Chi Qingchi sat on the sofa, her little feet dangling off the floor and swinging back and forth.
Earlier today, she had thought the most important thing was winning the competitive eating contest.
But now, it seemed...
Winning or losing didn’t matter nearly as much anymore!
She had already scored a huge victory by Little Lin’s side!
Just as Little Chi was preparing to relax and enjoy the rest of the movie—
she suddenly remembered something.
“Little Lin!”
Chi Qingchi’s shout gave Lin Yu quite a fright.
He quickly sat up straight and asked,
“Little tyrant, what is it now?”
“Did you find another huge bug?”
Before Lin Yu could figure out what was going on, Chi Qingchi’s little hand had already gripped his arm tightly.
Her lips parted slightly, as though she wanted to say something.
But judging from her expression, it was clearly something difficult to bring up.
The words reached her lips, yet she couldn’t force them out for a long while.
Lin Yu’s breathing rose and fell with nervous anticipation.
It was torture!
Well, then.
He couldn’t hit her, and he couldn’t scold her.
Other than coaxing her along, there didn’t seem to be any better option.
Lin Yu patted Chi Qingchi on the shoulder, trying to calm her down.
“Don’t rush. Don’t panic...”
“Whatever it is, you can tell me slowly.”
“Is there really anything between us that we can’t talk about?”
First, he made their mutual trust clear.
That would make what came next much easier.
All he had to do was wait for Little Chi to tell him, bit by bit.
And sure enough—
when people were nervous, a little gentle guidance really did help.
It was just that what Chi Qingchi said left Lin Yu feeling rather “flattered.”
“Our relationship now...”
“Maybe it doesn’t officially count as dating yet, but it feels pretty close!”
“Could we maybe, for now...”
As she spoke, Chi Qingchi looked at Lin Yu helplessly.
The rhythm of it all was far too familiar. How could Lin Yu not understand?
He had encountered scenes like this countless times before.
Every time, he had to put on a disappointed expression and stare at the other person in shock.
Only then could he show how resolute he was.
This time, naturally, was no exception.
Lin Yu’s acting was spot-on.
First, he showed an expression of utter disbelief. Then, as if resigning himself to it, he said,
“I understand...”
“You mean we shouldn’t let your sister know about us for now, right?”
“That must be what you’re worried about.”
Chi Qingchi nodded, confirming his guess.
Great!
Of course it was great!
Lin Yu was in favor with both hands and both feet raised.
But he couldn’t accept it too casually.
Otherwise, Little Chi might start to suspect something.
So he pressed on.
“Then how long are you planning to keep it that way?”
“We can’t just...”
“stay secret lovers forever, can we?”
“I’ve never seen anyone date like that. A relationship like that is far too unstable.”
“It won’t bring us closer. It’ll only slowly wear away at our feelings because of the distance and awkwardness.”
That wasn’t an exaggeration.
It was something Lin Yu had concluded from experience.
He was bringing it up now because he hoped Little Chi would give it some serious thought.
Chi Qingchi bit her finger and muttered,
“Aren’t we already juniors in college...?”
“I think, at the very least, until before graduation.”
“If you don’t think this will work, Little Lin, then we can… we can…”
Chi Qingchi trailed off, unable to come up with anything else.
What if Lin Yu refused?
Chi Qingchi hadn’t thought it through at all.
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
. 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!"
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.
