Soon, the two of them walked into a study.
In the study, the elders of the Tang and Su families were sitting together discussing the arranged marriage.
After entering, they both greeted the elders one by one.
"Tang Yu, you've come at the right time. There's something we need to discuss with you."
"I just talked with your Uncle Su and the others, and we think you and Muyue are quite compatible. We plan to arrange your marriage. What do you think?"
A middle-aged man with a square face called out to Tang Yu - it was his father, Tang Gangcheng.
"I don't think it's suitable."
Tang Yu firmly refused.
Everyone in the room had strange expressions on their faces. Not suitable?
Everyone in Su Hang knew that this guy had been pursuing her for three whole years!
Tang Yu coughed and cleared his throat.
"Respected elders, there's a saying that goes 'forced melons aren't sweet.' I've been reflecting lately and realized that Muyue and I aren't really compatible personality-wise."
"Marriage is a lifelong commitment. The choice should be left to us to decide. Thank you for your concern about us."
After saying this, Tang Yu felt much better inside.
[Hehe, now I won't get beaten to death!]
The elders of both families were dumbfounded.
After everyone exchanged bewildered looks, Su Muyue's father, Su Chongshan, suddenly spoke up.
"Little Yu, uncle knows what you're thinking. Did Muyue force you to say this? Don't worry, uncle will handle this today."
"???"
Tang Yu was stunned.
Uncle, are you actually eager to see me beaten to death?
"No, Uncle Su, I really..."
Just as Tang Yu was about to explain, Su Chongshan waved his hand dismissively.
"No need to say more, uncle understands you!"
Then Su Chongshan turned to his daughter angrily.
"Muyue, tell me yourself, how has Tang Yu treated you these past few years?"
"He's shown you deep affection and taken care of you in every way. When you were hospitalized, he stayed by your side the entire time."
"In terms of conditions and looks, what does Tang Yu lack? Yet you force him to say such things. You're going to be the death of me!"
Su Muyue, who had just been sprayed with her father's saliva, was stunned.
What did he mean by she forced him?
This guy was actually overjoyed inside!
[Quick, talk back! What are you waiting for? Have a fight with your dad, let's work together to ruin this arrangement, then we can each go our own way. I can go have fun with eight or ten other girls.]
[If you don't speak up now, I'm really going to be in big trouble. Don't you want to elope with your dragon king Ye Chen?]
At the same time, the sarcastic inner voice rang out again.
Seeing Tang Yu winking at her.
Su Muyue suddenly became angry.
Bastard, kept talking about "your Ye Chen" - who did he think she was?
Why should she elope with a bodyguard? Who did he think he was?
And hearing this guy talk about finding eight or ten other girls made her even angrier.
You pursued me for three years, and now you change your heart so easily?
"Dad, I didn't make him say that. I support the marriage arrangement."
Su Muyue suddenly spoke up in her anger.
Su Chongshan, who had been furiously ranting, was stunned. He asked in surprise, "You're not lying?"
"No." Su Muyue shook her head.
Her face flushed slightly as she bit her lip and said,
"He has indeed been very good to me, and I've been moved by his sincerity. However, could we start with dating first?"
"Of course that's fine! You take things one step at a time, slowly."
Hearing this, Su Chongshan's face broke into a relieved smile.
So it wasn't that his daughter opposed the marriage; rather, it was Tang Yu who wanted to give up the arrangement because he was worried about pressuring their daughter.
What a thoughtful son-in-law.
The other elders in the room also started smiling, sharing the same thoughts as Su Chongshan.
Tang Yu, who had been smiling just moments ago, now looked worse than if he'd eaten dirt.
He walked up to Su Muyue and forced a smile worse than crying.
"Muyue, you don't need to force yourself like this. I understand how you feel."
Su Muyue gently bit her lip and said softly, "But my true feeling is that I want to start by dating first."
"Little Yu, Muyue is just a bit reserved and not good at expressing herself. Don't think she doesn't like you - girls are just shy."
Su Chongshan patted Tang Yu's shoulder encouragingly with a kindly smile.
Tang Yu's face twitched.
Meanwhile, Su Muyue heard a string of exasperated internal monologue:
[You're crazy!!! We agreed to break off the engagement together!!!]
[Who the hell wants to date you! You're supposed to follow the web novel plot! The dragon king's harem is your destiny!]
[Please, wake up and stop being delusional!]
Hearing these thoughts, Su Muyue's lips curled into a slight smile, her eyes twinkling with amusement.
Seeing him so frustrated, she found it quite entertaining.
He was much more interesting now than his previous fawning demeanor.
"Alright, since they've taken a liking to each other, we don't need to worry anymore. Let's go announce this news."
At this moment, Old Mr. Tang suddenly spoke up.
Everyone smiled and began leaving the study.
Tang Yu and Su Muyue walked at the back of the group.
Seeing the smile on her face, Tang Yu wanted to give her a military-style beating.
"Weren't we agreed on not going through with the marriage?"
He gritted through his teeth in a low voice.
"But I was moved by your sincerity." Su Muyue's smile grew even brighter.
This was the first time Tang Yu had seen her smile at him like this, leaving him momentarily dazed.
Then he reached out to feel Su Muyue's forehead, checking if she was burning with fever.
"If you're not feeling well, let's go to the hospital for a check-up. Marriage isn't child's play - you need to think this through carefully."
Tang Yu advised earnestly.
[Sister, if you're sick, get treatment right away. If you don't see a doctor now, I'll be seeing a forensic doctor later.]
"I'm fine, I've thought it through. Besides, we're not married yet."
Su Muyue said calmly.
"But I don't want this. Forced melons aren't sweet."
"It's fine as long as it quenches thirst."
Su Muyue's smile grew even more cheerful.
Seeing him so frustrated, she was delighted inside.
She looked at Tang Yu seriously and said, "Besides, you suddenly changed your attitude so much - is there a possibility that you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness and don't want to burden me?"
Tang Yu looked utterly desperate, at a loss for words.
This woman, why wasn't she following the plot?
[She must have water in her brain. Now she's really going to get me killed.]
[Ye Chen will definitely come make a scene later. I finally got to be a rich, handsome antagonist, and now I'm going to lose it all? Damn these web novel plots.]
As Tang Yu's complaints rang out again.
Su Muyue grew increasingly curious inside.
Would things really unfold as his inner voice suggested?
【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.)
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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.”
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
