NOVEL NEXT Chapter 3:
Chapter 3:
Li Ruo found herself deeply affected by Lin Liang’s words. She was typically cool-headed and handled situations with calm composure.
But…
She had never been treated this way before! Especially by the very playboy she despised, turning around and calling her brainless…
If anyone else had insulted her like this behind her back, she might have brushed it off.
But Lin Liang?
This good-for-nothing rich boy, always trying to please her and utterly lacking in depth…
Li Ruo might not have liked him, but suddenly seeing this new side of him?
She felt a deep sense of indignation.
“Two-faced, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back.”
The fact that Lin Liang seemed to be making this video for many people to see only infuriated her more.
This was pure slander!
How could anyone think she would fall for someone like Long Haotian?
That violent brute who attacked people without a second thought, without any substance to him…
She, liking him?
What a joke!
This guy sounded even worse than Lin Liang. At least Lin Liang, for all his faults as a spoiled rich kid, was generally polite!
Oh… wait, no. Lin Liang was still awful for bad-mouthing people behind their backs!
With this thought, Li Ruo became even angrier.
At the end of the video, she noticed there was a comment section.
“How dare you slander my reputation like this?”
She typed her message, ready to send it.
She intended to give Lin Liang a piece of her mind!
However…
Her message failed to send.
A warning prompt appeared from the system.
[Ding! You are prohibited from revealing to Lin Liang, or anyone else, that you’ve seen this video in any way, shape, or form!]
[You cannot hint at or disclose this information through reality or video comments!]
[All of your comments will be displayed anonymously.]
Seeing this prompt, Li Ruo was momentarily stunned.
Furious, she deleted her initial comment.
But the more she thought about it, the more indignant she became.
She edited her message again.
“Why are you so malicious in your assumptions about other girls? Are you just resentful because you can’t have her?”
Li Ruo hit send.
She quickly received two replies.
“Because it’s not an assumption; it’s the truth… wait and see tomorrow!”
“As for ‘resentful because I can’t have her’… ha! If it weren’t for the plot, I wouldn’t even look at a shallow woman like her!”
The replies, naturally, came from Lin Liang.
Li Ruo felt a surge of anger, her vision momentarily blacking out.
“Lin! Liang!”
She muttered through clenched teeth, all traces of her usual ice-queen demeanor gone.
Her usually composed and beautiful face now showed a look of deep resentment.
“Fine, tomorrow we’ll see!”
“I’ll find out if this nonsense ‘plot’ really plays out!”
With her chest heaving, Li Ruo closed the video.
Meanwhile, in other parts of Jiang City, Li Ruo wasn’t the only woman watching the video that had suddenly appeared in her mind.
In the brightly lit top floor of the Zheng Corporation Tower, located in the heart of Jiang City, a tall woman dressed as a powerful business executive frowned slightly.
After thinking for a moment, she pressed a button on her desk, and a woman dressed in striking black stockings entered the room.
“Yes, Ms. Zheng?”
She bowed to the tall woman.
“Go to Jiang City University tomorrow and observe the Lin family’s young master, Lin Liang.”
After saying this, the woman referred to as Ms. Zheng added, “And keep yourself hidden.”
“Understood.”
The secretary nodded and left the office.
In a room within a dojo, a young woman wearing a white training outfit momentarily lost her focus.
She quickly shook her head and muttered,
“Lin Liang… the Lin family’s young master?”
“What nonsense! Am I training so hard that I’m hallucinating?”
Meanwhile, in the bedroom of a grand villa on the second floor, a young girl dressed in silk pajamas sat at her laptop, searching for “Long Haotian” on a mysterious website.
She squinted her eyes as she read.
“Oh wow, he actually exists.”
“Let’s see… yes, it says he’s really in Jiang City now.”
“Lin Liang… the Lin family’s young master.”
She licked her lips and unwrapped a milk-flavored lollipop, popping it into her mouth.
“This is getting interesting.”
All over Jiang City, various young women selected by the system from across the multiverse watched the video that had appeared in their minds, each reacting with different emotions.
Unaware of all this, Lin Liang watched as his emotional points soared right after the video went live.
100… 500… 1000!
Lin Liang was astonished!
Then, he started grinning.
“With so many emotional points, I really must be a genius.”
“Everyone must be laughing hysterically at my roasting!”
He wondered how many people the system had reached… hundreds? Thousands?
Seeing the points climb so quickly, Lin Liang guessed there could even be tens of thousands.
After all, as the system had explained, a typical comedy video might only produce one or two emotional points.
And now, he was instantly gaining over a thousand!
“System, redeem rewards immediately! Use all the emotional points!”
Lin Liang was filled with anticipation.
What reward would the system give him?
1000 emotional points…
Could it be something like martial arts or medical skills to enhance his abilities?
Or perhaps master-level cooking or music skills to help him woo women?
Or maybe it would directly improve his physique?
Lost in his thoughts, Lin Liang was interrupted as the system spoke.
[Ding! Reward has been credited!]
[Congratulations, Host! You have received the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill!!!]
[Additionally, you’ve been granted free beginner-level internal energy!!!]