"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.
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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!
