For a girl, spending the night out with a guy she likes is an act laden with heavy symbolism.
A man and a woman, alone in a room together—something is bound to happen, right?
Of course, some girls who preach "freedom" might claim it’s no big deal, but that’s often just a front. If a guy actually slept with them and then refused to take responsibility, they’d probably be posting a long, tearful exposé on social media before the sheets were even cold.
Xia Lin was more of a traditional girl. Asking a guy to spend the night with her was incredibly difficult for her to do.
But she simply couldn't help herself. Ever since her relationship with Su Bai had progressed, even though they hadn't broken through that final barrier yet, she had gotten a taste of intimacy and was craving more.
So, Xia Lin came up with this plan... To be fair, her father had actually recommended the old Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner to her. The elderly woman was apparently very skilled and frequently attended to the health of the Xia family elders. She happened to be in Jiang City on business tonight and had some free time, so the appointment was set.
The wellness industry is, after all, a service industry. It’s hard to say how effective the treatments actually are; the key is making the user feel like they’re working.
Service attitude is paramount. In this day and age, playing the mysterious mystic to manipulate the rich is tough. The "kindly grandmother" approach—scientific yet approachable—is the current winning meta.
[Lin of Summer: Remember to tell the girls at home in advance, just so they don't worry.]
[Crispy Big White Goose: Okay, meow.]
[Crispy Big White Goose: Director Xia is so considerate...]
[Crispy Big White Goose: But I need to go see the designer first and chat about some ideas. She's a new hire, so I need to show some humanistic care.]
[Lin of Summer: Oh my, our brother Su Bai understands the human heart so well. Alright then, you go do that first. I'll wait in the dorm. Give me a call when you're done and almost here.]
[Crispy Big White Goose: Deal.]
Today, he had an appointment with Lu Yuning. Even though his schedule was a bit tight, Su Bai needed to chat with her.
It was best not to flake on a girl with such low self-confidence.
According to Zhou Jialu, Ningning had been obediently staying at the Ascott all day, reading her professional materials and not going out to play.
...
Inside the single apartment at the Ascott.
Lu Yuning looked at herself in the mirror, tugging at the hem of her clothes, an unnatural blush rising on her cheeks.
"Is this dress appropriate for seeing Su Bai? ...Ugh, this doesn't count as a formal date, right?"
A black gauze long skirt...
The upper body was a pale blue chiffon garment in a classical lady style. Paired with Lu Yuning's naturally curly hair, she gave off the air of a medieval European court noblewoman.
The only thing missing from her face was the confidence that usually comes with a pampered life.
Lu Yuning had been on edge all day.
She was frantically wondering: Had Su Bai guessed it?
Her strange physical constitution really wasn't something she wanted her boss to know about; she felt he would be disgusted.
...
After spending the whole day in a daze, Lu Yuning finally snapped out of it when Su Bai messaged her to meet up, and she started getting ready.
Truthfully, she didn't have much to work with. She didn't know how to do makeup; applying some foundation and lipstick was the limit of Lu Yuning's complexity in that department.
However, she had a lot of clever ideas when it came to clothing.
This chiffon lady-style outfit, combining elegance and sweetness, was Lu Yuning's favorite set.
Since she suspected her boss had a preference for that kind of thing, she might as well dress herself up beautifully.
She timed it so Su Bai would be arriving soon, but then she started obsessing again, wondering if the vertical stripes on the black gauze skirt made her calves look thick.
Beneath the black gauze material, her calves were faintly visible, the skin lustrous and smooth. But Lu Yuning couldn't shake the feeling that her legs were perhaps a little too thick.
Girls, judging by the prevailing female aesthetic, tend to think thin, straight "manga legs" are the best.
From that perspective, the girls at Jiang City University tended to envy Chen Yusheng, wanting to be that kind of tall, slender, intellectual goddess.
But Lu Yuning didn't realize that in the eyes of guys, her shapely, curvy legs were...
Just right.
Coupled with the translucent quality of the gauze skirt...
It perfectly displayed the charm of an S-Class Goddess.
Therefore, when Su Bai walked into the apartment, he was unexpectedly stunned by Lu Yuning's appearance.
*Hiss~*
As expected of you. You dress up just a little, and the effect is like a complete transformation.
The corners of Su Bai's mouth curled into a subtle arc. Come to think of it, Lu Yuning always maintained a very plain image at the company. When he first saw her at the bar, she was there to do logistics work for her roommate, so she had been very plain then, too.
Now, however, she looked radiant. Without a doubt, she had spruced up her image specifically for Su Bai.
It seemed Ningning really knew what she was doing.
"Boss..." Lu Yuning greeted him softly, her eyes darting away, afraid to look directly at Su Bai.
Her murmuring voice was exceptionally cute. It fell into the category of a "cutesy baby voice," but it wasn't annoying.
Why do people usually hate that kind of voice? Because it feels forced and unnatural. But when someone is born with a voice that is naturally soft and sweet, it’s actually a rare treasure.
"Don't just stand there, come in... I brought you a bubble tea."
"Oh, thank you! Thank you, Boss!"
Lu Yuning took the tea, feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the favor. She glanced at it and her eyes immediately lit up with surprise.
It was actually her favorite flavor.
How magical. Did Su Bai specifically investigate her preferences, or was it... a telepathic connection?
Regardless of the truth, it made Lu Yuning feel valued in a way she never had before.
In the past, some guys she encountered in life would covet her body, but that kind of gaze had nothing to do with valuing her as a person.
As for her talent, Lu Yuning's ideas had always been bold and avant-garde. Perhaps because they were too avant-garde, she was frequently criticized by teachers and mocked by classmates...
But Su Bai seemed to really like them.
Actually, Su Bai didn't think he had particularly high artistic attainment.
S-Class Goddesses were for farming money, after all. Besides, the clothes Lu Yuning designed were genuinely top-tier.
It was basically a case of two closet perverts finding themselves on the same wavelength.
Lu Yuning carefully inserted the straw and took a small, tentative sip. The sweet milk tea moistened her mouth, which had gone slightly dry from nervousness, and the sugary sensation soaked into her heart.
*The Boss is really good to me.*
[Detected increase in S-Class Goddess Lu Yuning's favorability: 82 -> 85. Triggered random reward. Reward Skill: TCM Basics (Expert Level)]
Oh ho?
The favorability increase was within Su Bai's expectations.
But the reward was a bit intriguing. No matter how he looked at it, this didn't seem like content from Lu Yuning's storyline; it looked more related to Director Xia's side.
Could it be that Bro System was hinting at something, encouraging him to expand his territory and flirt with more girls?
Hmm, that makes sense!
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!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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?!
