Xu Mu looked at Zhao Yingying’s nervous expression and asked with a smile, "You’d do anything?"
"Mm."
Zhao Yingying clenched her fists, her entire body trembling.
She was a college student—she knew how the world worked.
No one helped others without reason. The moment she messaged Xu Mu, she had already prepared for the worst.
"I want you... to master controlled nuclear fusion and serve the country. Can you do that?" Xu Mu asked, staring at her.
"Huh?"
Zhao Yingying froze on the spot.
But thanks to his words, she relaxed slightly. "Brother Mu, you’re really joking."
"I don’t need you to do anything. Like I said, I helped you because I think you’re a good person."
Xu Mu patted Zhao Yingying’s head. "Just pay me back when you can."
[Affection Points +30]
"Brother Mu, I’d feel guilty if I didn’t do something in return. Let me help you somehow," Zhao Yingying said, her eyes reddening.
"What can you do for me?" Xu Mu asked.
"I... I can..."
Zhao Yingying took a deep breath. She realized that someone like her had nothing to offer Xu Mu except her own body.
Xu Mu pulled Zhao Yingying aside to a secluded spot. "Do you think I helped you because I want you?"
Zhao Yingying paused, then nodded faintly.
She truly couldn’t think of any other reason Xu Mu would help her.
"Yingying, you’re underestimating me," Xu Mu said calmly. "If I wanted a woman like you, I wouldn’t need to spend 150,000."
Zhao Yingying stiffened at his words.
He was right. She didn’t know Xu Mu’s background, but he was clearly wealthy.
With a snap of his fingers, plenty of women would flock to him.
Besides, she wasn’t anything extraordinary.
If she were a celebrity or came from a wealthy family, she wouldn’t even care about 150,000.
"Brother Mu, I’m sorry. I was being vulgar."
Zhao Yingying was full of remorse.
[Affection Points +20]
"Go see your mom now. I have things to do, so I’ll head off first."
Xu Mu waved at Zhao Yingying and walked away.
This time, he’d earned another 800-900 justice points—not a wasted trip.
Combined with his previous stash, he could do another 10-draw.
Xu Mu checked the time. It was already noon, so he decided to return to the company and have lunch with Meng Wanyue.
Then he’d message Ye Tong in advance, telling her to get ready for their visit to the Xu family estate that evening.
Just as Xu Mu was about to drive back, his phone buzzed.
He glanced at the screen—it was Feng Yue calling.
A cold smirk tugged at Xu Mu’s lips. Last night’s recording made it clear—Lin Yang had admitted that Feng Yue worked for him.
Her previous invitation had definitely been a trap.
But Xu Mu hadn’t taken the bait.
Now, she was probably trying again.
Xu Mu answered, curious about her next move.
"Xu Shao, are you free for lunch? I know you’re busy, so I didn’t dare disturb you at night," Feng Yue’s voice came through, still dripping with allure. "I’ll be waiting at the bar."
"Just tell me what you want," Xu Mu said flatly. "I’m busy at noon too."
"Some things are hard to explain over the phone," Feng Yue replied.
"Then we’ll talk when I have time."
Xu Mu hung up without hesitation. Did she really think she was that important?
A small-time bar owner versus the heir of Jiang City’s top conglomerate.
What gave her the nerve to expect him to come running at her call?
Did she really think he was still the same villainous Xu Mu, her obedient lapdog?
On the other end, Feng Yue stared at her phone, deep in thought.
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Meanwhile, Ye Yu had been restless all day, unable to focus on her studies.
Her mind was preoccupied with Lu Xueyao.
At noon, she waited outside Class 2 for Lu Xueyao to appear.
She wanted to probe further—if Xu Mu really had another woman on the side, she’d report it tonight.
When Lu Xueyao finally showed up, Ye Yu immediately approached her.
That’s when she noticed—Lu Xueyao’s hair was black again.
"Lu Xueyao, do you have time for lunch?" Ye Yu asked.
Lu Xueyao looked at her. After some thought last night, she actually had something to discuss with Ye Yu too.
She nodded lightly.
"Let’s eat at the cafeteria," Ye Yu suggested.
"Okay."
The two headed to the school cafeteria and went up to the second floor.
Ye Yu ordered a small bowl of beef noodles, while Lu Xueyao got an egg and tomato rice bowl.
They sat by the window, facing each other.
Ye Yu didn’t start eating right away. She was carefully choosing her words, deciding to ease into the topic.
"I remember your hair was blonde yesterday. Why’s it black now?"
"Brother Xu Mu doesn’t like it, so I dyed it back," Lu Xueyao answered.
"He talked to you yesterday?" Ye Yu frowned.
That Xu Mu was really something. He had her contact info—why couldn’t he just message her first?
"No, but I can guess. Brother Xu Mu didn’t like how I was before."
Lu Xueyao spoke softly, lowering her head to take a bite of rice.
Ye Yu decided to drop the act. The way Lu Xueyao kept mentioning "Brother Xu Mu" made it clear she didn’t care about Ye Yu’s status as his "fiancée."
She had already explicitly told Lu Xueyao that Xu Mu was taken, yet the girl still refused to back down.
"I think you might be forgetting something—Xu Mu has a fiancée, and they’re already engaged," Ye Yu reminded her.
"I know, but engagement isn’t marriage. I thought about it all night, and I won’t give up on Brother Xu Mu!"
Lu Xueyao continued eating, her eyes fixed on her meal.
"What the hell…"
Ye Yu was speechless. What was so great about that jerk Xu Mu anyway?
From the looks of it, it wasn’t Xu Mu who had seduced Lu Xueyao—it was Lu Xueyao who was hopelessly in love with him.
Suddenly, Ye Yu narrowed her eyes, her tone turning icy. "I think you don’t actually like Xu Mu—you just like his money, don’t you?"
As much as she hated to admit it, Xu Mu was tall, handsome, and, most importantly, rich.
Driving around in a sports car all day? For a girl like Lu Xueyao, barely out of her teens, that was lethal.
Hearing this, Lu Xueyao shot Ye Yu a cold glare. "You don’t understand our relationship at all. He saved my life! He gave me a second chance!"
She had never cared whether Xu Mu was rich or not. Even if he were penniless, her feelings would remain the same.
"Fine, I’ll stop pretending. I’m not actually his fiancée."
Ye Yu paused, then looked straight at Lu Xueyao. "He’s my brother-in-law. Yeah, you heard that right—Xu Mu is already married."
She hadn’t told the truth earlier because she wanted to test the waters.
Now that she’d confirmed it wasn’t Xu Mu supporting Lu Xueyao but rather Lu Xueyao’s one-sided affection, there was no need to keep lying.
"What? Brother Xu Mu is married?"
Lu Xueyao’s eyes widened in shock.
"That’s right. If you don’t believe me, we can add each other as friends. I’ll go home tonight and send you a photo of their marriage certificate."
Ye Yu spoke calmly. "Stay away from him from now on. Don’t ruin his relationship with my sister."
Lu Xueyao kept eating her rice, genuinely caught off guard by this revelation.
Ye Yu returned to her beef noodles, figuring the matter was settled.
"Unless Brother Xu Mu tells me to leave, I won’t go." Lu Xueyao suddenly declared.
"Pfft—!"
Ye Yu spat out her noodles.
Grabbing a napkin to wipe her mouth, she snapped, "Seriously, what’s wrong with you? Are you dead set on being the other woman?"
"If Brother Xu Mu agrees, I don’t care if I’m the fifth or sixth woman." Lu Xueyao replied with eerie calm.
Ye Yu was utterly dumbfounded. She suddenly blurted, "Fine, here’s a secret—Xu Mu is a terrible person. He’s violent. He beats me and my sister all the time."
"Then you should divorce him quickly. Let Brother Xu Mu hit me instead. I’d gladly take it."
Lu Xueyao met Ye Yu’s gaze without flinching.
"What the actual—!"
Ye Yu’s face darkened. At a complete loss for words, she could only raise a thumbs-up in Lu Xueyao’s direction.
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)
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
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?!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
