Luo Yuan leaned on his cane as he followed Qin Ruoyao to a secluded grove of trees.
"Luo Yuan, what happened to your leg?" Qin Ruoyao asked with concern. "I've been trying to reach you, but you've been ignoring me and skipping school. I’ve been so worried about you."
"It's nothing," Luo Yuan replied gloomily. "I saw something exciting and jumped out of bed, ending up with a fracture."
"What was it?" Qin Ruoyao’s tone was curious.
Luo Yuan didn’t answer. Instead, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "So, what do you want from me?"
"Luo Yuan, I broke up with Lin Li," Qin Ruoyao said.
"I know," Luo Yuan clicked his tongue. "Your affair with him was the talk of the town. There was no way you two could stay together."
Qin Ruoyao frowned. Instead of seeing excitement on Luo Yuan's face, she sensed a hint of gloating.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke with grievances. "I didn't know he was engaged. I thought he was single, which is why I agreed to be with him."
Her tears fell like raindrops, creating a picture of distress that stirred pity.
"I didn't realize he was deceiving me," she wept. "The love I thought was real turned out to be a joke, and now I’m seen as the other woman by everyone."
"If I had known he was engaged, I never would have gotten involved with him."
Luo Yuan sneered.
Wouldn’t have been the other woman?
Not likely, considering Qin Ruoyao’s nature.
Even if she had known about Lin Li’s engagement, she would have eagerly pursued him, scheming to oust his fiancée and take her place.
"Is that all you wanted to talk about?" Luo Yuan asked, leaning on his cane, his face full of mockery.
"Luo Yuan, these past few days, I've locked myself in my room, thinking a lot. I’ve realized I was just a clown. The people I loved looked down on me."
"The one who truly loves me, I’ve ignored. True love surpasses everything."
Qin Ruoyao looked at Luo Yuan with tears in her eyes.
"And so?" Luo Yuan asked, frowning.
"Luo Yuan, through all this, I’ve finally understood. Only you truly care for and cherish me. You’re the one I can trust my life with."
Qin Ruoyao shyly lowered her head. "I’ve thought it over. I want to be with you."
Luo Yuan: "..."
Evidently, shamelessness makes one invincible.
"Qin Ruoyao, weren’t you head over heels for Lin Xuan and Lin Li? So quickly in love with me now?" Luo Yuan taunted.
If Qin Ruoyao had said she wanted to be with him before, he would have been overjoyed.
But now, hearing her say those words, he only felt disgust.
Qin Ruoyao frowned.
Luo Yuan’s tone irked her. Surrounded by gossip and scrutiny, why was his tone still so cutting?
Didn’t he know how painful and miserable she was feeling?
Even if he wasn’t going to comfort her, couldn’t he soften his words?
If it weren’t for Luo Yuan’s wealth—a resource she still needed—she wouldn’t bother with him at all.
Still, Luo Yuan had always been infatuated with her, harboring resentment since she had led him on. That was only natural.
Qin Ruoyao bit her lower lip. "I still see you as a friend, but I’ll try to love you."
"Luo Yuan."
She reached out to take his hand. "Let’s be together, okay?"
"Don’t touch me," Luo Yuan snapped, pushing her hand away.
"Qin Ruoyao, do you really see me as a dumpster for your leftovers?" Luo Yuan sneered.
Qin Ruoyao froze.
What was Luo Yuan saying? Did he mean...she was trash?
Luo Yuan’s gaze was scathing. "Let me be clear: I wouldn’t date you, let alone make you my mistress. Women who throw themselves at other men so easily—I find them filthy."
He didn’t leave Qin Ruoyao with any dignity. "Do you really think I don’t know your game? You were with Lin Li because you wanted his money."
"Now that you’re disgraced and Lin Li’s discarded you, you come crawling back to me, hoping I’ll keep funding you."
Qin Ruoyao’s face flushed crimson as her schemes were laid bare. "That's not it, Luo Yuan. I truly want to be with you."
"Truly? Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I’m still the clueless lapdog who blindly believed in you?" Luo Yuan sneered.
"Luo Yuan, why are you talking to me like this?" Qin Ruoyao couldn’t accept his attitude toward her now.
How could he?
He had once loved her so deeply, so devotedly...
"Qin Ruoyao, I can’t be bothered to beat around the bush. You don’t know this, but after my family went bankrupt and you said those things, I saw your true colors."
"The time after that? I was just playing along with you."
Luo Yuan’s face was full of mockery.
Only Qin Ruoyao, with her inflated ego, could still believe he had feelings for her after that incident.
"You were just pretending with me..." Qin Ruoyao’s eyes widened in disbelief.
A deep panic gripped her.
If what Luo Yuan said was true—that he’d been acting all along—then why had he played along with her? What was his true purpose?
Qin Ruoyao remembered the day Luo Yuan had come to her with a cake, wine, and roses.
That was the day his attitude toward her had shifted dramatically.
After she changed her clothes, Luo Yuan had gone from being affectionate to coldly indifferent.
That day, she had just recorded a video of herself with Lin Li. While she was changing, her phone had been in the living room.
The video had always been stored on her phone, which she never parted with—except that one day...
Could it be that Luo Yuan had leaked the video?
No, it couldn’t be.
How could Luo Yuan do something like that to her?
"Luo Yuan, what are you saying?" Qin Ruoyao’s face paled, her voice quivering. "You’ve always treated me so well. How could you have been acting?"
Luo Yuan: "Qin Ruoyao, still lost in your delusions, are you? Let me tell you this: your current situation? It’s partly my doing."
And a significant part at that.
"No, it can’t be," Qin Ruoyao stumbled, her voice faltering. "Luo Yuan, you’re joking, right?"
"Qin Ruoyao, since you don’t believe me, fine. I’ll spell it out for you."
Luo Yuan’s words shattered Qin Ruoyao’s illusions piece by piece. "I already knew about your affair with Lin Li. I approached you to secretly film the two of you, aiming to expose your relationship with him."
"But I didn’t anticipate that Lin Li had no real feelings for you and discarded you easily. He stopped meeting you for a long time, leaving me no chance to film anything."
"So, I encouraged you to seduce him, hoping you’d record something yourself. The birthday cake I brought that day? It was just an excuse to get my hands on the video on your phone."
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."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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.
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
