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.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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?"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
