It was approaching four o'clock in the afternoon.
Wang Ran was driving, taking Lin Yu away from the Xia estate. They were the only two in the car.
As for Xia Yiwei...
She had partied too hard today, toasting like crazy, and had passed out drunk at home.
The curator sister, Xia Xiashan, although not dead drunk, wasn't in a much better state!
The two sisters seemed like they hadn't relaxed in a long time, insisting on drinking glass after glass.
Lin Yu had no choice but to keep them company.
The only person at home who hadn't touched a drop of alcohol was the young aunt, Wang Ran!
It was as if she had planned to drive Lin Yu back all along; as soon as the meal ended, she naturally got behind the wheel.
Thinking about everything that had happened today, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel awkward.
First, he had impulsively talked back to Wang Ran, and then she had caught him and Weiwei sneaking around...
And now they had to spend over an hour alone together!
It was pure torture!
Sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Yu tactically stared out the window at the scenery.
At this moment, he didn't dare to make the slightest eye contact with Wang Ran.
Finishing this journey in silence would undoubtedly be the best outcome.
Unfortunately, Wang Ran didn't seem to have any intention of letting Lin Yu off the hook!
"I couldn't tell. You may be young, but you can really hold your liquor."
"It's so good to be young..."
Wang Ran said casually.
Lin Yu: "..."
Just hearing the first half, nothing seemed amiss.
But the way she dragged out the second half completely changed the tone.
This woman was clearly hinting at what Lin Yu and Weiwei had been doing in secret.
After all, she was practically Weiwei's stepmother.
Was it really okay for her to openly tease her future son-in-law like this?
Back at the Xia house, Wang Ran had covered for him and Weiwei.
Since she was actively trying to strike up a conversation, he felt too embarrassed to play dumb.
He could only bite the bullet and pretend not to understand, saying:
"It might just be my constitution. Uncle Xia was the one who really opened my eyes."
"He drank so much, but by the end, he was completely fine."
"If I had taken a few more sips, I probably would have collapsed on the spot."
While replying, Lin Yu didn't forget to praise Xia Zhenfeng.
He tried hard to steer the conversation away from himself.
If they had to chat, it was much safer to keep the topic centered on the Xia family.
"You don't need to be so modest. Old Xia was just putting up a brave front."
"Anyone could tell that you were the one who was truly fine."
"It's a pity I had to drive today."
"Otherwise, I would have loved to have a few drinks with you."
"I have a feeling the two of us would really hit it off."
Wang Ran replied nonchalantly.
Lin Yu: "???"
He didn't know if it was just his imagination...
But why did Wang Ran's words always feel a bit flirtatious?
It wasn't just now in the car; he had felt the same way back at the Xia house.
Could it be?
Had she gotten lonely from constantly hovering around an old man?
Lin Yu had only seen plots like this in novels.
He had never heard of such a thing in real life!
Wang Ran's tone made it hard for him not to overthink.
Of course, it was also possible that Wang Ran and Weiwei just didn't get along.
She might be deliberately teasing Lin Yu to make him slip up, and then seize the opportunity to thoroughly mock Weiwei.
Whichever it was, Lin Yu couldn't just casually play along.
He already had enough complicated relationships around him.
There was no need to invite trouble and add unnecessary headaches to his life.
Faced with a difficult question, the best response was to pretend not to understand!
"Young Auntie, my friends all say that."
"Maybe I just give off a very easygoing vibe?"
Wang Ran chuckled.
She could see that Lin Yu was too guilty to answer directly.
Women around thirty especially loved teasing young guys.
Seeing them all flustered and at a loss for words was incredibly amusing to them.
Wang Ran didn't continue to tease him; instead, she asked a question that pierced right to the heart...
"Old Xia might not be able to tell, but I'm not like him."
"Lin Yu, tell me honestly..."
"Are you and Weiwei really a couple?"
Lin Yu: "!!!"
Hiss!
The question made Lin Yu sharply inhale a breath of cold air on the spot.
He believed that his every move today had been flawless.
He had perfectly played the role of a boyfriend.
What exactly was Wang Ran's deal?
Had she really seen through them?
tions: attribute allocation, analysis, proficiency, and simulation. Specializing in mechanical alchemy, from crafting sorcerous battle armor to handcrafting mechanical maidens, his mechanical legion conquers endless realms... Relying on his wits, he begins with a student-teacher romance, wins over a female director, enslaves a female assassin and a underworld queen, becoming the husband of a Grand Duchess... He enslaves the Goddess of Magic from the divine realm, developing his power simultaneously in both the Wizard World and the Realm of Gods...
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
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!
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?!
