Hearing this, Mao Ruirui was slightly taken aback.
She waved her hands repeatedly and said,
"Sister Chunxia, please don't be so polite with the two of us. There's no need to treat us like outsiders."
Lin Yu: "..."
He couldn't guess what kind of news Mao Ruirui had actually heard.
Was she being polite?
She was clearly trying to gossip!
When the meal first started, Lin Yu was somewhat worried.
He was afraid the conversation would suddenly shift to the two of them.
After drinking for quite a while, there was no sign of the topic being brought up.
Lin Yu had actually breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Because Brother Biao and Sister Chunxia must have discussed some things about Lin Yu.
That was why nothing had been said at the scene today.
Unexpectedly.
The "well-intentioned" Sister Chunxia still started to make her move.
It seemed that Brother Biao was quite tight-lipped!
He hadn't mentioned a word to Sister Chunxia about the flock of women around Lin Yu!
Sister Chunxia might not know about these things, but how could Brother Biao not know?
The two of them had crossed paths at the Gui Shop!
Recently, Lin Yu and Brother Biao had been getting along quite well.
Brother Biao had even helped Lin Yu time and time again, solving many troubles for him.
In front of Brother Biao, Lin Yu didn't want to come off as too much of a scumbag, as if he had a major character flaw.
The man treated him with sincerity, so how could he let him down?
But Mao Ruirui was right beside him, and she could hear every single word Lin Yu said crystal clear.
If there was even the slightest hint of distancing himself in his words.
He believed Mao Ruirui would definitely be able to pick up on it.
The real dilemma lay right here!
Lin Yu calmly maintained his smile and said,
"Sister-in-law, Sister Ruirui and I aren't the main characters today, so there's no point in talking about us."
"How about we..."
Before Lin Yu could finish his sentence.
Song Chunxia waved her hand to interrupt him and said,
"Come on, what do you mean there's no point?"
"You can't fool our Ruirui. Our Ruirui is an innocent girl!"
"Let me tell you, Xiaoyu, even though you're young, I still think you're quite mature and steady."
"Back when your Brother Biao and I got together, he was about the same age as you!"
Wang Biao picked up a bite of food with his chopsticks and caught the odd tone in her words.
Looking at Lin Yu's expression, he knew exactly what kind of situation he was in.
Mao Ruirui couldn't hear the full extent of what Song Chunxia was saying clearly.
But from the bits and pieces, she could roughly understand what Sister Chunxia was trying to say.
She wanted to stop her but simply couldn't get a word in.
Moreover, with Sister Chunxia's temper, once she started talking about something she wanted to say.
If people didn't follow the direction of her conversation, she wouldn't stop at all.
Furthermore.
Sister Chunxia was, in a way, speaking up for Mao Ruirui.
To interrupt at this moment...
Would be somewhat unappreciative of her kindness!
Perhaps she and Lin Yu really needed a little push.
If that person was Sister Chunxia, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
While Mao Ruirui was thinking this in her heart, the two men at the dinner table were definitely not seeing it that way.
Wang Biao picked up the pack of Lesser Panda cigarettes from the table and said directly to Lin Yu,
"Yuzi, come out to the balcony with me for a smoke!"
Song Chunxia said in an annoyed tone,
"Are you drunk? Didn't Xiaoyu just tell you?"
"He doesn't smoke, he doesn't know how to smoke!"
"Are you making him go over there to inhale second-hand smoke?"
This time, Wang Biao was exceptionally firm. He grabbed Lin Yu's arm and pulled him away from the table:
"So what if he doesn't smoke? Who is born with a cigarette in their mouth the moment they land in this world?"
"Isn't it a step-by-step process?"
"Men!"
"Cigarettes and alcohol always go hand in hand!"
Wang Biao raised an eyebrow at Lin Yu, afraid that Lin Yu wouldn't understand his signal.
How could Lin Yu be a fool?
He seized the opportunity, quickly stood up, and said,
"I'll accompany Brother Biao for a smoke. We'll be right back."
"Ruirui, you and Sister Chunxia chat for now."
Mao Ruirui nodded, tugged at Lin Yu's arm, and whispered,
"Xiaoyu, it's fine to keep him company, but it's best... if you don't smoke."
Lin Yu nodded, signaling Mao Ruirui not to worry.
...
The two men went out to the balcony, and Wang Biao immediately closed the balcony door tightly.
He lit a cigarette for himself, showing absolutely no intention of offering one to Lin Yu.
"Bro, I'm an old smoker, I definitely can't quit."
"As for you, if you can avoid it, it's best never to touch it. I won't offer you one."
By explicitly stating he wasn't going to offer a cigarette, it was basically telling Lin Yu that calling him out wasn't for smoking at all.
It showed that Brother Biao had seen that the atmosphere just now was putting Lin Yu in a difficult position.
If Lin Yu didn't speak up at this point and continued to play dumb, it would be really uncool of him.
"Brother Biao, I don't want to lie to you either. Actually, I..."
As soon as Lin Yu spoke, Wang Biao raised his hand to stop him.
"Stop, stop! Do I look like the kind of person who gossips?"
"Keep your inner thoughts to yourself and hide them well!"
"Who hasn't been young? We're all grown men!"
"I'll only say one thing..."
"Play around and have your fun, but make sure you don't break anyone's heart."
"Either hide it for a lifetime, or don't hide it from the start!"
Wang Biao said seriously to Lin Yu while smoking his cigarette.
Lin Yu: "!!!"
When he came out, he had thought of many things Wang Biao might say and questions he might ask.
He had prepared scenarios in his mind in advance on how to answer and what to say.
In the end.
He didn't get to use a single sentence, completely outplayed by the seasoned veteran in seconds.
After Wang Biao finished speaking.
He patted Lin Yu heavily on the shoulder again and said,
"Our friendship has nothing to do with those things."
"Stop overthinking it, kid!"
"Did you think that even without Ruirui, you could clearly explain those three women from the Ghost Market Street to me?"
"Let me put it this way, if I didn't think highly of you as a person, would I have brought you to my home?"
The words just now had already hit Lin Yu hard enough.
Now, adding these few sentences made Lin Yu scratch his head in sheer embarrassment.
It seemed that was indeed the case.
Lin Yu's close relationship with the three women from the antique shop really couldn't withstand close scrutiny.
The fact that Brother Biao viewed the matter this way truly surprised Lin Yu a bit.
"Brother Biao, a seasoned veteran is a seasoned veteran indeed."
"For you to say that, you really don't treat me as an outsider."
"If you ever need any help in the future, just let me know anytime."
"These aren't just polite words, I'm speaking straight from the bottom of my heart!"
Lin Yu didn't beat around the bush either, moving past the topic to talk about the future.
Wang Biao, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, laughed:
"Set your mind completely at ease. I was too embarrassed to trouble you before because we weren't that close."
"If anything comes up in the future, you definitely won't be able to run away!"
"If you don't help me, I'll go straight to your house and drag you out."
The straightforward and open answer truly put Lin Yu's mind at ease.
Immediately after.
Wang Biao abruptly changed the subject and said,
"I don't really have anything I need help with, but that might not be the case for Old Huang's family."
"You should have heard about the matter with the Gui Shop, right?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
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.”
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
