In the Su family's mansion.
Su Muwan lay blissfully on the soft sofa, her eyes half-closed, a happy smile adorning her face. Beside her, Qin Luo smiled as he held a hot, steamy puff pastry, skillfully feeding it to Su Muwan.
"Ah~!"
Su Muwan let out a sound of satisfaction.
"Good, isn't it?"
Qin Luo asked softly, then popped another puff pastry into his mouth.
"Mmm, mmm..."
Su Muwan's cheeks puffed up with the pastry, making her look like a cute little hamster. She worked hard to chew, the sweet cream bursting in her mouth.
She nodded, her words unclear but confirming, "So... good...."
Qin Luo couldn't help but chuckle at Su Muwan's adorable expression. He reached out, picked up another puff pastry, and dangled it in front of her: "Want more?"
"Uh-huh."
Qin Luo chuckled, then tossed the pastry upward.
"Ah~!"
Su Muwan caught it in her mouth.
Qin Luo threw another.
"Ah~!"
Su Muwan caught that one too.
*Clap clap clap!*
Qin Luo clapped, his expression surprised: "Miss Su, you're amazing!"
Su Muwan: ?
Realizing what had happened, Su Muwan slowly typed out a question mark before angrily glaring at Qin Luo: "Qin Luo!!!"
"You jerk!"
"Su... SuMu... I'm sorry, SuMu, I was just joking... Ugh!"
*Bang bang bang!*
Five minutes later.
Qin Luo leaned lifelessly against the sofa, gently sucking in air.
What?
I'm fully focused on defense, aren't I?
Why did I still break so easily?
Su Muwan, on the other hand, blinked innocently as she rubbed Qin Luo's chest, her voice soft and tender: "LuoLuo, you know, my previous criteria for choosing a partner was finding someone who could withstand a single punch from me."
"You're really strong, able to take so many punches from me."
With that, Su Muwan reached out and patted Qin Luo's head: "Good job, good job. Here's a little reward to comfort you."
Qin Luo fell silent: ......
If you're going to comfort me...
He glanced at Su Muwan's dainty, bare feet tucked under the sofa.
Please use those, thank you.
At that moment.
The detective cartoon that had been playing on the TV suddenly switched.
Qin Luo and Su Muwan both looked over.
On the screen.
Pre-Heat Begins for the Nationwide Martial Arts Competition!!
Under a dazzling array of special effects and a booming BGM, Qian Duoduo's figure appeared on the screen.
He nervously exclaimed: "E-everyone, please do your best and strive to win!"
Below the stage.
A group of bodyguards wiped away tears.
"Young master is so amazing!"
"Young master actually spoke so many words on camera, it's incredible!"
Geez, you're all louder than the TV...
Su Muwan understood.
Previously, the competition was led by Qian Yu, but after he was assassinated, the tournament was postponed. Now, the event's organizer had been changed to Qian Duoduo.
How strange, too strange.
The Qian family actually gave up on Qian Yu and chose Qian Duoduo?
She glanced at Qin Luo, noticing he was studying the tournament introduction.
A memory surfaced in her mind, recalling the old man by Qian Duoduo's side who had earnestly begged her:
After the competition, the Qian family will undoubtedly be absorbed by the Martial Arts Alliance. We hope to seek protection from Miss Su in Jiangcheng.
Su Muwan pursed her lips.
In her previous life, the Qian family had invented the [Martial Artist Chip], which enabled an ordinary person to instantly become a late-stage Great Accomplishment realm martial artist.
While seemingly wonderful, the chip would deplete the user's lifespan.
But despite the enormous side effects, it had caused quite a stir.
This severely disrupted the progress of the martial artist era.
Thus...
The Martial Arts Alliance heavily targeted the Qian family.
However, thanks to the existence of Qian Yu, a T0 "chosen one," the family's crisis was resolved within a few months, albeit after striking some unknown deal with the alliance.
The Martial Artist Chip disappeared from the market.
Qian Yu was quite the talent, later developing some kind of mech.
However... it was useless.
Once a martial artist reached the Peak Realm, bullets and missiles became ineffective.
Even a martial artist's qi barrier couldn't be breached, at least in her presence. In her opinion, those mechs were just fancy mining equipment.
Of course, she had died before the future unfolded, so she couldn't say for sure what happened afterward.
With Qian Duoduo's warm-up speech over.
A man in white appeared on the screen, sporting gold-rimmed glasses. He sat nervously beside Qian Duoduo, a faint smile playing on his lips, his gaze half-closed as he looked into the camera.
In front of him sat a nameplate.
Qin Luo and Su Muwan glanced at it.
It read.
【Alliance Research Department·Li Mingyuan】
Alliance personnel...
Qin Luo was intrigued. The old man had mentioned before that this tournament would be different from past events, likely due to the alliance's involvement.
Su Muwan blinked in confusion.
Why is it this guy?
【Su Muwan! Why are you so strong!】
【Wait! Let me share a secret! Our alliance's transcendents actually all possess...】
【Smack! (Li Mingyuan turned into a blood mist)】
【Too much nonsense.】
Su Muwan: ......
She recalled it all.
This man was a science fanatic from her previous life, developing a group of human experiments to bother her.
He wanted to take her to see their leader.
Alliance leader... ugh...
Su Muwan had an ominous feeling. This life wouldn't repeat the same thing again, would it?
Before she could think more.
Li Mingyuan's voice rang out.
"To better infuse fresh martial artist blood."
This year's competition, the Martial Arts Alliance will collaborate with various major families to host this tournament.
"Furthermore, the rules will be different from previous years."
With that.
Li Mingyuan raised his wrist, showing a peculiar bracelet, explaining: "See this bracelet? It records the wearer's information."
"All participants will be given this bracelet."
"Upon approaching each other, the bracelets will emit a signal."
"Each contestant must aim to seize others' bracelets."
"The person with the most bracelets will be the winner."
After finishing.
Li Mingyuan put his hand down, adjusted his glasses, and then smiled: "This time, we will adopt... the city shrinking mode."
Meaning, all participants must engage in [circle shrinking] [poison running] to fight within the shrinking area.
"Staying outside the shrinking zone for too long will result in immediate elimination."
"Oh, killing is forbidden."
"But crippling limbs and destroying dantians are allowed."
"Now, you can start registering, and the bracelets will be mailed to you during the registration period."
Why are crippling limbs and destroying dantians allowed?!
Su Muwan wanted to complain about this point badly.
And!
This is different from my previous life!
Such competition rules didn't exist before!
Qin Luo understood, a mirthful smile on his face as he sighed: "This... is getting interesting."
Su Muwan looked at Qin Luo: "Is this really interesting?"
"Miss Su, let's aim for first place!"
"Oh...."
"Why do you sound so unmotivated?"
"Hmph, it's not even a good thing, so why would I be motivated?"
At Qin Luo's words, he smiled and draped an arm over Su Muwan's shoulders, pulling her into his embrace.
Under her slightly embarrassed gaze, he said, "This is a great opportunity to change how people perceive you, SuSu!"
"Huh? Really?"
"Hehe, trust me, reputation turnaround is all riding on this!"
"Oh... wait? Qin Luo, you think my public image is bad too?"
"......"
"Answer me!"
"......"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
le for a sister-in-law. But Xu Mu couldn’t bring himself to rejoice. The reason? He had transmigrated into the brainless villain of a novel—one who abused his wife, forced the Dragon King’s sister to live in a doghouse, and ended up having his ashes scattered upon the Dragon King’s return. Fortunately, Xu Mu awakened the "Justice System," and he was determined to rewrite his doomed fate. A wife should be cherished, and of course, his sister-in-law deserved to sleep in the villa’s cozy bed. When the Dragon King finally returned, he was greeted by a loving and harmonious family. Xu Mu soon realized that aside from the Dragon King, countless other protagonists began emerging—all targeting him—forcing him to fight back. You have a few breathtakingly beautiful senior sisters? Sorry, but they’re my senior sisters now. You’re a retired soldier king searching for your first love? Too bad—your "white moonlight" already sees me as hers. …
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
