About ten minutes later.
"Whew... So, what do you think? Not bad, right?"
Pulling over to the side of the road, Liu Chen'ang was panting heavily, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Su Bai.
Su Bai himself wasn't particularly fazed. The thrill of speeding was something his current physical condition could easily handle.
However, Liu Chen'ang's flushed face genuinely caught him off guard.
Truly befitting an S-tier goddess.
Even with her androgynous style, the way her eyes shimmered with excitement and her gaze brimmed with emotion was utterly captivating.
What really stunned Su Bai, though, was how Liu Chen'ang's voice had changed in her exhilaration.
Normally, her voice was neutral—almost boyish, to be precise.
But just now, it had been unmistakably girlish—soft, melodious, and incredibly pleasing to the ear.
Su Bai had never heard a voice so enchanting in his life.
Not even Jiang Qiuran, who studied broadcasting, could compare.
Noticing Su Bai's strange expression, Liu Chen'ang's heart skipped a beat as she suddenly realized something.
Oh no!
She must have gotten too carried away and slipped into her natural voice.
Honestly, for a girl pretending to live as a guy—especially one as inherently delicate and feminine as her—it was no easy feat.
It took skill and dedication.
Luckily, Liu Chen'ang seemed to have a natural talent for acting.
She'd mastered voice modulation back in her teens and had been using it ever since.
But just now, the adrenaline from the drive must have made her drop her guard in front of Su Bai.
Yeah, that had to be it!
Otherwise, why would Su Bai look so shocked?
"Ahem! Uh, you know, my kidneys are kinda weak, and my throat's been acting up lately. When I get too excited, my voice ends up sounding girly. Uh... Su Bai, you don't mind, do you?"
"Why would I mind?" Su Bai chuckled.
"A lot of people think I'm too effeminate and don't wanna hang out with me."
Even as she tried to slip back into her "boy" persona, Liu Chen'ang's words still carried an unintentional hint of shyness.
If this were a real guy, Su Bai might have found it a bit odd.
But Su Bai knew the truth.
Instead, he found himself thinking, "Dude, you smell amazing!"
"Doesn't matter to me. As long as we share the same interests, that's all that counts for friendship."
"Mmm..."
"You look a bit unsteady. Let me drive back—I'm smoother behind the wheel."
"Yeah, yeah, Brother Bai, your driving is so steady."
Honestly, Liu Chen'ang sensed something incredibly mature and reliable about Su Bai.
Given that her parents were superstitious and often pulled ridiculous stunts, she'd unconsciously longed for someone dependable to lean on.
Most importantly, Su Bai was so accepting of her.
It stirred something unfamiliar in her heart—something far beyond the friendship she'd expected...
[Ding! Detected S-tier goddess Liu Chen'ang (Liu Chenyang), Favorability +3, current favorability 81]
[Ding! Detected S-tier goddess Liu Chen'ang (Liu Chenyang)'s favorability has surpassed 80 points. Bound as a cashback target.]
Not bad.
Su Bai grinned inwardly. Aside from buying property, he'd just unlocked another major cashback avenue.
But right now, more important than car mods was purchasing a sports car.
That empty parking spot at Yashi Pavilion just didn't sit right with him.
"Hey, Chen'ang, you got any connections for buying sports cars? I wanna grab a couple—expensive ones, flashy ones."
"Huh? But you just got this new car. How can you afford more? Your parents must spoil you rotten."
Liu Chen'ang was genuinely envious.
Instinctively, she assumed Su Bai was dipping into family funds.
After all, at the Panamera level, the idea of a college student buying it with their own money seemed laughably unrealistic.
Su Bai shook his head. "Nah, it's fine. I help manage some family investments, so I’ve got plenty of disposable cash."
He then showed her a few deposit notifications on his phone.
After all, the system's cashback always came as legitimate investment returns, and with his master-level financial knowledge, setting up conservative investments for his accounts was a breeze.
Even the wealthy heiress was left speechless by his explanations.
By the time Su Bai drove them back to the car show, Liu Chen'ang was practically gazing at him with stars in her eyes.
......
"Junior, I'm serious—you should keep your distance from that Liu guy. The way he looks at you... it's like he wants to devour you."
At noon, Su Bai took his senior Zhou Jialu out for Japanese buffet again.
As a card-carrying buffet enthusiast, skipping meals felt like a waste of his membership.
Plus, this place consistently served top-notch meat dishes.
Zhou Jialu wasn't as into meat, though. She preferred their delicate desserts and appetizers, which were exquisitely crafted with unique flavors.
After taking a small sip of seafood mushroom soup, she lifted her fox-like eyes and solemnly warned Su Bai.
Which only made him burst out laughing.
"Hey, what's so funny?"
Zhou Jialu lightly kicked him under the table.
"Don’t you think it’s hilarious? A woman who looks like she’d drain her husband dry is warning me to watch out for someone who might ‘eat’ me? It’s like the big bad wolf telling Little Red Riding Hood to beware of wild beasts!"
"You’re the worst! I’ve never drained you dry—if anything, it’s you who... Ugh!"
Whatever.
Jealousy aside, Zhou Jialu knew her place. She had no right to interfere with Su Bai's social life.
No right at all.
As the "housekeeper," she had to maintain the proper perspective—Su Bai could hang out with whoever he pleased.
If other girls knew her thoughts, they'd probably find them outrageous.
In this day and age, everywhere you looked, women were being fed advice on how to control and micromanage men.
But Zhou Jialu wasn’t the type to take advantage.
Su Bai treated her so well—it was only right that she reciprocated in kind.
Honestly, she’d been completely won over by Su Bai’s sheer... numerical superiority.
It had reshaped her entire way of thinking.
Whether in financial figures or... certain physical metrics, the man was just unreal.
Remembering their earlier escapades in the car, Zhou Jialu still felt her whole body burning up.
Her junior was something else. Sure, she’d teased him first, but once things got going, Su Bai had been way more intense than her.
Ugh...
A man like this was never meant to be monopolized by one woman. She just couldn’t handle it.
No way.
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
