"Don't go." Long Aotian clung tightly to Hu Yuying's waist, pressing his shameless face against her back, refusing to let her leave.
Hu Yuying held her pajamas in one hand while patting Long Aotian's arm wrapped around her waist with the other, sighing helplessly. "Be good, Long Aotian. Sleep alone tonight. I won’t go out tomorrow."
"It’s been three days. Three days in a row you haven’t come back to sleep. Do you expect me to endure an empty bed at such a young age?"
"Long Aotian, you’re exaggerating. Last night, I sneaked back to be with you." Hu Yuying’s cheeks flushed slightly. She had indeed slipped back to spend the night with him—technically, she’d only been away for a day. It wasn’t as dramatic as he made it sound...
And the way Long Aotian was acting made it seem like she was abandoning him after taking advantage...
"Hurry up and let go. Qingxue and Wan Ning are waiting for me."
No matter what Hu Yuying said, Long Aotian remained stubborn, clinging to her like a persistent burr.
Finally, Hu Yuying sighed softly, turned to face him, and gently cupped his shameless cheeks before pressing a light kiss to his lips. "Is this enough?"
Long Aotian fought back a smirk, continuing his act. "You’ve changed, little girl. You used to cling to me all the time. Now that you’ve got me, you don’t treasure me anymore?"
Hu Yuying rolled her eyes. The longer she stayed with Long Aotian, the more she realized just how thick-skinned he could be.
Despite his pitiful whining and exaggerated complaints, she knew he was just angling for more favors.
What a greedy man.
With another sigh, she leaned in and gave him a deeper kiss.
As Long Aotian eagerly deepened the embrace, Hu Yuying tried to push him away half-heartedly before giving in.
Just as her clothes were being tugged up, her phone suddenly rang.
The sound snapped her out of her daze, and she quickly pulled away, shooting Long Aotian a reproachful look before answering. "Qingxue is calling."
After hanging up, she kissed Long Aotian’s cheek, coaxing him like a child with repeated promises before finally heading to the room where Wan Ning and Qingxue were waiting.
The moment she opened the door, she saw the two already in bed, leaving the middle spot open for her.
"Welcome, sis!" They lifted the blanket, urging her to hurry in—it was warmest under the covers.
Hu Yuying quickly changed into her pajamas and hopped onto the bed.
"Sis, what took you so long? We were about to fall asleep," Lin Wanning grumbled, wrapping an arm around Hu Yuying’s slender waist.
"Yeah, any later and we’d have been out cold," Li Qingxue added with an exaggerated yawn.
Hu Yuying lightly poked their foreheads. "You two night owls? Sleeping this early?"
The two giggled. "We knew Long Aotian was clinging to you and wouldn’t let you go, didn’t we?"
"That’s why I called you. Am I smart or what?"
Hu Yuying nodded. Without that call, she would’ve been helplessly swept up in Long Aotian’s advances again.
Glancing at Wan Ning, she asked, "What are you reading?"
"I found a really good novel recently. Want to see?"
Li Qingxue huffed. "Did I ever tell you I used to write stories too?"
Lin Wanning blinked in surprise. "You wrote? Show us! What kind of masterpiece did our literary genius create?"
Originally just showing off, Li Qingxue flushed at the praise, especially under Hu Yuying’s gaze.
"W-well, back when I read a lot of novels, sometimes I’d get so into them that I’d scribble my own ideas in a notebook. But I didn’t bring it with me..."
Lin Wanning pinched her blushing cheek. "What if the three of us wrote a fantasy autobiography about ourselves? Do you think anyone would read it?"
The idea lit up Li Qingxue’s eyes. Her first meeting with Long Aotian had been just like something out of a romance novel—a carefree, dazzling boy by the riverbank and a heartbroken girl...
"I think we should try it," she whispered excitedly.
"Sis, what do you think?" Both girls turned to Hu Yuying with eager eyes.
"Our life stories?"
"Yeah! Your experiences alone could fill a book—capturing the beautiful moments, the regrets, every step of the journey, and how we’ve grown..."
Li Qingxue’s words sent Hu Yuying spiraling into memories.
"Beautiful moments... regrets... every step of the journey... how we’ve grown..."
She murmured softly before a soft smile curved her lips.
"But how do we write it?" Hu Yuying’s life revolved mostly around studies and Long Aotian—she had no experience with storytelling.
Lin Wanning held up her phone. "Look, sis. This is a novel app. We just click ‘Become an Author,’ create a book, and start writing. If we hit 20,000 words, we might even get published—then tons of people could read it!"
"Will you two write too?" Hu Yuying asked.
"My story isn’t long, but it’s full of beautiful moments. I’d love to try," Li Qingxue said.
"Same. Maybe my story isn’t all happy, but... I’m happy now." Lin Wanning rested her head lightly on Hu Yuying’s shoulder.
Hu Yuying nuzzled her cheek against Wan Ning’s hair. "What should I call mine? ‘Starting as a Little Follower’?"
Two vivid images flashed in her mind—a bold, confident, and notorious big brother, and a gloomy, bullied girl who lacked self-esteem.
"Should we give it a try?" Hu Yuying whispered.
The three exchanged glances before pulling out their phones to download the app.
"I’ll go by ‘Sweet and Sour Li’."
"Then I’ll be ‘Ningxue’s Blossoming Years’."
They turned to Hu Yuying. "What about you, sis?"
"I’m thinking... maybe just ‘Ancient Moon’?"
"Boring. How about ‘Ancient Moon, Yuying’?"
"That’s perfect! Wan Ning’s so good with names."
With a final click, they confirmed their choices.
"Our story begins..."
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?!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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."
