His chest heaved violently, his breathing and heartbeat falling into an erratic rhythm. His mind was blank, clouded with confusion, yet his running pace never slowed.
Even though each gasp for air felt impossible, even though his heart pounded so hard it echoed in his ears, the world around him seemed frozen in place...
Just a few hours ago, everything had been fine.
Just before he left, he had asked her to give him some time—to let him cool off.
And back then, she had smiled at him, nodding in agreement.
His footsteps came to an abrupt halt. The lakeside was already swarmed with people, their phones raised behind the police tape, their murmurs never ceasing.
Behind the tape, a soaked white cloth covered...
Long Aotian stared numbly, his hollow gaze turning vacant in an instant.
He wanted to step forward—maybe this was just a misunderstanding, an accident—but his legs had turned to stone, refusing to move.
Just a few hours ago, none of this had been real. Just a few hours...
"Damn it!"
His rigid body lurched forward uncontrollably.
"Long Aotian, why don’t you just drop dead?!" A voice, raw with fury, roared in his ears as his collar was yanked violently.
His empty eyes slowly focused. Standing before him were Huang Fei and Xu Shuai.
They were pulling at each other, saying something—but he couldn’t hear them. Everything had gone silent.
Another voice cut through.
Then he felt himself being dragged, followed by the sound of sobbing.
His chaotic mind suddenly became eerily calm.
"Wan Ning."
"Are you okay? Does it hurt...?" Lin Wanning’s worried voice drifted faintly into his ears.
The crowd was dispersed.
Long Aotian was helped to his feet.
......
"Quiet down! This isn’t the place for arguments or tantrums!"
Inside the police station.
After a brief round of questioning, everyone who had interacted with Shen Mengjie in the past two days was gathered together.
The officer glanced at Huang Fei, then at Long Aotian, unsure of what to say next.
From the information gathered, the boy seemed pitiable—but only in the most literal sense.
His grief was understandable, but this was a place of order, not a marketplace.
Hospital surveillance footage showed the fight, the three boys leaving first—Huang Fei and the others.
Then Long Aotian left.
Two hours later, Shen Mengjie walked out alone.
Alibis were confirmed for everyone involved.
"We’ve brought you all here for one reason. Based on the evidence, this was a suicide."
At this, the officer pulled out a phone.
"This was left by the deceased on the shore. There’s something on it you all should see."
The video played.
Shen Mengjie’s face appeared on the screen.
She had changed into clean, pretty clothes, wearing just a touch of makeup—like she was heading out for a casual day out.
With her brightest smile, she whispered, "I’m sorry."
She had recorded this in advance, explaining everything in her own words.
She thanked Wang Lijuan, thanked Han Xiaojing, thanked everyone.
She even thanked Huang Fei, calling him a big idiot before mimicking his voice in a playful tone: "Ahem, hey beautiful (flipping her hair), you’re pretty—mind giving me your number?"
After saying this, she made a gesture only Huang Fei would recognize—holding an imaginary apple, subtly showing it off.
No one else understood.
Huang Fei, who had been seething with rage just moments ago, burst into laughter—then tears, completely uncontrollable.
This was how they’d first met.
Seeing it reenacted, he realized how ridiculous he must have looked back then—though at the time, he’d thought his confident approach was smooth as hell.
"Ooooh, are you crying?" As if she’d predicted it, Shen Mengjie rubbed her cheek teasingly in the video. "So embarrassing..."
"Don’t be such an idiot. Stop giving your heart away so easily—being a simp isn’t cute..."
Then Long Aotian’s name was mentioned.
She took a deep breath, speaking like an old friend.
In a shy, girlish tone, she confessed little secrets—when she first fell for him, when she’d catch herself staring, even explaining everything that happened on sports day...
"Anyway, master hunter Shen Mengjie failed this time. But this time—I won’t wait for you anymore. I’m going somewhere no one can find me. A place with no pain, no sadness... and no you."
Her voice grew quieter, heavier. "I’m sorry to him/her. But I just... couldn’t hold on anymore. I thought I was stronger than this. I’m sorry..."
When the video ended, the officer spoke solemnly.
"In a very short time, she endured too much. The emotions piled up, becoming an unbearable weight that crushed her."
"Every person has a breaking point. Once crossed, the mind shatters."
The investigation, along with the evidence Shen Mengjie left in the video, proved she had fought hard.
The tragedies of her childhood hadn’t broken her. The hardships of life hadn’t broken her. But when the nightmares of her past resurfaced, mercilessly stealing everything she cherished...
Expulsion, ruined reputation, endless rumors...
No one—not even a man—could withstand that.
The officer put the phone away. His words were meant to clarify: this was suicide, the conclusion of their investigation.
Hearing this, the room filled with grief—each person mourning in their own way.
Only Long Aotian remained motionless, his expression unchanging.
Then a shrill, hateful voice pierced the air.
After watching the video, after learning everything Shen Xiu had done—the childhood scars she’d inflicted—
Huang Fei roared curses. And he wasn’t alone. Everyone’s fury erupted at the sight of Shen Xiu.
If not for her relentless pressure, if not for her spreading vicious lies at school—Shen Mengjie would never have chosen this path.
If the officers hadn’t restrained them, they would’ve lunged at Shen Xiu, striking her down without hesitation.
Suddenly finding herself the target of hostility from a group of young people, Shen Xiu instinctively felt fear. Recalling the words the police officer had said while escorting her earlier, she was momentarily at a loss—until she saw the video recorded by Shen Mengjie. Then she burst into loud sobs, shedding crocodile tears...
Heart] Chen Yi traversed the cultivation world for eight hundred years, charging his way to the Tribulation Transcendence stage. Just as he was outwitting his 81st Heavenly Tribulation to ascend to immortality, he was suddenly pulled into a chat group called the "Multiverse Transmigrators Support Group." To his surprise, the group was filled with nothing but fresh-faced newbies who had just transmigrated. [Help! I transmigrated into a disgraced concubine in the cold palace, and the tyrant emperor is about to execute me!] [I ended up as a cannon-fodder villain, and the protagonist is still chasing me—WTF!] [I woke up as the protagonist’s father, but I’m about to be sacrificed in a ritual! What do I do? Urgent!!!] Chen Yi stared at the chaotic flood of desperate pleas in the group and fell into deep thought. "Seriously? You drag me into a newbie transmigrator chat group… only after I’m one step away from becoming an immortal?"
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
. 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!"
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
