A heavy stone finally fell from Gu Chengyin's heart, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
He had finally nipped this dangerous sign in the bud!
A relaxed smile appeared on his face. He rubbed Gu Xiaoli's head as a reward and said gently,
"So, don't think about how to be a maid anymore. Just be my sister with peace of mind."
"Now, go back to your own bed and sleep, okay?"
Gu Xiaoli was very obedient. She seemed to have completely accepted her new identity as a sister, nodding and replying, "Okay, brother."
After saying that, she started to move, preparing to get out of the warm covers.
Gu Chengyin also breathed a sigh of relief. He looked to the side and suddenly noticed a light brown female official's dress hanging on the bedpost, with a softer white inner dress draped over it.
Looking at the size, it seemed to be...
Gu Chengyin didn't even turn his head. He accurately placed one hand on Gu Xiaoli's head and, without any explanation, pressed her right back into the blanket.
At the same time, he used his other hand to quickly tuck the corners of the blanket back around her, wrapping her up tightly, leaving only the part above her nose exposed for breathing.
"Mmh?"
Gu Xiaoli was a bit dazed by this sudden suppression, letting out a muffled sound of confusion from under the covers.
Looking at Gu Xiaoli's large eyes, which were filled with bewilderment and grievance due to his rough actions just now, Gu Chengyin realized that his suppression must have frightened her.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's brother's fault." Then he changed the subject and asked, "Is Xiaoli tired today?"
Gu Xiaoli's attention was indeed diverted.
She blinked, seemingly forgetting the little episode just now, shook her head, and a serious expression appeared on her face.
"Xiaoli is not tired."
Gu Chengyin continued to ask,
"It's good that you're not tired. Do you know what stage we are at now? Tell brother."
Mentioning this, Gu Xiaoli's eyes brightened a bit more, and she said clearly,
"Sister Yun Ying asked Xiaoli to fill in a lot of data, which are the missing parts in those account books."
"Some numbers don't match, some entries are incomplete, and some look fine but contradict other records when compared."
"Xiaoli filled them all in, and the incorrect data has also been corrected."
"Sister Yun Ying said this saved a lot of time and energy."
"Otherwise, we would have to retrieve a large number of Luoshan Stone flakes from the Inner Library as samples, and then check, fill in, and correct the data one by one."
"The workload would be very large, and it would be easy to make mistakes, requiring several times more manpower."
Gu Chengyin listened patiently and nodded slightly.
Gu Xiaoli continued, "But because Xiaoli has already sorted out the missing and chaotic data, we can directly start building the chain of evidence on this basis."
"Her Highness said that once the chain of evidence is almost built and the nodes and directions are confirmed, we only need to extract the most crucial small portion of the Luoshan Stone flakes."
"They can just be added as direct evidence, so we don't have to dig out tens of thousands of flakes, saving so much effort."
She finally concluded, "Sister Yun Ying also said that if it weren't for Xiaoli, they would have to check the data first and then build the chain of evidence, which would make them busy to death."
After speaking, she looked at Gu Chengyin eagerly.
A sincere smile appeared on Gu Chengyin's face, a heartfelt gratification.
"Your Sister Yun Ying is absolutely right."
He reached out and gently rubbed Gu Xiaoli's furry head exposed outside the blanket, his movements gentle.
"It's really great to have you here."
Feeling the warm touch from the top of her head, Gu Xiaoli's world-weary calmness was finally broken.
Her eyes curved into crescents, and an incredibly happy smile bloomed on her face.
She looked just like a little kitten receiving its owner's affection.
Gu Chengyin's mood also relaxed a lot. His gaze swept over the brocade quilt and then looked at the deep night outside the window.
He immediately made a decision, stood up, and said to Gu Xiaoli, "You should sleep here tonight, to save the trouble of going back and forth. It wouldn't be good if you caught a cold."
After speaking, he prepared to turn and leave, but his wrist was suddenly tightly grabbed by a small hand.
"Brother!"
Gu Xiaoli's voice carried obvious panic and confusion, "Where are you going? Did Xiaoli do something wrong?"
She grabbed very tightly, as if afraid that Gu Chengyin would disappear once she let go. A layer of mist covered her large eyes, filled with unease.
Gu Chengyin paused his steps. He could feel that Gu Xiaoli seemed to lack a sense of security?
He turned around, softened his voice, and comforted her, "Xiaoli didn't do anything wrong, and I'm not angry."
"Then why is brother leaving?" Gu Xiaoli continued to hold his wrist and asked.
Gu Chengyin patiently explained, "Because you are my sister now."
"Brothers and sisters cannot sleep in the same bed."
"So I'm not leaving, but going to another room to rest."
However, upon hearing this, Gu Xiaoli frowned her delicate brows.
She thought for a moment, and then said in a soft, uncertain tone,
"But, when Xiaoli was in the palace, I heard that many brothers and sisters from noble families sleep together..."
Gu Chengyin, "..."
After fiercely despising these noble families in his heart.
Gu Chengyin said in a solemn tone,
"Xiaoli, what you heard is all wrong. It's incorrect, it violates human ethics and morals, and it will be despised by everyone."
"In a normal family, the brother protects the sister, and the sister respects and loves the brother, but there must be appropriate distance and boundaries between them, especially after they grow up."
"This is what is right, and what is worth respecting and learning. Do you understand?"
Gu Xiaoli nodded, seemingly understanding but not fully, and replied softly, "Xiaoli understands, that is wrong."
"Yes, exactly."
Gu Chengyin breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally twisted her skewed concepts back a bit.
He emphasized again, "Now, close your eyes and go to sleep like a good girl. There are still many things to be busy with tomorrow."
After speaking, Gu Chengyin gently patted the blanket roll wrapping Gu Xiaoli.
Then he stood up and carefully tucked the corners of the blanket for her, ensuring she was wrapped tightly.
"Good night, sister Xiaoli."
Gu Chengyin said warmly, then walked to the table and extinguished the lamp.
The room plunged into darkness again, with only the faint starlight and moonlight outside the window outlining blurred silhouettes.
Listening to Gu Chengyin's footsteps gradually fading away and finally disappearing outside the door, the room became completely quiet.
Gu Xiaoli was wrapped in the warm blanket, which still held a scent that made her feel at ease.
It had been far too long since she last smelled this familiar scent.
Gu Xiaoli mimicked Gu Chengyin's tone from just now, using a voice that only she could hear.
Facing the empty room, she murmured softly,
"Good night, brother."
"Good night, Niangniang."
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
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...
