Soon, under Sun Shenghai's watchful gaze, Qin Ning and his group drove away.
About ten minutes later, the car pulled up at the base of a residential complex in the center of the county.
Outside the complex gates, Father Cheng and Mother Cheng, having received Cheng Weiyang's call earlier, were already waiting to welcome them.
During their last meeting, the two elders had learned of Qin Ning's extraordinary nature, understanding that he was an existence beyond the secular world.
For Old Master Cheng's seventieth birthday, Qin Ning's presence was an absolute and unparalleled honor for the Cheng family.
However, precisely because of Qin Ning's special status, they hadn't dared to casually reveal any information about him to anyone. They only told the eldest brother's family that some truly distinguished guests would be arriving today and warned them not to show any disrespect.
"Dad, Mom." Cheng Weiyang stepped out of the car and hurried forward, giving her parents a warm hug.
Qin Ning and the others followed close behind.
Father Cheng smiled and extended his hand, saying, "Young Master Qin, welcome, welcome."
Qin Ning and his companions shook hands with the two elders. After exchanging greetings, they followed them into the residential complex.
The complex was not run-down; it looked like it had been built only a few years ago.
Moreover, in recent years, Xinguang County's economic development had been soaring, so housing prices here were not cheap, only slightly lower than those in the city center.
The fact that Cheng Weiyang's eldest uncle could afford to buy a house here suggested he was living quite comfortably.
Soon, they took the elevator upstairs.
Many people were already seated in the living room. Most were elderly friends of Old Master Cheng, along with some younger family members they had brought along. Altogether, there were about twenty or thirty people.
The living room was quite spacious, holding three or four round tables laden with fruits, snacks, and tea. Everyone sat around, chatting pleasantly.
The appearance of Qin Ning and his group immediately drew the attention of everyone in the room.
Mainly, they were just too conspicuous. After all, how could a single man accompanied by several young, beautiful girls not attract stares?
Father Cheng and Mother Cheng arranged for them to sit at an empty table and sat down to chat with them.
Before long, an elderly man walked out of a room. It was none other than Old Master Cheng.
Leaning on his cane, he smiled and greeted the crowd in the living room before making his way over to Qin Ning's table.
"Dad, please sit," Father Cheng quickly stood up, offering his seat to the old man.
"Grandpa." After he sat down, Cheng Weiyang poured him a cup of tea and handed it over.
"Good, good. It's Weiyang, right? I haven't seen you in years, and you've changed so much. Grandpa almost didn't recognize you."
The old man smiled amiably and took a sip of the tea she offered. Then, he looked at Qin Ning and the others. "You must all be Weiyang's friends, right? Welcome, welcome. There are a lot of people at home today, so it's a bit crowded. Please forgive any lack of proper hospitality."
"You are too polite, sir," Qin Ning and the others replied courteously.
Old Master Cheng had a very kind countenance and gave off an approachable aura.
However, looking at him, Qin Ning noticed something amiss.
The old man had a weak heart, which was a very dangerous condition at his age.
"Has Xiao Mo not returned yet?" While chatting with the group, the old man scanned the living room and asked.
Mother Cheng replied, "He's on his way. He should arrive before lunch is served. I told him to head straight to the hotel."
"Alright." Old Master Cheng nodded, then asked, "What kind of work are Weiyang and Xiao Mo doing now?"
Although his grandchildren would occasionally call him, their conversations mostly consisted of greetings and family gossip. They never talked about work, so the old man actually knew very little about Cheng Mo and Cheng Weiyang's current situations.
"I'm working over in Liu City. The benefits are quite good, so you don't need to worry, Grandpa. As for my brother, he's technically in the same company as me, but I'm at the headquarters while he's at the subsidiary in Bin City," Cheng Weiyang said with a smile.
It wasn't that she wanted to hide anything from her grandfather, but rather that she didn't trust her eldest uncle's family.
Since she was little, Cheng Weiyang knew that the relationship between her family and her uncle's family was quite poor.
If it weren't for her grandfather's birthday this time, they wouldn't have come at all.
"That's good then." The old man nodded.
Just then, three people walked in through the door.
Cheng Linhua, Cheng Weiyang's eldest uncle.
Behind him followed two young men. One was Cheng Weiyang's cousin, Cheng Linhua's son, Cheng Hao.
The other person looked to be about the same age as Cheng Hao.
His name was Lu Peng, Cheng Hao's former classmate and current boss.
Both of them worked at the largest company in Xinguang County, Sun Shenghai's Youli Group.
Lu Peng was a department manager. Anyone who could hold such a position in a massive corporation like Youli Group was no ordinary person. Between his base salary and various year-end bonuses, his annual income was nearly a million.
In a place like Xinguang County, an income like that firmly established him as a major figure.
Cheng Linhua and Cheng Hao had just gone out to personally pick up Lu Peng.
Upon entering the room, Cheng Linhua frowned slightly when he saw that almost every seat was taken.
He glanced around and noticed there were exactly three empty seats over by Qin Ning's table, so he promptly arranged for Lu Peng to sit there.
"Dad, let me introduce you. This is Lu Peng, Xiao Hao's department manager." Cheng Linhua glanced at Father Cheng and Qin Ning's group but ignored them, smiling as he introduced the guest to Old Master Cheng.
"Hello, Old Master Cheng."
Lu Peng reached out his hand with reasonable politeness.
"Hello, hello." The old man, who seemed to have a warm smile for everyone, reached out and shook his hand.
"Weiyang, are these your friends?"
Cheng Hao's gaze swept over Qin Ning, Qin Fei, and the others at the table as he asked.
"Yes," Cheng Weiyang replied softly.
Since childhood, her eldest uncle's family had left a very bad impression on her, and that included her cousin Cheng Hao.
If it weren't for her grandfather, she would have no intention of interacting much with them at all.
Mainly, back when she was in school, she and her parents had visited Xinguang County to see her grandfather a few times, and her uncle's family had never missed a chance to mock them, treating them with disdain as their poor relatives.
Seeing Cheng Weiyang's expression, Cheng Hao frowned slightly but didn't make a fuss. Instead, he picked up a teacup, preparing to pour tea for Lu Peng.
However, he found that the teapot was already empty.
He immediately handed the teapot to Cheng Weiyang and said, "Go fetch some more tea for me."
Hearing this, Cheng Weiyang looked up at him, finding it somewhat laughable. "This is your home, and I am a guest. You're telling me to go pour tea to help you entertain?"
. 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!"
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?"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
