"Ding!"
-58,000
The price of extravagance at the bar was a major hit that nearly depleted Shen Yi's assets.
As the cash register chimed, Shen Yi helped the tipsy Jian Leyi out of the bar. The scene gradually faded, and when it became clear again, they were both back in the car.
After Jian Leyi's "drunken" act, the drinking had come to an end. The original branch hadn't triggered, instead leading to new developments.
Facing Jian Leyi who was pretending to be drowsy in the passenger seat:
A. Expose her act and ask for her address to take her home.
B. Wake her up and discuss where to go next.
C. Open the door and kick her out to sober up.
D. Say nothing and drive her straight to your home.
E. Custom input
Holding his phone, Shen Yi sat up straight. He had a feeling that this round's rating would depend on his current choice.
The first and third options were immediately ruled out. Whether sending her home or kicking her out would waste all of Shen Yi's efforts for the night - both were terrible choices.
As for the remaining options, Shen Yi was still undecided.
Both were good choices, but the outcomes could be drastically different.
The pale white UI dialog box couldn't completely hide the situation inside the car. Shen Yi fell into deep thought as he watched Jian Leyi pretending to sleep on his right.
After a long while, Shen Yi chose the second option. Although taking her home was tempting, Shen Yi remembered he was playing a dating simulation, not looking for a one-night stand.
Though this gold-digger seemed defenseless, taking advantage of her drunken state wouldn't count as a successful conquest. Given her open personality setting, rushing to the end would probably result in a low score.
In a dating sim, how could there not be a confession scene? Based on Shen Yi's experienced gaming intuition, only a successful confession would count as completing the conquest.
Gently shaking her, Jian Leyi opened her hazy eyes as if just waking from a dream.
"Ah~ Sorry, I can't hold my liquor. I must have troubled Young Master Shen~"
Her voice was coy and ambiguous, subtly changing how she addressed him.
That "Young Master Shen" gave Shen Yi goosebumps. It felt strange to his ears, and he wasn't used to such an address, though her act was truly worthy of a seasoned green tea bitch.
"It's still early, where should we go next?"
Facing Shen Yi's suggestion, Jian Leyi nodded gently: "Wherever Young Master Shen goes, I'll follow. I'll do whatever you say~"
At this moment, Jian Leyi was incredibly docile, almost giving off the impression of a submissive wife.
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Yi faced new choices:
A. Park, B. Hotel, C. Cinema, D. Public toilet.
Among three short options and one long, choose the longest - Shen Yi picked the cinema almost without hesitation.
If he remembered correctly, movies were listed among Jian Leyi's traits, so this choice must be right.
After confirming his choice, unexpectedly, Jian Leyi's delicate eyebrows furrowed, making Shen Yi, who had been observing her reaction, tense up.
Jian Leyi pondered with furrowed brows before speaking:
"I don't really like watching movies, I've barely been to cinemas."
Shen Yi was puzzled by her response. Character traits couldn't lie, so was the system setting him up?
While pondering, he suddenly recalled what the assistant had described earlier: traits were fixed, but preferences were dynamic, and he suddenly understood.
Jian Leyi being a gold-digger and green tea bitch were traits, while drinking and movies could be considered preferences - they could be either likes or dislikes.
Shen Yi had made a wrong judgment due to insufficient information. Her true preferences must be enjoying drinking but disliking movies.
Having figured it all out, Shen Yi suddenly felt the satisfaction of solving a puzzle.
Just then, Jian Leyi stroked the carbon fiber interior trim, her fingers gliding across it as her expression quickly brightened.
"But that was before I met Young Master Shen. I rarely went because it felt too lonely going alone."
"Let's go watch a movie now, I can't wait~"
The complete turnaround in attitude made Shen Yi marvel - apparently with a high enough favorability rating, you could choose options that went against the character's preferences.
'Perhaps next time I could try confessing in a public toilet just to see her reaction.'
Shen Yi stroked his chin, entertaining the mischievous thought, wondering whether it should be in the men's or women's restroom.
After Jian Leyi agreed, only the "Drive There" button remained on screen, and Shen Yi clicked confirm.
The scene changed, and they had arrived together at the cinema entrance.
Rows of posters stood on both sides, though they were too foggy to see clearly. The view continued to move forward.
At the ticket counter, there was a "ding" sound as 160 yuan was deducted from Shen Yi's account - exactly the price of two tickets. At the same time, options appeared:
A. Romance, B. Action, C. Sci-fi, D. Horror.
Shen Yi casually chose romance. Since he wouldn't actually be watching the movie, any choice would do, might as well pick one that seemed right.
After entering the theater, time jumped forward and the scene darkened. A dim screen light fell on Jian Leyi's face, the view shifted right to her profile, tears streaming down her face as she cried emotionally.
Facing the deeply moved Jian Leyi:
A. (Be a simp) Hold her in your arms to comfort her
B. (Wipe her tears) Take the chance to confess your love
C. (Curse loudly) Yell at her for being so emotional
D. (Stand up) Make everyone in the theater look at me
Shen Yi, who had been intently watching the screen, finally smiled at these options and suppressed his voice:
"NICE! Got it!"
After his cheer, Shen Yi immediately clicked the confession option.
Jian Leyi, who had been absorbed in the screen, was caught off guard by the sudden confession. Her facade crumbled instantly - this situation was something she hadn't anticipated.
Disbelief and emotion showed simultaneously on her face. Choked with emotion, she covered her mouth, unable to speak. Her tears flowed more intensely as she could only nod repeatedly in excitement...
As the confession ended, the entire screen turned white, illuminating Shen Yi's face by his bed. The last scene he saw was Jian Leyi throwing herself at him.
In the phone, Cupid's arrow pierced through a pink heart with a "poof," and the scene froze.
"Date ended, conquest successful!"
"System calculating..."
...
[Overall Rating: B+, A successful date]
[Notice: Your charm has increased, your conquest experience has increased]
[Reward: 200,000 yuan, Charm +2]
[System Comment: Money isn't everything, but without money, nothing is possible.]
[Rating meets requirements, synchronize rewards?]
[Review scene?]
A cascade of information flooded the screen. Shen Yi felt like he had just experienced an immersive movie and was still savoring it as he confirmed each displayed message one by one.
'Why only B+? Is A the highest grade, or is it S? What did I miss?'
Shen Yi frowned at the rating. He could accept B+, but it hadn't met his expectations.
He wasn't too concerned about the assets and charm rewards - this was just a beginner-level scenario. Judging by this output rate, there was still much grinding to do.
'Synchronize? Synchronize to where? Weren't the rewards already given?'
Shen Yi was already eager to see the scene review and carelessly clicked confirm synchronization.
This dating mini-game had thoroughly captivated him. Now that he had his report card, he naturally wanted to see the 'answer key.'
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
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?!”
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
