In the premium audio-visual esports room on the second floor, the air seemed to freeze at this moment.
With the hundred-inch curved screen turned off, only a few dim ambient floor lamps in the corners emitted a faint blue light, casting interwoven shadows over Chen Yusheng's fair and aloof face.
"Are you sure... you really want to do this?"
Su Bai leaned back against the spacious esports sofa, his arms around Chen Yusheng involuntarily tightening a little.
A rare flash of astonishment crossed his deep eyes, and he even doubted if he had heard her correctly.
This was Chen Yusheng.
A top student with plenty of fulfilling hobbies.
At the age of twenty, a time when she should be fully enjoying her youth and embracing freedom, she actually took the initiative to propose... having a baby?
"I said, I want a baby."
Chen Yusheng did not avoid Su Bai's gaze. She looked up, her beautiful eyes sparkling with an almost stubborn determination, along with a trace of fiery passion hidden deep beneath her rationality.
Su Bai looked at her quietly.
After the initial shock, an indescribable warmth quickly spread from his chest to his limbs and bones.
In this materialistic and calculating era, a top university goddess with a boundless future was willing to endure the hardships of a ten-month pregnancy and the risk of losing her figure during her best golden years, all just to bear a child connected to you by blood.
This was not a momentary impulse.
It was because she had unreservedly given her whole heart, her whole self, along with the future she cherished so much, to you.
This was the clumsiest, yet most profound proof of love in the world.
"Why this sudden thought?"
Su Bai gently reached out, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear, his thumb lightly caressing her delicate cheek. "Just because you want to fight for the title of 'the first'?"
"Isn't it a bit too early to have a child now?" Su Bai's tone revealed a bit of heartache. "There are still so many projects to busy yourself with in the lab. Having a child is not a game; it will be a massive upheaval for your body and your future pace of life."
"Do you think I'm the kind of desperate harem woman who would do anything just to fight for favor?"
Hearing Su Bai's concern-filled questioning, Chen Yusheng wasn't angry at all. Instead, the corners of her mouth curled into a highly confident and intellectually beautiful smile.
"As early as half a month ago, I had already consulted a large amount of medical literature, including cross-comparative data analyses on female reproductive age and offspring quality in The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine."
Chen Yusheng's voice returned to its aloof and methodical rhythm, as if she were conducting a top-tier academic defense.
"From the perspectives of biology and genetics, a woman's bodily functions are at their absolute peak between the ages of twenty and twenty-four. During this period, the quality of eggs is at its highest, and the probability of chromosomal mutations is reduced to a minimum."
"Science proves that children conceived in this age group not only have the highest quality developmental environment in the womb and a very low probability of suffering from various congenital diseases after birth, but they also tend to inherit their parents' excellent genes to the greatest extent in terms of intellectual development and physical appearance."
"Not only that, but a mother around the age of twenty has a very fast metabolism. Whether it is postpartum recovery or the self-healing ability for stretch marks and pelvic repair, it is incomparable to older mothers over the age of thirty."
Chen Yusheng looked at Su Bai, her eyes bright. "Therefore, having a child at twenty is not early at all; on the contrary, it is the 'golden period' that best conforms to the laws of natural science."
Listening to this string of professional medical jargon and supporting data, Su Bai couldn't help but chuckle.
To argue for having a baby using such hardcore scientific papers—probably only the female scholar in his arms could do such a thing in this world.
"Since it's scientifically so good, why does modern society still advocate for late childbirth?" Su Bai followed her logic and asked back with a smile.
"That becomes an issue of sociology and economics."
Chen Yusheng snorted softly, her tone revealing a condescending clarity.
"The reason modern people dare not have children at this age boils down to two points: First, heavy academic workloads or careers just taking off mean they simply don't have the energy and financial resources to raise a 'money-swallowing beast'; Second, the vast majority of people are not mentally mature at twenty, and they simply cannot find a perfect partner to whom they can entrust their lives and share responsibilities."
At this point, Chen Yusheng's gaze instantly softened. Her originally iceberg-like, aloof temperament completely melted into gentle spring water at this moment.
She leaned back into Su Bai's embrace, her arms tightly wrapping around his firm waist.
"But, I don't need to worry about either of these two points."
"Academics have never been a burden to me. On the other hand, hehe, I don't need to say more, do I?"
"Indeed."
She looked up, her eyes full of pride and attachment. "Big White Goose is the strongest and wealthiest man in this world. We have top-tier medical resources and the most perfect nursing team. I don't need to squeeze into public hospitals for registration quotas, nor do I need to worry about future milk powder money and school district housing."
"Most importantly..."
Chen Yusheng stood on her tiptoes, her soft red lips gently pressing against Su Bai's ear, her voice low and lingering:
"I have already found the man who is worth spending my whole life with, the man worth bearing a life for. My genes plus your genes—if we don't leave behind a crystallization of them early on, it would simply be a waste of human evolution."
These words were clear and logically rigorous, yet every single word and sentence revealed an ultimate romance known as "absolute rationality."
Su Bai was completely convinced.
Not only was he convinced by her scientific data, but he was also moved by her unreserved deep affection.
"Alright, since Professor Chen has researched this subject so thoroughly..."
Su Bai took a deep breath, the fiery passion in his eyes seemingly able to ignite the dim air around them.
He stretched out his strong arms and lifted Chen Yusheng sideways from the spacious esports sofa in one smooth motion.
"Then, as your only male lead, how could I not cooperate with you to complete this great experiment?"
"Ah!"
As her body suddenly lifted into the air, Chen Yusheng let out a cry of surprise and instinctively hugged Su Bai's neck tightly.
That face, which often wore a precocious expression, finally revealed the bashfulness and fluster belonging to a twenty-year-old girl.
"You... why are you in such a rush..."
"To use practice to verify whether your theory is correct, of course."
Su Bai carried her, walking with large strides out of the esports room towards the master bedroom. "Since you've even prepared the thesis, we naturally have to start tonight and properly implement this project."
While walking towards the master bedroom, Su Bai silently summoned the system panel in his mind.
Under the control of his mind, the lock on Chen Yusheng from that god-tier skill representing absolute control, [Law of Causality XX], was quietly released.
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...
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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?"
