With a youthful and innocent face, she put on a stern expression while spouting such unreasonable words—the contrast was unexpectedly adorable, making her quite endearing.
Unable to hold back, Long Aotian burst into laughter. "Alright, alright, as long as you're happy."
Li Qingxue had originally wanted to say something more, but when she looked up and saw the sweat at Long Aotian’s temples, she forgot her words. She stood up, pulled a tissue from her pocket, and carefully wiped the sweat from his face.
This was her first time wiping someone else’s sweat, so her movements were gentle and tender.
Though she always bickered with Long Aotian, when it really mattered, she could be incredibly soft-hearted.
As she gazed at Long Aotian’s profile, her eyes shimmered with emotion.
"If you keep wiping, you’ll rub my skin raw," Long Aotian teased, turning his head to look at her with amusement.
The moment their eyes met, Li Qingxue’s heart fluttered uncontrollably—like a kitten caught stealing fish, her cheeks instantly grew warm.
"That’s not true! I was being very gentle," she retorted before starting to pedal the boat again.
The rippling water no longer made her dizzy as it had before. Now, she could look at it without feeling queasy.
And just like that, the lively and cheerful Li Qingxue was back.
Long Aotian found her antics thoroughly entertaining.
Honestly, he thought the version of her from earlier—pouting, miserable, and pitiful—was far more amusing.
Perhaps his smile was too obvious, because Li Qingxue immediately noticed. "Why are you staring at me with such a creepy grin?"
"Because you’re pretty, alright?"
Li Qingxue froze, flustered. You jerk! Why do you have to say it so bluntly?
"Fine, I’ll admit I am a little pretty. If you want to look, then go ahead," she huffed, wrinkling her nose in a show of pride.
Though her words sounded confident, only she knew how her cheeks were burning uncontrollably again!
Long Aotian gave her a deadpan look. Still, she was undeniably beautiful, so her words weren’t entirely out of place—just a bit conceited.
Soon, they returned to the shore.
Hu Yuying and Lin Wanning had already started walking toward them as the boat made its way back.
The moment Li Qingxue stepped onto the dock, her tension melted away.
Forgetting all about her earlier discomfort, she happily clung to Hu Yuying, chattering excitedly about her experience.
After sharing with Hu Yuying, she didn’t forget to do the same with Lin Wanning.
Long Aotian glanced at Hu Yuying.
As if reading his mind, she met his gaze with a serene smile, rising slightly on her toes to silently reassure him that she was fine.
Walking around, taking photos, and playing together made the afternoon fly by.
Eventually, the group left to grab a bite to eat.
At the restaurant, Li Qingxue glanced toward a nearby shopping mall. "After we eat, let’s go shopping, okay?"
Shopping was practically ingrained in a girl’s nature—something no guy should ever argue against.
Lin Wanning had no objections.
But Hu Yuying hesitated slightly as she looked at the towering, luxurious mall.
Long Aotian noticed. Truthfully, Hu Yuying was already incredible.
She earned her own tuition and, instead of spending the extra money on herself, sent it to her grandparents.
At her age, Long Aotian could honestly say—whether in his own world or this one—he’d never met anyone as selfless as her.
Pulling out his phone, he casually asked, "By the way, remember how I mentioned wanting to start an online store? Think you’d dare to follow me on another venture?"
Hu Yuying blinked, then recalled how Long Aotian had once talked about e-commerce while they were street vending. He’d predicted that society would soon shift toward a digital era, where people could buy anything they wanted from home with just a phone.
"What kind of online store?" Li Qingxue asked.
Hu Yuying glanced at Long Aotian for permission before explaining his earlier vision.
"I’ve seen stuff online before, but it never feels as reliable as trying clothes on in person."
"So, is that what you want to do, Brother?" Lin Wanning also turned to Long Aotian.
He nodded. "I’ve considered it before."
Though he’d set the idea aside for now. His main focus was waiting for a certain cryptocurrency to surge before cashing out, then buying undervalued properties to resell later. After that, he’d open a small supermarket and live comfortably as a landlord...
But bringing it up now? Maybe it was just to give his loyal follower a side gig.
After spending so much time together, he couldn’t stand seeing her unhappy.
Hu Yuying trusted Long Aotian unconditionally. If he was willing to lead, she’d follow without hesitation.
So when he looked at her, she nodded firmly. "Long Aotian, I’m in."
Her unwavering faith warmed his heart.
Immediately, he laid out his plan.
Online shopping wasn’t mainstream yet.
But the arrival of 4G was revolutionizing society.
E-commerce, short videos—these would reshape entire industries in the future.
That wasn’t an exaggeration. Tourism, food service, even the music industry could experience explosive growth just through short videos.
These were the massive changes 4G would bring.
But its greatest impact? Digital payments.
Though mobile payment apps existed, they weren’t widespread yet.
The fact that Long Aotian had still been using a keypad phone until recently proved that.
Once digital payments became universal, they’d transform traditional business models across all sectors.
This shift would also propel society into a fully connected era.
At this turning point, even a mediocre entrepreneur with basic marketing skills could make money—enough to escape poverty, at least.
Short videos, especially, would launch countless ordinary people—even those with only elementary education—into success, letting them buy cars, houses, and even start families...
Traffic equaled money, equaled demand.
After Long Aotian finished speaking, not just Hu Yuying, but even Li Qingxue and Lin Wanning were stunned.
His ideas were bold predictions about a future that hadn’t yet arrived.
If phones really could handle payments seamlessly one day, then an online store might indeed be a profitable venture.
Because right now, people were still stuck in traditional mindsets.
For example, when buying clothes in person, you’d try them on first. If they fit and looked good, paying felt natural.
But online? You’d hand over money without ever seeing the product, unsure if it would fit or if the quality was decent. That uncertainty made people uneasy.
For example, think back to the days before the village had plowing machines. Everyone tilled the land by hand—exhausting and painfully slow work. When the first plowing machine arrived, people were skeptical, convinced it couldn’t match the precision of human labor.
But what happened in the end? Not only did plowing machines become commonplace, but seeders, harvesters, and even pesticide-spraying drones followed. From manual farming to mechanized agriculture—this is progress, an unstoppable trend that no amount of human resistance could hold back.
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!
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?!
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
