Since they happened to run into his girlfriend at the cafeteria entrance, sharing a table was inevitable.
The goal, of course, was to flaunt their relationship.
Some say public displays of affection lead to quick breakups.
But Xue Tao didn’t think so. Wasn’t the whole point of having a girlfriend in college to bask in the envy of single guys and relish the attention?
Xue Tao shamelessly sidled up to Liu Yuanyuan, trying to hold her hand, only for her to recoil in disgust.
"Yuanyuan…"
"Stop being so handsy. We’ve only been together for a few days. Do you actually like me, or are you just trying to take advantage?"
"Of course I like you, Liu Yuanyuan! I even threw you that grand confession at Hongyun Imperial Banquet—a Michelin-starred place! Just the private room fee cost thousands, and that was only because my uncle pulled some strings for the discount. Most people can’t even get a reservation without connections. Being a local has its perks…"
Xue Tao seized every opportunity to brag.
Beside them, Chu Mingzhe wore a look of disdain.
Liu Yuanyuan maintained a polite smile while internally cursing.
Seriously, dude, who asked?
Booking a Michelin-starred room and making it about "connections"? Isn’t it just about having money?
She’d seen plenty of posts about it on Xiaohongshu and knew exactly how it worked. But to indulge Xue Tao’s ego, she smiled sweetly and said,
"Xue Tao, you know so much. I had no idea about any of this."
"Right? Haha, I’ll teach you all kinds of things you don’t know yet."
Xue Tao winked suggestively.
Meanwhile, Wang Haoran booted up Honkai: Star Rail, multitasking between queuing for food and grinding in-game—a true gamer immortal.
Chen Yusheng kept a straight face while secretly texting Su Bai.
[Rainstop: Your roommate is so annoying.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: A little, but honestly, it’s more entertaining than annoying. Don’t you think this pair of… uh, rivals is kinda rare?]
[Rainstop: True! [DongXuelian_CallingYouRare]]
[Rainstop: Can we just ignore them and eat somewhere else together?]
[Rainstop unsent a message.]
Oops, got a little carried away… Chen Yusheng glanced around guiltily, her ears turning pink.
Eating with Su Bai right in front of his roommates would definitely spark all kinds of rumors.
Not that she’d mind…
But she was still shy about it.
So she settled for texting Su Bai under the table.
To keep Liu Yuanyuan from fawning over Su Bai, Xue Tao dragged her to the far end of the long table, away from him.
Wang Haoran, the ultimate NPC, just plopped down anywhere to eat and grind his game.
That left three: Chu Mingzhe, Su Bai, and Chen Yusheng.
Logically, Chu Mingzhe wanted to sit across from or next to Chen Yusheng, but he was too shy and ended up diagonally across instead.
So Su Bai and Chen Yusheng ended up face-to-face.
But since Chen Yusheng was too embarrassed, they resorted to typing under the table.
[CrispyWhiteGoose: [SweatingEmoji][SweatingEmoji]]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Feels like we’re secret agents or something. So abstract.]
[Rainstop: I have social anxiety.]
[Rainstop: [PeekingCat]]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Social anxiety’s normal. Geniuses usually have it. I don’t, so I’m bad at studying.]
[Rainstop: ..]
[Rainstop: That’s backwards logic.]
[Rainstop: Besides, we got into the same school. How are you ‘bad at studying’?]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Ugh, I just lucked out. You’re the real deal—already working on projects in high school. I’ll probably just coast through and graduate, while you’re destined for greatness.]
[Rainstop: Meh.]
[Rainstop: Doesn’t matter. You’re rich anyway.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Who told you that?]
[Rainstop: You use expensive tech and drop 10K+ on gaming buddies. You’re definitely loaded.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Fair point.]
[Rainstop: Must be nice. No need to struggle just to get by.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: [WhiteGoose_BlankStare]]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Sounds like you’re tight on cash.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Tell you what—if you need money, I’ll just book you for more gaming sessions.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: League of Legends or whatever else you play.]
[Rainstop: I don’t need pity.]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Not pity! I genuinely enjoy playing with you. I’m paying for the vibes.]
[Rainstop: Oh.]
Across the table, Chen Yusheng’s expression wavered.
She stole a glance at Su Bai and was instantly disarmed by his wholesome, sunny-boy aura.
Yeah, he definitely doesn’t have ulterior motives.
And he’s seriously rich!
As a pretty girl, Chen Yusheng had met plenty of guys who flaunted wealth to impress her.
She could always see through them.
Her family called her socially clueless, but she wasn’t dumb—she was sharp.
A little logic went a long way.
Su Bai was the real deal.
He spent freely on hobbies but lived low-key, never showing off to classmates.
The kind of guy who had life figured out.
It was a bit embarrassing, but Chen Yusheng really needed the money Su Bai offered!
Without realizing it, she’d started developing a faint, inexplicable fondness for him.
Mostly because talking to Su Bai felt so easy. He already knew her side gig as a gaming buddy, and their interests aligned perfectly. She could be completely unfiltered around him.
Before Su Bai, Chen Yusheng had never had a true friend.
Not one.
As the two texted like undercover agents, Chu Mingzhe, sitting diagonally across from Chen Yusheng, fidgeted nervously, barely touching his rice plate.
Suddenly, he shot to his feet.
"Chen Yusheng!"
"?"
She looked up from her phone, puzzled.
"…Never mind."
Chu Mingzhe sat back down.
Still too scared. A whole meal’s worth of rehearsed lines wasted.
Su Bai stifled a laugh. Buddy, you’re just wrestling with the air here.
Where’s that Shanghai swagger?
[Rainstop: Su Bai, your roommates are all so weird…]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Only those two. Wang Haoran’s pretty normal.]
[Rainstop: Who’s Wang Haoran?]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: The mobile gamer.]
[Rainstop: He’s really into mobile games?]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: I let him play my account in exchange for grinding.]
[Rainstop: Oh. Your account must be stacked, huh?]
[CrispyWhiteGoose: Dropped 50K on the current banner.]
【Rainstop: So you mean next time you’ll top up another 50k?】
【Rainstop: [Cat shocked emoji]】
【Rainstop: I really don’t get you rich folks…】
Chen Yusheng gave Su Bai a meaningful glance.
After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered the courage to send the message.
【Rainstop: To be honest, I’m really in need of money right now.】
【Rainstop: So please, don’t hold back—use me however you like!】
【Rainstop withdrew a message】
Of course, once the other person has already seen it, withdrawing a message becomes utterly pointless.
If anything, it only amplifies the embarrassment.
Chen Yusheng’s beautiful, dark eyes darted around nervously. Her elegant neck, reminiscent of a swan’s, was now flushed a deep red.
Seems like her neck is pretty sensitive. Kissing her there during… ahem… would probably work wonders.
—Su Bai’s mind inexplicably conjured up this shameless thought.
He swallowed hard, feeling his own face heat up.
Oh, dirty thoughts, you’re really dirty!
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?"
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
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...
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
