Without turning around, Lin Mo knew it was Jiang Yunlu calling him from behind.
However, from what he knew, Jiang Yunlu usually had her meals delivered to the school gate every day.
Turning to look, sure enough—
Jiang Yunlu was holding an exquisite lunchbox in her hand.
“What’s up?” Lin Mo stood where he was.
Dressed in loose military training clothes, Jiang Yunlu didn’t show off much of her figure, but the way she bounced around exuded an unmistakable youthful charm.
Many boys at the school gate couldn’t help but steal glances at her.
Jiang Yunlu skipped over to Lin Mo.
“Are you going out to buy food?”
“Yeah, want me to bring you something?” Lin Mo asked casually.
Others might not know, but Lin Mo was well aware of Jiang Yunlu’s situation.
Her family was strict, so she rarely got to eat street food.
And the more a girl was forbidden from something, the more she wanted to try it.
Sometimes it was delicious street snacks; other times, it was guys with dyed hair riding motorcycles.
Fortunately, Goat City had banned motorcycles.
And at this time, electric bikes weren’t widespread yet.
So the only thing that could tempt Jiang Yunlu was street food.
Jiang Yunlu’s eyes sparkled.
“Really?”
“Yeah, but you’ll have to pay,” Lin Mo said seriously.
Jiang Yunlu nodded eagerly. “Then can I get some fries? And a grilled sausage! I’ve wanted to try them for so long.”
Lin Mo glanced at the lunchbox in her hand but didn’t object, simply heading toward the backstreet.
“Hey, I haven’t given you the money yet.”
“It’s fine, I’ll collect it when I deliver.”
Watching Lin Mo’s retreating figure, Jiang Yunlu couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement.
Mostly because she was about to get her hands on fries and a grilled sausage.
In her family’s eyes, these were junk food—strictly off-limits.
All she was allowed were imported snacks bought by her parents.
But to outsiders, this kind of restriction might seem like she was “unaware of her own good fortune.”
Jiang Yunlu returned to her seat but didn’t open her lunchbox right away. Instead, she waited eagerly for Lin Mo to come back.
With Lin Mo gone, no one else sat in his seat, which made her relax a little.
Back in middle school, she’d always been seated next to girls—that way, no boys would try to strike up conversations with her.
But she didn’t mind having Lin Mo as her deskmate.
Quietly, Jiang Yunlu pulled out her iPhone 4 and started playing Fruit Ninja.
Before long, a transparent plastic bag was placed on her desk.
“Here, your fries and grilled sausage.”
Each item was packed separately to avoid mixing flavors, and Lin Mo had even drizzled ketchup over the fries.
These weren’t from some chain store—just a small fried-food stall in the backstreet, popular not just with Guangba Middle School students but also locals.
The taste wasn’t anything extraordinary, but the portions were generous—five yuan bought you a whole bag.
“Wow! There’s so much!” Jiang Yunlu looked up at the heaping bag of fries, then beamed at Lin Mo. “Thank you, Lin Mo!”
“No problem. But you still owe me—one-fifty for the sausage, five for the fries. WeChat or… wait, do you have cash?”
Lin Mo facepalmed. He’d forgotten that while WeChat existed, mobile payments weren’t a thing yet.
Alipay wouldn’t become mainstream until next year.
Right now, cash was still king.
Jiang Yunlu turned, rummaged through her bag, and pulled out a ten-yuan bill.
“Here, keep the change.”
Lin Mo took the money from the little rich girl but added,
“Consider it three-fifty credit with me. Fifty cents is my delivery fee—enough for two more sausages later.”
Jiang Yunlu’s eyes lit up. “Really?!”
It wasn’t like no boys had ever offered her snacks before.
But Jiang Yunlu had learned early that “there’s no free lunch.”
So she usually politely declined.
This time, though, she was paying for it herself—even tipping for the service—so she felt no guilt.
Lin Mo tapped the desk.
“Eat up. Fries get soggy fast.”
Jiang Yunlu nodded vigorously and decided to start with the grilled sausage.
The sausage was just a cheap, deep-fried wiener—greasy but delicious.
One bite, and her mouth was flooded with rich, savory oil.
So good.
As Jiang Yunlu dug in, Lin Mo unwrapped his takeout—Guilin rice noodles.
Since he had a big appetite, he’d bought two portions and combined them.
The aroma wasn’t as pungent as the later-famous luosifen, but it was strong enough to catch Jiang Yunlu’s attention.
Lin Mo felt a pair of eyes on him and turned to see Jiang Yunlu staring hopefully.
“What?”
He hadn’t realized she was such a foodie.
Jiang Yunlu glanced between Lin Mo and his noodles, then quickly opened her own lunchbox.
A light, fragrant steam rose from it—shrimp, chicken wings, glistening braised pork, and neatly arranged vegetables.
A perfectly balanced, visually appealing meal now sat before Lin Mo.
No doubt, it looked delicious.
“Can we… trade a little?”
Lin Mo sighed, then relented under her pleading gaze.
“Fine, here.”
He scooped a portion of noodles into her lunchbox and took one of the plump shrimp in return.
It was probably a jumbo black tiger shrimp—huge and meaty.
“Don’t worry, I haven’t used these chopsticks yet.”
Jiang Yunlu happily took a bite of the noodles.
“Mmm~ This ish sho good!”
Her cheeks puffed up like a chipmunk’s as she stuffed her mouth.
Lin Mo gave her another chopstickful.
“That’s it. I need to eat too.”
With that, he slurped up his own share.
Jiang Yunlu’s eyes curved happily as she nibbled on a fry.
Though it had softened, she still found it delicious.
She ate slowly, leaving more than half of her lunch untouched, but the fries had already filled her up.
Lin Mo, meanwhile, had finished his noodles.
He pointed at her leftovers.
“Still eating?”
“I’m full,” she waved.
“Then I’ll take it.” Lin Mo picked up her lunchbox and dumped the contents into his takeout container.
“Huh?!” Jiang Yunlu bolted upright, watching in shock as her food disappeared into his box.
“Y-you… that’s not proper!”
“You were just going to throw it away anyway, right?”
Lin Mo ate without a care. Honestly, if the noodle portions had been bigger, he wouldn’t have bothered.
Jiang Yunlu’s face flushed as she watched him finish her leftovers. (////▽////)q
But remembering he’d given her some of his food—leaving him still hungry—she felt a little guilty.
So in the end, she said nothing.
Meanwhile, the boys who’d been watching Jiang Yunlu from afar felt their hearts shatter.
It was like watching their goddess slip away.
Su Mingzhao, in particular, gritted his teeth in frustration.
“Why does Lin Mo get all the luck?”
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?"
] 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.
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!
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.
