Watching the cheerful little girl walk into the campus, Long Aotian finally turned and left.
Strolling through the school grounds, Hu Yuying felt lighthearted, glancing back every now and then. Though Long Aotian was already gone, the scene at the campus gate replayed vividly in her mind.
She took out her phone and opened the group chat shared among their trio.
@Qingxue @Wan Ning: "We're eating at home for lunch today."
Wan Ning: "You finally remembered us! I was starting to feel forgotten (crying emoji)."
Qingxue: "(smirking emoji)"
Qingxue: "I’ve already been abandoned (sobbing emoji)."
Wan Ning: "(confused emoji) Spill the details."
Hu Yuying couldn’t stop smiling as she read Qingxue and Wan Ning’s playful banter in the group.
@Yuying: "So, how’s the cohabitation life with your 'Long-ge'? Must be wonderful, huh?"
Yuying: "(smirking emoji) Not telling you (laughing emoji)."
While chatting, Hu Yuying had already returned to her dorm.
Her roommates, spotting her return, immediately pounced with teasing questions—what exactly had happened during those two nights she didn’t come back?
Faced with their curiosity, Hu Yuying didn’t hold back. She explained that she and Long Aotian had rented a place off-campus and that she’d returned today to gather some clothes.
Her roommates reacted with a mix of surprise, intrigue, and a touch of envy.
They were surprised by how decisively Hu Yuying had made this choice, curious about the mysterious "Long-ge" they’d never met, and envious because Hu Yuying had spoken so fondly of him before.
They’d met in high school when Hu Yuying needed help the most. He had supported her, taken care of her—wasn’t there something fateful about their dynamic, the big brother and his little follower?
University was a time of freedom. Some chose self-improvement, others sought sweet romance.
Everyone had the right to pursue what they desired.
As for Hu Yuying’s decision, they could only respect and offer their blessings.
Hu Yuying thanked them with a smile as she packed some belongings. Soon, her phone buzzed with a message from Li Qingxue, prompting her to leave the dorm.
Downstairs, she spotted Li Qingxue standing under the corridor.
"Qingxue!"
Hearing her name, Li Qingxue turned and hurried over. "What’s for lunch?"
"How about stir-fried chicken?"
"Sounds good!" Li Qingxue grinned, her youthful radiance shining brightly in that moment.
Suddenly, her expression turned serious. "Oh, by the way—after you left last night, I saw that guy from your class, Xue Shaohua, chasing your car. You should be careful. He seems a little... unhinged."
Hu Yuying frowned. "Is he insane?"
"I think so. Just keep your distance."
Hu Yuying nodded. "It’s fine. Long-ge always picks me up anyway."
She found it baffling. Hadn’t she made herself clear enough? Her communication skills weren’t that bad, were they?
What was wrong with that guy?
"Blame your overwhelming charm," Li Qingxue teased.
Hu Yuying rolled her eyes. "I’m already Long-ge’s person. And don’t even start—that guy from your class who’s been pursuing you? The whole thing’s already spread to our department!"
Li Qingxue sighed dramatically. "Ugh, don’t remind me. I’m so tired of it. I’ve told him I’m not interested in dating right now."
"Most people back off after one rejection, but he just doesn’t get it."
"Well, that’s what happens when you’re too irresistible," Hu Yuying quipped, covering her mouth playfully.
"I’ll tickle you—"
"Not scared anymore! I’ve built immunity!"
But despite her bravado, Li Qingxue’s mischievous fingers soon had her laughing uncontrollably.
......
In the music school’s girls’ dormitory, Lin Wanning stretched lazily as she read the group chat messages.
Her graceful figure, honed by years of dance, was enough to make anyone’s pulse race.
Rolling onto her stomach, she tapped the video call button.
Soon, Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue’s faces appeared on the screen.
"Wan Ning, you lazybones, still in bed?" Li Qingxue teased.
Lin Wanning smoothed her slightly tousled long hair. "What’s for lunch?"
Hu Yuying couldn’t help laughing. "Even our elegant Wan Ning is a foodie at heart."
"Wait—" Li Qingxue feigned offense. "Yuying, are you implying I’m the glutton here...?"
Watching their antics on screen, Lin Wanning sighed. "You two are having all the fun. Ever think about how lonely I feel?"
"Wan Ning, is your course load heavy right now?"
Lin Wanning rolled onto her back, a lazy smirk on her lips. "Do I look busy to you?"
Her major left her with more free time compared to Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue.
"Why don’t you come hang out at our campus later?" Li Qingxue suggested. "Yuying and I should be done by 9:40. We can all go for lunch together."
"Sure, I’ll come over and explore your campus a bit."
After finalizing plans, Lin Wanning ended the call. She reached under her pillow and pulled out a delicate silver bracelet.
Sunlight streamed through the window, casting a warm glow over her as she lay there, relaxed and content.
She slipped the bracelet onto her wrist, a faint blush coloring her cool, refined features.
"Yuying... I only want a tiny piece of him. Just a little. It won’t affect you, my dear sister."
She got up, jogged a few laps around the field, checked her online store’s backend, and then returned to her dorm to freshen up before heading out.
Meanwhile, Hu Yuying recognized Lin Wanning’s location from the message.
As she stood to leave, a voice called out from the doorway.
"Are you okay?" The words dripped with concern.
Hu Yuying pretended not to hear, not even sparing a glance as she walked past.
Xue Shaohua clutched his chest, watching her retreating figure with a bitter smile.
"Why can’t you see me? I’m the one who cares about you the most."
"Like a lone wolf in the shadows, I lick my wounds in silence... but even I need light."
"Why can’t you understand how I feel?" His voice dropped to a self-mocking whisper. "You don’t know how much it hurt to watch Long Aotian take you away."
"If only you’d look back at me once, I’d cherish you like a treasure—not like that brute who only knows how to hurt you..."
"Seeing you so weak and exhausted breaks my heart..."
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
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.”
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
