"Come in."
Shen Yi stepped aside and let her in.
Cheng Jun entered the room and looked around curiously.
"Have a seat. My place isn't as nice as yours, a bit smaller," Shen Yi said, guiding her to the sofa while he sat on a chair by the table.
Cheng Jun sat on the sofa, her hands resting on her knees as she glanced around.
Once seated, her loose T-shirt revealed her fair and delicate collarbone, which seemed deep enough to hold a handful of water. Her long, slender legs reflected the light, almost blindingly white, and her bare feet in flip-flops unconsciously curled her tender toes.
"It's quite clean," she commented after looking around.
"The place is small, and there’s not much stuff, so it looks tidy," Shen Yi replied casually, glancing at the room he hadn’t lived in for long.
Cheng Jun pointed to a paper bag on the table and said,
"Try this, I... I made it."
"Sure," Shen Yi replied, taking a piece and putting it in his mouth. After chewing for a while, he nodded in approval,
"Not bad, it's delicious."
Cheng Jun's eyes lit up with a hint of hesitation,
"Really?"
She had been practicing her cooking skills recently. Being naturally smart and eager to learn, her progress had even surprised the housekeeper who taught her.
"Of course," Shen Yi said sincerely. The cookies were sweet but not cloying, no worse than those sold in stores.
Cheng Jun smiled, a genuine smile that blended with her inner expectations, forming a sense of joy.
Seeing her efforts recognized by Shen Yi, she felt it was all worth it.
Even this small sweetness was something she wanted to share only with him.
Shen Yi was almost dazzled by her smile.
"Ding~"
A notification sound came from Shen Yi’s phone.
He opened it and saw that Fu Nanzhi had arrived home and was letting him know she was safe.
He instinctively smiled and sent back a "received" emoji.
Cheng Jun's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her happiness seemed to fade instantly.
She vaguely guessed something, her lips twitching as if she wanted to say something but held back.
The atmosphere quickly cooled, and not long after, Cheng Jun excused herself. Shen Yi stood up and saw her out.
After she left, Shen Yi walked to the bed and lay down.
He sighed softly and closed his eyes, drifting off to sleep.
...
The next morning, the sunlight was pleasant, and Shen Yi went out for his usual run.
Just as he exited the neighborhood, a car pulled up beside him.
The window rolled down, and Cheng Jun, wearing sunglasses, greeted him.
Shen Yi waved back. One headed to work, the other to jog, and they went their separate ways.
Watching the taillights of the car, Shen Yi shook his head. A brand-new Porsche in such a modest neighborhood seemed out of place.
Preoccupied with thoughts, Shen Yi only ran for half an hour this time, grabbed a quick breakfast on the roadside, and headed home.
After freshening up, he sat down and pulled out his laptop to start a new day of simulations.
Several web pages were open on the laptop, all containing knowledge he had picked out the night before to study.
A screen unfolded, and Shen Yi clicked on [Text Simulation].
He skipped a long list of instructions and prepared to start the matching process.
"Dating Assistant Reminder: Text Simulation is a reality-based simulation that randomly retrieves players' surroundings for suitable targets. Two targets will be selected, and you can choose one to pursue."
...
...
"Begin matching?"
"Begin matching!"
[Searching...]
"Detected passive gaming behavior!"
"Warning: Passive gaming may lead to unknown risks. Please proceed with caution."
[Penalty: Number of matched targets reduced from 2 to 1.]
[Matching successful!]
Shen Yi's eyes widened in shock at the information before him.
"What?!"
His brilliant idea had barely been used once before it was doomed to fail.
From the system's warnings and penalties, it was clear that exploiting bugs wasn’t possible.
This was a dating simulation game, and it was best not to stray from the main theme.
Clearly, what he had done in yesterday’s simulation was considered slacking off by the system.
"Now I can’t freeload, and I’m being punished..."
Since the system had set these rules, Shen Yi had no choice but to accept them.
The unfortunate part was that his options for pursuing characters had narrowed. From now on, no matter who the system randomly selected, he’d have to grit his teeth and go along with it.
As for the unknown risks mentioned in the warning, Shen Yi didn’t want to test them. He didn’t want to risk losing the system altogether.
There was no use dwelling on it. For now, he had to focus on seriously completing this simulation with the selected target.
With that in mind, Shen Yi prepared to look at the character the system had matched him with.
Name: Shu Yunyi
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Charm: 91
Cup: E
Marital Status: Single
Number of Dates: 7
Experience: 0
Preferences: Aloof, Travel (Details require unlock with pursuit points)
Overall Rating: 94
"This is..."
Shen Yi was stunned, his gaze unfocused.
Despite this being another highly-rated character, Shen Yi felt little joy.
Because he knew her.
Shu Yunyi—such a distant name, or perhaps not so distant, as she had been one of the youngest lecturers during Shen Yi’s university days.
She had also been a prominent figure on campus back then.
A beautiful lecturer in her late twenties, kind-hearted, with a great figure, a gentle voice, and strong expertise.
A single photo of her could set the campus forum ablaze.
She was the object of admiration for countless students, including Shen Yi at the time.
In the naive days of youth, a figure like her had entered their lives, radiating charm effortlessly.
Though unintentional, she had left a profound mark in everyone’s memories, like ribbons of beauty fluttering in their minds.
"It’s her. She’s probably a professor by now," Shen Yi muttered to himself.
The last time he had seen her before graduating, she had already been an associate professor, qualified to mentor graduate students.
Shen Yi’s gaze lingered on the "Single" status, feeling a bit dazed.
"Didn’t I hear she had a boyfriend? She’s 34 now and still unmarried?"
This was something Shen Yi had heard from his seniors. Back then, many had lamented, feeling as though they had all collectively lost their chance.
Now, she was a "leftover woman," still unattached.
Shen Yi looked at the glowing [Start Simulation] button below, and his memories slowly came alive.
"Pursue her?"
[Selected: Shu Yunyi]
[Simulation begins!]
[You are Shen Yi, a 25-year-old high-quality male, physically strong, energetic, handsome, and outstanding, ranking among the best in the crowd.]
[Your goal is to find Shu Yunyi and successfully pursue her.]
[After some thought, you realize you actually know her, though you’re unsure of her current situation.]
[You’ve come up with an idea on how to find her, and based on this clue, you decide to...]
A. Use your college student’s naive wisdom and charge ahead recklessly.
B. Seek out a senior who stayed at the university for clues, letting a familiar face guide you.
C. Put up a banner at the school gate to find her, accusing her of abandoning you.
D. Take free action.
nto another world, I bought a slave for the first time, never expecting the silver wolf girl to be so cute... Lin Feng: I know it's cold, but you don't have to sneak into my bed! Yuna: Just sharing body warmth, if you dare do anything naughty, I'll definitely...
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?"
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.”
