Starting Check-in Reward: Tomson Riviera

Saturday.

The weather was clear, not a cloud in the sky.

Ye Ling woke up early and, as was his habit, checked in.

’DING! Congratulations, Host, on a successful check-in. You have triggered a "Worst Luck" fortune and received: one bottle of fresh air.’

What?

Ye Ling was dumbfounded when he heard the system’s notification.

To be honest, after triggering "Great Luck" twice before, he hadn’t had high hopes for his recent check-ins.

But...

What the hell was this? A bottle of air?

"First it was Amoxi, then ten steel coins, and now a bottle of air. You know what? Next time, just don’t give me anything at all."

Ye Ling gritted his teeth, his expression as dark as the bottom of a pot.

He felt the system was getting more and more half-assed.

And it wasn’t even trying to hide it!

If the system weren’t a non-sentient AI, he would have given it a serious piece of his mind.

’You there?’

’Didn’t you say the odds were just a little lower than the chances of someone confessing their feelings to me?’

With his current popularity on the campus forums, even if he didn’t get a hundred confessions a day, he definitely got more than a handful.

’And yet, here I am, getting confessed to daily, but I’ve triggered "Worst Luck" for ten, twenty days in a row?’

’This is blatant probability manipulation!’

However, Ye Ling didn’t dwell on the check-in probabilities for long. He washed up and, seeing that Ning Ruoxi was still asleep, went to prepare breakfast. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Today was Ning Ruoxi’s birthday, so instead of making porridge, Ye Ling cooked a bowl of noodles.

It was a simple bowl of longevity noodles, but its fragrant aroma was incredibly appetizing.

Ye Ling carried the bowl into the bedroom. Seeing Ning Ruoxi still asleep, he smiled, placed the bowl on the nightstand, and gently fanned the air with his hand a couple of times.

Along with the rising steam, a rich fragrance wafted toward Ning Ruoxi on the bed.

Ning Ruoxi, who was already on the verge of waking, seemed to catch the scent. Her little nose twitched, and she swallowed.

A moment later, she woke up.

Ning Ruoxi rubbed her bleary eyes. She saw Ye Ling smiling at her, then glanced at the bowl of plain noodles on the nightstand, and a wide smile instantly bloomed on her face.

The bright sunlight from the window shone on Ye Ling’s face, making him look even more radiant and handsome.

Looking at Ye Ling before her, Ning Ruoxi felt her heart thump wildly in her chest.

Waaah.

’How can this man be so handsome?’

"Good morning, Mister,"

Ning Ruoxi called out in a sweet voice.

"Hurry up and get out of bed. I’m taking you out today."

Ye Ling ruffled Ning Ruoxi’s hair with a smile.

The girl had just woken up and still had a bit of bedhead.

This dishevelment, far from detracting from her looks, actually added to her beauty in a way.

’Genuinely cute.’

The phrase surfaced in Ye Ling’s mind.

Yes.

Ning Ruoxi felt so real to him, not like one of those pure, untouchable celestial fairies from a fantasy novel...

Her hair got messy when she woke up, and she would sweat when she was tired.

But it was precisely this authenticity that made her feel so tangible to Ye Ling, making him want to pull this girl, his girl, into his arms.

After Ning Ruoxi washed up, she sat at the table eating the noodles Ye Ling had made for her, while Ye Ling sat across from her, simply watching quietly.

After breakfast, Ye Ling drove Ning Ruoxi to Global Harbor in his Maybach.

Since it wasn’t a holiday yet, Ye Ling couldn’t take Ning Ruoxi on a trip somewhere far away. They’d have to find something to do around Modu.

And for girls, no matter their age, shopping and going on spending sprees was always a favorite pastime.

Ye Ling found a place to park, then took Ning Ruoxi’s hand and led her to the second floor.

"Let’s just browse. You’re the boss today,"

Ye Ling said with a light chuckle, looking at Ning Ruoxi beside him.

"Oh, really?"

Ning Ruoxi looked at Ye Ling and blinked.

"In that case... can I be on top tonight?"

Ning Ruoxi’s voice wasn’t the least bit quiet.

As for the result...

It undoubtedly attracted the attention of quite a few people nearby.

’On... on top?’

Hearing Ning Ruoxi’s words, Ye Ling was completely thunderstruck.

’Is this girl... making a dirty joke with me?’

"No problem."

After a brief moment of shock, Ye Ling put on a calm expression and wrapped his arm around Ning Ruoxi’s shoulder.

Instantly, all the guys around them shot Ye Ling envious looks.

A top-tier beauty like Ning Ruoxi? They’d be willing to get on their knees for her!

Let alone one who was actively asking to be on top?

Ning Ruoxi’s pretty face flushed, and she couldn’t help but shoot Ye Ling a look.

In reality, she had just thought of a meme she’d seen on her phone the day before and was just mouthing off for fun.

Who knew this guy Ye Ling would be so thick-skinned and just calmly accept it?

But Ye Ling didn’t care what Ning Ruoxi was thinking. A faint smirk played on his lips as he savored the looks of envy, jealousy, and hate from the onlookers.

Even though he knew Ning Ruoxi was just talking big, wasn’t it satisfying enough to make others envious?

With his arm still around Ning Ruoxi, Ye Ling walked into a Louis Vuitton store.

A sales associate came up and greeted them enthusiastically.

"Welcome to Louis Vuitton."

Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi were wearing cheap matching outfits they had bought from a street stall. They were obviously unbranded, but they didn’t run into the stereotypical snobbish salesperson who would mock them.

In reality, that kind of scenario would almost never happen.

After all, no matter how luxurious the store, the employees are, at the end of the day, just workers. What right do they have to look down on anyone?

Maybe you can judge a person’s spending power by their clothes, but that’s a judgment you keep to yourself. Who would dare to actually say it out loud...

In today’s internet age, if someone were actually reckless enough to mock a customer like that and it got uploaded online, it wouldn’t just be the salesperson who’s in trouble—the entire brand’s reputation would be affected!

Take the recent "Star-daddy" incident, for example. They got condemned by the entire internet for looking down on a customer who was paying with coins, didn’t they?

The phrase "the customer is God," is actually even more applicable to these luxury brands in this day and age.

After all, to be honest, for most of these luxury brands, the brand effect is all they have left.

"Yes, we’re just looking."

Ye Ling nodded and led Ning Ruoxi deeper into the store, his arm still around her.

Since it was almost winter, most of the items in the store were from the autumn/winter collection. Summer clothes were a rare sight...

’Probably all been sent to the outlet stores?’

"What do you think of this dress?"

Ye Ling suddenly pointed to a dress on a rack and turned to Ning Ruoxi.

The sales associate beside them helpfully chimed in, "An excellent choice, sir. This dress features a spliced silk and wool cady-crêpe top with a voluminous skirt constructed from layers of silk satin. It’s one of our signature pieces for this season."