Gou Feng scratched his face in response to Shi Yanhai's bewildered remark and said,
"Why would they show up together... Old Zhao, what do you think?"
Zhao Bin furrowed his brows and retorted,
"What do I think? I’m peeking right now! Big Gao, what’s your take?"
Gao Yumin sighed, propping his hands on his knees.
For someone as tall as him, crouching to hide was exhausting!
When the topic landed on him, his response was downright outrageous:
"What’s my take? I say the three of them are... flying together!"
"What the hell else can I say? Maybe we should ask that driver—did Little Chi and Lin Yu kiss in the car?"
"At dinner the other day, wasn’t Lin Yu surrounded by a whole table of women? Now there’s just two—what’s the big deal?"
"Lin Yu’s just playing at a higher level. And here you all are, acting like spies. I can only squat for five minutes max!"
"My knees are still messed up from basketball!"
Shi Yanhai grimaced: "..."
Gao Yumin’s words were downright vulgar!
But he couldn’t lose his temper now.
If they started arguing, wouldn’t they just give themselves away?
What’s the point of hiding then?
Logically speaking,
Lin Yu and Little Chi had gone to the comic convention together, and he even won her a gold award.
Shi Yanhai had seen the award ceremony!
The way Lin Yu and Little Chi exchanged flirtatious glances—could that be fake?
Even if Chi Qingshui had once had feelings for Lin Yu,
how could she possibly tolerate this kind of behavior?
Wouldn’t that make her a complete fool?
Something’s off!
There must be a problem somewhere!
When Shi Yanhai came to this neighborhood, he hadn’t expected things to turn out like this.
So when he saw Lin Yu and both Chi sisters show up together,
he instinctively hid, wanting to gather intel in secret.
Maybe...
the three of them were just close friends?
Damn it!
For now, he could only cling to this ridiculous idea for some peace of mind.
...
[Ding!]
[A critical hit! The Saint’s dashing entrance has demoralized the entire Blazing Sea Demon Squad!]
[Reward: Spirit Stones 50+20+20+20]
Their whispered conversation,
unbeknownst to them,
had already drifted into Lin Yu’s ears with the wind.
So it was the minibus driver.
He’d guessed it wasn’t the club members who leaked the fake address.
Little Chi’s "unnecessary worry" had seemed excessive to Lin Yu at first.
But now, it looked like she was just being "wise and far-sighted"!
The fake address had worked like a charm!
Poor these four old classmates.
Hiding in the damp bushes after the rain was no picnic.
Stay too long, and their skin would start itching like crazy.
Speaking of skin,
Lin Yu deliberately moved to Chi Qingshui’s side, taking the camera from her hands.
At the same time,
using the cover of their three-person formation, he playfully pinched her arm.
[Ding!]
[A masterstroke! The secret intimate gesture has left the Library Elder both flustered and shy!]
[Reward: Spirit Stones 50]
Chi Qingshui didn’t dare look at Lin Yu: "!!!"
To avoid arousing Little Chi’s suspicion,
she had to act like nothing happened, keeping her expression neutral as she walked forward.
But Lin Yu wasn’t done with just a pinch.
As he lowered his hand, he lightly poked her palm.
Chi Qingshui clenched her fist, as if ready to snap his finger off.
Without even needing to look down, Lin Yu traced his fingers over hers,
the faint touches sending ripples through her heart.
Especially when she heard Lin Yu humming softly:
"Spinning round and round, becoming us~ a lingering touch~"
"Left in the hearts of those who’ve loved~ warming them up~"
Chi Qingshui pressed her lips together, fighting to keep her "fox tail" from wagging.
Their secret finger-play was invisible to Little Chi,
but from this angle, the Demon Squad had a front-row seat!
[Ding!]
[Fury Unleashed! The Saint’s intimate gesture with the Library Elder has dealt a critical blow to the Blazing Sea Demon Squad’s leader!]
[Reward: Spirit Stones 100+20+20+20]
Shi Yanhai gripped the grass in front of him—literally "grasping at straws"—seething with hatred for Lin Yu!
What the hell was going on?
This gesture...
Did Little Chi not see it?
No.
Lin Yu was deliberately hiding it from her!
What did that mean?
Chi Qingshui and Lin Yu were sneaking around, while Little Chi and Lin Yu were flaunting it openly?
Was Chi Qingshui the one... stealing her little sister’s boyfriend?
What was so great about Lin Yu anyway?
A scumbag, a bastard, a shameless womanizer!
Shi Yanhai wanted to charge out and denounce Lin Yu to his face.
But then again,
he didn’t have the guts...
Not that he was afraid to fight Lin Yu one-on-one.
He just couldn’t bear to expose the fact that his "goddess" was secretly fooling around with Lin Yu behind her sister’s back!
Shi Yanhai wanted to shut up, but his buddies weren’t about to let him.
Gou Feng and Zhao Bin were just stunned, but Gao Yumin, already riled up, couldn’t help but marvel:
"Oh man, oh man, Class Monitor, did you see that?"
"You totally misjudged the situation. You didn’t read their intentions at all."
"Big Chi isn’t heartbroken at all—he’s clearly enjoying himself!"
"Why does it feel like they’re sneaking around, hiding it from Little Chi?"
"Tsk tsk tsk… Could it be that the older sister stole the younger sister’s boyfriend…?"
"Big Chi…"
Before the mocking words could fully leave his mouth,
Gao Yumin didn’t dare to continue.
Because the two blades of grass Shi Yanhai had been gripping were now torn apart in anger.
At this moment,
Shi Yanhai was glaring furiously at Gao Yumin,
as if one more word out of him would send Shi Yanhai lunging forward to settle their internal dispute first.
Gao Yumin just wanted to rile up the class monitor—he wasn’t actually looking for a fight.
As a certified slacker,
getting through daily assignments and passing exams in every subject
relied heavily on Shi Yanhai’s help.
Shi Yanhai wasn’t exactly a top student in their class or department,
but in their dorm, he was definitely the highest achiever.
Teasing him was one thing,
but if things went too far, there’d be no easy way to smooth things over later.
"Big Gao, cut it out. No need to be so damn crude with your words,"
even the peacemaker Zhao Bin couldn’t take it anymore.
Turning to Shi Yanhai, he added,
"Monitor, Big Gao’s words might’ve been harsh, but…"
"Looking at the situation now, shouldn’t we just leave?"
"Chi Qingshui and Lin Yu aren’t even fighting—they’re still together, getting ready to take photos!"
Gou Feng glanced around and muttered,
"Leave? How the hell do we leave now? Where do we go?"
"There’s a damn pond behind us!"
Lin Yu overheard their hushed whispers and felt smug.
Leave?
After he’d come all this way?
No way he’d let them off so easily!
Besides,
how could a few minions from the "Demon Squad" shake the resolve of their "leader"?
From the system’s intel,
Shi Yanhai wasn’t the type to give up so easily.
Either way,
there was no friendship to be had between them.
Even if Lin Yu didn’t say anything,
they’d still go around tarnishing his reputation.
Might as well…
Lin Yu turned his gaze toward Little Chi…
...
(First update today—there’ll still be bonus chapters later!)

grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)

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.”

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!

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!