"Junior, what's wrong?" Seeing the change in Liu Yuanyuan's expression, the senior couldn't help but look around. "What did you see?"
"Ah, nothing, nothing. I just suddenly remembered that I have a group discussion to attend tonight. Sigh, sophomore year is actually quite tiring."
"Indeed, sophomore year is a very crucial time. Most major courses have to be completed, and you also have to pave the way for the future. Truly ambitious students wouldn't find it easy."
"You can say that again."
Liu Yuanyuan's voice was a bit weak. She dealt with him perfunctorily, but in her heart, she was constantly pondering over Xue Tao's matter.
This simp has really grown some guts!
Counting the time she ran into him at the bar, this was already the second time she caught Xue Tao trying to cheat.
Although she, Liu Yuanyuan, wasn't exactly behaving herself either... but could that be considered the same?
What truly made Liu Yuanyuan feel uneasy was that Xue Tao seemed to be having a bit of an awakening. Actually, with his conditions, it wasn't impossible for him to find a reliable girlfriend, and he could be a playboy if he wanted to. It was just that Xue Tao's emotional intelligence and certain subtle personal qualities were a bit hard to bear. Plus, she had him wrapped around her finger right at the start of the semester, which was why she had always been able to control him.
Could it be that Xue Tao was starting to break free from her control?
Liu Yuanyuan couldn't help but feel a little scared. If Xue Tao's temperament really changed drastically and he was no longer willing to spend money on her, how would she maintain her recent luxurious lifestyle of eating, drinking, and having fun?
She said she was going to start working hard for her future, but at the very least, buying clothes, buying bags, and occasionally eating something nice all required money. How could she maintain that relying solely on the little over a thousand yuan a month for living expenses her parents gave her?
Actually, studying at Jiangcheng University, if you just stayed in school to study, maintained basic living expenses, and occasionally went out for budget travel, that little over a thousand yuan a month would definitely be enough.
After all, good universities had subsidized cafeterias, and meals could be very cheap as long as you didn't always stare at the overpriced premium dishes.
If you wanted a change of taste, there was always group meal delivery.
However, human desire is like a rolling stone on a high mountain; once it starts, it can't be stopped.
Liu Yuanyuan felt an inexplicable sense of fear.
Yet facts proved that she still overestimated Xue Tao.
At this moment, Xue Tao was even more panicked than she was.
"Holy shit, my luck is too bad, isn't it? How did I get caught by my girlfriend again while taking a girl out? Can I still coax her this time, I ask you?" Xue Tao howled frantically in his heart.
At the dining table, the girl was excitedly looking through the menu. It had to be said, American BBQ looked extremely tempting just from its appearance. Large chunks of beef, mutton, and pork ribs, paired with colorful fresh vegetables, were roasted and brought over on a plate, sizzling with oil. The doneness perfectly blended the aroma of the meat with a pleasant texture; it was indeed an enjoyment.
Besides being expensive, it didn't really have any drawbacks. For meat lovers, it was simply paradise.
Xue Tao took the opportunity to send a message to Su Bai for help.
There was no helping it; Su Bai was now universally recognized by the guys as a Casanova.
Although his stats were right there, clearly showing he wasn't someone ordinary people could imitate... but still, handsome or rich people might not necessarily be able to manage their households so well. Many male celebrities with both wealth and looks had stumbled when it came to women.
Su Bai was different. Being able to have a harmonious time with so many girls simultaneously was truly awesome.
Therefore, Xue Tao decisively asked him for help.
He even rarely called him "Brother Bai."
[Xue Zhitao: Brother Bai, save me]
[Xue Zhitao: I was on a date with a girl and happened to bump into Liu Yuanyuan. What should I do?]
[Crispy White Goose: ...]
[Crispy White Goose: What else can you do? How about sharing a table?]
[Xue Zhitao: No way, she came with another guy.]
[Crispy White Goose: [Yongchu Taffy_Shocked]]
Over there, Su Bai, who was reading the messages, was stunned.
No, man... you and Liu Yuanyuan are too dramatic!
They could be called the couple with the most entertainment value Su Bai had seen at Jiangcheng University.
Last time they went out to play in the ancient city, Xue Tao's mental state shattered, and then he asked a girl in Hanfu out to a bar, only to run into Liu Yuanyuan. The "joy" of that incident was still vivid in Su Bai's mind.
To think the sequel followed so quickly. My goodness, you two really have chemistry! A match made in heaven, if you ask me.
However, Liu Yuanyuan going on a solo date with another guy fit Su Bai's worldview quite well.
How should he put it? Su Bai's talent for reading people was pretty good. Whether a woman was decent or not, he could guess roughly based on brief impressions and experience.
Back when school just started and Liu Yuanyuan was giving him all sorts of hints, Su Bai had judged that this senior wasn't good news...
She didn't look like an easy person to deal with.
Witnessing her and Xue Tao's glorious deeds later proved that she indeed wasn't easy to deal with.
Some women are like that. Even when they are in a relationship, they still want to maintain a state close to being "single," constantly keeping their boyfriends on edge.
It was also a kind of manipulation technique.
Similar to how in a company, the boss always creates an atmosphere that you're "about to be fired" to guide you to work hard.
But if you treat relationships like a workplace game, that would be too boring.
Besides, I, Su Xiaobai, am the true tycoon; I'm the only one who gets to manipulate others.
[Crispy White Goose: Be confident, didn't you also bring another girl? You didn't lose face this time. Oh, last time at the bar, she didn't bring a male companion, right? Then the score between you and Liu Yuanyuan is now 2:1. You're in the lead, bro. Be careful not to let her make a comeback, but I think it's not a big problem. After all, Liu Yuanyuan isn't Faker...]
[Xue Zhitao: Bro, stop joking, I'm really stressing out here.]
[Crispy White Goose: Huh?]
[Crispy White Goose: No, what's there to stress about? In this situation, neither of you owes the other anything.]
[Xue Zhitao: But Yuanyuan might not think that way. She will definitely say she was just having a normal meal with a friend, and then label me as cheating. Sigh, I don't even know how to coax her anymore.]
[Crispy White Goose: ...]
Su Bai thought to himself, locals are truly invincible, huh? How could he be such a cuck?
Although Xue Tao wasn't exactly a good person either, when put together with Liu Yuanyuan, it was a case of a villain being tormented by another villain. Why did Xue Tao always have such submissive thoughts?
In everyone's traditional stereotype, someone with Xue Tao's persona should be bullying men and taking liberties with women without any psychological burden...
Yet he bragged in front of his bros every day, but in front of women, he surrendered before they even exerted any effort. What's the meaning of this?
[Crispy White Goose: Brother Tao, don't chicken out. I suggest you confront her to the end. If she's unhappy, just have a fight with her. The worst that can happen is breaking up, what are you afraid of? Don't you have a new girl right here? The next one will be more obedient!]
Su Bai frantically fanned the flames.
Only by fanning the flames would there be a good show to watch! This is what I call boys help boys!
After sending the message, Su Bai put down his phone, drove past a traffic light, and shortly after, parked in the parking lot.
That was about enough chatting for now; it was time to take Yangyang out for lunch.
They went to an American barbecue joint recommended by Yangyang. You have to admit, Yangyang really knew what she was talking about when it came to this. After all, she had studied abroad. Without many friends overseas, she had spent her free time hunting down good food, so she definitely had some authority when it came to authentic American cuisine.
But the moment they stepped into the lobby, they spotted familiar figures on both sides, which instantly cracked Su Bai up.
Ohoho, looks like we get to watch some live drama unfold!
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.”
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
