"It's been so long since we last looked at the stars."
"I'll keep you company."
The two hadn't visited the rooftop garden in ages.
The weather was somewhat chilly now, but the garden maintained its constant temperature, with flowers and plants still blooming vibrantly.
Those that didn't bloom brightly had long been replaced.
As they gazed at the starry sky, Luo Yao suddenly burst into laughter.
Hearing that delightful, silvery sound, Lin Ran felt his heart leap—such was Luo Yao's effect on him.
"What's so funny?"
A nostalgic expression crossed Luo Yao's face.
"Ah Ran, do you remember? That time you set fire to half the plants here and said, 'Even if you brought the rarest, most precious flowers in the world, I wouldn’t spare them a glance.'"
Lin Ran immediately lowered his head, overcome with shame.
Why had he burned the garden? What a terrible thing to do.
"Yao Yao, do you have to keep teasing me about these things?"
Luo Yao smirked. "Ah Ran, embarrassed? Weren’t you the one who said you hated everything here back then?"
Truthfully, those memories weren’t exactly pleasant. At the time, they had plunged Luo Yao into despair—she couldn’t understand why Lin Ran disliked what she had prepared for him.
Back then, she thought he might just dislike the plants, so she replaced them again and again...
But now, her Ah Ran truly belonged to her, and those once-painful memories suddenly felt sweet.
"Someone living in hell can never imagine the beauty of heaven. Back then, I was eating dirt every day, so of course the whole world seemed foul. But now that I’ve tasted the sweetest delicacy, I know the world can be sweet too. So now, I love it all."
As he spoke, Lin Ran admired the exotic plants around them.
"Sweet, huh?" Luo Yao pointed at the rare flowers. "Then tell me which ones you like best. I’ll have them replaced with your favorites."
Lin Ran shook his head. "The one I like most can’t be replaced."
"Impossible. There’s nothing I can’t do."
A playful smile tugged at Lin Ran’s lips. "In this entire estate—no, in the whole world—the only thing I love most is you. Can you turn the world into one giant Luo Yao?"
Luo Yao stared at him, stunned. She had to admit, that answer was beyond perfect.
"Ah Ran, I really can’t tell just how much you love me now. But I adore this life we have. We’ll be happy, won’t we?"
Seeing her earnest expression, Lin Ran’s heart grew heavy.
If only he hadn’t been blind—if only he’d recognized Luo Yao sooner—their happiness wouldn’t have come so late.
"I don’t know how much I love you, because love can’t be measured. But I can promise this: my love for you is almost catching up to yours for me."
Tears welled in Luo Yao’s eyes. In this world, only Lin Ran could move her like this.
Lin Ran continued pouring out his heart.
"They say in love, whoever falls hardest loses. But I won’t let you lose—just as I trust you’d never let me lose. Because I take you even more seriously than my own life."
This was rare for Lin Ran—he usually spoke tenderly, but now, his words carried an unshakable intensity.
And his actions matched.
"Ah Ran... I need to be sure."
"I love you. You’re welcome to confirm it anytime."
Nestled in Lin Ran’s arms, Luo Yao felt happiness wash over her like warm sunlight caressing every inch of her skin.
"Ah Ran, I forbid you from treating your life lightly. Only if you live can I be happy."
"As you command, my lady."
The stars above didn’t speak, but their twinkling seemed to witness this perfect scene.
The flowers and trees around them didn’t speak either, but a pair of blue eyes blinked as if beholding pure bliss—and even formed a strangely human-like smile.
The night passed without another word.
The next day...
Lin Tianba, along with Liu Yuemei and their son, had been on the run, recognized wherever they went.
China had one defining trait: crowds everywhere.
Finally, at a shabby motel, the owner—unfamiliar with online gossip—failed to recognize them.
Lin Tianba managed to check in.
Watching him count out a crumpled stack of small bills, the owner grew impatient.
Who didn’t use mobile payments these days?
"500 deposit. 100 per night. Pay by noon daily or check out. No AC, but heating works. Need hot water? Fetch the kettle from the front desk. Got it?"
Biting back his fury, Lin Tianba nodded. "Understood."
He led his family into the dingy room.
It was barely large enough for a single bed, with almost no floor space. Despite the heating, the cold still made him shiver.
The foot of the bed nearly touched the cramped bathroom—less than a meter apart.
Still, for 100 a night in the capital, having shelter at all was a miracle.
Taking in the squalor, Lin Tianba nearly lost control.
What sin had he committed to deserve this?
He’d once been the head of a billion-dollar empire!
Naturally, his thoughts turned to the architect of his downfall: Lin Ran.
"That ungrateful wretch! What does he think he’s doing? Does he even know how his own father is living now?"
"Publicly shaming me in a livestream—does he have no respect for me? I’ll die from this rage!"
Liu Yuemei had stopped speaking altogether. Her mindset had shifted completely.
She saw now: relying on Lin Tianba for a comeback was hopeless.
If he didn’t fix things soon, she’d leave with their son.
After divorcing him, of course.
As for Lin Jian, he lay on the bed, hollow-eyed.
Since his scandal broke, he hadn’t smiled once.
These past days should’ve been his chance to recover—his acting skills and victim narrative could’ve salvaged his image.
But then Lin Ran dropped a bombshell, leaving him no room to recover.
Two influencer agencies that had reached out earlier had gone silent.
He couldn’t take this life anymore.
"Dad... I’m cold. I’m hungry."
Lin Jian fought back tears. A man shouldn’t cry easily.
Lin Tianba was at his wit’s end too. After paying for the room, he couldn’t even afford food.
"Yuemei, do you have any money left?"
Liu Yuemei shook her head hurriedly.
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
