfort her mother, so she stood up on the chair and declared loudly:
"I'm not the thief who stole Mom's youth—I'm her second youth!"
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.
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
