Huang Ya always knew that Shangguan Meng liked Mo Xuan. In fact, during high school, many girls had a crush on Mo Xuan, and she herself had harbored a secret admiration for him for a while.
Mo Xuan's personality was a bit reserved, not particularly fond of social interactions. However, whenever classmates had questions, he would always patiently explain. He had no airs about him and was easygoing, but there was always a sense of distance in his interactions with people.
Cheng Jiahao claimed to be his friend, but in reality, he was more like someone who clung to Mo Xuan, who didn't mind and just let him be.
Of course, except for Su Yanran, who was his official girlfriend and stood out from the rest.
Huang Ya never expected that Shangguan Meng would be so persistent, still liking Mo Xuan even after all these years since high school. But if you like someone, why not take some concrete actions? Shangguan Meng's family wasn't exactly a wealthy dynasty, but they were well-off and from a scholarly background. She was petite and pretty.
Huang Ya just couldn't understand why Shangguan Meng was so shy.
After comforting her best friend and getting into the car, Huang Ya thought for a moment and decided to ask, "Meng Meng, tell me, why haven't you ever told Mo Xuan that you like him?"
Shangguan Meng shook her head, leaning her head against the car window without saying a word. Huang Ya sighed. Every time she asked this question, Shangguan Meng would remain silent. Huang Ya didn't want to press further and started the car, driving away.
When Mo Xuan got home, he was still holding small cakes he had bought for Luo Wei'er and Luo Xue'er. Entering the living room, he saw Luo Shiya sitting on the sofa, her suit jacket open, her long legs lazily stretched out on the couch, browsing a tablet.
"You're back?" Luo Shiya heard the noise, turned her head, and gave Mo Xuan a gentle smile. "Dinner will be ready soon."
"Yeah, why are you alone? Where's Muqi?" Mo Xuan was a bit curious. Usually, the sisters would come home together, and even if one arrived earlier, it would be Luo Muqi. "And where are Wei'er and Xue'er?"
"Muqi has something to do and will be back later," Luo Shiya put down the tablet. "The kids are playing in their room, Uncle Zheng and the others are taking care of them. Xuan... carry me upstairs to change clothes."
Mo Xuan sighed. Although he wanted to refuse, he eventually put down the cakes and went over, lifting Luo Shiya horizontally into his arms. Luo Shiya smiled contentedly, wrapping her arms around Mo Xuan's neck.
Carrying her to the room, Mo Xuan gently placed Luo Shiya on the ground. He always felt something was off. Luo Shiya and Luo Muqi's requests sometimes seemed to have a magical effect, and he couldn't refuse them.
"What's wrong?" Luo Shiya wrapped her arms around Mo Xuan's waist and looked up at him affectionately. "Xuan, don't overthink things. By the way, I have a new gift for you, okay?"
With that, Luo Shiya turned around and took out a car key and a box from the drawer of the bedside table.
"I bought you a new car. Take me for a drive after dinner, and...," Luo Shiya opened the box, revealing a black matte ring adorned with small diamonds like a starry sky. "This is for you. Don't worry, it's not that expensive."
Looking at the ring, Mo Xuan felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had seen a similar black ring in the past.
"Let me put it on you?" Luo Shiya acted on her own, slipping the ring onto Mo Xuan's left index finger. "This ring is for you. The wedding ring... remember, you have to buy it for us..."
"Shiya, why are you and Muqi so good to me?"
Unable to hold it in any longer, Mo Xuan asked the question that had been weighing on his mind. The answer he received was a deep kiss from Luo Shiya.
It seemed that no words were needed. Just a kiss made Mo Xuan's world feel like it was filled only with the person in front of him and the pleasant scent of her perfume...
At that moment, in a luxurious private room of a fine dining restaurant in the Capital, Luo Tian sat at the head of the table, his index finger tapping lightly on the surface. Opposite him, Cheng Wenxin frowned as he looked at the table full of meat dishes.
"Tian Ge, you know I'm a vegetarian, right?" Cheng Wenxin adjusted the sleeves of his suit. "Also, when are you going to make Mo Xuan apologize to me?"
Luo Tian didn't answer. Instead, he picked up a cigar, lit it, and took a puff. As the smoke billowed out, he finally spoke, "Guess why the planned dinner is just the two of us now?"
Cheng Wenxin didn't lie. This meal was supposed to be a gathering for a few young masters from well-connected families to relax and have a few drinks.
But now that the dishes were served, only Luo Tian and Cheng Wenxin were in the room.
"Wenxin, you wanted to go after my sister's man, and now your people are in the hospital while Mo Xuan is fine. Don't you think asking him to apologize is a bit much?"
The smoke made Luo Tian's face somewhat blurry, but Cheng Wenxin could still see the dissatisfaction in his eyes, which made him feel a tightening in his chest.
He knew that Luo Tian was truly angry.
Having held a high position for a long time, Luo Tian wouldn't erupt in anger, but a single glance was enough to convey the emotions of this tycoon.
However, Cheng Wenxin was also a young master from a wealthy family and the future head of the Cheng Corporation. Naturally, he didn't need to back down to Luo Tian. Moreover, it was Mo Xuan who had beaten up his people and humiliated him. Regardless of the reason, he needed an explanation!
In his mind, no matter how powerful the Luo family was, he didn't believe Luo Tian would dare to ignore the Cheng Corporation.
Luo Tian sighed, somewhat helplessly, "I'll give each of your two bodyguards two million, and I'll cover their medical expenses. Let's end this here, okay?"
"No. If he doesn't apologize, don't blame me!" Cheng Wenxin replied almost without hesitation. "Tian Ge, are you really going to let Luo Muqi continue dating that guy? Is the position of the Cheng Corporation's young mistress not good enough for her? Or is it that I'm not sincere enough?"
You're sincere my ass...
Luo Tian couldn't help but complain inwardly. By age, Cheng Wenxin and Luo Shiya would make a more suitable match, but he didn't dare. Luo Shiya was like a thousand-year-old iceberg to anyone except Mo Xuan, and everyone in the upper echelon knew she was ruthless and heartless.
Besides, Cheng Wenxin had gone mad, spending his days either in temples or chanting scriptures. Not just the Luo family, but other families with comparable status to the Cheng Corporation didn't want to marry their daughters to him.
A celibate Buddhist? Teasing others was one thing, but he always gave the impression that he was descending into the mortal world because of Luo Muqi. In reality, he had already fathered a secret child with his female secretary.
"Wenxin, we've known each other since we were kids. Do you really have to make things so tense?" Luo Tian glanced at his watch. "Why don't you... reconsider?"
As he was speaking, the door suddenly opened. Luo Muqi walked in wearing a high-end tailored outfit. She glanced indifferently at Cheng Wenxin and then looked at Luo Tian. "Cousin, what's the meaning of this?"
"Make Mo Xuan apologize to him," Luo Tian saw Luo Muqi enter, extinguished his cigar, and picked up his chopsticks to start eating. "Wenxin, I'm not getting involved in this. But... she's another story."
Seeing Luo Muqi, Cheng Wenxin didn't show any particularly strong emotions. He simply looked at her calmly as usual. "If he doesn't apologize, that's fine. I heard Mo Xuan is going to join Rong Xing. As long as you and Tian Ge agree not to let him join, I can let this go."
Luo Tian slammed his chopsticks down on the table and glared coldly at Cheng Wenxin. "Don't think I don't know. Your sister has been trying to poach him into the Cheng Corporation. You're quite considerate of your sister!"
"Don't worry, he won't get into Rong Xing, and he certainly won't get into the Cheng Corporation," Cheng Wenxin smiled. "My people were beaten, and I need to give them an explanation. Once this is over, I'm going to the mountains to meditate. Muqi, you should consider our marriage, just as a chance for both of us..."
"In that case, I'll apologize on his behalf."
Luo Muqi smiled at him. Seeing his sister's smile, Luo Tian immediately lowered his head to continue eating. Wenxin, it's hard to persuade those who are determined to die. Don't blame your older brother for not helping you.
Cheng Wenxin's eyebrows slightly furrowed, then quickly relaxed. If he couldn't humiliate Mo Xuan, having Luo Muqi apologize to him would also be a way to vent the humiliation of being rejected.
Luo Muqi turned to pick up a bottle of red wine from the side, smiling dangerously. "I'll personally pour you a drink. Let this go for my brother, okay?"
"I didn't provoke him," Luo Tian muttered as he continued eating, looking up briefly. Luo Muqi shot him a sharp glance. "Don't get ahead of yourself!" Luo Tian immediately signaled her to continue, lowering his head to keep eating.
It was frustrating, but he had grown accustomed to it.
Cheng Wenxin hadn't expected that Luo Muqi would go to such lengths for Mo Xuan, but he didn't care. What was sincerity anyway? It was all about interests.
"I don't drink alcohol. Pour me some tea..."
Before he could finish, Luo Muqi poured the red wine in her hand from top to bottom, drenching him completely.
nce】【Lighthearted Comedy】【Ultimate Gentleman's Novel】【Viewer Discretion Advised for Under 16】 The mightiest human hero, Sharen Morian, is resurrected after a thousand years by his wife—the Demon King. This is not your typical hero-vs-demon-king tale.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
