Lily Yuyan Song has just finished her study abroad in Business Economics.

She's the only daughter of a wealthy business magnate but wants to start from the bottom up to earn her father's respect.

She finds that starting a business from nothing is harder than it seems.

Seeing potential in a man whose name she doesn't know. She sets out to find him.

Join in on the adventure of a lifetime as spring arrives for this pair.

The store reception for Lai Fu's Offshore Sea Store was exceptionally well received by the older generation. The discounts and offers that he had assigned for the first day made all the aunties and uncles rush in like mad dogs, snatching up almost everything he had on display.
Thankfully, being an experienced storekeeper for many years, he had previously ordered three months worth of stock to satisfy the demand for the frenzy buying. Lai Fu knew that the first day was one of the best times to earn quick cash to recoup the losses since people always wanted new stuff and a store opening usually resulted in the most substantial amount of customers.
Helping them out, Jin had developed a small little USB drive that could be connected to any sort of phone (as part of Lai Fu's request list). Those USB drives would act like temporary storage rings allowing them to put the items that they wanted to buy into it since most items were enchanted with anti-storage ring to prevent looting and theft from happening.
Either that or they could personally hand carry them on the carts provided. However, the technological advancement in recent years had made online supermarkets extremely popular, and the Offshore Sea Store was no exception in participating them.
With the help of the System, Jin had assisted Lai Fu in creating an online mart on the Pandamonium App as well as applying to the famous supermarket delivery services apps. As Lai Fu previously subscribed to be one of the sellers in those apps as well, the System merely aided him by instantly updating the items that were left in his store to those apps. Else, he had to pay an additional premium subscription fee to do that.
But because of the integration of the online market via Pandamonium App, users could also earn and utilise Panda Medals by doing so. In fact, every purchase in the Tiangong Tree Mall would allow them to earn Panda Medals which could indirectly be used to either obtain items in Jin's store or used as the premium currency for his mini games and dungeons.
During his downtime from the day before, Jin had planned a road map to revamp the usage of Panda Medals. Instead of merely using it as a sort of reward or extra currency, he was thinking of creating discount packages that utilised those medals too. Things such as free food delivery package for 10,000 Bronze Panda Medals or discount voucher package for 8,000 medals.
While he was merely copying ideas that were already on the market, they had proven to be successful, and Jin saw no reason why he could not get a share of the pie as well. Maybe in the future, Jin could liaise with other apps like the taxi and online market delivery to further integrate the Pandamonium App into society. Right now, he was satisfied starting small and just making sure that his Tree Mall was not only an overnight success but a continuous one.
Yet even though there was the online market app choice, most of the older generation prefer to go down to the stores to select their items. As long as it was not a crazy surge of people, the aunts and uncles would love to take their time in choosing their fruits and vegetables, picking the best out of the lot in the store's bin. In addition, the physical stores sometimes provided discounts that were not available on the online apps.
The same was true for Lai Fu's Instance Store. The current Day One discount was the biggest discount he had ever offered. By buying five items, one of the five cheapest items would be discounted at 99% (up to a certain price point of 100 Yuan). Hence, many people took the chance to buy the more expensive stuff all at once, mainly comprising the premium food stock from Jin's Agriculture Sector.
Even Lai Fu was shocked at how fast Jin's food stock vanished, and when he queried some of his long time customers, their reasoning made perfect sense. "There was no scent of pesticide used on these at all! The colour of the vegetables is very prominent too! It has been so many years since I saw this kind of naturally grown fruits and vegetables." the collective opinions of his customers who were equally health conscious in their advanced age answered him. (Things which Lai Fu already know when he personally examined the goods too, but verification from his peers sealed the deal for him even further.)
"Do you know that considering the quality of the products, the price you place on it is freaking cheap? Of course, I will get a bulk of them before it gets all sold out!" His customers said frantically and went to the payment cashiers where a team of Deep Ones were manning the cashier booth.
One scanned the items, the other two packed them up before the customer could choose between delivery to their house or self carry. Most were okay with carrying thanks to the power of the storage ring, but some did choose the delivery option, taking advantage of the Day One discounts to buy for their relatives too.
As Lai Fu began developing a friendly relationship with the Deep Ones, he even requested more of them via the Pandamonium App while they were still free. (He still would be charged according to their numbers starting next month). Sure, he still had some of his old employees, but many quit after the incident, with only a few loyal enough to remain behind.
Thus, Lai Fu ended up deploying them for all kinds of jobs. The owner used them for cashier services restocking the items and currently (maybe most importantly) for crowd control. Lai Fu believed that they were the ideal monster NPCs which were fierce enough to go against the crowd.
There were instances where those greedy uncles and aunties were tempted to take fresh stock from their hands, (mainly because of the discounts Lai Fu had provided) which caused the Deep Ones shouted at them and even scratched them superficially as a warning.
The customers in return demanded for compensation, but before Lai Fu could intervene in any way, the Deep Ones officially issued a duel challenges to settle the store. Should they accept and win the duel, they would get their compensation, fair and square along with an apology.
The ignorant older cultivators thought this was a simple fight and part of Lai Fu's new instance, so they fought against them recklessly. (The only ones who had the last laugh were the cultivators that had experienced Jin's stores and knew what capabilities these fishes had.
…So far, none had won against the mighty Deep Ones and the customers learnt the lesson not to disturb the Deep Ones during their restocking. What followed was an extremely ridiculous sight to behold. Lai Fu had never thought it possible to witness customers standing at the side, mere inches away from a Deep One, patiently waiting for him to finish restocking the items before pouncing on the goods and merchandise.
"Each Yuan for these angry fish is worth it." Lai Fu chuckled to himself as he sat at the side of the recently arrived Discount Pirate Ship and enjoyed some fishing.


In a modern world where cultivators need a place to cultivate or vent their boredom, there are private businesses that set up instance dungeons with the aid of technology and cultivation magic to enable cultivators to train and commoners to experience the life of cultivation. They are called dungeon suppliers.

Xie Jin's one and only dream was to be a dungeon supplier and when his only relative passed away, the relative's inheritance gave him a plot of land and surprisingly, a 'System' Module which the relative had previously used. 

With the help of the system, Xie Jin decided to pursue his dream of becoming the number one dungeon supplier.

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(13/8/2020) Author's opinion: At this point, this book had hundreds of chapters worth of content which I had planned for a long time. If you wish to undertake the book and appreciate the story, please read it up till chapter 300s to understand the sudden twist in chapter 100s.

i will admit that during that time, I am still a young budding author and could have expressed the story better in the early hundred chapters. But I assure you the story development is worth it. 




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"Are you sure? You said you don't like crowded aces, and I think the mall would be crowded." Elena questioned.
"It's fine. I am fine with shopping malls and theatres because everyone is focused on their work, unlike other crowded places where everyone stares at you."
"I see."
Das suggested Elena to go somewhere to avoid going home, and Elena requested to go to the newly opened shopping mall.
"What's so new about this shopping mall you are talking about?" Das asked.
"Uh... I am not sure, but on the ads, it said that there are many hotspots for attraction."
"That's not something unique."
"I don't know. Maybe we will buy some clothes and stuff?"
"..."
"What's with that face again?"
"Don't forget that we still have to study."
"I know, but let me enjoy a little more."
"You can enjoy as much as you want after your exams, you know?"
"I have been hearing that since childhood."
Elena didn't grow up to be an idiot. She was as smart and as dedicated as her twin sister, but soon-- their differences were apparent. They were no longer the same-- only their appearance.
They couldn't be together like they used to be. Like any other siblings, they started fighting and beating each other. And their parents couldn't do anything. They sometimes even mistook them and mixed their names.
Then Caleb suggested adopting one of them, and Selena started living with her grandparents.
They would still meet once every month or talk over the phone.
Selena kept advancing the grade and graduated from high school. While Elena couldn't, she had lost the will to do anything.
Slowly, the distance between the two sisters started decreasing, and they were back to how they were after some time.
Selena still stayed with her grandparents because of her university, and though she could take of her grandparents.  
"We are here." Elena grabbed Das' hand and pulled him with her as they entered.
"Slow down," Elena ignored him and kept pulling.
The first thing they saw after entering was a giant statue in the center.
The statue was the same height as the mall. What's more, the statue's movement. It was acting as an elevator. It was transporting people from one floor to another.
"Wow!" Elena said with a resolute expression on her face as she let go of Das' hand.
"Yeah," Even Das was awed by this.
'The statue reminds me of the Edens Palace.'
Elena once again grabbed Das' hand and started jumping as she pointed her finger at the statue, then said with a huge smile on her face, "Let's go there!"
Das couldn't help but chuckle and think, 'She is just like some kid.'
Seeing Elena happy made him happy.
"We can't go there." However, the smile disappeared soon from her face after Das denied going there.
"Why?"
"Look at the waiting line. It would take hours to go there."
Certainly, more than a hundred people were standing in the line, and only three people were allowed at once for one ride.
Elena winked and said, "We can just force our way to the front."  
"Wow." Das sighed. 'Why am I not surprised? Elena would definitely say something like this.'
"But I really want to go there."
"We can come again. This mall is still new, so it would be hard, but once everyone gets used to this, not many people would want to go there."
"We will come again?!" Elena grabbed Das' other hand.
"Ye..ah." Das averted his face. 'What's wrong with me? I was here to change the mood, not to accelerate it.'
'This is seriously bad. Staying alone with her is risky.'
"Say, Elena...."
"Hmm?"
"How about we go and study at the library after this?"
"Why?"
"Uhh... we can find materials in the library, and... we can also find many reference books." Das made a logical excuse.
"But we can also find all of that online. There is no need to go to the library. Moreover, libraries nowadays are just a place to find old and ancient books, nothing else." Elena gave a logical answer.
'Dammit! Why is she smart at stuff like this?' He was wrong. It wasn't like Elena was trying to act smart; she just didn't want to go to the library. She just also made a logical excuse not to go there.
"Fine..." Das reluctantly gave up and said with a tired voice, "Let's look at the rest of the mall and go home."
"We will also do some shopping on our way."
After wandering on the two floors, Elena almost gave up on walking more.  
"I can't.... this is too much. Why are malls always this big?"
"They are big, and that's why they are called a mall."
"There are small malls too." Elena retorted.
"The bigger, the merrier, is what they say."
Elena grabbed Das' arm and rested her body on Das. She was clinging to and pressing her body against him.
Das wanted to shrug her off. But after looking at her tired face, he let her do whatever she wanted.
"I saw it on the screen feature tab."
"Huh?"
Elena looked at Das, then at the floor above, and said, "There was an 80% discount on something. Let's buy it."
"Why?
"What do you mean why? The discount is that big! We have to buy it. How can we miss a deal like that?"
Das sighed and fixed Elena's hair. "You know, they say it's an 80% discount, but in truth, there is none. The actual price of the stuff is the same. And Once this discount period ends, they sell that stuff at ml most the similar price and put something else as a discount. It's a cheap marketing trick."
Elena squinted her eyes and said, "Then what about the online discount? The actual price does decrease when they are o discount."
"If you buy the exact same thing from retail, I am bet my bank balance that you would get it at a cheaper price.


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[The old title of the novel was 'My (idiot) Girlfriend Recommended Me a VR Game, So I Tried Playing It.] 

Daas Ryle, a boy born in a lineage of Royals. He was the only male heir and because of that, there have been many tries to kill him and his family.

Losing the girl he loved when he was a kid, he turned into a psycho. He started to find joy and satisfaction in killing and crushing his enemies. His hate burned like hellfire. Having suffered hell in his childhood, he became an emotionless boy who thought studying was his only way to live. 

"Whoever dares to harm my loved ones shall cease to exist"-- This was his motto.

That was when he met 'her,' the girl who changed his life. He slowly started falling in love with her. She was his Salvatore. Daas began changing, becoming a normal high school boy, at least from the outside.

Then one day, his girlfriend asked him to play a VR game with her. Little did he know that agreeing to play the game would change his life, how it would affect him in the real world, and how his future would change. How he will learn the dark secrets of the cruel world he lives in. 
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"Fei, how is our company developing in the last few days?" Xiao Tian inquired
"Our company development is good. But I think It would be better if we add some interesting feature ideas to make the sale more in demand than before" Shi Fei thought if they add few feature ideas, the company sales will rise significantly.
Xiao Tian had guessed that Shi Fei has the same thought as him. That's why Xiao Tian wanted to hear her opinions first before telling his ideas. "What do you have in mind?"
"We should give a discount on some clothes or to people who buy many clothes at once. I think many people will like it, especially women." as a woman, Shi Fei knew that women really like discounts, especially women from lower-class families. Maybe some of the middle-class families also love discounts. If they give a discount on some good quality clothing, she was sure that the clothes would be more in demand.
"Especially women?" Xiao Tian spoked and paused for a second before he continued, "Give me a reason."
"Women likes a discount, especially a discount on good quality clothing. I'm sure more people from middle-class families, and lower-class families will buy it. However, it's different for men. I agree that some men pay attention to what they wear, but many men don't care about what they wear, especially T-shirts or shirts. As long as they can wear it and feel comfortable, they don't care about anything else. Some men even don't care about trendy clothes or something like that." Shi Fei knew that because many of her male friends never care about the clothes.
Xiao Tian nodded his head after hearing Shi Fei's explanation. He knew that what she said was the truth. "I agree with you."
"Yes. Shi Fei is right. Men usually only wear casual T-shirt and then cover it with a jacket. I think, for men, it would be better to give a discount on the jacket and jeans. Oh, we're almost in new season, so it would be better to design clothes or jacket for the new season as well." Lin Xing Xue gave her opinion.
Wow! Not only beautiful, but they are also smart. Xiao Tian thought to himself
"Yes. Let's do that. We will give lots of discounts on women's clothing and men's jackets. We will also give discounts for popular men's T-shirts and shirts lately. Do you have any other ideas?" Before telling them his idea, Xiao Tian wanted to know whether they had other ideas or not.
However, because they were still thinking about it, Xiao Tian decided to tell them his idea. "I have a few ideas."
Shi Fei and Lin Xing Xue looked at Xiao Tian after he said that he had some idea.
"I have three ideas." Xiao Tian spoked and stopped for a second before he continued," First, we will give free shipping to people who buy a lot of clothes on certain days. Second, we will add some feature, such as cash on delivery. The last one is, lucky egg feature."
"Lucky egg?" Shi Fei and Lin Xing Xue said at the same time. They knew that the first and the second ideas were excellent, but they didn't understand what he means by lucky egg.
Upon seeing their faces, Xiao Tian spoke, "This is called a lucky egg because it can give us surprises. Member accounts will get a lucky egg every day where they can get a surprise like discounts, cashback, or something like that by breaking the egg, but there is an expiration time for it. For examples, I get a 3% discount voucher for jeans after breaking the egg, and the time limit is three days, so the discount voucher will be expired after three days even though I don't use it. The discount range will be around 1-5 percent because we give the lucky egg for free, so we can't give a high discount."
Shi Fei and Lin Xing Xue were stunned after hearing his explanation. They thought that his idea was brilliant.
"It's a good idea," Shi Fei said
"Yes. It's a brilliant idea," Lin Xing Xue nodded her head.
"I'm glad you like my idea," Xiao Tian said as he smiled. "Fei, I've rented a building for our first offline shop in the center of Shanghai. Can you make an ad and put the ad on our company online shop? With this, we don't need to spend more money on the ads."
"Oh! I can do that." Shi Fei was surprised after hearing Xiao Tian's words. He just opened his business a few weeks ago, but he will open his first offline shop in the next few days. She felt lucky because she accepted his offer when he asked her to work for him.
If she refuses him at that time, maybe she would still work as a tailor and freelance until now.
"How long do you think that you can finish making the ad and putting it on our company online shop?" Xiao Tian didn't want to make her work overtime. If she needs two to three days to finish it, he will postpone the recruitment day and tell Yun Xin Er about it too.
"If it's only an ad, I can finish it today" Shi Fei was confident that she could finish it in a day because she was used to making advertisements.
"Really?" Xiao Tian didn't expect that she could finish it within a day. "Fei, I don't want to make you work overtime, so if you can't finish it today, don't force it."
"No. For me, making an ad is easy. We only need to take a picture of someone and edit it on photoshop," Shi Fei said confidently.
"Take a picture of someone? How about both of you become the models? I think it will be better if both of you become the models for this ad rather than we use someone else" Xiao Tian thought, not only they don't need to spend money, if Shi Fei and Lin Xing Xue become the models, he can also take a picture with Lin Xing Xue and Shi Fei later. It's like killing two birds with one stone.
"I'm fine with it," Shi Fei immediately agreed. Shi Fei was curious about how it feels to be a model. That's why she was excited after hearing Xiao Tian's words.
"I'll pass," Lin Xing Xue refused. "Because Shi Fei has agreed, I think we don't need me to be the model as well."
Xiao Tian looked at Lin Xing Xue intently after hearing her words. The smile froze on his face. He didn't expect that the happiness that he had just felt suddenly shattered into dust in several seconds. "Why?"
"As I said, Shi Fei has agreed to become the model, so why do you want me to be the model as well?" Lin Xing Xue thought it was not very meaningful if she becomes a model too because they only need one person to become the model.
"Xue, let's become the model together." Shi Fei really wanted to become a model on the ad with Lin Xing Xue, the former campus goddess. This is one in a million chances to stand next to the former campus goddess in the same advertisement and maybe, they will be famous together after it.
"No," Lin Xing Xue said.
However, because Xiao Tian and Shi Fei kept asking Lin Xing Xue to be the model for the ad, Lin Xing Xue finally gave in.
They ended the meeting and ready to make the ad.


Quote of the Main Character
"In the future, I will be the wealthiest person in China and sit on my throne with beautiful women in my arms."

synopsis:
One day, a handsome young man died in a car accident. He suddenly wakes up and find himself in an unfamiliar place, but what surprised him most is that he is taking over someone else's body.
He is once again surprised when he knows that he is in a parallel universe with the same laws as his previous world.

At first, he only wants to enjoy his life. But after learning his predecessor desires to be a successful person and make his family happy, he decides to continue his predecessor's dream.
With knowledge from his previous life, he starts his adventure to become a successful person, and of course, he doesn't forget to seduce beautiful women left and right.

Follow him as he embarks on his journey to become a successful person and conquer the hearts of beautiful women.

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*Tags= slice of life, poor to rich, action, martial arts, gangs, leader gang, beautiful female lead, handsome male lead, older love interests, harem, cruel MC, multiple identities, secret identity, R-18, romance, modern-day, MILF, friendship, war between gangs, war against martial art schools, scheming, betrayal, genius MC, incest, strong MC (OP at the same level).

*** plot
- first arc= focus on relationship (No trouble here) and business. a lot of sex scenes. skip it if you feel uncomfortable with it.
the first arc is also full of lovey-dovey moments. I did this because I wanted the reader to feel connected to the harem members.

- second arc =Helping Lin Xing Xue and relationship. less sex scenes.

- third arc = problems begin to appear. much much much much less sex scenes.
this arc is full of troubles, fights and wars.

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"I have a plan," Li Zhicheng said gradually, "I'll outflank SMQ."
Lin Qian was a bit confused. The first thing that came to her mind was Li Zhicheng's lack of experience. Was "outflank SMQ" what she understood it to be?
What it meant to outflank a competitor, was to blaze a trail to besiege the rival.
Burger King's "grilled but not fried" strategy to challenge Mcdonald's and KFC was a foreign example. Domestically, Shunfeng Express's insistence on air transport made it to the top of the industry after being in the market for only a short while.
In the former instance, it was impossible for McDonald's or KFC to substitute their fried chicken on a global scope; and in the latter one, other express delivery companies couldn't just give up their original land transportation and change the whole internal logistics process just to buy new planes.
The trick to succeed in outflanking was not to introduce brand-new products that had never been seen in the market, but to make the products competitive in an original way and to make the existing market leader incapable of emulating them.
Outflanking was much more difficult than it seemed.
Lin Qian stared at Li Zhicheng after hearing this. Aida was struggling to merely survive now. How could it possibly outflank SMQ?
Li Zhicheng just looked at her, calmly and steadily.
Lin Qian looked at the documents he had just brought. She was astounded after reading only a few lines.
Li Zhicheng dared to…
...
Chen Zheng was very complacent these days.
The Ming Sheng project was not going to be highly profitable. But from his perspective, this move succeeded in both challenging New Bori and suppressing Aida.
One must think in the long term if he wanted to be the lead in such a meager-profit industry.
When his subordinates brought up some doubts about the Ming Sheng project, he immediately dismissed them.
"Mr. Chen, we promised Ming Sheng Group in our bidding document that our supply price won't be 30 yuan more expensive than that of the similar products on the market. And in the past, we have always provided an 11-percent discount on our luxurious bags. Should we do that this year? Will Ming Sheng ask us to further lower our price if they know?"
Chen Zheng sneered upon hearing this. "Do you really think a huge group like Ming Sheng will care about our price? Don't worry about it. We'll continue this year."
The subordinate nodded his head and said, "And by the way, our supply cycle is three months, which means in the coming few months, we will be in shortage of high-end bags."
Chen Zheng thought for a moment and said, "As long as we can pull through these months then everything will be fine. Don't lose a great deal by trying to save a little. Our focus should be the Ming Sheng project now."
After the subordinate left, Chen Zheng sat in his chair, swirled around, looked at the scenery outside and started to contemplate.
Indeed, he wasn't worried about the issues brought up just now. For domestic manufacturers, sales of high-end bags only made up a small portion; it was borderline meaningless, though it was not bad enough to be given up. However, it was also like an appealing yet poisonous fruit, an unattainable Arcadia. There was no way one could possibly compete with those foreign luxury brands. Aida had tried that before, and look where it had gotten them now?
What did he need to worry about? Aida's insurgency by a sharp increase of high-end bags sales? Even New Bori couldn't accomplish that, not to mention the company was being run by that inflexible soldier and the only-slightly-witted Lin Qian.
He shook his head, assuring himself that was impossible.
However, his spy in Aida had been discovered, which was a bit unfortunate. But he had nevertheless sent the full text of Aida's tender, helping him strike a deadly blow to Aida. He also hadn't confessed anything in the holding cell and hadn't brought any trouble to SMQ. In a way, he'd "retired" after winning merit.
...
Lin Qian took the elevator from the top floor to the floors below and arrived at the marketing department first.
In contrast to being desolate in the past, the department was fraught with people today. Even the office of the general accounting department downstairs had been temporarily taken over.
Following the CEO's orders, two hundred employees with great sales records, a willingness to stay at Aida, and more than three years experience were called upon to the headquarters and had formed this temporary "customer services center."
Lin Qian walked through the office area hearing phones ringing, typing, and footsteps, all of which made a person tense. She walked into the office of marketing. Xue Mingtao beamed upon seeing her. "Ms. Lin, you have a good grip on literature. Would you mind helping me check what I just wrote?"
Lin Qian smiled and walked to him, took the paper, read it and nodded her head, "I think it's pretty good."
Xue Mingtao looked a bit tired. He stared at the staff all buried in work and said, "They've been doing overtime for a whole week sending messages and emails to thirty thousand old customers. What they'll now do is call them one by one, starting tomorrow. I hope we can have a good start when the project starts."
After inspecting the process of the marketing department, Lin Qian took the elevator down to the IT department.
She was still holding the document Xue Mingtao had just given her. It was the full text of emails and messages the temporary customer services center sent to old customers. And these old customers had bought middle-end or high-end bags in one of Aida's branches in the past three years.
"Thank you so much for your support for Aida. We will have a 60%-off special promotion in our online flagship store on the fifth day of this month. Only the first 2,000 people can get the discount. One bag for each account with a one-million-yuan giveaway. The odds of winning are 100%. This promotion is for online sales only and we are doing it for our old customers.
"President of Aida,
"Li Zhicheng."
This is how Li Zhicheng planned to outflank SMQ. The idea was very simple: a price discount.
However, a price discount was something everything would and was able to do. Doing it effectively was the real challenge.
When Lin Qian had first seen Li Zhicheng's plan, she was amazed. It was a very simple trick, but it was delicately arranged—an idea that could only come from someone with experience. And there was no better time to do it than now.
First of all, it appealed to the old customers who knew and recognized the quality of Aida's products, which gave them a great chance to get a good sales record at the beginning.
And then, the goal of this plan was to attract the customers from second- and third-tier cities. In other words, Li Zhicheng wished to use the lower-priced high-end bags to win over the middle-end bag market currently dominated by SMQ. Selling online was also probably the fastest way to build their reputation.
What Li Zhicheng was doing now was exactly what people in Aida had wanted to do but never actually had after its decline. And it was a strategy the other two companies were incapable of implementing now.
In the past SMQ could have done it and could have even entered a price war with them. But due to the Ming Sheng project, the prices and supplies of high-end bags would be significantly impacted, exhausting their capacity to fight back in such a short term.
For New Bori, it was an enormous corporation that could not suddenly change its pricing system. If they did, not only Aida would be affected, but New Bori's current middle-end-product market would be affected as well.
Wasn't this exactly the best time to strike?
When the elevator stopped, Lin Qian thought to herself, If this were Lin Mocheng's doing, I would definitely suspect him of intentionally losing the Ming Sheng project. The market we're targeting now is much larger. We have no competition at the moment, and we have a high possibility of seeing huge profits. The Ming Sheng project's pyrrhic victory would be nothing compared to this.
But it was Li Zhicheng who had seen this path when Aida's very existence was at stake, and he had come up with the entire plan without any mentoring. She had to admit that he was a genius with unshakeable dedication and perseverance.
As for the kiss.
Neither of them had mentioned it, and what happened in the past should stay in the past. I know for sure that he was just being impulsive that night. I guess I was kind of taken advantage of somehow, but whatever.
The sun started to set.
The IT Department had designated a small office for Lin Qian. She sat in front of her computer, skimming the anonymous articles to be posted online. They had been written by different designated posters from the IT Department.
This had been her suggestion and Li Zhicheng at first hadn't given a clear response to ut. But he ended up giving her the job, so she needed to be extra watchful over it.
"Inside news from netizens: Famous brand Aida will sell its high-end bags at 50%, discount for old customers only…"
"Aida's online flagship store's address please!"
"Can the quality of domestic high-end bags compare to foreign ones?"
"Shopping List: This same bag was 800 dollars in American stores," (with picture) "but only 300 dollars here. I've saved a lot!"
Lin Qian made alterations while scrolling through the pages.
Not bad, not bad. This is something we should keep up with, feted but controversial. Gaining public attention is the major task.
After finishing with her corrections, she thought for a while, opened a new document and started typing.
"It's rumored that Aida is supported by the military."
Right as she typed these few works, a familiar voice came in. "When did Aida gain military support?"
Lin Qian was dumbfounded; she turned her head and looked at him. "Mr. Li…" She started to secretly curse him. Boss, you're a CEO now, not a member of the special forces. Don't come and go without a trace. It's so scary.
Li Zhicheng seemed not to realize that he could sometimes intimidate others. He sternly he stared at her screen and asked, "What is this?"
"Umm…You know, Mr. Li, there're lots of misleading information online. Ordinary people think executives at the military are mysterious. It's for our plan in three days."
Li Zhicheng glanced at her without saying anything.
Lin Qian rejoiced at her heart, knowing he had just given tacit consent. Although Boss played by the book, he was actually very intelligent. He must have known what she meant.
Boss is becoming "sneakier."
All of a sudden, Li Zhicheng bent over with one hand on the back of her chair and the other on the desk, and said, "Let me see the others."
Lin Qian went numb for a second.
He had originally been standing right behind her. After bending over like this, the side of his face was so close to her hair that they were almost touching. She could smell his natural male scent—just like that night.
However, he did this sequence of moves naturally, like a boss inspecting his juniors' work. And he looked exactly the same: calm and concentrated without any other thoughts.
Lin Qian blushed with butterflies in her stomach. She was just about to stand up. "Please sit, Mr. Li."
Before she could finish, he pressed his hands down on her shoulders and said, "No need."
Lin Qian's heart skipped a beat.
A weird thought struck her.
This is incredible. Why is he playing this kind of flirtationship with me? Is he doing it on purpose? Or am I being too sensitive?


Lin Qian used to believe that her Mr. Right needed to be handsome and reliable. An elite man in the business world who was extremely influential. A person that Lin Qian would admire, for nothing would be impossible for him.

However, when she finds her love, she realizes that what attracts her is his calmness, silence, persistence and loyalty. She loves him so much that she is willing to stand by him to face the schemes and cruelty of the business world. She just wishes to spend the best time of her life with him, regardless of what the future will be.

There was nothing special about the first time they met each other. Who knew that such an ordinary encounter would be the start of their glamorous time together? If you are looking for a light and sweet romance with a thrilling story line, then this is definitely the right book for you.

School was hell that day. 
Ichigo and Horiya wasted no time spreading all the rumors they could about me. Since they were both the popular type, they quickly made plenty of friends before I could even try to talk to someone. I figured it was a lost cause, trying to make friends in this class. Those two would spread so many rumors about me that no one would want to even come near me.
That being said, it wasn't as bad as middle school. Not everyone here were from the same school I was, after all. Ichigo and Horiya needed to secure a stable position in the social ladder of the school first, and gather a bunch of people around themselves. They didn't have the luxury of dealing with me just yet, thankfully.
The school day ended without much happening apart from the occasional gossip and accompanying laughter directed my way. Immediately after the bell rang and we were dismissed from class, I rushed out the door, wanting to escape as quickly as possible. Ichigo and Horiya, seeing this display, laughed in amusement, but didn't chase after me.
Of course, I couldn't deny that I was running away from them. I also couldn't deny that I was scared of them. But other than this, there was one more reason I was so eager to get off school -  a certain new ARMMORPG.
That's right - Ascension Online.
After overhearing about this game by chance, I felt compelled to check it out, for some unexplained reason. I didn't quite understand why myself, but I decided to follow my instincts.
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The rain had stopped when I got outside. Of course, that was only natural. It would've been pretty weird if the rain from this morning was still going after over six hours. Heading to the closest store by memory, I picked up my pace.
The store was called DigiGames, though that wasn't important. It was a chain video games store that mainly sold VR and ARMMORPGs. I had been here many times before to take a look at video games. Just look, though - I didn't have enough money to actually buy any. Before I even went inside, I noticed the massive poster on the glass that showcased the new hit game - Ascension: Online.
Apparently, there was a comma between 'Ascension' and 'Online'. I didn't know that before, but it wasn't that important anyway. By the looks of it, the game seemed to be set in some sort of Chinese Xianxia cultivation world. The art on the posted was beautiful, showcasing a clear blue sky with fog-covered mountains.
Well, it looked pretty cool, at the very least.
I went inside the store and went up to the clerk.
"How may I help you? Oh, wait...I recognize ya. An old customer, is it?" he asked, noticing me.
"Yeah. I was just curious about the new game..."
"Ah, Ascension: Online, correct?"
I nodded. "Yeah, that's the one. What is it about?"
"Glad ya asked," he said with a light chuckled. "Even though the game only came out around a week ago, I've already played it quite a bit, so ya can take my word for it."
After clearing his throat, the clerk continued.
"Ascension: Online, or A:O for short, is an ARMMORPG designed to recreate reality as best as possible."
"Recreate reality...? But from that poster I saw on the windo-"
"Yep. I wasn't done talking. Ascension: Online essentially creates a whole new world of magic and cultivation for us to live in. Compared to other AR games, A:O is the largest by far in terms of world size. In addition, it's also the first AR game to have successfully implemented the food and drinks system. It's one of the most redeeming features of AR games, but A:O is the first game to actually include it, because of just how hard it is to program."
"Hm...the food and drinks system, huh. So, that feature where if you eat or drink something in-game, it will actually satiate your hunger and thirst in real life?" I asked.
"Yeah," he replied with a grin. "Pretty cool, isn't it? I've tested it out myself - totally works. I spent my entire 48-hour weekend in-game, and when I finally logged out, I didn't feel hungry or thirsty at all, since I ate and drank in the actual game."
"But...what about using the bathroom and such? And showering?"
"Heh. Kid, you're pretty new to AR technology, aren't ya?"
I nodded hesitantly, and the clerk sighed.
"Well, okay. To explain it in simple terms, when you dive into AR, your body essentially becomes 'frozen' until you log out and come back to the real world again," he said. 
"Frozen? How so?"
"Frozen, as in time stops for your body. It won't grow hungry, thirsty, and you won't need to use the bathroom or anything like that. So - what I'm saying is, you could, essentially, stay inside AR forever. Though, of course, there isn't any food or drinks in AR, so people log out eventually to enjoy being able to savor delicacies again. At least...until this game, Ascension: Online, came along."
"Right. You said there's food and drinks in this game, yeah? So now there's practically no reason for people to return to the real world, except for their jobs. Those who have enough money to spend their whole life in peace could just stay inside the game forever," I concluded.
"That's exactly what I'm saying, kiddo. Man, I wish I could do that too..." he trailed off.
I see...Ascension: Online was not just any AR game. It was one that could very well change the meaning of reality. And if it could really do that...I could finally escape from my past - for good, this time.
"By the way, you sell AR sets here, right?" I asked.
"We do," he replied. "You're in luck, kid. There's a discount going on for them right now."
"How much are they?"
"Well, the original price of one would be around 70,000 yen, but on 50% discount that would be 35,000 yen."
I gulped. Even with the discount, 35,000 yen was still quite the sum. I didn't have that much money.
I sighed. "I see. Thanks for the info."
"No problem, kiddo."
"You...aren't mad I'm not buying anything?"
"Nah. I already knew, don't worry. There's no way a high school kid like ya can afford any of this stuff on your own."
I bowed my head politely. "Thank you."
Normally, store clerks would be annoyed if you just came inside, asked for information, then left without spending a single cent. This one seemed to be nice enough not to mind, though. I turned around, and prepared to leave, but then-
"Ah, here you are, Kaze-kun!"
A beautiful girl with black hair and black eyes ran over to me happily.
"E-Eh? Hina-nee-?"
But before I could say anything, she pulled me into a tight embrace, my voice muffled by her body.
"Mou~you little rascal. I was planning on picking you up at the school so we could walk home together, but you ended up coming here right after classes ended, huh?"
I tried to push away from her hug, but she wouldn't let me and instead tightened her grip. 
"C'mon, tell nee-san. What were you looking at in here?" she asked curiously, finally loosening me a bit.
"Uh..." unable to bring myself to speak the words, I opened my mouth but then closed it again. I knew that if I told her I had been looking at AR sets, she would buy me one right then and there. She had more than enough money, after all, from the scholarship she received. I did say she was a prestigious student, didn't I?
"That kid there was trying to get an AR set," the clerk chuckled, seeing our display of familial love. "How about it? Want to buy him a set? He looked like he really wanted one."
"N-No I didn't!" I muttered in frustration. "Don't listen to him, Hina-nee. I was just...browsing because I have nothing better to do, that's all."
Hina-nee looked me in the eyes with a serious look on her face, and then smiled. "You can't lie to me, Kaze-kun. I've known you for fourteen years. You may be able to trick other people, but I'm the one person you can't."
Then, turning to the clerk without letting me go, she continued. "How much is the AR set?"
"35,000 yen. It's on discount right now," the clerk replied with the same price he had told me.
"Perfect! I just happen to have that much on hand..." she said as she pulled out her wallet, still holding onto me with one arm.
Somehow managing to take out her debit card with one hand, she closed up her wallet and stuck it back in her coat pocket. Even though it was early spring, she still wore a coat. The reason for this was that Hina-nee was sensitive to the cold, ever since she was young. That's why winter was always the hardest time of the year for her.
In any case, she scanned the shelves, pulling me along, and quickly settled on an AR set that looked to be the highest-priced one.
"We'll take that one," she said, pointing.
"Huh? Hina-nee...that's the most expens-"
"But it's also the best one there is, no?" she winked at me. "Hehe, relax, Kaze-kun. Just let nee-san here handle this, mkay?"
I wanted to argue, but I knew that would be futile. I have never won a single argument against Hina-nee, not even once. I wasn't so foolish as to think I would win one now.
The clerk helped us get the AR set Hina-nee picked out, which was placed on the topmost shelf where neither of us could reach. Hina-nee was only a bit taller than me, after all, and I was only 5'9".
She quickly checked out, and the clerk placed the box containing the AR set into a plastic bag, which I then took. It was the least I could do after Hina-nee paid for it. We said thank you and left the store.
"Hina-nee...you didn't have to do that," I said as we walked. For the record, she still had her arm around me. It wasn't exactly uncomfortable, though. I could smell the sweet scent of her shampoo since I was so close to her.
"Kaze-kun...an AR set is all you've ever wanted. I know that."
"H-Huh? I never said tha-"
"No, you didn't. But...I can feel it, y'know? You've always been a quiet boy. Even if you saw something you liked when we went out shopping with mom and dad, you never said anything. At most, you would spare it an extra glance or two, then just give up on it."
"Hina-nee..."
"I haven't done much as your nee-san. This is the least I can do to repay you," she said, but I quickly shook my head.
"No, you've done far more than I could ever ask for, Hina-nee! And besides..." I averted my gaze. "...You're the one who said we're family, right? And there's no such thing as repayment or debt in a family..."
Hina-nee seemed to be surprised at my words, but she quickly recomposed herself and laughed it off. "Ahh...you've really grown up, haven't you?"
"Of course. I'm not a little kid anymore, so...your arm...?"
Realizing what I was talking about, Hina-nee giggled. "Heehee, I'll admit you're not a little kid anymore, but that won't stop me from hugging you! Hya~!"
She hugged me even tighter, this time with both arms. She was practically leaning her whole weight on me, which I struggled to balance with my backpack and the AR set we just bought.  To strangers, we must've seemed like a young couple. 
"...Really? Sometimes, it's hard to tell who's the older sibling between us," I muttered, sighing. "Well, whatever. As long as you're happy, Hina-nee."
With that, we headed home, now with a new AR set in hand. As for the game, Ascension: Online...I would come back tomorrow to buy it myself, since I could afford that with my allowance, at least. If I tried buying it now, Hina-nee would've just bought it for me as well. I would like to avoid that.
After all, she has already done far too much for me.

[ ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ]

Due to school, I've paused this series. In the meantime, you can read my newest novel, The Legendary Ghost Hunter. You won't regret it, I promise. If you don't believe me, just go read the first few chapters.

*****

[When realities overlap, will you be able to distinguish lies from truth?]

This is the tale of a multiverse governed by supercomputers, a brand new world waiting to be challenged, and a boy simply wishing to escape from reality.

But what happens when worlds collide, and the Creator of All seeks to build a perfect world, cleansed of all sin? Emotions, humanity, consciousness - forever lost in the dark corners of time.

In order to fight against a perfect being, you must first become one.

My name is A.R.X.A, and I am watching you. Do not fail to entertain me, human.

The game has just begun.

[Welcome to Ascension: Online. Welcome, to a new reality.]
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The restaurant sank into silence. Only slurping sounds and the sounds of Wu Hai hissing due to the food being too spicy could be heard. Just like that, the three focused on eating the Wontons. 
Of the three, Zhou Jia was the most reserved. However, after she ate her first piece of Wonton, the little reservation she had vanished as she completely engrossed herself in the delicacy before her.
The pepper soup made by Yuan Zhou had two colors, a layer of green on the top half and a layer of red chili oil at the bottom half. The plump Wontons ebbed up and down in the soup and dark green garlic leaves could be occasionally seen as well. 
At first, Zhou Jia couldn't bear eating the Wontons as they looked too pretty. But the sight of her boss and Wu Hai slurping nonstop as they ate combined with the enticing aroma waffling into her nostrils made her scoop a piece of Wonton with her spoon.
The spoon was a porcelain spoon and the Wonton was white in color as well. A layer of red chili oil was wrapped around the Wonton together with some shreds of garlic leaves. The aroma being emitted was incredibly enticing.
A majority of people would bite the part with the stuffings within when eating Wontons. Zhou Jia was no exception. Carefully, she bit down.
"Onom." She directly chewed off half the Wonton and couldn't help but to hiss.
The Wonton was freshly cooked and was extremely hot. And the moment the initial scalding heat passed, a spicy sensation appeared, enticing Zhou Jia to continue chewing. 
And with her continued chewing, her tongue was exposed to even more sensations. A numbing sensation appeared, as if the tip of her tongue was being scrubbed. Instantly, her entire mouth went numb. But at the same time, the spicy sensation assaulted her taste buds without a stop. When chewing, a mildly fresh and sweet broth exploded out of the tender and springy beef stuffing of the Wonton.
"Hiss, it's so so delicious!" Zhou Jia cried out with her eyes opened wide.
"Haha, I told you," Wu Hai remarked smugly, as if he was the chef.
"Um, eat more," Yuan Zhou said in a casual manner.
"Um, um," Zhou Jia heavily nodded her head before finishing the other half of the Wonton with a single bite.
"His, it's so hot!" Zhou Jia covered her mouth with one hand and fanned her mouth with the other hand.
"Eat less if it's too hot," Wu Hai immediately said with an expression of deep concern.
Zhou Jia quickly lowered her hand and protected her bowl cautiously.
"What are you doing? Do I look like I will snatch the food of girls?" Wu Hai said with a look of contempt before he gazed toward Yuan Zhou's bowl.
That's right. Wu Hai still had his principles. He would not snatch the food of girls. And Yuan Zhou was not a girl.
Alas, Yuan Zhou was seated too far from him. Wu Hai couldn't even reach his bowl. And with Zhou Jia's vigilance, he stood no chance against her as well.
The three thoroughly enjoyed the meal of Wontons. Of course, the one who had enjoyed the most was Zhou Jia. However, she remained in a bad mood the moment she finished her Wontons.
"There will be a 10% discount tomorrow," Yuan Zhou said as he started cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks.
"Huh?" The statement astonished Zhou Jia so much she forgot her bad mood.
"What? Discount? Doesn't that mean your restaurant will be super crowded again?" Wu Hai cried out in surprise.
Both Zhou Jia and Wu Hai had cried out for different reasons. Zhou Jia cried out because ever since this restaurant was opened, apart from during the opening, no discounts had been offered.
As for Shameless Wu, he cried out because he was scared that there would be a lot of people fighting over a seat in the restaurant with him. The only source of joy for Wu Hai was the fact that Ling Hong would not be able to enjoy the discount tomorrow.
Ling Hong's loss was a sense of joy for Wu Hai.
"Um, discount," Yuan Zhou nodded. When he was sick, the customers had all sent their gifts to him and had shown great concern on him. In return, he had decided to offer a discount.
Although Yuan Zhou's EQ wasn't particularly high, he still knew that kindness should always be returned.
And why had the system agreed to this? Because Yuan Zhou was paying out of his own pockets for this discount. One could say that Yuan Zhou was bleeding his own money this time.
"Alright. I will announce it in the chat group tonight. I will let Shen Min know as well," Zhou Jia promptly said.
"Looks like I have to wake up early tomorrow," Wu Hai said pensively.
"It's getting late. You two should go back," Yuan Zhou said to them.
"Ok, bye," Wu Hai waved his hand and left.
As for Zhou Jia, she walked out while posting the announcement in the group chat. However, when she raised her head and looked at the restaurant, there was still a trace of resentment in her eyes. What was the source of her resentment? It was the realization that after trying Yuan Zhou's food once, it would be much harder for her to resist the temptation of Yuan Zhou's food in the future.
"I finally understand why Shameless Wu can do anything for the sake of food," Zhou Jia sighed and slowly headed towards the bus station.
After the two left, the restaurant regained its peace. Yuan Zhou went back upstairs. Soon, he finished washing up and went back to bed.
When sick, one should rest more. This was what Yuan Zhou's mother used to tell him.
The show, Roll, Dear Beef, that Yuan Zhou had signed an agreement with long ago had finally arrived as well. The filming would start tomorrow.
They had probably decided to start filming now due to the recent popularity Yuan Zhou had obtained online from the promotional video.
Right after the episode ended on Sunday, the advertisement for the next episode started being broadcasted.
[The youngest master of cooked wheaten food in the country, a person with a positive rating above 95% online, a person being scolded by 80% of the comments, the boss foodies hate and love at the same time.]
[This is where the next episode of Roll, Dear Beef will be filmed. What will Li He bring us this time?]
Although Yuan Zhou's restaurant did not offer any take-out services and had not registered itself in any food delivery services, it was still reviewed in some food review applications.
In a certain food review application, 97% of the reviews for Yuan Zhou's restaurant were positive, consistently placing it in the first place with a lead of more than 10%.
Nobody could dethrone Yuan Zhou's restaurant from this application. On the other hand, the comment section was filled with complaints.
Most of the complaints were about the limitation of one order per dish or the long queue.
A few days ago, before Yuan Zhou received the pair of gloves, the show had sent someone to get a final confirmation from Yuan Zhou. Of course, a different person was sent this time. It was unknown where that slickback guy had gone.
Although the slickback guy wasn't too smart and was too stubborn, he was still a polite person.
On the other hand, the new guy was acting like a big shot, shooting complaints left and right during the restaurant's business hours.
Having his business interrupted during business hours was something most unacceptable for Yuan Zhou.
The new guy was even planning to drop Yuan Zhou some threats, but he was chased away by Ling Hong before he could do it. As a child of a wealthy family who had dated numerous models, Ling Hong was still quite influential in the entertainment industry.
This new guy seemed to have only gotten the job by relying on someone he knew. He was rather dumb and had even called the director to file a complaint about Yuan Zhou.
Yuan Zhou had not bothered with the result of the complaint. The only thing he knew was that the new guy had vanished since then while the director and the producer had both called him to apologize.
And just like that, the incident came to an end. If Wu Hai hadn't been stopped by Zheng Jiawei, he would have pounced on the new guy and started biting him. That guy was simply courting death.
Wu Hai was like a guardian dog of Yuan Zhou's restaurant. If there was a problem, Yuan Zhou could always unleash Wu Hai.
The fools had no idea what truly great teeth looked like.


In a remote oriental country, there is a small and odd restaurant that has refused the three-star rating by the Michelin Guide several times. 
“The price is fairly expensive over there, 288RMB for a set meal of Egg Fried Rice and a bowl of soup. Ah, and an extra small plate of pickled vegetables as well. Even so, there are still a long line of people queuing up and waiting for a taste. Reservations are not accepted there, only waiting and queuing personally is allowed. 
“Numerous people fly there on their private planes just to queue up. Furthermore, parking bays and parking spots are not provided there. The service is terrible here. Customers have to clear the tableware themselves and wipe the table as well. For god’s sake, the boss is literally crazy.” 
---Michelin Guide
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"The second, Jiang Kai from now on you will be the Bank Manager in Corentis, you will be given a Four Star ID of Wrist Band series, Level 2 Access and Level 2 Security as the reward," Rex took out another gift box but this time the bracelet was of black color, same as him.

Jiang Kai walked to him and took the box then after respectfully bowing to Rex he peacefully returned to his original spot.

"The third, Stephan…" Rex said then looked at the scholars in front to see who was this Stephan, he was only hosting the award ceremony as for the rest it was taken care of by Jiang Shuang.

Just then the scholars standing in front made way for a figure stepping out. Rex looked at the person and found out that he was rather young.

Stephan was a tall young man, he had a long face with his shoulder-length hair tied into a ponytail behind the back of his head, his expression was calm and he had a foldable fan in his hand he was holding in front of his chest. Stephen elegantly walked to the front and stood before Rex.

"It's a pleasure to meet Master Rex in person, this meeting is more than enough for a reward," Stephen said with a smile.

[Woah! it's good, now we can give this ID Band to someone else, it will save us the trouble to make one more.]

'You really take everything literally don't you? he said it because he knows that I can't do that, but this guy is rather cunning he obtained highest marks in theory if it wasn't for his slightly low marks in practical then he would be the first one,' Rex thought.

Rex knew that unlike others Jiang Qing and Jiang Kai had an advantage, they had started to use the prototype models of the Mobile Smart Reception Set long before others.

"Hahaha.. no need to be so polite it is something you earned with your own skill so how can I take your rewards, Stephan I also want to give you the Bank Manager position but the third branch of Frozen Flame Bank has not been built yet so you have to wait until then, for now, you will be given a Four Star ID of Wrist Band series, Level 1 Access and Level 2 Security as the reward," Rex said then gave the prize to him.

The rest of the scholars were given a 2 star ID card and the same privileges as normal citizens.

After a short speech, the award ceremony was over and the scholars left the area, only Jiang Shuang and Rex were present in the hall.

"We have money, resources, and a lot of land under the range of system…almost all the preparation had already been made, so there is no need to lay low anymore. Did you send all those ID cards to the people on the list? it's been a few days so they should have received them right?" Rex said.

"Hmm… there were more than five hundred people on the list, although I sent the parcels containing ID cards to all of them, due to long-distance delivery issues some might not have received it by now,

One more thing, once these ID cards catch their eye and rumors spread then a lot more people will want it, at that time if we refused then it will seem impolite and some might even hold a grudge against us," Jiang Shuang said.

"Hehe.. of course I know," Rex smirked then took out several big cuboidal boxes and placed them on the floor.

When Jiang Shuang looked at the content of the boxed, he sighed… all those boxes were filled with ID cards, he wasn't even in the mood to ask how Rex made so many of them in such a short period of time.

How could he know that the more Rex makes something the faster he gets at re-making them, it was the same with Combat Bots, it only took a reasonable time to make the first one as for the rest it looked more like he was a cloning machine rather than a living being.

"They are all 1 Star ID cards, we will only sell 1 Star ID cards, grades have no value if they can be bought easily, that's the reason the highest-ranking card we are sending is only 3 Star at most, and the mechanism of all the ID cards is same so if there comes a situation where we need to increase grades than we can do it from here, it's just like downloading and installing more software in them," Rex said.

Jiang Shuang nodded.

Rex had asked him to made a list of all the influential people that reside near the cities where the branch of Myriad Auction House is located.

Those influential people were clan leaders, clan supreme elders, sect leaders, the grand elder of sects, heads of certain organizations, and branch managers of other big organizations. The names of several famous Inn owners and hotel owners were also on the list, so Ariana who was the owner of Blue Hills Inn in Corentis also naturally had her name on the list.

People from all kinds of places used to attend auctions at Myriad Auction House, Jiang Shuang had also met many of them in parties and functions.

So he more or less knew most of them and even if he doesn't know some of them they themselves had at least heard about his Myriad Auction House Organization.

That's why they wouldn't directly refuse a gift from him and Rex was pretty much sure that as long as they accept it then no one in the right mind would through away the ID card after seeing its effect, most of the people who see its effect for the first time mistook it for a Spirit Tool so they wouldn't through it away even if they didn't found it much of a use.

"Now that most of the people had already received it, let's stop the beta-test and start the main thing," Rex said with a smile then accessed the device on his wrist.

Tang Xuan's shop...

Tang Xuan was sitting in his rocking chair with the ID card in his hand, these days whenever he was free and had nothing else to do he would chat with Adal using the ID card, it wasn't like he liked to talk with Adal too much but the ID card looked more interesting to him while chatting with Adal they both had even started to develop their own slangs.

Just at this time when he was recording a voice message he received a sudden alert notification.

[Alert! the system has released an update, do you wish to proceed with the update: Yes/No]

[Note: During the update, most of the ID card's functions will become unusable]

[New Features <>]

"What the…." Tang Xuan was taken by surprise, he then reopened the instruction manual file attached to the mail in News Feed and read through the information regarding it.

The instruction manual indeed mentioned the system update, it said that with every update the functions of the ID card will improve and there was also a chance that new features will be added to it.

Tang Xuan didn't directly choose Yes but checked New Features.

[New Features:-

1. Shop function will now be active.

2. Added App box function.

3. Added online shopping & home delivery feature.

4. Added cross-city chat server.

5. Added…]

Tang Xuan was dumbstruck after reading the mini-description of the newly added features, he thought that he read it wrong so he read it a few more times again before making sure that his eyes were not playing tricks on him. He then quickly chose Yes to start the update, he wanted to see if the mentioned features really work.

[Permission granted]

[Preparing data back-up…..]

[Back-Up complete]

[Starting update….]

[Updating.....]

[Calculating the time consumption during update….]

[It will take approximately 05 minutes for the update to complete]

[04:59]

[04:58]

[04:57]

Tang Xuan kept staring at the countdown without baiting an eye like his life depends on it.

[00:03]

[00:02]

[00:01]

[00:00]

[Installing update…..]

[Update successfully installed]

[Logging in…]

[Title: The Mysterious Shopkeeper

Grade: 4 Star

Balance: 0 $$

Profile: <>

News Feed: <> @

App Box <>

Shop: <>

Map: <>

Friends: <> ]

After the interface appeared Tang Xuan quickly opened the App Box but...

[App Box: N/A]

The App Box was empty, he got confused then he checked the News Feed again and there was a new mail with a new instruction manual attached to it, after looking through the manual he opened the Shop function.

[Category:-

Hot Deals <> @

Applications <>

Devices <>

Pills & Potions <>

Equipments <>

Techniques <>

Others <>]

Tang Xuan immediately clicked on the Applications category.

[Applications:-

1. Theme Park

2. Voice Recorder

3. Emoji Keyboard

4. Sticker Maker

5. Online Chess

6. Frozen Flame Browser

7. Online Banking Bot

8. Frozen Flame Hub

9. Beast Encyclopedia

10. FF Investing Market

11. Ludo….]

A new window filled with lots of colorful icons representing different applications appeared.

'What is this?' Jiang Shuang randomly chose one icon.

[Frozen Flame Hub:-

Type: Social Utility

Mini-Description: A chatting app that allows people from different places to find and connect with each other.

Requirements: None

Price: 100 $$]

[Would you like to buy this app: Yes/No]

[Congratulation! due to the user possessing a 4 Star ID card, you will receive a discount]

[Calculating discount….]

[Discount calculated]

[Congratulation! you will be now provided a 5% discount on purchasing this item]

[Warning! the discount on the item is not permanent so if the user chose then the discount received next time may be 1% less than right now]

Tang Xuan wanted to try buying it but the second he chose Yes, an alert notification popped up.

[Insufficient balance! Please visit the nearby Frozen Flame Bank or Myriad Auction House's branch for raising your balance to the required amount and complete the purchase]

Tang Xuan sighed he knew he couldn't buy anything here at the moment, he was about to head out but then he saw a little fat blue bird came flying inside his room.

The little bird flew in circles in the room for a while before it landed on his shoulder, like usual Tang Xuan fed a small pill to the messenger bird and took out the ring on its leg.

'Why do this messaging method suddenly feel too old fashioned to me,' Tang Xuan thought as he switched glances between the chubby bird and the ID card lying on the table.

He then hurriedly took out the letter from the ring, the letter was written in a coded language but Tang Xuan was already very familiar with it, he could directly see the message even without decoding it on paper.

'Oh.. good they want to talk with Master Ye, looks like they took my words seriously this tim..wait this…' Tang Xuan read the letter again then shook his head, when he read the first half of the letter he was excited because it said that the Tang Family wants to talk with Rex but when he read the latter half he realized that what they meant by the talk was letting him tell Rex to go visit their main headquarters in Myriad Beast Continent and have a chat with one of the officials there.

Of course, the letter also asked him to change a few of the words to match Rex's liking, like <telling him to come> into <Inviting him to come> to make the approach more polite and respectful towards him.

"It's their choice, there is no need for me to pursue this matter anymore. I am not taking part in the main business anyway so its best to enjoy my time here," Tang Xuan thought then went outside to meet Adal and have a long chat.

He didn't even consider inviting Rex to go and meet Tang Family, earlier when Mira asked Rex to go the Villvix Kingdom with her, that is near the border of the Myriad Beast Continent he directly refused without even listening to the whole sentence so after knowing this if he still asks Rex to go and have a chat with just an official at the headquarters then he would just be asking to lose face in front of him.

Cold Heaven Sect….

Sect Master Mansion…..

In the bedroom, a woman was lying on the pink mattress of the oval bed with her bare back facing the ceiling. The skin of the woman was so white that it looked like her body was frozen in ice for a very long time and she was just released a few hours ago.

Ji Biyu, the Sect Master of Cold Heaven Sect was sitting beside her, Ji Biyu took out a small portion of the milky white cream from the Anti-Cold Cream box and put it on the woman's back, her back slightly shivered. Ji Biyu waited for a second then she started to gently massage the cream on the woman's back with her thin delicate fingers.

The woman was resting her chin on her folded hands as she fully enjoyed the massage done by her disciple.

The Cultivation World is filled with countless treasures and heart shaking mysteries but even the most holy places are built above bottomless darkness this is a world where strong eats the weak, the strong rules and the weak is ruled, weak have no rights and that's how it always had been until he made is debut

Ye Tian was a cultivator with an average innate talent but he was born with a rare defense type physique and for him it was like a poor man treasuring a jade ring, betrayed by his own first love and the master he respected like a father he tried to escape as far as he could but his destiny was not that simple

At the brink of death Heaven showed mercy on him and the dormant mystery hidden in his soul got released...he got his memories from his past life when he was a Peerless Genius on Earth although those memories still belongs to the time when he was a mortal named Rex Andrews but memory was not the only thing he got from his past life

Ding....

[System’s requirements met]

[ System initializing 1%..2%…10%…30%….80%..99%..100%]

***

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