Ye Liangchen flicked his hair, adjusted his clothes, and walked toward Lin Wanning with a confident smirk.
Xue Shaohua immediately grabbed Ye Liangchen’s arm, the incident with Li Qingxue still fresh in his mind.
In Xue Shaohua’s opinion, the best course of action now was to stay put—wait until they had leverage against Long Aotian, then use him to control Hu Yuying, Li Qingxue, and Lin Wanning.
But Ye Liangchen just smiled confidently. "Relax. Wanning isn’t like Qingxue. She has an almost obsessive pursuit of music. And I plan to win her over with my talent!"
In his past-life dream, Lin Wanning’s dedication to music had been bone-deep—something neither Hu Yuying nor Li Qingxue possessed.
People obsessed with music had pure hearts. In their eyes, anyone who showed a strong passion for it could easily become a kindred spirit.
And as luck would have it, thanks to his past-life memories, Ye Liangchen still remembered a few once-popular songs.
After all, in that dream, he’d been the darling of Hu Yuying and her friends at a young age, exposed to endless entertainment. Though he wasn’t fond of singing himself, hearing those tunes so often meant even if he couldn’t recall all the lyrics, the most catchy parts came easily.
Clearing his throat, Ye Liangchen strode toward Lin Wanning with a smile.
"Shake it, swing it, no one rocks like me~ Shake it, swing it~" He sang while swaying his body in rhythm.
When he reached Lin Wanning, he spun a full 360 degrees. "No one rocks like me~~"
Finishing his performance, he feigned surprise. "Wanning?"
"Sorry to disturb you. I was so inspired, I lost myself for a moment." He bowed slightly in apology, playing the gentleman.
"Being near the music school, surrounded by such an artistic atmosphere, I came up with this little tune. Since you study music too, what do you think?"
He flicked his hair again, lifting his gaze confidently. For others, winning her heart through music might be hard—but for him? Just a bit of effort.
After all, his advantage was rebirth itself!
But when he looked up, instead of the awestruck admiration he expected, a slender, pale hand came flying at him.
Slap!
The blow landed before he could react, leaving him stunned for a second.
Lin Wanning glared at him in disgust. "You disgusting creep."
She couldn’t stand people like him—first harassing Qingxue, now her. Did he think he was some Casanova? That she was some naive fool?
Her palm stung from the force of the slap, but fear was the last thing she felt. Instead, a thrill of satisfaction ran through her—this was revenge for Qingxue.
Brushing past the dazed Ye Liangchen, Lin Wanning shot a glare at Xue Shaohua.
Xue Shaohua instinctively stepped aside, and she quickened her pace, putting distance between them.
A delayed rush of adrenaline and a flicker of fear hit her, making her walk even faster.
Only when Lin Wanning was long gone did Ye Liangchen finally snap out of it, touching his stinging cheek.
"Are you okay?" Xue Shaohua hurried over, concern in his eyes as he watched Ye Liangchen clutch his face in disbelief.
Ye Liangchen’s lips twitched, as if struggling to accept that Lin Wanning had actually hit him.
"What just happened?"
Xue Shaohua sighed at his dazed expression. "Lin Wanning just slapped you."
"I got slapped?"
"Yeah. Doesn’t your face hurt?"
The moment he said it—
"Ugh!" Ye Liangchen gasped, clutching his chest dramatically. "I got hit... Hah, I’m laughing, I’m really laughing..."
Then his head snapped up, eyes burning with fury. "Chase me to the crematorium! She’ll regret this!"
"Are you... alright?" Xue Shaohua asked warily.
Ye Liangchen chuckled darkly. "Interesting. Things just got interesting..."
He turned to Xue Shaohua with a sinister grin. "I was going to give them a chance, but they threw it away. Fine—they brought this on themselves!"
"When I’ve got those long legs of hers over my shoulders, let’s see if she stays so high and mighty!"
......
"Hahaha, you should’ve seen his face—he was completely stunned!"
Back in her dorm, Lin Wanning sat on her bed, phone in hand, laughing uncontrollably.
On the video call, Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue looked shocked.
Li Qingxue was the first to recover. "Serves him right!"
Lin Wanning beamed, even more pleased with herself. "I just—wham—slapped him right across the face!" She mimed the motion.
"Qingxue, consider this payback for you, okay?"
She tilted her head like a proud swan, waiting for praise.
"Wanning, I love you! Mwah!" Li Qingxue blew her a kiss through the screen.
"You... I told you to be careful, but you never listen." Hu Yuying sighed, torn between amusement and worry.
"Sis, I did listen! But he was asking for it!" Lin Wanning pouted, instantly subdued under Hu Yuying’s gaze.
"You didn’t see him. Even you would’ve slapped him!"
"And don’t worry, I didn’t stick around—I hit him and ran..."
Hu Yuying chuckled. She had to admit, even she—usually patient—had pushed Ye Liangchen before.
Picturing the scene Lin Wanning described, she covered her mouth with a hand. "You little troublemaker."
Relieved Hu Yuying wasn’t mad, Lin Wanning copied Li Qingxue and sent an exaggerated mwah at the screen.
"Next time you see him, just walk away. Long Aotian said it himself—don’t engage with people like that."
"Got it! I promise it won’t happen again!"
Lin Wanning suddenly remembered something. "Oh! Xue Shaohua was there too. They’re definitely working together. If you see him on campus, ignore him."
"Ugh, knew Xue Shaohua was no good either. We won’t give him the time of day," Li Qingxue huffed.
Hu Yuying wasn’t worried, though. After all... Long Aotian was around.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
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?!
. 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!"
