Leng Ling'er heard a sound and her face lit up with joy. She quickly put down her doll and ran out.
With just one glance, she saw Gu Yan tightly embracing her sister as he walked over.
She immediately became displeased.
Seeing her reaction, Gu Yan feigned confusion and asked, "Ling'er, why do you look unhappy as soon as you see your brother-in-law?"
"Didn't I feed you enough earlier?"
This comment only irritated Leng Ling'er more. She glared at Gu Yan and exclaimed, "Pah! What brother-in-law! You! How dare you bring that up again!"
"I had no idea you wouldn't eat that thing, Ling'er."
"Girls don't eat that kind of stuff, okay!"
Leng Qingqiu stood nearby, feeling confused. Wait, what were these two talking about?
What did he mean by 'feed you enough'? What 'thing'?
Why couldn't her 260 IQ brain understand this?
"Alright, alright, let's move past it!" Gu Yan said, wearing an expression that seemed to say [I need to hurry and help your sister sit down for dinner] as he guided Leng Qingqiu to her seat.
Then he looked at Leng Ling'er, who was still standing to the side: "Don't keep pouting. Come and eat dinner."
"Hmph!" Leng Ling'er let out a light snort before sitting down. It was then that she noticed the abundance of food on the table.
She was stunned for a moment.
The dining table was filled with a variety of delicious dishes, colorful and emitting enticing aromas. Pan-fried fish fillets, vibrant salads, steaming pasta, and an array of exquisite appetizers composed a mouthwatering dinner.
"Did... did you make all this?" Leng Ling'er looked at Gu Yan in disbelief. She had left midway and never imagined Gu Yan would prepare so many delicious dishes by himself!
Gulp. The tantalizing aroma filled her nostrils.
She couldn't help but swallow.
"Of course. I told you I learned it specially for Qingqiu."
Gu Yan sat at one side of the table. After answering Leng Ling'er's question, he immediately turned to Leng Qingqiu with a smile.
The bowls, plates, and chopsticks were already set on the table.
He picked up a slice of tender roast duck from a plate and gently placed it in Leng Qingqiu's bowl. "Qingqiu, try this. I guarantee it will be your favorite tonight."
Gu Yan's voice was gentle and affectionate, his eyes full of warmth and love.
Although Leng Qingqiu couldn't see Gu Yan's expression, she could hear the sincerity in his voice.
It stirred something in her heart.
"We'll see if it's good after I try it," Leng Qingqiu said with a light snort. She then held her bowl, picked up the roast duck, and slowly brought it to her mouth.
In that instant, the delicious flavor of the food blossomed on her tongue, causing her to unconsciously straighten her back and breathe a little faster.
How can it be this delicious!
It's so good! I want to eat more!
Leng Qingqiu thought, shocked.
"How is it? Tasty?" Gu Yan asked.
[Pure love interest feels happy about the delicious food, +1 point]
"It's passable, I suppose. Barely edible," Leng Qingqiu finally spoke, her tone flat.
Gu Yan saw through her act but didn't expose it. He chuckled and said, "No worries, I've prepared plenty of dishes today. I'll introduce them to you one by one."
"There's bound to be one you'll like."
There's... there's more?
Leng Qingqiu was taken aback. She unconsciously swallowed again, her tone no longer as rigid: "Well then... let's try them."
For the rest of the meal, Gu Yan served dishes to Leng Qingqiu while introducing each one.
He even explained the meaning behind each dish, revealing things that Leng Qingqiu had never known before, filling her with surprise and enlightenment.
So this dish could be made this way, and that dish had such a story behind it.
It turned out... there were so many beautiful things in this world.
What was the Sea of Love like? What did a pink sky look like? And what about talking elk?
Would she... have a chance to see these things in the future?
No... no... she couldn't think about such things...
She couldn't let these thoughts distract her.
But...
"Ling'er, don't just eat the rabbit. Have some vegetables too."
"Pah! You loser Gu Yan, who gave you permission to order me around?"
"Oh, then I'll take it away. Remember you said rabbits are so cute, we shouldn't eat them."
"Ugh... wait... I'll eat some vegetables!"
Although she couldn't see the scene at the dining table, just hearing the voices made Leng Qingqiu feel a warmth she had never experienced before... the warmth of family.
Why did she feel this way?
"Qingqiu, have some chicken soup. Your body has been weakened by years of hard work, you need to replenish your strength."
Gu Yan thoughtfully brought a bowl of chicken soup to Leng Qingqiu and scooped up a spoonful, bringing it to her lips.
She snapped back to reality.
"I can drink it myself," Leng Qingqiu said, feigning displeasure, but still allowed Gu Yan to feed her.
Damn this body, moving on its own...
Leng Qingqiu felt embarrassed. This was all because Gu Yan had been feeding her throughout the meal, causing her to react instinctively.
Why are you being so kind to me...
Leng Qingqiu felt incredibly conflicted and torn.
From what she could tell so far, Gu Yan seemed to be a good person. According to Leng Xing'an, the 5% of Gu Family shares that Gu Yan had gifted them were already proving immensely useful.
And it had only been two days.
Numerous business groups who had gotten wind of the news were already coming to curry favor and propose collaborations.
Insiders could see that the Gu Family seemed to have connections with the Leng Family again.
Everyone believed the Leng Family was about to make a comeback.
But it was precisely because of this that Leng Qingqiu felt conflicted. She was supposed to be seeking revenge.
She was supposed to be using Gu Yan and his Gu Family.
If... if Gu Yan were to learn the truth, how would he react? Would he be heartbroken or devastated?
Did she... deserve Gu Yan's kindness?
After dinner.
Leng Qingqiu sat on the sofa. Usually at this time, she would have returned to her study to read.
But now, she sat quietly, listening to the sound of the television and... the sound of running water from the kitchen.
For some reason, this actually made her feel a sense of peace, when she had always been on edge before.
"I knew it! He's the bad guy!"
"I guessed it from the first episode! Haha! Sis! Aren't I smart?"
Leng Ling'er watched the TV excitedly.
"Mm, you're smart," Leng Qingqiu pursed her lips. She seemed to be pondering something, then said, "Ling'er, help me to the kitchen."
"The kitchen? But that loser... Ouch!"
"Young ladies shouldn't use vulgar language. Gu Yan is your brother-in-law in name, after all."
Leng Qingqiu tapped Leng Ling'er's head, shocking the latter.
"Sis!"
"Ah, just take me there first."
Leng Qingqiu didn't want to explain. She couldn't explain the strange feeling in her heart.
"Oh, okay."
In the kitchen.
Gu Yan was humming an unfamiliar tune while washing the dishes.
Just then, Leng Qingqiu and Leng Ling'er walked in.
The song that stirred their hearts rose up.
"You say you're hard to pursue, wanting me to give up."
"Gifts don't need to be the most expensive, just fallen leaves from the Champs-Élysées."
"Oh, creating romantic dates, not afraid of messing everything up."
"Having you is having the whole world~~"
"My dear, falling in love with you, from that day on."
"Sweetness came so easily~~~"

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."

lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?