Lin Ran turned his head and happened to meet Luo Yao’s burning gaze.
"Yao Yao."
"Hmm?"
Looking at the stunningly beautiful woman before him—Luo Yao, who hadn’t yet been with him—Lin Ran wasn’t sure if his sudden advance would make her dislike him. So, he chose to take a step back.
"Can I kiss you?"
Luo Yao’s eyes instantly lit up. She leaned her breathtakingly gorgeous face closer and said, "Help yourself."
Lin Ran’s face slowly enlarged in her pupils. This was her first kiss, and she wasn’t very familiar with it, so she chose what she believed was the most correct way.
To love someone is to possess every part of them.
She wanted Lin Ran’s blood to flow into her body. Lost in the thought, she instinctively acted on it.
Before Lin Ran could react, he felt a sharp pain on his lips, followed by the metallic taste of blood. Luo Yao had bitten him—hard.
When the kiss ended, Luo Yao did something that left Lin Ran stunned.
She extended her tongue and licked the blood from the corner of his lips, her entire demeanor exuding a delicate yet bewitching allure.
With such an adorable and beautiful face, she was doing something so wild.
The contrast sent a strange thrill through Lin Ran’s heart.
Why did Luo Yao’s bloodthirsty look not frighten him at all? Instead, it was oddly… cute?
"Yao Yao, kissing isn’t like this. I think it’s necessary for me to teach you what a real ‘love’s kiss’ should be like."
Luo Yao didn’t quite understand his words.
Wasn’t loving someone deeply about possessing every part of them? What was wrong with her sucking the blood from his wound?
Lin Ran gently pressed his lips to hers again. Luo Yao caught the scent of blood and was about to deepen the bite when she suddenly felt a warm, wet sensation in her mouth.
Her eyes widened in surprise as Lin Ran guided her through the proper way. Slowly, Luo Yao lost herself in the moment.
So… this was how it felt.
It was as if she had found the key to some mysterious desire, and she eagerly sought more. Lin Ran was more than willing to teach her—after all, the experience now would benefit his future self. What was a little injury in comparison?
"Yao Yao, no more… My lips are ruined. Let’s take a break."
Lin Ran never expected that this "practice session" would last half the night.
It was already past midnight. They had spent hours just kissing, without discussing or doing anything else.
Ridiculous.
The worst part was that the little demon showed no signs of stopping. She seemed to love it—no, she was eager to keep learning.
By now, Lin Ran’s lips were a mess—bruised, torn, and swollen.
Luo Yao gazed at his lips, her heart aching with guilt. She almost couldn’t bear to face him.
"Ran, does it hurt?"
What a stupid question. Of course it hurt!
"It hurts, but I like it. Because this pain was given to me by Yao Yao. This is the real Yao Yao."
Compared to the pain Luo Yao would endure in her heart over the next three years, what did a little suffering on his lips matter?
An indescribable desire surged in Luo Yao’s chest. She tilted her head and sank her teeth into Lin Ran’s shoulder.
"You promised I could bite you anytime. I’m happy right now, so I want to bite. You won’t blame me, will you?"
Lin Ran’s face twitched from the sudden pain, but he forced a smile. "Of course not. That’s my promise to you."
Time passed quietly as the two lay together, talking softly, no longer doing anything reckless.
Eventually, Luo Yao nestled into Lin Ran’s arms, drowsy.
Lin Ran whispered gently in her ear, "Sleep. When you wake up in the morning, I’ll still be here."
Luo Yao nodded and buried her face in his chest.
It was September, and the rooftop garden was temperature-controlled, so neither felt cold.
Watching Luo Yao sleep so peacefully in his arms, Lin Ran even began to doubt—did she really have insomnia?
He didn’t know that Luo Yao could only sleep soundly when she was with him.
Before long, Lin Ran drifted off as well.
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In the hospital, Luo Yao stood silently by the bed, her expression unreadable as she stared at Lin Ran.
A long time passed before someone finally entered the room—Yi Buhao.
"When will Ran wake up?"
Yi Buhao replied, "Young Master Lin was hit pretty hard. He has fractured ribs and internal bleeding. But don’t worry, we’ve provided the best treatment. I estimate he’ll wake up in two days at the earliest, or a week at the latest."
Luo Yao gave a slight nod. After Yi Buhao left, she sat by the bed, holding Lin Ran’s hand against her cheek.
"Ran… maybe I really should have listened to you."
If she hadn’t returned to the Luo family—or if she had dealt with Luo Wushuang before going back—none of this would have happened. Her Ran wouldn’t be lying here injured.
She couldn’t help but blame her own curiosity about the Dragon Vein treasure, a place that had always held an inexplicable allure for her.
Who would have thought it only contained a single statue? Was this really the Luo family’s so-called treasure?
What did it even represent?
She remembered hearing a cat’s meow just as Lin Ran pushed her out of the way and was struck by the statue. Then, the exit door had opened.
She had carried Lin Ran out, boarded a manned submersible, and rushed him to the hospital without hesitation.
The surgery had lasted an entire day, only just concluding.
A knock sounded at the door, and Uncle Fu entered.
"Young Miss, the Luo family members have filled the entire floor, kneeling."
"Let them kneel. They’ll stay like that until Ran wakes up. No food, no water. If they starve to death, that’s their own misfortune."
Uncle Fu nodded. He knew this punishment wasn’t too severe for the Luo family.
The real horror would come later.
"After Ran wakes up, cripple every last one of them. Since they love being useless parasites, let them live the rest of their lives that way."
Uncle Fu inhaled sharply but said nothing. The young miss intended to erase the Luo family from history entirely.
Then again, spending the rest of their lives being waited on hand and foot—wasn’t that a kind of happiness?
"And Luo Wushuang?"
At the mention of that name, Luo Yao’s eyes narrowed.
"That instigator… If not for him, Ran wouldn’t be hurt. Throw him into the crocodile pond."
"Should I do it, or will you?"
"I’ll do it myself—after Ran wakes up."
"Understood." Uncle Fu turned to leave but hesitated, glancing back at Luo Yao’s hollow expression. He couldn’t help but advise,
"Young Miss, you should rest. If Young Master Lin were awake, he wouldn’t want to see you like this."
It was already the dead of night, nearly dawn, yet Luo Yao hadn’t slept at all, keeping vigil by Lin Ran’s side.
Luo Yao remained silent. Uncle Fu didn’t press further and quietly exited the room.
Pushing any more would be overstepping.
Luo Yao rested her head beside Lin Ran, clutching his hand as she murmured,
"Ran… I can only sleep when you’re with me."
Suddenly, she noticed Lin Ran’s lips twitch.
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.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
