Originally, Gu Chenan had different arrangements planned for each of the female leads who came to the real world.
For instance, he planned to open a company for Su Qianmo, let Liu Mingrui do what she liked, stay by Kannon's side due to her sensitive personality, and keep Bai Yutian as the household maid as before.
As for little Tang, he hadn't decided yet.
Although Tang Yunjin possessed martial arts skills and medical expertise, she couldn't practice martial arts due to her physical condition. And since her medical skills were in acupuncture, Gu Chenan couldn't exactly have her become an acupuncturist, could he?
So he was still uncertain about his plans for little Tang.
In the main hall.
After Hoshino Kannon dragged Bai Yutian away, only Gu Chenan and little Tang remained.
"Little Tang."
"Hmm? What is it?"
After some thought, Gu Chenan asked, "Is there anything you'd like to do?"
"Do what?"
Hearing this, Tang Yunjin's cheeks suddenly turned red, responding with both shyness and anticipation, "Y-yes, that's fine."
"Huh?"
Gu Chenan was bewildered, completely unsure of what Tang Yunjin meant. "What are you talking about?"
Tang Yunjin bit her lip, her face growing redder as she turned away, saying, "I said... it's... fine."
Seeing Tang Yunjin's shy demeanor, Gu Chenan realized something but decided to tease her: "No, I was asking if there's anything you'd like to do now that you're in the real world. Why are you saying 'it's fine'?"
"Huh?"
Tang Yunjin suddenly turned back, looking at Gu Chenan embarrassedly: "Oh, that... I'm... fine with anything..."
Gu Chenan nodded: "No worries, just let me know whenever you have any ideas."
"Oh."
Tang Yunjin nodded and lowered her head, lost in thought.
Seeing this, Gu Chenan grinned and suddenly picked up Tang Yunjin in a princess carry.
Tang Yunjin was startled, looking at Gu Chenan in shock: "W-what are you doing?"
Gu Chenan smirked: "What do you think?"
"Me?" Tang Yunjin's cheeks reddened again: "I don't know."
Gu Chenan remained silent as he walked, only speaking when they were about to reach the corridor: "Didn't you already agree earlier?"
Hearing this, Tang Yunjin's entire face turned as red as a ripe apple.
...
Over the next few days, Gu Chenan took Tang Yunjin to the hospital to check her condition.
He had hoped that modern medicine could solve the problem, but just like in the novel, all hospital examinations showed everything was normal.
This reminded Gu Chenan that in the novel, Tang Yunjin was ultimately cured by a 200-year-old lingzhi mushroom that Lin Yu had accidentally found.
So these days, Gu Chenan had been inquiring about lingzhi mushrooms everywhere, specifically emphasizing the need for one at least 200 years old.
However, as everyone knows, lingzhi has been considered a treasure in China since ancient times. Even wild ones couldn't possibly survive undiscovered for 200 years.
If such a thing existed, it would only be in primeval forests untouched by humans for 200 years.
So this matter seemed impossible to resolve in the short term, or perhaps ever.
But this wasn't a major problem. After all, in the real world, Tang Yunjin could live safely even without martial arts skills, especially with Gu Chenan's protection, making this issue relatively insignificant.
Now, only Fang Yuanyuan hadn't arrived yet.
But it wouldn't be long.
Gu Chenan had already made preparations for Fang Yuanyuan's arrival.
He had organized a grand anime convention in downtown Shanghai, having contacted all the famous cosplayers across the country.
They would all arrive the day after Fang Yuanyuan's arrival.
Besides cosplay, Fang Yuanyuan's other interest was gaming, so Gu Chenan had also renovated one of the mansion's rooms into an e-sports room.
After completing all these preparations, Gu Chenan waited for Fang Yuanyuan's arrival.
Soon, that day came.
In the afternoon, with a gentle breeze blowing and cicadas chirping.
Sunlight fell across the bed, emanating a pleasant warmth, making the heated mattress as inviting as a maiden's embrace.
Gu Chenan, who was supposed to be waiting for Fang Yuanyuan's arrival, had fallen fast asleep on the bed.
He didn't even notice when a bright light filled the room and Fang Yuanyuan appeared.
Fang Yuanyuan looked around, confused for a few seconds, a bewildered expression on her face.
But this confusion vanished when she saw Gu Chenan sleeping soundly on the bed.
As an experienced anime fan, she quickly understood the situation.
She had perhaps truly crossed over to another world.
Then, she stepped forward, walking through the carpet of sunlight by the bed, her shadow blocking the light, casting her silhouette on Gu Chenan's bed.
Like some sacred ritual, Fang Yuanyuan gazed at Gu Chenan for a long time, then bent down slightly and gave him a gentle kiss.
Gu Chenan's eyes flew open instantly, seeing Fang Yuanyuan, backlit by the noon sun that gave her silhouette a golden outline, smiling at him.
"Yuanyuan?"
Gu Chenan sat up quickly, explaining: "I was planning to wait for you in the room, but somehow fell asleep. I had no idea when you arrived. How long have you been here? Not too long, I hope?"
Seeing Gu Chenan's explanatory manner, Fang Yuanyuan chuckled, throwing herself into his embrace and holding his waist: "Not long."
Then, looking up, she asked: "So, have I crossed over to another world now?"
Gu Chenan hesitated: "Uh... technically, this is the real world."
Fang Yuanyuan shook her head with a content smile: "It makes no difference to me."
"Why?"
Gu Chenan was puzzled.
Fang Yuanyuan didn't answer, just gave him a knowing look before releasing him from her embrace.
Then, like an anime protagonist having a chuunibyou moment, Fang Yuanyuan stood by the window with her hands on her hips, gazing at the distant scenery: "Now then, let me begin to uncover the hidden secrets of this world!"
Gu Chenan: "......"
After being speechless for a moment, Gu Chenan got up from the bed and said: "There's an anime convention tomorrow, all the cosplayers will be there. Want to go?"
Fang Yuanyuan paused, turned around with furrowed brows.
"N-no, my cosplay isn't presentable enough..."
Although Fang Yuanyuan had previously posted her cosplay photos on a small website, they were more like glamour shots than proper cosplay. So when she heard "convention," she thought Gu Chenan wanted her to dress like that at the event.
"No, no."
Gu Chenan quickly shook his head. He had seen Fang Yuanyuan's photos.
Good grief, if you went out dressed like that, the police would arrest you immediately.
That would be straight-up exhibitionism.
Gu Chenan smiled: "I meant for you to attend the convention, not perform at it."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Fang Yuanyuan brightened up and nodded: "That's more like it!"
Then, she added with slight dissatisfaction: "But wait, shouldn't you be introducing me to how this other world differs from the original one when I first arrive? Why are you immediately inviting me to a convention?"
"I told you, it's the real world," Gu Chenan shook his head helplessly.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
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…
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.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
