The classroom, last row, by the window.
Shen Qinghan stared blankly at the empty seat next to her, inexplicably lost in thought, wondering about something.
He didn't come?
Shen Qinghan frowned, feeling an inexplicable sense of irritation.
Ring, ring, ring!
The class bell rang. The teacher on the podium clapped his hands, calling the somewhat chaotic students to order.
"Class, it's time to begin!"
"Now, let's take roll..."
Taking roll didn't mean calling out names and having students stand up or answer. They just had to sit in their seats, and a single glance was enough to tell if everyone was present.
Absences were obvious. For example, right now... one could immediately see that of the two seats in the last row by the window, one was empty.
"Mm, very good, everyone is here. Let's start the class."
The middle-aged teacher nodded, automatically ignoring the fact that Ye Cheng hadn't shown up for class.
It was true that Ye Cheng had no background and was a good student specially recruited from outside by the school, but that didn't mean he was ordinary. Recently, his affairs had caused quite a stir on campus.
Let alone the students, even the teachers were among the countless gossip-hungry onlookers.
Simply put... this kid was terrifyingly formidable!
Who knew what Ye Cheng did in his past life to be so incredible. There were only two top-tier young ladies from the leading families of Dahai City in the school, and Ye Cheng had provoked both of them. Posts about him had dominated the school's confession wall for who knows how long.
Out of the top ten posts, nine were about him. It was hard not to see them even if you tried. As for a troublemaker like Ye Cheng, the school naturally chose to... turn a blind eye.
Yep... turn a blind eye.
Nonsense, what could they do even if they saw it?
The principal was from the Shen family, and the student council was in Dongfang Zhixia's grip. It was truly a case of turning a blind eye. Not to mention Ye Cheng being dishonest and causing trouble all over the school.
Even if Ye Cheng ran around the school naked wearing only a pair of boxers, no one would say anything. On the contrary, quite a few wealthy young ladies would secretly take out their phones to snap a couple of nice pictures...
If they really punished Ye Cheng, they would end up offending both sides.
It was no exaggeration to say that Ye Cheng could go to the cafeteria now and eat without paying. After finishing, he could just say, "Put it on my boss's tab," and stroll away leisurely with a toothpick in his mouth.
At that point, the cashier would face a problem: whose tab should Ye Cheng's meal be put on? The eldest miss or the student council president?
Pick the wrong one, and they might get fired the next day for putting two extra grains of salt in a dish... There was simply no way to decide, so it became a bad debt.
The most ridiculous part was that you wouldn't even dare ask for the money... Ye Cheng had proven with facts that being a lackey also had a future. In any industry, as long as you reached the top, you could feast!
What is wrong with being a lackey?
What is wrong with it?! (Hands on hips, self-righteous, super loud)!!!
Fortunately, there was no need to worry about this problem at the current stage, because at school, Ye Cheng and Shen Qinghan were inseparable. If you saw Ye Cheng leaning out a window with his butt sticking out, you could usually spot the calm-faced eldest miss waiting not far away.
Naturally, the eldest miss was the one paying...
The middle-aged teacher on the podium continued his lecture. As for why Ye Cheng didn't come to class, it didn't matter. It was probably related to the two young ladies, and that was beyond what a middle-aged guy like him could manage.
There was nothing he could do. The school's benefits were simply too good: free meals, housing, sky-high provident funds, normal holidays off, and five times the pay for overtime...
Being a teacher at this school was pure enjoyment!
You might lack other skills, but you absolutely had to know how to read the room!
This blackboard is truly a blackboard!
The classroom, back row.
Shen Qinghan withdrew her gaze and continued reading the all-English philosophy book in her hands.
One minute passed...
Two minutes passed...
Three minutes...
Silently, the young lady set her book aside, took out her phone, tapped on Ye Cheng's profile picture, and sent a question mark.
Shen Qinghan: "?"
Shen Qinghan: "Where are you?"
This morning, they had been chatting normally. It was she who had cut the conversation short because of a certain naturally evil old hag. At the time, she was looking for a suitable meme to elbow strike Ye Cheng.
Unfortunately, she didn't find one.
However, the young lady wasn't angry or depressed now, because that naturally evil old hag had already paid the price for her actions!
It was just a pity... unlike usual, Ye Cheng didn't reply instantly. Shen Qinghan stared at her phone for a few minutes, but her message to Ye Cheng remained unread.
Silently, Shen Qinghan put her phone away, planning to go find Dongfang Zhixia after class.
If he wasn't with her, he could only be with Dongfang Zhixia.
Solving problems by process of elimination is always fast. The young lady instantly locked onto her suspect... The answer was right, but the timing was off.
What Shen Qinghan didn't know was that she wasn't the only one looking for Ye Cheng right now. Dongfang Zhixia was also looking for him, and she was even more anxious. The reason, of course, was that perfect score college entrance exam essay Ye Cheng had left behind...
Dongfang Zhixia saw it when she came down to pack her things. After reading the whole text, she realized the severity of the problem...
As for Ye Cheng...
Nigerundayo!!!
At the school gate.
A police car parked by the road, and Wang Fugui stepped out.
"Uncle Wang, you are here! We already called an ambulance for Wang Defa, it should be here any minute!" a wealthy young master hastily said when he saw him approaching, handing Wang Defa's phone to Wang Fugui in passing.
Wang Fugui nodded and saw his son lying on the ground with a large, red, swollen bump on his head.
Wang Fugui: "..."
"He got this from falling?" Wang Fugui had a strange expression on his face. Why did it look like he had been smacked with something?
The crowd: "..."
To reach his current position, Wang Fugui was no fool. His investigative skills were formidable. Although he had gained some weight, his abilities hadn't diminished at all; if anything, they had become even more polished.
Seeing the silence of the people around him, Wang Fugui pretty much figured it out... He definitely didn't fall. That bastard son of his had probably pulled some crazy stunt again.
"Alright, thank you for your trouble, students. I will take it from here," Wang Fugui said with a smile.
"Okay, Uncle Wang, we are heading to school now..."
Although Wang Fugui seemed approachable and easy to talk to, he was, after all, an elder with a very high position. The group of wealthy young masters still felt intimidated and quickly smoothed things over, ready to grease their soles and slip away.
Suddenly, a figure dashed over from a distance, shouting loudly, "Make way, everyone make way!"
You could hear his voice before you even saw him!
Wang Fugui and the surrounding young masters all looked over with puzzled expressions. Wearing the same confused look was the head maid, who was comforting Xia Tongxin not far away.
This voice... why does it sound somewhat familiar?
A question mark popped up in the head maid's mind as she turned her head to look.
Just in time, she saw a giant "grey rabbit" charging toward the school gate like a runaway truck at a terrifying speed of around twenty meters per second, bobbing up and down.
Because the speed was so fast, the rabbit ears were pulled straight back behind its head!
Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Ye Cheng took a massive leap, vaulted over the school fence, and sprinted away in a certain direction outside the school, leaving the on-duty staff and the student council inspectors looking completely bewildered.
Head Maid: "???"
Wang Fugui: "???"
The Crowd: "???"
After snapping back to reality, the on-duty staff in the security room let out a sharp shriek, holding the walkie-talkie and yelling frantically.
"Calling for backup, calling for backup, a rabbit has escaped from prison... Wait, no, a student has run away!!!" His words were filled with disbelief, still immersed in the fear of being dominated by Ye Cheng's terrifying speed just moments ago.
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.”
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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."
