Jia Laoban's kick was strategically placed—right at Lin Jian's joint. It was excruciating and instantly incapacitated him, yet it left no lasting damage.
Lin Jian didn’t dare report it to the authorities either, since he had nowhere else to live.
[I’ll Slash Down with My Blade]: Boss, don’t leave! Why’d you take Lin Tianba away? Show him to us again! And give us your address first!
[The Internet is Full of "Family"]: So this doggo is Lin Tianba II? So adorable! How does Lin Jian even deserve to be called its "son"? That’s an insult to dogs. I object—who’s with me?
[Goddess Descends Upon Lin]: The Lin family never fails to sink lower than I ever thought possible. Why do I keep getting disgusted by them yet can’t look away from their misery?
[Who Will Regulate the Entertainment Industry?]: Does anyone else think Lin Tianba seems off? He hasn’t said a word since the stream started, and his face is completely blank—like a zombie. Also, @Goddess Descends Upon Lin, your username’s kinda funny.
[Lin Ran Loves Me]: He’s just broken. Imagine going from a billionaire CEO to a penniless wreck, plus all those injuries. Anyone would crack. At least we’re poor—we can’t get any poorer.
Lin Jian, too humiliated to continue, abruptly ended the stream, leaving Shi Nanci stunned.
Then a comment flashed across the screen:
[My Master is Luo Yao]: Shi Nanci, keep it up. Consider our past grievances settled. If you ever need help, come to Nuan Yao and ask for Old Wu. We’re classmates—no need to feel awkward. Remember, you’re an entrepreneur. Swallowing pride for money isn’t shameful—profit matters more than face.
"Viewers, if you need anything, place your orders. My classmate here might’ve been a bit dim-witted before, but he doesn’t sell fakes. Even if he did, he’d compensate tenfold—no shady alt-account scams," Lin Ran added before exiting, sending the chat into a frenzy.
[RandomName]: Don’t go, Young Master Lin! Please! Tell me—do I still have a chance to get rich?
[HandsomeGuys&BeautiesLoveMyLongUsername]: Bros, let’s go! This streamer’s products are crazy good value.
[Luo Yao’s Little Sister, Luo Xuan]: Are you really Lin Ran’s classmate? Is he as… ahem well-endowed and domineering in real life?
Shi Nanci watched his orders skyrocket and nearly teared up.
"I used to hate Lin Ran—he was too handsome, my rival for… school heartthrob status. But then I realized he’s actually kind, easygoing, and helpful. As for his size, I never measured—@#$%..."
He’d almost mentioned Lin Ran being his love rival too, but stopped, remembering Luo Yao might be watching.
No need to stir trouble. Everyone knew Luo Yao was unhinged.
Sigh. If I’d realized this sooner, Lin Ran and I might’ve been friends.
Even if I couldn’t be as successful as Wu Zhishang, a tenth of that would’ve been enough.
Too bad Lin Jian ruined me. Liu Ruxue ruined me.
Meanwhile, Lin Ran had the screen-sharing shut off.
"Wife, Shi Nanci’s kinda interesting. Maybe giving him a chance isn’t so bad."
Luo Yao: "Why ‘interesting’?"
"Anyone who hates the Lin family is interesting to me."
Uncle Fu interjected, "Young Master, do you realize if netizens heard that, half of them would try assassinating the Lins just to befriend you?"
Lin Ran paused. "Wait, really?"
Seeing Uncle Fu’s confusion, he clarified, "I mean, would that actually work?"
Uncle Fu blinked. "You’re not seriously considering it, are you? It’s simpler—just find someone desperate, offer a favor, and poof, no more Lin family."
Luo Yao shot Uncle Fu a frosty glare, silencing him.
She wanted Lin Ran decisive but shielded from darkness.
Her Lin Ran was perfect as he was.
Lin Ran shook his head. "The Lins won’t last much longer. I’ll handle them my way. Right now, I just want to love Yao Yao properly."
Uncle Fu nearly gagged on the sweetness.
Inner monologue: [Ugh, spare me. Someone hand me an eye-roll emoji.]
At bedtime, the couple drifted off.
Deep into the night, a figure slipped into Jiang Feihua’s hospital room.
The most covert messages travel by the oldest methods…
"Why did you ask to meet?" Jiang Feihua’s voice trembled.
"Luo Yao might know who I am."
"Why do you say that?" The visitor frowned.
"They poisoned me today! Isn’t that proof?"
A pause. Then, an explanation:
"I don’t know why, but you’ve heard about Luo Yao’s cooking. Everyone who eats it gets sick. It wasn’t targeted—just bad luck."
To convince her, they added, "Lin Ran’s been hospitalized twice because of her food. So has their butler, the staff, that variety show’s host and director… It’s inexplicable but true."
Jiang Feihua knew about the show’s crew collapsing but not the others.
"How do you know all this?"
"Nothing’s unfindable if you dig."
A realization struck her.
"So… they were just testing poison on me?"
The visitor nodded. "Call it that if you want. Stay undercover. I can’t linger."
"Wait."
"What?"
"When will you let me go?"
In a flash, the visitor lunged, gripping Jiang Feihua’s throat.
"You agreed to this. No bargaining."
"Under… stood…"
Released, Jiang Feihua gasped for air as the figure vanished.
Back at Lin Jian’s place, Liu Yuemei eagerly asked after the stream ended:
"Xiao Jian, how much did we make today?"
Lin Jian checked the stats and held up five fingers.
"50,000?"
"Five cents. One person tipped ten cents. The platform took half."
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...
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.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
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!
