On New Year's Day, every school was bustling with activity.
Especially at University T, which was livelier than ever before.
The sports festival had many events, and after finishing one competition, participants would take a short break before moving on to the next.
The weather still hadn’t improved—small snowflakes drifted from the sky—but even so, today was a day for sweating it out.
As previously registered, Long Aotian and his three friends stood on the field.
"I’ve got a middle-distance race later. When it’s over, you better cheer for me properly!" Huang Fei rubbed his hands together, warming up before the match, his voice brimming with excitement.
"Run, run. When the tug-of-war starts later, you can go to the other side. With a weakling like you, our chances of winning will be even higher!" Li Longlong joked.
"Shut up! You wouldn’t really abandon me, would you?" Huang Fei said confidently.
Li Longlong turned to Long Aotian. "Would you?"
"Absolutely," Long Aotian replied without hesitation.
Then Li Longlong looked at Xu Shuai. "And you?"
"No question about it! What’s our dorm’s motto? Never abandon, never give up!"
"But let’s be honest—if Old Huang joins the other side, we might actually win this thing in one go!"
Huang Fei covered his face. "Why did I end up with roommates like you?"
Long Aotian waved his hand. "Enough talk—get ready!"
The match began.
From morning onward, the cheers at University T never stopped.
Meanwhile, at another university—University A—
Unlike University T, the New Year’s Eve festivities were liveliest in the evening.
The morning was still filled with rehearsals.
The Hanfu Club served as the true opening act, followed by several students who had practiced classical dance taking the stage one after another.
Hu Yuying was among them, though only as part of the group dance. Even so, Li Qingxue spotted her immediately.
Dressed in flowing white robes with light, delicate makeup, Hu Yuying looked pure and enchanting. Holding an oil-paper umbrella, her sleeves fluttered as if she might take flight at any moment—radiantly innocent.
Hu Yuying had originally planned to go with Qingxue to the music school afterward to watch Lin Wanning’s performance, but she wasn’t sure if they’d make it in time...
Just then, the camera focused on Hu Yuying, lost in thought.
The crowd erupted in cheers, and those who knew her chanted her name.
Hearing her name, Hu Yuying looked up in confusion—only to see her own face projected onto the big screen.
She froze for a moment before realizing what was happening, then flushed with shy embarrassment. The rehearsal hadn’t mentioned anything like this!
That fleeting moment of innocent bashfulness was enough to captivate everyone who saw it.
This simple clip alone set University A’s confession boards ablaze.
Of course, Hu Yuying didn’t know that yet. Once the projection ended, she took a deep breath, steadied her nerves, and finished the performance flawlessly.
Backstage, Hu Yuying changed out of her costume.
After returning the Hanfu to the club, she left with Li Qingxue, who had come to meet her.
After Hu Yuying left, a girl with striking makeup stormed in. "Where’s that new girl?"
Seeing the anger on her face, someone told her Hu Yuying had already gone.
The girl stomped her foot in frustration.
She was the lead dancer of the classical performance—today should have been her moment to shine. Yet all the attention had been stolen by Hu Yuying, a mere background dancer.
Though she still received scores and applause, no one was talking about her. Every conversation was about Hu Yuying.
For Wang Zouyue, who had hoped to make a name for herself at the New Year’s Eve gala, this was infuriating.
And now, with her anger boiling over, the one responsible had already left—leaving her with no outlet for her frustration.
Meanwhile, completely unaware, Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue had already left University A.
"Will we be late if we go now?" Hu Yuying asked.
"No, I just texted Wanning. Her performance is ninth, so it’s still early. We’ll make it in time," Li Qingxue reassured her.
"That’s good. I was worried we’d miss it."
"Look, Wanning even saved us seats—front row, too!" Qingxue showed Hu Yuying a photo on her phone: two empty seats in the very first row.
Unlike Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue, Lin Wanning had faced an unpleasant incident on her first day at school—right at the campus gates.
It drew a crowd, and soon, many knew about her.
Beautiful and talented, Lin Wanning had even gathered a small fanbase at school.
"It’s snowing again."
Watching the tiny snowflakes drift down, Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue exchanged a smile, spreading their arms to catch the falling snow.
"How about hot pot tonight?" Li Qingxue suggested.
"Sounds great! Though I don’t know when Longlong will be back. He might miss it."
"Don’t worry about him. With his thick skin, he’ll never go hungry, no matter where he is."
At that, even Hu Yuying couldn’t help but laugh.
Soon, they arrived at the music school.
Following Lin Wanning’s directions and the stream of students heading toward the venue, they easily found their way.
"Over here!" Lin Wanning, draped in a black coat, hurried over as soon as she spotted them.
"Are we late?" Seeing her outfit, Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue asked in unison.
"Not at all! My performance is still a while away. I saw Qingxue’s message and waited here so you wouldn’t get lost."
Three strikingly beautiful girls—each with their own charm—naturally drew attention wherever they went.
Several people even approached to strike up a conversation.
Lin Wanning whispered something in their ears.
After a brief hesitation, Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue nodded.
The next time someone tried to chat them up, all three replied in unison:
"We have boyfriends."
"Want to check out the backstage?" Lin Wanning, worried they might get bored in an unfamiliar place, suggested taking them behind the scenes.
She knew plenty of people there—they definitely wouldn’t be bored.
"Sure! After your performance tonight, let’s treat ourselves to hot pot."
"Ah~ That’ll be so relaxing." Eating hot pot while watching the snow outside—what could be more soothing?
"Right? And with the snow falling, inspiration will be overflowing for our updates!"
The three of them had recently signed contracts for their collaborative slice-of-life light novel.
And already, they had readers eagerly waiting for the next chapter...
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
