The night was deep. This top-tier private club by the East Lake had gradually shed the hustle and bustle of the day, immersing itself in a luxurious and tranquil night.
In the enormously expensive underwater stage and pool area on the second basement level, the water rippled gently. The air still held the faint scent of rose essential oil, along with a somewhat pulse-pounding, ambiguous lingering charm.
Just a moment ago, a truly "absurd" water-play romp had concluded here. Facing Liu Chenyang's absolute femininity, Zhou Jialu's myriad charms, Lin Qingyu's aloof contrast, plus the soft cuteness of the two little bunnies Li Xingya and Ke Yujia, even Su Bai, with his superb physique, had fought a genuinely tough battle.
Fortunately, the results were remarkable.
At this moment, those stunning beauties, exhausted from the tossing and turning, had all returned to the club's luxurious guest rooms and fallen into a deep sleep.
Su Bai, draped in a black silk bathrobe, walked through the corridor feeling refreshed.
He originally wanted to go to the wine cellar to grab a bottle of red wine to help him sleep, but as he passed the high-end audio-visual gaming room on the second floor, he noticed the lights inside were still on.
Pushing open the ajar soundproof door, a fierce sound of clashing swords and game sound effects drifted out.
In front of the massive hundred-inch curved screen, Chen Yusheng was sitting cross-legged on the spacious gaming sofa.
She had already changed out of her previous clothes and was wearing a silky ice-blue loungewear nightgown. Naturally, she was still wearing black pantyhose; these black pantyhose were Yusheng's true essence, it was impossible for her not to wear them.
Holding the latest gaming controller in her hands, her beautiful, slender fingers were flying across the buttons at a dazzling speed.
On the screen was the recently released sequel to a AAA action game.
Su Bai lightened his steps, walked over, and sat down beside her.
"Not asleep yet?" Su Bai casually pulled her into his arms, resting his chin lightly on her shoulder, smelling the cool, refreshing scent of shampoo in her hair.
Chen Yusheng's eyes were glued to the screen, her hands never stopping. She controlled the character to perform an extremely precise sliding dodge, followed immediately by a silky-smooth combo that directly slayed the final boss on the screen.
"Phew—cleared this level."
As the CG animation lit up, Chen Yusheng finally let out a long breath, put down the controller, and leaned back naturally against Su Bai's broad, solid chest.
She turned her head, her beautiful eyes glancing at Su Bai with a half-smile.
"Can you not stay up late playing? Doing your research projects at school is tiring enough," Su Bai pinched her cheek.
"Can't help it, who told this game to just unlock today?" Chen Yusheng pushed her glasses up, a sly curve forming at the corners of her mouth. "Besides, I have to thank Jialu, Qingyu, and the others for bravely stepping up today to share most of the firepower for you. Otherwise, how would I have the energy and stamina to stay up late playing games here? I would have been paralyzed in bed just like them."
Hearing this teasing, Su Bai couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"It seems Head Manager Chen has arranged the team fight pressure tactics very clearly. Letting teammates go in first to take the damage, while hiding in the back dealing crazy DPS."
"Of course, that's called rational resource allocation." Chen Yusheng hummed proudly, seemingly feeling very clever.
Su Bai looked at the level-clear animation playing on the screen; the graphics were extremely exquisite, and the mechanical requirements were absurdly high.
He shook his head somewhat helplessly.
"I've seen the online reviews for this game; the difficulty is simply anti-human. If I tried playing it myself, let alone the boss, I'd definitely be tortured into high blood pressure by these regular mobs." Su Bai frankly admitted his own "clumsy hands." "So, it's still more comfortable watching our Yusheng play. The controls are so smooth and flowing, it's practically an immersive high-definition movie."
"You, your gaming skills are getting worse and worse."
Chen Yusheng turned around, wrapping her arms around Su Bai's neck, a certain glint of admiration flashing in her eyes. "However... your ability to make and spend money is becoming increasingly incomprehensible."
Although she didn't know much about capital operations and had little interest in them, Chen Yusheng had more or less come into contact with some of the financial situations under Su Bai's name.
Recently, Su Bai's expenses had been downright terrifying.
From throwing massive amounts of money to buy the entire Galaxy Dance Troupe and hiring Shanghai's top medical team, to the rapid, money-burning renovation and luxurious decoration of this private club, plus various sky-high daily expenses, the cash flow was staggeringly huge.
However, what shocked Chen Yusheng, a finance genius, even more was the source of these funds.
After all... the massive funds returned by the system couldn't possibly appear out of thin air.
"I took a brief look at the few new cash flows you transferred in these past few days." Chen Yusheng lowered her voice, a hint of awe in her tone. "This money mostly came through shell companies in dozens of different offshore archipelagos abroad, went through extremely complex and flawless financial trust operations, and finally flowed back into domestic accounts under the guise of completely legal, clean investments."
Chen Yusheng looked into Su Bai's eyes: "Even the top financial conglomerates on Wall Street couldn't do it so seamlessly."
Hearing this, Su Bai also marveled inwardly.
He naturally knew this was the system's doing.
The way the system intervened in the real world was never a simple and crude "conjuring of money," but rather by manipulating the global financial network to reasonably and logically deliver wealth into his hands.
Such methods were indeed terrifying to think about deeply, but they also gave him an absolute sense of security.
"Just some help from overseas friends." Su Bai didn't explain further, merely smiling and holding her tighter. "Anyway, your husband's money is completely clean, and we couldn't spend it all in several lifetimes. You just need to be happy."
Hearing the word "husband," a faint blush crept onto Chen Yusheng's cheeks.
The game background music in the room gradually faded, and the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat quiet and romantic.
Chen Yusheng leaned quietly against Su Bai's embrace, listening to his steady, powerful heartbeat. Her eyes flickered a few times, as if she were making some major decision.
A moment later, she suddenly reached out, took the remote control, and pressed the button to turn off the screen.
The entire gaming room instantly plunged into darkness, leaving only a few soft ambient floor lamps.
"Big White Goose~"
Chen Yusheng looked up. Her face, which was usually full of reason and calmness, now showed a rare look of extreme seriousness, even mixed with a hint of imperceptible shyness.
"What's wrong?" Su Bai noticed the change in her mood and asked softly.
Chen Yusheng bit her lower lip, took a deep breath, and her beautiful eyes looked straight into Su Bai's.
"While they're all not here right now..."
Her voice was very light, yet it felt like a heavy hammer striking in the quiet room.
"Su Bai, I want... to have a baby."
As soon as these words were spoken, Su Bai was completely stunned, the arms holding her involuntarily stiffening.
"What did you say?" Su Bai doubted whether he had misheard.
"I said, I want to have a baby."
Chen Yusheng seemed to cast aside all her inhibitions. Her gaze grew incredibly resolute, even flashing a hint of deep possessiveness. "We are actually at the perfect age to have a baby right now. The chances of having a healthy child are extremely high."
Watching Su Bai's stunned expression, she suddenly leaned in close, her warm, sweet breath brushing against his ear.
"And, I want to be the first."
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...
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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?"
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!
