After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Actually, she knew...

For women who have won their favor, the aura emanating from them is like a deadly poison.

Furthermore, it is enhanced by the "Snow Cold Skill" and "Innate Allure".

This constant desire that prevents her from achieving her dreams, and the inability to reach the ultimate goal... is probably the greatest torment.

She sat down on the deck chair.

Ran Meng was left with only a profile view.

Shi Yan waited for Ran Meng, who was about to burst into flames, to be extinguished.

The fire never truly ignited, but Ran Menghuan, the 'torch,' was still on the verge of being suffocated into ashes.

In the quiet room, Shi Yan listened to Ran Menghuan's almost pleading cries, and gently placed her hand on the back of Ran Menghuan's hand again.

Then--

He released her hand again before her voice trailed off.

At first, Ran Meng thought it was just a girl's "romantic flair".

She could still hold back, waiting for the moment she could cross the abyss.

Later... she discovered that the girl seemed to really just intend to 'punish' her.

I never actually stepped into the abyss.

It seems that all that awaits me is an endless abyss of despair.

Fear finally began to creep into her heart.

Ran Meng has always been the one tormenting others; when did she get to experience this kind of pain?

The spiritual energy flowing into the body abruptly stopped.

Ran Meng was like a fish thrown onto a concrete floor, her mouth wide open, trying to breathe, and struggling wildly.

The body beside him trembled as if it were being ripped apart. Shi Yan lowered his head, feeling a little uneasy.

Of course... it's definitely not because of pity for Ran Menghuan.

When she reached out to Aunt Shiya, Shiyan could no longer feel any pity for her.

What's more... Ran Meng also ruined so many girls along the way.

Just recalling the girl named Ruo Chujian, Shi Yan could almost feel the fear she felt when she heard the name 'Ran Menghuan'.

He wished he could curl up so the world couldn't see her, and he wished he could pull her into his arms.

How long will it take to heal such trauma?

Shi Yan was just thinking that the reason Ran Meng had rushed all the way from Youzhou to Yizhou was... simply because of him.

Because I had maxed out her favorability rating.

Ran Meng's contorted body fell down again.

Shi Yan gently pressed his fingertips on the back of Ran Menghuan's hand.

"Shiyan!!!" A mournful cry rang out, and Ran Meng was still biting her lip, her vision blurring.

Her mind raced; she hadn't lost yet!

I still have a trump card up my sleeve!

I... still have a chance to turn everything around...

Shi Yan raised his hand.

"You can't do this to me...you...you can't do this to me..." Ran Menghan gasped for breath, her voice fragile and pitiful.

"I like you..."

I like you...

It will take at least three days for "Heartstrings" to fully manifest.

It will take three days for Shi Yan to truly fall in love with himself.

But if this continues...

I'll definitely break down first and become a shameless bastard.

"I really... like you..."

"So you targeted my family—" Shi Yan turned his head to look at Ran Menghuan, "Is that so?"

“Family…” Ran Menghuan’s eyes suddenly lit up with hope, “Yes…family!”

"Shiyan, you can't treat me like this—"

"The punishment I have been subjected to will ultimately be reflected in your family."

"A thread of connection!"

“Yes!!!” Ran Meng seemed to have grasped at a glimmer of hope, “The ‘Heart-Binding Thread’ has connected me with your sister-in-law.”

"She's a catalyst..."

Hope ignited in Ran Menghuan's eyes.

however--

That's exactly what Shi Yan hoped to see.

She feigned a pained and conflicted expression, watching as a maniacal smile gradually bloomed on Ran Menghuan's pale and powerless face.

Ran Meng seemed to have grasped everything again, "Right..."

"So now..."

"Please me now... I've already accumulated too much..."

Ran Meng was still looking up, her hope rising higher and higher. She looked at Shi Yan as he approached her with a rather pathetic air, and the smile on her lips grew wider and wider.

Then... it suddenly collapsed.

Shi Yan leaned closer to her, placing his right hand on Ran Menghuan's hand again. "Indeed... that might have been the case."

"But you've overlooked one thing—"

"This is Yinghua City."

What does Ran Meng like the most?

Let her prey despair... In the depths of despair, grant her prey just a glimmer of hope.

Then--

She crushes hope bit by bit in front of her prey, watching their desperate struggles.

To have fun with this.

The master said that we should use their methods against them.

Silently, the woman who seemed terrifyingly cold to Ran Meng was already standing behind Shi Yan.

Ran Meng began to struggle, trying her best to rummage through her mind and think about everything.

"grown ups..."

"My lord, please save me..."

"I handed in offerings..."

"help me--"

"I know how to make Cloud Dream Silk, and I know where Cloud Dream Worms are."

Then... in Ran Meng's still desperate gaze, Shi Yan reached out his hand.

He never touched Ran Menghuan's hand.

He reached out his hand to Yunyi.

The woman who Ran Meng found even more terrifying than the Supreme Elder of her own sect, the woman who was hiding in a brothel in this small town for some unknown reason... a hint of shyness flashed across her beautiful face, which seemed as unyielding as an iceberg.

Then, with a shy expression, she bent forward.

With her hands resting on her thighs, Yunyi placed her chin in Shiyan's hands, revealing an almost shy and adorable expression.

Ran Meng's heart sank to the bottom.

What could be more despairing than what's right in front of us?

My life seems hopeless.

All I can do is wait... wait for the "heart-stirring thread" to take effect.

but--

Before that, I will definitely break down first.

Shi Yan gently rubbed Yunyi's face, indicating that the girl had done a good job.

In Yunyi's hand, a golden silkworm, unable to move, was imprisoned within a ball of white lotus-shaped spiritual energy.

That was Ran Menghuan's other trump card.

A natal golden silkworm with cultivation comparable to the Nascent Soul Realm.

If she succeeds in her sneak attack, the situation could very well turn around again.

But... unfortunately, Yunyi always served behind Shiyan.

Shi Yan rebuilt the spiritual energy cycle within Ran Meng's body.

That's the "Snow Cold Technique".

Those whose teachings were altered by the master could at most comprehend the ninth level of the "Snow Cold Technique".

Because it is Shi Yan's spiritual energy that is circulating, Ran Meng will always be hanging on the edge of unfulfilled desire.

Until... the day she completely broke down.

Shi Yan and Yun Yi prepared to leave.