Upon reaching the building's entrance, Fang Zhiyi pulled out the bottle of wine and shoved it into her hands: "Take it home, drink it whenever you feel like it!"
"Are you... framing someone?" Little Hei asked on their way back.
Fang Zhiyi looked utterly pleased: "What kind of nonsense is that? I took someone else's wine under their name—how is that framing?" He paused, then added in a hushed tone, "At most, it's called sharing the spoils."
"Anyway, I get the benefits, and they take the blame."
In the following days, Lin Xue and Gu Shaoting had a streak of bad luck. First, Gu Shaoting's neighbor kept causing trouble—wherever they went, she would appear, and then the two would end up doing bizarre things or suffering inexplicable misfortunes.
Lin Xue also gradually realized that Gu Shaoting was incredibly stingy—even when they ate together, she always ended up paying.
But looking at Gu Shaoting's face and his academic performance, Lin Xue felt her future was still intact. She just had to wait a little longer—the exams were coming up. She would work hard, then throw it all in Fang Zhiyi and Liu Shishi's faces! And that Jiang Ran too!
Jiang Ran was also frustrated. Despite her efforts, the protagonists' plot armor remained intact, and she even suffered backlash twice. So, she decided to focus on making money first—she had plenty of time!
Compared to Jiang Ran's direct retaliation, Fang Zhiyi's approach was much simpler. He had an advantage no one else did: money. Once he noticed Jiang Ran stepping back to regroup, Fang Zhiyi made his move.
Under the influence of his financial power, Lin Xue and Gu Shaoting kept stumbling into events like "Couple Compatibility Challenges" or "Street Raffles." Gu Shaoting's luck seemed to be improving—he kept winning top prizes.
But the prizes were all gift cards.
"VIP Internet Café Credit: 5,000 yuan! (Exclusive to the winner)"
"Wild Rose Bar Gift Card: 10,000 yuan! (Exclusive to the winner)"
"Heavenly Delights Club Gift Card: 50,000 yuan! (Exclusive to the winner)"
Days of sudden good fortune left Gu Shaoting dazed. He immediately tried to cash them in, but after running around, he not only failed but nearly got beaten up.
The reason? He sold 3,000 yuan worth of internet café credit to a young man, only for the guy to find out at the café that only the winner could use it. Realizing he'd been scammed, the young man—recognizing Gu Shaoting's school uniform—gathered his friends and cornered him after school. Just as they were about to lay into him, Gu Shaoting coughed up the money, even throwing in a few hundred extra before they left, cursing.
This left Gu Shaoting in a dilemma—was he supposed to use these himself?
Lin Xue's attitude toward Fang Zhiyi softened slightly after receiving the bottle of red wine he gave her. But Fang Zhiyi still paid her little attention, spending all his time with Liu Shishi instead. Anyone could see there was something between them.
Lin Xue felt an inexplicable pang of jealousy, especially when she learned Fang Zhiyi walked Liu Shishi home every day. The discomfort gnawed at her.
Yet, despite all this, trouble still found Fang Zhiyi. One day, as he prepared to walk Liu Shishi home after school—listening to her talk was like therapy, well worth the extra steps—he was ambushed and dragged into a nearby alley.
"So you're Fang Zhiyi?" a fatty barked.
Fang Zhiyi gave him a sidelong glance: "Yeah, it's your dad."
Fatty's eyes bulged: "The hell? You dare insult me?"
"What, a dad can't scold his son?"
"That's—" Fatty actually paused to consider it before snarling, "Don’t get cocky! I know your family’s loaded, but do you know what mine does?"
Fang Zhiyi shook his head.
Fatty sneered: "Whatever, just listen. I heard you made Lin Xue unhappy. True or not?"
Fang Zhiyi looked baffled: "Me? When?"
"Just answer!"
"No."
Fatty faltered—he hadn’t expected a flat denial. "Then why’d someone tell me you warned Lin Xue to ignore me? And threw away my love letter?"
"Who told you that?"
"None of your business! You’re in my way—you deserve a beating!"
Fang Zhiyi found the situation absurd: "You’re coming after me instead of her boyfriend? What kind of logic is that?"
"Relax, I’ll deal with him after you!"
Fang Zhiyi grinned: "Fine by me."
A series of dull thuds followed. Fatty gaped as his lackeys crumpled to the ground, clutching their stomachs in pain. Panic set in—he never expected this refined rich kid to be so dangerous.
Fatty had no idea Fang Zhiyi had survived worlds full of peril, honing his skills through countless trials.
"Now," Fang Zhiyi said with a friendly smile, stepping closer, "tell me—who sent you?"
Fatty clenched his teeth and swung the steel pipe in his hand—a tool meant for intimidation, but now wielded in fear.
Yet Fang Zhiyi caught it effortlessly, as if he’d expected it. His other hand shot out like lightning, gripping Fatty’s shoulder.
A crushing force erupted. Pain exploded from the point of contact, shooting up to the back of Fatty’s skull. He howled like a slaughtered pig.
"It was a girl! A girl! She said she overheard it—sounded convincing!"
"Half the damn world’s girls. Be specific."
"She—she had bangs! Short, not from our school!"
"Better." Fang Zhiyi released him, patting his cheek. "Also, I do know a thing or two about your Chen family. Started with nightclubs, right? Let me tell you—my money is a big deal. I could pay your parents to disown you. Believe that?"
Fatty paled. The young master’s aura was overwhelming. "I—I was just trying to scare you! I wouldn’t actually hit you!"
"Oh?" Fang Zhiyi glanced at the pipe in his hand.
"Then what’s this? A walking stick?"
Fatty froze. The next moment, the pipe cracked against his leg. His mouth flew open in silent agony.
Fang Zhiyi laughed cheerfully and handed the pipe back. "Here, your walking stick. Call the cops if you want. Or your boys. I’ll wait."
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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.
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
