Seeing Hu Yuying still keeping her head down, Long Aotian frowned.
"Why are you lowering your head? Lift it up."
Hu Yuying glanced up at Long Aotian, pursing her lips. Perhaps it was just her imagination, but she felt like the people around her were still staring at her.
She had finally mustered the courage to treat her big brother to breakfast, but in the end, he was the one who paid.
She couldn't help but feel annoyed at herself. She was so clumsy, always messing things up.
If it weren’t for Long Aotian suddenly showing up, she wouldn’t have known what to do.
Her family wasn’t well-off, but that wasn’t anyone else’s business. Why did they have to bring it up in front of so many people?
"You didn’t do anything wrong, so why are you lowering your head?"
"Lift it up, or I’ll beat you up!"
Hu Yuying awkwardly raised her head and cautiously glanced around.
Coming from a poor family wasn’t a big deal in itself.
But having someone point out in public that she couldn’t afford breakfast really hurt her pride.
Perhaps Hu Yuying had already experienced strange looks and exclusion because of her family’s financial situation, so she was instinctively afraid of facing that kind of judgment again.
"Gossip is always around, but if you don’t listen, it won’t affect you."
"People’s words won’t make you lose a piece of flesh. If you’re really bothered by it, then work on becoming stronger. That’s the only way to shut them up."
Long Aotian felt like he was turning into a life coach.
He could actually empathize with Hu Yuying’s feelings at that moment.
In his previous life, he had been mocked plenty of times too.
As a child, people mocked him for being a kid without parents who loved him.
When he grew older, people taunted him for being poor, saying he had to scavenge trash to sell for food.
But he had still managed to go from having nothing to owning a car and a house, living a decent life.
"This world is never short of people with malicious intentions, but fortunately, you have me, your big brother, to back you up. So you need to learn to love yourself, to firmly and unwaveringly love yourself."
This was Long Aotian’s advice to Hu Yuying as someone who had been through it all. It wasn’t about anything else.
"There are plenty of people from poor families. If you go back three generations, whose ancestors weren’t farmers?"
"My family wasn’t well-off either. My dad was a butcher, but do you see anyone daring to mock me?"
"They don’t dare because I’d actually beat them up. They can’t fight me, so they keep their mouths shut."
Hu Yuying looked at Long Aotian and said softly, "So if I become stronger too, they won’t dare to say anything or bully me."
"Exactly. There’s too much unwarranted malice in the world, but that doesn’t stop us from finding pure kindness. Sometimes, learning to look at things from a different perspective can bring a whole new meaning."
"I’ve seen your progress, and I believe that one day, you’ll become confident and strong."
"Thank you, Long Ge. I feel much better now," Hu Yuying said sincerely, her gratitude genuine.
Long Aotian’s words had a profound impact on Hu Yuying at that moment.
Someone who had long been oppressed desperately needed someone like Long Aotian to guide them emotionally.
Seeing the light return to Hu Yuying’s eyes, Long Aotian breathed a small sigh of relief.
"Those people who seem like they have nothing good in their heads—stay away from them in the future, got it?"
"Got it," Hu Yuying chuckled, her eyes sparkling with a unique charm.
"Let’s go. We’re done eating."
"Okay."
Walking beside Long Aotian, her beautiful eyes flickered slightly. She bit her lip, took a deep breath, and secretly glanced at him. Her lips curled into a shy smile, and a faint blush spread across her pale cheeks.
She quickly averted her gaze, her hands lightly clasped over her chest, feeling a strange unease she couldn’t quite put into words.
Back in the classroom, Hu Yuying began fulfilling her duties as Long Aotian’s little assistant, urging him to study.
After yesterday’s guidance, it was clear that Long Aotian wasn’t dumb—he just hadn’t been using the right methods.
The key was that Long Aotian was willing to learn, and she was willing to teach.
Li Qian saw that Hu Yuying was still studying with Long Aotian and couldn’t help but sigh. She had already said everything she needed to say.
If Hu Yuying couldn’t see the situation clearly, it wasn’t her fault.
Still, Long Aotian was quite handsome. If only his grades were better, he’d be perfect.
He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and he was taller than most boys.
What made him stand out was that his handsomeness was different from others.
There were plenty of good-looking guys at school, but Long Aotian had that bad-boy charm.
Like right now, his smile was both mischievous and attractive.
But Li Qian wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination—she felt like Long Aotian’s aura had changed.
Before, he always seemed cold, as if nothing interested him except fighting.
But now, that icy edge was gone, replaced by a sense of warmth and gentleness.
Thinking this, Li Qian quickly shook her head. "What am I thinking? That’s Long Aotian—the guy who once punched someone so hard they bled."
...
Back in the classroom, Ye Liangchen immediately noticed Li Qingxue, who was covering her mouth as she yawned, looking exhausted.
He paused, then pretended to be expressionless, though inwardly he was overjoyed.
Li Qingxue had a very consistent sleep schedule. In all the years he’d known her, she only looked this tired when something was bothering her and she couldn’t sleep.
Had she really lost sleep just because he hadn’t talked to her for a day?
If this kept up, it wouldn’t be long before she couldn’t resist and came to talk to him herself.
The thought made Ye Liangchen secretly pleased.
It was true—people only realized their true feelings after losing something.
He straightened his back, lifted his head, and walked past Li Qingxue without even glancing at her.
"Ye Liangchen!" Her voice carried a hint of weariness.
It was indeed Li Qingxue.
Ye Liangchen stopped in his tracks.
A slight smile tugged at the corner of his lips. It seemed he had overestimated Li Qingxue. It had only been a day, and she was already unable to resist reaching out to him.
"What is it?" Ye Liangchen asked without turning around.
He needed to be firm in his attitude to make himself more appealing to Li Qingxue.
After all, people always wanted what they couldn’t have.
That was exactly how Li Qingxue felt right now.
He and Li Qingxue had known each other for so long that she couldn’t see through his true feelings. She always thought their relationship was just friendship.
But that wasn’t the case. Li Qingxue had unknowingly fallen for him during their time together.
She just hadn’t realized it yet.
It seemed that his decision to reject her yesterday had made her aware of something in her heart.
If he just added a little more fuel to the fire, the "chasing the husband to the crematorium" trope would soon play out...
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.
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
