"Ha ha ha, you know what? Female teachers actually gossip a lot among themselves."
"I also heard once that..."
After Lin Yu and Tang Yimian stepped out of the bathroom,
they inexplicably ended up sitting by the bed, chatting idly.
To be precise,
it was Lin Yu listening to Tang Yimian’s one-sided storytelling.
All he had to do was react with appropriate surprise to each little anecdote.
At this moment,
Lin Yu really wanted to slap his ten-minutes-ago self.
If you’re going to comfort someone, do it properly.
Why the hell did you have to say "we’re the same kind of people"?
Now, if he dared to say, "Senior, let’s fix the pipe first," it would only make Tang Yimian feel worse.
Given her anxious state of mind, she’d definitely realize that Lin Yu had just been humoring her earlier.
So, no matter how long he had to listen to her stories,
he couldn’t drag the anxious Teacher Tang out of her emotions just to hurt her again.
"Junior Lin Yu, what about you?"
"Do you know anyone like the people I mentioned?"
After talking for ages,
the topic finally shifted to Lin Yu.
Rather than enduring this endless monologue, he figured he might as well join in with his own "Only You" moment.
"Me? Well, I haven’t started working yet, so I’m mostly around classmates."
"Some of them are pretty interesting too."
"I remember..."
Just as Lin Yu said "I remember" and was about to organize his thoughts,
a soft, steady breathing sound rose beside him again.
Lin Yu turned his head: "..."
What kind of god-tier sleeping ability was this?
Most people need a pillow to fall asleep, but Teacher Tang could doze off sitting up, no problem?
Had he even spoken thirty words yet?
Were you just tired from talking and decided to take a nap?
He’d been dutifully listening to her "neighborhood gossip lecture" for ages!
Lin Yu was itching with frustration.
He desperately wanted to shake Tang Yimian awake and tell her:
"Hey, it’s my turn now! Pay attention!"
But then it occurred to him—
what if waking her up meant another ten-minute lecture?
Better to let sleeping dogs lie.
Lin Yu tiptoed away from the bed and went downstairs to fetch the repair materials.
...
Fifteen minutes later.
The plumbing repair was successfully completed.
Another mundane daily task checked off.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host! You’ve successfully completed the limited-time mission!]
[The Water Veil Barrier has been reactivated, resolving the sect’s water crisis!]
[Rewards: 100 Sect Contribution Points, 200 Spirit Stones, 1 free System Mall draw!]
This batch of rewards came way too easily.
If every mission were this effortless,
Lin Yu wouldn’t mind sitting through a few more lectures.
Even after the repairs were done, Tang Yimian was still peacefully asleep.
Lin Yu couldn’t help but wonder—
if no one woke her, could she sleep until nightfall?
"Parents are here to pick up their kids?"
"Teacher Zhou’s here?"
"Director Li’s arrived?"
"Class dismissed?"
Keeping a safe distance, Lin Yu tested out various trigger phrases.
Finally,
when he said "class dismissed,"
Tang Yimian abruptly sat up, a blissful smile spreading across her face:
"Class dismissed, everyone! See you tomorrow—"
Mid-sentence, she blinked and looked around, finally realizing where she was.
Lin Yu: "..."
So teachers were no different.
A zombie at work, a dragon off the clock.
That genuine smile the moment she stood up—
it was even brighter than when she’d been gossiping earlier.
"Ah!"
"Junior Lin Yu, did I fall asleep again just now?"
"I’m so sorry, sorry! It’s probably because I drove nonstop to get back today..."
"Originally, my road trip was supposed to last until next week, but, well... plans change!"
"..."
This time, Lin Yu didn’t interrupt Tang Yimian.
He listened as she rambled from her road trip to other things,
and suddenly realized—
nervous chatterboxes had their natural advantages too.
If you wanted to know the little secrets of their recent life,
you didn’t even need to ask.
Just give them the right opportunity, and they’d spill everything unprompted.
From Tang Yimian’s ramblings, Lin Yu pieced together the key details.
The real reason her road trip got cut short—
was that the school had organized a "summer excursion" to a suburban wildlife park.
Of the two main teachers originally assigned to lead her third- and fourth-grade class,
both had "sudden conflicts," leaving the responsibility entirely on her shoulders.
She could’ve easily refused with a valid excuse.
After all, when she got the notice, she wasn’t even in Pingchuan City.
No need for elaborate reasons—just explain the situation and let the school assign someone else.
But.
Even without Tang Yimian spelling it out, Lin Yu could guess.
With her personality, she’d never say no to extra work assigned by the school.
And whoever arranged this definitely knew that too.
That’s why they dumped two teachers’ worth of responsibility onto her alone.
Aside from her,
there was also a young trainee teacher helping with the kids’ safety.
Along for the trip were the academic director, his wife, and their child.
Of course, they weren’t actually going there to work—it was just that the event needed a leader to make an appearance. Otherwise, how could the parents feel at ease about their children’s safety?
Such is the truth of the workplace.
Those who are articulate and skilled at reporting progress are the ones who get raises faster and climb higher.
As for those with actual competence and a diligent work ethic?
Well, they’ll just be handed more tasks—extra work, last-minute assignments, all kinds of responsibilities piling up.
You say you’ve finished your work?
Too bad.
The capable bear more burdens.
Can’t you lend a hand to your colleagues and help them wrap things up?
Lin Yu wasn’t naive enough to lecture Tang Yimian about this.
It was just her nature.
Even if he managed to lecture her once, she’d still fall into the same trap next time.
And worse, it might earn her a little “note” in the school administration’s black book.
“......”
“That’s pretty much how it went, which is why I rushed back.”
Finally.
The story of what happened after Tang Yimian woke up was told without further interruptions.
Lin Yu nodded thoughtfully.
“A zoo in the suburbs, huh? Not a bad choice for a primary school field trip.”
“Must’ve been tough handling so many kids all by yourself as a teacher, right?”
“The day after tomorrow… I don’t think I have any plans.”
“Senior, if I’m free that day, I’ll come help you out.”
“As a college student volunteer—I doubt your leadership would have any objections, right?”
[Ding!]
[Masterstroke move! As the chief disciple, taking the initiative to assist the Propagation Hall elder with worldly teachings has greatly pleased the elder!]
[Reward: 20 spirit stones.]
Hearing Lin Yu’s words, Tang Yimian’s eyes instantly lit up.
But.
Reason quickly took over again.
Tang Yimian hastily waved her hands. “No, no, how could I possibly—”
Lin Yu cut in, “But you’ll have to treat me to a nice meal! I’d really love to have dinner with you and catch up!”
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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?"
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.
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!
