After finishing the meal, Long Aotian went to the restroom.
It was Hu Yuying's first day transferring to this school, and she didn’t know many people here. Faced with an unfamiliar environment, she didn’t wander around but instead waited in place.
As long as Long Aotian walked out of the restroom, she would be able to see him.
"You take your time eating!" Ye Liangchen said, then used the reflection on his spoon to fix his hair.
After that, he walked toward Hu Yuying: "Hey, hello."
Hu Yuying, who had been waiting in place, suddenly heard a deep, magnetic voice with a hint of charm.
She couldn’t help but look up toward the source of the voice.
There, she saw a handsome young man with a gentle smile, waving at her as he approached.
"Do... do we know each other?" Hu Yuying asked softly, looking at the young man in front of her.
Ye Liangchen took in every detail of Hu Yuying’s expression, feeling incredibly fortunate about his decision.
In his dream, the day they met, they had locked eyes for just a moment, and it felt as if they could see the scars in each other’s hearts—an indescribable sense of destiny.
But now, Hu Yuying was looking at him with a confused and uncertain gaze.
He felt a pang of sadness. In the past, his treasure girl would always smile the moment she saw him.
It was as if his mere presence could bring her joy and happiness.
But now, her gaze was indifferent, as if he were just a random passerby on the street.
However, it didn’t matter. Soon, he would become her salvation.
The sense of destiny between them simply hadn’t begun yet.
Once it started, their connection would become tangled and inseparable!
It was just a matter of time!
Taking a deep breath, he confidently flicked his hair and said, "Hello, classmate. My name is Ye Liangchen. I’d like to be friends with you."
After speaking, he flashed a bright, cheerful smile, showing off his sunny and adorable side to Hu Yuying.
After what happened with Wang Shuo, Hu Yuying instinctively didn’t want to befriend male classmates.
And when faced with things she didn’t like, Hu Yuying would often respond with silence.
Ye Liangchen’s outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
The smile on his face gradually turned awkward.
Indeed, if he didn’t appear at the right time, that sense of destiny wouldn’t manifest.
Fortunately, Ye Liangchen had already prepared himself mentally before approaching her.
This time, he just wanted to leave an impression on Hu Yuying.
After all, in his dream, she was his treasure girl.
Seeing her again, even though she no longer had the memories from the dream, the excitement in his heart hadn’t diminished in the slightest!
It was fine. There was plenty of time, and their lives were long. They would meet, get to know each other, develop feelings, and walk together for a long time, just as planned.
This time, he would strengthen his mental resolve and not let his excitement lead to a lack of blood flow, ultimately...
This time, he would walk hand in hand with his three beautiful brides, living happily until the end of their lives...
With this belief in mind, Ye Liangchen casually retracted his frozen hand.
"You don’t need to be so guarded around me. I don’t have any bad intentions."
Ye Liangchen knew that Hu Yuying’s heart was still closed off.
Back then, it was only after going through many experiences together that he finally opened her heart.
He couldn’t rush things now, or it would seem too deliberate and backfire.
Just then, Hu Yuying’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Ye Liangchen was stunned for a moment, then a smile spread across his face.
He was all too familiar with that look—it was the same gaze Hu Yuying had given him in his dream.
He instinctively thought that Hu Yuying, his treasure girl, had also been reborn.
After all, she had been so guarded just moments ago, but now she was looking at him with such warmth!
"Did you also..."
Before he could finish, Hu Yuying walked right past him, heading toward the back.
Ye Liangchen froze, the smile vanishing from his face as he turned around in confusion to see where Hu Yuying was going.
To his shock, she was walking toward that scoundrel Long Aotian!
Anger!
Pure anger!
His gaze toward Long Aotian instantly turned icy.
"Long Aotian, your days are numbered!"
He could understand Hu Yuying’s current situation. If she resisted, she would only suffer even more cruel bullying and abuse from Long Aotian. Everything she was doing now was just to appease that scoundrel.
Only by doing so could she protect herself and endure less torment!
"Long Aotian, here’s a tissue to wipe your hands." Hu Yuying pulled several tissues from the dispenser on the cafeteria pillar, which she had been saving for this moment.
She really was a dutiful little follower.
"Hmm, not bad. You’re getting more clever," Long Aotian praised without hesitation.
No one dislikes being praised, even for something as simple as this.
For example, hearing Long Aotian say she was clever made Hu Yuying happy. After all, no matter what she did, she had always been met with criticism. But with Long Aotian, she finally felt acknowledged, and that made her happy.
Long Aotian frowned slightly, sensing someone’s gaze on him.
The feeling of being watched was quite noticeable!
He looked up, scanning the direction of the gaze.
After a brief glance, he looked away.
Long Aotian only knew the male lead’s name was Ye Liangchen but had no idea what he looked like.
When Ye Liangchen saw Long Aotian glance at him, his heart skipped a beat.
Even after being reborn, he couldn’t help but feel a shiver of fear at Long Aotian’s ruthlessness and methods!
But when he saw Long Aotian look away after just a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s right!
He had almost forgotten that at this point, he and Long Aotian had no connection whatsoever.
Naturally, Long Aotian didn’t recognize him.
After all, Long Aotian wasn’t a reborn individual like him!
If he were, after being driven to bankruptcy in the dream and ending up holding a half-rotten fried dough stick while dying on the streets, he would have come after Ye Liangchen for revenge.
There was no way he would be so calm upon seeing him.
Moreover, although Ye Liangchen’s body was 18 years old, his soul was 28. He could tell that Long Aotian’s glance held no pretense.
He truly didn’t recognize him!
"Just you wait. With the memories from my dream, I’m no longer someone you can bully at will!"
"In this life, you’re destined to look up to me!"
This was the confidence and determination that being reborn had given Ye Liangchen.
Right now, he might not be a match for Long Aotian, but the tides would turn. The young and poor should never be underestimated!
Ye Liangchen closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Yuying, just endure a little longer. In this life, I will definitely protect you!"
With this resolution firmly in his heart, he returned to his seat at the dining table.
Meanwhile, Hu Yuying had already forgotten about Ye Liangchen, happily following Long Aotian as they left the cafeteria.
+【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!
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
. 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!"
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
