Lei Siren rotated the lazy Susan, stopping a bowl of clear meatball soup right in front of Xia Yiwei.
"Let's eat first. We can talk while we eat."
"Weiwei, this is your favorite meatball soup. I ordered it especially for you."
"Lin Yu, help yourself to whatever you'd like."
"How long have you been together? One month? Two months?"
Lei Siren made no effort to hide his special attention toward someone else's girlfriend.
At the same time, he brought up the question he cared about the most.
If they hadn't been together for long, perhaps Weiwei was just in a momentary lapse of judgment and their relationship hadn't progressed too far yet.
Lin Yu was in no rush to answer.
Since the role Xia Yiwei had assigned to him was that of an unhinged, violent maniac.
His behavior so far had been a bit too normal.
A violent maniac should act the part.
Otherwise.
How could he possibly keep his girlfriend in line?
"You, shut up for a second!"
Lin Yu raised a hand, cutting Lei Siren off.
He then turned his fierce gaze toward Xia Yiwei, looking as if he were about to eat her alive.
As expected of the nurse sister.
She instantly picked up on Lin Yu's signal.
Immediately following that.
She sat bolt upright in mock terror, not even daring to let her back touch the chair.
Then.
Lin Yu began to gently stroke Xia Yiwei's hair, asking in a low, dark tone:
"Baby, how exactly does Manager Lei know what you like to eat?"
"What exactly is the relationship... between the two of you?"
"It's alright, don't be nervous. Take your time and explain."
Xia Yiwei looked at Lei Siren with trembling eyes, seemingly too terrified to speak.
Lei Siren furrowed his brows and said to Lin Yu:
"Mr. Lin Yu, there is no need to use threats to ask about my relationship with Weiwei, is there?"
Lin Yu snapped his head toward Lei Siren, cracking his knuckles loudly:
"What? No need for what?"
"I didn't quite catch that. Would you mind repeating yourself?"
Lei Siren: !!!
Why was this guy such a savage?
Would this guy actually dare to hit him?
Lei Siren: "I said..."
Lei Siren wanted to repeat himself, but upon meeting Lin Yu's gaze, he swallowed his words right back down.
He couldn't stoop to the level of a barbarian.
If he actually provoked the man into a frenzy...
Wouldn't it be Lei Siren himself who suffered the consequences?
Lei Siren pushed up his glasses, pretending he hadn't heard a word Lin Yu said.
He definitely wasn't scared!
He just didn't want to display a violent side in front of Weiwei.
How could a sweet girl like Weiwei ever like a violent brute?
This bastard must have hidden his true nature perfectly in the beginning, appearing completely harmless on the surface.
That was the only way he could have deceived Weiwei.
Weiwei must be under his threat right now, which was why she didn't dare to fight back.
By the end of this dinner, Weiwei would clearly see the stark difference between him and Lin Yu.
She would definitely change her mind and come back to him!
Lin Yu shot Xia Yiwei a meaningful look:
This simp of yours is really something. He can even swallow this? Does he have any manly backbone at all?
Xia Yiwei pursed her lips, responding with her own gaze:
Now you tell me, shouldn't I be trying to shake off a clingy creep like him?
After a brief moment of eye contact.
Xia Yiwei finally spoke up to explain:
"Lin Yu, please don't misunderstand. Lei Siren is just the son of my father's friend."
"We only have a completely normal friendship, and we barely see each other a few times a year."
"He just returned from abroad, so he wanted to grab a meal with us. There's nothing else to it."
Hearing Xia Yiwei introduce him in such a distant manner.
Lei Siren felt a sharp pang of hurt in his chest.
It was all Lin Yu's fault!
She didn't even dare to mention that they were childhood sweethearts.
This control freak Lin Yu was absolutely insufferable!
Lei Siren was an expert at blaming others; he never wasted a second reflecting on his own flaws.
Lin Yu had already experienced this trait of his back in the Dream World.
Lei Siren adjusted his expression and continued:
"That's right. Weiwei and I are friends, very good friends."
"If you have enough confidence in yourself, you shouldn't be so suspicious."
"Let's eat!"
"Weiwei, don't worry. Eat up."
Lei Siren's behavior truly opened Lin Yu's eyes.
He honestly didn't know how the guy could switch so seamlessly between being a complete coward and trying to act tough.
Fine, fine, fine.
So he was just going to play the warm, gentle guy, huh?
Lin Yu wanted to see just how long Lei Siren could keep this act up.
If he didn't make the guy completely lose his cool today, it would be tough to fulfill the task the nurse sister had given him!
"Waiter!"
Lin Yu shouted loudly just as Xia Yiwei was about to pick up her chopsticks.
Xia Yiwei immediately stood up and hurried toward the door of the private room.
She muttered eagerly as she went:
"I'll go. I'll get them."
Lei Siren looked at Lin Yu suspiciously and asked:
"What's wrong? Why are you calling the waiter?"
"Is the food here not to your liking?"
Lin Yu glanced around the table and said:
"There are barely any dishes here. This is a boring meal."
"Let's add five or six more!"
"Don't worry, it's my treat."
He said it was his treat.
But internally, Lin Yu knew exactly what he was doing.
With a rich kid sitting right across from him, how could the guy possibly allow him to pay the bill?
At this point, the only thing Lei Siren had left to show off against Lin Yu was his money!
If they weren't competing with money, what else was there?
Lin Yu couldn't be more familiar with this cliché routine.
Sure enough.
The moment Lin Yu finished speaking.
Lei Siren raised a hand and said:
"Mr. Lin Yu, this isn't a matter of money."
"There are only three of us. We could never eat that much."
"Don't you think wasting food is a shameful thing to do?"
He positioned himself on the moral high ground to deliver a harsh blow to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu wasn't surprised by Lei Siren's reaction in the slightest.
It was a textbook, cookie-cutter response.
Lin Yu tapped Xia Yiwei on the arm and said:
"Tell your friend why we need to order more dishes. Explain it properly."
Xia Yiwei: ???
Lin Yu suddenly calling on her to answer completely caught her off guard.
Why did they need to order more dishes?
How on earth was she supposed to know that?!
Looking at her little master's smug expression, it was obvious he was deliberately tossing the difficult question into her lap.
She had set him up earlier, and now it seemed...
Her little master was intentionally getting his revenge!
She had to somehow find a logical excuse for Lin Yu's completely unreasonable behavior.
If she were explaining it to anyone else, it might have been difficult.
But to Lei Siren?
The guy was practically brainless; she could make up any random excuse and it would work!
"Because the two of us are going to get the leftovers packed up to go!"
"I'm a terrible cook, and Lin Yu doesn't like my food."
"He loves the dishes from this restaurant, so I come here to get takeout for him all the time."
Xia Yiwei explained patiently.
Hearing this, Lei Siren glared at Lin Yu with an even deeper layer of venom in his eyes.
Weiwei, a girl who had never had to lift a finger in the kitchen, actually cooked for this man?
Regardless of whether it tasted good or not, he should have cherished it!
And yet he had the audacity to complain?
What an ungrateful bastard.
He absolutely had to teach him a lesson!
Lin Yu looked at Lei Siren: ...
He actually bought that ridiculous lie?
If the nurse sister told him coal was white, would he believe that too?
...
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.
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.
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?"
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
