Chapter 35: Bai Xue’s First Kiss
Shen Tian slowly woke up.
The moment he moved, he felt soft skin pressing against him from both sides.
"...Damn."
He opened his eyes slightly before looking left and right.
On one side, Ling Shuangxue was peacefully sleeping while hugging his arm tightly.
On the other side, Qin Ruobing was also asleep, one of her smooth legs casually resting over his waist beneath the blanket.
Mother and daughter both ended up sleeping beside him.
Shen Tian rubbed his forehead.
"Well, this is gonna be difficult..."
Carefully, he slipped out of bed without waking either of them.
After getting dressed, he stretched lazily, feeling extremely satisfied with life at the moment.
Then he pulled out his phone.
Almost every trending topic online was about the Ling family collapsing.
Shen Tian casually scrolled through the comments section.
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"Bro really looked at success and said ’nah.’"
"Bro speedran a thousand-year family into bankruptcy."
"1000 years of effort lost to one middle-aged man with anger issues."
"Ling Han really woke up and chose self-destruction."
"Imagine ruining your entire bloodline over nothing."
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Shen Tian couldn’t help laughing a little.
"The internet is ruthless..."
But while he was scrolling, his phone suddenly began vibrating.
Caller ID: Bai Xue.
"The underground queen herself?" Shen Tian raised an eyebrow before answering the call. "What’s up?"
The moment the call connected...
"Shen Tian!"
Bai Xue’s voice sounded panicked.
And crying.
"You need to get to my club right now!"
Shen Tian’s relaxed expression disappeared slightly.
"Huh? What happened?"
Bai Xue sniffled on the other end.
"Please... just come..."
For someone like Bai Xue to sound this shaken, something serious had definitely happened.
"Alright, alright. I’m on my way."
Shen Tian immediately hung up.
He glanced back toward the bedroom one last time.
Both Ling Shuangxue and Qin Ruobing were still sleeping peacefully.
Not wanting to wake them, Shen Tian quietly left the room and headed out.
. . .
The moment Shen Tian pulled up outside the club, Bai Xue came running straight toward him.
The usually cute and dangerous underground queen looked completely broken right now.
The instant she reached him, she threw herself into his arms and began crying even harder.
"They’re all dead! All of them!"
Shen Tian caught her immediately, confused by her reaction.
"Who?"
He looked around and saw all her subordinates still alive.
Bai Xue rubbed her reddened nose before grabbing his hand tightly.
"Follow me!"
Without waiting for an answer, she pulled him inside the club and quickly headed downstairs.
The deeper they went, the quieter the atmosphere became.
Then eventually...
Shen Tian saw it.
Several massive sharks on the floor...
They were all dead...
Bai Xue slowly let go of Shen Tian’s hand before walking toward them with trembling steps.
Her eyes became redder and redder the more she looked at them.
"That bastard..." she whispered shakily. "He even killed Sir Snuggle Chompers..."
Shen Tian didn’t say a word.
Bai Xue’s voice trembled as she looked around at the others.
"Mr. Nibbles..."
"Princess Bitey..."
"Bubbles..."
"Count Chompers..."
"Sir Boopington..."
One by one, she named every single shark.
"..." Shen Tian felt horrible for her...
Bai Xue slowly looked back toward him, tears running down her cheeks.
"Sir Snuggle Chompers only ate people he didn’t like..." she sniffled.
"They were all so good... Now they’re all dead..."
For the first time in a while, Shen Tian’s expression became completely cold.
No jokes.
No teasing.
Only killing intent.
"We’ll kill Ye Chen," Shen Tian said quietly.
"I swear to you."
The seriousness in his voice caused Bai Xue’s eyes to widen slightly.
A small, weak smile appeared on her face.
"I’ll send an assassin after him," she muttered while clenching her fists tightly.
"I want him alive so I can kill him myself..."
Shen Tian immediately pulled her into a hug.
"He’s the protagonist, remember?" Shen Tian said calmly.
"Normal assassins won’t work on someone protected by heaven itself."
He gently rubbed her back.
"Just have your people track his whereabouts. I’ll deal with him personally... Alright?"
Bai Xue looked up at him quietly before giving a small nod.
Then softly...
"I love you..."
Shen Tian smiled slightly.
"I love you too."
For a brief moment, neither of them spoke.
The two leaned closer.
And kissed.
They slowly pulled away from each other.
A thin strand of saliva briefly connected their lips before snapping apart.
Bai Xue’s face turned slightly red as she looked into Shen Tian’s eyes.
"We’re all in this together now..." she whispered softly. "I’ll go send someone immediately..."
Shen Tian gave a small nod.
"Go ahead."
Bai Xue slowly walked away, but before leaving, she turned back one last time to look at him.
Her expression was gentle.
Warm.
Completely different from the cute underground queen everyone else knew.
Then she disappeared upstairs and began making several phone calls.
Shen Tian let out a slow sigh while rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Ye Chen..." he muttered coldly.
"You really should’ve just let the sharks eat you..."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"Now I have to make your life even more hell."
A faint smile slowly appeared on his face.
"...Looks like I’ll have to pay your mother a visit."
In the original webnovel, Ye Chen actually wasn’t one of those stereotypical protagonists who magically had no parents.
He had a mother.
A woman who had suffered her entire life...
Back then, when Ye Chen was still an infant, she had climbed a mountain while sick and exhausted, carrying him in her arms.
She had heard a legend...
A legend of an old master living atop this mountain.
She knew this was her only bet.
So, to her shock and in tears, she found out the legend was true and knelt in front of the old master and begged him to train Ye Chen.
To let him survive.
And surprisingly...
The old master agreed.
Ye Chen eventually found his mother and cured her, giving her a luxurious life later on.
A classic protagonist backstory.
Unfortunately for him...
Shen Tian was going to get to her first.
"If I use her correctly... I can steal so much fate from Ye Chen."
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