In the apartment.
Inside Mo Shangying's room.
Having just finished lunch, Mo Shangying had no intention of taking a nap.
She had woken up so late that she wasn’t the least bit tired.
Picking up her phone, she called her best friend Ye Mengfu on voice chat:
"Little Fufu, are you busy?"
"I’m so bored, and it seems like Master isn’t in the apartment either."
"Wanna come play games with me?"
Ye Mengfu, who was usually always ready to indulge her,
this time gave an unusually firm reply:
"Sorry, Ying'er..."
"I’m painting right now."
"It’s a very urgent piece."
Though Mo Shangying felt a little puzzled, she didn’t press further.
Occasionally,
when Ye Mengfu took on illustration work,
she would indeed lock herself in her room and refuse to come out.
With other things, Ye Mengfu might be vague and completely spoil Ying'er,
but when it came to painting,
nothing and no one could take priority.
Despite Ye Mengfu’s usual quiet demeanor,
Mo Shangying knew better than to throw a tantrum and disturb her at a time like this.
"Alright, alright, looks like I’ll be lonely for another couple of days then."
"Make sure you come find me once you’re done, Fufu!"
Ye Mengfu earnestly agreed over the call.
After hanging up,
Mo Shangying deftly hopped onto her computer chair, crouching in her usual bizarre posture, and started playing games again.
Even though there were so many games on her computer—some even brand-new and untouched—
right now,
they all seemed dull and unappealing.
She couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for them.
Just yesterday, she had been with Lin Yu...
And now, not seeing him today made her feel like a chain-smoker staring at an empty cigarette box.
She picked up her phone and scrolled through her chat history with Lin Yu.
Regarding the birthday party he had mentioned publicly that morning,
Lin Yu naturally hadn’t forgotten to tell Mo Shangying.
After all,
she was the "first girl in his camera’s memory"—
a girl of great strategic significance after his rebirth.
He might overlook others, but never her.
Mo Shangying kept rereading their sparse messages from today,
until suddenly, her eyes lit up...
"That’s it!"
"I can make a game for Little Yu as a gift!"
"No one else will have the same idea!"
When it came to gift-giving,
even the usually carefree Ying'er had been struggling internally after learning the date of his birthday.
But now, crouched in front of her computer, this sudden flash of inspiration
left her with no desire to do anything else.
---
Meanwhile,
inside Ye Mengfu’s room.
A short-sleeved hoodie with a small red flower painted on it hung from a clothesline bathed in sunlight.
Normally, Ye Mengfu would toss summer clothes into the washing machine after wearing them just once.
But this one was an exception—
because of the little red flower Lin Yu had "given her."
If she put it in the washing machine,
the flower would surely be ruined.
So,
Ye Mengfu came up with a painstaking solution...
Hand-washing it!
Not just tossing it into a basin for a quick scrub,
but carefully washing around the painted flower, leaving that spot untouched.
That way,
the next time she went on a date with Lin Yu,
she could confidently wear it again.
Otherwise,
even if the flower remained intact, an unwashed hoodie would go against Lin Yu’s cleanliness habits.
Right now,
Ye Mengfu sat in front of her easel,
working on a painting no larger than a book.
What she was busy with wasn’t some client’s illustration job—
it was a "special gift" she was preparing for Lin Yu!
As an artist,
the most unique gift she could give was naturally her artwork.
Yesterday,
she had already given him the "important original paintings" from the first half of her life.
For next week’s birthday party,
she had to offer something even more extraordinary.
All the unique gifts she had ever received in her life had come from Lin Yu.
In fact,
he had taught her the true meaning of gift-giving.
So,
the gift she was preparing now wasn’t just a single painting—
but an entire book!
Creating a fully hand-painted book on such small pages
was an incredibly time-consuming task.
Otherwise,
she wouldn’t have refused Ying'er’s invitation so bluntly.
Simply put,
what she was doing now was far more important.
---
Inside the Shen family’s ancestral home.
Lin Yu stood outside the door.
It was slightly ajar,
and from inside, he could faintly hear the soft rustling of fabric—
the delicate sound of gauzy clothing being adjusted.
Before stepping out,
Lin Yu had already taken a good look at the two outfits Shen Buyao had brought.
One was a black cheongsam embroidered with gold patterns!
Its front featured a special cut-out design, resembling a black love knot.
Seeing the antique-loving sister in dark, underworld-inspired colors—
this "hellish aesthetic" prison-chic style—
had Lin Yu eagerly anticipating how it would look on her.
The other outfit was one he had seen before.
To be precise,
he had seen it in a dream!
The costume of the Violet Fairy from A Chinese Odyssey!
Before coming to the Shen family home, Lin Yu had genuinely wondered
whether the antique-loving sister would pull out a Violet Fairy outfit
for a dream-come-true cosplay session.
Since Shen Buyao was the one who had created the dream world,
it wasn’t surprising that she owned a set—especially since it wasn’t some fantastical, unrealistic design.
Compared to the moon-white ruqun Shen Buyao was currently wearing,
these two outfits were drastically different in style,
making Lin Yu all the more excited.
To preserve the element of surprise,
Lin Yu hadn’t specified which outfit Shen Buyao should wear first,
leaving the choice entirely up to her.
Whichever one she picked,
he planned to make a few minor adjustments later.
Things like...
loosening a button,
rolling up a sleeve,
or lifting the hem slightly.
Since Shen Buyao had clearly done her homework,
she must have her own expectations for this "photography art."
She had even warned him earlier—
claiming she was a rose with thorns,
the more enchanting, the more dangerous.
If he wanted to cross the line into something beyond friendship,
he’d better think carefully.
Lin Yu had responded with action,
giving the clearest answer possible.
At the very least,
Shen Buyao now had no doubts about his boldness.
Then,
her voice came from inside the room:
"Lin Yu, I’m done changing. You can come in now."
Lin Yu pushed the door open immediately.
"Make sure to close the door properly. Preferably... lock it."
Before he could even get a clear look at Shen Buyao by the bed,
she quickly added another instruction—
reminding him to bolt the door.
Lin Yu’s mind raced.
She wanted the door locked tight?
The antique-loving sister was clearly prepared for anything.
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!
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!
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
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.
