Just as she arrived in the hallway, Ning Yu immediately recognized those sounds.
The amorous sounds clearly indicated lonely men and women "studying hard" late at night.
After just a few minutes, the room that was producing those sounds fell silent.
Only faint breathing could be heard.
Suddenly, a female voice spoke from inside:
"It's okay, three minutes is already impressive!"
As if consoling someone who hadn't studied hard enough.
Three minutes of studying was certainly showing a lack of academic dedication, though perhaps they were simply too exhausted to continue.
With her keen hearing, Ning Yu recognized it as Sun Jiao's voice.
She immediately guessed that since Sun Jiao had been making eyes at Fatty Zhao earlier that day, the man in the room must be him.
"Boss Zhao, about the food..."
Sun Jiao's weak voice emerged from the room again, followed by rustling sounds.
Soon after, the doorknob turned as someone prepared to exit.
Ning Yu hid in the shadows, blending perfectly into the dark hallway.
Sure enough, Sun Jiao emerged from the room, her face still wearing an alluring, ingratiating smile directed inside.
Her clothes were disheveled and her face flushed, clearly showing signs of recent "studying."
The door clicked shut behind her as she stepped fully into the hallway.
Her expression changed dramatically the moment the door closed.
Ning Yu could read it clearly: emptiness, loneliness, and disgust.
She was clutching some food items, obviously given to her by Fatty Zhao.
The two had clearly engaged in a transaction, though who knew how many times this had happened before.
The disgust in her expression wasn't just for the act itself, but seemed more directed at herself.
Sun Jiao kept trying to please Fatty Zhao just to maintain this arrangement.
She had no choice - without food, she couldn't maintain even basic dignity.
Fear of zombies and death had overcome shame, and she chose to sell her body for food - it was her last remaining asset.
Such things weren't uncommon in this apocalyptic world.
Suddenly, Sun Jiao seemed to sense Ning Yu's gaze and asked nervously:
"Who... who's there?"
Her voice was barely above a whisper, as if afraid of being heard.
The hallway was too dark to see clearly, and when there was no response, Sun Jiao decided it must have been her imagination.
She turned and returned to her own room with the food.
A moment later, Ning Yu emerged from the darkness.
Though this transaction was just a minor incident, she no longer felt like returning to her room. She simply locked her door to prevent anyone from attacking Shen Yiyue.
Then she walked down the hallway, heading for the gymnasium's rooftop.
She was thinking about what Shen Yiyue had said and couldn't sleep.
After being interrupted by this little episode, she decided to go to the roof for some fresh air.
The gymnasium's rooftop was very spacious, essentially empty but with a decent view.
The roof was slightly cool, though Ning Yu wasn't bothered by the cold.
Upon reaching the top, she looked up at the endless starry sky.
Since the city lost its lights, the Milky Way had become visible - perhaps looking just as it had tens of thousands of years ago, eternally bright.
Few people could appreciate such enchanting night views anymore. Unlike the beauty above, the world below had become hell, overrun with zombies and monsters.
Her silver hair floated gently in the night breeze under the faint starlight, soft and delicate like windswept willow branches.
Ning Yu raised her amber eyes, and the starry river reflected in her beautiful pupils as if captured within them.
Her small, delicate figure stood there looking upward, momentarily wordless, as if engaged in a silent conversation.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded behind her.
Ning Yu hadn't brought her knife, but a silver crossbow quickly materialized beneath her clothes.
"Sister Ning Yu?"
The person who had come up was actually Bai Xuan.
Bai Xuan was clearly surprised to find someone else on the rooftop.
Before her stood Ning Yu in a black sleeveless dress, bathed in starlight, her exquisite face expressionless and aloof.
She turned suddenly to look at Bai Xuan, with the endless starry river as her backdrop.
The scene was so beautiful that Bai Xuan was stunned:
Could Sister Ning Yu be an angel who descended from the moon? How could anyone be so beautiful?
"Bai Xuan? Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Ning Yu broke the silence first, asking her.
"I couldn't sleep, so I come up to the roof for some air whenever I feel this way."
Bai Xuan replied somewhat shyly, as if her secret base had been discovered.
But Ning Yu walked over and gently took Bai Xuan's hand, saying:
"Come, keep sister company while watching the stars."
Bai Xuan was startled for a moment, then quickly nodded, showing a happy expression:
"Yes, okay!"
She had always been alone when coming up here for fresh air and stargazing, but today she finally had company, and it was Sister Ning Yu whom she liked so much.
The two sat together on the rooftop steps.
Bai Xuan also took in the vast starry river, feeling the night breeze.
The gymnasium roof was quite high, free from the stench of zombies.
The breeze carried a familiar summer scent, as if closing one's eyes could transport them back to normal days.
Bai Xuan was immersed in this illusory beauty.
Until Ning Yu tapped her, and she opened her eyes.
Before her appeared a lollipop, strawberry flavored - one of Ning Yu's personal treasures.
She was showing a gentle smile as she said to Bai Xuan:
"This is your special reward for keeping sister company while stargazing."
Bai Xuan instinctively wanted to refuse - before the apocalypse, she could have had as many lollipops as she wanted.
But since the disaster struck, she and her classmates had often gone hungry, eating whatever they could find, grateful for any food at all.
It had been so long since she'd tasted a lollipop that she was already imagining the sweet and sour strawberry flavor.
Her mouth was already starting to water.
"Sister Ning Yu, this is really too..."
Before Bai Xuan could finish refusing, Ning Yu had already unwrapped it and handed it to her, brooking no rejection.
She had no choice but to accept it, though she couldn't help feeling joy - what child doesn't love sweets?
Ning Yu took out another one of the same flavor for herself.
"Look over there."
"That's Perseus..."
Ning Yu began pointing out and explaining the stars to Bai Xuan.
Bai Xuan listened in a daze, watching Ning Yu's amber eyes sparkle in the night sky.
She really wished she had a sister like this.
On the empty rooftop, two girls - one older and one younger - sat on the steps together admiring the Milky Way.
One pointed at the sky while explaining something, while the other listened intently.
"Wow! Sister Ning Yu, look! A shooting star!"
A white point of light with a tail moved across the sky - it really was a shooting star.
Bai Xuan's face lit up with excitement as she closed her eyes and clasped her hands to make a wish.
Ning Yu watched her calmly, waiting for her to finish.
"Sister Ning Yu, aren't you going to make a wish?"
Having finished wishing, Bai Xuan looked at the unmoved Ning Yu with innocent curiosity.
Make a wish?
What wish would I have?
World peace?
That has nothing to do with me, I have no wishes.
Ning Yu thought self-mockingly, but lied to Bai Xuan:
"Sister already made her wish. What did you wish for, Bai Xuan?"
Hearing Ning Yu's question, Bai Xuan immediately showed a hesitant expression:
"Mom said that if you tell your wish, it won't come true..."
"But telling Sister Ning Yu... that should be okay!"
Bai Xuan quickly made up her mind, her small face full of desire to confide:
"I hope Teacher Zhang finds lots and lots of food right away! So everyone can eat!"
Bai Xuan's bright eyes were full of hope, and when she said "lots," she made an exaggerated gesture with her hands.
Hearing this, Ning Yu smiled and patted her head.
They continued admiring the starry sky.
Another quiet and beautiful summer night.
But there was one thing Ning Yu didn't say, and had no intention of saying.
That is, shooting stars had another meaning:
They represented a life that was fading away.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
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.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
