Mo Shangying had talked a big game, but before she actually made her move, she took a glance downward.
After that one look, her whole demeanor changed.
The situation didn't seem to be quite what she expected; it was a bit more serious than she had imagined, wasn't it?
"Little Yu..."
"Isn't this... a little too high?"
Lin Yu remained silent.
Why didn't you say it was high when you were climbing up there to hide?
Now you realize it's high?
What were you thinking before!
Lin Yu wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that whenever the residents of this apartment were involved in a game designed to prank him, they all displayed remarkable patience and fearlessness.
Physical pain? Life-threatening danger? All of that could be tossed aside!
"Sigh, Ying'er, look, Little Master clearly isn't willing to help you."
"Come on, just jump on Big Sister. It's okay even if you crush me to death!"
Xia Yiwei stood on the sidelines, fanning the flames and deliberately talking nonsense.
Did she really think Lin Yu couldn't hear the sarcasm in her voice?
"Alright, alright, move aside."
Helpless, Lin Yu had to step forward and plant his feet firmly.
He looked up at Ying'er, whose eyes were filled with anticipation.
"Did you ever climb out of windows when you were a kid?"
"Step on my shoulder first, then my hand. You need to hold onto the cabinet board up there tightly to keep your balance."
"Once one foot is steady, lower the other one. Got it?"
Lin Yu coached her step by step, terrified that Ying'er might slip up.
[Ding!]
[God-tier operation! The Holy Son's sincere care for his Dao Companion has made the Dao Companion feel deeply reassured!]
[Reward: 50 Spirit Stones]
Xia Yiwei couldn't help but give a thumbs-up from the side, saying, "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Truly our Little Master!"
"Willing to teach us everything you know, even skills like breaking and entering."
Lin Yu was speechless.
What sin had he committed in his past life to end up with two disciples like this!
Both of them had forced him to accept them as students, never asking if Lin Yu agreed or not.
Ying'er smiled and slowly, inch by inch, shimmied down.
With Lin Yu's help, she managed a safe landing!
"Hehe, Little Yu, congratulations on catching me and Sister Weiwei."
"Hand over your reward!"
The first thing Ying'er did upon landing was open her hand and demand a reward from Lin Yu.
Lin Yu really wanted to reward her with a flick to the forehead first.
He hadn't even asked for his birthday gift yet, but Ying'er was certainly proactive, demanding things from him first!
Seeing Lin Yu's speechlessness, Xia Yiwei waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's respect the rules. We'll bring out the birthday gifts first!"
"Ying'er, what are you giving him?"
"I'm actually quite curious about what you tech otakus give as gifts."
"Especially Ms. Zero, hahaha!"
Xia Yiwei was one of the very few early insiders regarding the truth about "Zero."
Lin Yu didn't even know how much she and Ying'er had chatted privately or how far they had gone in revealing their cards to each other.
Judging by how naturally they discussed it, it was definitely more than Lin Yu suspected.
"Da-da-da-daaa!!"
Ying'er fished around somewhere and pulled out a disc.
She held it in her hand triumphantly, displaying it to Lin Yu.
"Little Yu, this is the gift I meticulously prepared for you. A game called 'The Shared Apartment'!"
Lin Yu: "???"
A shared apartment game?
Combining Ying'er's personality with the excited, wicked smile on her face right now...
Lin Yu instantly realized exactly what genre this game was likely to be!
Before Lin Yu could say anything, the nurse sister spoke up first.
Xia Yiwei looked at the disc with surprise. "Shared apartment? Isn't that based on where we live?"
Ying'er snapped her fingers, confirming, "Sister Weiwei guessed right! It's based on our place!"
"Every one of us will appear in the game in a special form."
"How about it? Player Little Yu..."
"Are you looking forward to it?"
To say he wasn't looking forward to it would be a lie.
But Xia Yiwei was still standing there. Even if she wasn't, Lin Yu couldn't show that much excitement.
Otherwise, wouldn't his persona of being a "devoted man" turn into being "devoted to a group"?
Lin Yu tried his best to keep a straight face and replied, "It does sound interesting. I assume it's a slice-of-life game designed around our daily background?"
"I hope I can experience the same warm atmosphere as our apartment."
Lin Yu finished speaking.
He then watched, wide-eyed, as Xia Yiwei took out a fifty-yuan bill and handed it to Ying'er.
Lin Yu: "???"
Ying'er pocketed the money and laughed. "Hehe, Junior Sister Weiwei, I know Master best, don't I?"
"I told you Master is an expert at playing dumb. You have to trust me from now on."
Xia Yiwei mimicked Lin Yu's tone: "'I hope I can experience the same warm atmosphere,' tsk, tsk, tsk..."
"I really don't know what goes through Little Master's head, actually saying such pretentious things right to our faces."
Lin Yu: "..."
Mo Shangying: "Right? A game with one guy and a bunch of girls—what other style could it be?"
Xia Yiwei: "A slice-of-life game, hahaha! Does he think neither of us has ever played a dating sim?"
Lin Yu: "You two..."
Mo Shangying: "He clearly knows what's up, but our Master just has to pretend. I bet he's already picking favorites in his head!"
Xia Yiwei: "Sigh, exactly."
Mo Shangying: "Hehe, look, he's getting defensive."
Xia Yiwei: "Isn't he just?"
Mo Shangying: "If someone suddenly tells you there's a game with tons of girls, a normal guy's first thought is definitely: 'Can I date just one, or can I date them all?'"
Xia Yiwei: "That's the truth."
Lin Yu: "Alright! Put away your little comedy double-act."
If he let them keep talking, Lin Yu was absolutely going to lose his composure.
Was he acting that pretentious just now?
Surely not!
Xia Yiwei laughed enough, then finally took out a small gift box.
She was quite bold, opening it personally right in front of Lin Yu and Mo Shangying.
"Little Master, the thing I'm giving you pairs very well with Ying'er's game."
"If you play her game too much and start feeling physically tired, sleepy, or breaking out in cold sweats..."
"Those are all warning signals from your body!"
"When that happens, you open my little bottle and take one small pill..."
"You can only take one a day, max!"
"If you take too many, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it."
Lin Yu: "???"
Is this girl for real?
She actually gave him "Vitality Enhancement Pills"?!
He was a college student, for crying out loud. Was it appropriate to receive this kind of gift?
Ying'er gave a thumbs-up from the side, exclaiming in admiration, "Sister Weiwei, that's a great gift! You went straight to the root of the problem!"
The two women raised their eyebrows at each other, their wicked smiles looking strikingly similar.
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 bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
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.”
. 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!"
