Luo Yi's skin recovered a bit of color, changing her rustic aura to one of striking beauty like a supermodel's.
"A few more treatments and Miss Luo's skin will likely regain its original fair complexion."
"Miss Luo is blessed with milk-white skin that many girls envy. Even without skincare, her original shade will quickly return without frequent sun exposure."
The beautician continuously complimented.
"Let's go!"
Yan Dongxu and Luo Yi left the salon.
During her beauty treatment, he called Zhou Quan to borrow a car.
Uncle Zhou had his chauffeur bring the Ferrari over and said Yan could keep driving it.
Zhou Quan was busy anyway, taking his wife and kids to the headquarters in the capital after accepting a new position.
Exiting the mall, the chauffeur had been waiting awhile.
After handing the keys to Yan Dongxu, he took off.
"Let's go. I'll take you to your parents."
"No need. It's too high-profile. Plus, you're busy." Luo Yi declined.
"Come on. Didn't you say your parents wanted you to stop teaching and marry soon?"
"Just say I'm your boyfriend. I'm not super rich yet, but I'm doing alright, no?"
"It shouldn't embarrass you to bring me."
Yan Dongxu aimed to help her all the way. He was free anyway, so why not go take a look?
The viewers wanted him to go too, good livestream material.
"Fine, but can we stop by the hospital first?"
"Why the hospital?" Yan Dongxu was puzzled.
"To see someone." A hint of sadness flashed in Luo Yi's eyes.
Yan Dongxu drove her to the hospital first.
"Huh? Why'd you stop?"
"Visiting patients of course requires flowers and fruit. Wait in the car, I'll go buy them."
Yan Dongxu returned cradling a bouquet, a fruit basket in hand.
Luo Yi's eyes reddened, on the verge of tears.
"Thank you! I didn't bring money, but I'll pay you back."
"Why are you always trying to pay me back? Remember, I'm happy to spend money on you, no need to repay."
Yan Dongxu pretended to scold her.
Luo Yi laughed at his teasing. Facing the viewers she asked: "Is he always this generous?"
[No no no, he's cheap!]
[Only to you.]
[He wants to buy you off, Teacher Luo beware!]
[He buys his sister cheap 50 cent ice pops.]
[Right, he haggles with grannies over two potatoes at the street stall.]
[Doesn't even wash his stained underwear to save water, just wears them inside out.]
...
The viewers spun more and more outrageous tales, straight up gossiping.
Luo Yi cracked up, laughing till her stomach hurt.
Yan Dongxu's eyes twitched as he threatened: "Keep bullshitting and I'm ending the stream!"
[???]
[Scaring dad? ]
[Say what you will, I dare you to hit me.]
[Mods, look, the streamer's threatening viewers.]
...
Yan Dongxu was used to such trolls.
Luo Yi thought livestreaming quite entertaining, almost too delightful if daily.
They arrived at the inpatient building of the hospital, entering a room.
A young man lay in bed, comatose.
"Aunt Xu." Luo Yi greeted.
"Yi Yi you came. No need for gifts, your presence is enough."
Aunt Xu spoke gently, looking haggard.
"How's my brother? Still no signs of waking?" Luo Yi asked.
"If only it were that easy. The odds of a vegetative patient waking are so low. Even your dad dares not predict when your brother might wake." Aunt Xu sighed.
"You wretch finally came back. Your dad was just here earlier rounding patients. He didn't mention your return!"
"It was spontaneous. I didn't tell anyone, didn't even bring my phone. Call dad and let's have dinner tonight, our whole family." Luo Yi responded.
Aunt Xu shook her head. "I won't go, don't have the heart for it. You all go."
"Alright, I'll keep you company here a bit."
"That's good, I rarely have someone to chat with. Your return means I'll have your company." Aunt Xu held Luo Yi's hand as they sat.
"This is your boyfriend I assume? So handsome! Hurry and introduce him to Auntie!"
Luo Yi awkwardly tried to explain.
Yan Dongxu took the initiative: "I'm Luo Yi's boyfriend, an online broadcaster."
"Oh my, a broadcaster, how trendy. Good money in it I hear."
"The nurses are always gossiping, mentioned some First Love or something. From our city I think."
"Sadly I'm too old for the times. Can't use a smartphone, can't get online, otherwise I'd check out the hype."
Aunt Xu had a great attitude, seeming optimistic.
[Hahaha, she means you right?]
[You're known by young and old now.]
[Worthily First Love, currently impersonating her boyfriend.]
[Shameless liar, got some skills.]
...
The barrage mocked him.
Yan Dongxu ignored it completely.
After inquiring, he realized Aunt Xu was Luo Yi's dad's ex-wife.
The young man in bed was their child, Luo Yi's half-brother from her dad's first marriage.
Luo Yi was born to her current stepmom.
[Whoa, so complicated!]
[Luo Yi's dad is a player!]
[Could her dad be Professor Luo Yongchun of the medical university?]
[Bro you're from Jiangning too? I know Professor Luo, top neurosurgeon!]
[Yan Dongxu, get her to introduce you to her dad.]
...
Seeing the speculation, Yan Dongxu was stunned.
If the assumptions were true, Luo Yi's family background was far beyond just well-off.
"Is your father Professor Luo Yongchun?" Yan Dongxu directly asked.
"Huh? How'd you know?" Luo Yi was very surprised.
"The viewers guessed."
[OMG, it's real!]
[Yan Dongxu, you hit jackpot!]
[She's elite nobility!]
...
"Oh, you're streaming? Filmed me?"
"Er...sorry Auntie, yes."
"Oh my, don't film me, I'm not presentable." Aunt Xu stood abruptly, avoiding the camera. "You two go find your dad."
Luo Yi could only lead Yan Dongxu to her father's office.
They knocked, no response.
But they ran into his assistant who said the professor would return soon, so they could wait inside.
Entering the tidy office, it had photos of her dad.
"Gotta say, you really resemble your dad."
"All my life people say I'm his mini-me."
Soon Professor Luo entered, clearly startled then delighted to see Luo Yi.
"Yi Yi, when'd you get back?"
"Just this morning."
"Your return is...wonderful, just wonderful."
As Professor Luo spoke, he suddenly noticed Yan Dongxu, his smile freezing as his face darkened.
Yan Dongxu was baffled. Had the old man learned face changing?
He hadn't offended him!
"Professor Luo, I'll take my leave if you're busy."
The black-clad man with cap lowered his head and hurried off after following Professor Luo in.
This perplexed Yan Dongxu further. He felt the man had rushed away upon seeing him.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
. 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!"
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...
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
