Hard! So damn hard.
How could this guy's shoulders be so rigid?
Lin Mo immediately pressed the service button by the door.
A staff member from the hallway promptly approached.
"How may I assist you?"
Without hesitation, Lin Mo pointed at the man.
"This guy tried to force his way into our room and even threatened us. Please handle him."
With that, Lin Mo shut the door, leaving the man outside.
The staff member outside addressed the man sternly, "Sir, please refrain from harassing other guests, or we will have to ask you to leave."
Honestly, bar fights aren’t as common as people think. If there’s trouble, just call the staff—or the police if needed.
This wasn’t some "Dragon King’s Return" fantasy.
Forget the guy’s threats—just the fact that they were underage meant reporting him for harassment would land him in serious trouble.
Still, Lin Mo left a spiritual mark on the man.
He wasn’t in the mood for extreme measures, but teaching a lesson to a troublemaker? That was doable.
[Task triggered: Monitor this demonic cultivator. Deliver righteous judgment at the appropriate time and elevate your standing within the sect.]
"System, can you speak like a normal person?"
[...]
Lin Mo was getting used to the system’s random appearances and sudden silences.
Not that he cared. A task was a task—complete it, and see what rewards came his way.
The incident killed the mood for games, so they stuck to singing.
Jiang Yunlu took a turn, her voice pleasant, though not as captivating as Xie Yuling’s.
Still, everyone clapped politely.
After what happened, the girls insisted on having the boys accompany them whenever they went out to grab snacks.
The man never showed up again, though.
Mai Chuwen had An Yuexin with her, while Lin Mo kept watch over the other three girls.
Not that he minded—he had a big appetite and always came back with plenty of food.
The singing continued in high spirits.
Lin Mo lounged on the sofa, munching on curry fish balls and humming along.
The music was loud, drowning out almost everything else.
Then Jiang Yunlu sat down beside him.
She seemed to steel herself before leaning in and whispering, "Want to sing a duet with me?"
Lin Mo heard her but still asked, "Which song?"
"Stubborn Love."
Solid choice.
"Sure, just don’t pick the wrong version."
Jiang Yunlu dashed to the karaoke machine and queued it up next—the Twins/Boy'z collab version of Stubborn Love.
She grabbed one mic, while Fang Jun, ever the wingman, handed the other to Lin Mo.
...
"My friends call me foolish for loving pain, letting rivals wound me again and again."
"By nature, no one can love just one—yet you’re the one who thrills me, who challenges me in all things."
...
"Love is fraught with obstacles, but I refuse to change. Without your love, I can’t survive."
"A lover’s role was always my ambition—how could I ever surrender you?"
......
Intense!
Before Lin Mo could even set down the mic, he felt everyone’s eyes on him.
Luckily, the group was small. A song that laid bare one’s heart like this? Jiang Yunlu sure knew how to pick 'em.
Jiang Yunlu might have wanted an answer. If she had asked, Lin Mo would have replied bluntly, "I don’t plan on dating in high school. If you want to know why, check the paragraph comments."
So Lin Mo went straight to picking songs.
"Fireworks Cool Quickly"
"Lying"
"Blue and White Porcelain"
"Sunny Day"
"Fool"
"Longing for Freedom"
...
The three hours of eating, drinking, and singing passed quickly, and no further incidents occurred afterward.
They might not have sung to their heart's content, but at least everyone ate their fill.
"Alright! Bye, it was great hanging out with everyone today. Let’s do it again next time!"
Mai Chuwen waved goodbye and then left with An Yuexin in the opposite direction.
Since they needed to escort Chu Miaomiao home, Lin Mo and Xie Yuling decided to take a taxi.
Fang Jun thought for a moment, said a quick goodbye, and left on his own.
Remembering how he had sat in the passenger seat earlier, Fang Jun felt nothing but torment.
So he decisively made his escape.
In an instant, only Lin Mo and the three girls were left standing at the KTV entrance.
None of them spoke, as if maintaining some delicate balance.
It wasn’t until Jiang Yunlu’s family driver, Uncle Zhao, pulled up in front of them that Jiang Yunlu finally spoke.
"Get in. I’ll have Uncle Zhao take everyone home—it’ll be much more convenient."
Chu Miaomiao and Xie Yuling both looked at Lin Mo.
After a brief consideration, Lin Mo said, "Sure, let’s go. It’s not far anyway."
Chu Miaomiao’s home was very close by.
Lin Mo took the front passenger seat, greeted Uncle Zhao politely, and gave the name of the neighborhood.
Uncle Zhao drove smoothly and didn’t engage in small talk.
They arrived at Chu Miaomiao’s residential area in just a few minutes.
"Alright, we’re getting off. Jiang Yunlu, thanks for the ride. We’ll see you Sunday evening for self-study. Have a great weekend."
Jiang Yunlu’s lips parted slightly as if she wanted to say something more, but she simply nodded and replied, "Okay, you too. See you Sunday. Bye."
Lin Mo didn’t want trouble, nor did he want Jiang Yunlu’s parents to take notice of him.
Who knew if some old geezer might suddenly show up one day and say, "Here’s a million—stay away from my daughter," then scheme to trap him?
In that case, Lin Mo wasn’t sure he could hold back from acting out.
So he deliberately added "classmate" to keep things distant.
After the three of them got out of the car, Lin Mo and Xie Yuling walked Chu Miaomiao to her door.
Once they reached her home, Chu Miaomiao called out, "Wait!" as they stood by the elevator.
She dashed inside and returned with a handful of candies, handing them to Xie Yuling.
"Here, for you two. Be safe on your way back."
Her eyes shone with sincerity as she looked at Xie Yuling.
Xie Yuling met her gaze and saw that sincerity.
"Okay, thank you."
Her heart, which had already begun to open slightly because of Lin Mo, softened a little more.
Lin Mo stood by silently, not interrupting.
When the elevator dinged, he finally waved.
"Alright, go inside and get some rest. Everyone’s tired today."
Chu Miaomiao nodded vigorously before slowly closing the door.
Once inside the elevator, Xie Yuling kept her eyes fixed on the chocolate candies in her hand.
Lin Mo casually took one, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth.
"So, you’ve decided to be friends with Chu Miaomiao?"
When it was just the two of them, Xie Yuling’s usual aloofness completely melted away.
"She... is a good girl. I think it's fine."
"Give her a chance, and give yourself one too. They all told me you didn’t have many friends in middle school."
Hearing this, Xie Yuling pressed her lips together. "Did they also tell you why I stopped making friends?"
Seeing Xie Yuling's expression, Lin Mo simply replied, "I’d rather hear it from you. The version of you from others’ mouths isn’t the real you."
Those words caught Xie Yuling off guard. She had prepared countless sharp retorts in her heart, but at that moment, the thorns in her words melted away.
She bit her lower lip. "I’ll tell you why... someday."
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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?"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
