The shop owner wasn’t the least bit surprised by Lin Yu’s retort.
Who couldn’t spout a few lines like “I’m great at shopping” or “I’m a pro at bargaining”?
Leaning in, the shop owner lowered her voice and said,
“You look so handsome—must be a top university student, right?”
“How about 100 yuan for a pair? Just for you!”
“But don’t go telling anyone else this price, or I won’t be able to sell anything else.”
“Handsome, keep it between us, alright?”
An absolutely masterful sales pitch!
Her tone, expression, and timing—flawless in every way.
Even drama students couldn’t replicate half her skill!
Chen Qimeng watched anxiously from the side.
Would Lin Yu just pay up without a fight?
Those shorts were worth 50 or 60 yuan at most.
If he gave in now, she’d have no chance to step in.
But then again…
Lin Yu was tugging at her hand again, signaling her to stay quiet.
Normally, she rarely got the chance to go shopping with Lin Yu.
Let alone in a clothing market where prices were notoriously inflated.
If she didn’t speak up, he’d really end up overpaying!
However, Chen Qimeng didn’t know—
Back when Lin Yu was living on his own, he’d learned to haggle like a pro just to save money.
A performance?
Who could possibly outmatch him?
Lin Yu glanced at the shorts and nodded politely.
“Thanks, sis, but 100 is still a bit…”
“I’ll check out other stalls first. You go ahead.”
As he spoke, he slowly moved to hang the shorts back—deliberately dragging out the motion to give the shop owner time to react.
“Handsome, 100 really isn’t expensive! Where else are you gonna look?”
“I’m telling you, this cut is exclusive to my stall. Go ahead and compare!”
“How much were you thinking? Name a price, let’s hear it.”
“If it works, you save time, I make a sale—win-win, right?”
“Pretty lady, don’t you think? Ah, you two are such a good-looking couple!”
“I run this shop all day and hardly ever see a pair as stunning as you.”
The shop owner shifted tactics.
Chen Qimeng did look noticeably younger, true.
But standing next to Lin Yu, the age gap was still obvious.
What older woman wouldn’t love being called beautiful? Or being told she and her younger partner made a great match?
Seeing Chen Qimeng stay silent all this time, dressed so stylishly and eye-catching…
She probably wasn’t much of a haggler.
Maybe even the one bankrolling her younger boyfriend!
With that line, the shop owner was testing—was Chen Qimeng a “generous older woman”?
If she guessed right…
Wouldn’t the next words be, “We’ll take it”?
Too bad.
Normally, Chen Qimeng would’ve taken charge.
But today, she had to follow Lin Yu’s lead and keep quiet.
While the shop owner talked, Lin Yu finally—slowly—hung the shorts back up.
Naming a price now would still show he was eager to buy.
He waved a hand politely.
“Thanks, sis.”
“My girlfriend and I weren’t planning to spend that much.”
“Look at what I’m wearing—knockoffs, head to toe, all under 100 yuan.”
He said it, but didn’t actually walk away.
If he dragged Chen Qimeng off now…
The shop owner would just move on to other customers!
She wasn’t relying on one pair of shorts to pay the bills.
Only by leaving room for her to keep pitching could the negotiation continue.
Meanwhile, Chen Qimeng…
[Ding!]
[Masterful move—publicly acknowledging your relationship with the acting sect leader, secretly delighting her!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones.]
Earlier, she’d wanted to speak but was stopped.
Now, even if she could talk, she was too flustered to form words.
Chen Qimeng gripped Lin Yu’s hand tightly, avoiding the shop owner’s gaze.
She shopped here often!
Would the shop owner recognize her?
Realize she and Lin Yu were a “couple”?
Would it seem strange?
Would people think something was wrong with her?
Head bowed, Chen Qimeng kept glancing away—only to sneak quick looks at the shop owner’s reaction.
She desperately wanted to know…
If she and Lin Yu really were…
Would others disapprove?
Chen Qimeng was stealthily observing the shop owner.
The shop owner, meanwhile, was scrutinizing Lin Yu’s outfit!
All knockoffs?
Which supplier did he get these from?
They looked so real!
How had she never heard of this source before?
The shop owner pulled the shorts back off the rack.
“Oh, come on, handsome—quality’s totally different, trust me!”
“You shop a lot, you know how it is.”
“80 yuan, just to get you as a return customer. Don’t make me beg all day.”
Lin Yu hadn’t named a price, yet the shop owner dropped to 80—meaning…
There was still plenty of room to go lower!
Now was not the time to blurt out something like “How about 30?” or “20?”
If the customer slashed the price too harshly,
It’d feel like a slap to the shop owner’s face.
Who’d enjoy being disrespected like that?
Lin Yu took the shorts back, inspecting them carefully.
Then he turned to Chen Qimeng.
“Qimeng, do you think these look good on me?”
Chen Qimeng snapped out of her thoughts—and froze.
The current situation…
Should she say they looked good or not?
She could vaguely guess Lin Yu wanted her to play along.
But they hadn’t discussed it beforehand, and this was their first time here.
How could they possibly sync up perfectly?
A hint would’ve been nice.
But Lin Yu just kept staring at her earnestly, no expression or eye signal at all.
Even the shop owner was thrown off.
She’d seen this act countless times.
But Lin Yu’s genuinely curious tone and expression showed zero signs of it being staged!
Then Chen Qimeng’s reply left the shop owner even more confused.
“They do look nice…”
After some thought, Chen Qimeng decided to be honest.
After all…
She’d picked these shorts for Lin Yu herself.
What if he really did want her opinion?
Saying they looked bad would contradict her earlier stance.
The shop owner didn’t dwell on it, quickly jumping in:
“See, pretty lady? Your boyfriend would rock these.”
“Let me grab you a fresh pair—this one can stay on display.”
At this point, Lin Yu finally made his move—mentioning price and interest for the first time…
“Sis, I really do want them.”
“Just knock it down a bit more, make it a fair deal, and we’ll browse for some tops too.”
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
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.”
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!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
