"Mr. Lin, you're here."
Jiang Yutong greeted him with a beaming smile.
Liang Yilong clenched his fists tightly at his sides.
Damn it!
Jiang Yutong was smiling so sweetly at this Lin Xuan.
He was her boyfriend, and she had never once smiled at him like that.
Sure enough.
Jiang Yutong didn't like him at all; she liked Lin Xuan.
The only reason she was with him was to use him to make Lin Xuan jealous.
He believed that once Lin Xuan fell for Jiang Yutong, she would dump him without a second thought.
"Miss Jiang, when did you get here?" Lin Xuan asked.
Jiang Yutong didn't want to tell Lin Xuan she had been waiting here for almost an hour.
She touched her nose and replied, "I just arrived too."
"Mm."
Lin Xuan nodded. "Let's go in."
"Boss, wait, wait, wait."
Lei Hui came running over, panting heavily.
Lin Xuan's gaze shifted somewhat guiltily.
He had actually forgotten about Lei Hui.
He had promised Lei Hui earlier that he would bring him along to see the show.
But he had completely forgotten about him.
Lei Hui looked at him with a resentful gaze. "Boss, if I hadn't been waiting here, would you have just forgotten about me?"
"Nothing of the sort."
Lin Xuan said evasively, "I just saw you weren't here and was about to message you to come over."
Lei Hui muttered under his breath, "Yeah, right. Pull the other one."
He was one hundred percent sure.
The boss had absolutely, positively forgotten about him.
"Oh, right, boss."
Lei Hui took out an invitation. "This is an invitation Lin Qingwan sent to the company, inviting you to a celebration banquet."
"Mm."
Lin Xuan curled his lips into a smile. "Since Lin Qingwan wants me there so badly, then I, her nominal younger brother by blood, will happily fulfill her wish."
Lei Hui silently rolled his eyes dramatically.
The way the boss said it, as if he wouldn't go if Lin Qingwan hadn't invited him!
"Let's go. It's time for us to head in now," Lin Xuan said.
Jiang Yutong and Lei Hui both followed by Lin Xuan's side.
Lin Xuan handed the invitation to the security guard at the entrance and swaggered in.
As they walked, Lei Hui kept chattering to Lin Xuan, "Boss, remember to keep your promises. Don't be like today, where you clearly promised to bring me to see the show but then left me behind."
Thankfully he was clever and had staked out the hotel entrance beforehand.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to witness Lin Qingwan's drama firsthand.
"Boss, being untrustworthy like this will cost you friends. Next time you say you'll bring me to see some drama, you must, must, must remember," Lei Hui prattled on.
Lin Xuan dug a finger in his ear.
Why hadn't he noticed before how naggy Lei Hui could be?
“Alright, I got it,” Lin Xuan said dismissively as he nodded.
Jiang Yutong was also annoyed with Lei Hui.
Lei Hui kept talking non-stop, so she couldn't get a word in edgewise. It was ruining her chance to get closer to Xuan.
Lei Hui noticed the looks from both of them.
He paused mid-step, scratching his head in confusion.
Why were these two looking at him as if their eyes were daggers?
What happened?
Lin Qingwan had just gone to the restroom.
Lin Li's first glance fell on Jiang Yutong.
He instantly clenched his fists, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.
Originally, he could have gotten closer to the Jiang family before his true identity was exposed.
But this Jiang Yutong had obstructed him at every turn.
If it weren't for Jiang Yutong, when his impostor status was revealed at the family recognition banquet, the Jiang family wouldn't have been so ruthless to him.
When he found an opportunity later, he would pay back every bit of humiliation he suffered from Jiang Yutong.
The next second.
Lin Li noticed Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan!
Lin Li clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white, a bloodthirsty hatred flashing in his eyes.
Him becoming a eunuch.
Him becoming the notorious figure he was now.
It was all because of Lin Xuan!
Lin Xuan also noticed Lin Li's gaze and raised an eyebrow at him provocatively.
Lin Li's expression darkened further.
Lin Xuan was actually provoking him!
"Mom."
Lin Li strode over to Jiang Shuqin's side. He pointed at Lin Xuan and said, "Isn't that brother? Why is he here?"
"What? Lin Xuan is actually here?!"
Jiang Shuqin looked in the direction Lin Li was pointing.
The moment she saw Lin Xuan, her previously smiling face instantly darkened.
Worry appeared between Lin Li's brows. "Mom, do you think brother he..."
Before Lin Li could finish, Jiang Shuqin interrupted him in a low voice, "Li'er, how many times have I told you? He is not your brother. You think of him as a brother, but he certainly doesn't think of you as one. Otherwise, how could he have done this to you?"
Jiang Shuqin's eyes couldn't help but redden at the thought of everything her precious son had been through.
Her Li'er had suffered so, so much.
Anyone else who went through that would probably have jumped off a building by now. Thankfully, her Li'er was much stronger than others.
"Mom, I know." Lin Li nodded. "I'll listen to you."
"Mom."
Lin Li spoke again, "Lin Xuan has always wanted revenge on us. Every time he attended one of our events before, something would happen. This time... I'm afraid something unexpected might happen at big sister's banquet."
Lin Qingyan frowned and said, "There shouldn't be a problem, right? Big sister doesn't have anything for Xuan to expose."
Previously, when Xiao Li's affairs were exposed by Xuan, it was because Xiao Li himself was cheating, committing marriage fraud, and had become a eunuch.
To put it bluntly, that was all Li'er's own doing.
Big sister has always been diligently developing the company. I really can't think of anything Xuan could do to big sister.
Lin Qingxiu nodded in agreement. "Mom, I think so too. Maybe Xuan really is just here to celebrate big sister's company's progress."
"Hmph." Jiang Shuqin snorted coldly. "I don't believe Lin Xuan has such good intentions."
Lin Li looked towards Lin Xuan's direction again and said with a frown, "Mom, isn't the person next to Lin Xuan Jiang Yutong? She also runs a skincare company and has always been big sister's competitor. Why did Lin Xuan bring her here?"
The sisters Lin Qingyan and Lin Qingxiu both frowned in unison.
They looked at Lin Li with confusion.
What's going on?
Why did they keep getting the feeling Xiao Li was trying to stir up trouble?
The thought had just crossed their minds when they both shook their heads almost simultaneously.
Impossible. Xiao Li is the kindest and most wishes for harmony among brothers.
Since childhood, Xiao Li has always liked Xuan as an older brother.
How could he possibly be stirring up trouble?
Xiao Li was just voicing his concerns. It's normal for him to worry.
The moment Jiang Shuqin heard Lin Li's words, her emotions became agitated.
She stated firmly, "Lin Xuan is definitely up to no good coming here this time!"
Lin Qingyan frowned and said, "Mom, should we wait until..." big sister gets here, before we decide.
Before she could finish, Jiang Shuqin glared at her.
Jiang Shuqin's look was truly somewhat frightening. Lin Qingyan shut her mouth, not daring to say another word.
Jiang Shuqin's voice was low and serious as she said, "Better safe than sorry. No matter what, Lin Xuan cannot remain at the banquet!"
She absolutely could not allow any mishaps to occur at Wan'er's company or during this celebration banquet.
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transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
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