"Ye Tong? I've looked into her. Isn't she Xu Mu's wife?"
Fang Chu asked, looking at Dai Xuan.
"What? Xu Mu's wife is Ye Tong?"
Dai Xuan was stunned; he hadn't done a background check on her previously.
Miyako Fuka also furrowed her delicate brows; she knew of this Xu Mu as well.
"What's the matter?"
Fang Chu asked Dai Xuan.
"I recall Xu Mu mentioning before that he and Ye Chen are enemies,"
Dai Xuan said softly.
Hearing this, Fang Chu pondered for a moment before nodding. "True, Xu Mu and Ye Chen definitely don't get along."
If they were on good terms, why would Ye Chen have sent someone to steal the Xu family's medicine?
"If that's the case, Ye Tong probably won't be enough of a threat to Ye Chen. We should look for someone else."
Dai Xuan didn't explicitly mention Xu Mu's background.
Xu Mu also had the backing of a sect. With Ye Chen not yet dealt with, Dai Xuan had no intention of provoking Xu Mu on top of that.
"I have a candidate in mind. She's very beautiful and is at the Divine Ability Realm. That woman is definitely Ye Chen's woman."
Fang Chu thought of Xiao Ran; if he captured her, Ye Chen would surely submit.
"A Divine Ability Realm cultivator... snatching her away in plain sight won't be easy,"
Miyako Fuka said, looking at Fang Chu.
"Don't worry, I consider myself a professional when it comes to kidnapping,"
Fang Chu said with a grin. "Especially when it comes to women."
"Good. Brother Fang Chu, I'll leave the kidnapping to you. I will reward you heavily afterwards."
Dai Xuan cupped his hands in respect toward Fang Chu.
"You're too kind."
Fang Chu waved his hand dismissively, then asked, "When should I make my move?"
"Right now,"
Dai Xuan replied immediately.
Time was of the essence. No one knew when Ye Chen might come looking for trouble with the Dai family again.
They had to deal with him as soon as possible.
"Alright then. But Patriarch Dai, you should tell me what my reward will be first. That way, I'll be more motivated."
Fang Chu looked at Dai Xuan with a beaming smile.
"I'm willing to give you two stalks of Third-Grade Heavenly Treasures. How does that sound?"
Dai Xuan asked tentatively.
"Patriarch Dai, are you trying to send away a beggar? Either two stalks of Fourth-Grade Heavenly Treasures, or one of Fifth-Grade."
Fang Chu countered.
"Fine, two Fourth-Grade stalks!"
Dai Xuan decided to go all out; the goal right now was to eliminate Ye Chen.
Fang Chu nodded and stood up to leave.
Once Fang Chu's figure disappeared, Dai Dongyang punched the sofa in frustration. "That kid Fang Chu is bullying us too much!"
"Right now, our primary objective is to deal with Ye Chen. Fang Chu is at the Divine Ability Realm; having such an expert help us is a good thing, isn't it?"
Dai Xuan signaled Dai Dongyang with his eyes.
Dai Dongyang understood immediately, and his clenched fist slowly relaxed.
Fang Chu was only at the Divine Ability Realm. Once Ye Chen was taken care of, his own grandfather could easily dispose of Fang Chu.
...
Xu Mu raised his reclined seat back up. That was quite the show he had just witnessed.
Everyone had their own sinister designs; everyone had their own little schemes deep down.
Unless he was mistaken, the person Fang Chu mentioned was Xiao Ran.
Xu Mu planned to monitor the entire process and try to ensure Xiao Ran's safety, but he wouldn't warn them.
As expected, only if Xiao Ran were captured would Ye Chen personally go to rescue her.
He didn't want to ruin this perfect opportunity, so Xiao Ran would just have to suffer a little grievance for the time being.
Watching the direction Fang Chu took, he seemed to be heading to Yang City.
Xu Mu decided to drive there first, switch cars upon arrival, and then head to Ye Chen's current company to wait for Fang Chu.
...
Yang City.
After getting off the highway, Xu Mu rushed non-stop to the Xu family's branch company.
Upon arriving, he headed straight for the company lobby.
"Little Mu!"
Li Yun, who was chatting with a few people in the lobby, walked over with a look of pleasant surprise.
[Favorability +15]
Xu Mu looked at Li Yun's appearance. Overall, she hadn't changed much; the buttons on her chest were still strained tight.
However, her aura had undergone a massive transformation. Compared to before, she now commanded the dignity of a high-level executive.
"Sister Yun, it's been a while,"
Xu Mu said with a smile. He then recalled the Water Fusion Technique Li Yun had displayed before; it was indeed incredibly domineering.
Li Yun thought of that incident as well.
Ever since it happened, she had dreamed about it almost every night.
"Little Mu, is there something you need here?"
Li Yun spoke up first, stopping herself from dwelling on those thoughts.
"Actually, yes. I want to borrow your car to tail someone."
Xu Mu handed his car keys to Li Yun. "If you have anything urgent to do, you can drive my car."
This was the reason he had come to find Li Yun. His own car was fine for long-distance tracking.
However, if he parked his car downstairs at Ye Chen's company, and Fang Chu parked there as well, Fang Chu would likely check the surroundings first. If that happened, he would naturally spot Xu Mu's car.
"Okay, here are the keys."
Li Yun took out the key to her electric car and handed it to Xu Mu.
Xu Mu nodded with a smile, took the key, and turned to leave.
Driving Li Yun's small electric car, Xu Mu left the company. He already knew the addresses of the two companies Ye Chen had opened, as the Xu family had been constantly monitoring Ye Chen's movements.
Arriving in front of Ye Chen's newly acquired company building, he expanded his perception and immediately sensed Ye Chen in the top-floor office.
Xiao Ran was sitting on the sofa, looking at her phone; the two weren't interacting at the moment.
Xu Mu parked the car by the roadside and waited quietly, keeping his perception expanded to watch for Fang Chu's arrival.
About twenty minutes later, a Buick GL8 appeared within Xu Mu's perception.
There were two people inside: a driver and Fang Chu himself.
Wearing sunglasses, Fang Chu stepped out of the vehicle and walked toward the company building.
At the main entrance, he approached the security guard.
"Hey buddy, I want to ask you something."
As Fang Chu spoke, he took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills and, shielding the action from the surveillance cameras, stuffed it into the security guard's pocket.
The security guard immediately put his hand in his pocket. Feeling the thickness, he estimated the money to be nearly ten thousand yuan.
"Go ahead, what is it?"
The guard asked after taking a sneaky look around.
"I passed by here earlier and saw a woman with short hair, styled so it covers one eye. Have you seen her?"
Fang Chu asked with a smile.
"Of course. That woman is very beautiful; I noticed her a long time ago," the security guard replied.
"Is she in the company right now?"
Fang Chu asked.
"Yes. Do you see that Yangwang parked over there? That's her car,"
The guard answered.
"Are the security guards here all new recruits? I want to place someone here,"
Fang Chu asked with a smile.
"They're all new. I don't even know all their names yet,"
The guard explained.
"I'll give you another ten thousand. You don't have to work today. Give me the uniform you're wearing, and go change in my car."
Fang Chu said, revealing a grin.
"Deal."
This security guard had only been here for three days. If he could make twenty thousand yuan, he would just quit; it wasn't a big deal.
A security job wasn't exactly a high-value career anyway.
Xu Mu frowned slightly, wondering what kind of plan Fang Chu had come up with.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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.”
