After the surroundings quieted down, Taozi slowly let out a breath. She glanced at a burly man beside her. "What about you? Aren't you going to take the brothers out for some tea?"
"How about I escort you back?" The burly man flashed a set of snow-white teeth, not forgetting to roll up the sleeves of his security uniform to show off his muscles.
"No need."
"It's no trouble. Also, little... Manager Tao, you're dressed rather cutely today." The burly man looked at Taozi's maid outfit and chuckled.
"Don't force me to slap you." Taozi kicked his calf and stared at him silently.
"I'm out." Being stared down, the burly man immediately ducked into the car.
After the last car left, Taozi turned to look at Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou, then asked, "Did that scare you?"
"What did?" Tang Keke asked curiously.
"Just now... that, I..."
"It's fine, it's fine. Although I really was scared to death just now." Tang Keke grinned. Even though she was never very brave, she had seen her fair share of storms, so she recovered quite quickly.
"Taozi is just Taozi," Bai Yuyou chimed in.
"Taozi is just Taozi..." Hearing this, Taozi seemed to freeze for a few seconds before revealing a faint smile.
"Yeah, I am just me."
"Alright, let's go home."
"Okay..."
"By the way, Yuyou, Keke."
"What is it?"
"About joining the club, I'd like to join now. Is that okay?"
"Hehe, what are you talking about? You put on our Light Music Club's uniform, so you're already a member, Taozi."
"..."
"Are you shy?"
"No, can I have my clothes back first? I don't want to go home wearing a maid outfit."
"Oh my, it's so cute, just wear it for a bit longer."
"Fine..."
...
...
It was getting late into the night. Taozi drove up to the front of a company building. As she stepped through the company doors, the receptionist immediately spoke up, "Good evening, Manager Tao."
"Mhm, where are the colleagues who just came back?" Taozi asked casually, now dressed in simple work attire.
"They're in the activity room at the very back."
"Got it."
Taozi took the elevator up to one of the teen floors. Voices quickly rang out from inside, "Good evening, Manager Tao!"
"Where are those guests?" Taozi asked as she saw a few burly men walking over.
"They're being well entertained. They're playing video games in the room, everyone's quite happy."
As he spoke, the sound of electric arcs could be heard from the inner room, along with the shrill screams of the guests who were clearly overly excited.
"That's good. Keep playing games with the guests. Where is the one named Zheng He?" Taozi nodded slightly, then asked.
"Him? He just got tired from playing and fell asleep. Should I go wake him up?"
"Yes, I'll talk to him personally."
Taozi walked to the innermost room. At this moment, Zheng He looked as if a basin of water had just been splashed on him. He was huddled in the corner with a vacant stare. When Taozi walked in, he suddenly grabbed his head, revealing deep terror.
"What's going on? Didn't I say to entertain the guest properly? The air conditioning is so cold, couldn't you give him a piece of clothing?" Taozi asked the burly man beside her.
"Oh man, my mistake, my mistake. He was just watching a horror movie and got scared," the burly man immediately grabbed a towel to wrap Zheng He up a bit, then smiled and said, "Come on, guest, take a seat. I'll brew you a cup of tea."
Zheng He's body trembled, while Taozi simply smiled and said, "Have a seat, classmate Zheng He. Let's have a nice chat."
"I, I was wrong. Please, let me go back."
"What are you talking about? It's not like we're some sort of... I just saw you had a problem with my friends, so I invited you over for some tea, that's all." Taozi smiled as the burly man beside her brought over a cup of tea.
Large clumps of hair floated in the boiling hot tea. The burly man then said,
"Drink this cup of tea, and you can go back."
"I, I'll drink it." Zheng He immediately started gulping it down, completely ignoring the scalding temperature.
In the next second, Zheng He's facial features scrunched up tightly.
"I, I..." Zheng He was so burned he couldn't speak; even his mouth had gone numb.
"What's wrong?"
"Go... go back?" Zheng He stuttered, unable to even string together a coherent sentence.
"You drank it in such a hurry, it seems you were truly thirsty. Go pour the guest another cup," Taozi said to the burly man beside her. "Hurry up."
"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I shouldn't have had any ideas about Bai Yuyou. I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry."
Seeing another cup of hot tea being brought over, Zheng He, whose mouth was already swollen from the burns, cried out,
"I really was wrong!"
"You don't know you were wrong," Taozi said calmly. "You just know you're going to die."
Zheng He grabbed his own hair, unable to even squeeze out a tear.
Taozi said calmly, "To think you actually threatened to have us spend the night with you, and you weren't even afraid of the police. You guys really are a bunch of criminals, knowingly breaking the law."
Zheng He's eyes widened.
No way.
Talk about a reversal of roles?!
"Why are you looking at us? I'm much more law-abiding than you are," Taozi said lightly. "At the very least, we never do things like forcing women, we pay our taxes on time, and we even help old ladies cross the street."
Saying that, she shot a glance at the burly man beside her.
"It looks like this guest can't drink anymore. Make him drink some more tea, don't let him go thirsty."
"You got it, Manager."
The burly man punched Zheng He in the stomach. The latter instantly let out a wail, vomiting water in large mouthfuls.
"Alright, drink up again. What if you get thirsty?" The tea was forcefully poured down his throat once more.
At this point, Taozi didn't say much else. She simply stood up. "Alright, our chat is over, and the guest has finished his tea. Send him back."
"Will do."
Taozi walked out of the room, and just then, her phone rang.
She took a look; it was a call from her mother.
"Hello, Mother."
"Are you alright, sweetie? I heard you ran into some bad guys on your way home?" On the other end of the phone, Aunt Li's voice rang out.
"Did you get hurt at all?"
"I'm fine. We had a good talk with them, and we've already reconciled," Taozi said.
"As long as you're fine. Remember to find the police if you have any problems. There really are more and more of these bad guys lately."
"Okay." Taozi smiled, then paused for a moment.
"Um, Mother."
"What is it?"
"I joined the Light Music Club... together with Yuyou and the others."
"Isn't that wonderful?"
Hearing this, Taozi froze for a moment, then said, "Yeah, it's wonderful."
"Enjoy your youth to the fullest. After all, your student days will never come back once they're gone. Oh my, back in my day, I really didn't know how to cherish the time at all."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Taozi looked at her phone's wallpaper featuring Yuyou and the others, and smiled faintly.
Right, I should watch some beginner instrument videos when I get home.
Shaking her head, Taozi left the company.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
