"Here I am!"
As he spoke, he flicked his hair.
"Yeah!"
The reply came with an equally defiant hair toss.
With a light chuckle, he stepped out of the darkness, his lips curled into a supremely confident smile.
Xue Shaohua sighed at the sight of that self-assured grin—once again, he had fallen short.
When it came to sheer swagger, he just couldn’t surpass him.
Noticing the gloom in Xue Shaohua’s eyes, Ye Liangchen’s smirk deepened. Trying to out-cool him? Still a bit green. He stepped forward and gave Xue Shaohua’s shoulder a light pat. "Did you find it?"
"Yeah, it’s all in the phone." Xue Shaohua’s expression shifted to confusion. "Though I don’t get why you need this. I could’ve just sent it to you. Why go through the hassle of meeting in person?"
Ye Liangchen chuckled softly and flicked his bangs. "Don’t you think this is way cooler?"
Truth be told, Ye Liangchen was in high spirits today. He’d just charmed a stunning beauty—gorgeous looks, killer figure, and an aura to match. Life was good.
Xue Shaohua rolled his eyes. His mood wasn’t nearly as bright. The sting of Hu Yuying’s rejection still echoed in his ears.
Being turned down wasn’t the issue—he thrived on a challenge. But what really stung was Hu Yuying publicly declaring that he couldn’t measure up to Long Aotian... That hurt.
"Here."
He handed his phone to Ye Liangchen.
Just as Ye Liangchen reached for it, Xue Shaohua pulled it back. "You remember what you promised me, right?"
Ye Liangchen smirked, flicked his hair again, and snapped his fingers. "Of course. But judging by your face, something’s up."
"Don’t tell me—let me guess."
"You went after Hu Yuying, didn’t you? And got shot down?"
Xue Shaohua’s darkening expression confirmed it.
For Ye Liangchen, figuring this out was child’s play. He knew Xue Shaohua inside out—a prideful soul, much like his former self.
Him chasing Hu Yuying? Predictable.
Her actually accepting him? Now that would’ve been a shock.
"I told you before—Hu Yuying’s the type who sticks to her choices. Once she picks someone, she doesn’t waver."
"If I hadn’t messed up, she would’ve been mine to begin with."
A shadow crossed Ye Liangchen’s eyes. If only he hadn’t been stuck in the bathroom that day, maybe he could’ve stopped Long Aotian from stealing Hu Yuying away...
Tilting his head at a dramatic 45-degree angle, he took a deep breath. "I said I’d take back what’s rightfully mine—personally. You’re rushing things."
"How can I not rush?" Xue Shaohua burst out. "Hu Yuying—everything about her, every move, every smile—it’s all I can think about..."
Ye Liangchen patted his shoulder. "Alright, I get it. But trust me on this. I will reclaim what’s mine, and that includes Hu Yuying."
It was clear—Hu Yuying had become Xue Shaohua’s white moonlight. And the devastation of an unattainable ideal? Ye Liangchen knew that pain all too well.
Xue Shaohua handed over the phone. "You were right. Hu Yuying has been keeping records. These are photos I took when she left for the restroom."
Ye Liangchen’s grin widened. Of course he knew—he was a reincarnator, armed with foresight no one else had!
He opened the phone and skimmed through.
[Color Coordination: Use monochromatic schemes, e.g., pairing dark gray with light gray for a harmonious, unified aesthetic...]
[Style Syncing: Maintain consistency between top and bottom garments, such as... such as... such as...]
His brow furrowed deeper with each line. "Huh. Pretty dense stuff."
With a self-deprecating laugh, he kept reading.
[Layering Techniques: ...]
[Style Examples: ...]
Ye Liangchen sucked in a sharp breath. "You’re sure this is what Hu Yuying’s been writing lately?"
"Absolutely. No reason to lie about this."
Ye Liangchen nodded. He believed Xue Shaohua—no motive to deceive him here. So this was Hu Yuying’s own handwriting.
It felt familiar, yet something about it was... off.
But if it rang a bell, maybe he’d glimpsed her notes in his past life. Complex, sure, but nothing he couldn’t crack with time. After all, only something this intricate could’ve propelled Hu Yuying to business stardom.
He transferred the files to his own phone.
He’d study them later. With two lifetimes of experience, mastery was just a matter of time.
"Good work. This is exactly what I need. Whatever else Hu Yuying writes—send it to me immediately."
"No problem." Xue Shaohua still didn’t see the point, but if Ye Liangchen wanted it, so be it.
Once the files were saved, Ye Liangchen flicked his hair, radiating confidence.
Xue Shaohua mirrored the hair toss, hands in pockets. "Why do you seem extra hyped today?"
Ye Liangchen glanced at him through his bangs, then flicked his hair again. "Want to know? Fine, I’ll tell you."
"I might just give Long Aotian a shiny new green hat."
Xue Shaohua’s eyes bulged. He never expected Ye Liangchen to dare provoke Long Aotian—let alone cuckold him!
"Don’t look so shocked. In a battle of looks, I’ve never lost. Put me and Long Aotian on the same starting line, and he wouldn’t even compare to a single strand of my hair."
"So... what’d you do?"
Ye Liangchen’s smile was cool and effortless. "Nothing much. Just swooped in when Long Aotian tried playing hard-to-get with some girl. Ended up flustering her so bad she could barely look at me."
"He thinks he’s so smooth? So irresistible? Well, I’ll prove that any woman he wants, I can snatch with a snap of my fingers."
A dark glint flashed in Ye Liangchen’s eyes as a plan took shape.
Not only would Long Aotian get a taste of his own medicine, but Ye Liangchen would use incriminating photos to make Hu Yuying, Li Qingxue, and Lin Wanning despise him.
Then, he’d sweep in and claim them, one by one.
And once they were his? Oh, they’d beg for his forgiveness. A "chase-him-through-hell" arc was mandatory—otherwise, all the humiliation he’d endured would’ve been for nothing.
"Don't blame me for being ruthless—after all, this is what you owe 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?”

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.”

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."

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!