The next stop was the land of the Gauls: Paris.
"Ran, this is known as the City of Romance. Shouldn't we do something romantic?"
Lin Ran reached out and gently stroked Luo Yao's hair, which had been tousled by the wind.
"Having you by my side is the most romantic thing there is."
Hearing this, Luo Yao's eyes curved into a delightful crescent, an expression seemingly capable of melting all the world's fatigue, adding a vibrant splash of romance to the City of Love.
"So, where do you suggest we do these romantic things?"
Lin Ran smiled, too.
Luo Yao would always be Luo Yao.
No matter where they went, she never forgot the main objective.
Her declaration to "do it" all over the world wasn't just empty talk.
"How about... everywhere?" Lin Ran offered the answer.
Luo Yao nodded and leaned into Lin Ran's embrace.
Before the sun rose, they arrived at the Eiffel Tower to wait for the dawn.
As the morning sun ascended, with this world-famous landmark as their backdrop, they left their first mark on Paris.
The streets began to fill with people. Some moved with unhurried ease, while others scrambled in a frantic rush.
Only Lin Ran and Luo Yao stood on street corners kissing, snuggled on benches, ate slightly unpalatable local specialties, and observed the somewhat gritty street corners.
Those who haven't been here harbor fantasies; those who have find it just so-so.
Rats and homeless people shared the same shelter on the streets—it was hard to tell who was occupying whose home.
When Lin Ran and Luo Yao walked down the street, police officers even warned them to stay away from the vagrants.
Lin Ran shook his head with a helpless, bitter smile. Sure enough, every place has reasons that shatter the rose-tinted glasses.
But none of this mattered much to them, because they were rich.
They could drink coffee by the Seine, or they could book out the entire Louvre.
Walking slowly up the cobblestone path, they turned a corner and encountered a sketching stall run by a man who looked every bit the artist.
The impeccably dressed old painter exclaimed upon seeing them, asking in English:
"Two guests from the East, may I paint a portrait for you? I won't even charge a tip."
Lin Ran was about to refuse when he heard Luo Yao nod. "Yes."
"Ran, we rarely take photos when we go out. Why not get a painting done?"
Lin Ran could never refuse a request like that.
They smiled and sat down, letting the painter capture their snuggling silhouettes on paper. Every stroke revealed an unconcealable love.
After finishing, the painter sighed with emotion.
This was truly his most satisfying work.
He handed the painting to the couple. Luo Yao looked at the content and the corners of her mouth curled up.
"Reward him."
A plainclothes bodyguard behind them suddenly stepped forward and handed the painter a check.
The painter stared blankly at the remuneration in his hand.
He felt that... maybe... he had just achieved financial freedom?
***
At that moment, the French branch of the Luo Group received a special mission.
The branch president hung up the phone and immediately convened an emergency meeting.
"Cut the crap. Headquarters has issued an order: we need to clear out the Louvre."
Everyone was shocked. "President, today is a public opening day. As the national museum of France, the Louvre has never allowed a private booking."
The president also frowned deeply. "It's a strict order from headquarters, and we must achieve it because... President Luo is vacationing in Paris. She wants to visit the Louvre with her husband and doesn't want to be disturbed."
"So I don't care what methods you use or how much money it costs. This must be done, and it must be done as quickly as possible."
Everyone sprang into action. Some contacted the National Museum, some applied pressure on the French authorities, and others sent personnel over to coordinate the clearing of the venue.
An hour later, when Lin Ran and Luo Yao arrived, the entire Louvre was empty. Even the surveillance cameras had been turned off.
Of course, the perimeter was heavily guarded by countless security personnel; after all, a world-famous painting was resting inside.
Why did Lin Ran and Luo Yao come here?
Naturally, for that world-famous painting.
Don't misunderstand—they didn't have the slightest interest in the art itself. It was just to satisfy one of Luo Yao's little quirks.
Even the Mona Lisa never expected that, more than five hundred years later, she would "witness" with her own eyes a scene of such marital intimacy.
It was unrivaled.
This was more moving than any spoken or written "I love you."
Who knew what kind of madness the next stop would bring?
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.
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
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!
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.
