"You... you..."
Meng Wenzhou stared dumbfounded at Lu Yun standing beside Su Yang.
Pan Ning's eyes also flickered with a faint, unreadable light.
The group approached, and Su Yang greeted Han Xiaoyu and Xia Keke with a smile.
"Hello, ladies. Fancy seeing you again."
"Su, you’ve gotten even more handsome since we last saw you," Han Xiaoyu teased.
"Was there ever a day I wasn’t?" Su Yang joked back.
"Sure, sure~"
"Oh, by the way, this is Lu Yun," Su Yang said, gesturing to her.
Lu Yun smiled sweetly at the group and waved. "Hi, everyone! I’m Lu Yun... a friend of Su Yang’s."
"Nice to meet you," the others replied, each giving a brief introduction.
When it was Pan Ning’s turn, she stepped forward, extending her hand with a confident smile. "Hello, I’m Pan Ning. Since you’re Su Yang’s friend, you’re mine now too."
Lu Yun swallowed nervously under Pan Ning’s commanding presence but shook her hand warmly. "Hi~ I’m Lu Yun. Hope we can be good friends."
"You’re so pretty!" Han Xiaoyu exclaimed, suddenly grabbing Lu Yun’s hand with a grin.
Meanwhile, Meng Wenzhou pulled Su Yang aside and hissed, "Dude! This is the ‘friend’ you mentioned?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"That’s the stunning beauty I was just talking about! And she’s your friend?!"
Su Yang smirked. "I figured it was her when you brought it up earlier."
"No way! I thought I’d never see her again. This is my chance! But how do you even know someone this gorgeous?"
"We go way back—high school classmates."
"Ugh, why couldn’t I have gone to your high school?!"
Su Yang just shrugged.
After some small talk, Su Yang turned to Meng Wenzhou. "Let’s get going. Where’d you park, Lao Meng?"
"Over there," Meng Wenzhou said, pointing across the street.
"Alright, let’s head out. It’s almost five—we’ll make it just in time for dinner."
"Sweet. Is that your Maybach?" Meng Wenzhou eyed the car behind Su Yang.
Su Yang nodded. "Yep. Fits more people, and it’s comfy for the highway."
"No kidding—that’s a beast. Alright, who’s riding with me?" Meng Wenzhou glanced at Lu Yun, then the others.
"I call dibs on the Maybach!" Han Xiaoyu chirped, raising her hand.
"Oh no you don’t—you’re with me," Xia Keke said, yanking her back.
As the group debated seating arrangements, Pan Ning strode straight to the Maybach’s passenger seat and slid in without a word.
Su Yang gulped, shooting a look at Lu Yun.
Lu Yun had noticed Pan Ning’s move but kept her smile intact, unfazed.
"Lu Yun, let’s go," Su Yang said, opening the rear door.
"Mm-hmm," she agreed, climbing in.
"Got room for one more—who’s joining?"
Xia Keke turned to Tang Ziyun. "Ziyun, why don’t you ride with Su Yang? Xiaoyu and I’ll go with Meng."
Tang Ziyun chuckled. "Sure~"
The eight split into two cars:
Su Yang’s Maybach: Pan Ning (front), Lu Yun, Tang Ziyun (back).
Meng Wenzhou’s car: Liu Bo, Han Xiaoyu, Xia Keke.
Meng Wenzhou drove his group across the street, U-turned, and rolled down his window. "Race you?"
"Race what?" Su Yang blinked.
"First to Shima Town’s entrance. Loser’s penalty."
Su Yang laughed. "Tell you what—I’ll give you a ten-minute head start."
"Seriously?! You’re underestimating me."
"Not really. You’ve raced me before—you know how this goes."
"Track’s different! Highway’s my turf. You might actually lose."
"Fine, let’s do it. What’s the stake?"
Meng Wenzhou adjusted his sunglasses, grinning. "How about something fun? Qianyu’s coming back soon. I already invited Xia Keke and Han Xiaoyu to the welcome party—Tang Ziyun’s in too. Can you bring Lu Yun?"
"That’s it? Just invite her if I lose?"
"Nah! I mean, bring her either way. But today, the losing car’s entire crew gets punished."
Su Yang glanced at his passengers. "Deal. But define ‘punishment.’"
Meng Wenzhou’s grin widened. "At Qianyu’s party, the winning team picks cosplay outfits for the losers."
Liu Bo gaped. "Wait—Meng, are you insane?!"
"You’re letting them choose?!"
"Yep. More fun that way," Meng Wenzhou said.
Su Yang burst out laughing. "Done. They’re in. But no take-backs when you lose."
"Please. My crew’s game. Right, guys?" Meng Wenzhou looked at his passengers.
Han Xiaoyu shrugged. "As long as it’s not too weird."
"Then it’s on!"
"Finish line: Shima Town’s main gate. First there wins."
"Bring it."
Lu Yun leaned forward. "Wait—this is real?"
"Relax. Worst case, it’s just cosplay. Plus, I’m giving him ten minutes. We won’t lose," Su Yang assured.
Pan Ning stayed silent, fully aware of Su Yang’s highway prowess. Losing wasn’t an option.
But Tang Ziyun bit her lip. "What if we do lose? Imagine cosplaying Chun-Li—I’d die of embarrassment!"
Su Yang turned, smirking. "Relax, Ziyun. Just buckle up. Let Han Xiaoyu or Xia Keke be Chun-Li."
Tang Ziyun giggled. "Okay~"
Meng Wenzhou’s car sped off first. Su Yang revved the engine and followed.
"Heh. Bet he doesn’t know a Maybach can outrun Nibelungen. Challenge me? Pan, don’t blame me when your brother makes a fool of himself."
Pan Ning rolled her eyes. "Men. So childish."
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…
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
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.”
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
