Lin Yu and Xia Yiwei hadn't traveled far in the car when Xia Yiwei's phone rang.
She took out her phone, glanced at it, and couldn't help but frown.
Lin Yu asked curiously:
"Is it your dad or your sister?"
Xia Yiwei clutched her phone, looking at Lin Yu in distress, and said:
"Little Master, you couldn't have hacked my phone, right?"
Lin Yu rolled his eyes at Xia Yiwei and said:
"Do I look that bored? If I hacked your phone, would I still need to ask you?"
"If you had some kind of scandalous private life, I might actually want to investigate."
"What's wrong? Afraid I'll look into you?"
Xia Yiwei smiled:
"Hehe, just kidding. Of course I know you wouldn't hack me."
"It's my sister calling, and I really don't want to answer!"
A call from her sister, the gym curator?
This actually surprised Lin Yu quite a bit.
He had thought it would be Lei Siren spinelessly snitching, telling Xia Yiwei's dad about getting beaten up.
If it was her gym curator sister...
Lin Yu couldn't help but probe further:
"Does Sister Xiaxia know Lei Siren's cousin?"
Xia Yiwei looked at Lin Yu in shock and said in astonishment:
"Little Master..."
"If I didn't know the kind of person you are, I would genuinely think you secretly investigated my social network."
"Lei Siren's cousin seems to be named... Chu... Chu something..."
"Chu Tianxiang!"
"Yes, yes, yes, his name is Chu Tianxiang."
"He and my sister have each other's contact info, but whether they chat often, I have no idea."
Deducing that Lei Siren's cousin knew Xia Xiashan wasn't difficult.
If Lei Siren were calling to complain, he would definitely go to Xia Yiwei's dad.
What use would it be to look for Xia Xiashan?
Having known Xia Yiwei for so long, how could he not know the relationship between Xia Xiashan and Xia Yiwei?
Xia Yiwei might not be able to beat Xia Xiashan in a fight, but she didn't listen to her at all.
Lei Siren wouldn't be so foolish as to miss this point.
Back in the underground parking garage, Lin Yu had seen someone in the crowd of lackeys sending a message on their phone.
It must have been to dodge responsibility by reporting the situation at the scene in advance to their top boss, Lei Siren's cousin!
For Xia Xiashan to get the news so quickly, she most likely heard it from this Chu Tianxiang.
Since the two knew each other, wasn't it an easy deduction to make?
But judging from Xia Yiwei's tone, it seemed Xia Xiashan and Chu Tianxiang weren't that close?
Lin Yu made another bold guess:
"He isn't another blind date, is he?"
Xia Yiwei shook her head and explained:
"Not at all!"
"It's Chu Tianxiang unilaterally pursuing my sister."
"My sister has never given him a positive response. It's been... over two years now, I think?"
"Anyway, he comes over to pester her whether he has a reason or not, and my sister has warned him many times."
Lin Yu couldn't help but give a thumbs up:
"These two cousins sure are dedicated."
"Planning to take down both of you sisters together and split your family's fortune!"
"Sticking around for years at the drop of a hat, they really have patience."
Money can make the devil turn the millstone.
Not only the devil, but a donkey could push it too.
This once again gave Lin Yu a sideways glimpse into just how rich Old Man Xia really was.
Xia Yiwei didn't answer the first call.
Immediately after.
The second call came through.
Xia Yiwei looked at Lin Yu with a miserable expression.
Lin Yu spread his hands and said:
"Don't look at me, I'm not stopping you from answering."
"That's your sister. It doesn't matter to me; just tell the truth about what happened."
Xia Yiwei thought for a moment before choosing to pick up the call.
Putting on a casual conversational tone, she tried to sound calm as she said:
"Hello? Sis, I'm setting up an IV for a patient, why do you keep calling me?"
Xia Yiwei deliberately put it on speakerphone but turned the volume down a bit.
So that Lin Yu could hear, without disturbing the driver.
Xia Xiashan said coldly over the phone:
"Cut the act. I know you and Lin Yu just taught Lei Siren a lesson."
"Chu Tianxiang told me that Lei Siren secretly contacted his subordinates and borrowed a few men."
"As a result, they were severely beaten by a boxer surnamed Lin."
"Several guys couldn't even beat one person. This guy surnamed Lin should be right beside you, shouldn't he?"
"He should be able to hear me talking, right?"
Xia Xiashan understood her own younger sister too well.
She accurately predicted the situation on Xia Yiwei's end.
With the incident having ended only moments ago, there was a high probability that Lin Yu and Xia Yiwei hadn't parted ways yet.
Hearing himself being called out by name, Lin Yu had absolutely no way to continue pretending he had nothing to do with it.
"Sister Xiaxia, you really are a brilliant strategist."
"I have to say a few words on Weiwei's behalf regarding this matter. You really can't blame her."
"That Young Master Lei was practically begging for a beating. You have no idea what he was saying about Weiwei behind her back."
Xia Yiwei once again marveled at Lin Yu's art of conversation.
With just two sentences, he had shifted all the blame onto Xia Yiwei.
He kept himself completely out of it, acting as if he had merely been helping out.
It was indeed Xia Yiwei who had sought out Lin Yu, that much was true.
But racking their brains and coming up with the crazy revenge ideas, that was all Lin Yu's doing.
If it had just been Xia Yiwei alone, given her temper, she would have at most rushed up and slapped Lei Siren a couple of times.
But Little Master's ideas were on another level!
The torturous methods he came up with were things an ordinary person could never conceive.
Even so.
When Lin Yu said that, Xia Yiwei didn't try to refute it.
The whole thing had started because of her, and now it was her own sister asking about the situation.
Pushing it all onto her was perfectly reasonable and fair.
Xia Xiashan continued over the phone:
"I do want to ask you both about the situation. Is now a convenient time?"
"Come to my martial arts gym and tell me in person. Do you have time?"
Xia Yiwei shook her head vigorously, waving her hands non-stop at Lin Yu.
She wanted Lin Yu to directly refuse her sister's request on her behalf.
Lin Yu smiled and replied directly:
"I don't have a problem with it, but I don't know if Weiwei has time."
"For all we know, she might have to go back to work."
Xia Yiwei instantly put on a mask of agony.
By saying that, Lin Yu left her absolutely no way out!
Xia Xiashan said bluntly over the phone:
"Good, as long as you have time, Lin Yu."
"Don't worry about Weiwei. If she doesn't want to come, she can choose to act like a coward and run away."
Xia Yiwei immediately raised her voice and yelled:
"Me, act like a coward? When have I ever..."
Beep, beep, beep...
Before Xia Yiwei could finish her sentence, Xia Xiashan hung up the phone.
Leaving her sister to seethe with pent-up anger as she pounded on her phone screen.
She couldn't help but complain to Lin Yu:
"Little Master, look at this person. How rude is she?"
"I was still talking, and she just hung up the phone!"
"How could I ever act like a coward? When have I ever been afraid of anything?"
Lin Yu nodded repeatedly, playing along with Xia Yiwei's words:
"Yes, yes, yes, right, right, right. You've always been super brave."
"So what now? Am I going alone, or are we going together?"
Xia Yiwei patted her chest and declared:
"Of course we're going together. I'm going to confront her face-to-face!"

d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!

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!

young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."