Jiang Qing's heart also suddenly tightened.
Hopefully, Lin Xuan won't mess things up this time. Given his recent behavior, it shouldn't be a big issue, right?
"Lin Xuan, I know you're acting," Qin Ruoyao blurted out abruptly.
Lin Xuan frowned.
Acting? Acting what?
"You're playing hard to get, aren't you? Deliberately distancing yourself from me, deliberately opposing me, just so I realize my feelings for you. You still like me the most, don't you?" Qin Ruoyao said with a confident expression.
Lin Xuan: "???"
What the hell? Is this some kind of narcissistic woman? Has she been reading too many CEO novels?
Qin Ruoyao: "Lin Xuan, I don't like this kind of hard-to-get game. I want sincerity. If you keep this up, I won't pay attention to you anymore."
"Then don't. I couldn't care less," Lin Xuan said nonchalantly.
The chilling aura around Su Hua faded away.
Jiang Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Good, good. Young Master Lin still knows how to keep things in check.
Qin Ruoyao's eyes widened. Lin Xuan was talking to her like this! She had given him a way out, and he didn't take it.
Did he feel a sense of accomplishment because she kept taking the initiative to approach him?
Qin Ruoyao took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in her heart. She still needed the money Lin Xuan earned from writing novels. She couldn't afford to break ties with him.
"Lin Xuan, don't use the money you earn from writing novels to start a company. Starting a company is very easy to lose money," Qin Ruoyao ordered.
"I see. So, I shouldn't use that money to start a company but save it for you instead, right?" Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Isn't it natural for boys to spend money on the girls they like? Lin Xuan, I've set my eyes on a necklace. It's not much, just a few hundred thousand. It's from the Haizhu store on Fengxiang Street." She wanted to wear this necklace and show off to her high school classmates.
Last time she went to buy a bracelet, she ran into a high school classmate who casually bought a necklace worth over a hundred thousand.
She still couldn't forget the look on her classmate's face when she said Qin Ruoyao couldn't afford such a necklace.
What's so great about a necklace worth over a hundred thousand? She was going to buy one worth four hundred thousand! She was going to reclaim her pride in front of her high school classmates.
"Qin Ruoyao, if there's something wrong with your brain, go get it treated," Lin Xuan said coldly. "That's my money. What does it have to do with you? Qin Ruoyao, even the city walls aren't as thick as your face. How dare you set your sights on my money!"
"Let me tell you, even if I were to feed my money to dogs, I wouldn't give it to you!"
"Lin Xuan, you..." Qin Ruoyao's face was filled with hurt.
Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan actually spoke to her like this? Did he mean that in his eyes, she wasn't even worth as much as a dog?
Jiang Qing was shocked. Every time she saw Lin Xuan with Qin Ruoyao, Lin Xuan always acted like a simp. But now, he was actually talking back to Qin Ruoyao like this.
It has to be said, this was really satisfying.
Lin Xuan really didn't want to deal with this extremely narcissistic, brain-dead woman anymore. He walked around her, wanting to leave.
"Lin Xuan, don't go! You need to explain yourself!" Qin Ruoyao grabbed Lin Xuan's wrist.
Su Hua's eyes were fixed on Lin Xuan's wrist, a storm brewing in her gaze.
She really wanted to chop that hand off...
Su Hua clenched her fists, suppressing the impulse in her heart.
Lin Xuan felt like his hand had been wrapped around by a venomous snake. Disgusted, he shook Qin Ruoyao off.
"Ah—" Qin Ruoyao fell to the ground. She was wearing a short skirt, and her knees were scraped and bleeding from the gravel.
Tears welled up in Qin Ruoyao's eyes as she pitifully said, "It hurts, Lin Xuan, it really hurts..."
The old Lin Xuan would have immediately carried her to the hospital. But the current Lin Xuan just gave her a mocking glance before heading back to the court to continue playing basketball.
A smile tugged at Su Hua's lips, and the gloom around her completely dissipated, replaced by a sense of joy.
Principal Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Good, good. Lin Xuan didn't give Qin Ruoyao the time of day.
"Ah—" Qin Ruoyao kicked the ground in frustration. "Lin Xuan, how dare you treat me like this? You were supposed to be my simp!"
"Wuwuwu, Lin Xuan, I hate you," Qin Ruoyao couldn't hold back her tears, crying pitifully.
"Principal Chen," Su Hua spoke calmly.
"President Su," Principal Chen said obsequiously.
"If I remember correctly, Qin Ruoyao, as the campus belle of Shangqing University, was once used by the university for promotional purposes, right?" Su Hua's tone turned cold.
"Well, that was handled by the publicity department. I'm not entirely sure," Principal Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead. Normally, it was fine, but when Su Hua exerted her authority, he couldn't quite handle it.
"Your publicity department needs a thorough overhaul. How can a student with only looks and no moral integrity be the face of Shangqing University's promotions?" Su Hua's voice carried a dangerous edge.
"Yes, yes, I will definitely reorganize the publicity department. Something like this will never happen again," Principal Chen quickly agreed.
"Also, the quality of your students needs improvement. I've never seen a woman who clings to a man for money like this before," Su Hua said these words with a serious expression, showing no signs of abnormality.
Principal Chen knew that Su Hua was using her authority for personal reasons.
But as the majority shareholder with absolute control over Shangqing University, her words were not to be disobeyed. Moreover, Qin Ruoyao had indeed gone too far.
"President Su, rest assured, I will give you a satisfactory response," Principal Chen assured her.
"Hmm."
Su Hua turned and left.
Just a few seconds before Su Hua left, Qin Ruoyao caught sight of her, her pupils constricting in shock.
Wasn't this the woman who stole Lin Xuan from her wedding?
Why was she at the school? And why were the school's leaders following her, even Principal Chen, looking so respectful?
Who was she?
Qin Ruoyao's mind flashed back to the announcement on the school's broadcast: Su Hua, the head of Su Corporation, would be attending the school's opening ceremony in the afternoon...
Could this woman be Su Hua?
No, that's impossible!
The moment this thought surfaced, Qin Ruoyao denied it. How could Lin Xuan possibly have a connection with someone as powerful as the head of Su Corporation?
Luo Yuan, noticing that Qin Ruoyao hadn't returned for a while, came looking for her.
"Ruoyao, what's wrong?" Seeing Qin Ruoyao limping as she got up from the ground, Luo Yuan's heart tightened, and he quickly ran over to support her.
"Luo Yuan," Qin Ruoyao saw her simp coming and finally broke down, crying hysterically on Luo Yuan's shoulder. "Why is Lin Xuan treating me like this? He used to chase after me so passionately, but now that I've started to have feelings for him, he acts like I'm nothing. It hurts so much, Luo Yuan, wuwuwu—"
Yes, Qin Ruoyao had developed feelings for Lin Xuan.
These days, Lin Xuan's figure kept appearing in her mind. Perhaps people are just naturally prone to taking things for granted. What's right in front of them is discarded like trash, while what's lost becomes precious.
Qin Ruoyao was someone who valued benefits greatly. Before, she thought Lin Xuan was useless, and even if she had feelings for him, she wouldn't take the initiative to get close to him.
But now, after learning how successful Lin Xuan had become from writing novels, she wanted to keep him by her side again.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
