[Crispy White Goose: Director Xia, this acquaintance of yours... is she normal?]
[Summer's Lin: ?]
[Summer's Lin: Don't worry, she's a very good person.]
To be honest, Su Bai didn't quite believe it. It was mainly Xu Xinran's aggressive gaze that gave him the creeps.
Forget it. taking a step back, even if Xu Xinran had some bizarre hobbies in that department, it wouldn't affect her utility in the media sector. Speaking of which, Su Bai did feel it was time he got to know a few heavyweights in the media industry.
After all, he was somewhat famous now. If he ever encountered trouble and the other party launched a public opinion offensive, he needed to at least have a way to respond.
After arriving at Su Bai's office, Xu Xinran looked around at the room's furnishings, a look of appreciation appearing on her face.
"Nice taste. It seems there's a reason Linlin fancies you."
"Haha."
"Actually, I came here today to discuss a preliminary intention. Your company's future public relations and public opinion business can be handled in cooperation with my firm. This includes President Su's personal PR as well; no problem there. These are all areas my company excels in."
Xu Xinran opened the tablet she carried with her, tapped open a file, and handed it to Su Bai.
It contained information about the media company she operated. Su Bai glanced over it roughly, his eyebrows twitching slightly. These materials weren't just the standard promotional fluff meant for the public; they even included some internal data that, at a glance, clearly shouldn't be shown in the light of day.
That made sense. Although it wasn't exactly ethical, in many cases, the ability to "turn black into white" was the core skill of the media.
Sure enough, this Reporter Xu was reliable.
"No major issues. We can sign a preliminary letter of intent first."
"So fast? You won't look it over a bit more?"
"This is enough. Besides, you were recommended by Sister Lin, so you wouldn't scam me."
"Oh~ President Su trusts his Sister Xia Lin so much. It seems your relationship is quite good."
As she spoke, Xu Xinran crossed her long legs clad in black stockings. The way they overlapped made her voluptuous figure look even more enchanting, and the gaze she cast toward Su Bai grew increasingly ambiguous.
"If this were the past, I wouldn't have believed that the man Linlin set her sights on would turn out to be such a playboy."
"It's alright, I think. I feel I'm still relatively restrained." Su Bai looked completely self-righteous. To be fair, he really didn't think he had that many women around him. If considered from the supply and demand side, there weren't even quite enough to go around right now.
"But this is a good thing. I can tell that Mr. Su Bai is a sensible man who doesn't sweat the small stuff. So... aside from the corporate cooperation, I personally have a collaboration I'd like to discuss with Mr. Su Bai~"
"I'm all ears."
"I want to have a baby."
"?"
Su Bai's face was full of question marks.
No, wait, sister, what does your desire to have a baby have to do with me?
He really hadn't expected this twist.
Originally, Su Bai thought the personal collaboration Xu Xinran mentioned would be something like the capital lending Liu Chenhu did. After all, how should he put it?
The one thing he didn't lack was cash.
As for other aspects, the wealthy people of his social tier didn't really need Su Bai's help. Oh, if they were physically unwell and needed a massage, Su Bai could provide that service—provided the other party was a beauty.
Yes, that's right, I, Su Xiaobai, only give massages to beauties!
If Xu Xinran needed services in that department, Su Bai felt he could consider it.
Her figure was truly bewitching, and paired with that slightly dangerous aura, she was like a beautiful snake, tempting Su Bai to reach out and handle her.
But then Xu Xinran actually said she wanted to have a baby?
Facing Su Bai's bewildered expression, Xu Xinran chuckled softly, seemingly very satisfied with his reaction. "Before, when Linlin entrusted me to cooperate with you, I conducted a standardized background check on you based on my criteria for selecting partnership targets. Tsk tsk... I discovered that President Su's physical health is exceptionally good."
"...Is it standard practice for media company collaborations to investigate the opposing CEO's body?" Su Bai retorted.
"Health status is one aspect, I suppose. It's just that President Su's health condition is so extraordinarily good that it caught my attention."
The tip of her foot, wrapped in the black stocking and high heel, swayed gently. Combined with her smile, it looked particularly lethal. Since she was wearing an office lady suit, the stockings were the thick, opaque black kind that didn't show much skin. Many career women looked a bit old-fashioned in this style of hosiery, but this rule seemed invalid for Xu Xinran; she exuded a unique flavor from head to toe.
Her red lips parted slightly as she spoke slowly, "Personally, I don't believe in love. I have absolutely no interest in things like dating or marriage and won't touch them at all. But I want a child."
Su Bai nodded. "Got it. With Reporter Xu's social status, surely it wouldn't be hard to find a channel..."
"I don't like those methods. I always feel there's no way to guarantee the quality of the child. But if it's you... hmm, you are the highest quality partner I can imagine."
As she spoke, her eyes revealed a greed for Su Bai, and the tip of her tongue licked her lips. "If President Su agrees to this collaboration, all resources on my side will be open to you in the future. We will be partners of the highest specification."
Good lord, so this collaboration... was a business deal involving hundreds of millions!
Su Bai couldn't help but recall the message Xia Lin had just sent him, saying this acquaintance of hers was very normal.
I'd like to ask, where is the normal part?
What kind of decent person starts discussing a business deal involving hundreds of millions within minutes of meeting?
Seeing the marvelous expression on Su Bai's face, Xu Xinran covered her mouth and laughed lightly. "What's wrong? Is President Su worried about something? Please rest assured, I'm not eyeing your assets. My family doesn't lack money."
"It's not that part... wait, let me process this for a moment."
Su Bai wasn't at all worried that Xu Xinran was after his money. To be honest, Xia Lin had already given him a rough idea of the Xu family's power via WeChat; they were "Old Money" from Shanghai, on par with Xia Lin's own background.
So, there was absolutely no need to worry that Xu Xinran was the type of gold digger who wanted to have his child to profit from it.
She wouldn't deign to do such a thing.
It was obvious that Xu Xinran was purely coveting the quality of Su Bai's genes.
However, this wasn't something one could just lend out casually.
"Sorry, the collaboration you mentioned goes somewhat against my principles."
"Is that so? Well, I won't force you. Take your time to consider it. Either way, the corporate level cooperation is settled... I wish us a happy partnership in the future~"
A few minutes later.
Chen Yusheng pushed open the door to Su Bai's office, peeking her head in to look around. Only after confirming there was no one else in the room did she slip inside.
"What were you chatting about with that bad woman just now?"
"You could actually tell she was a bad woman!"
"Hmph, don't underestimate a girl's intuition... I feel like she craves your body!"
Chen Yusheng pursed her lips, speaking with a hint of coquettish petulance.
To be fair, that woman was indeed extraordinarily attractive, the kind that felt like she would catch Su Bai's eye.
Su Bai was very picky, after all.
"Really? I actually think you crave my body more."

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?!

with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!

grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)

] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.