"Let you off?" Shen Qianqian sneered. "Chen Yu, weren't you so bold before? Daring to talk behind my back? Why are you so scared now?"
Chen Yu trembled uncontrollably.
She truly regretted it. She shouldn’t have said that Lin Li was cheating on Shen Qianqian and that she deserved it. She shouldn’t have said that no man would ever truly love Shen Qianqian.
Because she was slightly more attractive, she had overshadowed Shen Qianqian to become the campus belle, and Shen Qianqian had always bullied her.
Even after she deliberately made herself look plain, Shen Qianqian still wouldn’t leave her alone.
She had always harbored resentment toward Shen Qianqian, so when she was chatting with her friends about Shen Qianqian that day, she couldn’t help but say a few harsh words. Little did she know, Shen Qianqian had overheard.
She had always known how terrifying Shen Qianqian could be, hadn’t she?
Moreover, her father was a small-time manager at a company under Shen Corporation. Losing his job would be as simple as Shen Qianqian uttering a single word.
Her mother needed a large sum of money for her medical treatment, and her father’s salary was indispensable.
She should have endured until she graduated from university. Just one more year, and she would have been free.
"You lowly trash, how dare you point fingers at me?" Shen Qianqian’s delicate face twisted in anger.
Zhang Li watched with amusement, clearly enjoying the spectacle.
She had always disliked Chen Yu, that little vixen with her seductive looks.
Thankfully, Shen Qianqian could keep her in check.
*Slap! Slap! Slap!* Shen Qianqian struck Chen Yu’s face several times.
Chen Yu bit her lip, enduring the searing pain in silence.
A faint cough echoed from inside the house.
"Yu Yu, what’s going on?" Chen’s Mother’s weak voice called out from the bedroom.
"Mom, I’m just watching TV," Chen Yu replied loudly. "Mom, you’re not feeling well. Go back to sleep."
"Alright, alright."
Chen’s Mother murmured and closed her eyes.
"How filial of you," Shen Qianqian sneered.
"Qianqian, you can do whatever you want to me," Chen Yu pleaded. "But please, don’t let my mother find out. She has a heart condition and can’t handle any shocks."
"Fine, I’ll agree to that, but on one condition."
Shen Qianqian took a plate of food from the dining table, dumped it on the floor, and had her bodyguard stomp on it.
"Chen Yu, eat it! Crawl on the ground like a dog and eat it! No hands allowed!"
Chen Yu clenched her fists, her face filled with humiliation.
"You have ten seconds. If you don’t eat it, don’t blame me for having my father contact your dad’s company and getting him fired."
"Not only that, I’ll make sure your mother sees exactly how her daughter is being humiliated by me."
Shen Qianqian lifted her chin arrogantly.
"My family has power and influence, Chen Yu. I advise you not to defy me!"
Chen Yu bit her lip and got down on her knees, crawling toward the food on the ground.
Shen Qianqian watched with a triumphant smile as Chen Yu lowered her head and began licking the floor.
"Eat it!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Keep eating!"
The bodyguards watched impassively, clearly accustomed to Shen Qianqian’s cruel behavior.
"Qianqian," Zhang Li flattered, "with your looks and background, how could anyone not genuinely like you? She’s just jealous of you."
"I don’t think there’s a man alive who wouldn’t fall for you."
Shen Qianqian’s eyes darkened.
Indeed, with her family’s wealth and her beauty, how could anyone not love her?
So what if Lin Xuan didn’t love her now?
He was just bewitched by that vixen.
She would definitely win Lin Xuan back from that woman. Once he got to know her, he would surely fall for her!
Shen Qianqian suddenly grabbed Chen Yu’s hair and flung her to the side, causing Chen Yu’s face to hit the ground.
Chen Yu lay on the floor, biting her lip and holding back tears.
"Don’t overestimate yourself and mess with me again, understand?"
Shen Qianqian said, stepping over Chen Yu’s face in her little skirt before leaving.
After Shen Qianqian left, Chen Yu got up from the floor. She silently cleaned up the mess in the living room, then went to the kitchen to prepare her mother’s medicine.
"Mom, it’s time to take your medicine," Chen Yu called out, waking her mother.
Chen’s Mother propped herself up on the bed, leaning against the headboard as she drank the medicine. She noticed the bruises on Chen Yu’s face and froze.
"Yu Yu, how did you get such a big bruise on your face?" Chen’s Mother asked, her voice filled with concern.
"It’s nothing," Chen Yu replied, covering her face. "Mom, don’t worry. I just tripped and fell."
"How could you get hurt so badly? Go put some medicine on it."
"Okay."
Chen Yu nodded.
Her nose stung with unshed tears. After leaving her mother’s room, she crouched in a corner and sobbed quietly.
Shen Qianqian left the rental house.
"Qianqian, let’s go shopping," Zhang Li suggested.
"No, I’m going to the Lin family’s house," Shen Qianqian said through gritted teeth. She needed to win Lin Xuan back as soon as possible.
She couldn’t let him sink deeper into that woman’s clutches!
Shen Qianqian entered the Lin family’s villa and sat down on the living room sofa, her expression haughty.
In her eyes, the entire Lin family had wronged her, and she owed them no politeness.
"Qianqian, what brings you here?" Jiang Shuqin asked, her tone ingratiating.
Shen Qianqian frowned. "Where’s Uncle?"
"Wait a moment, I’ll call him right away," Jiang Shuqin replied with a forced smile.
Lin Li emerged from his room, faintly hearing the conversation in the living room.
He frowned and asked a passing servant, "Who’s here?"
"Young Master, it’s Miss Shen Qianqian," the servant replied respectfully.
Lin Li’s face darkened.
What was she doing here? Was she here for Lin Xuan again?
Lin Chang hurried back after receiving Jiang Shuqin’s call.
"Qianqian," Lin Chang said warmly. "It’s been a while. How are you and your father doing?"
Shen Qianqian ignored his question and asked, "What’s the progress on arranging my engagement with Lin Xuan?"
"Don’t worry, Qianqian. I’ll have it sorted out soon," Lin Chang assured her. He had already set the plan in motion.
"Good. You’d better hurry. If I’m not engaged to Lin Xuan within three days, the partnership between Starlight Group and Shen Corporation is off!" Shen Qianqian snapped.
With that, she got up and left.
Jiang Shuqin’s face turned grim.
It was all about Lin Xuan again!
Lin Xuan must have deliberately seduced Shen Qianqian!
Shen Qianqian was originally Lin Li’s fiancée, and Lin Xuan was clearly trying to humiliate Lin Li through this!
"Darling," Jiang Shuqin couldn’t help but say, "didn’t you try to reach out to Lin Xuan before? He didn’t give you the time of day. Maybe we should just let this go."
"Don’t worry. This time, it will work," Lin Chang said confidently.
If Lin Xuan wanted to grow his company, he had no choice but to return to the Lin family.
Lin Xuan had no other option.
Lin Chang had discovered that Lin Xuan was the owner of Tianmu Group. Instead of going to see him at school like before, he decided to visit Tianmu Group directly.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
