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!
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?"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
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.
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
