Looking at the smiling man before her, Mei Xue couldn't help but admire his courage.
He actually dared to come alone to their night base without bringing his formidable butler.
Mei Xue wasn't sure how Gu Yan had found this place, but she just hoped this man would leave quickly.
Her expression unchanged, she said with a hint of urgency in her voice: "So? What do you want to say? Say it and leave quickly."
"Don't rush," Gu Yan said as he took a bite of fried rice with eggs. "I'll talk while I eat. I didn't even have time for breakfast."
He added with a slightly satisfied expression: "This rice tastes decent, though not as good as mine."
Hearing this, Mei Xue glanced towards the kitchen. Seeing that no one there had heard, she said quietly to Gu Yan: "You'd better be careful. The others aren't as easy to deal with as I am."
Easy to deal with?
Gu Yan looked at her with some surprise.
Which easy-to-deal-with person tries to slit someone's throat upon first meeting?
However, compared to the descriptions of others in the original story, Mei Xue could indeed be considered one of the more humane ones.
Gu Yan shrugged: "Alright, alright. After all, this is your headquarters."
"So I'll get straight to the point," he said, eating while maintaining a casual conversational tone. "The plan has changed a bit. We'll meet directly in front of the police station at 8 PM."
"Here's the plan: Xiao Lin has been arrested and taken to the police station, but given that he's a martial artist and the young master of the Dragon King Palace, naturally someone will bail him out."
"This morning, you released control of the shadow slaves, so all those people became corpses."
"This framing tactic is at best just an annoyance to Xiao Lin, and can't really have any significant impact on him."
"But at the very least, it can delay the time it takes for people outside to bail him out."
"We need to drag things out until nightfall to act."
"After all..." Gu Yan took another bite of fried rice and looked at Mei Xue with a smile, "You can only exert your full strength at night."
Mei Xue frowned slightly.
Damn, this feeling of having all your secrets known by someone else is really unpleasant.
Gu Yan continued: "And what you need to do isn't to fight Xiao Lin to the death, or even to test out his full capabilities."
"What you need to do is also the first task I assigned to you."
"That is... to get something from Xiao Lin for me."
"Or rather, you just need to make him reveal that item."
Hearing this, Mei Xue had a rough idea in her mind. She took a light breath and asked, "What item?"
Gu Yan pointed to his own neck: "Half of a jade pendant. Xiao Lin always wears it around his neck, but usually keeps it hidden under his clothes."
"Half of a jade pendant?" Mei Xue asked, puzzled and curious. "Is that all?"
"That's all," Gu Yan said with a light smile. Then, after finishing his last bite of fried rice, he cautioned Mei Xue: "Don't think about going head-to-head with Xiao Lin. He's not an opponent you can handle right now."
"Not even you in the darkness of night."
It wasn't just the difference in cultivation level.
More importantly, it was the difference in luck and destiny.
Xiao Lin was the male protagonist in the original story, the chosen one of this world.
No matter how hard Mei Xue tried, she would never be able to defeat Xiao Lin.
Hearing this, Mei Xue clenched her fists and said disbelievingly: "My combat power at night can even rival a grandmaster. Even if I can't beat Xiao Lin, I should at least be able to force him to go all out."
"How could I be as helpless as you say?"
Gu Yan smiled upon hearing this and simply said: "Oh."
With that, he stood up and walked towards the cashier.
?
Mei Xue slowly raised a mental question mark, feeling inexplicably frustrated.
This "oh," while not saying much, seemed to say everything.
In any case, it made her very upset.
"That'll be 6 yuan in total."
At the cashier, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses saw Gu Yan approach and put on a professional smile.
After paying, Gu Yan waved to Mei Xue, who had also walked over, and said with a smile: "Goodbye, Miss Mei~"
Ding-a-ling~
Gu Yan left.
Mei Xue felt a headache coming on as she heard that form of address and tone. This guy was indeed a good actor.
The man with sunglasses, unable to contain his curiosity any longer, teased: "Mei Xue, you seem quite familiar with that guy from the secular world, huh?"
Hearing this, Mei Xue sighed lightly: "We're just acquaintances."
After all, she knew nothing about Gu Yan and couldn't guess what he was really up to.
"I understand, but Mei Xue, don't get too caught up in the joys of romance."
"That would interfere with the master's plans."
The man with sunglasses said earnestly.
?
"Boss, what strange things are you saying?"
"Nonsense."
Mei Xue frowned and returned to the kitchen with a cold face.
That guy is the master's nominal husband, although I don't know what the master likes about him.
The shop owner shook his head. This child is just too tsundere.
However, that man is just an ordinary person with no cultivation aura. If he really gets involved in the world of ancient martial arts, it would probably be a disaster.
The two of them are likely to fail.
.........
..........
Meanwhile.
At the Jianghai City Police Station.
In the interrogation room.
Xiao Lin sat in the interrogation chair, facing the stern-looking Chen Yingyin across from him.
She held some documents in her hand and asked one by one: "Name."
"Xiao Lin."
"Age."
"24 years old."
"Gender."
"Can't you see that for yourself?"
Slap!
Chen Yingyin angrily slammed her palm on the table and said, "I'm the one asking questions here!"
Xiao Lin felt like crying.
He felt incredibly frustrated. Why was this happening?
He hadn't done anything wrong, so why did he have to endure this criminal-like interrogation?
Unfortunately, before coming down the mountain, his master had repeatedly instructed him to obey the laws of the secular world.
Otherwise, he would have left long ago.
But...
This woman called Chen Yingyin was quite beautiful.
Maybe staying here wasn't so bad after all.
Seeing Chen Yingyin's increasingly unfriendly expression, he snapped back to reality and replied: "Ahem, male."
Chen Yingyin's impression of Xiao Lin grew worse, and she became more convinced that he was the mastermind behind these incidents.
So her tone grew colder as she asked: "This morning, did you injure a person named Wang Yulan in Yulin Residential Area?"
!!
Xiao Lin was stunned. Wang Yulan?
Yulan? Considering the current situation,
He thought of a possibility and replied with a somewhat dejected tone: "Yes."
As he said this, he tightly clenched his fists.
Sister Yulan... reported it to the police?
But he was only trying to help her get away from that bad person.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lin raised his head and tried to explain: "But I... I didn't mean to! I didn't intend to hurt Yulan, I just..."
Before he could finish,
"Silence!" Chen Yingyin shouted sternly, her eyes full of anger: "Do you know that your punch almost killed her?"
"If it weren't for... someone taking her to the hospital,"
"She might have died!"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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】
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] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
