If he agreed to Little Chi too easily, she would definitely get too cocky.
Maybe.
She might even keep all the benefits she gained entirely to herself.
Although Lin Yu didn't care about these things, he couldn't let Little Chi's scheme succeed.
Just as Lin Yu thought.
As soon as these words were spoken.
Little Chi's face suddenly tightened, as if she thought of something serious.
She opened her mouth to say something, but didn't rush to speak.
Instead, she drank her soup while waiting for Lin Yu.
Lin Yu was secretly amused.
That little look in her eyes...
Was she waiting for Lin Yu to struggle with himself and then agree on the spot?
As if it would be that easy!
Lin Yu had to play with Little Chi a bit to see how determined she really was.
After waiting for quite a while, Chi Qingchi didn't hear Lin Yu say anything.
Her initially calm heart suddenly became anxious.
She asked curiously in a casual tone:
"Little Lin, what's the situation? Do you not have time?"
"If you don't have time, it's fine. You two only met recently anyway."
"You're not that close, so there's no need to force yourself to help."
Chi Qingchi had brought Xiang Tiange to eat with Lin Yu before.
At the time, the two of them had a pretty good chat at the dinner table.
Now that Chi Qingchi was saying this, she was indirectly putting pressure on Lin Yu.
To see if Lin Yu could really hold out and act as if it had nothing to do with him.
Having interacted with Lin Yu for so long.
Chi Qingchi thought she understood Lin Yu's personality very well.
If a friend was in trouble, even a newly acquainted one, Lin Yu wouldn't just stay out of it.
She never expected it.
Today's situation was actually a bit different!
Lin Yu clapped his hands and said to Chi Qingchi:
"Little Chi, hearing you say that puts my mind at ease."
"I really don't have much time lately. I'm busy filming for my assignment, so how could I manage?"
"Why don't you tell Xiang Tiange that I'll help her next time, how about that?"
"If it's inconvenient for you to tell her, it's fine. I can just send her a message right now."
Saying this.
Lin Yu picked up his phone, making a gesture as if preparing to send a message.
How could Chi Qingchi sit still? She quickly grabbed Lin Yu's arm.
The subconscious action looked somewhat strange.
Noticing Lin Yu's gaze, Chi Qingchi realized what she was doing and quickly let go of his hand.
"There's... there's no need to rush, right?"
"It's fine to tell her tomorrow. What if tomorrow you have..."
Halfway through her sentence, Chi Qingchi saw the smile on Lin Yu's face.
She realized what had just happened.
Ye Mengfu, who was beside them, couldn't help but smile too.
She also understood Lin Yu very well.
Such a decisive refusal was definitely not Lin Yu's style.
Since he chose to do this, he definitely had his reasons.
Looking at it now, he probably just wanted to tease Little Chi.
"Little Lin! You're something else. You said that on purpose, didn't you?"
"You really are a deeply scheming man!"
"Alright, I'll tell you the truth..."
"Actually, E'e'e promised to treat me to a mini hotpot meal if I helped her get you to shoot a video."
"You know about mini hotpots..."
"No, I mean, you know I just love helping people."
"And I know you're a helpful guy, so how could I refuse such a thing!"
In her panic, Chi Qingchi almost blurted out what was really on her mind.
That was a mini hotpot!
How could a little foodie like her refuse?
Lin Yu had already anticipated this, and the facts were exactly as he expected.
Thus.
He said calmly:
"I knew it. You definitely used me as a bargaining chip and made some shady deal with Xiang Tiange."
"A few random words, and I easily exposed you!"
Hearing this, Chi Qingchi quickly cried foul:
"Little Lin, there's nothing shady about it, don't frame me."
"Last time at the venue, she did help us out."
"Isn't it a happy thing to introduce a beautiful girl to be your friend?"
The topic of being friends with beautiful girls couldn't be expanded upon.
Lin Yu immediately brought up his conditions:
"Tell me, the hotpot satisfied you, but what's in it for me?"
"I can't just run errands for nothing, right?"
"With that time, I might as well stay home and play computer games!"
Lin Yu spoke straightforwardly, wanting to see how much Little Chi was willing to sacrifice for food.
After all.
She was someone who could find the kitchen in the middle of the night just by following the smell!
Her dedication to good food far exceeded that of ordinary people.
There was no way to judge her using normal logic.
Chi Qingchi knew she had been caught, and bit her finger in deep thought.
She wasn't worried that Lin Yu wouldn't agree.
She knew that since Lin Yu said this, he would definitely agree in the end.
He just wanted to take this opportunity to extort her a little.
Only this afternoon did she discover Lin Yu's identity as a rich person and realize the gap between them.
If she offered some ordinary conditions, Lin Yu definitely wouldn't agree.
Chi Qingchi tried asking:
"I'll treat you to KFC on Thursday... is that a good enough benefit?"
Lin Yu: "..."
Did she think Lin Yu was like her?
Trying to bribe him with a KFC meal!
Wasn't she dreaming a bit too beautifully?
It wasn't like everyone had a special obsession with food like she did.
Seeing Lin Yu's expression, Little Chi quickly added:
"It seems that won't work..."
"How about I do your summer movie review assignment?"
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!
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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.
