Wang Ping smiled kindly and said, "Lin Xuan, I just mentioned inviting everyone to the Extravagance Club for my birthday party. I noticed you were sleeping, so I came specifically to invite you."
"The event is the evening after tomorrow. Are you free?"
Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes.
Wang Ping came from an ordinary family. Although his parents held minor positions in a company, their combined salaries barely amounted to forty thousand yuan, far from enough to cover the millions required for a party at the Extravagance Club.
Wang Ping had a good relationship with Ye Li. It was likely that Ye Li was footing the bill for Wang Ping's birthday party.
Ye Li was making his move against Lin Xuan.
At this thought, Lin Xuan sneered. The Extravagance Club? Ye Li was really going all out to deal with him.
"Lin Xuan, all our classmates are coming," Wang Ping added, afraid that Lin Xuan might refuse. "We've been classmates for three years. You can't turn me down."
"Alright, I'll go."
Lin Xuan's lips curled into a smile. He wanted to see what Ye Li had in store for him.
It was about time he dealt with Ye Li.
In the following days, Qin Ruoyao lived in the lap of luxury. Luo Yuan took her shopping every day and transferred a considerable amount of money to her.
"Baby, come out. I'm waiting for you at the Junyue Hotel," Lin Li said suggestively.
"Okay, Brother Li, I'll be right there," Qin Ruoyao replied sweetly.
Luo Yuan approached, holding a milk tea he had bought for Qin Ruoyao.
"Luo Yuan, something came up at home. I need to go back," Qin Ruoyao said apologetically.
"Alright," Luo Yuan handed her the milk tea. "Do you need me to take you?"
"No, I've already called a car. It should be here soon."
Although Luo Yuan had previously said they would only be friends, Qin Ruoyao still felt that he was pursuing her, wanting to be with her. She believed he had said that to lower her guard, allowing him to gradually win her heart.
She still needed Luo Yuan to spend money on her, so she couldn't let him know about her relationship with Lin Li.
"Take care, Ruoyao," Luo Yuan said.
"Mm."
Qin Ruoyao, wearing a floral dress and high heels, walked briskly out of the restaurant.
Luo Yuan had a feeling Qin Ruoyao wasn't going home.
He hailed a taxi.
"Driver, please follow that car ahead," Luo Yuan said.
"The one with the young lady in it? Young man, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I don't do things like following people," the driver refused sternly.
Luo Yuan was good at acting. He lowered his eyes and said sadly, "Uncle, the girl in that car is actually my girlfriend. She's been distant lately, dressing up beautifully every day to go out. I suspect she's seeing someone else. I just want to see if I'm wrong."
Luo Yuan even showed the driver a photo of him and Qin Ruoyao together.
The driver was completely convinced.
Cheating? That was unacceptable!
He had a daughter who had been cheated on by her boyfriend, so the driver had a deep hatred for cheaters.
"Young man, don't worry. I'll make sure we don't lose her!"
The driver, filled with righteous anger, stepped on the gas and followed Qin Ruoyao's taxi closely.
Luo Yuan watched as Qin Ruoyao entered the Junyue Hotel.
The driver looked at him sympathetically. "Young man, locals don't just come to hotels for no reason. You were probably right. She's likely cheating. Don't be too sad. There are plenty of fish in the sea, right?"
"Yes, thank you, Uncle."
After getting out of the car, Luo Yuan handed the driver a hundred-yuan bill.
"I won't take your money," the driver waved his hand. "Use it to buy yourself something comforting."
With that, the driver drove off.
Luo Yuan rubbed his nose, feeling a bit guilty for deceiving the driver, who had genuinely tried to comfort him.
As soon as Luo Yuan entered the hotel, he overheard the front desk staff gossiping.
"Did you recognize that girl just now?"
"The one in the white dress with small flowers?"
"Yes, that's her. A while ago, she came here in a wedding dress to check in."
The staff member had a particularly vivid memory of Qin Ruoyao in her wedding dress.
"Tsk tsk, she really knows how to have fun. Even after getting married, she's still playing around."
"Actually, I don't think that guy is her husband. What married couple doesn't check in together? They never arrive or leave together."
"If that's the case, then her husband must be a real fool."
Luo Yuan stroked his chin. He had indeed caught Qin Ruoyao with another man.
But a wedding dress... Had Qin Ruoyao gotten married?
Luo Yuan called Lin Xuan and told him about it. "Lin Xuan, the hotel staff said Qin Ruoyao came here in a wedding dress a while ago. She must be married. I wonder who the groom is?"
As he spoke, he silently pitied the man Qin Ruoyao had married. "How tragic. On his wedding day, his new wife ran off to be with another man."
Compared to that man, Luo Yuan felt his own situation of being deceived by Qin Ruoyao wasn't so bad.
Lin Xuan: "..."
There was a long silence.
"Lin Xuan, are you there?" Luo Yuan asked curiously.
Lin Xuan's voice was low. "The person Qin Ruoyao married... is me."
Luo Yuan: "!!!!"
It was Lin Xuan!
"So, you and Qin Ruoyao are now..."
Luo Yuan was completely baffled.
With Boss Su, Qin Ruoyao, Lin Li, and Lin Xuan, the relationships were a tangled mess.
Qin Ruoyao and Lin Xuan had held a wedding, so why was Qin Ruoyao now pursuing Lin Xuan...
Lin Xuan pinched the bridge of his nose. "We didn't actually get married. Hua interrupted the wedding and took me away. I saw Qin Ruoyao for who she really is."
Luo Yuan's eyes widened.
Holy crap! This was too intense!
Why hadn't he been there to witness the drama?
"Luo Yuan, keep an eye on Qin Ruoyao."
Lin Xuan hung up.
Luo Yuan hid outside the hotel, waiting for Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao to come out.
Qin Ruoyao swiped her card and entered the room, where Lin Li pinned her against the wall.
"Brother Li," Qin Ruoyao lowered her head shyly.
"Ruoyao, you haven't been coming to see me much lately. Have you been too happy with Lin Xuan to remember me?" Lin Li asked, narrowing his eyes.
Previously, Lin Li had used Qin Ruoyao to turn the Lin family against Lin Xuan, ensuring Lin Xuan would have no chance of inheriting Starlight Group.
His goal had been achieved. Lin Xuan had fallen out with his family and signed a severance agreement.
Now, Lin Li was still involved with Qin Ruoyao simply because she was a woman Lin Xuan had loved.
He enjoyed toying with Lin Xuan's women.
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!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
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."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
