"Sir, are you joking? You're not another friend of Wang Lou, are you?"
The woman said with some helplessness.
"Who's Wang Lou? Never heard of him."
Xu Mu said to the woman, "Just write up the invoice, I'm in a hurry."
Zhao Zihan looked at Xu Mu's expression; it didn't seem fake. "Sir, I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else."
"What's going on?"
Xu Mu asked with a frown.
"That Wang Lou and I were high school classmates. Ever since I started working here, he's been pestering me almost every day. Because I won't agree to be his girlfriend, he keeps sending his buddies to specifically ask for me, deliberately wasting my time."
As Zhao Zihan spoke, a look of disgust flashed in her eyes.
After all, she's in sales, part of the service industry. Sometimes, even if she knows they won't buy anything, she can't show it too obviously.
If she gets reported, they'll deduct money from her pay.
Because of this, last month she barely made more than the base salary of a little over a thousand yuan.
She had been planning to resign these past few days. If you can't deal with it, can't you just avoid it?
"I see. So there really are people with so little grace, using such methods to pursue someone."
As Xu Mu spoke, two guys with dyed yellow hair appeared at the main entrance in the distance.
One of them was wearing a leather jacket and pants, with bean shoes on his feet, and was very skinny.
His face looked like a monkey's, with wide-set eyes.
"Where's Zhao Zihan? I'm looking for Zhao Zihan, we chatted on the phone."
The man started shouting as soon as he entered.
Seeing this, Xu Mu showed a look of sudden understanding. So they were 'internet tough guys', no wonder they'd use such methods.
Seeing the lead yellow-haired guy, Zhao Zihan immediately said to Xu Mu, "Sir, let's go process the invoice."
"Okay."
Xu Mu nodded.
"Zhao Zihan! Where are you going? Running away when you see a customer like me? Do you believe I'll report you?"
Wang Lou spotted Zhao Zihan in the distance and walked over with a smile.
"Sir, I am currently handling business for this client. Please wait a moment."
Zhao Zihan turned and said to Wang Lou.
"Well, well, not easy, finally got a real customer."
Wang Lou had now come beside Xu Mu. He asked nonchalantly, "Kid, what car are you buying? This is my girlfriend, I can get you a discount from her."
"Who's your girlfriend?"
Zhao Zihan couldn't take it anymore and snapped, "Wang Lou, if you keep this up, I'll call the police!"
"Go ahead and call, I haven't done anything to you."
Wang Lou wore a shameless, brazen expression.
Seeing this, Xu Mu shook his head slightly. These 'internet tough guys' possessed something most people lacked: confidence.
"Buddy, no offense, but when picking a girlfriend, you can't just look at her appearance."
Xu Mu said to Wang Lou.
Hearing this, Wang Lou gave Xu Mu a thumbs up. "You're right, kid. You really can't just look at appearance, you gotta focus on the heart too."
"No, you misunderstood. I meant, you can't just look at her appearance, you should also look at your own appearance."
Xu Mu waved his hand with a smile. "Take a look in the mirror. Are you two really a match?"
Zhao Zihan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
"You bastard, you calling me ugly?"
Wang Lou's face turned icy.
"I didn't say that."
Xu Mu said calmly. "If she's not interested, just find another target. A forced relationship isn't sweet."
"Heh, kid, you know what the first thing I did after graduating high school was?"
Wang Lou sneered. "It was beating up my teacher. Giving me a lecture? Fine! I'll give you a good lecture later."
After saying that, Wang Lou left with the other yellow-haired guy.
"Sir, I think you should call the police. Wang Lou has many friends like this. Be careful they might cause you trouble."
Zhao Zihan's face was full of worry.
"Don't worry. They'll be the ones needing to call the police, not me."
Xu Mu shrugged with a smile. "Go write up the invoice."
"Okay."
Zhao Zihan nodded.
...
Xu Mu paid in full upfront, avoiding the cumbersome procedures of taking out a loan.
After paying, he added Zhao Zihan's contact and sent her the address of his villa in Jiang City.
He asked her to deliver the car directly to that address and just hand the keys to the security guard at the gate.
After checking the address, Zhao Zihan was utterly stunned.
That address was in Jiang City's villa district. No wonder this person was so free with his money.
"Sir, we still need to pick a license plate later."
"No need, you can handle it. I want something messy, not easy to remember."
Xu Mu bought this car precisely for disguise, so he definitely couldn't have a license plate that was memorable at a glance.
"Alright."
Zhao Zihan nodded in agreement.
After Xu Mu left, just as he reached the road outside,
several modified electric scooters blocked his way. Though there were only five scooters,
each one carried three people, a full fifteen 'internet tough guys'.
Wang Lou, now holding a steel pipe, walked towards Xu Mu. "Kid, get on your knees and call me grandpa."
Xu Mu shook his head slightly. Using his perception to glance around, he spotted a dead-end alley and immediately ran towards it.
Seeing this, Wang Lou quickly jumped onto a scooter. "What are you standing around for? Chase him!"
The whole group followed behind Xu Mu. When they saw him run into a dead-end alley, Wang Lou, however, wasn't in a hurry anymore.
They blocked the alley entrance with their scooters, each holding a steel pipe, swaggering over.
"Brother Monkey, is this the kid who stole your girl?"
A bald youth walked over, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
"That's right."
Wang Lou took a few steps forward, grinning. "Kid! Run now. Weren't you good at running?"
"What do you want?"
Xu Mu asked calmly, hands in his pockets.
"What do we want?"
As he spoke, Wang Lou spat on the ground. He took a step back and said, "Get on your knees, lick this clean, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, you'll definitely regret it."
"Kid, hurry up. When Brother Monkey gets angry, blood spills for miles."
The bald youth pointed his steel pipe at Xu Mu and sneered.
Xu Mu smiled, taking his hand out of his pocket, holding a Desert Eagle.
Seeing this, the dozen or so 'internet tough guys' present all burst out laughing.
"Damn! Buddy, what good does scaring the hell out of your daddy do you?"
The bald guy clutched his stomach, his face full of mockery.
"You seem quite the talker. Let's start with you then."
Xu Mu aimed at the bald youth's knee and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Like a firecracker, the sound echoed in the dead-end alley.
The bald guy looked at the bloody hole blown through his knee, not processing it at first.
A few seconds later, he clutched his knee, collapsed to the ground, and let out a pig-slaughtering howl. "Ah!"
The remaining people, seeing this, were scared out of their wits.
It was real!
Then, what kind of person stood before them needed no further thought.
On Dragon Country soil, anyone who could produce something like this was definitely a big shot.
Whoosh!
The group turned and tried to run. Because the alley was narrow, they pushed and shoved, all falling to the ground.
"Anyone who dares move another inch, I'll chop off both their arms, so they can never ride a scooter again in their life."
Xu Mu's voice came calmly.
Hearing this, no one present dared move a muscle. They believed this big shot meant what he said.
"Come here."
Xu Mu pointed at Wang Lou.
"G-great... big brother, I failed to recognize your true worth. I was wrong, I was wrong..."
Wang Lou was so scared that his face turned deathly pale. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically.
"Spitting casually is very uneducated. Come here and lick up the spit on the ground," Xu Mu said calmly.

his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…

e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”

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?!

to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”