At the dinner table, everyone knew that Gu Chenan was about to leave, but by unspoken agreement, no one mentioned it. It was as if this was just an ordinary meal.
However, after the meal, no one seemed ready to leave, which made Gu Chenan sense something was amiss.
[Come to think of it... Su Qianmo and Fang Yuanyuan not leaving because they know I'm going and want to keep me company makes sense, but why aren't the other female leads leaving?]
[Could it be...]
A terrifying and embarrassing thought occurred to Gu Chenan.
[Damn! Can everyone else hear my thoughts?]
With this in mind, Gu Chenan stood up and went to the kitchen.
Watching Liu Mingrui's back as she was untying her apron, Gu Chenan called her name in his mind.
[Mingrui.]
Liu Mingrui immediately turned around, smiling, "What is it?"
Gu Chenan was stunned and quickly waved his hand, "Nothing."
"How was it? My cooking skills are pretty good, right?" Liu Mingrui said proudly.
"Indeed, it was excellent, especially the bull penis dish, cooked to just the right texture," Gu Chenan pointed towards the dining room, "I'll head out first."
"Alright, go ahead."
Walking out of the kitchen, Gu Chenan was completely questioning his existence.
[Damn it, Mingrui can hear my thoughts too.]
[So, when I first met her and thought about how big they were, she heard all of that?]
[What about Bai Yutian? If she can hear my thoughts, doesn't that mean she knows I've been thinking about her feet all this time!]
Realizing this, Gu Chenan immediately went to find Bai Yutian.
Three minutes later.
Gu Chenan walked out of Bai Yutian's room with flushed cheeks.
[Damn, everyone can hear my thoughts!]
[That means all my dirty, perverted thoughts have been heard by everyone?]
[No wonder these female leads sometimes seemed off!]
As he thought about this, Gu Chenan froze.
Wait a minute...
Damn!
He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger, "No wonder my character portrayal of the female leads fell apart twice, so that's why!"
"System!"
"System is currently settling... Time remaining until settlement completion: one day and five hours."
...
For the time that followed, Gu Chenan had wanted to take the female leads out for some fun.
But the female leads unanimously decided to stay at home and go nowhere.
Gu Chenan had no choice but to stay at home with them.
Time flew by, and a day passed.
The next evening.
"System settling... Time remaining until settlement completion: ten minutes."
[Ten minutes... it's almost time.]
Gu Chenan rubbed his face and stood up from the sofa.
The female leads, hearing his thoughts, all stood up with reluctance in their eyes.
"Will you come back?" Su Qianmo asked softly.
Gu Chenan was taken aback and shook his head, "I don't know."
Liu Mingrui couldn't keep up the act anymore. She tried to say something, but before the words could come out, two streams of hot tears flowed down her cheeks.
"Young Master Gu!" Bai Yutian threw herself into Gu Chenan's arms, crying her heart out.
Hoshino Kannon fiddled with her fingers, silent, but tears kept falling.
Tang Yunjin gazed distantly, biting her lip, her mind constantly replaying her past moments with Gu Chenan.
Although they hadn't done anything significant or confirmed their relationship, Tang Yunjin had long since developed feelings for Gu Chenan.
Fang Yuanyuan turned her back, trying hard to hold back her tears.
She couldn't hear Gu Chenan's thoughts but could tell from everyone's reactions that he was about to leave.
"Sigh." Gu Chenan let out a breath, "I'm sorry for keeping this from you all for so long."
"But... it's time to say goodbye."
"Time remaining until settlement completion: seven minutes..." the System's voice appeared in his mind again.
Gu Chenan ignored it and continued, "Although this is a world within a novel, to me, you are all living, breathing people."
"I'll remember you all when I go back."
Originally, Gu Chenan had many things he wanted to say, but at the moment of parting, he couldn't recall them.
"Time remaining until settlement completion: six minutes..."
"Waaah—"
Bai Yutian's tears flowed like a fountain as she wailed loudly, "Young Master Gu, don't go! What will I do without you?!"
Gu Chenan sighed and patted Bai Yutian's head, "Don't cry, be good."
"No, I won't let you go, you can't leave!"
Bai Yutian couldn't hear Gu Chenan's words at all, tears and snot flowing freely, all smeared onto Gu Chenan's suit.
"Time remaining until settlement completion: five minutes..."
"Yutian, listen to me, I..."
"I won't listen, you just can't go!"
Time continued to pass amid Bai Yutian's tantrum. The other female leads wanted to say a proper goodbye to Gu Chenan, but now no one's words could get through.
Bai Yutian's grief was uncontrollable, her sobs turning into loud wails.
"Time remaining until settlement completion: one minute..."
[One minute!]
Gu Chenan's heart trembled, and he shouted to the female leads, "I have to go now, take care of yourselves!"
"Chenan!"
Su Qianmo was startled, tears streaming down her face as she quickly stepped forward to embrace Gu Chenan.
Liu Mingrui and Hoshino Kannon were equally heartbroken, but they just silently wiped their tears.
Fang Yuanyuan hadn't moved since earlier, always facing away from Gu Chenan with a determined look. But when she heard Gu Chenan say "I have to go now," her tears immediately burst forth.
"Time remaining until settlement completion: 10 seconds."
"Goodbye, Qianmo." Gu Chenan gently kissed Su Qianmo's forehead.
"Chenan, goodbye." Su Qianmo lifted her head and returned the kiss.
The two closed their eyes and kissed, as if time had frozen, the passage of time seeming to pause.
"Time remaining until settlement completion: 1 second."
"Ding, settlement complete!"
Hearing this sound, Gu Chenan opened his eyes, but was immediately stunned.
Su Qianmo was still in front of him!
[Still here?]
[What's going on?]
Before him, Su Qianmo was still frozen in their kiss, and Bai Yutian's hands were still clutching Gu Chenan's shirt, her head lowered and motionless.
Gu Chenan looked around and suddenly realized that everyone except him had stopped moving, as if they had all been paused!
[Damn, is this some kind of time-stop series?]
[No, no, what am I thinking...]
Gu Chenan shook his head and asked in his mind, "System, what's going on?"
"Settlement complete, host has finished the performance, the novel world has been paused."
"After System calculation, the host's performance this time is Grade A, villain portrayal accuracy is 76%, original plot presentation is 39%, rewarded with ten choice opportunities."
Gu Chenan was stunned.
"Ten choice opportunities? Choose what?"
"The host can make ten choices freely in this world, anything can be chosen."
"Anything?" Gu Chenan thought for a moment, "Can I choose the female leads?"
The System was silent for a moment, then, "Yes."
Hearing this, Gu Chenan jumped up in excitement.
"You are the most awesome, most powerful, most considerate system I've ever seen!"
"This System knows... Please make your choices quickly," the System urged.
[You know, huh? Praising you to high heaven and you act like it's nothing, what kind of entity are you?]
After mentally criticizing the System, Gu Chenan pointed at all the female leads and said, "I choose all of them!"
esick Sect? Well, at least it's considered a respectable orthodox sect. Wait a minute— What kind of vibe are you all giving off? Shouldn’t this be a love-struck, romance-obsessed sect? Why does everyone here sound more like demonic cultivators? "Master, today he’s getting married. This disciple wishes to descend the mountain and crash the wedding, then toy with him to death right in front of his wife..." "Elder, I only got into your sect through connections, so why won’t you teach me anything?" "Because I also became an elder through connections." Thankfully, Su Ji was just an outer sect labor disciple. Surely, nothing too crazy would— "Junior Brother, you’ve broken through to Qi Refining. Once you sever your useless spiritual root, you can officially become an outer sect disciple." "The Great Dao is merciless. Don’t let a worthless spiritual root waste your essence and spirit, hindering your cultivation." Is this really the Lovesick Sect? ... Three years later, Su Ji sat in the seat of the Lovesick Sect’s sect master, sighing with emotion. His rise to this position all started when his junior sister adamantly insisted on preserving his "spiritual root." "Mmm... Senior Brother, what’s our relationship now?" "Stop talking. Keep going." "By the way, that newly promoted top-tier sect—didn’t they come to buy our Love Beans?" "One top-grade spirit stone per Love Bean—is that really so expensive?" "I suspect they’ve eaten too many Love Beans." "Now they’re lovesick." Well, this really is the Lovesick Sect after all.
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
