Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, the pair of close friends, took quite a while to calm themselves before finally walking over and sighing.
"I was a frog at the bottom of a well. You weren't bragging after all—you really defeated Yu Tianheng with just one finger."
Qian Renxue showed no reaction upon hearing that, nor did Ye Lingling, but a storm surged within Su Ye's heart.
What did she mean?
If Dugu Yan had merely been expressing admiration, he would not have thought much of it. But there was clearly something off about her tone.
It was as though... as though she knew he had been talking big in his diary?
Having lived two lives, and having struggled alone through this one, he had seen and experienced much. His state of mind had long since changed.
Though turmoil raged within him, Su Ye revealed nothing on the surface. As if he had merely heard an ordinary compliment, he casually replied with modesty, "I just got lucky."
"Lucky? He was lucky to have gotten away with his life."
Dugu Yan rolled her pretty eyes and pointed at Yu Tianheng, who was lying there like a corpse, utterly speechless.
"Ha..."
"Brother Su Ye, it's getting late. I'll take you to meet the Three Education Committee Members."
Seeing the two start chatting again, Qian Renxue, who had already recovered her composure, suddenly spoke up to interrupt them.
For some reason, the more she watched the two laughing and chatting, the more irritated she became.
"Hm? All right." Su Ye nodded slightly.
He had already met Dugu Yan, and judging from things so far, she seemed to have a fairly good first impression of him.
He would leave it at that for today.
After all, asking too many questions right after meeting her would only make her suspicious.
Dugu Yan hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to say something.
But in the end, she said nothing more. After greeting the two of them, she pulled Ye Lingling away first.
"Heh, Brother Su Ye certainly has plenty of charm. You won Miss Dugu's favor the very first time you met."
Qian Renxue had precisely caught the fleeting oddness in Dugu Yan's expression, and immediately felt displeased again.
Once the two women had gone far enough away, she began speaking to Su Ye in a strangely sarcastic tone.
Su Ye raised his brows slightly and looked at this little golden-haired fellow in surprise.
What's going on? She's jealous already?
Pah, who was jealous?
Hmph, stop flattering yourself. I would never be jealous over you.
A trace of oddness appeared on Qian Renxue's face, but it vanished in an instant, and she returned to normal.
Yet Su Ye, who had been watching carefully, saw it all clearly. The corners of his lips rose unconsciously.
Just as expected!
Interesting!
"Your Highness is joking. Favor is a bit of an exaggeration."
"Mm."
Qian Renxue responded neither warmly nor coldly. Then she said nothing more and silently led Su Ye onward.
Though she desperately denied it inwardly, she had to admit that Su Ye's words had indeed stirred her heart.
Jealousy?
Or was it possessiveness at work?
She did not know.
Even after meeting the Three Education Committee Members, settling Su Ye in, and returning to the Crown Prince's Residence, she still could not figure it out.
And the more she thought about it, the more confused she became, leaving her inexplicably irritated.
Before today, she had only wanted to recruit him for her own use. How had she gone so off track after spending barely half a day with him?
"That guy is practically poisonous."
After an unknown amount of time, Little Angel muttered in complaint.
Wasn't that right? Not only was that guy acting strangely—she was acting strangely too.
Normally, if anyone else had dared get that close to her and tease her, she would have slapped them long ago.
But when it came to Su Ye, she was angry, but...
Sigh!
The more Little Angel thought about it, the more she sighed.
She knew that, at some unknown point, she had begun losing her composure. She had to adjust herself as soon as possible.
Hmph, I'm a woman with ambitions.
All you stinking men, get out of my way.
At the same time.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, the pair of close friends, were likewise thinking about everything related to Su Ye.
A handsome and powerful man shrouded in mystery was difficult to ignore. Curiosity was inevitable.
And curiosity was the beginning of falling for someone.
Su Ye knew nothing of the three women's reactions. Even if he had known, he would not have thought much of them.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's reactions were perfectly normal. If he had suddenly obtained someone else's Diary and then met that person in real life, he would have been unable to resist pondering it too.
As for Qian Renxue, that was even more normal. It was merely possessiveness at work.
Although Douluo Continent was jokingly called Love Continent, it was not as though everyone would be so blindly smitten.
He was not some kind of succubus. How could he make a girl's heart race just from meeting her once?
It was unrealistic.
"I wrote quite a bit here and there today. Why hasn't the Diary reacted at all?"
Inside his quarters, Su Ye stared at the Diary and muttered in confusion.
Although the Diary only distributed rewards at midnight, it would give a successful check-in prompt once the diary entry met the requirements.
Why had there been no prompt today?
Was something wrong?
Su Ye flipped through the Diary again and again, finally noticing a line of tiny text above the opening page.
[Today's content: Please write a diary entry about the causes of future changes on the continent, as well as methods of changing them!]
"Damn, the text is that tiny?
"System, were you afraid I'd notice? Were you planning to cheat me out of my rewards?"
"Damn you!"
Su Ye cursed at the System for a while, then seemed to think of something. His eyes flickered.
Yesterday, I had just mentioned some things about the future, and today it was asking me to write about this. Combined with how strange those women acted during the day...
A smile played on Su Ye's lips. His suspicion from earlier that day was basically confirmed.
Of course. Wasn't a diary meant to be read by others?
What normal person even kept a diary?
"Since that's the case..."
The smile on Su Ye's lips gradually turned unrestrained, carrying a hint of mischief.
The next moment, with a thought from him, a large amount of text appeared in the Diary.
[Huh? Today's diary actually complained that I was padding it out? It even made a request?]
[Write a diary entry about the future state of the continent and whether the future can be changed?]
[Does this even count as a diary? Whatever. Writing this is still writing. Since the System demanded it, I'll write it.]
Throughout the continent.
Upon seeing the Diary update, young women and stunning married women everywhere became alert.
They all knew what the pinned entry was about, so they were especially looking forward to today's diary.
That guy had been padding things out all day, sentence by sentence. Though he had revealed some information, it still had not been enough.
[The future...]
[Honestly, compared to the future, the present can practically be called a golden age.]
[In the future, war will rage without end, and Evil Soul Masters will run rampant. Forget the already-struggling commoners—even the Two Great Empires and the Upper Three Sects, the nobility among nobility, will... sigh...]
[The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon will ultimately become history, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will see its sword broken and its bones shattered. They can be considered a pair of fellow sufferers.]
At this point, everyone's hearts lurched.
Even the mighty Upper Three Sects would meet such an end. Then what about them...?
The women did not even dare imagine it. The factions and families they belonged to were not equal to those two great sects.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
Inside an incomparably luxurious room filled with a young girl's charm.
Ning Rongrong's pretty face had originally been full of a gleeful, gossiping smile, but when she saw the words "sword broken and bones shattered," her heart clenched painfully, and tears began flowing down her face without her realizing it.
"Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone..."
At the same time, Moonlight Pavilion!
Tang Yuehua, usually graceful, noble, and unshaken by any crisis, was now so shocked that her lovely face lost all color.
Though the diary did not mention the Clear Sky Sect, she would not foolishly assume that the Clear Sky Sect's fate would be any better.
When the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold!
Especially when it concerned such a massive upheaval. One change could affect the entire situation—how could the Clear Sky Sect possibly remain uninvolved?
Certainly, the Clear Sky Sect was stronger than the other two sects, but precisely because it was strong, it would draw more attention and attract more firepower.
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