On the other side of the ocean, Kong Huaijin and her two sisters were indulging in a full-body spa treatment.
"I heard Zhou Yi is coming back the day after tomorrow. Aren’t you excited?" Yang Yue teased Kong Huaijin with a playful grin.
Kong Huaijin raised an eyebrow. "Where did you hear that?"
Yang Yue took a sip of her drink. "Xiao He told me. Honestly, you’re such an unreliable sister."
Kong Huaijin chuckled. "I already knew his return date from Zhou Yi himself, so I didn’t need to ask Xiao He."
"That just proves you haven’t been chatting with Xiao He—too busy talking to your precious Zhou Yi instead."
The woman who said this was another close friend of Kong Huaijin’s.
She was the one who had given Kong Huaijin advice when she first tried to pursue Zhou Yi. Her name was Su Tong.
Yang Yue nodded in agreement. "Tongtong’s got a point. Ever since she met Zhou Yi, his name is all she talks about."
Before, Kong Huaijin’s conversations mostly revolved around making money, building her career, or Kong Xiaohe.
Kong Huaijin brushed off her friends’ teasing. Even if they called her lovestruck, she didn’t mind.
"You just don’t understand—he’s genuinely a good person."
"Love is blind. Right now, you think everything about him is perfect."
Su Tong lazily peeled off her face mask, stood up, and slipped out of her robe before stepping into the pool. Her graceful curves shimmered beneath the water.
Leaning against the edge of the pool, she asked, "So, how far have things progressed between you two? Does he have feelings for you?"
Kong Huaijin frowned. "I don’t know if he likes me or not. What if I’m just deluding myself?"
Su Tong pressed further. "When you confessed your feelings, how did he respond?"
Kong Huaijin sighed. "What else could he say? ‘Let’s just be friends for now.’ He’s so innocent—afraid of getting hurt by me. Maybe young guys are just more cautious about relationships. Not like me, an old house on fire, desperate to jump into something serious."
Su Tong arched an eyebrow. That line of reasoning... sounded eerily familiar.
It was as if every word had come straight out of her own playbook.
Suspicious, she remarked, "Is Zhou Yi... maybe a player?"
Kong Huaijin shook her head. "Relax, he blushes all the way to his ears if I even kiss him. What kind of player does that?"
Su Tong still felt something was off.
"Last time I helped him, he said he’d treat me to dinner when he gets back. How do I make sure he falls for me? Tongtong, you know men better—give me some advice."
"Hmm... You’ve already shown him your strong, assertive side. Now it’s time to reveal a softer, more feminine side. Let him see the contrast."
"But how do I do that? Just by acting cute? I’ve tried that before, and it didn’t seem very effective."
Kong Huaijin felt like Zhou Yi wasn’t particularly swayed by that approach.
Was her acting cute not soft enough, or was her image too domineering?
To be fair, it wasn’t entirely Kong Huaijin’s fault. When it came to feminine charm, You Man had already mastered it to perfection.
And as for acting cute, nearly every woman around Zhou Yi knew how to do it.
Kong Huaijin wasn’t naturally that type of person, so forcing herself to act that way felt unnatural.
"Maybe I should change my hairstyle. This short cut doesn’t exactly scream ‘feminine.’"
She touched her short hair self-consciously.
Su Tong shook her head. "That’s not the issue. Short hair can still be feminine. The problem is that you sometimes come across as too distant."
She continued, "You can keep the short hair—even wear a black suit—but you need to show vulnerability and femininity in other ways."
Now intrigued, Kong Huaijin sat up and looked at Su Tong with eager curiosity. "Teach me, then."
Su Tong gave an example. "Perfume."
"Perfume is a great tool for conveying emotion and setting an intimate mood."
"For instance, when he comes back and you two go out to eat, the weather will be a bit chilly. Wear something light on purpose. If he’s considerate enough to offer you his jacket, your perfume will linger on it."
"Choose a feminine scent—preferably something strong and long-lasting, so the fragrance clings to his clothes for hours."
"If you do it right, he might even associate that perfume with you from then on."
Su Tong smirked. She had used this trick many times—it never failed to work on men.
Su Tong herself exuded natural femininity, so these tactics came easily to her.
Kong Huaijin had never explored such things before.
Who knew perfume could be so strategic?
"Tongtong, recommend me a perfume. I’ll stick to that one scent—make sure he thinks of me every time he smells it."
Su Tong suggested three options, letting Kong Huaijin pick her favorite.
"What else? I can change my wardrobe too. I only wore suits for convenience—it’s not like I actually love them."
"Honestly, your figure is amazing. Try a purple blouse with a black pencil skirt, or a fitted dress that cinches at the waist. And your short hair is actually a great asset—if you add a pair of rimless glasses, you’d be pure temptation in motion."
Kong Huaijin blushed at the description.
Su Tong wasn’t wrong.
Kong Huaijin’s features were striking, especially her slightly upturned, phoenix-like eyes.
They naturally gave off an authoritative, no-nonsense vibe when she wasn’t smiling.
So even if she dressed in a sweet, innocent style, it wouldn’t look cheap—her innate elegance balanced out any overt flirtation.
Paired with her face, it was the kind of look that sparked a desire to conquer. And let’s not forget—she was a CEO.
Men didn’t just adore delicate flowers—women who were too easy to win lost their appeal.
Kong Huaijin should have been hitting all the right notes.
She just hadn’t known how to leverage her strengths before.
Su Tong stepped out of the pool and draped an arm over Kong Huaijin’s shoulder with a grin.
"If I were a man, I’d want to conquer a woman like you."
Kong Huaijin sighed. "But Zhou Yi isn’t that kind of man. Maybe he’s immune to these tricks. Maybe sincerity would work better?"
Su Tong burst out laughing. "Sincerity alone isn’t enough when chasing someone—especially men. It’s not the ultimate weapon. Strategy is."
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
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.
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?!
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!
