The girl continued to splash around in the bathtub.
Bubble, bubble—
Bubble, bubble—
Su Ze turned his head in confusion to see the girl with half her head submerged in the water, blowing bubbles. Her wine-red hair floated like seaweed in the water behind her, looking absolutely beautiful.
Ten minutes later, Su Ze pulled her out of the water, tossed her a towel, and let her dry herself before putting on his clothes.
Su Ze's t-shirt was slightly loose on the girl, and the casual pants needed to be rolled up, but with her height of just over 1.7 meters and her stunning looks, she still managed to pull off the outfit.
Su Ze took out a hair dryer, dried her hair, and after she brushed her teeth, he left her in the bedroom while he went to take a shower.
Su Ze had been too busy yesterday and came home late without showering. He took off his clothes.
Standing at 1.85 meters tall with a lean build, his muscles were proportionate without being bulky—typical of a martial artist, the kind of physique that countless men and women found attractive.
After his shower, while drying his wet hair, Su Ze answered his constantly ringing phone. "Missing your dad?"
"I miss my mom. Why don't you take my mom out for a walk?" Shen Qingsheng said on the other end.
Su Ze lit a cigarette, "I was just about to go out. Come to District Three."
After arranging the time and place with Shen Qingsheng, Su Ze went to the bedroom and rubbed Uesugi Akizuki's face as she lay staring aimlessly at the ceiling. He pulled out the gauze from her nose and threw it in the trash. "Let's go buy you some clothes. Get up and put on your shoes."
Uesugi Akizuki nodded and obediently put on her own shoes.
Su Ze put on a black coat and brought his straight sword.
They left together.
Su Ze went to the garage and looked at his black sports car with some regret—being only seventeen, he would have to wait until next year to get his driver's license.
He could only choose the black motorcycle instead.
Seeing Uesugi Akizuki's curious and confused gaze, Su Ze patiently explained to her, "Stay close to me when we're out. Don't act surprised at everything like a wild person. You'll be completely safe if you stay by my side, understand?"
Uesugi Akizuki nodded, her eyes clear and full of trust.
Su Ze placed the straight sword in a concealed compartment specially designed for weapons on the motorcycle, hidden to avoid causing public panic while still being accessible in case of emergencies.
Despite Uesugi Akizuki's confident assurances, as soon as the motorcycle roared to life, she fearfully wrapped her arms around Su Ze's waist.
They quickly arrived at District Three. When the motorcycle stopped, Su Ze patted Uesugi Akizuki's hands, which felt ice-cold. If he hadn't felt her trembling fingers, he might have started considering where to dispose of a body.
"Get off," Su Ze said.
Uesugi Akizuki shakily removed her hands, and despite her extreme panic, she remained very obedient.
After slowly getting off, she crouched down, buried her head in her knees, and continued trembling.
"Silly girl, let's go," Su Ze called out as he removed the bike key.
Uesugi Akizuki lifted her pale face, nodded, and held Su Ze's hand.
As they walked down the street, their striking appearances drew many glances.
Especially Uesugi Akizuki with her wine-red long hair, innocent face, and curious eyes as she held Su Ze's hand obediently, moving through the crowd like a firefly glowing in the night—beautiful and radiant.
Uesugi Akizuki curiously looked around until her gaze settled on the candied haws at a candy store.
Noticing this, Su Ze bought her two sticks.
Even with two candied haws, the girl wouldn't let go of Su Ze's hand. The sticks were leaving red marks on her small hand, so Su Ze, finding her too silly, took one stick from her.
However, Su Ze noticed that after he took one stick, the little girl pouted, her eyes full of reluctance and unwillingness. Still, she gave it to Su Ze, then lowered her head and pursed her lips, like a mother reluctantly marrying off her daughter.
This is what I bought for you, why are you being so stingy?
"Acting cute won't work, I'm not giving it back!" Su Ze bit off one of the candied haws as he watched her expression.
Uesugi Akizuki timidly remained silent, not wanting to speak because she was tired.
"Ze-ge!"
Su Ze turned his head to see a tall young man running over—it was his best friend, Shen Qingsheng.
"That sounds so formal," Su Ze shook his head at Shen Qingsheng meaningfully. "Come on, call me dad to bring us closer."
"Can I ask you to leave this world?" Shen Qingsheng said with a dark face. He then turned his attention to the focused girl who was lowering her head to nibble on the candied haw, his face full of disbelief. "Damn! What heavenly beauty is this?"
Uesugi Akizuki had no reaction, continuing to take small bites of her candied haw with her head down.
"Is your stepmother beautiful?"
"Beautiful! Beaut... Get lost!" Shen Qingsheng cursed as he came to his senses.
Shen Qingsheng suddenly clicked his tongue a few times, looking at Su Ze with admiration. "I was wondering why you looked like a walking stack of money earlier, but seeing her now I understand—you're becoming more and more criminal."
"Why are you being so sarcastic?" Su Ze asked puzzled.
"She doesn't even look 16, and you're going after her. I think you're really criminal, too criminal!" Shen Qingsheng sighed. "This girl having such an arrestable boyfriend like you must be some kind of blessing."
"She might be naive, but you can't be ignorant of the law, brother."
"It's fine, I'm not worried about appearances, and you can't rush these things. Even if she's not 16, she's probably not under 14. Just wait a while longer," Su Ze shrugged. "Raise her up and then sell her off. As an old father, I can only count money through tears one last time with my daughter's help."
"Tsk tsk tsk," Shen Qingsheng patted his shoulder meaningfully. "I was wondering why you looked somewhat human today, turns out it's because you're wearing clothes."
"I was wondering why you looked like a fellow human when I saw you, but upon closer inspection, I realized even fellow humans have learned to wear clothes."
The two of them always traded insults when they met.
The three walked towards the clothing store.
"By the way, what did that Executor say today? I had to work really hard to find someone reasonable among those lunatics. If it had been anyone else, sister-in-law would definitely have been taken away!"
Su Ze didn't mind how he referred to Uesugi Akizuki, while she gave Su Ze a puzzled look upon hearing this, then lowered her head to continue eating her candied haw, unclear whether she understood or not.
"If they gave sufficient reason, I would have let them take Uesugi Akizuki away. If they couldn't give a reason, no one could take her."
Su Ze said calmly.
Shen Qingsheng drew in a sharp breath.
"That's badass. It's great to have that kind of power."
"By the way, did sister-in-law really lose her memory? Why did she appear in Huaxia in the first place?"
Su Ze shook his head, "The Executors should be investigating. Once they catch that girl who escaped with Uesugi Akizuki, everything will become clear."
Hearing this, Uesugi Akizuki's pupils trembled inexplicably, and her expression became blank for a moment.
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.”
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!"
【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.)
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.
