The Xia Family Manor.
Inside the first-floor hall.
Xia Zhenfeng had specifically asked the butler to prepare the lazy Susan table, which was rarely brought out.
He led Lei Siren, Xia Xiashan, and Wang Ran to sit around the table, drinking cup after cup of tea.
In such a massive manor, how could there not be a dedicated guest reception room?
Entertaining guests in the main hall was a clear sign of disrespect.
At this moment.
Lei Siren, the main guest of honor, had not yet realized the gravity of the situation.
Lei Siren took small sips of his hot tea, constantly pondering in his mind where things had gone wrong.
Uncle Xia's usual attitude towards him was nothing like this!
Had he been bewitched by Lin Yu?
But Uncle Xia had only met Lin Yu for the first time today.
And his attitude when they first met clearly wasn't that great either!
Or perhaps Weiwei had said something harsh that made Uncle Xia disgusted with him?
Then again.
Weiwei's attitude towards him had always been terrible!
It was Uncle Xia who had always encouraged him, telling him not to give up and to put in more effort.
He had treated him entirely as a future son-in-law to say those things in the past!
Just what the hell went wrong today?
The atmosphere grew cold for a while. Sensing that things were going south, Lei Siren started looking for a new topic of conversation.
Uncle Xia, what are your thoughts on Lin Yu?
Hehe, when I first met him, I was really taken aback.
Despite looking quite thin, his fighting skills are actually extraordinary, completely contrary to his appearance.
Weiwei...
...seems to have a pretty good impression of him, too.
It would have been fine if Lei Siren had kept his mouth shut, but his words only reignited the anger in Xia Zhenfeng's heart.
He questioned coldly:
Oh?
Didn't you guys just have a meal together?
How did you know that kid is a good fighter?
Lei Siren: !!!
Xia Xiashan and Wang Ran's gazes immediately converged on Lei Siren.
Looking for topics to talk about when there's nothing to say, huh?
Digging his own grave and jumping right into it.
How could you tell someone's fighting skills just from eating a meal?
No matter how you listened to it, it sounded unreasonable!
The two women were very curious to hear how Lei Siren would explain this.
Lei Siren's brain spun rapidly, desperately trying to find a suitable excuse.
And wouldn't you know it.
He actually managed to come up with a passable story...
Uncle Xia, there's something Weiwei definitely didn't tell you.
After our meal that day, we went to the underground parking garage and ran into a bunch of drunks.
Those blind fools came up and started making trouble for us.
Lin Yu was really brave then. He charged straight in and beat them up.
That was also my first time seeing him in action!
He's truly incredible. I'm quite impressed, hehehe.
After Lei Siren finished speaking, he laughed awkwardly.
At the same time.
He also realized that he had said a bit too much.
If he kept talking, he'd end up spilling all his own secrets!
Those blind fools were the very people he had hired!
Upon hearing this, Xia Zhenfeng snorted coldly in disdain:
Heh, according to what you're saying...
A bunch of hooligans came to cause trouble, and you just stood by and watched?
What were you doing at the time?
Lei Siren's face flushed red, caught entirely off guard by the question.
What kind of level was Lei Siren at?
Let alone a group of hooligans, he couldn't even deal with a single one.
Did her father not know what kind of combat power Xia Yiwei possessed?
Unless they came in a whole minivan, who could possibly hurt her!
With Xia Zhenfeng's words, Lei Siren became even more certain of one thing.
Today, Uncle Xia was deliberately targeting him!
When someone thinks you're the problem, everything you say is wrong.
The other party can easily refute you.
Brother Zhenfeng, long time no see.
Just as Lei Siren was at a loss for how to reply, an elegant woman's voice came from the doorway.
Hearing the familiar voice, Lei Siren stood up in shock and looked toward the door.
It took him a good while to process before he blankly muttered:
Mom...
Why, why are you here?
Why didn't you tell me in advance...
The newcomer was none other than...
Lei Siren's biological mother, Madam Hong Lan!
Her appearance instantly made Lei Siren feel that things were taking a disastrous turn!
Today was most likely not a simple family dinner, but a trap!
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?"
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?!
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.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
