The Orphanage.
Chen Ling had just finished showering when she heard her phone ringing.
Glancing at the caller ID, her eyes lit up with joy.
It was Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan was calling her—finally!
This must mean that woman wasn’t clinging to him right now, leaving him free to reach out to her instead.
Perfect.
Tonight, she would make sure Lin Xuan stayed by her side.
Chen Ling eagerly answered the call. "Lin Xuan, do you finally have time for me now? You went silent earlier—I was so worried something had happened to you."
She pretended not to know about Lin Xuan’s closeness with Su Hua.
"Lin Xuan, I’m really scared right now. Could you come keep me company? I promise I won’t take up too much of your time."
Su Hua raised an eyebrow.
How sweetly pathetic.
Lin Xuan’s admirers were certainly… persistent.
First Shen Qianqian, now Chen Ling, not to mention the swarm of other women vying for his attention. Given how infatuated they all were, they’d probably be willing to share him if it meant having even a sliver of his affection.
Her icy gaze cut toward Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan rubbed his nose, avoiding eye contact.
What could he do? He couldn’t help being this popular.
Chen Ling’s voice suddenly softened, tinged with sadness.
"Lin Xuan, I know your girlfriend keeps you on a tight leash. If you can’t come, I won’t blame you."
"It’s just… I’ll be lying awake all night, thinking about my father again."
Her voice trembled with a fragile, tearful vulnerability—the kind designed to tug at a man’s heartstrings.
She’d done her research. Men couldn’t resist this kind of delicate act.
With this, Lin Xuan would surely agree to spend time with her.
And once he did, she had ways to make sure he stayed the entire night…
"Miss Chen, I’m afraid that won’t be possible." Su Hua’s voice cut in coolly. "My boyfriend is busy with me. He has no time to entertain outsiders."
Chen Ling’s eyes widened in shock.
"Su Hua?! Why are you—?"
Su Hua smirked. "Lin Xuan is my boyfriend. Answering his phone is perfectly normal, isn’t it?"
Chen Ling’s grip on the phone tightened, her face twisting with jealousy.
Why did this vixen always show up whenever she tried to reach Lin Xuan?
"Where is Lin Xuan?" she hissed.
Su Hua glanced at Lin Xuan, then replied lazily, "We’re at a hotel. We just finished some… exercise. He’s all sweaty, so he’s showering now."
Chen Ling’s face burned with fury.
Fox spirit!
This woman was nothing but a fox spirit!
Lin Xuan shot Su Hua a look.
They’d been in the car the whole time—since when were they at a hotel?
But his wife’s word was law.
Especially when it came to deflecting his unwanted admirers. He was in no position to argue.
He sat obediently in the driver’s seat, staying silent.
Su Hua’s voice turned sharp. "Lin Xuan is mine. Don’t even think about stealing him."
With that, she ended the call.
"Lin Xuan," Su Hua tilted her head, studying him. "Do you think I was too harsh on your precious orphanage director’s daughter?"
"Not at all." Lin Xuan shook his head. "Do whatever makes you happy, Hua. I’m fine with it."
His expression showed no trace of disapproval—only complete agreement.
Satisfied, Su Hua leaned back.
"Lin Xuan, I’m hungry. Take me to eat."
"Of course."
Lin Xuan stepped on the gas, pulling the car away.
Meanwhile, Lei Hui, who had just left the office, frowned in confusion.
What was going on?
The boss had left ages ago—why was his car only moving now?
His secretary checked his watch.
Two whole hours had passed since the boss had supposedly left.
"General Manager, didn’t you say our boss had kidney issues?" the secretary mused. "I’d say he’s anything but weak. In fact, he seems… impressively strong."
For a man to last nearly two hours—that was nothing short of legendary.
Lei Hui frowned. "What are you talking about? And how would you know how ‘strong’ he is?"
The secretary grinned. "Wasn’t that the boss’s car that just drove off?"
"Yes," Lei Hui confirmed.
He’d seen the boss drive that car multiple times. It wasn’t something just anyone could afford.
No doubt about it—that was the boss’s car.
The secretary continued, "And what time did the boss leave the office?"
"About 4:15," Lei Hui answered.
The secretary nodded. "It’s 6:15 now. His car never moved. He’s been with his girlfriend this whole time. What do you think they were doing?"
The secretary's words were already quite clear, but Lei Hui's mind hadn't quite caught up yet.
"Two hours, alone in a car, a man and a woman—what could they possibly be doing?" Lei Hui muttered to himself.
"What exactly were they doing?"
A minute later.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he realized something.
He got it!
Their boss and Su Hua were so close—being stuck in a car together for that long, they must’ve been doing that.
Not bad, not bad.
The boss’s stamina must be pretty impressive. At least he didn’t have to worry about Su Hua dumping him for being unsatisfied.
"Old Liang, your bonus this month is doubled. I’ll cover it from my own pocket," Lei Hui declared.
The secretary stared at him in confusion.
Their general manager was usually pretty stingy—why the sudden generosity?
And with his own money, no less?
"General Manager, what’s going on? Why the sudden bonus?" The secretary’s face was full of bewilderment.
Lei Hui replied, "Because you’ve done a great service!"
"What great service?" The secretary was completely lost.
He hadn’t done anything particularly noteworthy lately.
Had the general manager lost his mind?
"You’ll figure it out eventually."
Lei Hui chuckled and walked away.
On the drive back, the secretary kept turning Lei Hui’s words over in his head.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t make sense of it.
Where exactly had he rendered this so-called "great service"?
Ah, whatever. If the general manager wanted to give him extra money, he’d take it. Who in their right mind would turn down cash?
The secretary’s mood lifted.
An extra fifty grand this month—nice, very nice indeed.
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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.
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…
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...
