A normal twenty-minute drive took Maomao a full hour.
The speed was barely faster than an electric scooter, perhaps even slower.
Even so.
When they successfully arrived home, Maomao was still incredibly excited.
It was as if she had completely mastered the skill of driving.
After parking the car, Maomao bounced out of the driver's seat.
She joyfully came to Lin Yu's side and said to him excitedly:
"Yu, I did it, I really did it!"
Lin Yu leaned against a small tree by the entrance, fighting back the churning sensation in his chest.
Despite feeling so uncomfortable, he didn't forget to give Maomao a thumbs up:
"Congratulations, you really did a great job..."
After speaking.
Lin Yu lowered his head again, frantically suppressing the rising discomfort in his body.
With Lin Yu's enhanced physique, normally he wouldn't experience any motion sickness.
But that was under normal circumstances!
When a novice drives, the speed indeed isn't dangerous.
The uncomfortable part was...
The uneven bursts of acceleration forced the passenger to endure a jerky, stop-and-go rhythm.
Lin Yu had also drank alcohol before the driving practice, so he was already under a heavy status effect.
Enduring it for an hour without throwing up in Maomao's car was already his greatest victory.
"Yu, are you alright?"
"Are you still feeling carsick?"
"I have motion sickness pills in the car, do you want me to get them for you?"
Maomao asked with concern as she looked at Lin Yu's reaction.
Lin Yu waved his hand and said:
"I'm fine, Maomao, I just need a moment to recover."
"As for the motion sickness pills..."
"They are usually taken before getting in the car, taking them now won't work."
Maomao nodded along as usual:
"So that's how it is, does that mean I've been taking them wrong all this time?"
Lin Yu: "..."
He didn't have time to listen to Maomao's wise tidbits of knowledge.
It was already approaching evening.
There was still an important thing to do tonight...
Little Jiu was coming!
Last night's moves at Guihang couldn't be carried through to the very end.
Lin Yu felt quite regretful about it in his heart.
Fortunately.
The gap was only one day, so it wasn't that hard to wait.
Just now in the car, Lin Yu and Shen Jiuyi had messaged each other to confirm again.
Tonight after nine o'clock.
Shen Jiuyi would come to the third floor to find Lin Yu!
Right now, Shen Jiuyi was in Shen Buyao's room.
Shen Buyao was busy with the auction matter Lin Yu had entrusted to her, and would be staying at Ghost Market Street from daytime until late at night.
Shen Buyao had absolutely no time to care about what Shen Jiuyi was doing.
When he handed full responsibility over to Yaoyao, Lin Yu had considered this point.
He didn't want to face a situation where things were halfway done and suddenly interrupted by someone.
Especially for something done right under someone's nose!
Once discovered, it would cause all the hard work over the past few days to go down the drain.
Any further development with anyone in the future would become extremely difficult.
During the messaging between Lin Yu and Shen Jiuyi.
Shen Jiuyi mentioned having dinner together.
Perhaps she felt that if there was no prelude between the two of them and they went straight to the final step, she would be unable to let go and feel unprepared.
How could Lin Yu not satisfy such a small request?
Before the official start.
As long as Shen Jiuyi's requests weren't excessive, Lin Yu would naturally satisfy them all.
Tonight's memories would inevitably affect Shen Jiuyi's future attitude.
Lin Yu didn't plan on letting Shen Jiuyi off so easily just this once.
Treating him as a tool to change her destiny?
Then she couldn't blame Lin Yu for using this opportunity to make her completely sink into that destiny.
"Yu, let me treat you to dinner tonight, alright?"
"Thank you for your guidance today!"
"If it weren't for you, I might still not know how to drive!"
Maomao said to Lin Yu, looking extremely moved.
She didn't have that many complicated thoughts.
Seeing that it was getting late, she simply brought up the idea of eating.
If he hadn't made an appointment with Shen Jiuyi, Lin Yu would actually really like to have dinner with Maomao.
Recently.
Auntie Ruxue's arrival had inversely promoted the relationship between Lin Yu and Maomao.
The two of them also needed a final push to achieve a breakthrough in their relationship.
What a pity.
Today's situation wasn't very suitable, so he could only reluctantly reject Maomao for now.
"With our great relationship, do you still need to treat me to a meal to show your thanks?"
"We can eat anytime, there's no need to look for a special occasion."
"It's just that tonight I need to prepare shooting materials and work on the script."
"Next time!"
"Pick another time, and I'll take you out for something delicious."
"In a place like Pingchuan, if you want good food, you have to come to me."
Hearing that Lin Yu was going to be busy, Maomao tactfully stopped her invitation.
Following Lin Yu's words, she said:
"Okay, Yu, hurry up and get busy, sorry for troubling you."
What a sensible little girl!
Her words made Lin Yu unable to resist rubbing Maomao's head.
...
Lin Yu and Maomao returned to the apartment together.
In the first-floor lobby, there was no one to be seen.
Auntie Qimeng and Auntie Ruxue were the same as usual tonight, going out together to eat and have fun.
Solving the dinner issue naturally fell on Lin Yu himself.
What to eat wasn't important.
Lin Yu first returned to his room and thoroughly tidied up the bedroom.
For tonight's affairs, a comfortable environment was absolutely essential!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
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!
