Eleven o'clock.
Ye Shuang pushed open the bar door with Chen Hai and An Shiyu.
"Welcome." A familiar voice came from inside, along with the usual strange lighting effects and a haze of smoke.
Ye Shuang followed the voice and saw a familiar figure standing behind the bar counter, holding a cocktail shaker.
"Peach?"
"Ah, Brother Ye." Peach was still wearing a black leather jacket and simple lipstick. When she saw An Shiyu, her face stiffened slightly. "An Shiyu..."
"Oh, you look pretty cool in that. Let me try it on?" An Shiyu said.
"Ah, I can't take this off."
"Let me see!"
Ye Shuang and Chen Hai sat down at the bar counter, and Ye Shuang asked Peach, "Where are Little Lv and the others?"
"They left with Mother for some business. I'm just looking after the shop by myself for a bit," Peach explained.
"That's not good, it's unsafe." Ye Shuang frowned. Peach was such a delicate kid, yet Fugui left her alone here without even leaving a guy to keep an eye on the place.
"It's fine. Actually, there aren't many customers today, probably because the weather's gotten cold." Peach explained and didn't forget to ask, "What would you like to drink?"
"Huh? You know how to mix drinks?" Ye Shuang was surprised.
"Mm, a little."
Ye Shuang looked at the menu and finally said, "Just get us some beer. I'll have some beer with Chen Hai."
"And some snacks to go with it," Chen Hai chimed in with a smile.
"Beer?" Peach was momentarily taken aback but understood Ye Shuang's meaning.
He probably didn't want to trouble her with mixing drinks. Brother Ye was always so gentle with people he was close to.
"What about you, An Shiyu?" Peach asked.
"A glass of water-wash, with mineral water," An Shiyu said.
Peach: "..."
"Alright, just a moment." Peach first brought over a few bottles of beer, then prepared some snacks—basically things like deep-fried peanuts and boneless chicken feet, which were easy to prepare.
As for An Shiyu's so-called water-wash, it was actually something bartenders weren't too fond of making.
You put ice in a glass and stir it manually for about twenty minutes until frost forms on the glass walls.
This thing was rather taxing on the bartender.
"Just give her some juice," Ye Shuang said to Peach, thinking she was being too earnest.
"It's okay, it's on the menu after all," Peach shook her head. She was naturally a meticulous person.
After filling the glass with ice, Peach began stirring.
Five or six minutes passed, and her hand still hadn't stopped. An Shiyu, watching from the side, seemed bored. "What's the point of doing this? Does it taste better?"
"Um..." Peach thought for a moment, "This way, you can charge a good price."
A water-wash cost eighty. The raw material was just ice. Using spirits like whisky made it even more expensive.
For Peach, stirring for twenty minutes and earning nearly a hundred bucks was something she could never have imagined before.
"Not interesting. Is there anything good to drink?" An Shiyu asked.
"..." Peach looked at the glass in her hand and pointed to the menu nearby. "Take a look and see what you'd like?"
"Can you do a water-wash with juice?"
"You could, but it might lose its flavor," Peach said.
"Oh, forget it then. Just juice with some ice is fine," An Shiyu waved her hand, seemingly losing interest.
Peach: "..."
"You still have to pay for it, you know," Peach said.
"Yeah, yeah," An Shiyu nodded, then said to Ye Shuang, "Hear that, uncle? Remember to pay the bill."
"So it's on my tab?!" Ye Shuang retorted.
"Eh—Should a girl pay when a guy invites her for a drink?" An Shiyu made a wide-eyed expression. "Uncle, are you trying to get a free ride?"
Ye Shuang pinched the bridge of his nose, too lazy to argue with An Shiyu about this. He said to Peach, "Just put everything on my tab. And Peach, don't bother with that anymore. Sit down and rest. Also, how late do you usually work? Won't it affect your schoolwork?"
"It's fine," Peach smiled.
It was much easier than collecting bottles.
Actually, Peach hadn't quit her job as a librarian either, so she spent most of her free time working part-time.
"You must be pretty tired like this," An Shiyu remarked.
"It's okay. This isn't really hardship. Or rather, hardship can be a good thing," Peach said.
An Shiyu, however, picked up a peanut and tossed it into her mouth, chewing. "People aren't born to endure hardship. If you can endure hardship, then you'll have endless hardship to endure."
"Anyone who says hardship is a blessing definitely has something wrong with their head. You are what you eat. Eat bitterness, replenish bitterness. If you want to succeed, to be above others, you have to 'eat' people."
Hearing this, Peach just smiled.
She could understand, actually. Collecting bottles for a whole day wasn't worth as much as a single glass of alcohol sold here.
To put it bluntly, connections are important, but most of the time, most people don't have them.
Just like Peach back in the day, besides collecting bottles, there didn't seem to be anything else she could do, especially since she still had to finish her studies.
Just then, Peach's phone rang.
"Sorry, I need to take this call." Peach glanced at it and saw it was a video call from her younger sister at home.
"Go ahead, we're all friends here, no need to worry," Ye Shuang said, noticing Peach's glance, and smiled.
Sometimes, Peach was just too proper.
Peach answered the video call.
"Sis—" Several young faces crowded the screen on the other end, all young girls.
"Sis, aren't you home yet?"
"Soon, I'll be back soon," Peach said with a smile.
Now Peach had brought her sisters to the city. With Fugui's arrangements, they were all enrolled in nearby elementary, middle, and high schools. Peach's favorite thing now was being able to spend time with her sisters in the evenings or on her days off.
Since becoming disillusioned with her parents, this was what made her feel the happiest.
"Don't bother Sis while she's working. Hang up!"
"Okay."
On the other end of the video, there seemed to be an older-looking girl managing the younger ones. After a bit of commotion, the call ended.
"They seem pretty lively," Ye Shuang smiled.
"Heh," Peach scratched her head, a bit shy.
"Brother Ye, would you like to visit my home sometime?"
"Huh? Sure, but won't your sisters be scared of me?" Ye Shuang chuckled.
"They won't," Peach said. The kids at home had all matured relatively early.
"I'll go see them next time," Ye Shuang nodded.
"Okay."
Ye Shuang tossed a peanut into his mouth. Seeing Chen Hai beside him still burying his head in his drink, he nudged him with his elbow. "What's wrong? Your wife's back home and you're still like this."
"Even with her back home, it's tough. And you said all that to me this afternoon," Chen Hai said.
"That's called a strategic maneuver. I don't want to see you two get divorced," Ye Shuang shrugged. "You don't want a divorce either, right?"
"I never really thought about it."
"See? And isn't it good she's back home? At the very least, Qiaoqiao can have a hot meal." Ye Shuang asked, "Or is it disturbing your time with Zhou Min?"
"Bullshit."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
