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?
...
"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.
...
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."
...
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...
...
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.
...
Before long, Su Bai and his senior were immersed in laughter.
nce】【Lighthearted Comedy】【Ultimate Gentleman's Novel】【Viewer Discretion Advised for Under 16】 The mightiest human hero, Sharen Morian, is resurrected after a thousand years by his wife—the Demon King. This is not your typical hero-vs-demon-king tale.
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
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!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
