Single Dog No.1 shot a look at Single Dog No.2—'Dude, stop showing off. Why’d you have to step on me?'
Single Dog No.2 caught the signal and blinked leisurely, his eyes glinting with mischief—'Survival of the fittest, my man. A wild loli is a rare find. Play it cool, don’t rush it.'
Single Dog No.1 wasn’t about to back down—'Nah, I’m making my move.'
Single Dog No.2 quickly responded with a look—'Bro, patience is key. You can’t rush a hot loli.'
Single Dog No.1—'Come on, bro, I’m calling you bro here. I really like this one. Let your little brother have her, okay?'
Single Dog No.2—'Dad, trust me, this one’s better off with your son.'
Single Dog No.1—'Your mom’s—'
The two brothers kept exchanging glances, communicating entirely through their eyes.
Lu Xuexue paid no attention to the two beside her, her mind preoccupied with worry—would Gu Luo keep holding Gu Ximan like this?
It must be so tiring. What if he strains his muscles...
Liking someone was like this—caring too much made you overthink everything.
On stage.
"Stupid big bro, look at those two next to Xuexue. They’re so sweet, exchanging glances the whole time, all lovey-dovey," Gu Ximan whispered excitedly to Gu Luo.
'Ximan... stop seeing everything through a fujoshi lens...'
Gu Luo sighed inwardly. Yep, Ximan definitely had fujoshi tendencies.
Fujoshis were terrifying creatures.
You never knew which same-sex pairing they’d randomly ship you with in their heads.
Protect male dignity!
Time ticked by.
Ten minutes passed in a flash.
By then, three pairs had already been eliminated.
"Stupid big bro, how are you holding up?"
Gu Ximan watched as the eliminated guys rubbed their sore arms, her concern growing.
"This? I haven’t even used 10% of my power yet."
"Eww~ Stupid big bro, you’re such a braggart."
Gu Ximan rolled her eyes but couldn’t help smiling as she massaged his shoulders.
Her heart swelled with admiration.
Then she glanced at a muscular guy sitting a row behind them and whispered uncertainly,
"Stupid big bro, that guy looks like his muscles have taken over his brain. Let’s just quit after forty minutes, okay? No need to go for the championship."
Gu Luo just grinned, flashing his pearly whites.
"Relax, those three foot massages are as good as yours."
Gu Ximan pinched him in annoyance. "Ugh, I’m serious! Don’t push yourself."
"Promise me?"
"Fine, fine, I’ll stop if I get tired. No heroics," Gu Luo conceded, then added with a chuckle,
"My little Ximan’s really grown up, huh."
His gaze unconsciously flickered downward for a split second before he quickly looked away.
Pure instinct. Totally unavoidable.
"Hmph, obviously," Gu Ximan huffed, tilting her chin up proudly as she kept massaging his shoulders.
Another ten minutes passed.
More pairs dropped out.
Most were just here for fun—no point exhausting themselves over a prize.
But soon, Gu Luo noticed something off about Gu Ximan in his arms.
Her lips were pressed together, her fair cheeks tinged pink, and she hadn’t spoken for minutes.
"Need the bathroom?"
"N-no..." Her voice was muffled.
She avoided his gaze, looking anywhere but at him.
"Can’t hold it? I’ll give you a special prize later. This event’s just for fun," Gu Luo said, about to set her down.
"N-no way."
Gu Ximan clung tighter, her expression stubborn.
"We’ve lasted twenty minutes. I’m not giving up now."
No way would she let her brother’s effort go to waste.
"Be good, Ximan. I’ll prepare a surprise for you when you’re done, okay?"
Even as Gu Luo coaxed her gently, Gu Ximan’s resolve only hardened.
Her face conflicted, she squeezed out the words, barely audible:
"No... we can... we can manage."
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. 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!"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
