After seeing the nurse sister out of the bedroom, Lin Yu felt as if he had just fought a tough battle.
The increasingly lenient conditions presented to him had genuinely shaken his resolve.
A day to think it over?
Might as well have him give the answer on the spot right then.
This kind of maneuver was usually something he pulled on others.
Today, it was actually being used on him!
As a seasoned player, how could Lin Yu not know the inevitable outcome?
When the other person says "take a day to think," your immediate, subconscious first reaction is actually the final answer.
There's absolutely no chance of it changing!
It's all just about putting on a bit of an act, not agreeing too quickly and appearing frivolous.
After the two of them went downstairs together, almost everyone had arrived at the apartment.
Aunt Qimeng and Mao Ruirui were busy in the kitchen cooking noodles.
Everyone else was gathered in small groups, taking photos.
Our photographer was none other than classmate Chi Qingshui!
For today, Lin Yu had specially brought out his DSLR camera and handed it over to Big Chi.
This gave her academic photography skills a chance to shine.
Loving to take photos really is an innate trait of girls.
Even the usually shy and introverted Little Fufu joined in, blending into the group for pictures.
Of course.
All the photos were group shots with at least two people.
Asking her to take a solo shot was absolutely out of the question!
Lin Yu, as today's "photo spot," took a picture with each girl present individually.
Everyone's poses were different, but their underlying intention was surprisingly consistent.
Lin Yu used to really like that saying...
To hold one person's hand, he shook hands with everyone.
To hug one person, he hugged the entire class.
In today's setting, his feeling wasn't just similar, it was completely different.
He specifically wanted to take a commemorative photo with each girl individually.
In the fu...ture.
He might even be able to take them out and reminisce with her, and her, and her, and her...
Chi Qingshui: "Lin Yu, can you change your pose?"
Lin Yu: "Didn't I change? I did change."
Shen Buyao: "Yeah, right. You've had the same pose from the start. You look so stiff."
Lin Yu: "Quick, say 'peh peh peh' to ward it off! What kind of day is today? Can you say the word 'dead'?"
(Shen Buyao whispers: Peh peh peh...)
Chi Qingchi: "Maybe guys are all like this when taking photos?"
Lin Yu: "Xiao Chi, how many guys have you taken photos with?"
Chi Qingchi: "Don't talk nonsense, Xiao Lin, I haven't!"
Tang Yimian: "How about trying a peace sign?"
Lin Yu: "Senior, is a 'V for victory' sign any less stiff?"
Mo Shangying: "Little Yu, let me take one with Little Fufu and Sister Yaoyao. You think about your pose for now."
Ye Mengfu: "Mhm."
"..."
Just as Lin Yu thought everyone would welcome the lunch longevity noodles in a joyful atmosphere...
That girl who had rested for a few hours, the one who stirs up storms, was back...
"Excuse me, everyone."
"Please quiet down for a moment. I have something to say."
A soft, gentle voice echoed thunderously throughout the entire living room.
Lin Yu: "!!!"
He looked in shock towards the area below the TV... at the power strip!
Holy crap!
Where did that speaker come from!
It definitely wasn't there when he came down just now.
Maomao she... ber... she this this...
Do hackers have such a complete set of electronic gear?
It's just a birthday party, no need to make it such a grand production!
Instantly.
Everyone at the scene fell silent.
Their gazes swiveled uniformly towards one spot.
They were respectively:
In the kitchen cooking noodles: [Chen Qimeng], [Mao Ruirui].
Taking photos for everyone: [Chi Qingshui], [Chi Qingchi].
Squeezing in front of the camera, the trio watching the game: [Mo Shangying], [Ye Mengfu], [Shen Buyao].
In front of the TV playing games, covering their ears because the speaker suddenly got loud: [Shen Jiuyi], [Du Ruxue].
Who had moved the dining table into the living room: [Xia Yiwei], [Tang Yimian].
Playing with the puppy: [Chang Xiaoxiao], [Fang Xinran].
([Xia Xiashan] and [Huang Feirong] had not yet arrived, [Xiang Tiange] was on the way after receiving the invitation.)
Maomao, holding the microphone, feeling the sudden silence enveloping the room...
Froze in place, her face flushed red!
Lin Yu: "..."
If you haven't figured out what to say to everyone, maybe don't ask for silence first?
How awkward!
How long would this silence last before someone spoke up?
However.
The speed at which the silence was broken was faster than Lin Yu imagined.
It didn't require anyone else's encouragement, just one look from Aunt Ruxue that seemed to say she was waiting to see a joke!
Maomao only needed to glance at Aunt Ruxue, and it was like she got a shot of adrenaline, quickly regaining her composure.
"Distinguished guests, dear friends and family, before we eat, there's one more thing we need to do."
"This requires the cooperation of our birthday star and is a very important part of today's birthday celebration."
Lin Yu looked at Maomao suspiciously.
What's the meaning of this? What kind of scheme is she planning?
Lin Yu was completely unprepared for this!
Of course.
The entire schedule was all in Maomao's mind.
She hadn't breathed a word of it to a second person, so everyone was very curious.
Maomao continued:
"Next..."
"Please, today's birthday star, distribute the name badges to everyone!"
All the women present: "???"
Lin Yu: "???"
May I ask...
What is the meaning of this bizarre segment?
Distributing name badges?!
What is this? High school?
Do we need to check if name badges are worn at the door?
Who needs to wear a damn name badge for a birthday party!
Just as everyone was plunged into confusion, Maomao walked up to Lin Yu holding a plastic box that rattled and clattered.
Holding the microphone, she said in a voice everyone could hear:
"Birthday star, this special golden name badge is your exclusive one."
"Inside the box are different name badges. Please choose and assign them for everyone to wear based on your preference."
Lin Yu took the box and the name badge printed with the word "Birthday Star"...
His mind went blank for several seconds.
The name badges themselves weren't special—the kind with a safety pin, easily clipped onto clothing.
What was special was...
This damn ridiculous segment!!
He'd heard of wearing corsages at weddings, but name badges at a birthday party was a first!
What the hell is this?
Treating my birthday like a wedding ceremony?
You're the host, not a wedding MC!
What was even more fatal...
The words printed on the badges inside the box!
Wife, lover, ambiguous relationship, ex-girlfriend, bestie, good friend, classmate, relative, friend, close buddy... and even "bed buddy"?
Where did you buy these from, some bootleg website?!
What legitimate store sells stuff like this!
And you want Lin Yu to hand them out personally? Might as well just finish him off right here.
Who gets which one?
Twenty or thirty badges, not a single one repeated!
Couldn't even assign two "bed buddy" badges if he wanted.
Of course.
Lin Yu wouldn't dare do that either.
If he really did that, next year's birthday would probably be his death anniversary.
Perished under a flurry of kitchen knives...
A joint homicide by over a dozen people where the law can't punish all!
He never expected.
Having dodged Aunt Ruxue's public persecution...
He wouldn't dodge Maomao's unintentional murder!
...
(First update of the day. As usual, there will be bonus chapters for you all in the evening!)
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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!
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.”
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?"
