ARC 4: YOUNG MASTER'S EX-GIRLFRIEND (1)

Linlang opened the door with a key.

"Meow? Is Master back?"

The little body sprinted a 100-meter dash to the entrance, bit down on a pair of fluffy slippers from the shoe cabinet, and handed them to the owner.

As a reward, it got a loving hug.

Meiqiu's cheeks were streaming with tears. Wuwu, Master is so gentle towards it!

In the next second, Linlang casually threw the ball of fur to the ground, then joyfully ran into the bedroom. "A Wan, you're here?"

Black cat: Meow-meow-meow. As expected, it was worthless. It's definitely not her biological child QAQ!

Junwan was sitting casually on the sofa while reading a magazine. Her upper body had a white shirt with an open neckline that revealed a delicate collarbone.

Faced with such an alluring beauty, Linlang had to pounce on her.

Not wearing anything under the shirt is a foul, okay?

A hand was immediately pressed against her forehead. The superior queen's red lips opened slightly to say, "Tell me, why did you kill the male lead? If I didn't happen to see it while I was on duty and spend points to buy out that ancient world, were you planning on going to the penalty world?"

Junwan has risen through the ranks quite fast as of late. In addition to being the top celebrity of the Female Lead Department, she had also become one of the managers of the Space-Time Central Office.

Her first line of business was to put her wayward child under her jurisdiction.

One of the classified secrets was that high-ranking managers had the right to know the status of agents as well as their operations in the worlds.

As a result, just after she had taken office, this bad child flung a huge mess at her!

Under the eyes of those big shots, the queen calmly used her enormous points to fill this pit.

Junwan: What's the matter? This old lady just wants to cover for her. Is there a problem with that? Want a fight?

All the big bosses: ...As long as Big Sister is happy.

Although the problem has been solved, Junwan was still worried. This bad girl was always afraid the world wasn't chaotic enough. She'll go anywhere to have fun. Does she think the penalty world is a walk in the park? It's not easy for people to come out sane, let alone alive!

She didn't want Linlang to take the risk.

That being the case...would it be better to lock her up at home?

Junwan seriously considered the feasibility.

Seeing that the situation was going against her, Linlang immediately confessed her mistakes and promised not to dare do it again. She acted like a cute baby until Junwan finally dispelled that idea.

She thought distressfully to herself, what do I do if my girlfriend spoils me too much?

She worries about her like an old mother!

Alas, could it be that she won't let her die because she's too beautiful?

Linlang touched her face.

"Narcissus, we're going to miss our ride. Why are you still staring at the mirror? Hurry up!"

Junwan became impatient and carried the person onto her shoulders.

Hmm...although she's a bit rough sometimes, everything was forgivable. Anyway, no one's perfect.

Linlang has since grown accustomed to her friend's rashness. Even if she was carried, she still calmly took out a small mirror and applied lipstick. Her makeup must be beautiful for the first day of travelling!

"By the way, we don't seem to have brought anything," Linlang said.

"I brought money, enough to spend!" Her Majesty was quite cool.

And so, the two women happily went on an intergalactic vacation.

After returning, a certain forgotten little one glared at her accusingly.

Linlang knew she was in the wrong. She touched her nose apologetically, picked up the next task, and slipped away.

"Linlang—"

The morning comprehension session was over. and the classroom instantly came alive. The smell of soy milk, fritters, and dumplings were all mixed together, and the crisp laughter added a youthful air.

The girl closed the English textbook. Her slender fingers straightened out a rolled-up piece of paper from the drawer to see flamboyant handwriting on it.

—— After morning comprehension, come to the rooftop to see this young master!

Who is this crazy show-off?

Linlang raised her eyebrows.

She instantly crumpled the paper into a ball and flung it. The ball arched in the air before landing inside the trash can some distance away.

Several boys exclaimed.

"Xu Linlang, you're pretty good!"

The girl raised her eyes and chuckled. "No big deal."

All the boys were stupefied.

Is this the nerdy Xu Linlang?

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Linlang randomly found a clean bench by the lake, spread out all the poem collections on her lap, then received the world's main plot.

Her identity this time around was the eldest daughter of a working family who had a younger brother in primary school. Her parents preferred sons over daughters and drained Xu Linlang's life like vampires. They even wanted her to drop out of school so she could make money for her brother.

Xu Linlang had always been a competitive person. All her education had been paid for through scholarships ever since she was a child all the way to university. If she wasn't studying, then she used the rest of her free time working to scrape by.

Unfortunately, this self-cultivating girl was ruined after she met Xue Shao, the chaebol1 prince.

She was a gamble he staked to pass the time, and her loss was thought to be something she deserved. Who told this ignorant sparrow to try climbing the princely young master's family tree?

Linlang's black eyes clouded over with a slight mist.

Xu Linlang hadn't been the only beauty Xue Shao recruited, but she was hit the hardest out of all his ex-girlfriends. This was because, after her, Xue Shao set his sights on Zhang Mengmeng, the female lead. She was a cute dunce but was unexpectedly principled. One day, the two quarreled and Zhang Mengmeng brought up his romantic history. Xu Linlang was simply shot while lying down2. She was knocked out cold by the Xue family's bodyguards then thrown into a bar.

There was no need to think about what happened afterward. The Xu parents took the monetary compensation from the Xue family and immediately married her off to an old man in a distant mountainous area to live a life worse than death.

The unreconciled look on Xu Linlang's face before was etched in Linlang's mind.

"Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.3" She read the poem collection out loud with a cool tone of asceticism, making her countenance intensly beautiful.

Several figures passed by the path behind her, one of which was a tall boy who turned his head to see the girl tuck her scattered hair behind her ear.

"Hey, woman!"

Linlang held the poem anthology without looking sideways. She was quickly grabbed by the angry youth. "Didn't you hear this young master calling you?"

She turned her head to look at the male lead with short chestnut hair. His face was exquisite, like a beautiful boy who walked out of a comic. It was no wonder that so many girls lost their heads over him.

"What's the matter, Xue Shao?" She withdrew her hand in an alienated manner. That gaze was as if she was looking at a total stranger.

Her defensive look of "I'm not familiar with you, don't strike up a conversation with me" angered Xue Shao. When he remembered how he waited on the rooftop the entire morning like a fool, he couldn't help but blow up. "Do you have some fucking death wish? You dared to make Laozi wait for you!"

Linlang pretended to have just comprehended the situation. "It turns out that chicken scratch note belonged to Xue Shao! I thought someone was pulling a prank!"

What the— this woman just dissed his handwriting!

If it weren't for the bet he made with his buddies, he would have stomped on this arrogant little cockroach to death!

Xue Shao endured his hot anger. He slowly squeezed out a stiff smile. "That's right, I don't have any interest in writing, so it's hard to read it sometimes. I wanted to find someone to teach me how to improve my handwriting."

His hint was so obvious. Why isn't this woman accepting it already?

When a handsome man looks at you seriously, even sows can be charmed.

But when Linlang thought of his behavior, she agreed that not all that glitters is gold.

She tilted her head for a while before revealing a sweet smile. "I don't know if I have this honor?" Rays of sunlight streaked over her cheeks, and her lips were as beautiful as flowers in spring.

This woman looked pretty when she smiled.

Xue Shao was caught in a slight daze but was immediately hurled back to reality by her money-grubbing words. "I heard that the Xue family is incredibly wealthy. Xue Shao should have a hefty allowance so, how about this much for an hourly wage?" She stretched out five fingers and shook them in front of him.

"Five thousand?" Xue Shao said disdainfully, "I'll give you fifty thousand. How's that?"

Linlang silently swallowed down the five hundred in her throat.

She really can't understand the world of the rich.

Xue Shao received her nod and left feeling pleased with himself.

Linlang followed the school routine. All her classes were completed and she performed her day duty.

She went to the bicycle shack and picked up the blue bike Xu Linlang treasured for three years, then made her way to the nearby shop at lightning speed.

Xu Linlang had three back-to-back part-time jobs. She worked at a bakery at five o'clock, was a delivery girl at eight o'clock, then worked as a waitress after ten o'clock.

Linlang attentively locked her bicycle outside the back door and followed the familiar path to the locker room where she came across a scene of people comforting a crying girl.

By the time she finished changing clothes, she had a rough idea of what had happened.

It would seem that some rich man ordered a cake. The girl in the shop fell in love with him at first sight and decided to add a lot more cream and fruit without express permission. The rich man immediately threw it into the bin and ordered a new one.

Since the shop owner wasn't there, the group of girls panicked. No one dared take the order as a way of standing up for the weeping girl.

"Linlang, you look pretty and your craftsmanship is good. Go see to that customer." Someone spoke up timidly, then everyone else quickly agreed.

Does she deserve to be a shield just because she's pretty?

Linlang neither agreed nor declined as she fastened her name tag onto her chest pocket.

"Hello, sir. There was an unexpected mishap. We sincerely apologize." She bowed down, and a few strands of black hair hung over her cheeks. "I will place your new order. Just to confirm..."

The girl in front of him was humble and polite. Her bright and penetrating eyes looked sincere, so the man's cold expression eased. After pushing up his glasses, he said calmly, "This cake is for my brother. He doesn't like too much cream on it."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Linlang packed up the newly made cake as quickly as she could and handed it to the man. Their fingers accidentally touched together.

The girl's warm and delicate hands were quite slender.

He startled slightly, then immediately glanced at that young face.

Was it... a coincidence?

Linlang gently curled her lips as she watched the person leave.

The second target appeared much earlier than she expected.