"Pfft."
Jiang Che chuckled, looking at Lin Yu's miserable state on his phone. It was truly a delight to the heart and mind.
"These two actually have some skills. Although their backgrounds and intelligence aren't exactly top-notch, they sure know how to mess with people!"
He decided to recruit these two as his underlings, small-time villains specifically tasked with pranking the chosen one of fortune!
"You did well. Keep messing with him, but I remind you, you still need to do some legitimate business."
Liu Tie's family was decent.
But Wang Zheng... his family had a bit of involvement in gray industries, like underground gambling dens and black-market boxing.
Luckily, they hadn't touched drugs. There was still a chance for them to go legit. Once you dabble in drugs... forget about going clean; you might as well just clean your neck and wait for the execution!
He was the big villain, sure, but he wasn't an idiot. He had heard that a few years ago, a grandmaster-level expert who had reached the peak of the Gānjìng stage was killed by a large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle for dealing drugs.
"Jiang Shao, our family is also trying to go legit. You can rest assured... our businesses are transitioning towards real estate," Wang Zheng said, his expression turning serious.
He had figured it out. Jiang Shao was planning to take him under his wing, not as a disposable pawn.
This realization almost moved him to tears of gratitude.
"Mmm... you guys handle it yourselves."
With that, Jiang Che ended the call.
But just as he hung up, his phone received a few messages.
"Ye Mengyao?"
Jiang Che was curious. What could Ye Mengyao be sending him?
Opening the chat history, Jiang Che's mouth twitched.
It was... a selfie of Ye Mengyao!!
The girl was wearing a thin, spaghetti-strap nightgown.
[Hehe, you're not allowed to show these photos to anyone else!]
Jiang Che: "......"
Damn!
Going dark makes you ten times stronger, huh? Ye Mengyao going dark... she's not just ten times stronger; she's a whole new level!
Honestly, who would have thought... the girl in the photo was actually the daughter of the Ye family?
[Jiang Che: Meh...]
On the other end of the phone, Ye Mengyao sat cross-legged on her bed, clutching her phone, her stubborn, beautiful eyes brimming with tears.
Who knew how much mental preparation she had gone through to send these photos to Jiang Che.
And all she got was a "meh"?
Unacceptable!
She was not okay with this!
[Ye Mengyao: Hmph, you liar!]
After sending that message, the girl huffed and tossed her phone onto the bed. But fearing she might miss a message from Jiang Che, she switched her phone to vibrate mode.
"You jerk, what exactly do you want from me~"
The girl pounded her pillow in frustration. The road to winning her man's heart was long and arduous!
At least she could feel that Jiang Che's feelings for her were different from before.
Although still dismissive, he was at least starting to look at her seriously!
...
As night fell.
In a building of Chrysanthemum Community.
"Qin Qiaoqiao!!!"
Wang Lili's shrill voice burst into Qin Qiaoqiao's bedroom.
Qin Qiaoqiao, who was doing her homework, trembled at the sound of her mother's voice. In her memory, her mother had never smiled at her, her voice always sharp and piercing.
"Mom... what's wrong?"
Wang Lili's face was almost contorted with anger.
She picked up a pair of men's shorts with a clothes hanger.
"Whose is this? How did men's clothing end up in our house? Your dad lives in the school staff dormitory! There are no men's clothes here!"
Wang Lili's words made Qin Qiaoqiao's face change. She stared blankly at the shorts in her mother's hand.
They belonged to Jiang Che!
It's over!
Completely over!
Qin Qiaoqiao's mind went blank. She had triple-checked, so why was there still a pair of Jiang Che's shorts left here?
"Mom, I don't know whose they are... I really don't!"
Qin Qiaoqiao firmly denied it.
Wang Lili sneered and pointed to the surveillance camera nearby.
"A few days ago, when I was on a business trip, the power in the house kept going out. Did you bring that man into the house?"
It seemed Wang Lili's intuition was spot-on.
"No... I really didn't."
But Wang Lili, being the domineering woman she was, wasn't about to listen to Qin Qiaoqiao. She walked up to the girl and rolled up her sleeves.
Qin Qiaoqiao's skin was too delicate; a light pinch left a red mark.
Fortunately, it had been over a week, and most of the previous marks had faded.
Wang Lili wasn't convinced and tried to tear open Qin Qiaoqiao's blouse for a closer look.
But the girl resisted fiercely.
"Wang Lili!!!" Qin Qiaoqiao was furious, calling out her mother's name.
Wang Lili froze, then erupted in anger, slapping her across the face.
Five distinct finger marks appeared on Qin Qiaoqiao's face.
"What did you call me??"
Qin Qiaoqiao covered her swollen cheek, tears streaming down her face.
Her eyes glared fiercely at her mother, wanting to say something... but she still didn't dare to speak.
"Mom, can you stop pushing me? You're going to drive me to death! I've been studying hard all my life, trying to be the good child you want, but you've never considered my feelings!"
Clearly, Qin Qiaoqiao's plea had no effect.
Wang Lili's rigid parenting was deeply ingrained. This kind of parent was not uncommon in Dragon Country; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many students committing suicide due to unbearable pressure every year.
"I'm doing this for your own good!"
Wang Lili shouted back.
Qin Qiaoqiao wiped her tears, not bothering to explain anymore.
"I really don't know whose shorts these are. You can beat me to death, but I still won't know."
Wang Lili was furious and stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
"Heh..." Qin Qiaoqiao let out a bitter laugh.
Jiang Che... I can never be like you, rising up to fight back!
This was her mother. Although she mentally cursed her, calling her an old witch, she couldn't bring herself to truly confront Wang Lili.
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.”
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.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
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…
