In an instant.
A sensation of falling overwhelmed her.
Chi Qingchi abruptly opened her eyes in her bedroom.
"Hah... hah..."
She struggled to steady her breathing, only now realizing it had all been a dream.
The vivid tension from the dream—and that... tactile sensation?
Qingchi quickly bundled herself tighter in her blanket!
Lin Yu had been so wicked in her dream!
Probably because...
She'd been sneaking too many glances at those questionable anime series in her hard drive lately.
Guess she'd have to search for the "twins" keyword tomorrow and delete some appropriately.
Chi Qingchi lay still for a minute.
Listening for any movement from her sister on the upper bunk.
After such an intense dream, she couldn’t be sure if she’d talked in her sleep.
What if she’d accidentally blurted out words like "brother-in-law" or "don’t"?
Her sister would totally hold that over her head.
Confirming her sister was still asleep,
Chi Qingchi grabbed her phone and searched online for dream interpretations:
What does it mean to dream about stealing your twin sister’s boyfriend?
Meanwhile...
Lin Yu had no time to dwell on the regrets of his last dream.
Because the multi-billion-dollar spectacle unfolding before him was just...
"Nine Heavens’ Thunder, descend as divine wrath! By the sword’s will, let heaven’s fury strike!"
As the "Lightning Summoning Technique" left his lips,
Bolts of celestial lightning crashed down, striking the dozens of black-clad figures before him.
Lin Yu glanced at his own dark attire,
Then at Chi Qingshui, radiant as an immortal fairy.
So... all those who just died were his underlings?
A battle between immortals and demons?
And it’s freaking a xianxia romance trope?!
In all his dreamwalking, this was a first.
"Lin Yu, immortals and demons are irreconcilable. We were never meant to be."
"Take one more step, and I’ll strike you down where you stand!"
Chi Qingshui stood tall, bathed in an alternating halo of red, green, and yellow light.
"Ha... hahaha!"
Lin Yu couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Was this naive girl really such a romantic?
Even her dream dialogue was dripping with "tragic love" and "doomed endings."
As a professionally trained actor, he rarely broke character.
Unless it was this ridiculous.
"Lin Yu, what... what are you laughing at?"
Wiping tears of mirth, Lin Yu shot back:
"What am I laughing at?"
"Chi Qingshui! I laugh at your cowardice! I laugh at your self-deception!"
The "traffic light" aura around Qingshui flickered uneasily.
"You—how dare you!"
"From the moment you fell into demonic ways, we were finished."
"Your only mistake was choosing the wrong path!"
They were both film academy students.
Hadn’t they all taken "Emotional Liberation 101"?
When it came to acting—or leaning into the cringe—Lin Yu feared no one.
He advanced step by step:
"Then tell me—what’s wrong with love?!"
Chi Qingshui: "..."
Lin Yu: "Just because the one I love is an immortal, I deserve death?"
Chi Qingshui: "Stop coming closer..."
Lin Yu pressed on: "Ask your heart—was there ever a moment you felt something for me?"
Chi Qingshui: "Don’t say anymore..."
Lin Yu: "Does loving me scare you? Is your heart truly so cold?"
Chi Qingshui: "Lin Yu, stay back... I’m begging you..."
The pain.
Holy hell, the pain.
Even through the "traffic light" aura, Lin Yu could feel Chi Qingshui’s anguish.
Damn.
So in her heart, their online fling had always been a doomed tragedy.
Well, since he was here...
No way was he leaving this story a tragedy.
A little blood, a few wounds...
As Lin Yu breached the glowing aura,
Lacerations instantly appeared across his body, just as he’d expected.
His sleek black robes began shredding to ribbons.
"Gah—!"
Lin Yu sucked in a sharp breath.
Did the pain have to feel so real?!
If he actually died in some dreamer’s fantasy, would his brain flatline for real?
Now the agony was really selling it...
"Qingshui... If I must die, let it be by your hand. (Big Chi, turn off the damn special effects already!)"
The moment he spoke,
All the bargain-bin CGI vanished.
Along with it, the pain evaporated.
Though barely injured,
Lin Yu staggered dramatically forward—two, three, five, eight steps—
Collapsing only when Chi Qingshui caught him in her arms.
"Lin Yu, why would you do this?"
"We could never be together—you knew that!"
"Why throw your life away?"
Her teardrops splashed onto his face like falling stars.
"Bzzzt..."
The telltale sound of a collapsing dreamworld echoed around them.
Seriously?!
That fast?
This heartbroken?
You were the one zapping him with "Divine Thunder" earlier!
Now you’re remorseful?!
Immortal Fairy, your aloof persona is crumbling—how will you keep your heroine status?
Would it be too late to sit up and say "JK, not dead"?
"Qingshui... no more words. My time is up."
"There’s a core within me—forged through decades of cultivation..."
"Before I go... let me pass it to you. My final gift."
Time for Plan B.
Chi Qingshui hesitated:
"But that’s a... demonic core..."
Still hung up on morality now?!
You hooked up with a demonic bad boy—what did you expect?!
Lin Yu gripped her shoulders and flipped her onto her back.
"Fairy Qingshui... this is the last offering from your demonic scoundrel."
Chi Qingshui: "Wai—mmph!"
Silence.
Only the faintest sound of lips meeting lingered in the air.
A whisper with no beginning, yet endlessly drawn out...
Long enough for Chi Qingshui to melt, regain her senses, then melt again—
Until she finally shoved him away:
"Y-Your core? Where is it?"
Lin Yu blinked innocently:
"Yeah... where is it?"
"Must be buried too deep. Let me try again—"
Chi Qingshui’s palm struck his chest.
Though barely a tap, the residual "traffic light" magic launched him skyward.
Lin Yu’s voice trailed after him:
"I’ll be baaaaack—!"
Back in the twins’ bedroom...
The upper bunk shook violently as Chi Qingshui bolted upright.
Disoriented, she scanned the room before realizing—
It was all a dream.
What an absurd dream...
Lin Yu!!
Still silver-tongued even in dreams—and he tricked her!
As she stewed in frustration,
A head popped up from the lower bunk:
"Big sis... nightmare?"
"I heard you saying ‘no... no, don’t’..."
Chi Qingshui: "!!!"

+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!

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?

. 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!"

u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.