In the industrial park, within a spacious office floor.
Even today, this floor still felt quite empty overall. Apart from the Bangbang Tech game studio that had been working here for a while, there was only Su Bai's office... or rather, Su Bai and Chen Yusheng's office.
Generally speaking, the two of them really did spend most of their time in there together.
Today, Chen Yusheng didn't go to the lab; she came here to play games instead.
She was waiting for a receipt for her paper submission and queuing for computing resources, so she had nothing to do for the time being.
Li Xingya, on the other hand, still frequented the lab diligently. After all, she had too much to learn. As someone who had crossed over from another major, she worked hard enough, but there were truly still many areas she needed to put in the effort to make up for.
Finishing a round of her game, Chen Yusheng stared at the computer screen and spaced out for a moment. Her black-silk-clad feet, tucked into cotton slippers, dangled and swayed under the desk.
I really want to play games with the Big White Goose...
Then again, people who are usually very good at games often find it a bit tiring to carry noobs, unless that person, despite being bad at the game, is very important to you.
Even pro junglers get annoyed carrying girls sometimes, but Chen Yusheng never found it annoying to carry Su Bai. She didn't know why.
Perhaps it was because when she was with Su Bai, it was easier to find that kind of joy that was close to the true essence of gaming?
Moreover, the games they could play together weren't necessarily competitive ones. For example, multiplayer co-op survival games were incredibly fun with Su Bai, and Chen Yusheng didn't want to play them with anyone else.
She wondered when that guy would be back from camping. Sigh, camping really wasn't for her anyway; Su Bai was right to take Xia along.
Thinking of Xia Lin, Chen Yusheng's feelings became slightly complicated.
This woman's existence gave her quite a strong sense of pressure.
That mature vibe wasn't something ordinary female college students could match.
More importantly, Xia Lin's family background was terrifyingly impressive. That kind of family was what truly matched Su Bai, right?
Chen Yusheng had thought about this before. Although according to normal logic, having a girlfriend meant there was a chance of working towards marriage, Su Bai was an existence that transcended the constraints of ordinary theories.
Being able to become his girlfriend in college was already incredibly lucky. Chen Yusheng asked herself honestly; her encounter with Su Bai was mostly due to coincidence. If that layer of coincidence were removed, she wouldn't even know how to go about pursuing him.
Although she appeared to be an aloof goddess admired by countless people, in reality, Chen Yusheng also suffered from anxiety over gains and losses.
Chen Yusheng had heard some ambiguous remarks from Xia Lin a few times. She liked to call herself Su Bai's fiancee. It seemed like a joke, but it wasn't. Chen Yusheng felt that she really had that intention.
Hmm, looking at it this way, it really would be quite suitable for the Big White Goose to marry her. They truly were a perfect match in terms of social status.
Chen Yusheng actually thought this arrangement was pretty good, as long as Xia Lin could accept their coexistence... Xia Lin was probably very reasonable and wouldn't deprive Su Bai of even the time to play games with her.
Life recently had indeed been very fulfilling, allowing her to showcase her skills in the lab. However, occasionally, she also wanted to take an afternoon or an evening to play to her heart's content with the Big White Goose.
Forget it, forget it. That seemed like something to worry about a long time from now. After all, they were actually just college freshmen right now...
Just as Chen Yusheng was letting her imagination run wild, the biometric lock on the door beeped, and Su Bai barged in without any warning.
"You're back so early?"
"Yeah, I mentioned it when we chatted this morning, right? Brother Tao went to the hospital. Xia and I happened to go to the hospital to see him and then came back. Oh, and I casually cosplayed as a detective on the side."
Su Bai recounted the bizarre story of Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran accidentally wearing the same shoes, which amazingly both turned out to be knockoffs.
Hearing this, Chen Yusheng laughed unreservedly.
How should she put it? All sorts of weird people and bizarre events always seemed to pop up around Su Bai.
She had to admit, he possessed an innate constitution for drama-watching.
Chen Yusheng actually looked very beautiful when she laughed. She wasn't entirely expressionless; she was just used to keeping a straight face normally. When she was alone and relaxed with Su Bai, her micro-expressions were quite lively.
Exactly the type Su Bai liked.
As they were talking, the computer suddenly chimed. It was the ranked match Chen Yusheng had been queuing for; she had found a match.
"I forgot to cancel the queue..."
"It's fine, you just play. I'll watch you. I still need to learn from these high-level matches occasionally." Su Bai pulled a chair over next to Chen Yusheng.
A top player's first-person perspective is very entertaining to watch.
Especially considering that Su Bai himself was essentially a noob with poor gaming talent...
"Uh-huh," Chen Yusheng replied with a hint of pride. Having Su Bai watch her play games was actually pretty nice. Being admired by the person she liked gave her a sense of smug satisfaction.
The chairs purchased for this office were from Herman Miller.
For example, the one Chen Yusheng was sitting on, The Flagship: Embody Chair, Herman Miller's current ergonomic flagship. It was claimed to have been developed with the participation of over 30 doctors and PhDs, designed to "lower heart rate" and "promote blood circulation."
It sounded so profound, but could it really lower one's heart rate, she wondered?
Su Bai was sitting on the exact same model, but looking at Chen Yusheng's focused expression while playing the game, looking at the few stray hairs by her delicate ears and her tightly pressed long legs, he only felt a burning heat rising in his chest.
Perhaps this was a side effect of his improved physical fitness; he was always easily aroused by the girls...
"Hey, do you think you could win a match if you played while sitting on my lap?"
"Stop messing around... The random teammates didn't do anything wrong..."
"No, I believe in your fundamental skills."
Feeling playful, Su Bai effortlessly picked Chen Yusheng up, took over her seat, and then let her sit on his lap to play the game.
Chen Yusheng struggled symbolically for a couple of seconds before giving in to Su Bai's whim. This guy, honestly...
The Big White Goose had too many whimsical ideas in his head, most of which were things that would make girls very shy.
Her body honestly found a comfortable position, leaning into Su Bai's embrace, and she placed her hands back on the keyboard and mouse.
Hmm...
Not gonna lie, although it was a bit distracting, it was really comfortable.
Su Bai rested his face against Chen Yusheng's back and took a deep breath.
"This back would definitely look amazing in one of those backless slip dresses."
"Hilarious, you've never even seen me wear one..."
"But I look at your back all the time. From that angle... well, you know."
"..."
"It would absolutely look gorgeous."
"Really? But I always feel like backless dresses are a bit weird, like you're not wearing any clothes."
Chen Yusheng truly thought so. People always have styles of clothing they aren't used to wearing. To be honest, Chen Yusheng had rarely attended any major formal occasions since she was a child, so she really had no idea how to wear any damn evening gowns. However, she was now very adept at wearing all sorts of sexy lingerie... Sigh, it was all the Big White Goose's fault!

't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.

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rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

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.”