When charm was unleashed, Ye Liangchen's confidence soared at a speed invisible to the naked eye!
When he raised his head again, the smile on his lips brimmed with self-assurance, and even his eyes deepened with emotion.
"Your heart tells me you need me!"
"Don’t forget what I just said—I am the savior."
With that, he lightly flicked his bangs and spread his arms wide, as if embracing the entire world—exuding confidence, nonchalance, elegance, and every nuance of charisma in a single breathtaking moment!
No one could resist such overwhelming charm!
He wondered how Shen Mengjie would react when she first saw him like this.
Shen Mengjie couldn’t help but laugh at Ye Liangchen’s sudden burst of confidence. She studied him seriously before raising a hand to her chest. "You’re saying my heart told you I need you?"
Ye Liangchen nodded with utmost solemnity. "Yes, your heart called out to me, and I felt it."
Gazing at Shen Mengjie’s smile, he declared triumphantly, "Your smile right now says it all."
"We’ve known each other for a while now. Truthfully, I sensed it long ago, but I didn’t dare face it. After what happened yesterday, I’ve made up my mind—I can’t keep avoiding it."
"Now, I’ve opened my heart and am ready to face you."
"No, no, don’t misunderstand. I was just laughing at you," Shen Mengjie quickly clarified.
"First of all, I’m perfectly fine and don’t need saving—and you certainly can’t save me."
"Secondly, we’re barely acquaintances. You claimed Long Aotian would harass me and offered to 'help' me avoid him. If not for you swearing on your knees, I wouldn’t have believed you. Beyond that, we have no relationship whatsoever."
"But now you’re suddenly telling me my heart yearns for your company and salvation? Isn’t that ridiculous? Don’t I know my own heart better than you?"
Ye Liangchen shook his head gravely. "You still refuse to confront your true feelings."
"Admit it, Shen Mengjie. Admit you’ve already fallen for me without realizing it."
With that, he took a deep breath, slowly lowered his arms, and wrapped them around himself in a self-embrace.
Shen Mengjie rolled her eyes. "You’re delusional!"
"Do you think every woman should fawn over you?"
She sighed in exasperation. "Forget it. Let’s not contact each other anymore, lest you start claiming I’m madly in love with you!"
From the beginning, Shen Mengjie had only played along to extract more information about Long Aotian from Ye Liangchen.
She’d found it amusing—until she saw Ye Liangchen and Xue Shaohua acting disgustingly intimate before heading to a hotel.
After that, her interest vanished.
Her original plan was to sleep with Long Aotian herself.
But now, these two wanted to... target Long Aotian instead.
It was too much to stomach.
Seeing Shen Mengjie actually walk away, Ye Liangchen panicked. The crux of his plan relied on her slipping the drink ["See You Tomorrow"] to Long Aotian.
Only someone familiar like her could lead a drunken Long Aotian away without raising suspicion!
If she backed out now, how would his plan proceed? Who else could deliver the drink?
When Long Aotian got drunk, would his friends just stand by as a stranger hauled him off?
Realizing this, Ye Liangchen switched tactics. "Fine, if you won’t admit it, let’s focus on the noble mission of saving lost souls."
"Long Aotian is a villain who preys on innocent girls. Knowing this, how can we stand idly by?"
Moral grandstanding was Ye Liangchen’s specialty.
"That’s what infuriates me!" Shen Mengjie retorted scornfully. "From what I’ve learned, Long Aotian and Hu Yuying are in a real relationship. Nothing like your claims of him being some tyrannical predator."
"You’re the one with ulterior motives."
"He has a girlfriend, yet you insist on 'saving' her? No wonder Long Aotian beat you up!"
Ye Liangchen was stunned she knew this. Flustered, he scrambled for a rebuttal.
He’d only wanted to save Hu Yuying—for her own good! How dare Long Aotian attack him?
Even if Hu Yuying was Long Aotian’s girlfriend, what about Li Qingxue? Beating him over her was unjustifiable!
Seizing on this loophole, Ye Liangchen blurted, "No! Hu Yuying isn’t truly happy. She loves me! Long Aotian stole what was rightfully mine!"
"Li Qingxue and I shared ten years together. How many decades does a life have? Yet Long Aotian twisted my pure-hearted muse into someone unrecognizable!"
"And Lin Wanning—we grew up together, childhood sweethearts! But because of Long Aotian, she now denies our bond!"
Clutching his chest, he lamented, "All this stems from Long Aotian’s deceit. I just want to expose his lies and save them. Why can’t anyone understand?"
"Whatever. None of this concerns me." Shen Mengjie’s flat dismissal shattered Ye Liangchen’s carefully crafted pathos.
His attempt at pity and moral leverage collapsed instantly. Words stuck in his throat—useless to speak, yet unbearable to swallow.
Ye Liangchen stared blankly as Shen Mengjie walked away.
Today, he’d come to conquer her with his charm.
Instead, reality had humiliated him.
Without her help, what next?
As New Year’s Eve loomed, cracks formed in Ye Liangchen’s confident facade.
Resentment toward Shen Mengjie simmered.
If only she’d played dumb and helped him ensnare Long Aotian, everything would’ve gone smoothly. Her betrayal ruined it all!
"I once considered adding you to my harem. Now, know this—your fate is eternal neglect!"
With that, Ye Liangchen abandoned all pretense and stormed off.
New Year’s was approaching. His flawless plan couldn’t tolerate a single flaw.
Long Aotian was as good as his.
Watching him leave, Shen Mengjie smirked.
Seems he hasn’t given up. This’ll be fun.
Part of her wished she’d waited longer to drop the bomb—to catch him completely off guard.
But his antics had been too insufferable to endure...
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grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
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?!
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."
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
