Official announcement??
It was the first time Su Xiyan heard these two words from Chen Shuo's mouth.
Counting back, she and Chen Shuo had officially been together for some time now.
Su Xiyan's clear gaze seemed to exude a sort of "naive" aura unique to dealing with feelings.
Chen Shuo patiently explained: "An official announcement means we post a couple photo together, like one of us holding hands, or change our profile pictures to a couple's photo, basically announcing to everyone we know that we're together."
"That's what's called an official relationship announcement."
"Come to think of it, we haven't posted anything on our friend circles since we got together."
"No wonder those gossipy people around you keep pestering you about it."
Chen Shuo grasped Su Xiyan's hand and placed it on his chest, letting her feel his strong heartbeat: "Sorry, I didn't think this through."
Su Xiyan's eyes sparkled with excitement and anticipation: "So this is an official announcement?"
"It actually sounds kind of fun."
Su Xiyan was indeed a true "pure female". She picked up Chen Shuo's hand, their fingers intertwined, and with her other hand holding her phone, she casually snapped a photo of their intertwined hands.
Chen Shuo: "...Su Xiyan, is this how you usually take photos?"
Su Xiyan blinked her big, beautiful eyes: "Mmhmm? What's wrong with taking it this way?"
Chen Shuo looked utterly incredulous: "You're not even using a beauty filter?"
Su Xiyan smirked disdainfully: "Only women who lack confidence in their looks and body need to use beauty camera apps."
This self-assurance bordering on arrogance even made Chen Shuo give her a thumbs up!
And just like that, a rather "casual" hand-holding photo was posted on Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan's friend circles and Penguin Moments.
A simple hand-holding photo, not overly sentimental, without any posing or trendy filters.
Ordinary, as if it was just their daily routine.
Within a few minutes of posting, the likes and comments on their friend circles had skyrocketed to 99+.
Chen Shuo couldn't help but click his tongue - is this the power of a school beauty?
Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan's relationship was already known by the school and their families. They just lacked an official announcement.
This belated official announcement was like stamping a seal of confirmation, announcing to everyone that they were in a relationship.
Everyone had already been consuming their sugar to the point of diabetes, so this official announcement was just adding more sweetness for those familiar with them.
Some thought they had even taken wedding photos already?
How soon until they get married?
The gossip crowds were overjoyed! Because now they could shamelessly ship this couple!
A week passed in the blink of an eye amidst the busyness.
Su Xiyan's cousin was getting married this Sunday, so Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan packed their bags after school on Friday afternoon and drove their white AMG to the neighboring city of Yuhua.
Ever since Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan got together, Chen Shuo had been the one driving this car most of the time.
Su Xiyan would sit calmly in the passenger seat, her long, slender, porcelain legs often having nowhere to rest, so she would just curl up her beautiful legs on the seat.
This pose showed off her perfect long legs in full glory.
Chen Shuo had to drive, so he dared not get distracted.
He really wished his right eye socket had an extra pair of eyes, so that he could drive while enjoying Su Xiyan's otherworldly beauty and incredible legs at the same time.
It was a three-hour drive on the highway from Sucheng to Yuhua City.
Su Xiyan sat in the passenger seat, constantly snacking.
Strangely, her appetite had improved since being with Chen Shuo. Even those "junk foods" that she used to dislike had become more appealing.
Chen Shuo focused intently on driving, tilting his head slightly and opening his mouth:
"Ahh~~"
Su Xiyan played along naturally, feeding Chen Shuo a snack into his mouth.
So adorable being fed like a baby! Su Xiyan really enjoyed this feeling of feeding Chen Shuo.
As the older sister, she had to take care of her little brother!
Another bag of snacks was finished.
Chen Shuo had swallowed the snack in his mouth, but unaware that he had devoured another bag, he kept opening his mouth towards Su Xiyan, waiting to be fed again.
"Ahh~~"
"Ahh~~~~"
Chen Shuo kept saying "ahh" but didn't receive any more snacks to eat.
"Su Xiyan, I'm hungry."
The next second, a little head leaned over, and a soft, supple pair of lips gently pressed against Chen Shuo's cheek.
Surprise attack successful!!
"Not hungry anymore, right?" Su Xiyan's voice was playful.
Chen Shuo: "......"
"Su Xiyan, I'm driving!!"
Su Xiyan obediently returned to her seat: "Okay! I won't distract you from driving anymore."
But Chen Shuo's heart had already been completely captured by Su Xiyan: "But what if I'm still hungry?"
Su Xiyan deliberately teased Chen Shuo: "Hungry? Then what do you want to eat?"
Chen Shuo's eyes flickered with visible flames: "How about... eating a Demonhunter?"
Su Xiyan knew Chen Shuo had to drive and couldn't do anything else, so she brazenly egged him on: "Sure!"
"The highest-ranked Demonhunter in Sucheng is right in front of you, how would you like to eat me?"
Chen Shuo suppressed the flames in his eyes, his voice becoming hoarse from restraint: "Su Xiyan, are you playing with fire?"
Su Xiyan enjoyed watching Chen Shuo struggling to control himself, finding it amusing: "So what if I am?"
Taunting!!
This was outright taunting!!
This fire had been ignited in Chen Shuo.
Chen Shuo checked the navigation on his phone, feeling helpless: Dammit! There's still over 100 kilometers left on the highway?
He really wanted to just stop the car right now and make the fire-playing Su Xiyan understand what it means to be burned by the flames.
The fire had reached this level, it couldn't continue any further.
Letting it go on would lead to an uncontrollable situation.
Though Su Xiyan acted tough, her heart was slightly wavering. Even sitting in the passenger seat, she could feel the raging flames burning within Chen Shuo.
Chen Shuo gripped the steering wheel with one hand while using the other to pinch Su Xiyan's cheek: "Su Xiyan, you just wait!"
"There's a little over 100 kilometers left until we exit the highway."
"The fire you ignited, you'll be responsible for putting out."
Su Xiyan remained unfazed: "My uncle and the others are already waiting for us at the highway exit."
"Let's go eat first and meet my family elders."
"Then we'll go back to the hotel to rest."
After hearing Su Xiyan's itinerary, Chen Shuo said: "Weddings cost a lot of money, tell your uncle not to book an extra hotel room for us, one room will be enough."
As he said this, Chen Shuo gave Su Xiyan a look like he wanted to devour her whole.
Su Xiyan wasn't intimidated at all by Chen Shuo's "threat", her expression nonchalant as she casually said:
"No problem, my uncle booked the entire hotel."
Chen Shuo: (⊙▽⊙"!!!
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!"
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.
【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.)
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
