Miao Haixin had barely finished speaking when she immediately slapped her own mouth.
Her words didn’t sound like anything good, no matter how you spun it.
Then again… Lin Yu’s way of phrasing the question was the problem!
But what could you expect from a college student who had just gone through such a traumatic experience?
Could anyone really expect him to say anything nice under these circumstances?
Miao Haixin just hadn’t expected…
A moment ago, Lin Yu had seemed completely lifeless, without a trace of breath.
So how was he now acting as if nothing had happened?
There was no time to dwell on it.
At least he was alive—that was what mattered!
“Lin Yu, just now I was trying to… Huh?”
Miao Haixin wanted to explain herself clearly.
But Lin Yu wasn’t about to give her the chance.
After being dragged through this absurd scenario for so long, he had finally seized the upper hand.
No way was he going to let Miao Haixin clear up the misunderstanding between them so easily.
Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing was the best… Run!
Miao Haixin knelt there, dumbfounded, while Lin Yu had already scrambled to his feet and bolted into the distance.
His sudden movement terrified her.
She had condemned Yan Miaozhu’s vile actions, scorning her behavior.
Yet now, Lin Yu had mistaken her for being just like Yan Miaozhu—thinking she also wanted to…
She was here to save her student, not to harm him!
How could the situation have spiraled in this direction?
“Lin Yu, stop running! Let me explain properly!”
“I really didn’t mean it like that—I was just trying to save you!”
“Lin Yu, are you even listening? You’ve got it all wrong!”
Miao Haixin leapt up and chased after him with everything she had.
Lin Yu glanced back.
He and his advisor were practically a medical miracle at this point.
What kind of person could survive a fall off a cliff and then sprint like they were running an 800-meter race, playing cat and mouse?
And damn.
His advisor was fast.
Was this some kind of self-buff in the dream world?
Lin Yu wasn’t holding back at all, yet she was still hot on his heels.
He could still hear her desperate explanations from behind.
So he resorted to the same tactic he’d used against the green-snake woman…
He covered his ears!
Nope!
Not listening, not listening~
Whatever she said, he’d just pretend not to hear.
Lin Yu wasn’t running aimlessly—he was searching for the right spot.
The dream world his advisor had created must have been based on a real-life scenic mountain area she’d visited, right?
It felt incredibly realistic, with the landscape meticulously arranged in a way that felt natural.
It would be hard to imagine something this coherent from scratch.
Where there were shallow waters, there had to be deep ones too.
After running for what felt like forever, Lin Yu: “…”
All freaking shallow banks?!
After all this time, he still hadn’t found a single stretch of deep, wide water.
Too safe!
No choice.
If he kept running like this, it would never end.
Since there was no danger, he’d just have to create some himself.
With a flick of his will, a vast, bottomless lake appeared ahead.
Perfect.
This was his chance!
Lin Yu dashed into the water, submerging half his body.
Then he turned and shouted at Miao Haixin, who had reached the shore:
“Miao Haixin, don’t come any closer!”
Hearing him call her by her full name, Miao Haixin froze in place.
Oh no, oh no.
This poor kid wasn’t giving her a chance to explain—he’d completely misunderstood.
“I won’t come closer, Lin Yu! Just don’t go any further!”
“I’ll stay right here, I promise!”
“Let’s just talk this through calmly, okay? Please, don’t do anything rash!”
Hearing his advisor use the word “please,” even in a dream, Lin Yu felt a pang of guilt.
She was someone who had quietly helped him before.
Without her support back then, he wouldn’t have made it this far in life.
He apologized silently dozens of times and abandoned his harsh tone.
Instead, he switched to a gentler approach…
Not the “Hey, guess what stung ya” kind of gentleness from the suburbs.
But a softer, more measured way to keep emotions from escalating.
“Why are you all doing this to me? I’ve never hurt any of you.”
“Yet you all just want to ‘play’ with me. Yan Miaozhu was like that.”
“Advisor… are you the same?”
Miao Haixin frantically waved her hands.
“No! I don’t want to ‘play’ with you!”
“Lin Yu, why won’t you just listen to me?”
The moment she said it, her eyes widened in shock.
Because she saw…
Lin Yu walking out of the lake!
Lin Yu waded back to shore, thinking:
Enough of this. He really couldn’t stay harsh with his advisor.
At least he’d gotten a response—enough to justify his “clueless guy acting clueless” act.
Miao Haixin exhaled in relief as Lin Yu returned.
“You scared me to death, Lin Yu! Don’t be so reckless, I was really—”
Once again, before she could finish, Lin Yu pulled her into a tight embrace.
“I knew it, I knew you weren’t just playing with me.”
“So… you really mean it, don’t you?”
Lin Yu held her so firmly she couldn’t even squirm free.
Miao Haixin: “!!!”
Was that what she’d said?
How had he interpreted it like that?!
This kid…
Had some serious cognitive distortions!
“Advisor, why aren’t you saying anything?”
“Was kissing me… not from the heart?”
“Your silence is scaring me. Please, answer me.”
Miao Haixin: “……”
Lin Yu’s questions had backed her into a corner.
Here was a young man with emotional struggles, fresh from the lowest point of his life.
He needed warmth and reassurance more than ever.
Her CPR had become the lifeline he clung to, the hope that kept him going.
If she explained everything now…
Who knew how he’d react?
Would he run straight back into the lake?
Lin Yu had jumped off the cliff because of Yan Miaozhu’s cruelty.
But if something happened to him in the water now, wouldn’t the blame fall on Miao Haixin?
As his advisor, how could she bear to hurt him?
The best option was to calm him down first.
Once his emotions settled, she could slowly clarify things.
If a white lie could save a life, then telling one wasn’t such a sin.
“Yes, Lin Yu… I mean it.”
“So please, don’t be upset. There are people in this world who truly care about you.”
Lin Yu held her even tighter.
This time, it was genuine emotion.
After a long moment, he loosened his grip slightly, cupping her face gently as he leaned in.
When their eyes met, Lin Yu could see the conflict in her gaze.
Yet even so…
She didn’t pull away.
Instead, she closed her eyes…
……
(Note: This was supposed to be yesterday’s bonus chapter. Woke up today and facepalmed—wrote it past 11 PM, shut my computer with misplaced confidence, and completely forgot to post it. My bad, my bad. Doesn’t count toward today’s three chapters, will make up for it with extra updates later. Sorry, everyone!)
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
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.
