After Feng Shan returned to the Chen family's home, Chen Hai finally felt at ease enough to go back to work. Once he clocked off for the day, he acted just like any normal loving father—heading straight to pick up his daughter from school, then heading home to help look after the kids, and even giving up his old habit of drinking alcohol.
Other than seeming a bit more quiet and reserved, he had no major issues at all. To an outsider's eyes, Chen Hai looked like he had matured drastically, no longer spouting all those impulsive, thoughtless remarks. This change pleased Chen's Father so much that he even asked Ye Shuang to assign Chen Hai more core, high-level responsibilities at the company.
But Chen Hai turned down the offer outright. He said he was perfectly happy with his current laid-back lifestyle, that the group's affairs could be left entirely to Ye Shuang, and he'd rather just be a regular, easygoing rich second-generation heir.
Chen Hai knew his own limits clearly. Instead of taking reckless risks to prove himself, he'd much rather sit back comfortably in his proper position, leaving all the hard, high-stakes work to Ye Shuang and Chen Qin.
Time flew by, and summer vacation was almost over.
Nothing particularly noteworthy happened during that stretch. Bai Yuyou and Keke went about their days just like regular office workers, learning all sorts of industry experience. Since they were already quite capable on their own, no one at the company had to go out of their way to accommodate them or cut them slack just out of respect for President Ye—everyone treated them exactly the same as any other ordinary colleague.
Right before the new semester started, the two young girls received their very first salary payment from the Chen Group.
[Agricultural Bank of China, Your account ending in **** has received a transfer of 10020 RMB... New balance 10090 RMB.]
"WHOA!!" Tang Keke's eyes lit up the second she saw the bank notification. All her previous grumpiness about having to work vanished in an instant. "Ten thousand bucks! I love working!"
"That's so relatable." Ye Shuang couldn't help laughing as he watched Keke get so excited she was nearly rolling around on the floor. Every day of work does feel like you're draining your energy, after all—getting paid is the day that fills that energy bar right back up.
Bai Yuyou stared at her own account balance too. She hadn't counted the digits carefully, but there was no doubt that earning your own pay for the first time felt incredible.
Just as Tang Keke was daydreaming about all the things she could buy with the money, a thought suddenly hit her. "After I graduate... am I still gonna get a job this good?"
"Brother, you'll still keep me on after I graduate, right?" Tang Keke looked at him with big, pleading eyes—though her adoration wasn't romantic at all. There wasn't a flicker of romantic affection in her gaze, nothing but pure, unadulterated love for cold hard cash.
"You're so lazy, though. If we're talking about a full-time formal position, I might have to think twice," Ye Shuang teased playfully. Tang Keke immediately looked utterly devastated, flopping onto the couch with her big schoolbag slung over her shoulder.
"Th-this is it then? It's all over?!"
"Nooo, don't say that!"
Watching Keke whine and pout made Ye Shuang laugh out loud. Bai Yuyou, sitting beside her, spoke up to comfort her instead. "It's okay Keke, if you study hard from now on, you'll definitely be able to get into the group after graduation. You'll earn even more then."
"Really?"
"Yeah. And if your pay isn't enough, I'll make up the difference for you," Bai Yuyou said. She didn't actually know what the formal full-time salary would be, anyway—company salaries were confidential, so none of the employees ever discussed them at work.
Bai Yuyou's words made Tang Keke latch onto her leg in a hug. "You're an angel!"
Ye Shuang thought Bai Yuyou was spoiling Keke a little too much, but since the two girls had always been such close friends, he didn't say anything about it.
"Hey brother, I wanna ask you something," Keke spoke up again.
"Mm?"
"How much do you earn a month?" That was something Tang Keke had been dying to know. If an intern could get that much pay, then as the vice president, he must be raking in tons and tons of gold coins, right?
"Me?" Ye Shuang blinked in surprise, then smiled. "My salary isn't as high as you're probably thinking. It's only a few hundred thousand a month."
"That's less than I expected?" Tang Keke looked confused.
The Chen Group was such a huge, massive company, there was no way the vice president's pay would be that low, right?
"The base salary is low, yeah, but I own shares in the group..." Ye Shuang explained. "If I wanted to get a huge sum of money fast, I could just sell off some of my shares to cash out."
"Sounds like gibberish to me."
"It's pretty complicated to explain," Ye Shuang chuckled. "Long story short, as long as we keep the group's stock price steady, my annual dividends will be more than enough."
"Wait, that whole Tao Yiyi thing that happened before—did that mess with the stock price?" Tang Keke asked, like she'd just connected some dots.
"Not at all. That was just a tiny little incident, it couldn't shake investor confidence one bit," Ye Shuang shook his head. "But it's true that a good public image and positive news are really important for any company."
Ye Shuang thought for a second and picked a simple example to explain. "Alright, let's put it this way. Right now, short video platforms have basically no entry barriers, so they're flooded with all kinds of clickbait marketing accounts. A lot of the content they post has zero factual basis, but tons of people still believe it.
One classic viral fake story is that whole 'the aircraft carrier arresting cable was a top national bottleneck that no one could solve' rumor. Even though the whole thing was totally made up, the hype and traffic around it actually pushed up the stock prices of all the related companies."
"Huh? That was fake?" Tang Keke was shocked. She'd heard that story before, and had totally believed it at the time.
"The technology behind an aircraft carrier arresting cable is way more complex than just a super strong steel cable, there's all kinds of supporting equipment and systems involved. Anyone who stops to think for two seconds could figure that out," Ye Shuang said with a laugh.
"That's why you have to learn to fact-check stuff from those marketing accounts, to tell what's real and what's fake."
Tang Keke thought for a second, then turned to look at Bai Yuyou. "Yu You, do I look that stupid? It feels like brother is making fun of me right now."
"Keke, you're not stupid. You're just really lazy," Bai Yuyou said.
"Oh right! I'm not stupid!" Tang Keke immediately beamed, all happy again.
Ye Shuang just stared, speechless.
You're not stupid, you just don't apply yourself. Keke, don't you realize that's the exact line every single teacher has been saying to kids since forever?
Tang Keke stared at her phone checking her new bank balance for a while, then perked up again. "Hey brother, I'm treating you two to dinner tonight!"
"Oh?" Ye Shuang looked surprised. Bai Yuyou nodded as well. "Yeah, let's go out to eat."
"Perfect, I won't say no then!"
"Wait a second—someone's treating us to dinner?" At that moment, two heads poked out from the top of the staircase.
Anshi Yi grabbed the handrail, swung her body, and hopped all the way down the stairs. She landed right next to Keke and patted her on the shoulder. "Hey Keke, we're best buddies, right?"
Tang Keke was silent for a second.
"Uh... I guess?"
"Rude! I saved you when you got bullied before, remember?" Anshi Yi said. If she hadn't stepped in back then, that pervert would have totally gotten to Keke, and no one would have found out what he did to her poor backpack locked away in some dark little room.
"You did help me, but you also bully me all the time..."
"That's just how I show my love!" Anshi Yi gave her a thumbs up with a big grin.
Eh?
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?"
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…
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.”
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
