Ye Liangchen was seated nearby. He didn't force Hu Yuying to accept the milk tea anymore, nor did he disturb her. He just watched her with a beaming smile.
It seemed that everything about Hu Yuying was beautiful to him.
Feeling Ye Liangchen's gaze, Hu Yuying would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous.
Anyone would feel frightened if they were stared at in such a way by a strange man.
Fortunately, Ye Liangchen started feeling unwell after drinking two cups of milk tea consecutively.
Taking advantage of the time he spent in the restroom, Hu Yuying left the mall half an hour early from her part-time work.
She couldn't quite understand, having clearly rejected Ye Liangchen, why he would still watch her with that smile.
Anyway, she decided to avoid him in the future.
Thinking this, Hu Yuying quickened her pace, terrified that Ye Liangchen would find out she was gone and come chasing after her.
On her way home, passing by a fresh market, she looked at the money in her hands and walked in.
The part-time job paid daily.
She wanted to buy some vegetables to take home.
Before, Hu Yuying used to visit the market in the afternoon.
Because vegetables are cheapest then.
But she didn't want to go out again after going home today.
Because she had to study and review more problems to ensure that when she explained problems to her elder brother, she would not stumble over unfamiliar ones.
Walking into the market, Hu Yuying started selecting vegetables from the stalls.
As the weather gradually warmed up, the vegetables Hu Yuying chose were mostly cheap and had a longer shelf life.
"Boss, I'll take these. How much?"
She handed the selected potatoes and sweet potatoes to the market vendor, asking in a soft voice.
After paying the money and picking up her bag, she was about to leave the market.
"Hu Yuying?"
Suddenly hearing someone call her name, Hu Yuying turned her head in bewilderment, but she couldn’t see who called her because of the many stalls and crowd.
"Over here!"
The voice sounded again and Hu Yuying looked toward the meat stall.
She saw a young man waving his right hand high at her, his black short hair soaked with sweat was stuck to his refined and handsome face.
He slowly walked towards her. Even in the hustle and bustle, at this moment, just this moment, at least this moment!
All the noise around seemed to disappear.
"Why are you standing there dumbfounded? Don’t you recognize me?" The young man in front laughed lightly. His laugh was like a clear spring in the summer, dropping pebbles into her heart and ripples spread unwittingly.
"Elder brother, what are you doing here?" Hu Yuying's eyes shimmered as if reflecting fragments of light, adding a touch of vitality to her face, instantly erasing all of her worries.
"My father sells pork over there. I'm here to help." He noticed the bag of potatoes and sweet potatoes in Hu Yuying's hand and frowned slightly, "Follow me."
"Okay," Hu Yuying nodded heavily, a faint dimple showed on her cheek.
He led Hu Yuying to the old man's stall.
The old man was surprised to see his son returning home with a girl.
"This is my father," Long Aotian introduced.
"And this is my classmate, also my little tutor."
It was the first time that his son had introduced him in front of a classmate, the old man was lost in a complexity of emotions. Unthinkingly, he removed his oil-stained apron.
Hu Yuying, however, was taken aback to be introduced as Long Aotian's little tutor in front of the latter's father.
Known for her introverted character, she was at a loss for a moment.
Out of courtesy, she softly greeted him, "Hello, uncle."
She then looked helplessly at Long Aotian.
Hearing the girl timidly calling him "uncle," the old man did his best to appear friendly, with a softened heart, he chuckled and said, "Has Long Aotian been causing trouble for you?"
Hu Yuying shook her head immediately. Long Aotian had not been troubling her, on the contrary, it was she who was always causing trouble for him.
"Trouble? Of course, there would have been trouble. In our busy senior year, she had to spend time tutoring your son. How could that not be troublesome?" Long Aotian had already cut a piece of nicely marbled meat during the conversation.
After packing it neatly, he put it directly into Hu Yuying’s bag.
Hu Yuying, seeing this, hurriedly declined, "I can't accept this."
She didn't have much money left since she wrapped up her part-time job early today.
She couldn't afford this meat.
"It's a gift, you look as thin as a bamboo pole, take it home and build up your strength."
These words were heartfelt. According to the original description in the novel, Hu Yuying's figure and height were supposed to be the most exquisite golden ratio - an enchanting curve with an indentation at the waist. But now, she was as thin as a line, completely unlike the original enchanting curves.
Frantically Hu Yuying looked at Long Aotian, "Big brother, I…I…" Her cheeks flushed as she felt embarrassed, "I...I don't have money..."
Long Aotian, amused, said, "It's a gift, my little tutor."
"But I can't accept it. You are businessmen and besides, I've already bought vegetables today. And I... I don't like eating meat..."
Long Aotian forcibly pulled Hu Yuying's hand from the bag, "I warn you, I can't bear your long-windedness anymore. Accept what's given to you or I might hit you!"
"But I don't like to eat meat."
Long Aotian gently tapped his knuckles on Hu Yuying's head, "Will you keep arguing?"
Hu Yuying rubbed her head, her teary eyes made her look like she would burst into tears any moment.
On seeing this, Long Aotian quickly rubbed the place where he had hit Hu Yuying.
Feeling the soft touch of Long Aotian's hand, Hu Yuying froze. It was as if an unknown force had compelled her.
Instead of responding in alarm, she continued looking up at Long Aotian, gazing at him in a daze.
"Did it hurt?"
It didn't hurt too much, but for some reason, Hu Yuying gently nodded her head.
"Will you behave next time, understood?"
"I understand."
"Do you live nearby?" Seeing Hu Yuying here was a surprise for Long Aotian.
"The village up front." Hu Yuying pointed in the eastern direction.
The old man, watching the two of them standing against the light, couldn't help but smile without uttering a word.
He noticed the changes in his son.
And since their family is into meat business, meat is nothing unusual for them.
If this young teacher can really educate his son, help him improve his grades, and get a university admission, then not just chunks of meat, even if he comes to dine every day, there wouldn't be any issue.
.......
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."
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
