Just stepping onto this street, Li Xingya felt a sense of restraint and couldn't quite let go.
After all, she never dared to come to this kind of artsy clothing boutique alone. She always felt like she would be mocked by the shopkeepers... Of course, in reality, service staff weren't necessarily that unprofessional. The weirdos like the arrogant boutique managers in funny short videos were, in the end, a minority in the service industry.
Why are you so nervous? It's not working hours.
Yeah, I'm not nervous... I'm just not very used to this kind of place.
Really? I think it suits you perfectly. Actually, if you dress up a bit, you have a very scholarly vibe.
The boss is right. Xingya, you have a great foundation... uh, I mean that as a compliment.
After Lu Yuning said this, the other two showed knowing smiles.
These days, saying a woman has a great foundation almost sounds like passive-aggressive sarcasm.
Language evolves, or perhaps devolves. In the past, Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix was clearly used to describe talented people, but now the meaning is completely the opposite.
Anyway, let Ningning help you try some things on. Trust the eye of a professional fashion designer.
Su Bai ushered the two girls into a shop.
It was pitch black inside the shop, with very dim lighting. It seemed that the stores on this street all shared a similar decor style, prioritizing a high-end, pretentious vibe.
Ding! Random task triggered: Have Lu Yuning help Li Xingya choose an outfit to raise S-rank Goddess Li Xingya's Charm score to over 80. Reward: 10 Free Attribute Points!
Oh?
Good stuff again!
These free attribute points excited Su Bai much more than cash rewards. After all, how should he put it... he wasn't exactly short on cash right now.
Moreover, he had already formed bonds with several S-rank goddesses. Spending money on them every day yielded substantial cashback.
Not to mention funding Chen Yusheng's scientific research, which was an absolute bottomless pit of cashback.
Su Bai began to set his sights on the rarer system rewards.
Then again, the system's criteria for an S-rank goddess weren't just based on current looks, but also on potential and inner qualities.
It seemed Li Xingya's potential was indeed very high.
Unlike the smug and ambitious Su Bai, Li Xingya felt a bit dazzled as soon as she entered the store.
She picked up the price tag of a tulle skirt and immediately clicked her tongue in shock.
This thing costs over three thousand??
It was clearly an unheard-of brand... Oh wait, she actually only had a superficial knowledge of women's clothing brands. Maybe it was just her ignorance.
Boss, isn't it too expensive here? I feel like there's no need for me to wear such nice clothes, right? Li Xingya said weakly.
Wrong. The tier here is merely entry-level for my team.
Entry-level?
Both Li Xingya and the shop assistant who came to greet them were taken aback.
The assistant subconsciously assumed it was just another sugar daddy boss trying to show off in front of a young model.
After all, a boss's money doesn't just fall from the sky.
Bosses who were genuinely willing to buy luxury goods for girls without hesitation were too rare these days.
Most of them just made empty promises.
However, when the assistant sized up Su Bai's outfit, she immediately changed her mind and became serious.
Not to mention anything else, just that watch worth hundreds of thousands and the new winter Hermes jacket were enough to prove that this guy was truly wealthy.
Those who dared to casually wear the latest arrivals from top-tier brands were definitely not short on cash.
Not to mention Su Bai's extremely casual attitude, treating it as if it were just everyday clothing.
The most typical characteristic of so-called fake socialites is their pilgrim-like attitude toward luxury goods.
In reality, to the truly rich, those are just easily accessible everyday items.
The assistant immediately said enthusiastically, Please rest assured, miss. Although our clothes aren't cheap, the design is absolutely top-notch. It's hard to bump into someone wearing the same outfit on the street. Plus, our clothes focus on quality and details, definitely making you feel it's worth the price.
It's true. I've been buying autumn and winter styles from this store for about three years, and you basically can't go wrong... Of course, I only used to buy the cost-effective ones, hehe. The salary at my old company wasn't high, not even a tenth of what the boss pays.
Ah? Su Bai scratched his head. Is it that exaggerated?
Ever since he crossed the line with Lu Yuning, Su Bai had raised her salary to match his other confidantes. A fixed pocket money of one hundred thousand yuan a month was essentially her base salary.
As for the funding for the garment factory, that was calculated separately.
Even so, just this base salary made Lu Yuning extremely flattered and overwhelmed.
Back in school, the rumors she heard about campus-belle-level classmates being kept by big bosses were at most around this price.
And usually, it was only the first month that the price was artificially high.
It would drop quickly afterward, and the relationship might even end shortly.
There was a lot of calculation involved.
Su Bai didn't calculate that much, because this amount of money was truly just a drop in the bucket for his financial resources.
Having hundreds of millions in cash on hand was extremely rare, not just for a college student, but even for a successful middle-aged person.
It's true, boss. Xingya can testify too, right? The treatment the boss gives is indeed too good. It makes it hard not to work hard...
Mhm, yes, yes!
Li Xingya nodded frantically.
These two really resonated with each other.
They were both girls with inherently kind natures.
True kindness meant being genuinely grateful for others' contributions and giving back.
Some women, if you treat them well, will only think they are amazing, and then push their luck to demand even more.
But a truly good girl, suddenly receiving a pie falling from the sky, would only feel uneasy and secretly vow to repay the favor.
In a sense, kindness was probably the system's primary criterion for selecting an S-rank goddess, right?
The two girls huddled together to discuss for a while, picked out a few outfits, and went into the fitting room together.
Su Bai waited outside, playing on his phone and casually scrolling through short videos.
The shop assistant observed the dynamic between the three of them and was genuinely a bit puzzled. What exactly was the relationship between these two girls and him?
She felt that one of them was very intimate with Su Bai.
When a man and a woman walk together, it's actually very easy to tell if they are intimate enough.
There's a saying that if a girl has slept with the man she likes, she will involuntarily stick close to him when walking, especially during the honeymoon phase.
Conversely, if she is physiologically resistant to a man, even if she becomes his girlfriend for benefits or other reasons, she will still subconsciously keep her distance.
The assistant could tell that the relatively well-dressed girl had definitely progressed to the most intimate level with this handsome guy.
However, the other girl wasn't bad either, yet the first girl showed absolutely no signs of vigilance toward her. This was truly too rare. To be honest, it was even rarer than a rich guy wearing a watch worth hundreds of thousands.
These days, pretty girls were not easy to deal with. Being able to control the situation like this meant he was a true master of romance.

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.

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.”

rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

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)