Ning Yu had never considered telling Shen Yiyue about her true circumstances before.
But now, she couldn't help but wonder if keeping it from her would be somewhat dishonest. Was it fair to her?
Moreover, Ning Yu had a question she was eager to know the answer to.
What did Shen Yiyue like—was it the girl with silver hair and amber eyes, Ning Yu, or the person inside this body?
Although it didn't matter which one it was, because she was now Ning Yu, and that couldn't be changed.
She could choose not to tell Shen Yiyue about this, and it would be incredibly easy for Ning Yu to keep deceiving her. Everything would seem perfect.
But Ning Yu didn't think that was right.
Aside from her own curiosity, there was another important issue.
She wanted something real.
In this kind of emotion, she didn't want even a hint of falsity.
Ning Yu had never desired anything as much as she did today, but since this desire, this fondness, had arisen, it had to be genuine.
Ning Yu didn't reveal her past as an assassin or the bizarre incident of her transmigration, as those weren't particularly important.
But she did tell Shen Yiyue:
She had once had a male soul, which had now merged with this girl's body.
This was the true Ning Yu.
Not just the body of this girl, nor the cold-blooded assassin of the past.
But the Ning Yu sitting in front of Shen Yiyue, a girl with silver hair and a male soul.
Shen Yiyue listened quietly to Ning Yu's confession, her white teeth gently biting her lip.
"So, Xiao Yu actually has a... male soul, but the body is female now?"
Such a scenario, typically found only in fantasy novels, seemed to be a bit overwhelming for Shen Yiyue.
"Yes."
Ning Yu nodded, feeling a sense of relief after revealing her true self.
In fact, she had sensed something unusual about Shen Yiyue for a long time, and she herself had felt those strange emotions toward her.
Although her previous life had never been in such a relationship, she was still an adult and understood what these feelings meant.
But she couldn't bring herself to face Shen Yiyue with this ambiguous identity.
"You silly Xiao Yu, why did you tell me?"
Shen Yiyue blinked at Ning Yu, then continued,
"If you hadn't said anything, I would never have known..."
Ning Yu was caught off guard:
"Wait, you've already accepted this? Don't you find it strange?"
Hearing this, Shen Yiyue covered her mouth and giggled softly:
"What to do, Xiao Yu has really become a fool. Aren't there already many strange things about you?"
That's true...
Ning Yu slapped her forehead, realizing all the strange things she had done—taking out various items from the system space, Blood Kite, those skilled and ruthless killing techniques.
She had never been quite normal from the start.
"So... why did Xiao Yu tell me?"
Shen Yiyue was still curious about this.
"Because I didn't want to deceive you, and besides... I wasn't sure..."
Ning Yu was about to say, "If you knew I was actually male, would you still like me as you do now?"
But the words stopped at her lips, as if she were intentionally putting Shen Yiyue in a difficult position, asking her not to like her.
To be honest, Ning Yu even wanted to deceive her, because she, too, couldn't bear to part with this fondness.
Shen Yiyue suddenly extended her finger and placed it on Ning Yu's lips, signaling her to be silent, interrupting her before she could speak.
"I know what Xiao Yu wants to say."
She suddenly revealed a smug smile and began to explain:
"I'm really happy that Xiao Yu was willing to tell me, of course, it would have been fine even if you hadn't told me."
"Now, according to Xiao Yu's theory, liking someone is both physiological and psychological, right?"
"Xiao Yu is now physically a girl, but mentally a boy."
"I like Xiao Yu, both your body and your soul."
"Xiao Yu is very beautiful, but also very gentle and sincere. Being with Xiao Yu makes me feel at ease, and being protected by Xiao Yu makes me feel warm. It also gives me the courage to want to protect Xiao Yu."
"To me, that's how it is. Xiao Yu is unique, irreplaceable."
"Maybe Xiao Yu is thinking about what if one day you turn back into a boy. I think if that day comes, I'll still like Xiao Yu just the same."
She spoke with the air of someone who had it all figured out.
Ning Yu looked at her with that 'See, I'm quick to learn!' proud little expression and found that Shen Yiyue was incredibly cute like this.
It made Ning Yu want to pinch her cheeks and tease her a bit.
This peculiar emotion was something Ning Yu had never experienced before, and it felt quite novel. Was this what it meant to like someone?
The ultimate debater, Ning Yu, had finally experienced this profound emotion.
"Hey, why are you staying silent... You're making me a bit nervous..."
Shen Yiyue couldn't help but ask when Ning Yu didn't respond.
"You like me like this?"
Ning Yu finally spoke.
"Mhm!"
Shen Yiyue nodded without hesitation.
"Then that's enough."
Ning Yu gave her a gentle smile, beautiful enough to make Shen Yiyue momentarily lose her focus.
When she regained her senses, she found that Ning Yu had moved very close, close enough that she could see her own panicked reflection in Ning Yu's amber eyes.
"X... Xiao Yu, what are you... doing?"
Ning Yu's skirt brushed against her lower leg, making her feel a ticklish sensation that spread throughout her body, her face reddening visibly.
Seeing Shen Yiyue's shyness, Ning Yu placed one hand on the edge of the sofa, creating a sort of 'wall-hug' pose, though Shen Yiyue wasn't backed against a wall.
"You like me, and I like you, so I want to do something that only lovers do."
Ning Yu gazed at Shen Yiyue with an unyielding look, like a hunter eyeing her prey, her eyes burning with intensity.
"L-l-lovers... only do...?"
Shen Yiyue felt her brain overheating, her eyes spinning into that familiar spiral pattern.
"N-no... that's too... early... Ah!"
Before she could finish, she received a light chop from Ning Yu.
"Xiao Yu, why did you hit me! Is that what lovers do?!"
She pouted at Ning Yu, unable to hold back her complaint.
"I feel like I need to clean your brain a bit, see what you're thinking about all day?"
Ning Yu chuckled and pinched her cheeks, feeling the soft, warm texture of her skin.
"W-who knows what Xiao Yu is talking about..."
She dodged Ning Yu's hand, lowering her head and mumbling softly, her voice growing weaker and her face increasingly flushed.
Shen Yiyue herself didn't know why her imagination always seemed to run ahead of everyone else's.
But then, her head was gently lifted by Ning Yu once more.
She saw Ning Yu's lips drawing closer, the color of which she had personally chosen earlier that day.
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)
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
