[Ding!]
[Godlike play! The Saint's masterful skills leave his Dao companions in awe!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones]
[Ding!]
[Godlike play, the Saint's masterful skills…]
[Ding!]
[Godlike play…]
[…]
A relentless streak of golden headshots kept triggering spirit stone rewards from the three girls.
To Lin Yu’s surprise and delight, the biggest "experience farm" among them turned out to be Shen Jiuyi.
Shen Buyao and Huang Feirong would only get excited enough to trigger 50 spirit stones after killing three or four opponents.
But Shen Jiuyi was different—every time an enemy died, the system would announce the "Honored Elder of the Star-Gazing Pavilion" notification.
Bringing her over to spectate was absolutely the right call!
At first, Shen Buyao and Huang Feirong’s taunting duo act got some reactions from their opponents.
But once the kill count hit 10-0, the other side clearly lost their cool.
Apart from spamming curses like "Damn," "F," and "Holy s," they had no proper comebacks to the girls’ mockery.
Even so, the two weren’t about to let up. They only doubled down.
Huang Feirong: "Oh? How’d you die again without even seeing anyone? Little bro, you using your backside to look at the screen or what?"
Shen Buyao: "I’m slaughtering here, dude. Can you at least put up a fight? Dying over a dozen times at home—should I call your family to collect the body?"
Huang Feirong: "Weren’t you calling me trash, little bro? Why can’t even hold your gun steady? Need your buddies to prop it up for you?"
Shen Buyao: "Try peeking again. Go on, one more time—I’ll blast you so hard you’ll piss yourself!"
Opponent: "GODDAMN IT!! Are you hacking or what?!"
"..."
By the time the kill count reached 25-0, the enemy team’s feeder finally rage-quit.
Losing wasn’t the embarrassing part.
The real shame was having to call a girl "Daddy."
Knowing they stood no chance, running was the only option.
No one was surprised.
Huang Feirong cheered over the headset:
"Hahaha, he ran! Lin Yu, you’re a legend! All hail Lin Yu!"
Shen Buyao grabbed Lin Yu’s shoulders excitedly:
"Hah! Scram, loser! I knew no one could match Dead Lin Yu’s APM!"
Shen Jiuyi: "You sure know his hand speed well."
Huang Feirong: "Wow, Buyao, you’ve been eating good, huh?"
Shen Buyao: "Both of you, piss off!"
Lin Yu took off his headphones, shaking his head with a smirk:
"With skills like that, they weren’t worth my full effort."
Shen Buyao pulled Shen Jiuyi forward:
"How about a showdown between the King and Queen of FPS?"
"Hey, Big Cow, you always wreck me—think you can take on Dead Lin Yu today?"
When it came to gaming challenges, Shen Jiuyi had never backed down before.
But this time…
She knew she was outmatched.
Lin Yu turned, mimicking Shen Jiuyi’s aloof tone:
"So you’re the so-called ‘Queen of FPS’?"
Shen Jiuyi: "..."
Faced with his cocky grin, she replied calmly:
"My name’s Shen Jiuyi. Pass."
Shen Buyao leaned in, grinning:
"Whoa! Never thought I’d see the day!"
"Big Cow actually chickened out!"
Shen Jiuyi’s eyebrow twitched. She shot back:
"Better to chicken out than call him ‘Daddy’ like you."
Shen Buyao pointed at the screen:
"Are your eyes glued to your ass?"
"Did you miss the part where I won?"
"If I won, why would I call anyone Daddy?"
Huang Feirong’s voice crackled through the speakers with the finishing blow:
"Pffft—Jiuyi wasn’t talking about the game, dummy."
Shen Buyao blinked, slow on the uptake:
"Huh? What do you mean not the game? This is literally…"
Then it hit her.
Her face flushed crimson: "You f—"
Shen Jiuyi: "That’s ‘Grandma’ to you."
Shen Buyao gritted her teeth, swallowing the insult.
Lin Yu, still in his chair: "..."
Hanging out with these antique-circle folks required nerves of steel.
If you were even slightly introverted, you’d never keep up with their banter.
Half the time, Lin Yu didn’t even realize what was happening before he was strapped onto their high-speed train of chaos.
……
They killed time playing a few rounds of Search & Destroy, waiting for the Dance Revolution event at midnight.
At one point, Shen Jiuyi tactfully excused herself from the Treasureless Pavilion.
Using "playing KOF with Sister Hong (Huang Feirong’s mom)" as an excuse, she gave Lin Yu and Shen Buyao some space.
After she left, the atmosphere in the shop grew… charged.
Shen Buyao dragged a small wooden stool over, squeezing herself next to Lin Yu in the cramped space.
As if Lin Yu was the type to stay passive.
These weren’t just casual Dao companions—they were intimate allies with maxed-out affinity. What was there to hide?
"Shh, focus on the dance first…"
Even though she was the one crowding him, Shen Buyao was the one telling him to behave.
Her eyes kept darting toward the shop window.
No customers were around, but the shadows of passersby still flickered outside.
If anyone were to peek over right now, they’d definitely catch the two of them being all lovey-dovey.
Shen Buyao was infamous in Ghost Market Street for her fierce, no-nonsense demeanor.
How could she let anyone see her acting all soft and girly?
So embarrassing!
And to make matters worse—
Her voice call with Rongrong was still connected.
If they spoke even a little too loudly, the other end would pick up some… questionable noises.
Lin Yu covered the mic and whispered:
"How can you expect me to behave when someone as stunning as you sits this close, wearing that sleek satin qipao dress?"
"Buyao, you’re being downright cruel here."
Shen Buyao swatted his hand off her thigh, scrunching her face in mock annoyance:
"Cut the sweet talk. Your big sis here isn’t falling for that flattery."
[Ding!]
[Masterful move! The Saint’s honeyed words have delighted his Daoist partner!]
[Reward: 50 spirit stones.]
See?
No matter how tough a girl acts, she’ll always melt at her boyfriend’s compliments.
Even when she knows it’s deliberate charm, it still feels good.
Same logic as giving flowers.
They’ll say, "These’ll just wilt in a few days—what a waste of money!"
But when the bouquet actually arrives? Pure joy.
Soon enough, Lin Yu’s smooth talk worked its magic.
Shen Buyao glanced at the window, hesitated for a moment…
Then finally got up and drew the curtains shut.
With the frosted spiral-patterned glass as a shield, the counter area became their own little private world.
As she settled back beside Lin Yu, her cheeks flushed as she muttered:
"Don’t get any ideas! I just didn’t want interruptions while you’re helping me grind later."
......
(Bonus chapter delivered! That’s all for today—back to the grind tomorrow!)
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?"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
