"Holy shit!"
"He actually held out?"
Lin Yu stared at the message Xue Hu had sent him, struggling to process it. He’d been certain the Black Blood Gang was done for—no way they could’ve survived. Yet somehow, they’d managed to stabilize their position. That old fox Li Yuan had kept a trump card hidden until now?
Damn, he really knew how to play the long game.
After silently reminding himself not to underestimate anyone, Lin Yu tapped out a reply to Xue Hu.
Long Aotian: "Bro Xue Hu, can you do me a favor?"
Xue Hu: "What favor?"
Long Aotian: "Remember that guy I asked you to deal with before? He’s still causing trouble. This time, I want him put down for good—or at least in a way that makes it impossible for him to stir shit up again."
Xue Hu: "?"
Xue Hu: "He’s already in that state and it’s still not enough?"
Long Aotian: "..."
Long Aotian: "Not really. The guy’s got the survival instincts of a cockroach."
Xue Hu: "..."
Xue Hu: "Right now, the gang’s survival is hanging by a thread. I can’t make calls like this. Hold on, let me check with Brother Yuan."
"Great."
Lin Yu smacked his forehead in frustration. If Li Yuan got involved, there was a 99.9% chance this would go nowhere. That guy wouldn’t lift a finger to help unless pigs could fly.
Ding.
The message alert sounded. Lin Yu glanced down, expecting nothing.
Xue Hu: "OK."
???
Lin Yu barely registered the question marks exploding in his mind before he whipped his head toward the window, scanning the barren tree hollows in the schoolyard. His gaze swept further out, searching the distant treeline.
Not a single flying pig in sight.
He turned back to the message, stunned.
No way.
Did Xue Hu mean to type "NO" but messed up because of his poor literacy?
Lin Yu considered it, then dismissed the idea. But then again, the thought of Li Yuan actually agreeing to help was even more absurd.
Just to be sure, he fired off another message.
Long Aotian: "So… Uncle Li agreed?"
Xue Hu: "Brother Yuan didn’t respond. The new third-in-command said he’d handle it for you."
Xue Hu: "Said you did him a solid once, so he’ll take care of it."
???
New third-in-command?
Did him a favor?
Lin Yu frowned, turning the possibilities over in his head until a name surfaced.
Zhao She?
If anyone owed him, it’d be Zhao She.
Yeah.
Had to be him.
No one else fit.
No way the Black Blood Gang’s third-in-command was Tang Manman or Xia Muzhu.
Xia Yueshan? Even less likely.
Zhao Dahu?
Pfft.
Xia Yueshan had better odds of becoming third-in-command than that guy.
Zhao She was something else.
Lin Yu couldn’t help but admire him—not just for climbing the ranks so fast, but for pulling the nearly collapsed Black Blood Gang back together.
He’d given them a fighting chance.
After replying to Xue Hu with a simple acknowledgment, Lin Yu pocketed his phone, his mood complicated.
Who’d have thought his last resort would somehow align with his first choice?
Come to think of it…
That night, Zhao She had asked him about his relationship with Li Yuan, the gang’s leader. Lin Yu had said it wasn’t good.
Zhao She had rubbed his hands together, grinning like he’d just won the lottery.
Lin Yu had assumed it was some personal grudge against Li Yuan. But instead, Zhao She had turned around and become the man’s right-hand man.
So why had he been so happy to hear Lin Yu and Li Yuan didn’t get along?
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
