"Quit fangirling for a second. Do you guys actually think this miracle drug can be developed?" one student asked uneasily.
Many internationally renowned pharmaceutical companies and universities were researching a cure for cancer, but it wasn't something that could be produced just because someone said so.
"I wouldn't dare guarantee it," shook her head a girl who had a secret crush on Lin Xuan.
Although she believed her idol was capable of anything, a cure for cancer... she really couldn't say with one hundred percent certainty that it could be done.
"I don't think we need to stress about it," another student chimed in. "Take a gamble—it's villas and the high life if we win. It'll look amazing on our resumes. If we don't succeed, we've only wasted a bit of time."
"True enough."
After leaving the classroom, Lin Xuan checked the time. Five o'clock.
Hua had just gotten off work.
The distance from Shangqing University to the Night Garden was about the same as the distance from the Su Group to the Night Garden.
If he headed back now, the timing would be perfect.
Lin Xuan drove back to the Night Garden.
As he got out of the car, Su Hua was just arriving from the office as well.
"Ah Xuan." Su Hua walked up to Lin Xuan and took his arm. "What a coincidence."
She subtly observed the expression on his face.
Seeing that her Ah Xuan hadn't been affected by the massive wave of slander and abuse online, Su Hua breathed a small sigh of relief.
"Hua, Chen Mo being expelled, the president of Yundu University being fired and investigated for corruption and bribery—you did all that, didn't you?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Yes, I did." A cold glint flashed in Su Hua's eyes. "Since they dared to target my man, they deserve to pay the price."
Lin Xuan felt warm and fuzzy inside.
He had guessed correctly; it really was Hua's doing. The feeling of being protected by his girlfriend was actually quite nice.
It seemed that... living off a woman wasn't such a bad thing after all.
If he didn't have his dimensional space, he probably would have already settled into a life of spending his girlfriend's money and idling away his days.
However, he also wanted to be Hua's support.
"Ah Xuan, do you think my methods of dealing with them were too vicious?" Su Hua felt a little uneasy.
"Of course not," Lin Xuan said, shaking his head. "They brought their current fate upon themselves. They can't blame anyone else."
Even if Hua committed arson or murder, he wouldn't find a single thing wrong with it.
Getting them fired and sent to prison was actually a very mild approach.
"Good." Su Hua's eyes curved into a smile.
It was wonderful that Ah Xuan didn't blame her for being too ruthless.
In some aspects, she and Ah Xuan were surprisingly compatible—for instance, in their ruthlessness...
"Hua, it's getting late. Let's go eat," Lin Xuan said.
"Okay." Su Hua's beautiful eyes crinkled with delight. "Whatever Ah Xuan says."
The two of them walked into the dining room together.
"Miss, Young Master Lin," the servants who were waiting in the dining room greeted them respectfully.
"Mm." Lin Xuan nodded slightly as they sat down at the dining table.
The servants brought out the food.
Lin Xuan suddenly spotted a familiar figure among the servants and frowned.
"You, wait a moment."
Lin Xuan pointed his finger at one of the servants.
The servant turned around. Keeping her head lowered, she asked respectfully, "Young Master Lin, do you have any instructions?"
This servant was the woman Butler Wang liked.
She was also the person Butler Wang had mentioned to Lin Xuan several times, hoping to bring her into the Night Garden to work.
Before she arrived, Butler Wang had reminded her that there were two masters in this house. She was to call the female master "Miss."
As for the male master, calling him "Young Master Lin" would suffice.
Butler Wang had also warned her that she could offend anyone, but she absolutely must not offend Young Master Lin.
In this household, Young Master Lin held the highest status.
She had heard of Su Hua's reputation. Rumor had it that she was a "living Yama" in the business world who had no interest in men.
However, after deciding to work at the Night Garden, Butler Wang told her the truth. Only then did she learn that President Su actually had a boyfriend for a long time and that the two were very much in love.
She wondered who this Young Master Lin was to have such charisma that the famous President of the Su Group would fall for him and stay devoted for two years.
Young Master Lin... She couldn't help but think of Lin Xuan.
She wondered how the Eldest Young Master was doing now. She had heard the Lin family discussing him, claiming that the Eldest Young Master was being kept as a "sugar baby."
The Eldest Young Master couldn't possibly be that kind of person.
Even if the Eldest Young Master had a woman, it would be a normal relationship.
She didn't know what his girlfriend was like, but since the Eldest Young Master was so outstanding, the girlfriend he chose surely wouldn't be bad either.
"Raise your head," Lin Xuan ordered.
Su Hua frowned.
She suddenly remembered the novel about a male lead and a female secretary that Jiang Qing had sent her. In it, a villain had said this exact phrase to a hotel waitress because he was interested in her.
At this thought, Su Hua's expression darkened, and she shot a chilling glare at the servant.
The servant rubbed her arms; why had it suddenly turned so cold?
When Su Hua saw that the woman appeared to be in her forties or fifties, the cold hostility radiating from her vanished completely.
It seemed she had overthought things.
This servant was quite old; Ah Xuan wouldn't fall for her.
Su Hua looked away, and the bone-chilling coldness that had been directed at the woman disappeared. The servant let out a sigh of relief.
"Ah Xuan, why are you asking her to do that?" Su Hua asked curiously.
Lin Xuan replied, "Her silhouette looks very much like someone I know. I want to make sure."
After speaking, Lin Xuan's gaze fell back onto the servant.
"Raise your head," Lin Xuan said again.
"Yes, Young Master Lin."
The servant lifted her head.
Lin Xuan and the woman locked eyes. Upon seeing each other's faces, they were both stunned.
Butler Wang walked in just then and saw the servant standing nervously in front of Lin Xuan.
He assumed the servant had caused trouble and said anxiously, "Young Master Lin, did she do something wrong? I apologize to you on her behalf. If she offended you in any way, it is my failure as the butler for not arranging things properly. If you must punish someone, please punish me."
Lin Xuan didn't hear a word Butler Wang was saying. He spoke in astonishment, "Nanny Zhao?"
Nanny Zhao was equally shocked. "Eldest Young Master."
She looked at Lin Xuan, then at Su Hua.
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
She never expected that the famous President Su's boyfriend would turn out to be their Eldest Young Master.
Butler Wang was a bit confused.
What was going on?
Did they know each other?
Butler Wang suddenly remembered that Nanny Zhao used to work as a servant for the Lin family.
It seemed that Nanny Zhao had been working there while Young Master Lin was still living with the Lin family.
The reason he hadn't asked Young Master Lin if he knew Lanzhi was mainly because there were so many servants; he had assumed Young Master Lin wouldn't have noticed Lanzhi.
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
