Early the next morning.
Gu Yan began his morning exercise routine.
As he jogged around the track inside the villa grounds, he chatted with Old Gao beside him: "Today we're going to visit Hope's Light to check out our new organization."
Old Gao, who was accompanying Gu Yan on his run, showed a hint of confusion when he heard the words "Hope's Light."
"Hope's Light? Young Master, isn't that place supposed to be abandoned?"
Gu Yan nodded: "Exactly, being abandoned makes it perfect as a base for our organization."
As he spoke, Gu Yan recalled the background of Hope's Light.
In the original story.
Hope's Light was a facility funded by Yan Xing Group, supposedly built to provide hope for underprivileged children.
According to the original plan.
This 3,200-acre property was meant to be developed into a small self-contained township.
It would have included school buildings, comprising classrooms, laboratories, a library, administrative offices, and student dormitories.
They were also planning to staff it with first-class teachers.
Additionally, it would have featured a small amusement park, residential areas, dining districts, shopping zones, and more.
Unfortunately... construction only completed the school buildings before the development plan fell through.
Yan Xing Group withdrew their funding, and according to inside information, this was because Long Zaitian had already become the face of Yan Xing Group by then.
He believed that building Hope's Light was a complete money-losing venture, purely charitable work.
So they abandoned it, planning to build suburban villas on the land instead.
Thinking about this, Gu Yan smiled slightly - it certainly fit Long Zaitian's value system.
Old Gao nodded and asked curiously: "Young Master, there's something I've wanted to ask since we were on the building rooftop."
"Young Master, have you... really become the Night King?"
"Is our organization going to be the Night Organization?"
The Night King was a terrifying figure who controlled the Night Organization. It wasn't his formidable cultivation that people feared most.
There were plenty of powerful people, and many who were more ruthless than the Night King, but none had faced simultaneous attacks from so many factions.
The Night King was truly frightening for many reasons! One of them was his mysterious ability to absorb others' souls for cultivation!
Another was... his dagger named "Night"!!
The Gu Family hadn't participated in the siege against the Night Organization, actually due to some past relationships.
After all, Old Master Gu and Leng Qingqiu's grandfather had been close friends.
That's why they chose not to kick the Leng Family while they were down during the siege.
But there was no denying that the Night Organization and the Night King were absolutely terrifying existences!
However.
Gu Yan pursed his lips: "Don't be ridiculous, how could I possibly be the Night King."
"I'm just borrowing the name of Night."
"By the way, Old Gao, you were right about one thing - our organization will indeed be called Night, and you'll be my right-hand man."
"Would you like to give yourself a more impressive title?"
"Something like 'The Heart-Shattering Elder'?"
Old Gao, watching his young master's enthusiasm and considering this title might stick with him for life, slowly shook his head: "No thanks, I'll come up with something myself later."
"That's fine, just let me know when you decide, Old Gao."
Seeing Gu Yan smile and run ahead again, Old Gao's face also broke into a smile.
Probably... even the Gu Family head and Madam Su don't know about these things...
The Gu Family's death warriors were very special - once inherited by someone, they would only recognize that person.
Which meant.
When Gu Tianming transferred those ten death warriors to Gu Yan, it was already determined that they would only obey Gu Yan alone.
Even Old Master Gu couldn't command those ten death warriors!
Watching Gu Yan's back, Old Gao shook his head with an amused smile.
Now, the world was about to get interesting again.
As time slowly passed.
Just as Gu Yan was about to finish his exercise.
"Gu Yan! Gu Yan!"
An excited voice called from behind.
Gu Yan turned to look, showing a hint of surprise.
He saw Yan Qingqing, the young miss of the Yan family whom he had made cry at the Yama Palace banquet, running toward him while waving her arms.
She was one of Xiao Lin's harem members in the original story, and a masochist.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan quickened his pace for a final sprint.
Yan Qingqing had previously visited the Gu Family looking for Gu Yan.
But she hadn't managed to meet him. Now that she'd finally encountered him during his morning run, she had wanted to say hello, but he suddenly accelerated.
"You jerk!"
Yan Qingqing stamped her foot, disrupting her rhythm as she chased after him: "Gu Yan, wait up!"
Fifteen minutes later.
Gu Yan finished his exercise, and Yan Qingqing came running up, panting heavily.
"You! Why did you run so fast when you saw me!! Am I some kind of scary creature?!"
After catching her breath, Yan Qingqing looked up at Gu Yan with gritted teeth.
He pursed his lips, twisted his neck, and said with a look of disdain: "Please, are we that close? Why should I wait for you?"
!!
Heart-throbbing! So heart-throbbing!
That look of disdain! Completely different from those who just flatter me!
Man! You've caught my attention!
Yan Qingqing's heart was racing, feeling extremely satisfied inside, while her face showed displeasure: "Hey! Didn't we already meet at the banquet?"
"The Gu Family and Yan Family are both among Jianghai's Four Great Families, shouldn't we communicate properly?"
"This lady personally came to talk to you, shouldn't you stop immediately... Hey! What are you doing, Gu Yan!"
As she was speaking, she saw Gu Yan had already turned and was walking away, waving his hand: "Alright, alright, just be quiet."
"If you want to communicate, let's do it properly at the family annual meeting."
"Don't get the wrong idea, Miss Yan..."
He turned his head, looking at Yan Qingqing with disdain: "I'm a married man, please keep your distance."
Hearing this, she first froze, then showed an expression of satisfaction, wiping her mouth: "Hehe... so domineering.... I like it...."
"The Gu Family's annual meeting, is it?"
Good!
She would definitely get her father to talk to those Gu Family business owners, make them vote for Gu Yan!
Meanwhile, on Gu Yan's side.
He had certainly noticed Yan Qingqing's satisfied expression, and couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
No, ever since he obtained the [Complete Pure Love Constitution].
Many people from the original story around him seemed to be getting stranger and stranger.
Thinking about Long Zaitian, Wang Yulan, Bai Jun, You Xingxue...
Gu Yan couldn't help but feel that they all had some strange thoughts about him.
Speaking of which, weren't Yan Qingqing's symptoms a bit severe too?
Should he continue pursuing Yan Qingqing's storyline?
But as soon as this thought appeared, Gu Yan shook his head.
To be safe, he absolutely couldn't allow any possibility of Xiao Lin rising up!
Although handling things this way gave Gu Yan an uneasy feeling, in various ways.
He fell silent for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.
Well, surely nothing too outrageous would happen.
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.
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】
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!"
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!
