Ning Yu wanted to walk over and ask what was going on, but she waited until Shen Yiyue finished writing before approaching her.
"What are you writing? A diary?"
Shen Yiyue finally closed her notebook and capped her pen, the crisp "click" sound echoing as Ning Yu began to inquire.
"Mmm..."
Ning Yu felt a strong sense of curiosity, wondering what Shen Yiyue might be writing in her diary. After all, who wouldn't want to know what their crush was thinking? But she also understood that because this person was so close to her, it was important to cherish this distance. So, Ning Yu certainly wouldn't peek.
Shen Yiyue kept her head down, not looking at Ning Yu, and tidied up the desk. Ning Yu noticed that the bookmark in "Snow Country" was now in the middle of the book. If she remembered correctly, the latter half of the book had transitioned into a different story. This meant that Shen Yiyue had finished reading the main story of "Snow Country" last night.
Being close, Ning Yu could see more clearly the redness around Shen Yiyue's eyes, confirming her suspicion.
"You... did you cry?"
Ning Yu was more concerned about this than the fact that Shen Yiyue had finished the book. She felt that Shen Yiyue's emotions seemed a bit off.
At these words of concern, Shen Yiyue finally looked up, her gaze intense as she looked at Ning Yu. Her eyes contained a mix of emotions that were hard to describe—strangeness, confusion, sadness, and a hint of weariness.
"What's wrong?"
Ning Yu couldn't bear to see her like this and pulled her into a hug, gently stroking her back.
As soon as Shen Yiyue's face touched hers, Ning Yu suddenly felt a jolt, as if struck by lightning. A strange sensation spread through her body, akin to déjà vu, as if this moment had already happened before. The feeling was fleeting, and Ning Yu remembered that Shen Yiyue had also experienced something similar when they watched the sunset from a high building.
"It's nothing, Xiao Yu. I couldn't help but finish 'Snow Country' last night."
Shen Yiyue obediently let herself be held, pressing against Ning Yu, feeling the folds of her dress and the comforting scent of her.
"Was it a sad story, then?"
Ning Yu made a guess.
"Mmm..."
Shen Yiyue buried her face in Ning Yu, her muffled voice resonating against her. Ning Yu could even feel the vibrations as she spoke.
"Someone said they liked tragedies last night, didn't they?"
Ning Yu couldn't help but tease her, recalling Shen Yiyue's bold statement from the previous night:
'If you read enough tragedies, everything in life starts to seem happier by comparison.'
"Hmph."
Shen Yiyue pouted, looking up at Ning Yu as if to protest her heartless teasing. Her cheeks puffed out like a blowfish.
Ning Yu naturally reached out and pinched her cheeks, flattening the "blowfish." The soft feel of Shen Yiyue's face was delightful.
She lifted Shen Yiyue's face and leaned in to kiss her, their lips meeting and then gently parting.
"Huh, you've already brushed your teeth. How early did you get up?"
Ning Yu raised her hand to Shen Yiyue's eyes, wanting to wipe away any tear stains, but they had already dried.
"I won't tell you~"
Shen Yiyue turned her head away.
"So, little Shen Yiyue who finished 'Snow Country,' any thoughts?"
Ning Yu continued to ask, picking up the book with the bookmark in the middle and flipping it open.
["When Shimamura found his footing and looked up, the Milky Way seemed to pour down into his very soul."]
Flipping the page, it transitioned into a new story titled "Lake."
She had indeed finished it.
"Futility."
Shen Yiyue reached out, took the book from Ning Yu, and removed the bookmark, signaling she wouldn't continue reading the other stories.
"It's about doing things that have no hope, that won't change anything."
Shen Yiyue explained further.
Ning Yu felt this concept was a bit familiar.
"Komako was so in love with Shimamura, but all Shimamura saw in her was futility."
Shen Yiyue paused and added.
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something else and placed the book aside, looking up at Ning Yu.
"Do you know the person who pushes the rock, Xiao Yu?"
Ning Yu was caught off guard but answered,
"You mean Sisyphus?"
Shen Yiyue nodded immediately.
"Yes, he was punished by the gods to push a giant rock up a mountain, but every time he reached the top, the rock would roll back down, and he had to start over endlessly."
"Futility?"
Ning Yu picked up on the word she had just used and repeated it.
"Do you think it's sad?"
Ning Yu continued to ask.
Shen Yiyue shook her head at Ning Yu's question and then looked into her eyes.
"No, Xiao Yu, you've already taught me, haven't you?"
Ning Yu was momentarily speechless, then suddenly smiled and nodded.
"Maybe pushing the rock up the mountain is futile, absurd, and sounds sad."
Shen Yiyue said, her face suddenly lighting up with a smile that made Ning Yu think of a night they spent together under the wind.
"But every time he picks up the rock and starts pushing it again, he is fighting."
"Realizing the futility, so he fights."
"His repetition has no meaning, but that's okay, because the act of fighting itself is the meaning."
As if making a decision, Shen Yiyue took a deep breath, placed the gray-covered diary under her pillow, and said to Ning Yu,
"Let's go, breakfast!"
Ning Yu was about to ask why she suddenly brought that up when she heard her exclamation:
"Wow!! It's hamburger meat!!"
She sniffed the air like a little dog, identifying the rich breakfast just by its scent.
Ning Yu was all too familiar with her adorable antics and couldn't help but smile.
"Xiao Yu?"
At the door of the room, Shen Yiyue, resisting the urge to pounce on the table, looked back at Ning Yu as if asking, 'What are you still standing there for?'
Ning Yu finally snapped out of her daze and followed her out of the room, glancing back at Shen Yiyue's pillow before closing the door.
"Sis, what were you two doing in there? I'm almost done... Ah!!"
Shen Qianqian saw Shen Yiyue arriving late and couldn't help but complain, but before she could finish, she quickly shielded her plate of hamburger meat, dodging the attack from her hungry sister.
"What!! Sis, you have your own, why are you stealing mine!"
Shen Qianqian, like a protective animal guarding its food, bared her teeth at Shen Yiyue and pushed her sister's face away.
"Hehe~ Of course, someone else's plate always tastes better, my dear little sister."
Seeing the sneak attack fail, Shen Yiyue finally sat down in her seat.
Ning Yu, watching the familiar daily antics from behind, felt a sense of comfort.
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."
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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?!
