Only when she was inseparable from her beloved Xuan could she fully suppress the maddening urge in her mind to lock him away.
Lin Xuan was her medicine.
"Xuan."
Su Hua's slender, pale fingers trailed down Lin Xuan's chest, sliding beneath the fabric of his clothes.
Lin Xuan's body tensed.
Now, Su Hua could easily ignite a fire within him.
Her hand finally settled around his wrist. "If Xuan still doesn’t know what to do, I’ll teach you," she whispered softly into his ear.
...
Though their clothes remained on, they were thoroughly disheveled. Su Hua’s face was flushed with a seductive glow, her eyes shimmering with an irresistible allure.
Butler Wang had already cleared the entire villa of staff.
On the living room sofa, the stunning woman draped her soft arms over Lin Xuan’s shoulders, arching her swan-like neck in a graceful curve.
Lin Xuan kissed her, feeling intoxicated—utterly bewitched by the enchantress beneath him.
"Xuan, I’m yours… yours alone, your Hua Bao," Su Hua coaxed, luring him deeper into surrender.
That night, Su Hua was uncharacteristically wild, overwhelming even Lin Xuan, who had been holding his own against her lately.
Truly, not a drop was left.
When it was all over,
In the upstairs bedroom, on the expansive black bed,
Both had changed into fresh pajamas. Su Hua lay against Lin Xuan’s chest, her fingertips lightly tracing the contours of his brows.
This version of Xuan was perfect.
The happiness she had longed for in the past had finally become reality.
"Xuan, we’ll stay like this forever, won’t we?" Su Hua murmured.
The next morning, when Lin Xuan awoke, the woman was already gone.
He lay sprawled on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Damn it, he’d lost again!
Last night, Hua Bao had unleashed some kind of dragoness mode—completely insane.
But damn, it had been good.
His phone rang.
It was Wang Ba.
"Boss, I sent men to grab Lin Li last night, but he’d already flown abroad—apparently on some academic exchange with his professor."
"Boss, we could take him out overseas, no problem, but bringing him back to the country would be tricky."
"Should I just finish him off there?"
Wang Ba’s voice brimmed with eagerness.
If the boss gave the word, he’d book a flight to the U.S. immediately!
"No need," Lin Xuan replied. "Just keep eyes on him. The moment he returns, grab him."
Torturing someone was far more satisfying when done personally.
Still, he was in a foul mood and needed to vent—Lin Li would do.
Tch.
That bastard actually had the nerve to plot castrating him.
Lin Xuan would never guess it was his own wife who’d orchestrated it. Lin Li, twisted as he was, simply wanted to inflict the same torment.
Lin Xuan sent Lin Li a message:
[Ten days ago, you placed an order on the dark web—8 million to turn Lin Xuan into a eunuch and torture him for a while, right?]
Lin Li’s heart raced when he saw it.
[You caught him?]
If they had, he’d soon witness Lin Xuan’s ruin—his reputation destroyed, abandoned by Su Hua.
The thought alone was exhilarating.
[No, he got away. Too many guards around him. We lost five men.]
Lin Li paled.
Failed?!
"Too many guards"—it had to be Su Hua’s doing!
Furious, he stabbed at his phone.
[What kind of operation are you running? You guaranteed success!]
Now that Lin Xuan was alerted, catching him again would be near impossible.
Lin Xuan’s reply came swiftly:
[You’re questioning me? I should be questioning you! You said he was just some ordinary college student—no powerful connections. You owe us 15 million for our losses.]
[Wire it to this account: 6118890…]
[No payment? Then brace yourself. My gang doesn’t play nice.]
Lin Li glared at his screen.
Not only had they botched the job, they were extorting him!
Scum!
Wait—the dark web protected buyer anonymity. How had they found him?
Blood boiling, Lin Li immediately contacted the dark web, demanding they punish the Black Tiger Gang.
The dark web didn’t tolerate breaches—if the gang had hacked their data, they were finished.
But the dark web played dumb.
They knew nothing.
Lin Li’s complaint made it clear the Black Tiger Gang was behind this, but the dark web dared not act.
The gang had a hacker god among them.
Pissing off that talent risked the entire dark web collapsing—a death sentence.
Best to stay out of it.
Lin Li’s complaint was ignored.
With that handled,
Lin Xuan, dark circles under his eyes, drifted downstairs for breakfast.
Butler Wang spotted him and cheerfully brought out a long-missed bowl of revitalizing tonic.
Lin Xuan accepted it without hesitation.
"Butler Wang, it’s been a month since you last made this. Why today?" Lin Xuan asked curiously.
"Master Lin, truthfully, I’ve brewed it daily—except when Miss was away. But since you always woke first, I assumed you didn’t need it," Butler Wang replied with a smile.
Just look at those eye bags—the young master’s vitality had clearly been drained.
Last night must have been intense.
Lin Xuan nodded emphatically.
Butler Wang was truly a top-tier butler.
He raised the bowl and gulped it down. Halfway through, Su Hua walked in.
Lin Xuan’s heart skipped.
He set the bowl down casually. "Hua Bao, I thought you were at work?"
"Nothing urgent, so I came back," Su Hua said smoothly.
Meanwhile, the overworked Jiang Qing: "???" *Nothing urgent*, Boss?
"Xuan, after breakfast, I’ll drive you to school."
"Sure."
Su Hua caught a whiff of herbs and frowned, stepping closer.
"What’s this…?" Her gaze landed on the half-finished tonic.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
wed him to see the innate talent, destiny, and future of those he invested in. The greater the destiny of his target, the richer the rewards he would reap. Then he discovered that the aloof girl next door, his childhood sweetheart, possessed the highest-grade crimson destiny—a future destined to reign supreme as the Empress of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Lately, she seemed troubled, pondering how to unlock her sealed meridians and unleash her talents ahead of time... — — — My name is Ying Bing, one of the Nine Heavenly Sovereigns, titled the Phoenix Empress, reigning invincibly over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. I have been reborn and bound to a Peerless Genius System, where ranking first among my peers grants me rewards. [Would you like to activate the Punishment Mechanism?] [Upon activation, rewards will increase, but after the rankings are announced, you must carry out the "Punishment of the Defeated" on the top-ranked individual.] Ying Bing: "I can’t very well punish myself, can I?" — — — Years later. Ying Bing: "Can’t you let me win just once?" Li Mo: "First, call me 'husband' properly—I didn’t hear it clearly last time."
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
