Chi Qingchi widened her eyes and looked at her sister beside her.
Chi Qingshui forced herself to appear calm, though her heart was pounding with nervousness.
Could it really be such a coincidence?
The first time she and Lin Yu were having a meal together near campus…
They ran into their classmates!
Chi Qingshui exchanged a glance with Lin Yu.
Lin Yu: "…"
Chi Qingshui: "!!!"
The "guilty" look in Lin Yu’s eyes clearly said:
I’m sorry. My presence has put you in an awkward position.
But it was she who had encouraged Lin Yu to join the gathering boldly.
How could she let him take the blame for this?
And in the future…
What would Lin Yu think of her?
"Xiao Yu, are these your classmates?" Chen Qimeng asked Lin Yu eagerly.
Seeing how warmly everyone greeted Lin Yu, Chen Qimeng naively assumed he must be quite popular at school.
As Lin Yu stood up,
Chi Qingshui, as if possessed, rose to her feet as well.
[Ding!]
[Critical Strike! The perfect synchronization with your Dao Companion has dealt a heavy blow to the leader of the Blazing Sea Demon Cult!]
[Reward: 50 Spirit Stones.]
Chi Qingshui spoke up first:
"What a coincidence! Qingchi and I just ran into them earlier while buying snacks for everyone."
"I didn’t expect you all to come here for dinner too."
Lin Yu, surprised, played along:
"Yeah, what a coincidence! Class Rep, where are you sitting? We’ll come over to chat later."
Originally, Lin Yu had planned to take the lead.
But he never expected Chi Qingshui to step forward instead.
Had she chosen self-destruction over silence and guilt?
Shi Yanhai maintained an impeccable poker face and said calmly:
"Qingshui, Lin Yu… So many friends are here today…"
"Hello everyone, we’re from the same class. I’m the class rep, Shi Yanhai."
"You two—oh, and Qingchi too—did you just happen to run into each other and decide to share a table?"
Shi Yanhai handled the situation with grace, saving face for everyone.
Only at the end did he finally address the question he truly cared about.
Hearing her name mentioned, Chi Qingchi had no choice but to stand up and wave at the four boys.
Lin Yu: "We’re…"
Chi Qingshui: "We planned to have dinner together here."
[Ding!]
[Furious Assault! Your Dao Companion’s direct counterattack has dealt another devastating blow to the leader of the Blazing Sea Demon Cult!]
[Reward: 50 Spirit Stones.]
Lin Yu: "???"
Is my girlfriend really this bold?
Before he could even intervene, Chi Qingshui had already launched a double strike!
Still, her straightforward response wasn’t wrong.
With so many roommates present,
if they had been evasive, it might have made the others uncomfortable.
Chi Qingshui knew which priorities mattered more.
The moment she said those words,
Gou Feng immediately straightened his back and turned to look at Zhao Bin and Gao Yumin.
See?
Didn’t I tell you there was something going on? And you didn’t believe me?
Why aren’t you saying anything now?
Seeing Shi Yanhai frozen in place, Zhao Bin quickly nudged him from behind.
Only then did Shi Yanhai continue:
"Oh… is that so? This place… this restaurant is really good."
"We come here often too. If you have time later, maybe we can discuss the movie screening event?"
"I’ve already finalized the participants."
"The advisor mentioned a lot of details about the arrangements—maybe you haven’t heard yet. It’ll only take about ten minutes."
Listening to Shi Yanhai’s excuse,
Lin Yu couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
Kids at this age are so amusing.
They love acting all official over the tiniest things.
Do we really need to "align granularity" just for some movie tickets?
Without hesitation, Chi Qingshui replied:
"We can talk about it over WeChat later, Class Rep."
"Today, we’re busy having dinner with everyone. Probably won’t have time."
With that,
Chi Qingshui sat back down.
Around the table, the sharper girls exchanged glances.
They all sensed the tension in the air.
This so-called "Class Rep" had practically written I’m into Qingshui all over his face.
And Qingshui, in turn, made I’m not interested crystal clear with her actions.
[Ding!]
[Critical Strike! Your Dao Companion’s icy dismissal has dealt a mental blow to the leader of the Blazing Sea Demon Cult!]
[Reward: 50 Spirit Stones.]
Lin Yu was almost caught off guard by how swiftly she handled it.
I didn’t even get to fight—the demon leader’s already on the verge of defeat!
All this fighting spirit with nowhere to vent!
Shi Yanhai, meanwhile, was utterly crushed.
She couldn’t possibly have missed the subtext in my words, right?
Was I not direct enough?
She can have dinner with Lin Yu but can’t spare me ten minutes?
"Class Rep, we’ll… talk later if there’s time," Lin Yu said amiably.
The boys behind Shi Yanhai kept pushing him to leave,
but he seemed too stubborn to back down, still scrambling for a response.
Shen Buyao then remarked lightly:
"Everyone, I still have to open my shop later."
"I can probably stay for… another half hour at most."
"Sorry about that. Next time, I’ll make it up to you all—don’t hold it against me today."
Leaving early was true enough.
It was also deliberately said for the sake of those young guys.
Did you hear that?
Sister is about to leave the table.
Hurry up and find your own place to stay. Don't keep pestering Chi and disturbing their dinner.
Shen Buyao's rare gentle words like this.
Couldn't deceive those who were familiar with her.
But it really confused another silly guy...
Gao Yumin: "!!!"
Hearing that Shen Buyao was about to leave.
It really panicked him.
He specifically urged Shi Yanhai to come here quickly just for Shen Buyao.
Now he hadn't even had a chance to talk to her, and this ancient - style beauty was leaving?
The opportunity mustn't be missed!
Gao Yumin immediately stepped forward and said actively:
"Beauty, beauty, my name is Gao Yumin."
"You're friends with Lin Yu, right? Lin Yu and I are really good buddies!"
"Is it convenient to leave me your WeChat?"
"To be honest, I'm not very good at speaking... "
"Just now when I saw you from across the way, I really felt my heart skip a beat!"
Lin Yu: "!!!"
Everyone at the table: "!!!"
Oh, Gao!
Why on earth did you have to pick on Shen Buyao out of all people!
Then.
Shen Buyao looked down at the phone Gao Yumin took out, frowned and said:
"Skip your head! You look so lecherous!"
Gao Yumin: "!!!"
The evil - doer group: "???"
Everyone at the table: "..."
Only Maomao was triggered and said in the quiet atmosphere:
"It's from Eastern Condors, at the forty - seventh minute and thirteenth second, Sister Zuxian's line."
...
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
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!
