Goodnight, Sis. Go to Bed Early

[Author's note: Due to issues with the outline and my writing skills, I'm struggling to bring this story to a close. T_T There are probably another 50,000 to 80,000 words left. I expect to resume updating in September.] After his 24th birthday, Rong Yan, the young master of the Rong family, inexplicably found himself with a fiancee he'd never met. Not only did she have a bad reputation, she was also a year older than him. He'd heard she'd been fooling around overseas since childhood and spent her days livestreaming. She was the queen of the high seas, with more fish in her pond than he'd eaten meals. Rong Yan: ??? I'm a perfectly innocent virgin. Why should I let a woman like that ruin me? But somehow, this woman had bewitched everyone else in the Rong family. From the 72-year-old patriarch to his four-year-old nephew, they were all wrapped around her finger and refused to let Rong Yan break off the engagement. The patriarch insisted that all the rumors about her were nonsense, and even threatened to break Rong Yan's legs if he dared to call off the wedding. Rong Yan was so furious he nearly ground his back teeth to dust. After much deliberation, Rong Yan decided to go undercover in enemy territory and find evidence of this woman's misdeeds. Then he'd slam the evidence down on the Rong family's dining table and see what all those people defending her had to say! * With that goal in mind, Rong Yan came up with a complicated plan. The first step was to watch the woman's livestream every day and record all the vulgar, tasteless stuff she did on camera. At nine that night, Rong Yan sat nervously in front of his computer. The very first second of the livestream left him stunned. The woman on screen wore a red dress. Her thick, dark hair flowed like clouds, and the night breeze lifted the hem of her dress, revealing elegant, beautiful calves and snow-white skin. Cool elegance and alluring charm blended perfectly in her. "Good evening, babies~" The beauty greeted them. An hour later, the livestream ended. The beauty waved at the screen. "Good night, babies. Get to bed early. See you tomorrow." Staring at the screen, the young master murmured without thinking, "...See you tomorrow." * Six months later, Yun Zhi had finished her PhD project, and the fashion brand she'd founded had successfully launched. At her first celebration banquet after returning to China, she ran into her nominal fiance on a path in the back garden. Remembering the threatening phone call he'd made earlier, Yun Zhi understood. Surely he'd come to bother her again. She didn't want to argue with him, so she tried to go around him. No luck. The man deliberately blocked her way. She finally lost patience. "A good dog knows not to block the road." Yet the young master, who was known for being spoiled, arrogant, and bad-tempered, didn't get angry. Not only that, he looked at Yun Zhi bashfully and said in a tiny voice, "Woof." Yun Zhi: ...??? #I didn't mean to fall for her, but she called me baby! #I don't want to be a good dog anymore, I just want to block Big Sister's way Bonus scene: Yun Zhi: "Didn't you say two months ago that you'd never date an older woman?" Rong Yan: "A woman three years older is like a gold brick." Yun Zhi: "But I'm only a year older than you." Rong Yan: "A third of a gold brick is still a gold brick. It's lighter and easier to carry." Yun Zhi: "..." >>> The following is an upcoming story, Cyber Cultivation, Boundless Power Ying Chenghuan was killed by her fiance in the name of upholding justice. His sword pierced her chest, and pale green electronic dissociation fluid splattered onto her fiance's head. No one knew she was actually an electronic android sent to the xianxia world to repair a flaw in the plane. Her fiance suffered a devastating blow. He failed to prove his dao, and dazedly went into seclusion to prove his heart. Ying Chenghuan was cast out of her sect by her grandmaster and began wandering the world. * Other people burn money to cultivate immortality. Ying Chenghuan burns other people's money. Other people risk their lives to cultivate immortality. Ying Chenghuan risks other people's lives. Ying Chenghuan cultivates immortality by stealing. Plug in a power cable, and no matter how profound the cultivation arts or powerful the divine treasures, they all become portable power banks. Sucked dry to the last drop.jpg She robbed people while repairing the heavens. Before the sky was fixed, she had already made a name for herself, becoming a notorious demoness throughout the Three Realms and Six Paths, one who could silence crying children. They said Ying Chenghuan had an evil magical artifact that could drain other people's spiritual energy, and that a mere touch could turn a priceless treasure into a pile of scrap metal. Ying Chenghuan: Hah, evil artifact my foot. I'm the one who can drain other people's spiritual energy. #An invincible robot rampaging across the world, an eyewitness account# #Hey! Don't run, I'm out of power!!# >>> The following is an upcoming story, Don't Pretend to Be Good A new girl named Yun Rao transferred to Nancheng Middle School. She was pretty and sweet, spoke softly, and had the lilting accent unique to the water towns of Jiangnan. After just one semester, everyone liked her. Everyone except Mu Shangye. When the girl got new bangs, one of Mu Shangye's rowdy friends remarked, "She's so sweet and well-behaved. Perfect." Mu Shangye scoffed, looking disdainful. Keep pretending. Go on, pretend all you want. She's not as well-behaved as she looks. - Young Master Mu was rich and arrogant, with plenty of admirers at school. But Yun Rao was different from the rest. She never spoke to him, never engineered chance encounters, and didn't even give him an extra glance when they passed in the hallway. Yet every Thursday afternoon, right on schedule, she'd slip a love letter into his school mailbox. Mu Shangye couldn't be bothered to open them. He pretended they weren't there and stacked them neatly inside the mailbox, one after another, until they formed a thick pile. One day, with nothing better to do, Mu Shangye opened the top letter and took a look. Her elegant handwriting met his eyes. The pale pink stationery, printed with cherry blossoms, carried a faint fragrance. There wasn't a single improper word in the letter. She simply and cheerfully shared bits of her life, like she was chatting happily with an old friend. In that moment, Mu Shangye's heart skipped a beat. He frowned, crumpled up the letter, and tossed it away, yet the next day he couldn't help staring at Yun Rao for a long while when he entered the classroom. - When Yun Rao first transferred to the school, she joined an anonymous pen-pal program. Everyone was randomly assigned a pen pal and sent handwritten letters to a mailbox of their choice. Yun Rao eagerly wrote one letter after another to her pen pal, but never received a reply. She kept at it for a whole semester, until finals week got too busy and she skipped one day. The next day, during activity period, the class bully, who did whatever he wanted, suddenly dragged Yun Rao behind a banyan tree in a corner of the sports field. Had she... somehow offended him? The girl was terrified she'd get beaten up and trembled with fear. The boy facing her scowled. "How did I offend you?" Yun Rao froze, then frantically shook her head. A rare hint of hurt showed in the boy's fierce expression. "Then why did you..." Why didn't you keep writing me love letters? #Do you not like me anymore? #Waaah A self-deluded school bully & a completely baffled campus beauty Theme: Don't judge people through a biased lens