Restaurant.
Inside a specially reserved private room.
The food pick-up counter was already piled high with a mountain of food: sashimi, sushi, grilled eel, abalone with rice, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall... all ordered by Ye Cheng.
Yet Ye Cheng hadn't returned, and the counter was nearly out of space.
According to what Ye Cheng said before he left: "Brother Doudou, I'll be right back. I'm going to grab some desserts as an appetizer. When we walked in, those cakes were practically provoking me!"
After saying that, Ye Cheng put on gloves and dashed toward the dessert area. When he passed by Shen Ming, a noticeable gust of wind swept past.
Shen Ming: "..."
This "appetizer" had been going on for nearly ten minutes. Why wasn't he back yet? Did he get lost?
Shen Ming's gaze fell on his daughter. The eldest miss was still fiddling with the steak in front of her, cutting it into tiny pieces and feeding them into her mouth. The short-haired woman beside her seemed very restrained and ate with great seriousness.
After Ye Cheng ran off, it seemed like today's dinner party had cooled down?
Shen Ming had always been good at controlling the atmosphere, but obviously not in this kind of situation. He truly had no way to deal with his daughter's side...
He had specifically invited Ye Cheng to dinner to help improve the relationship between the two of them. But now that Ye Cheng had run off, what was this? Was he solo-killed by the desserts?
With things reaching this point, as a reliable father, it was time for him to step up!
To step forward for his daughter!
Shen Ming put down his knife and fork, smiling as he spoke: "Hanhan, do you want any desserts? I'll go get some for you, and while I'm at it, I'll see if little Cheng got lost."
This was a polite way of putting it. Shen Ming had already guessed that Ye Cheng most likely wasn't lost; he was just eating too happily and completely forgot about things over here.
Shen Qinghan's face showed no extra emotion as she nodded: "Mhm, whatever."
Shen Ming: "..."
How truly aloof, sigh...
"Little Lan, what would you like to eat? I'll bring it back together," Shen Ming asked.
The short-haired woman was startled and slightly panicked: "No need, Master, I can go myself!"
"Keep eating, I'll go. Then, just like Hanhan, I'll just grab whatever looks good..." As he spoke, Shen Ming had already stood up, giving the short-haired woman no chance to refuse.
Otherwise, the two of them would go back and forth with pleasantries like doing Tai Chi for ages, which would only prolong the awkward silence. It was better to resolve it quickly.
Shen Ming walked toward the dessert area, leaving only the short-haired woman and the eldest miss in the private room with the very quiet sounds of clinking knives and forks...
Dessert area.
Ye Cheng was still there inhaling food like a storm. What terrified the waitress standing nearby the most was that she saw with her own eyes how Ye Cheng ate so much, yet his stomach showed no changes at all.
Like a bottomless pit.
These were high-fat, high-sugar cakes. Eating just a couple more would make anyone feel overly sick. What normal person ate like this?
Ye Cheng's rather exaggerated way of eating attracted quite a crowd of onlookers. There were restaurant waiters and reserved customers, all staring at Ye Cheng in shock.
Damn, this young man!
Shen Ming walked over from a distance. His intuition told him... Ye Cheng was definitely here, otherwise why would so many people be gathered around?
Walking closer to take a look, hey, guess what, it really was him!
Shen Ming: "..."
"Ahem, little Cheng, that's about enough. Hanhan is getting a bit anxious waiting," Shen Ming coughed twice, still struggling to keep a straight face.
Ye Cheng was just like that troublemaking partner in their family. No matter where he went, he would attract the attention of everyone around him in the fastest way possible, naturally coming with a spotlight and even a taunt effect.
Ye Cheng took a bite of the donut in his hand and blinked: "Brother Doudou, why are you here?"
Shen Ming: "..."
"Oh, I was just picking very carefully and was just planning to head back."
Shen Ming: "..."
See if I believe you.
The end result was that Ye Cheng casually grabbed two donuts and some small cakes nearby in his hands and left. After taking two steps, he turned back and looked at Shen Ming with a confused face.
"Let's go, Brother Doudou, what are you looking at? The eldest miss will get anxious waiting."
Shen Ming: "..."
Why did those words sound so wrong coming out of your mouth?
"Wait a moment, I need to get a couple of cakes for Hanhan and Little Lan." Shen Ming's mouth twitched. He sighed, picked up a plate, and started selecting cakes, moving to the other side of the dessert area.
Out of the corner of his eye, a person flew past.
The youngest son who was elbowed flying by Da Huang.
Wait, did something just fly past?
He was a little unsure, so he looked again.
Shen Ming looked toward the dessert area and saw a young boy sitting on the ground looking utterly dumbfounded, still in a daze. The next second, a super fat poop-yellow local dog flew out, baring its fangs as if it was about to bite someone.
Lin Tianxiong lunged forward and pinned down Da Huang: "Give me some face. Let this matter go, Da Huang. He's just a child, children say things without thinking!"
Shen Ming, not far away: "???"
Was he still not awake?
Otherwise, why would he see such a crazy scene?
A person asking a dog to give him some face. Brother, are you serious?
If Brother Doudou hadn't seen a lot of the world since he was young and experienced great things, he would be dumbfounded by now. This world had still gone crazy into a shape he didn't recognize.
Ye Cheng walked over from the side, gnawing on the donut he had just intended to bring back to the eldest miss: "What's up, Brother Doudou? Are we going back or not? If not, I'll keep eating... Ahem, I'll keep picking desserts for the eldest miss."
Ye Cheng followed Shen Ming's gaze and looked over. One glance, ten thousand years!
Why did this fat poop-yellow dog look so familiar?
Ye Cheng froze for a moment, and the speed at which he chewed the donut in his mouth increased significantly: "That shouldn't be. Why would it be here?"
Then Ye Cheng saw Lin Tianxiong hugging Da Huang from behind. Oh... so that's how it is. That makes sense.
As if there was telepathy, the moment Ye Cheng looked over, Da Huang, who was still baring its fangs and preparing to bite the young boy to death, also stopped and turned its head to look in the other direction.
Connecting...
Connection successful!
"Damn, Mengde, it really is you!" Ye Cheng exclaimed, and then sped up his chewing of the donut.
"Woof!!!"
Similarly, Da Huang gave Ye Cheng an ample response. It had been searching by scent for half a day, and it finally found him here!
One man and one dog gazed affectionately into each other's eyes, as if oblivious to the rest of the world...
Lin Tianxiong: "..."
Shen Ming: "..."
Are you two... serious?
The affectionate gaze between a man and a dog, the memories of the past... directly stunned the two kind old fathers into silence. So their daughters were just redundant?
Having known him for so long, Lin Tianxiong finally realized that Ye Cheng really could show that kind of "you are the only one in my eyes" look.
So... should he tell his daughter about this?
Better not, she would break down... sigh.
With Da Huang's vigorous squirming, Da Huang successfully broke free from Lin Tianxiong's grasp and ran wildly toward Ye Cheng in total freedom, excitement written all over its face.
Hmm... that is right, you could actually see excitement on a dog's face.
Lin Tianxiong: ...
Girl, you are a lost cause... truly.
The sight of the man and the dog hugging each other dealt a massive metaphorical elbow strike to everyone around them, hitting them right in the brain and leaving them completely stunned.
The crowd: Wabi-babo?
The youngest son was forgotten in the corner. Being knocked flying was one thing, but to be completely ignored on top of that? He was going to go back and tell Grandma, boohoo...
Before leaving, he did not forget to memorize the face of the person who bullied him. His mung-bean-sized eyes stared into the distance, beginning to scan... Hmm, looks a bit familiar, not sure, let us look again. Alright, facial recognition successful!
The youngest son: ???
Isn't that my little uncle-in-law?
The youngest son's eyes widened into perfect circles, looking as if he had seen a ghost. Forgetting all about crying, he patted the dust off his butt and ran back to deliver the news.
Little Aunt, this is bad! Little Uncle-in-law likes the dog more than he likes you!
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
. 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!"
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.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
