In the afternoon, after having lunch and coaxing Fu Nanzhi to sleep, Shen Yi finally left the house.
Driving past Jingyuan University, Shen Yi couldn't help but feel nostalgic.
With September approaching, there were already many returning students at the entrance, though some might be freshmen registering.
Watching the bustling crowd, he felt a sense of melancholy.
The people and events of one's youth are always hard to forget.
He had attended Jingyuan University, a prestigious institution ranked among the top 20 nationwide.
Songping Garden, the villa area, was quite close to his alma mater.
Shen Yi had studied design, and after graduation, he was recruited into the massive entity known as Tiancheng Group.
At the time, everyone envied him for the high salary, good treatment, and numerous benefits.
Looking back now, it wasn't wrong to say that although the salary was high, so were the expenses, leaving little savings and no hope for promotion.
After working non-stop for over two years, he was just treading water.
Despite being trained in design, he ended up being overworked in the advertising department.
The traffic light turned green, and Shen Yi shook his head to clear his scattered thoughts.
Soon after, Shen Yi returned to his rental room and pushed open the door.
Though only a day had passed, life seemed to have changed dramatically.
"Eating soft rice can save decades of struggle..."
Shen Yi had thought about striving on his own, but the system simply wouldn't allow it, giving him a shortcut instead.
Looking around, the small room of a few dozen square meters naturally couldn't compare to a large villa.
It wasn't that he was being pretentious; it was just a sigh from the heart.
It definitely tasted good, but enduring hardship was not in Shen Yi's nature.
He went to the bedroom to drag out his suitcase and packed his few pitiful clothes inside.
He filled it up nicely with both important and unimportant miscellaneous items.
Dragging the suitcase out, Shen Yi realized as he was leaving that he had only rented this room for a mere three to four days.
Yet it felt like a long time had passed.
It would be troublesome to cancel the lease on such short notice, and finding someone to sublet to would be difficult in such a short time, so Shen Yi decided to let it be.
"Just leave it be; the rent is cheap anyway."
With no attachments, he put the suitcase in the trunk and drove back.
Returning to Peaceful Lake Residence, Shen Yi took the clothes and other items out of the suitcase and put them away.
Before they were married, they had always lived here, familiar with every aspect as if it were their own home.
Pushing the door into the bedroom, Shen Yi shook Fu Nanzhi, who was still deep in sleep.
"Lazy pig, wake up."
Fu Nanzhi opened her eyes groggily, instinctively pulling Shen Yi down to lie with her.
Her body ached from sleeping so well, and not only did she not want to get up, but she also wanted Shen Yi to stay with her.
Shen Yi naturally refused,
"Sleep a bit during the nap; sleeping too long can cause headaches, and then you won't be able to sleep at night."
But Fu Nanzhi just made a whining sound, refusing to open her eyes no matter how much he pushed her.
Seeing this, Shen Yi had no choice but to use his trump card, reaching his hand under her blanket.
Suddenly, Fu Nanzhi's eyes widened, a blush spread across her neck, and she was instantly awake.
The soft touch made Shen Yi's heart sway, but he quickly withdrew his hand.
However, Fu Nanzhi reacted quickly, grabbing Shen Yi's arm and preventing him from escaping.
"You're so naughty, husband. I like it."
Shen Yi struggled to free himself from her grip but couldn't, so he gently said:
"Be good, wake up and get out of bed, it's already past two, you've been sleeping for a long time."
"That's because you're here."
Fu Nanzhi would never have acted like this before, but with Shen Yi around, anywhere she lay felt like a comfort zone, and she was too lazy to move.
Seeing her open her eyes, Shen Yi let her be.
He walked into the wardrobe, cleared some space, and hung up his clothes.
By the time he came back, Fu Nanzhi was already tiptoeing off the bed.
Shen Yi hurried over to help, but Fu Nanzhi pushed him away,
"I feel much better, let me try walking on my own."
Despite limping, she managed to stand firm, after all, she was young and recovered quickly.
The afternoon was still long, and Fu Nanzhi was not very mobile.
So, the two had no plans to go out and instead snuggled on the couch to watch a movie.
A pretty good romance film, where the protagonists went through various hardships, broke up and got back together, and finally ended up together.
A bit cliché and somewhat torturous, but ultimately, they achieved their happy ending.
Since Shen Yi had seen it many times in simulations, he wasn't very moved, but Fu Nanzhi was tearful every time.
No help there, due to her face blindness, each viewing felt like the first.
Even though she knew the plot inside out, she couldn't remember who the protagonists were.
"This female lead is such a fool, clearly in love yet she insists on playing games."
Fu Nanzhi leaned against Shen Yi, commenting as they watched:
"Why be so melodramatic, look, she almost let someone take advantage of her."
"If it were me, I wouldn't pay attention to those petty rumors, a hundred percent trust would've spared all this drama."
"You think so, right, hubby?"
Shen Yi chuckled, teasingly flicked her nose, and said:
"By your logic, there wouldn't be any drama, the story would end in ten minutes."
"Straight to a warm bed with a wife and kids."
Fu Nanzhi was laughing joyously when her expression suddenly stiffened, reminded of something very important.
Or rather, something she had subconsciously forgotten.
"What's wrong? Nanzhi."
Shen Yi noticed Fu Nanzhi had been quiet for a while and couldn't help but ask.
Fu Nanzhi came back to her senses, forced a smile, and said:
"Nothing, lovers destined to be together, what's wrong with a happy ending?"
"That's where you're wrong, people don't feel it's real unless it happens to them, they like stories full of twists and turns, smooth sailing seems boring."
"Besides, isn't the perfect ending good? At least the director didn't go on a killing spree."
Shen Yi played with Fu Nanzhi's hair as he spoke.
Fu Nanzhi bowed her head, emotions swirling in her eyes,
"A perfect ending, huh..."
Night fell, the curtain of darkness adorned with stars, creating a stunning painting.
The two had dinner early, washed up, and lay in bed.
The TV was on the news, but Fu Nanzhi wasn't really listening.
Under the covers, she fidgeted like a caterpillar everywhere.
"Stay still."
Shen Yi frowned and gave her a pat on the bottom as a reprimand.
Fu Nanzhi paid him no heed, instead tugging vigorously at the drawstring of Shen Yi's shorts.
"Don't bite off more than you can chew."
Shen Yi shifted his body to dodge her hand, knowing that if things heated up, it would be Fu Nanzhi who'd suffer.
Her eyes whirled around,
"I'll eat."
"You eat what? It's barely been a day, and you've already forgotten the pain once the wound healed."
Shen Yi responded without any warmth.
Fu Nanzhi argued:
"I'm really much better, didn’t you see I could walk by myself this afternoon?"
"That still doesn’t make it okay, the swelling hasn’t gone down yet."
Fu Nanzhi hugged Shen Yi's arm and nuzzled it, looking pitiful:
"It's okay, just be gentle."
Then she extended a finger, pleading:
"Just once, please, just once?"
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
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.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
