"Little Yu, now... that girl must believe we're a couple, right?"
"Ha, we played the part of lovebirds pretty well, didn't we?"
Given Mao Ruirui's emotional intelligence, she couldn't think of a better way to phrase it.
She said this purely to spare Lin Yu the awkwardness of not knowing how to react.
It was also her way of giving the impulsive young man plenty of leeway.
Unexpectedly.
This lifeline landed right in the depths of Lin Yu's heart.
Lin Yu looked at Mao Ruirui with a stunned expression.
He froze for a few seconds.
Then, lowering his head dejectedly, he murmured:
"Yeah... yeah, I guess we fooled her..."
"Seems like I still..."
At this point.
Lin Yu deliberately paused, leaving an unspoken ellipsis for the regret in his heart.
Mao Ruirui’s heart suddenly clenched: "!!!"
From Lin Yu's reaction, she realized she’d said the wrong thing!
How could she be so dense...
Little Yu must have been serious just now, right?
He was trying to express his feelings through action.
A guy his age would only act on impulse for a girl he really liked!
And yet she’d said something like that...
Dismissing all of Little Yu’s actions as just "helping out" or "playing pretend lovers."
No wonder he was upset!
Mao Ruirui visibly panicked.
She had to clear things up.
She couldn’t let Little Yu think this was just some casual favor.
She... she was serious too!
Mao Ruirui: "Little Yu, I just—"
Lin Yu: "Ruirui-jie, let’s keep running."
Not giving Mao Ruirui a chance to explain.
Lin Yu stood up straight and issued his "command."
Being too eager to show all his cards wasn’t a good thing.
Sometimes, leaving things hanging worked better than rushing into a relationship.
After all, he’d already made his feelings clear through action.
Letting Mao Ruirui nurse a little guilt.
Would only make her easier to handle later.
As usual, Mao Ruirui couldn’t "defy" Lin Yu.
She could only suppress her guilt for now and focus on finishing their morning jog.
She’d find another time to explain things properly to Little Yu.
But how should she explain...
Admit she wasn’t just pretending but had genuinely lost herself in that kiss?
How embarrassing!
Even if she wanted to explain, it wasn’t easy to put into words!
......
In the time that followed.
The two continued their morning run, each lost in their own thoughts.
Mao Ruirui’s mind was entirely occupied by what had just happened.
Between savoring the memory and scolding herself for failing to respond properly.
Meanwhile, Lin Yu.
Was busy preparing for the routines of a brand-new day.
A lottery draw and some shopping!
He opened the familiar system interface:
[Sect Contribution: 1280]
[Spirit Stones: 4950]
[Free Draw Attempts: 2]
Today’s sect contribution and spirit stones showed little change from yesterday, with only a slight increase.
Nowadays, Lin Yu had numerous skills at his disposal.
Plus, he had backup antiques ready to cover any financial needs.
Food, drinks, daily expenses—he lacked nothing.
Refreshing the lottery a few times a day and saving up spirit stones to buy novelties had become his greatest joy.
With sect contributions and free draws combined, he had eight attempts in total.
Lin Yu input the number into the virtual wheel and quietly waited for the results.
[Void Formation Talisman ×3]
[Ghost Hand Talisman ×2]
[Red Canopy Dragon-Tiger Pill ×1]
[Mundane Worldly Item ×1]
Out of the seven draws, the prizes were all familiar items.
Lin Yu was especially pleased with the three [Void Formation Talismans].
Back at the Shen family’s old residence, he’d already experienced the power of the Void Formation firsthand.
With it, he essentially had an ultra-fast computer no one else knew about!
Any unexpected situations could be handled anytime, anywhere!
Aside from these rewards.
Lin Yu turned his attention to a newly acquired skill.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the secret technique: Extreme Dao Heavenly Formation!]
[Description: "Awakened by the abyss of ten trillion rays, quantum soul-fire etches the steles. This formation belongs only to the scrolls of the stars—mortals need not ask its secrets."]
The moment the skill merged with him.
Lin Yu instantly grasped its nature from the cryptic description.
A formation ability!
Translated into reality, it meant computer skills.
A network technology surpassing even the [Thirty-Six Heavenly Constellations Formation] and [Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Formation]!
Previously, after assimilating the combined skills of Maomao and Ying’er.
And with all his various buffs.
Lin Yu’s computer skills had already far surpassed both girls.
Now, with the Extreme Dao Heavenly Formation in hand.
"Surpass" felt like an understatement.
Even if the legendary Aunt Ruxue were to face him.
Lin Yu dared to declare she’d be no match!
His confidence wasn’t in his own abilities but in the system’s power.
With this skill now his.
Lin Yu almost wished Aunt Ruxue would show up sooner.
Just to see what kind of figure she really was!
With the lottery concluded, Lin Yu opened the system shop.
Checking if there was anything worth buying today.
Yesterday’s spirit stones had all gone into new talismans.
Today’s talisman section had nothing fresh to offer.
Another [Void Formation Talisman] had restocked.
But with four already in storage.
He wasn’t in urgent need of more.
Better to save his spirit stones for something truly worthwhile!
Today’s shop, however, wasn’t completely devoid of treasures.
[—Indoor Equipment—]
[(Mermaid Attire) Price: 3000]
[(Spring Canopy for the Wilds) Price: 4000]
[Available Spirit Stones: 4950]
Lin Yu still had one "X-clan attire" in his inventory.
But the right occasion for it hadn’t come up yet.
The name [Spring Canopy for the Wilds] was oddly contradictory.
Logically speaking.
Items under "Indoor Equipment" were explicitly meant for room use only.
Yet "for the Wilds" clearly implied the outdoors.
Wasn’t that a conflict?
The more contradictory it seemed, the more Lin Yu wanted to try it!
Fortunately, his current spirit stone reserves were just enough—otherwise, he’d be scratching his head in frustration.
Daily life demanded as many spirit stones as possible.
[Ding! Purchase successful: Spring Canopy for the Wilds...]
[Spring Canopy for the Wilds (Room-use only, Dao Partner required)]
[Description: "The canopy gathers mist where cranes alight; gauzy veils half-shroud the moon’s pale light. Not for hiding golden valley’s fair guest—once it waited by Blue Bridge for jade’s behest."]
The poetic description was beautiful.
But Lin Yu gleaned almost no practical information from it!
Seemed like mere observation wouldn’t reveal its purpose.
Only by finding a Dao partner and testing it in a room could he uncover its effects!
......
Beside him, Mao Ruirui only saw Lin Yu’s silence.
Unaware of all the scheming happening behind the scenes.
After wrestling with her thoughts for a long time, she finally settled on an explanation that didn’t sound too awkward.
As they slowed at a turn.
Mao Ruirui spoke up again: "Little Yu, I—"
Lin Yu: "Ruirui-jie, what time are we heading to Xiaoxiao’s place this morning? I don’t think we ever settled on that."
Once again, her carefully prepared words were cut off.
Did she really think turning the tables would be that easy?
Lin Yu wasn’t about to let that happen.
......
(Here's an extra update for today. I'll keep working hard tomorrow. I sincerely hope you all can spare some time to watch an ad or two to support this little author.)
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?!
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?!
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
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!
