The first day back at school was peaceful, and classes ended quickly.
Luo Wei took a steam bus near the school and stopped at an intersection in the west district.
The old house was quite far from school, so he needed to transfer buses midway to get home.
While waiting for the bus, Luo Wei looked around idly when something suddenly caught his attention.
In the glass window of a corner shop, a teddy bear half his height sat quietly on display.
As if possessed, Luo Wei went over and bought the plush toy.
On the bus, young men and women kept stealing glances at Luo Wei holding the large plush toy, teasing each other and laughing.
Luo Wei glared at them.
What are you looking at? Can't a boy buy a plush toy?
Besides, it's not for himself...
Luo Wei had actually wanted to buy such a toy for Helena for a long time, and seeing it now, he just bought it on impulse.
However... their trust had probably shattered after that battle three days ago...
Helena probably only wants to kill him now, so buying this was pointless...
Luo Wei silently stared into the teddy bear's eyes and sighed helplessly.
A gift that can't be given, might as well just satisfy his own guilt...
Back at the old house, Luo Wei placed the teddy bear on the sofa.
He prepared dinner alone.
Of course, there was no legendary feast - that was just a lie he told his teacher. Luo Wei chewed his vegetable salad mechanically, tasting nothing.
However, while eating, he suddenly felt something off about the atmosphere in the room.
Luo Wei stood up suspiciously and observed the room's layout.
The chair... was it originally placed here?
The curtains seemed to have been pulled too.
The window was half-open, with a cool breeze ruffling Luo Wei's hair.
Someone had been here.
It was Helena!
Luo Wei immediately tensed up, his hand reaching into his ever-present shoulder bag, feeling bottle after bottle of potions.
"Helena?"
His voice echoed through the empty old house, perhaps lacking confidence, carrying a slight tremor.
"Come out, brother sees you."
"Stop hiding!"
The old house remained deathly silent, with only his own voice.
Luo Wei frowned slightly, and just as he was beginning to doubt his memory, thinking he might be scaring himself...
A strange rustling sound suddenly came from a room on the second floor.
Luo Wei immediately pulled out an antique revolver from his bag and ran upstairs.
"Helena? Is that you?"
He raised his gun, cautiously searching the corridor.
The gun in his hand was bought from the black market two days ago, because he had developed something called [Mithril Bullet].
But actually, [Mithril Bullet] had no effect on creatures like Helena, so carrying this gun felt somewhat self-deceptive.
However, having a gun in hand at least gave him some courage.
Luo Wei checked the rooms one by one, and soon discovered the noise was coming from the bedroom where he and Helena had slept.
He took a deep breath, gripped the revolver tightly, and kicked open the bedroom door.
Several eerie black tentacles disappeared through the window.
Luo Wei rushed to the window, and saw a twisted black shadow quickly vanishing into the distant bushes.
Though it was just a glimpse before it disappeared.
But Luo Wei still saw her current horrifying state.
Filthy twisted flesh and exposed broken organs combined in a way that made one's scalp crawl, black tentacles and tendrils, large and small, intertwined and writhing on the bloated body. Except for her vaguely recognizable human upper body, or rather from the chest up, Luo Wei could hardly recognize that this was his sister, Helena.
Helena's contamination had deepened...
There were even signs that she might completely abandon her human appearance and fully degenerate into a twisted monster.
It seems that battle three days ago really affected her greatly.
Luo Wei stared at the distant woods until the last trace of movement completely disappeared before slowly closing the window.
He placed the revolver on the table, his palms completely sweaty.
The old house returned to its initial quiet and safety.
A question suddenly emerged.
Helena didn't attack him this time, nor did she try to kill him.
In fact... she quickly fled when discovered.
"Helena... what exactly are you trying to do? What... what's going through your mind?"
"Could she have another sinister plan?"
Like a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder unable to get answers, Luo Wei anxiously searched through the old house.
He had plenty of dangerous items at home, like the drug used to knock out Teacher Evelyn a few days ago, but no matter how much he searched, all the dangerous items were accounted for and clearly hadn't been touched.
Even the food was untouched, despite Helena's known love for eating.
"Could it be... she just wanted to see me?"
This conclusion seemed absurd to Luo Wei. He looked at himself in the mirror and shook his head violently, trying to dismiss such thoughts.
How could that be possible? After how she treated him, using every method to torture him, how could her intentions be so simple and pure?
Luo Wei admitted his emotions were complicated earlier.
Especially when he saw her horrific state and how she fled without looking back...
Three whole days, hiding in the wild, she probably couldn't find food, or maybe she ate rats, rabbits, or even wild dogs?
Living rough outdoors, would it remind her of those childhood times? Early spring in Saint Callen was still quite cold, would she curl up shivering from the cold...
No! What am I thinking?
Luo Wei stared at himself in the mirror, wanting to slap himself back to his senses.
She's a monster who has killed him before!!
Are you a masochist, Luo Wei?
He absolutely cannot show any sympathy, absolutely cannot view her with human logic!
Otherwise, one careless moment could lead to irreversible consequences.
Life is precious.
Luo Wei worked hard on his psychological construction until he finally calmed down after a long while.
That's right, I am the man behind legendary Sheriff Raymond, a mysterious investigator walking in darkness, a man determined to save the world.
No emotions.
Back to the dining room, eating the remaining salad alone.
Reading the newspaper.
Turning off the lights and going to bed.
The vast empty old house once again fell into dead silence.
Only a faint sense of loneliness lingered within.
...
"Eh? Little Wei, didn't you sleep well yesterday? Why such dark circles under your eyes?"
In the office, Evelyn looked worriedly at the listless Luo Wei.
"It's nothing... probably stayed up too late researching." Luo Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head.
As he spoke, he closed his notebook filled with densely written information and tucked the newspaper inside.
"You're really starting to look like a detective." Evelyn smiled and handed Luo Wei a cup of hot water, "How's it going, has our little detective found any clues?"
"Teacher, you said you've had some dealings with the external members of that cult?" Luo Wei looked at her curiously, "Do you know where they hold their secret meetings?"
"Those rats in the slum sewers, they know nothing..." Evelyn narrowed her eyes in thought, "Finding the cult's meeting place isn't easy, hasn't the police department been investigating for a long time?"
Suddenly, her tone changed, "However..."
"However what?" Luo Wei quickly asked: "Do you have another way?"
"Teacher's house is right there, didn't you know?" Evelyn looked at him amusedly.
"You actually live in that kind of place?" Luo Wei was shocked.
He looked Evelyn up and down. His teacher's dress and manners were impeccable; he never imagined such an elegant and proper woman would live in such a place.
"You're always talking about making money... are you short on money?" Luo Wei looked at her strangely, "You haven't borrowed from loan sharks, have you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Evelyn shot him an annoyed glance.
After chatting idly for a while, the two returned to their main topic.
"The teacher knows more about Saint Callen's dark side than you might imagine~" She winked, "Having lived there for so many years, I know several places that would perfectly suit those guys' needs to stay under the radar and avoid police detection."
Luo Wei slammed his hands on the table and stood up, "What are we waiting for then?"
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."
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
