Feeling the breathing of the person behind her gradually grow steady, Hu Yuying turned around in the darkness, facing Long Aotian.
Her fingertips traced the contours of his brows in the air, barely touching.
Gently, she reached out, took his hand, and placed it on her waist, urging him to hold her.
After doing all this,
she affectionately rubbed her nose against his, secretly delighted.
The next moment, the hand on her waist tightened slightly, pulling her closer.
With a soft press, their foreheads naturally came to rest against each other.
Hu Yuying blinked her eyes. "Long Aotian, you're still awake?"
Long Aotian tapped her lips lightly, feigning annoyance. "Go to sleep."
Resting her head on his arm, nestled in his embrace, she felt an overwhelming sense of security.
She buried her face in his chest,
finding a comfortable position before slowly closing her eyes.
But soon, Hu Yuying opened her eyes again, sensing something. Her bright eyes flickered in the dark.
"Curiosity will be your downfall," Long Aotian said, catching her wandering hand.
He covered her eyes with his palm. "If you don’t sleep, don’t blame me for punishing you."
Hu Yuying was still curious about how he’d punish her.
She leaned in and whispered by his ear, "Long Aotian, how will you punish Yuying?"
"You want to know?"
Hu Yuying nodded eagerly. "Can you tell me?"
The next moment...
A soft whimper escaped her lips...
"Had enough?" Long Aotian swallowed hard in the dark.
Hu Yuying curled up, nodding obediently. "Enough."
As she settled back, she wriggled under the covers, eventually burrowing into his arms again. In a tiny, slightly aggrieved voice, she murmured, "Long Aotian, you’re so mean..."
In the darkness, her cheeks flushed, her misty eyes glinting like a fox’s. Biting her lip, every movement exuded allure.
Hearing her faintly resentful complaint,
Long Aotian stiffened, his palms clenching slightly, damp with sweat.
He pulled her tightly against him.
"Hu Yuying, my little Yuying... sometimes I really don’t know what to do with you..."
"I’m yours, Long Aotian. Only yours..."
As soon as she said this, her nose tingled, and she sneezed softly.
Long Aotian tugged the blanket higher, tucking it snugly around her. "Don’t you dare catch a cold, or I’ll really scold you."
Hu Yuying rubbed her nose. "I won’t get sick..." She clung to him even tighter.
She couldn’t afford to fall ill—otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to stay with him...
......
In a small hotel room,
Li Qingxue lay on the bed, covering her face. "My eyes are ruined, ruined."
Lin Wanning chuckled. "And who was it who couldn’t look away earlier?"
Li Qingxue faltered. Curiosity was like Pandora’s box—once opened, it couldn’t be closed. "It feels... like it’d break... too much to handle."
The last time she’d reached into Long Aotian’s pocket, she’d nearly lost her grip.
Maybe she hadn’t held on firmly enough. Either way, comparing it to that video, she could roughly estimate the... dimensions.
Just thinking about it made her shudder.
"What’s broken? What are you talking about?" Lin Wanning asked softly.
She found Li Qingxue’s behavior odd, assuming it was just first-time shyness.
After all, she’d been the same at first—her worldview expanded, learning all sorts of strange things.
Li Qingxue shook her head vigorously. This wasn’t something to share.
No, no, those videos were too much. Her mind was now filled with all kinds of indecent thoughts.
The harder she tried not to think about it, the more those unspeakable images flooded her mind.
She even imagined herself with Long Aotian, her face burning crimson.
She smacked her cheeks lightly. No way would she ever do that—it was just too embarrassing.
"Lin Wanning, you’ve corrupted me. I’m going to tickle you!" Li Qingxue finally turned her frustration on Lin Wanning.
"I didn’t do anything. You wanted to know, so I shared."
"But you didn’t say it was like this! I can’t believe how shameless it is..."
If not for her, she wouldn’t be feeling so... strange. "This is something Hu Yuying should see instead..."
The two paused mid-scuffle at this offhand remark.
"Show Hu Yuying?"
Lin Wanning bit her lip, eyes gleaming with mischief. "Heh, Qingxue, you’re so wicked."
Li Qingxue blinked, then suppressed a smirk. Why should she be the only one getting an... education?
Besides, Hu Yuying probably needed it more...
Given how dense Long Aotian was, tsk tsk...
Lin Wanning covered her face. "Suddenly, I feel like we’re terrible."
"You’re scheming against my brother, I’m scheming against my brother... poor guy."
"Wait, what?" Li Qingxue perked up instantly. "What are you planning? Nothing good, I bet."
Seeing the curiosity blazing in her eyes,
Lin Wanning tapped Li Qingxue’s forehead. "Not telling. It’s my biggest secret."
"Hmph, I don’t even care." Li Qingxue turned away, waiting to be coaxed.
Leaving her hanging like this—how cruel...
Once the lights were off, the room plunged into darkness.
In the faint glow from the window, the resolve in Lin Wanning’s eyes steadied.
"I didn’t want it to be like this... but brother, I tried to forget how good you are to me. I just... couldn’t."
"......"
......
[The Spring Festival has passed, friends. Let’s welcome the Year of the Snake with joy. So many blessings to share, but in the end, all I wish is happiness for you every single day...]
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
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."
