The group walked over and sat down at the spacious tea table.
The other three tourists, two women and one man, were likely with the young man who had been checking in at the front desk.
Two men and two women in total, probably two couples who had arranged to travel to Licheng together.
Seeing Su Yang and the others approach, these three people politely greeted everyone.
Su Yang and his friends nodded and smiled, finding some seats to sit down. The innkeeper walked over and sat in the central position at the tea table to boil water and make tea.
"Where have you all traveled from?" the boss asked with a smile.
Meng Wenzhou, after looking around, replied, "Tianhai."
"Tianhai! That's quite a distance. But then, Licheng gets visitors from all corners of the country. Here, have some tea to wet your throats~" The boss poured ten cups of tea and slid them in front of Meng Wenzhou, Su Yang, and the others.
"Thank you~"
"You're welcome, you're welcome~"
Su Yang looked at the boss and asked, "What should we call you?"
"You can call me Old Ma or Brother Ma, whatever you like. I'm a pretty easy-going guy. Since you've chosen to stay at my place, us meeting is a kind of fate. Feel free to ask me anything you want to know about Licheng's various attractions, or if you have any questions. I'm a native of Licheng, born and bred, I know the place inside out, haha."
"Alright, Brother Ma, you seem like a straightforward person."
"Hehe, yes, I've always been this way. I enjoy making friends from all over, which is why I opened this inn in the first place."
"Fortunately, the reviews are pretty good, and the occupancy rate is high. Otherwise, it'd be tough to keep an inn running long-term among so many in the old town~"
"That's true."
As they were chatting, the young man from the front desk finished checking in and walked over.
The four young people exchanged polite greetings with Su Yang's group, then pulled their suitcases into the backyard.
Seeing this, Old Ma smiled and said, "You guys can go check in now."
"Okay~" Meng Wenzhou agreed, standing up and walking towards the front desk. The others continued sitting, drinking tea and chatting.
Seizing the opportunity, Su Yang looked at the girls and briefly explained the situation regarding Zhong Qing.
After he finished, the guys thought the four girls might be somewhat unwelcoming, but none of them reacted negatively, especially Pan Ning.
Tang Ziyun and Su Qingci even kept asking questions like whether this girl was pretty or not.
Precisely because Su Yang had never been short of female friends around him, everyone was already used to it.
Only Meng Qianyu seemed a little displeased at first after hearing it, but she quickly returned to normal and didn't say much more.
Su Yang then took out his phone, opened Douyin, and replied to Zhong Qing.
"We've arrived in Licheng."
Zhong Qing replied instantly again: "Finally!! Where are you?"
"At the inn, checking in."
"What's the name of the inn?"
"I think it's called something like Shuiyuntian Inn."
"Shuiyuntian?"
"Uh-huh, yes."
"Then wait for me a moment."
Su Yang was taken aback, thinking to himself: 'What's going on?'
'This girl isn't at this same inn, is she? It can't be... that much of a coincidence, right?'
Thinking this, Su Yang typed: "What do you mean? Where are you?"
After sending the message, there was no further reply.
Liu Bo leaned over at this point and asked, "So? Did you tell the girl?"
"I did, but she told me to wait."
"Wait? She's not just messing with you, is she? Maybe she's not even here at all," Liu Bo said with a wink and a smile.
"It'd be fine if she didn't come. But I think it's real, didn't she send me a screenshot of her flight ticket?"
"Brother Yang, don't you know flight tickets can be refunded?"
"I know. But if someone went through the trouble of buying a ticket just to take a screenshot and mess with me... well, I wouldn't have that much free time on my hands."
Liu Bo thought for a moment and nodded. "That's true. Then we'll just wait."
"Alright~"
Tap tap tap tap~
Two minutes later, a somewhat hurried set of footsteps came from the backyard. Su Yang tilted his head to look and was instantly stunned.
He saw a girl in a red T-shirt and skinny jeans running quickly towards them.
She ran to the tea table and looked around at the seated group one by one.
"Excuse me, do any of you know someone named Su Yang?"
Hearing this, everyone turned to look at her.
The girl then spotted Su Yang sitting among the guys.
Her face immediately broke into a bright smile as she ran to Su Yang's side and said loudly, "You really are here! Finally, I get to meet you!!"
That's right, the newcomer was Zhong Qing.
She had previously booked an inn near the old town at random after arriving, never expecting it to be the same one Su Yang and the others had booked.
In person, she looked even prettier than in her photos, perhaps due to her makeup.
Her long hair was now tied up in a bun, with straight-cut air bangs resting on her forehead. Her features were very delicate, her face small and cute. The sides of her cheeks puffed out slightly near her mouth, giving her a sweet and adorable appearance. Her figure was also excellent, not losing out at all to the four girls present.
Su Yang opened his eyes wide in confusion and asked, "You... how are you here too?"
He had never imagined in a thousand guesses that Zhong Qing would have booked the same inn.
"I just booked a random inn~ So this is fate, see? You booked this place too."
"Uh..." Su Yang scratched his head and turned to look at the group with their complex expressions.
He stood up and made a simple introduction: "This is Zhong Qing, the one I just told you about~ Well, other than her name, I don't know anything else either. This is my first time meeting her too."
"Hello, everyone~" Zhong Qing turned around, the corners of her mouth curving upwards into a radiant, flower-like smile as she greeted them.
Everyone replied very politely. Zhang Ziming immediately stood up and said, "Zhong Qing, right? I'm Zhang Ziming. Should we call you Qingqing? Or...?"
"Just call me Xiao Qing~"
"Alright. Well, have a seat. We're all friends of Su Yang~"
"Okay~ I could tell right away you're all nice people. The guys are handsome, the girls are beautiful, especially these gorgeous ladies. I swear I've never seen so many girls who are ten times prettier than me all together at once before."
Hearing Zhong Qing's words, Meng Qianyu smiled with great satisfaction. "Xiao Qing, you're very pretty too~ Come, sit with us."
"Okay~"
Zhong Qing was very good with words. She sat down among the four girls and had them all laughing heartily within a couple of minutes.
Except for Pan Ning, who still didn't show much emotional fluctuation.
At this moment, Meng Wenzhou, having finished checking in, turned and walked back to the tea table. He had already seen Zhong Qing earlier.
Seeing this, Su Yang introduced, "Xiao Qing, this is also our friend, Meng Wenzhou."
"Wow, this brother is so handsome!! Are you an actor?"
Hearing this, Meng Wenzhou stumbled, almost falling over. It wasn't that he didn't think he was handsome, but he hadn't expected this girl to be so effusive with her praise.
Meng Wenzhou chuckled and said, "You flatter me, you flatter me. Just a little handsome, a little handsome~"
"Brother Meng is way too modest!"
Zhang Ziming then leaned close to Su Yang, winked, and whispered with a smile, "This girl is quite something, huh~"
"Why don't I ever get that kind of treatment? Such a beautiful girl, flying all the way from Haicheng just to see you, and all because she watched one video? That's wild. I genuinely admire people who act like that."
"I was pretty surprised myself~"
"I consider myself decently handsome, so why is my luck with women so terrible?"
"Yangyang, be honest with me, am I good-looking or not?"
"Handsome!! Seriously handsome!"
"Really?"
"Why would I lie? You're just a tiny, tiny bit less handsome than me."
......

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.”

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…

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?"

ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!