Long Aotian brought Hu Yuying to the cafeteria.
He grabbed two trays and handed one to Hu Yuying.
As they lined up at the counter, Hu Yuying hesitated while looking at the food on display. She stepped forward and asked softly, "Excuse me, can I pay with cash?"
She had just transferred to this school today.
She didn’t have a meal card for the school cafeteria, and the cash she had on her wasn’t enough to buy two lunches.
If it weren’t for Long Aotian helping her earlier and not minding her tagging along as his follower, she felt she should at least treat him to a meal...
"Sorry, dear, we don’t accept cash here. Maybe you should go top up your card first," the cafeteria lady said gently, her tone softening as she looked at the pitifully meek Hu Yuying.
Hu Yuying’s face flushed with embarrassment.
The next second, she felt a hand on her head, lightly pushing her back.
Long Aotian withdrew his hand and took her tray as well. "I’ll pay for it."
As the cafeteria lady started serving the food, Hu Yuying rubbed the spot on her head where Long Aotian had pushed her and said, "I’ll give you the cash later."
"What? You want something fancier?" Long Aotian glanced at her and continued, "This is the treatment followers get. You eat what I eat. If you want something better, buy it yourself."
Hu Yuying quickly waved her hands, indicating that wasn’t what she meant.
"Then take the tray and go find us a seat," Long Aotian said firmly, not giving her a chance to speak further as he picked up the trays of food.
Hu Yuying, with her words stuck in her throat, could only pick up the tray and look for an empty table to save a seat for Long Aotian.
Fortunately, the school cafeteria was spacious. Since most first and second-year students, unlike the third-years, weren’t as burdened with studies and chose to go home for lunch, finding an empty seat wasn’t difficult.
"You’re so annoying, saying half a sentence and then stopping. It’s frustrating to watch," Long Aotian said, clearly irritated as he watched Hu Yuying hesitate.
Hearing this, Hu Yuying finally spoke up, "Brother Long, maybe I should pay you back for the meal? I feel like I owe you something."
This was typical of her people-pleasing personality.
She didn’t mind being taken advantage of by others.
But when someone did something as simple as buying her a meal worth a few dollars, she immediately felt indebted.
Her mind would wander, and she’d start feeling inexplicably guilty.
"If you keep talking, I’ll hit you!" Long Aotian frowned.
It had to be said that Long Aotian’s earlier display of authority with Wang Shuo had left quite an impression.
As soon as he said this, Hu Yuying immediately fell silent.
"If you really feel bad, then just do more to make it up to me."
Hearing this, Hu Yuying’s eyes lit up. She suddenly felt this was a good idea, but the light in her eyes quickly dimmed again.
Because she was clumsy and didn’t know how to do anything well. She had no idea what she could do to help Long Aotian.
Back at Second High School, Hu Yuying had seen followers who would stand behind their bosses, helping them curse, fight, or bully others.
But she didn’t know how to do any of that.
If she did, she wouldn’t have been bullied all the time.
She stole a glance at Long Aotian. Would he think she was too useless and stop letting her be his follower?
Thinking this, Hu Yuying’s mood sank again.
Without Long Aotian’s protection, would she be bullied again?
This feeling was hard to describe. Those who had never been bullied couldn’t understand it.
After being bullied for so long, suddenly finding a boss who would protect her, keep her from being bullied, and even make those who had bullied her apologize...
Long Aotian couldn’t read Hu Yuying’s mind.
Watching her, her eyes lighting up one moment and dimming the next, he could only guess that the girl was overthinking again, though he had no idea what she was thinking about.
"What’s on your mind? Is helping me with homework really that hard for you?"
Hearing this, the light in Hu Yuying’s eyes returned. That’s right! Followers could help their bosses with homework!
She was really good at homework.
"Brother Long, I can help you with your homework and even tutor you."
This was Hu Yuying’s forte, so when she said this, her voice carried much more confidence.
Long Aotian hadn’t expected his offhand remark to excite Hu Yuying so much.
He nodded in approval.
A girl’s emotions could be like a rollercoaster. One moment, her heart could sink to the bottom, and she’d lose her appetite.
The next, she’d bounce back, and the food in front of her would suddenly seem delicious.
"Chen, what’s wrong? You seem really off today!"
Gao Quan watched as Ye Liangchen’s expression shifted from gloomy to resentful, then to fierce, and finally to a helpless sadness.
In just a few seconds, Ye Liangchen had cycled through several emotions like a master of facial expressions.
Ye Liangchen took a deep breath and slowly shook his head. There were some things he couldn’t say, not because he didn’t want to, but because they were impossible to explain.
If he said he was reborn, would anyone believe him?
After all, in Gao Quan’s eyes, he had just taken a short nap during the morning break.
"I’m fine. Maybe I haven’t been sleeping well these past few days," Ye Liangchen explained.
But his gaze remained fixed on Hu Yuying.
Earlier, he had seen Long Aotian frown and say something, after which Hu Yuying’s expression visibly fell.
Though he hadn’t heard what Long Aotian said, from his lip movements, Ye Liangchen had caught the word "hit."
From that, he inferred that Long Aotian had likely threatened Hu Yuying, possibly saying he would hit her!
Ye Liangchen’s heart was in turmoil.
Long Aotian was tall, strong, and robust. In a fight, Ye Liangchen knew he stood no chance.
But he couldn’t just stand by and watch Hu Yuying get bullied!
In the end, he chose to switch seats with Gao Quan.
By turning his back, he wouldn’t have to see it.
No one wanted to see their treasure of a girl being bullied by someone else, and Ye Liangchen was no exception.
Pretending not to see was the best solution he could think of.
Everything Hu Yuying was suffering now, when the time came, he and Hu Yuying would make Long Aotian pay back double!
With this thought, Ye Liangchen secretly made up his mind.
He would use the advantage of his rebirth to accelerate his entrepreneurial plans.
In his previous life, with the help of his treasure girl, his first love, and his childhood friend, he had achieved financial freedom by the age of 28.
But now that he was reborn, he could use this time to succeed earlier, ensuring that Gao Quan wouldn’t meet the same tragic fate as in his past life—beaten to death by Long Aotian and his gang while trying to save him.
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
