Lin Yu's mind raced, and he avoided talking about what they were just about to do.
Instead, he casually brought up last night.
"Little Jiu, is the opportunity to be alone that you mentioned happening right now?"
"What exactly do you need my help with?"
"We are so familiar with each other, is there any need to hide it? Just tell me straight."
"This should count as us being alone together, right?"
Shen Jiuyi: "!!!"
The calmer Lin Yu appeared, the more nervous Shen Jiuyi became inside.
The alone time she wanted was obviously not in this current environment.
Looking at Lin Yu's expression, it was clear that he was waiting for her to take the initiative to explain the actual situation.
There was nothing she could do.
Officially speaking.
The matter of being alone together was indeed brought up by Shen Jiuyi.
It was completely reasonable for Lin Yu not to understand the underlying meaning.
As for whether he truly didn't understand or was just pretending...
Looking at Lin Yu's expression, Shen Jiuyi could sense the truth.
He just wanted to use this opportunity to hear Shen Jiuyi say something completely out of character.
Shen Jiuyi tried her best to keep her tone calm as she continued:
"Not right now. I'll find another chance to tell you."
Lin Yu nodded thoughtfully, pretending to cooperate as he said:
"Understood. Then I will continue to wait."
"Should we go in together now?"
Shen Jiuyi subconsciously took a step forward, preparing to enter Wubao Pavilion.
Perhaps she thought of what might happen tonight.
She actually stopped in her tracks again, looked toward the door, and said:
"You go in first. Your two aunties are inside. I'll go in a bit later."
As soon as these words came out.
Shen Jiuyi was practically laying her cards on the table, telling Lin Yu that she wanted to avoid appearing at the same time as him.
If she didn't have a guilty conscience, why would she do this?
Lin Yu stood his ground, not in a hurry to go in.
He stared at Shen Jiuyi with a very sharp and tricky gaze.
His stare made Shen Jiuyi's heart flutter with panic, and she had absolutely no idea how to cover up her behavior.
What was there to cover up?
She had already made it completely obvious to Lin Yu!
The two of them stood in a stalemate for a brief moment before Lin Yu spoke again with a hint of a smile:
"Understood..."
"Then I'll go in first."
Shen Jiuyi watched Lin Yu's back, pinching her fingers in embarrassment and frustration.
What a great "understood"...
Lin Yu really did understand everything!
He was just playing dumb while knowing the truth, wanting to see her make a fool of herself.
This guy Lin Yu was terrifying.
Was he really only twenty-one years old?
His mind was so deep that Shen Jiuyi couldn't figure him out at all. She always felt like she was being firmly manipulated by him.
Seeing Lin Yu push the door open, Shen Jiuyi temporarily stepped back a bit to avoid being discovered.
Why did she want to avoid appearing together with Lin Yu?
In fact, it didn't have any practical significance.
Shen Jiuyi just wanted to minimize any association with Lin Yu in Yaoyao's impression.
This way.
One day in the future, if Yaoyao asked her questions about Lin Yu, she would be able to continue answering calmly.
Even if they just suddenly appeared together occasionally.
Once it happened too many times.
It would inevitably form a subconscious impression in her mind, bringing about a gradual impact.
Shen Jiuyi was absolutely determined not to let this impact deepen; she would only think of ways to reduce it.
In summary.
A clear conscience wouldn't require such actions.
With a guilty conscience, doing this was just for psychological comfort.
...
Entering the shop, Lin Yu temporarily pushed the matter of Shen Jiuyi to the back of his mind.
Looking at the strange trio inside the shop.
Lin Yu spoke up doubtfully:
"Auntie Qimeng, Auntie Ruxue, why are you here?"
"Could it be that you're accompanying Auntie Ruxue to buy antiques from Sister Yaoyao?"
Lin Yu had lived with Auntie Qimeng for so many years, but he had never heard that she was interested in antiques.
If there was anyone who might truly be interested, Auntie Ruxue was a definite possibility.
Seeing Lin Yu walk in, Du Ruxue put down the teacup in her hand and said:
"Speak of the devil. We were just talking about you."
"Little Yu, your twenty years of life experience are truly colorful."
"Exactly how many things are there that even your Auntie Qimeng doesn't know about?"
Chen Qimeng stood up from her seat and simply smiled at Lin Yu.
Obviously.
She was telling Lin Yu that Du Ruxue was just joking and that he shouldn't take it to heart.
Lin Yu, of course, pretended not to understand and replied with a smile:
"Are there things about me that Auntie Qimeng doesn't know?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Lin Yu could be completely certain.
Even if Shen Buyao had mentioned some things about his knowledge of antiques.
She wouldn't have said too much to the two aunties, let alone the fact that Lin Yu had retrieved the Shen family's heirloom.
At most, she just casually mentioned that Lin Yu also knew a thing or two about antiques.
Even if it was brought up again later, Lin Yu knew how to gloss over it.
Anyway, he could just attribute any skills that seemed different from normal people to the earlier part of his life.
Growing up in the countryside as a child, wasn't it normal to encounter some bizarre things?
Who hasn't heard of strange people and bizarre tales from the countryside!
Standing by the table, Shen Buyao revealed a happy smile the moment she saw Lin Yu appear.
She knew that since Lin Yu had promised to visit Sister Hong's Guihang, he would definitely come to find her first.
Even without contacting him, she could imagine what Lin Yu would do.
Sure enough.
Lin Yu really came!
How could she not be happy?
Shen Buyao stood next to Chen Qimeng and explained:
"I was the one who invited the two sisters to be guests at Ghost Market Street!"
"If you can come, can't the two sisters come too?"
"It's rare for Sister Ruxue to visit Pingchuan. If she didn't come to my shop at least once, wouldn't her trip be in vain?"
"This is the liveliest place in Pingchuan City at night!"
So that was it.
Understanding Shen Buyao's logic, Lin Yu instantly got it.
This was indeed very much like her style; she wouldn't overthink things.
She did whatever she wanted, completely following her own heart.
Knowing the motive behind the two aunties coming here, Lin Yu felt much more at ease.
He immediately followed up with a sarcastic remark:
"You really should visit Sister Yaoyao's shop..."
Shen Buyao put her hands on her hips: "At least you know what to say."
Lin Yu: "This is one of the top shady shops in Pingchuan City. Even a mighty dragon would have to leave a layer of skin behind before leaving!"
Shen Buyao: "Stupid Lin Yu, I think you're itching for a beating!"
As she spoke.
Shen Buyao postured as if she was about to charge at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu immediately stood in front of the porcelain display shelf and made a please gesture.
Chen Qimeng and Du Ruxue were instantly amused and laughed on the spot.
After a bout of fooling around.
Lin Yu came to the table and started chatting with everyone.
Since they had come to Ghost Market Street, just experiencing a little bit in Yaoyao's shop was probably not Yaoyao's original intention.
Otherwise, there were so many opportunities to come to Ghost Market Street.
Why choose the specific day when Guihang was holding an auction?
Lin Yu naturally wouldn't play dumb in front of his two aunties when he clearly knew the score.
He straightforwardly asked:
"Since you're already here, there's an auction at Guihang on Ghost Market Street today."
"Auntie Qimeng, Auntie Ruxue, aren't you going to go and experience the atmosphere of the event?"
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
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.”
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!
