Xu Ningbing glanced at Xu Mu before finally speaking. "I have no interest in men."
Her figure had begun to develop early, starting back in junior high.
But Xu Ningbing was different from other girls. Most girls, when faced with early development and a large chest at a young age, would develop an inferiority complex.
They would walk with a hunch, slumping their shoulders, and hide inside baggy clothes, all for fear of others commenting on their bodies.
Xu Ningbing had gone through a brief phase like that, but it didn't last long. She was naturally confident.
Soon enough, she started wearing whatever she liked, walking with her head held high and her chest out, without a care in the world.
This was despite the fact that she became the subject of much gossip and slander.
Almost without exception, it all revolved around her body.
That was when she started to detest men.
Deep down, she believed that any kindness a man showed her was solely because of her figure.
Xu Ningbing knew this wasn't fair—she shouldn't paint everyone with the same brush—but she couldn't help how she felt.
Perhaps she just hadn't met a man who could truly move her heart yet.
At this thought, Xu Ningbing lifted her wine glass and took another sip.
"I've decided to say a few words today."
Ye Tong suddenly set her glass down. She felt that some things were better said openly rather than kept hidden away.
Hearing this, everyone present turned their gaze toward Ye Tong.
"Sister, unless I'm mistaken, you've become an Ancient Martial Artist too, haven't you?"
Ye Tong asked, looking first at Xu Ningbing.
"That's right."
As she spoke, Xu Ningbing stole a glance at Xu Mu.
If it weren't for him, she never would have reached her current realm.
"There are no outsiders here, so I'll be blunt. I asked Dad about this earlier, and he was very clear."
Ye Tong looked at the group before her. "The Xu family now has the strength to be considered a Hidden Family."
Xu Ningbing nodded slightly. She had heard Xu Shou mention before that, generally speaking, a family with a combatant at the late stage of the Gang Qi realm qualified as a Hidden Family.
Even if they were on the weaker end of the spectrum, they definitely counted.
Xu Ningbing herself had entered the Gang Qi realm, and she felt that Xu Mu was even stronger than she was.
Calling the Xu family a Hidden Family was not an exaggeration at all.
"Once a family becomes a Hidden Family, many men start taking multiple wives and concubines. I want to say right now: I don't mind."
Ye Tong looked at the women in front of her. "However, I will be the gatekeeper. Not just anyone can marry in. But if my husband wants to marry you, I won't stand in the way."
Hearing this, everyone present was shocked.
Ye Yu immediately put down her chopsticks. She replayed the scene from a second ago in her mind—had her older sister looked at her just now?
If she had, did that mean her sister wouldn't mind if she married Xu Mu too?
Dammit!
Ye Yu stomped her foot in frustration. Why had she been so focused on eating just now?
She hadn't paid attention to Ye Tong's gaze to see if it had landed on her or not.
Xu Ningbing also frowned. What was going on?
It felt like Ye Tong had looked at her just then.
What did that mean? Did it imply she wouldn't mind if Xu Ningbing married in as well?
Could Xu Mu handle that kind of taboo?
As for Dai Xingluo, Meng Wanyue, and Feng Yue, all three were dumbfounded.
They each wore different expressions.
Meng Wanyue was thinking: As expected of Sister Ye, so magnanimous. Maybe I really do have a chance.
But Dai Xingluo and Feng Yue were thinking a bit deeper.
They didn't understand Ye Tong's intent. Was she saying this deliberately to test them? To warn them?
As for Bai Yi, she just kept her head down, focused entirely on clearing her plate.
She knew her place perfectly well. Marrying the Master was something that wouldn't be happening for her anytime soon.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Are you drunk again?"
Xu Mu patted Ye Tong on the shoulder.
"I'm not drunk. I'm telling the truth."
Ye Tong looked completely serious.
"Haha, you're joking again. I admit Xu Mu is excellent, but he's your man. We wouldn't try to steal him."
Feng Yue waved her hand with a laugh.
"No, really, I'm not joking!"
Ye Tong was speechless. Was it really this hard to find someone to help take the hit?
"Xu Mu! Did you threaten Little Tong?"
Xu Ningbing suddenly glared at Xu Mu.
"What the hell? I'm innocent!"
Xu Mu was dumbfounded. How could this be pinned on him?
"Sister, this has nothing to do with Hubby," Ye Tong chimed in to explain.
"If you say it has nothing to do with him, then it definitely has everything to do with him."
Xu Ningbing shot a faint glance at Xu Mu.
"Let's just eat first."
Ye Tong immediately changed the subject.
...
After dinner.
Meng Wanyue, Dai Xingluo, and Bai Yi prepared to return to their residential complex. Since it was so close, they treated it as a post-meal stroll.
As for Feng Yue, it was even simpler; she lived right next door.
However, since Xu Ningbing had drunk a bit of wine and had driven there, Xu Mu asked her to stay the night.
Xu Ningbing didn't refuse; there were plenty of rooms anyway.
She found a random room on the first floor and got ready to rest.
Xu Mu and Ye Tong went back to their room together. After a brief moment of preparation, they began their intimate whispers.
Ye Tong shed tears of unwillingness. Why was he so fierce?
How was she supposed to handle this?
It seemed her approach had been too subtle.
She decided that next time, she would drag someone directly into the room to help block the assault.
If they still thought she was joking then, there would have to be something wrong with their brains.
10:30 PM.
Xu Ningbing felt thirsty and walked out of her room to get a bottle of water from the refrigerator.
Hearing a sound, she immediately looked up toward the second floor.
It seemed that as her cultivation improved, her hearing had sharpened along with it.
"That bastard!"
Xu Ningbing's cheeks flushed slightly. She naturally knew what they were doing.
...
Early the next morning.
Xu Mu got up early and made breakfast.
Xu Ningbing was the first to come out of her room, unable to suppress a yawn.
When she saw Xu Mu, her expression became a bit unnatural. She really had been obsessed last night.
She had kept checking the time, wanting to see when it would end.
However, from 10:30 PM all the way until 12:00 AM, she could still hear Ye Tong's voice.
She seemed to understand Ye Tong a little better now. Perhaps what she said last night was true.
However, this was something she couldn't help her with.
"I made breakfast," Xu Mu said to Xu Ningbing.
"Mhm."
Xu Ningbing nodded.
Just then, Ye Tong came downstairs as well.
"Morning, Sister."
"Morning."
Xu Ningbing sized Ye Tong up. This woman was truly tough; she looked as if nothing had happened at all.
Just as Xu Mu was about to eat, he received a phone call. It was Dai Xuan from the Dai family.
"Hello?"
Xu Mu answered.
"Brother Xu Mu! Quickly notify your Fourth Senior Brother to come to the Dai family home. We're planning to extend an active invitation today, and Ye Chen will definitely show up!"
Dai Xuan said on the other end of the line.
"Okay! I'll call him right away and tell him to go over."
Xu Mu hung up after speaking.
"Who was it?"
Xu Ningbing asked.
"Someone from the Dai family."
Xu Mu sat at the dining table, wolfing down his breakfast. "I'm heading to Yang City in a bit to make some money."
He was preparing to face Ye Chen this time to gauge his strength. If Ye Chen turned out to be inferior, he would just crush him outright. That would certainly save him a lot of trouble.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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!
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
