Qin Luo and Su Muwan walked hand in hand, leisurely enjoying the gentle breeze of late summer.
The trees on both sides of the street were lush, and sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground.
Their pace was unhurried, as if savoring this rare moment of leisure.
As Su Muwan walked, she sneakily glanced at Qin Luo out of the corner of her eye.
She noticed a trace of tension on his face that was hard to detect, but more so, a gentle smile.
This expression made her secretly pleased, and she couldn’t help but hold his arm tighter.
It seemed like this was the first time she had gone out to shop with Qin Luo without the usual roles of employer and employee.
Although she didn’t know where Qin Luo was taking her, she was enjoying the moment nonetheless.
On Qin Luo’s side, after glancing at the tail following them out of the corner of his eye, he turned his head and said softly, "Little Su, before we reach our destination, I’d like to formally introduce myself."
"My name is Qin Luo."
Little Su?
Su Muwan blinked, suddenly realizing that Qin Luo hadn’t called her "Miss Su" today.
She looked up at him, her lips curving into a smile, "Qin Luo."
"My name is Su Muwan. Remember that name, because someday, she will stand at the pinnacle of martial arts."
Qin Luo chuckled, then slowly let go of Su Muwan’s hand, prompting a slight confusion in her gaze.
He extended his other hand, and a deep shadow began to swirl in his palm.
The shadow flowed like a black ribbon, encircling them.
"Are you ready, Su Muwan?"
"Have you ever... experienced shadow travel?"
Shadow travel?
Su Muwan was startled.
In the next moment, the shadow's ribbon swiftly enveloped their surroundings, and the surroundings began to blur.
In the darkness, Su Muwan felt as though she were traversing a tunnel through time and space, with only the sound of wind howling in her ears.
But soon, the howling faded.
"...
"
Su Muwan felt Qin Luo’s arm tightly around her, giving her an unprecedented sense of security.
After a few moments, the darkness began to recede.
The sound of flowing water reached Su Muwan’s ears.
When she opened her eyes and saw what was in front of them, she was stunned.
Her expression was stunned, her eyes filled with disbelief and astonishment: "This place... no way?!!"
The scene before them was like a dream. Su Muwan and Qin Luo found themselves in a magical underwater world.
What made it magical was that this place was not the dark and gloomy sea, but bright and clear, like the underwater world in a comic.
The surrounding blue water was as clear as a jewel, with sunlight filtering through the surface, casting dappled light and shadow.
Colorful coral reefs stretched out around them, each piece of coral displaying unparalleled natural beauty like a work of art.
Multicolored small fish darted among them like twinkling stars in the sky, their scales shimmering in the sunlight.
A group of tropical fish, yellow and blue, curiously circled around Su Muwan, their scales glistening under the sunlight.
It seemed there was some kind of barrier around Su Muwan and Qin Luo, preventing the fish from getting too close.
In the distance, clusters of jellyfish floated like dreams, their tendrils gently swaying in the water, emitting soft glows that illuminated the surroundings.
Su Muwan’s gaze was drawn to a large sandbank, where a beautiful underwater garden lay.
Various marine plants swayed slightly, their colors vibrant and arranged in intricate patterns.
"This place... is so beautiful."
Su Muwan murmured, her eyes filled with joy.
She turned her head, her gaze excited as she looked at Qin Luo and couldn’t help but ask, "Qin Luo, how did you do this?"
Saying this, she reached out her hand, wanting to touch the tropical fish swimming around them.
However, as if there was a barrier, her hand couldn’t reach them.
Qin Luo looked at her with a smile and said softly, "I’m not sure what’s fun in Jiang City.
"But I do know that this place, Su Muwan, you’ve never been to. And since you’ve never been, I wanted to bring you here to see it."
"As for how I did it..."
Qin Luo’s lips curved slightly as he reached out and took Su Muwan’s wrist in his hand, holding it as she looked at him with a hint of shyness.
He guided her hand toward the fish swimming around them.
This time, Su Muwan felt her fingertips being gently touched by the curious fish.
And Qin Luo provided the answer: "It’s another one of my abilities, shadow manipulation."
"Shadow manipulation?"
"Yes."
Qin Luo explained to Su Muwan, "The location we’re in now is actually within the shadow of the sea."
"That’s how we can stay dry and breathe inside."
"Also..."
"The reason the sea here is so clear and bright is because of..."
"... the power of the shadows."
As he spoke, a flicker of dim light shone in Qin Luo’s eyes.
Hum—!
It was as if a light had suddenly been turned on. In Su Muwan’s joyful gaze, the entire sea became even brighter and clearer.
The vibrant world unfolded before her eyes.
"Qin Luo..."
Su Muwan murmured softly as she watched.
Qin Luo smiled slightly, "Well, are you satisfied?"
Just as Qin Luo was waiting to hear what Su Muwan would say, she turned her head, her eyes sparkling.
"I want to see sharks!"
"......"
....
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Elsewhere.
"What?! Where did they go?!"
"How did they just... vanish?"
Su Bailian and Alicia ran out from behind.
They looked at each other in disbelief.
What was going on?
Just now, Su Muwan and Qin Luo were definitely here, but...
But how did they suddenly disappear?
Was that even reasonable?
Huang Lingyu and the others couldn’t hide anymore and jumped out, "Hey! It’s all because you were tailing Big Brother Qin! That’s why he ditched us!"
Qin Luo’s sudden disappearance clearly meant they had been discovered!
But who had been found out?
Huang Lingyu looked at Su Bailian and Alicia, and the answer was obvious!
"???"
Su Bailian, unaware of the people behind her, saw them and immediately took off her sunglasses, pointing at Huang Lingyu and cursing, "Nonsense! Don’t spread rumors! We’re here to help Su Muwan confess!"
"Help the boss?"
Hearing this, Huang Lingyu was stunned and looked at her older brother, "Brother! Do you know her?"
Could they be on the same side?
Huang Lingfeng: ......
He remained silent for a while, then turned his head and whispered, "She’s the boss’s sister, Su Bailian."
"?"
Huang Lingyu relaxed.
Oh, so she’s the boss’s sister, Su Bailian.
Wait, Su Bailian?
Huang Lingyu suddenly realized something and looked at Su Bailian in shock, "You’re not the White Lotus Master, are you?!"
Seeing that someone else recognized her, Su Bailian proudly huffed, "Hmph!"
"Wow! White Lotus Master, I’m your fan!!"
"Hmph!"
Alicia looked at Huang Lingyu and the others. She suddenly understood something and pointed out, "What about you?"
"Are you here to help Qin Luo and Su Muwan confess, too?"
Hearing this, Huang Lingyu stopped pretending, "Hehe."
"Oh, well, let’s not talk about that. Do you know where Big Brother and Qin Luo went?"
Huang Lingyu looked at the two.
The two glanced at each other and then shrugged, "We don’t know."
"Huh?"
Before Huang Lingyu could say anything, Alicia shook her head and said, "But we know where they’ll go next."
"Where?"
"The Ferris wheel!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
ress Kneels to Admit Wrong] [Dealing with Love-Struck Fools] [Forced to the Throne] Ren Tianye transmigrated into a female-oriented novel world, only to find everyone in it was utterly insane. He risked his life to save a young girl from barbarians, but was accused of arriving too late and branded the real murderer. He held a knife to a military officer's neck, demanding the troop tally, but the officer only cared about questioning his wife: "Do you not love me anymore? All these years of affection and time together, they were all a mistake, a mistake!" After seizing Yunji City, the original defending general, to save face with the Empress, knelt on the ground: "You must give Yunji City back to me, or I'll hang myself at the city gate and let everyone know you're a villain!" The young lord of the Duke's mansion, to please a woman, directly ordered a merchant: "The menstrual pads you buy for her must be studded with diamonds. Loving her means giving her the best." Having become a great general, he was about to marry a merchant's daughter, who set a pre-nuptial rule: "I can divorce you anytime. When that happens, you must give me half of your troops and soldiers!" Even the Empress was a severe love-struck fool, who ordered the execution of 70,000 elite troops simply because they stood in the way of her romance. Ren Tianye was speechless. He was done. Let it all burn! This deranged female-oriented novel world! ...
