Gu Chengyin was now certain that Lin Qingyan must possess some kind of talent or spell akin to mind reading.
Otherwise, how could she immediately find out every time he merely thought about something.
Before, it was electrocution.
Now, it was being tied up.
If things continued to develop like this, he did not even dare to imagine what would come next.
Gu Chengyin's mind raced.
The current situation was obvious.
He wanted to keep his distance, and then Lin Qingyan found out again.
The deeper the love, the harsher the hate.
No, Lin Qingyan was not feeling hatred; she was feeling unwilling to accept it.
Unwilling to let him stop here.
Unwilling to accept that he did not want to take things a step further.
So she directly knocked him out with lightning, tied him up securely, and used this to threaten him.
And she gave him two choices.
The first was to continue like this and be escorted back to the capital.
The second was to release her inner demon and become Lin Qingyan's master.
If it were anyone else, how would they choose when faced with these two options?
Of course, they would choose the second one.
After all, such a beautiful fairy willingly throwing herself into his arms was simply a tremendous stroke of luck.
It was something countless people could only dream of.
But Gu Chengyin was different; he never succumbed to pressure.
Nor did he ever hand over the initiative to anyone.
Only children make choices.
As for him, he wanted it all.
Gu Chengyin raised his head to look at Lin Qingyan.
Lin Qingyan was looking right at him.
Those eyes were still aloof and breathtakingly beautiful.
Yet beneath that aloofness hid a trace of anticipation.
She was waiting for Gu Chengyin's choice.
Waiting to see if he would choose the second option, or choose the second option.
But Gu Chengyin just looked at Lin Qingyan.
He neither made a choice nor said anything.
He did not even show a single expression.
He merely looked at Lin Qingyan indifferently, his gaze as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
But beneath that calm, something was surging.
That was...
Lin Qingyan's pupils shrank slightly.
She understood Gu Chengyin's look.
It was indifference.
It was a chilling disappointment.
It was... the disappointment of being stabbed in the back by the woman he loved most.
In Gu Chengyin's eyes, there was none of the emotion she had anticipated.
Lin Qingyan's heart suddenly clenched.
Right at that moment.
Gu Chengyin's shoulders slumped slightly.
It was just a minuscule change in posture.
But it felt like a knife stabbing fiercely into Lin Qingyan's heart.
This was the stubbornness of still refusing to bow his head after experiencing betrayal.
This was the pride of still keeping his spine straight after being ruthlessly stabbed by the person he trusted most.
This was... the beautiful, strong, yet tragic Gu Chengyin.
Lin Qingyan's breathing stopped.
She looked at Gu Chengyin.
Looked at his slumped shoulders.
Looked at his disappointed and chilled eyes.
Looked at his slightly pursed lips.
Those lips had just been gently calling her Little Aunt.
Those eyes had just been looking at her with a smile.
Those shoulders had just been holding her steadily, giving her something to rely on.
But now... there was nothing left.
Lin Qingyan panicked.
She completely panicked.
To hell with deadlines.
To hell with whether he wanted it or not.
To hell with keeping a distance.
Right now, her mind was filled with only one thought.
Gu Chengyin was heartbroken.
Lin Qingyan's hand raised subconsciously.
She wanted to untie the ropes, but she stopped halfway.
No.
She could not untie them.
She was still threatening him.
She was still waiting for his choice.
But...
But that look in Gu Chengyin's eyes...
Lin Qingyan bit her lower lip.
She thought of what she had just done.
Knocking him out with lightning, tying him up firmly, and hanging him from the roof of the carriage.
Threatening him, forcing him to make a choice.
She had done so many bad things, but what about Gu Chengyin?
He just watched all of this indifferently.
He did not say a single word.
He did not complain at all.
But the more Gu Chengyin acted this way, the more panicked Lin Qingyan became.
Because she knew that Gu Chengyin was not the type of person to make a huge fuss.
The quieter he was, the more serious the situation.
The more silent he was, the more his heart had died.
The more he looked at her so indifferently, the more it proved...
He did not want her anymore.
This thought struck Lin Qingyan's heart like a bolt of lightning.
She suddenly lunged forward.
She frantically began to untie the ropes binding Gu Chengyin.
She had tied these ropes herself, very tightly, with every knot tied securely.
Lin Qingyan struggled for a long time but could not untie them, her fingers trembling.
Damn it...
She cursed in a low voice and simply stopped trying to untie them.
With a backhand wave.
A streak of golden lightning surged from her fingertips, accurately striking the ropes.
The ropes snapped instantly, and Gu Chengyin's entire body plummeted.
Lin Qingyan was quick-eyed and deft-handed, catching him steadily.
She pressed her whole body against his.
Her face was pressed against his chest, her hands tightly wrapping around his waist, hugging him incredibly tight.
I'm sorry, Chengcheng!
Lin Qingyan's voice was muffled against his chest, carrying obvious panic and grievance.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Lin Qingyan said I'm sorry over a dozen times in a row, babbling incoherently and turning her words upside down.
Only at this moment did she finally realize what she had just done.
She had actually tied Gu Chengyin up.
She had actually hung him up there.
She had actually taken the opportunity to threaten him.
How could she do this!
Was Gu Chengyin the kind of person who would submit to coercion?
No!
He never was!
From the first day they met, Gu Chengyin had always held the initiative.
Facing the overt plot of Emperor Luo, he did not change his expression.
Facing the coercion of the Golden Core enshrinee, he dealt with it calmly.
Facing any predicament, he always wore an expression of calm confidence.
How could someone like that be coerced by her?
The things she just did must have seemed utterly ridiculous in Gu Chengyin's eyes, right?
No, not ridiculous.
It was terrible.
She had actually treated him this way.
She had actually treated him as a target for coercion.
What if...
What if Gu Chengyin ended up hating her because of this?
What if he did not want her anymore because of this?
What if he never spoke to her again from now on?
The more Lin Qingyan thought about it, the more chaotic her heart became, and the more chaotic it became, the less she knew what to do.
She could only bury her face in Gu Chengyin's chest, apologizing desperately and explaining frantically.
Chengcheng, it's not like that...
Her voice was muffled and even carried a hint of a sob.
That wasn't me just now, it was... it was... it was my inner demon!
Lin Qingyan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, her speaking speed growing faster and faster.
That's right! It was the inner demon!
It's all that damn inner demon's fault! Chengcheng, you know this, she is my negative consciousness.
She constantly interferes with me, causing me to lose control of myself!
Just like just now! She controlled me and made me do those things!
You must believe me, Chengcheng! I...
Lin Qingyan could not continue speaking because Gu Chengyin gave no response.
He just stood there in front of her, letting her hug him, letting her explain, letting her apologize incoherently.
But he did not say a single word, nor make a single movement.
Lin Qingyan raised her head and looked at Gu Chengyin's face.
That face was still calm.
Those eyes were still disappointed.
Like a wall, shutting her out.
Lin Qingyan's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.
She had never been this terrified before.
Even when her inner demon was at its worst, even in the most dangerous moments, she had never been as terrified as she was now.
Chengcheng...
Please... please say something...
Even if you scold me, even if you hit me, please just say something...
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.
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.”
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
