Old Xia immediately changed his attitude and hurriedly moved closer to Xia Yiwei again:
"Hey!"
"Vivi, what kind of talk is that?"
"The surname will definitely be Xia."
"That kid Lin Yu is quite capable, huh? How many months along?"
"Have you been to the hospital for a prenatal check-up? Is everything alright?"
As he spoke.
Old Xia also waved at Lin Yu:
"Hey, you there... Lin Yu!"
"What are you standing there for? Come over and support Vivi!"
"Isn't it your child?"
[Ding!]
[A show-off move, the Saint's brilliant scheme enlightened the Spirit Medicine Hall elder, helping him devise a way to break the deadlock!]
[Reward: 100 Spirit Stones]
Lin Yu: "!!!"
100 Spirit Stones?
Oh no, oh no.
A critical hit!
Whenever a reward like this appears, it means Lin Yu's actions have altered the course of events.
Lin Yu provided a "brilliant scheme"?
Are you sure?
What a disaster!
He had a feeling something ominous would happen when he woke from this dream.
An unwelcome voice came from beside Lin Yu:
"Ah, Uncle Xia!!"
"Smack!"
Without even turning his head, Lin Yu swung a backhanded slap.
You still have time to mess around?
Lin Yu wasn't in the mood for this!
Now things are just messed up, right?
After all that circling, he felt like he'd ended up trapping himself.
Seeing Lin Yu standing still, the Spicy Stepmom was quite good at handling the situation.
She quickly walked over to Lin Yu and, with proper decorum, gently patted his arm:
"Congratulations, Lin Yu. We're family from now on."
Lin Yu forced a smile:
"Heh heh, same to you, same to you."
Old Xia, with his hands clasped behind his back, walked towards Lin Yu with an utterly unserious, measured gait:
"Ahem, let's forget about those unpleasant little matters from before. We're family, no need for formalities between us."
"In the future, in Pingchuan, or anywhere in Northern Hebei, if there's anything you want to do, just tell me."
"If you really don't want to marry into the family, I won't force you. Men, you know how it is."
"Whether you two get married or not doesn't matter, just leave the child with the Xia family."
"After all, the lifestyle of the younger generation these days..."
"As long as your hearts are together, you're family!"
As he spoke.
Old Xia pulled the Spicy Stepmom into his arms again.
Lin Yu: "..."
It sounded like a very progressive mindset.
But upon closer thought.
Wasn't he just talking about himself!
Occupying the girl's position without marrying her.
Spending money on her while they're together is fine.
But once they break up unhappily, she gets not a single penny of the assets, right?
The older ginger is spicier!
He's applying his own words and deeds to his daughter and Lin Yu?
He might as well have said nothing.
After he finished speaking.
Lin Yu couldn't help but glance at Xia Yiwei...
The nurse's eyes were already starting to gleam with a green light!
Heavens!
Is she about to mutate?
At the same time.
"Buzz buzz... buzz buzz..."
A piercing buzzing sound echoed in Lin Yu's mind.
Lin Yu: "!!!"
The dream world collapsing?
At this very moment!
Don't.
At least let Lin Yu say a few more words!
...
Just a few seconds later.
The opulent scene before his eyes vanished, and Lin Yu woke up, opening his eyes in his bedroom bed.
He got up, went to the fridge, took out a bottle of cold water, and gulped it down.
He hadn't paid much attention to the nurse's personal life before and never really inquired about her family situation.
Seeing it in the dream today was worse than not seeing it at all!
Every single person in that family had a weird vibe.
If there was one normal person...
It might only be that Spicy Stepmom!
Clear goals, adaptable, knows her place, acts appropriately.
The epitome of a model employee, a perfectly normal vibe.
The rest of them, sigh.
Truly hard to describe in a few words.
"Buzz buzz... buzz buzz..."
The buzzing noise seemed to still be ringing even after leaving the dream?
Lin Yu rubbed his ears and shook his head.
Maybe he got poisoned in the dream?
But isn't he out now?
Holy crap!
Inception? A dream within a dream?
Lin Yu calmed his mind, carefully listening to the frequency and direction of the sound...
Oh.
It's just his damn phone vibrating!!
Lin Yu went back to the bedside and picked up his phone from beside the pillow.
It's only a little past 4 a.m., who calls at this hour for no reason?
Lin Yu took a closer look: "!!!"
Nurse, Xia Yiwei!
This is bad, really bad.
Right now.
Xia Yiwei should be, like Lin Yu, having just woken up from the dream.
Calling so eagerly...
Could it be she got some inspiration from the dream?
To say that Xia Yiwei, both in the apartment and within the sect,
wasn't one of Lin Yu's targets would be a lie.
But seeing her father in the dream left Lin Yu utterly dumbfounded.
Asking Lin Yu to deal and interact with that kind of person? No way!
Please don't let one badly planted tree lead to the chopping down of all the good ones.
Completely not worth the loss!
Watching the phone screen flash, the call still connecting.
Lin Yu adjusted his state and chose to answer the call:
"Hello... Vivi? Why are you calling so late..."
A weak, listless voice perfectly mimicking someone just woken from sleep.
Then.
A loud and excited voice came through the phone:
"Little Master, happy birthday!"
Lin Yu couldn't help but frown, knowing she definitely wasn't calling just to offer birthday wishes.
He lay back on the bed and responded:
"Thanks, appreciate it..."
"But didn't you already say that at midnight?"
"Vivi, you're on night shift at the hospital right now, right?"
Xia Yiwei said happily:
"Yeah, yeah, Little Master, you care about me so much."
"You even know what I'm doing so clearly, hehe!"
Lin Yu said helplessly:
"Weren't you the one who told me you were on night shift today when we were chatting on WeChat after midnight?"
Xia Yiwei: "Oh, did I? I forgot if you didn't mention it."
Lin Yu: "So, what exactly do you want to say? You're not just harassing me to keep me from sleeping, are you?"
Going around in circles felt like waiting for judgment to fall.
Lin Yu didn't want to experience that feeling.
So.
He straightforwardly asked, getting straight to the point.
After a moment of hesitation on the other end of the line, she said:
"It's just that it's quiet on night shift, a bit boring. I wanted to tell you, Little Master, I prepared a birthday gift for you."
Lin Yu: "..."
That was a masterful thing to say.
Said absolutely nothing!
Lin Yu pressed further:
"Thank you, and then?"
Another, longer silence. Xia Yiwei on the other end seemed to have made up her mind.
She spoke again in a serious tone:
"And then I was thinking... Little Master, could you lend me something?"
...
(Bonus chapter delivered. That's all for today's updates. More to come tomorrow. Goodnight, everyone!)
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!
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...
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?"
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?"
