The person who went out with Lin Yu and Ye Mengfu.
There was also Guan Bao, who was forcibly separated by the security guards.
At this moment.
Guan Bao's face was extremely ugly, and he had no mood to talk to the two of them.
He was holding his phone and talking on the phone with someone.
Lin Yu walked alongside him for a while.
Even though Guan Bao tried his best to lower his voice, it still couldn't escape Lin Yu's ears.
Both what he said and what the person on the phone said.
"Guan Bao, do you think I'm just someone you can insult at will? Just wait! I'm not going to let you off easily. If I can't deal with you, there are others who can!"
Guan Bao: "Sister Ping, what are you talking about! When did I ever say such things about you?"
"Stop pretending. Your current girlfriend created a group chat and spilled all the beans! Take a good look at it yourself. You've got more than just me who wants to screw you over."
"Beep beep beep..."
After the woman finished speaking, she hung up the phone directly.
Guan Bao was shocked and quickly rummaged through his bag for another phone.
Damn it!
A group chat?
Did Jiang Yangmei do this behind his back after she found out?
"Ring ring ring... Ring ring ring..."
Guan Bao's main phone rang again.
The caller ID showed: President Feng.
He was an important investor in the website.
In Guan Bao's words, he also had a code name...
Sucker!
No matter how anxious he was inside.
He couldn't ignore President Feng's call.
Guan Bao: "Hello, President Feng? Good morning. I'm not in the company right now. You're looking for me..."
Guan Bao: "Me and your wife? How could I ever do that! Is someone deliberately spreading rumors about me?"
Guan Bao: "Suck... what sucker? How could I ever talk behind your back, let alone do anything to your wife!"
Guan Bao: "Meet this afternoon... Alright! Then let's meet and talk then..."
Damn it!
He had to check his phone right away!
Guan Bao reached his hand into his bag.
But...
His hand went straight through the bottom of the bag!
What the hell?
Why was the bag torn?
Did someone steal his phone while he was breaking up the fight?
There were cameras everywhere. How could they be so bold!
After thinking carefully...
Something was wrong!
What thief would buy a ticket to come in and steal?
Why not just pick someone's pocket or cut their satchel instead of going through so much trouble?
So...
"Jiang Yangmei, you bitch!"
Guan Bao raised his eyebrows and directly rushed through the security guards' blockade, dashing towards the studio with all his might.
It must have been Jiang Yangmei who took his phone when he wasn't paying attention.
Otherwise, how could she create a group chat?
How else could he have received such calls?
"Sir, please calm down. Don't go back!"
"Our staff is with your girlfriend. She'll be fine."
"Yes, sir. Please go to the lounge and wait for a while."
"..."
Two responsible security guards tried their best to stop Guan Bao.
"Let me go back. I'll really be in trouble if I don't!"
"Don't stop me. Get out of the way. Call your manager over!"
"..."
Looking at Guan Bao's embarrassed back as he rushed forward.
Lin Yu shook his head helplessly.
He crumpled up the spare small piece of drawing paper in his hand into a small ball and stuffed it into his pocket.
Tsk tsk tsk.
The edges of the drawing paper were really sharp and useful.
Lin Yu didn't take Guan Bao's phone.
He just used the "Flinging Leaves Like Flying Arrows" technique to cut open his satchel during the chaos.
Let the phone fall into the studio.
As for who picked it up... he didn't care at all.
He didn't need to do anything from now on.
The families of those whose "grass near the nest" he had messed with would come to find Guan Bao on their own.
...
In the exhibition hall.
Lin Yu and Ye Mengfu came to the big screen.
Among the three paintings scrolling on the screen, one was Ye Mengfu's "Bai Xiaotian".
Since the characters for the paintings had to be selected from those that would appear in the Starry Sky Show.
Ye Mengfu's favorite Chacha Bear didn't appear in the video of the Starry Sky Show.
So.
She chose another character she liked, "Bai Xiaotian".
The whole painting was in black and white lines, depicting a cute little elf.
In one corner of the painting, there was a bright red potted flower.
Ironically.
The second award-winning painting scrolling on the big screen was signed by...
Jiang Yangmei!
In a competition where there were only winning spots and no scores to distinguish the rankings.
She tied with Ye Mengfu.
Lin Yu looked up at her painting and couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart.
The character Jiang Yangmei chose to paint was called "Hei Xiaoye".
Both Hei Xiaoye and Bai Xiaotian were comic characters in the "Magic Fails" series of the "Lost Paradise".
"White Xiaotian's life is only in black and white."
"She can't see colors with her eyes."
"But she never tells others the real details of life:"
"There are deep white, light white, pale white, thick white..."
"There are deep black, light black, pale black, thick black..."
"——"
"Black Xiaoye's world is extremely colorful and beautiful."
"He can turn a barren grassland into a garden full of flowers all the way."
"He will tell people:"
"Magic is in my heart, and the devil is in yours."
Picture books aimed at teenagers and children.
Aren't they also a reflection of adults' lives?
Ye Mengfu's eyes sparkled as she stared at Jiang Yangmei's painting without saying a word for a long time.
Until...
"Hello. Excuse me, are you the painter Ye Mengfu?"
An elegant middle-aged woman walked up to the two of them and politely addressed them.
Lin Yu had an impression of this woman.
She was one of those who had been sitting on the judging panel just now!
"Yes... It's me."
"Hello... Teacher Weiba."
Ye Mengfu looked at the woman who greeted her, and her cheeks quickly flushed red.
At the same time, she carefully reached out her hand.
Lin Yu could clearly sense that after calling out "Teacher Weiba",
Ye Mengfu's eyes were filled with admiration.
It seemed that "Weiba" should be the woman's pen - name.
Being able to easily call out the other person's name,
this Teacher Weiba must be a quite famous painter.
"So you know me! Can I call you Xiaofu?"
Teacher Weiba shook hands with Ye Mengfu.
She didn't find anything strange about Ye Mengfu's introverted manner.
"Sure... Teacher Weiba's works..."
"Are excellent! I've... read them all."
Ye Mengfu clasped her hands behind her back.
Rarely, she spoke a lot of words in one breath.
Hearing this, Teacher Weiba showed a kind smile on her face:
"It's my honor."
"Xiaofu, there's a question I really want to ask you in person..."
"In Teacher Jimmy's works, 'Bai Xiaotian' is always depicted in black - and - white line drawings.
Why did you choose to add a red little flower?"
Ye Mengfu's pupils sparkled as she replied:
"I remember it was written in the picture book..."
"In the world of black and white, Bai Xiaotian emits a faint light in the dark corner."
"When I was painting, I thought..."
"What she saw with her eyes might be black and white.
But it shouldn't be the same in her heart."
"The flower in her heart... must be bright!"
...
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
【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.)
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
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.
