Huang Daoqi looked at Lin Yu with a broad grin.
Awkward as the situation was…
When it came to matters at hand, he still managed to carry on with a cheerful attitude.
Lin Yu couldn’t help admiring Uncle Huang a little.
After being scolded by his own daughter to that extent, he could still keep smiling and talking.
Never mind how capable he actually was at handling affairs.
Just that mindset alone was something most people could never match.
When you were a guest in someone else’s home, how could you possibly keep the host from speaking?
Lin Yu nodded and said politely:
“Go ahead, Uncle Huang. If it’s something else I can help with, I’ll certainly do my best.”
“But some matters…”
“They really have nothing to do with me, and I honestly don’t want to get involved in too many things.”
By putting the unpleasant part upfront, he could also indirectly stop Huang Daoqi from simply repeating what his daughter had already said.
His daughter hadn’t managed to get Lin Yu to agree.
And compared with Huang Daoqi, they had even less of a relationship!
Unexpectedly…
Huang Daoqi continued speaking with a cheerful smile:
“I understand, I understand.”
“Mr. Lin, let me put it another way…”
“The reputation of the Wubao Pavilion on Pingchuan Ghost Market Street is certainly loud enough.”
“I’m not sure how much you know about the entire Pingchuan antiques world.”
“Recently, a few antique dealers from Nancheng have been looking for an ‘opening’ to enter the trade here in Pingchuan.”
“Over the years, the antiques world in Pingchuan has always had its own rules.”
“If you have the time, Mr. Lin, all you need to do is pass this message on to the Shen family’s niece.”
“As for the rest… I believe she’ll contact me herself.”
“If you don’t trust me, Mr. Lin, and think I have some ulterior motive…”
“You can tell my sister-in-law about it as well. That’s perfectly fine too!”
After Huang Daoqi finished speaking, he clasped his hands and waved them toward Lin Yu.
Lin Yu hurriedly waved his hands in refusal.
“Don’t, don’t, Uncle Huang. There’s no need to be so formal.”
“That’s all?”
Lin Yu was genuinely surprised by what Huang Daoqi had said.
The matter…
seemed to be much less complicated than he had imagined.
According to Huang Daoqi, all he had to do was pass along a message. He didn’t actually need to do anything else.
As for the hidden meaning behind those words, Lin Yu couldn’t understand it for the time being.
He wasn’t part of the antiques circle, after all. It was perfectly normal that he didn’t get it.
Besides, Huang Daoqi didn’t mind if “his sister-in-law”—that is, Sister Hong—heard about the matter either.
His attitude was remarkably open and aboveboard.
It was completely beyond Lin Yu’s expectations.
He had to admit, Huang Daoqi really was a genius when it came to asking people for favors.
He had now tossed the problem straight into Lin Yu’s lap.
Lin Yu clearly possessed a very important piece of information.
The choice of whether to tell Antique Sister now rested with him.
If Antique Sister ended up in even greater trouble because he hadn’t warned her beforehand…
Lin Yu would definitely feel guilty.
That damn responsibility had been shifted onto him!
Huang Laoxie, you old fox!
What a vicious move!
He had turned asking Lin Yu for a favor into morally blackmailing him into doing it.
Everyone said Huang Feiya was even shrewder than her father, while her father was supposed to be an honest man.
But now it seemed…
Most people had probably been fooled by Old Huang’s simple, good-natured appearance.
Those methods of his were truly masterful.
After chatting casually for a few minutes, Lin Yu had been maneuvered completely into his trap.
And he couldn’t even lose his temper over it!
Damn it!
“All right, Uncle Huang. If I happen to run into Sister Yaoyao someday…”
“I’ll remember to pass those two messages on to her.”
Lin Yu didn’t press the matter any further, nor did he ask what those remarks truly meant.
The more you know, the greater the responsibility you bear.
Sometimes, people need to learn how to play dumb.
Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Huang Daoqi rose to his feet and said,
“Thank you. Thank you very much.”
“I’ll keep looking around. You two go ahead and eat.”
“When I have time another day, I’ll treat Mr. Lin to a meal myself.”
With that, Huang Daoqi glanced at his daughter and slowly made his way out the door.
Huang Feiya sat at the dining table with a displeased expression, not moving an inch.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, went out to see Huang Daoqi off.
When he returned, Lin Yu asked curiously,
“Is this how you and your father usually get along?”
“You don’t seem close at all.”
Huang Feiya set down her chopsticks and looked at Lin Yu.
“You’ve been fooled by that old con artist!”
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.
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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!
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!
