To celebrate Lin Ran's return to school, Luo Yao opened a bottle of red wine.
The two shared a warm and cozy meal, during which Luo Yao showed no signs of behaving differently than usual.
Lin Ran knew his alcohol tolerance was low and was afraid of saying something inappropriate if he got drunk, so he kept himself in check.
Luo Yao picked up her wine glass and walked behind Lin Ran, wrapping her arms around his neck before speaking softly.
"Ran, happy start of the semester. Let me feed you this last sip of wine."
Lin Ran blushed and nodded, "Okay."
This girl sure knows how to flirt.
Luo Yao leaned in and kissed him, feeding him a sip of imported red wine in the process.
That sip of wine was poisoned.
Literally.
Lin Ran felt his head grow heavy, and when he woke up again, he found himself lying naked on the bed.
What the...?
He tried to get up but realized he couldn’t move.
This familiar feeling?
Memories from the past immediately flooded back, sending a chill down Lin Ran’s spine. He slowly turned his head to see a figure standing by the bed.
"Wife, what... what are you doing?"
Luo Yao didn’t say a word. Instead, she leaned over Lin Ran, her face close to his, staring into his eyes.
Her gaze seemed to say, "You’ve been naughty again."
"Luo Yao, you’re not serious, right? Right?"
Luo Yao put on a pitiful expression.
"Husband, do you love Yao Yao?"
Lin Ran nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, I love you the most."
"Then no matter what I do, you won’t blame me, right?"
Lin Ran nodded like a bobblehead, "Of course, of course, how could I ever blame you?"
Forty-nine minutes later.
This girl is really something.
Lin Ran knew that the more he resisted, the angrier Luo Yao would get.
This was a lesson he had learned in his past life.
Luo Yao was still that little devil, even if she had been acting gentler recently. It didn’t change her true nature.
Lin Ran remembered a time in his previous life when things had been even worse—he had been left bloodied and bruised.
The reason? On Luo Yao’s birthday, Lin Ran had used the excuse of preparing a gift to meet Liu Ruxue.
Afterward, Luo Yao had personally applied medicine to his wounds. At the time, Lin Ran had fought back fiercely, even slapping Luo Yao across the face.
Lin Ran remembered that after that incident, he had been subjected to a schedule of confinement: locked up on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and semi-confined on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This went on for three whole months before Luo Yao finally let him out again.
He never thought that even after being reborn, he wouldn’t be able to escape the same fate.
"Ran, why don’t you listen to me? Why did you meet Liu Ruxue again? Don’t you love Yao Yao anymore?"
Lin Ran took a deep breath. The last few strikes had left bloody marks on his body.
"Of course I love you. I hate Liu Ruxue, but she keeps showing up out of nowhere. There’s nothing I can do about it. Honestly, it’d be more practical if you just dealt with her directly."
Luo Yao grabbed Lin Ran and pulled him close, forcing him to look her in the eyes.
"I’ve already been dealing with Liu Ruxue, Ran. We’re the same kind of people—we both enjoy taking our time with the torment."
"But I can’t tell if you’re being real or just acting in front of me, and I don’t even want to know."
"All I want is to warn you: if you dare to betray me, you’ll die a horrible death, and Liu Ruxue’s fate will be even worse."
"Don’t think I’m joking. When I’m serious, even I scare myself."
Lin Ran wasn’t intimidated by Luo Yao’s threats. In his understanding, the current Luo Yao was simply...
having an episode.
Lin Ran’s knowledge of Luo Yao wasn’t limited to this life—it extended to his past life as well.
In his past life, Luo Yao had been relatively restrained most of the time. She loved clinging to him, controlling him, and possessing him, but occasionally, she would truly lose it.
Of course, every time she lost it was because he had done something to upset her.
After her episodes, Luo Yao would either come back to comfort him or disappear for a few days before reappearing.
Once, after a particularly intense outburst, Luo Yao had confessed to Lin Ran.
She simply couldn’t control herself, especially when Lin Ran tried to escape. She couldn’t stop herself from doing those terrifying things.
Back then, Lin Ran hadn’t understood. He had simply seen Luo Yao as a monster.
But after being reborn, he had chosen to accept Luo Yao, to love her, and to understand her.
Gradually, he began to realize that Luo Yao might have a dual personality.
In her good moments, she was filled with love for him. In her bad moments, she vented her hatred toward him.
That’s why, when he saw Luo Yao hurting herself in the office last time, Lin Ran had immediately guessed why she had done it.
He had hurt Luo Yao before, and this was his debt to her.
Besides, this time, Luo Yao had been much kinder to him—at least compared to how she had been in the past.
If it had been like before, the consequences would have been far worse, and he knew that better than anyone.
Luo Yao tightened her grip around Lin Ran’s neck, her breath, her gaze, and her heartbeat all pressing against him.
She lacked love, so he would give her love—endless, boundless love.
"Let me say this seriously: the only person I love is you."
"You can hit me, scold me, and I won’t get angry. Even when you need to vent, I’d rather be the one hurt than you. Just like now."
"But if you doubt that I’d ever betray you, then I can only say this: it’s absolutely impossible."
"Go ahead! If this makes you feel better, then do it!"
Luo Yao looked at him with confusion.
"Are you serious?"
Lin Ran’s heart skipped a beat.
"Of course... Ah!"
Wait, girl, you’re not following the script!
Are you getting addicted to this or something?
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
