Leng Shuang died. There was no kind dump truck driver to pick him up. Instead...

“So there’s actually a way to die like this? I’ve really broadened my horizons today.”

In that bizarre space, a tall, burly hell judge looked down at Leng Shuang’s death record. His face was fierce, and on his official robe were the words “A'Niu, Addicted to Stock Trading.” He couldn’t help but sigh.

“Sometimes, when parents love too heavily, that’s not a good thing either.”

Hearing Judge A'Niu say that, Leng Shuang, who had just died right after graduating high school, nodded with deep feeling.

Leng Shuang had always been an obedient good kid. Since childhood, he’d been unbelievably well-behaved. Whatever his parents told him to do, he did.

During his school years, despite being absurdly handsome, he still listened to his parents. He refused to date and focused wholeheartedly on studying.

But as the saying goes, when God opens a door for you, He’ll definitely shut one of your windows.

Leng Shuang, blessed with a ridiculously good face, probably had a brain that was... too good. So good that he only missed getting into the nation’s top university—Qinghua University—by 400 points.

When his parents found out, one of them was so moved they picked up a Seven Wolves belt. The other grabbed a little whip. Together, they gave Leng Shuang a deeply unforgettable dose of parental love.

And the result?

They loved a little too hard, and Leng Shuang ended up here.

“You were supposed to live to a ripe old age. Running into something like this... that’s rough,” Judge A'Niu said as he stroked his chin.

At that moment, a little demon carrying an electric guitar walked over and whispered a few words into the judge’s ear.

After listening, Judge A'Niu’s expression turned strange for a moment. Then he sized Leng Shuang up. A slight smile curled across his ferocious face, as if he’d thought of something weird.

“Leng Shuang!”

“Here!”

The judge’s voice crashed down like thunder, making the timid and obedient Leng Shuang shiver.

“You were meant to live a long life, but fate took a nasty turn. I can’t bear to watch your soul cross the river just like this and get taken by those guys to make pills,” the judge said, nodding in satisfaction at Leng Shuang’s reaction. “How about this? I’ll give you a chance. I’ll send you to a new world and, uh... let you live a proper life there. Are you willing?”

A new world. A new life...

Leng Shuang’s eyes lit up. He quickly bowed to the judge.

“I am!”

“Good. Off you go!”

Leng Shuang had just been about to ask what kind of world it was, but before he could get the words out, the judge flicked his sleeve. A wild gust swept him up, and he vanished.

“Hehehe, Lord A'Niu, the reward...”

The little demon with the electric guitar grinned.

“True. If you hadn’t reminded me, I wouldn’t have noticed. This kid’s got protagonist potential.”

A'Niu chuckled, then gave an order.

“Alright. Draw the curtains, turn off the lights. I’m about to start writing.”

Then A'Niu handed the little demon a pack of tissues and a life-sized doll of Da Mimi.

“Go on. Don’t overdo it.”

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Time flew by. Close your eyes, open them again, and eighteen years had passed.

Sakura Country, Sakura City.

Inside an ordinary house, a beautiful young man sat by the window, looking at the busy traffic outside and listening to the noisy crowd below. As he recalled what had happened eighteen years ago, his expression was still a little dazed.

Eighteen years had passed in a flash. Leng Shuang had already accepted the fact that he’d reincarnated into another world. He had also fully blended into it and become part of it.

So what kind of world was this?

Unlike the fairy tales he’d heard as a child, this other world had no Demon King, no Hero, and definitely no Sun Wukong causing havoc in Heaven. It was just... a very ordinary world.

Countryside. Cities.

Thatched huts. Tall buildings.

It wasn’t all that different from his previous life. The only real difference was...

This was a female-dominant world.

Here, women were far stronger physically than the girls from his old world who couldn’t open a bottle cap but could somehow crack their little brother’s skull open. In this world, basic labor, infrastructure, the upper ranks of government, and even war all relied on women as the main force.

And when it came to romance, women were the active side too.

Just the love letters Leng Shuang got at school every year—if he saved them all up and sold them as scrap, they’d cover a month of living expenses.

“Sigh.”

Leng Shuang unlocked his phone. In his bright, wide eyes was a trace of helplessness.

His Tengxin was full of invitations asking him out.

But Leng Shuang would never casually go out to have fun, because this world was a little dangerous.

Even though it was peacetime, things like “an innocent boy goes out with classmates and ends up getting...” happened all the time.

In this world, boys had to learn how to protect themselves when they went outside.

There were too few men here. And while the women of this world were physically powerful, their desires were strong too. If one bad thought got stuck in their heads, they might do something illegal.

This was just...

“Too scary!”

Leng Shuang shrank his neck. Thinking back on what he’d gone through before, a hint of fear flashed across his delicate, pretty face.

When he was sixteen, he went to a middle school reunion and nearly got ruined by a bunch of delinquent girls. Luckily, one classmate saved him, and he narrowly escaped.

In this world, male bodies were very fragile. Compared to his previous life, men here were much weaker, much smaller, and much fairer. Their features were softer and prettier too. They were basically born bishounen.

And Leng Shuang in particular—after coming to this world, his looks were first-rate even among first-rate.

His features were exquisite. His skin was soft and pale like white jade. Most of all, his watery eyes were especially bright, carrying a faint trace of timidity, like a newborn deer curious about a new world. Anyone who saw him couldn’t help but feel a little protective toward him.

Good looks causing anxiety—that saying had always been true.

His exceptional appearance made him the center of attention wherever he went, and it brought him plenty of trouble too.

Nearly getting assaulted at a class reunion was only one example. Buses and alleyways were also places where evil easily bred.

“I need to make money. I need to move into central Sakura City.”

After dealing with so much trouble, Leng Shuang had come to that conclusion.

As the great metropolis of Sakura Country, Sakura City was huge. It was divided into east, west, south, and north districts. The place Leng Shuang lived in was only on the outer edge of the city. People here even considered it a desolate suburb.

The city center was different from the outskirts. Public security in central Sakura City was excellent. In an entire year, there wouldn’t be a single reported crime.

And the wages there were far higher than in the outskirts. Outsiders had a saying about Sakura City:

“Inside Sakura City, everything’s golden. It’s like the whole place is made of gold.”

Maybe that was marketing. Or maybe it was simply true.

Sakura City had become a magical metropolis that outsiders desperately wanted to squeeze into.

Beep.

At that moment, a pinned message popped up on Leng Shuang’s phone.

The moment he saw it, a happy smile appeared on his face.

“Leng Shuang, what university are you planning to apply to? [Curious]”

The sender’s name was Lin Mo. She was the very person who had saved Leng Shuang from almost being violated by his classmates that day.

They had been classmates in middle school, and then classmates again in high school, as if some invisible thread kept tying them together.

And she treated Leng Shuang very well. She had a gentle personality, worked hard, and looked pretty good too. Ever since she saved him that day, Leng Shuang had slowly started to develop feelings for her.

As they kept chatting, their relationship had grown so close that it felt like there was only a thin sheet of paper between them. Once it was pierced, their relationship would change and level up.

“No idea. [Troubled] I might not even get into a university in central Sakura City. But if I don’t, that’s okay. I’ve already gotten my temporary residence permit approved. When the time comes, I’ll just work honestly in the city center. [Shrug]”

Leng Shuang replied. Only when talking to Lin Mo would he type this much.

He glanced at the ID card on the desk and smiled helplessly.

The temporary residence permit for central Sakura City was meant for people who hadn’t bought property there. It was the basic requirement for entering the city and working there. There was also an age limit—you had to be over eighteen and under thirty to apply.

That was why, while Sakura City was called a magical metropolis, it was also called the youngest city.

Of course, if you saw an old person in the city center, you absolutely couldn’t offend them. Any elderly person who could live in a place like this might be a capital tycoon.

“I see... I’m confident I can get into Sakura University. It’s just...”

After sending that message, the other side went silent for a long while.

Leng Shuang watched the “typing...” status appear and disappear without a message coming through. He could more or less guess what was going on.

“Hehe.”

After hesitating for a long time, that was all she sent.

Even through the screen, Leng Shuang could almost feel her nervousness. He could picture her blushing, shy expression.

At that moment, he also smiled, the kind of smile a boy shows when his heart first starts to flutter. His ears slowly turned red.

In eighteen years, this was his... first time...

“There are only a little over a hundred days left until the college entrance exam. Study hard!”

Leng Shuang broke the awkward mood.

“Okay, let’s do our best together!”

“[Let’s go]!”

On the other side of the screen, a tall, beautiful girl stared at the messages for a long time. She wore a silly grin, her cheeks red for ages. Then she let out a victorious yet shy laugh.

“Wah-yeah! (＾－＾)V!”

She twisted around on the bed like a wriggling worm.

Then she pinched her thigh hard to stop herself from getting too excited.

“Alright, alright, Lin Mo. Study properly. After the college entrance exam... no! I should say, once I get accepted by Sakura University, I’ll confess to him!”

The girl was fired up. She returned to her desk and kept reviewing, swearing that she would get into Sakura University and finally bring her six-year crush to an end.

Naturally, Leng Shuang had no idea what was happening on Lin Mo’s side. But he wasn’t doing much better himself.

Sitting by the desk, he bit his soft pink lower lip. A red flush spread across his entire delicate, beautiful face. In his shy state, he looked like a ripe crimson apple, irresistibly tempting.

If the neighbor next door, who was currently watching dirty movies, happened to see this scene, they would definitely ignore the law and viciously ruin and humiliate this beautiful boy. And when the police caught them, they’d probably laugh proudly and treat it as a madness they had to experience once in life.

The summer of eighteen was an unbearably tense season for the students of Sakura Country.

Some were studying desperately. Some were grieving the coming farewell. Some were fighting for their feelings. And some secretly loved the figure seated at a certain desk, yet never dared to confess, hesitating again and again. Time passed. Looking back, that figure could only appear in dreams...