Generally speaking, children's bodies are soft and squishy. After all, they haven't fully grown yet and are still developing.
Sending a child to learn dance is usually quite easy. Apart from a few exceptionally "gifted" individuals, most can pull off a few moves. However, for the very same people, things change after puberty. Their joints and waists become stiff, compounded by the development of various muscle groups.
Lu Yuning, however, was soft and supple all over, coupled with that adorably innocent and youthful face...
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Lu Yuning bit her lip and buried her small face in the blanket, occasionally peeking out stealthily to observe Su Bai's expression.
For an introverted pushover, reading people's moods was an essential survival skill. Even though Su Bai wasn't a mean person—he was leagues better than those female classmates who used to bully her at school—Lu Yuning still cared deeply about his mood.
After all, her current situation was, in essence, being kept by Su Bai.
A kept girl should coax her sugar daddy and make him happy; it was only natural and right.
Those who clearly lived off a man's money yet flaunted some independent strong female lead persona were something Lu Yuning truly couldn't understand. Where exactly was the independence?
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"You need to hydrate. I'll go get you some electrolyte drinks." Su Bai prepared to get out of bed.
"No need, um, I... I can go myself," Lu Yuning said hastily.
She tried to get out of bed, but the moment her toes touched the floor, a pained expression appeared on her face.
This was entirely within Su Bai's expectations.
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Looking at her state, he figured she might not even be able to get out of bed and move around smoothly tomorrow.
"Just lie down and get some good rest."
"Sob... Boss, I'm so useless," Lu Yuning said with an apologetic face.
"Hilarious. How does this make you useless? This is perfectly normal."
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Unexpectedly, Su Bai burst into laughter. "Seriously, girl, you should watch fewer weird movies."
"Eh..."
"I don't think there's anything wrong with you being like this."
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Why did it feel completely different from what she had imagined?
Was it really so, or was Su Bai just saying nice things on purpose to comfort her?
The latter wasn't impossible. After all, in Lu Yuning's eyes, Su Bai was an incredibly, incredibly gentle man.
Ningning fell into confusion...
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Outside the room, in the living room, Zhou Jialu was studying.
This was truly a miraculous thing. Not too long ago, she had been completely drained of energy, yet now she was full of drive, holding a tablet and watching some instructional video.
Lately, she seemed to really enjoy carrying an iPad around and following Su Bai whenever he went out, wandering all over the place with quite the air of a female secretary.
Having someone to help worry about the miscellaneous chores was a good thing anyway, so Su Bai didn't object.
"What are you watching?" Su Bai asked casually.
"Ah, junior... you're out so soon?" Zhou Jialu looked surprised.
Tonight was basically a complete success.
Zhou Jialu was quite proud of this.
With a soft and sweet personality like Ningning's, if you put her in the right atmosphere, she could very smoothly transition into a romantic confidante relationship with Su Bai.
As a fellow woman, Zhou Jialu understood this best.
Girls value atmosphere the most.
Of course, given Su Bai's qualifications, him just standing there created an atmosphere. If it were a more casual girl, he could just beckon with his finger and take her to get a room. But Ningning wasn't casual, so it required a little extra effort.
As a result...
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Su Bai's casual absurdity was on a level that ordinary people couldn't reach.
Who knows how this guy's brain comes up with these things.
While Zhou Jialu was laughing non-stop, Su Bai snatched the iPad from her hands to take a peek at what tutorial she was watching.
An online course for tourism majors.
"If I remember correctly, you're an accounting major, right, senior? Why are you watching this stuff..."
"Oh, it has nothing to do with school stuff. I'm just looking at tourism route planning and some tips for scheduling itineraries and the like."
"You could just look at Little Red Book for that."
"Too much marketing," Zhou Jialu pointed out the flaw right on the money. "This online course was recommended to me by a teacher from a training center. It's relatively short and concise. I just watch it when I have free time, striving to become an all-around warrior, a super manager."
Excellent. Super Su Bai's super harem deserves to use a super manager!
Out of curiosity, Su Bai watched the online course with Zhou Jialu for a while. Along the way, he asked the front desk staff at the Ascott to bring up a few bottles of iced Pocari Sweat.
This stuff was incredibly effective for rehydrating after exercise. Sweet and salty, Su Bai loved drinking it after playing a game.
Although this was just the standard suite where Lu Yuning was staying, Su Bai was, after all, an esteemed resident of the Shanshui Villas, so basically any service he wanted could be arranged.
Soon, the items were brought up.
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Before long, Su Bai and his senior were immersed in laughter.
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?!
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.
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!"
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)
