At the same time.
Luo Shuning lay flat on the soft bed, the room silent except for her faint breathing and the occasional muffled thud of her legs kicking the sheets.
"Brother is spoiling Little Man way too much. It's a bit excessive."
She stared at the photos on her phone, trying to smile, but this time, the corners of her lips barely lifted before drooping helplessly again.
An indescribable, peculiar feeling spread through her heart.
For some reason... she felt a tiny, tiny, tiny bit irritated.
Just a smidge.
But it was something she’d never experienced before.
Luo Shuning kept scrolling through the photos on her phone, her chest feeling strangely tight.
She couldn’t help but murmur softly, "Am I jealous... or... am I angry...?"
The two in the photos looked far too intimate.
If it were just the usual arm-linking, it wouldn’t be a big deal—it’d even look heartwarming.
But now, not only were they flaunting their closeness in every photo, they were even going to sleep together tonight...
So frustrating.
Luo Shuning set her phone aside and buried her entire face deep into the blankets, her fair, slender legs kicking the bed even more rapidly.
She couldn’t help but wonder—if she and Gu Luozhen got together in two months, should she subtly bring this up?
But how would she even say it?
Ugh... Would he think she’s being too petty?
And if she did say something... it’d definitely affect her relationship with Little Man...
At this thought, Luo Shuning suddenly rolled onto her back, staring blankly at the white ceiling, her gaze complicated.
"Why do you have to be so kind to everyone...?"
"Even though that’s exactly what I love about you..."
Yes.
Her heart was in turmoil.
Like a small boat lost in a vast, endless sea.
She wanted—so, so badly—to claim Gu Luo for herself.
Ahead, there was the pressure from her family. Behind her, Shu He was catching up.
And then there were those hidden threats lurking in the shadows, like reefs beneath the ocean’s surface, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to her fragile love boat.
Luo Shuning had always been confident, ever since she was little. When this relationship began, she’d been just as self-assured. But as time passed and circumstances evolved, she suddenly found herself wavering.
She couldn’t stop overthinking.
The old her would never have been like this.
Her gaze unconsciously drifted toward the neighboring room, as if she could see through the walls and witness what was happening inside. She whispered softly to herself,
"Shu He... What are you thinking right now?"
Meanwhile, in the next room.
"Big sister must be feeling jealous right now."
Luo Shuhe lay curled up on the bed, her silky black hair cascading like satin over her shoulders and pillow.
Staring at the photos on her phone, she couldn’t help but sigh.
"Sis... With the kind of person you are deep down, in the end, you’re the one who’ll get hurt."
"As for me..."
At this, she curled up even tighter, her face completely hidden behind her hair, concealing whatever expression she wore.
Her lips trembled slightly, but no sound escaped.
Clearly, those last words were meant only for herself.
As she scrolled back and forth between the two photos, Luo Shuhe wondered if she should go over and join the fun tonight—take a little piece for herself.
After all, one person sleeping together, two people sleeping together—why not three?
But just as the thought crossed her mind, Gu Ximan’s words echoed in her head—
"Shu He-jie, biting straws is a bad habit. You should fix that."
...Never mind.
She could let her little sister have this one.
She’s pitiful enough as it is.
She probably still hasn’t realized there’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing by her side.
Too naive.
With that thought, Luo Shuhe spoke up.
"Little Bai, turn off the lights."
"Understood."
The next second, the room plunged into darkness.
No more thinking. Time to sleep.
Closing her eyes, drowsiness gradually washed over her.
Before long, she drifted into dreams.
............
Her vision was blurry.
Everything around her seemed veiled in a hazy, dreamlike mist.
Luo Shuhe saw a little girl in the mirror—so small she barely reached the table.
The tiny figure felt both familiar and foreign.
Her perspective kept shifting—one moment, she was seeing through the girl’s eyes, as if she were her. The next, she was an outsider, silently observing.
Though she was conscious, it was faint—like the last flicker of a candle in the wind.
"Shu He! Shu He!"
Suddenly, a bright, cheerful voice called out from the distance.
Luo Shuhe instinctively turned and saw an identical little girl skipping toward her, her face brimming with a triumphant smile.
Coldly, she spoke.
"What do you want?"
............
............
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.
. 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!"
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)
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
