The warm winter sun streamed through the massive floor-to-ceiling windows of the club's second-floor bedroom, casting golden patches of light across the carpet. The smart ventilation system hummed silently, maintaining the room at a perfectly comfortable twenty-four degrees Celsius.
On the expansive, plush custom bed, amidst the tangled silk sheets, there lingered the faint, intimate afterglow of last night's "scientific experiment."
Su Bai leaned against the headboard, his flawlessly sculpted muscles exuding a breathtaking tension in the morning light.
Curled up in his arms like a lazy kitten was Chen Yusheng.
Her silky black hair cascaded across Su Bai's chest, and a few faint red marks still lingered on her fair skin.
Stripped of the rigorous, aloof academic aura she usually carried in the lab, she lay with her beautiful, crystal-clear eyes gently closed. Her long eyelashes rested quietly against her cheeks like butterfly wings, radiating an unguarded softness and innocent charm.
She looked much more like the girl Su Bai had first met.
"Awake?"
Feeling the slight stir of the woman in his arms, Su Bai lowered his head and pressed a gentle good-morning kiss to her forehead.
"Mmm..."
Chen Yusheng let out a soft, sleepy murmur, slowly fluttering open her clear, beautiful eyes.
She was in no rush to get up. Instead, she nestled deeper into the warmth of Su Bai's embrace, nuzzling against him like a little girl reluctant to leave her bed.
Whenever she was thoroughly satisfied by him, she would become incredibly docile, just like a little kitten.
"Was Professor Chen satisfied with last night's practical experiment?" Su Bai teased, a wicked smirk playing on his lips.
At his words, even someone as famously rational as Chen Yusheng couldn't stop a blush from creeping up her cheeks.
Truth be told, without the barrier of protection, the sensation really did have a subtle difference.
In short, it made her crave her Big White Goose even more.
She reached out and gave his waist a light pinch, chiding him, "You always act so innocent after taking advantage of me. My theoretical data was perfectly sound, but your... practical intensity completely exceeded the normal human sample range."
Su Bai laughed out loud, pulling her even closer.
Since they had reached a consensus to "conceive a child during their prime golden age of twenty," and had taken very deep, practical steps toward that goal last night, it was naturally time to put the next phase of preparations on the agenda.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't we start looking into baby stuff ahead of time?"
Su Bai grabbed his brand-new foldable phone from the nightstand. Operating it with one hand, he opened a few top-tier domestic shopping apps and high-end international boutique platforms.
"Like strollers, cribs, and all sorts of random maternity and baby supplies," Su Bai said as he scrolled through the screen.
Piqued by the idea, Chen Yusheng shifted upward and leaned against Su Bai's shoulder. With their heads resting together, they stared at the small phone screen.
"This stroller looks pretty good," Su Bai said, pointing at a limited-edition, purely handcrafted stroller on the screen that featured a co-branded logo from a famous supercar manufacturer. "Full carbon fiber frame, genuine leather interior, and top-tier shock absorption. The price tag is 180,000 yuan, and it looks pretty flashy."
"...A stroller needs a carbon fiber frame?" Chen Yusheng was slightly speechless. In her mind, that sort of material was strictly reserved for sports cars.
It gave off the absurd vibe of installing a V8 engine on a wheelchair.
In Su Bai's current consumer mindset, shopping was incredibly straightforward and blunt: whatever was the most expensive and looked the most premium was what he bought.
However, as an academic genius, Chen Yusheng's thought process was entirely opposed to this kind of logic.
She furrowed her pretty brows slightly, her clear eyes locked onto the specifications page on the screen.
"While full carbon fiber is lightweight, it has a high degree of brittleness. In the event of a lateral impact, its stress absorption might actually be inferior to aviation-grade aluminum alloy. Furthermore, even though this genuine leather interior uses a vegetable-tanning process, it's still impossible to completely rule out the risk of trace formaldehyde residue. For a newborn's highly sensitive respiratory tract, that is an uncontrollable variable."
Chen Yusheng analyzed the product with clear, methodical logic before reaching her conclusion: "This stroller is severely overpriced, and its practicality and absolute safety do not match the cost. I do not recommend buying it."
Su Bai was left completely dumbfounded.
Looking at the girl in his arms—who was applying the same rigorous, deadpan attitude she used to analyze computer hardware architecture to a baby stroller—he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Then what about this custom solid wood crib? It claims to be made from imported, century-old North American black walnut." Su Bai swiped to another product.
Chen Yusheng took one look and shook her head again. "Black walnut is dense, so it's certainly sturdy. But for a crib, the surface coating treatment is the critical factor. Even if they use standard eco-friendly water-based paint, there is still a period of chemical off-gassing. What we need is a material that genuinely meets food-grade, or even medical-grade, non-toxic standards."
They looked through several more maternity and baby products that Su Bai considered "top-tier," only for Chen Yusheng to veto every single one using her hardcore logic.
The two looked at each other in dismay.
Su Bai let out a helpless sigh. "I have more than enough money, so going straight for the most expensive options isn't an issue. But I honestly have no idea about all the hidden traps in the maternity and baby industry. Even if I drop hundreds of thousands on something, if it poses even the slightest potential risk to the baby, I'd just be paying to cause us grief."
Faced with this completely unfamiliar blind spot, both of them simultaneously succumbed to a sense of intellectual anxiety.
"Forget it. Let's leave professional matters to the professionals."
Among his vast network of female confidants, when it came to knowledge of top-tier brands and luxury lifestyle products, Zhou Jialu was probably the only one who truly understood the space.
After all, Zhou Jialu had attended a professional butler training program. Even though she didn't have any personal experience raising kids, the training program definitely covered it, and the instructors were all seasoned veterans.
Driven by this instinctual reliance, Su Bai didn't hesitate to open his WeChat chat with Zhou Jialu.
Meanwhile, down in the sunlit dining room on the first floor of the private club.
The morning sun poured through the massive floor-to-ceiling glass windows, spilling over a long dining table draped in a pristine white cloth.
Zhou Jialu sat elegantly at the table, dressed in a languid yet sexy burgundy silk robe. Her signature large, wavy curls cascaded freely, and her makeup-free face still radiated the captivating, nourished glow left over from last night.
Placed in front of her was an incredibly exquisite Suzhou-style breakfast, alongside a steaming bowl of top-grade bird's nest soup.
Bzz— Bzz—
The phone resting by her hand suddenly vibrated.
Zhou Jialu picked up the phone and opened WeChat. A message from Su Bai popped up on the screen.
[Crispy Big White Goose: Senior, do you know much about high-end maternity and baby products? For example, which brand makes the safest strollers, or which custom cribs use the most eco-friendly, non-toxic materials? Recommend a few absolutely top-tier brands for me.]
Reading the line of text, Zhou Jialu paused, the small silver spoon hovering in her hand.
Her incredibly alluring, fox-like eyes went wide. A moment later, a teasing, gossip-hungry smile quickly spread across her eyes.
Maternity and baby products? Strollers? Cribs?
Why on earth was her junior suddenly looking into these things so early in the morning?
Zhou Jialu's sharp intuition immediately sensed that there was more to this story.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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?"
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...
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
