Stuck in a Chinese novel

"You're smiling. It seems someone's about to be robbed." Xia Lu said as she and Wei Jun sat in the same restaurant he was meeting Mark Wilson for lunch, now eating dinner.

"I'm smiling because I've come across great fortune these days." Wei Jun said.

"Is that so?" Xia Lu asked before she posed a question with a glare, "It wouldn't have anything to do with spending time with Yue Peng and Lin Ruan behind closed doors, right?"

"What?" Wei Jun asked, confused by what she meant.

"As expected," Xia Lu said with a sigh, "There's a rumor going on around the city. You spent some time with Yue Peng and Lin Ruan in their offices. And then they were left unable to do anything. Apparently, there was a lot of screaming."

Wei Jun wasn't so dense that he wouldn't understand the meaning behind such obvious words. He simply nodded and said, "People can make stories. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm just surprised."

"About what?" Xia Lu asked.

"You're not throwing a fit." Wei Jun simply said.

Xia Lu scoffed. It was true she was the jealous type so it really was a surprise she didn't behead Wei Jun in her mind for a thousandth time by now.

"I know you're not the type. We're clearly in a relationship yet all we've done is kiss." Xia Lu said, disappointment evident in her words.

"Is that so?" Wei Jun, once again, not being dense at all, picked up the true essence of her words and said, "We have been going out for some time now. It really is strange."

"…"

"…"

~~

Wei Jun woke up in his bed, glancing at the system blinking. Wei Jun willed the notifications to open.

[Integration with INT stat complete]

[INT stat +31]

[Error]

[Mana not found]

[Incorporating effect of the INT stat according to the user's physique]

[INT stat integration complete]

[Effect: Your skill's effects would be enhanced according to your current stat]

[Current increase 6%]

'So it increases by one perfect every five of INT?' Wei Jun asked the system.

[It seems so]

[To be honest, I didn't expect such an effect]

[A permanent buff is rare; you know]

[Quite rare actually]

'So it's a good thing I have it?' Wei Jun asked just in case. He felt good about it but he didn't know whether or not the other option would have been more favorable.

[I have no idea]

[Every stat is important]

'Not every.' Wei Jun said as he looked at his charm and luck stat. His luck wasn't particularly good as far as his experience went. As for charm, the only thing it did was make him handsome. Nothing else.

[Everything is a skill, host]

[You just don't know how to properly utilize it]

[It they were so useless]

[They wouldn't have been a part of the system]

[They're there for a reason]

For some reason, Wei Jun couldn't help but think that the system's words held great weight. Since the system was never unreliable in any case, Wei Jun decided to trust it this time as well.

With that done and his vacation drawing near its end, Wei Jun wanted to deal with some more stuff before he headed back to the military this evening. Especially with Yan Rong since she was the only one he hadn't met yet.

Wei Jun stood up and went to the bathroom. After properly cleaning himself up, he came out and dressed up properly.

"I was thinking," A voice said, "I want to make our relationship public."

"I don't mind," Wei Jun simply said and approached the owner of the voice on the other side of the bed, "Do as you like."

He pecked Xia Lu on her lips with a slight smile. Xia Lu smiled in return and asked, "Are you sure you want to leave so early?"

As she asked, she also removed the blanket covering her body. Wei Jun, however, kept his gaze fixated on her eyes and said, "I love you but a man needs to work as well."

"Tch." Xia Lu tutted and said, displeasure evident in her voice, "Who knows when you will be back again."

"Then you can visit me. I'm sure I can disappear into the woods for a while." Wei Jun said with a smirk before he whispered in Xia Lu's ear, "Besides, I don't think you'll be able to take another round."

Remembering the embarrassing things she did last night, Xia Lu kept her mouth shut. Wei Jun chuckled and left the bedroom. He made breakfast while Xia Lu freshened up. Once they had eaten, Wei Jun left to take care of his matters while Xia Lu left for the agency.

Wei Jun had stressed that she focused on her cultivation but she was adamant on focusing on the entrainment world as well. The world was going through a rough patch right now and among that tenseness, entertainment was the only way to blow off some steam.

While Wei Jun didn't agree with her because his mindset was of 'one's survival first', he didn't want to needlessly meddle with her life, so he agreed with whatever she said while still suggesting that she focused on her cultivation as well.

Wei Jun went to the same restaurant he frequented for all his meetings and waited for some time. Since he had already eaten, he just ordered some juice and waited for Yan Rong to arrive.

The meeting time was still an hour away but Wei Jun didn't have anything to do until then so he just remained in his place, enjoying glass after glass of juice.

After about five glasses, Yan Rong finally arrived, dressed as fancy as anyone could have. Wei Jun smiled as he looked at her, her expression full of expectancy.

"Did you wait for long?" She asked with a smile that captivated everyone in the vicinity. Even those who were with their partners.

Wei Jun shook his head and replied, "I just arrived." He had the glasses cleared away so it really was like he just arrived. They ordered food and some beverages. Although Wei Jun had eaten not too long ago, his stomach was a bottomless pit that was never sated.

"And so, I had to clear an A rank dungeon all on my own." While they shared stories and talked to each other, Yan Rong told him about her military life. With the CSF basically becoming one with the military, her rank had now changed as well. She was a commissioned brigadier which was actually quite a big rank in the military.

Too bad she wasn't in the same region as Wei Jun otherwise she would have definitely pulled some strings for him.

"Was it dangerous?" Wei Jun asked.

"It… was." Yan Rong paused before she replied. She raised her hand and said, "I never trained so I don't know how to do so in the first place. But I feel like my growth is too slow."

Wei Jun remembered what the system had said about Yan Rong. She was born with a Divine ranked cultivation technique. While she grew stronger every day, she also didn't know how to tap into her inherent cultivation technique.

It was also the reason why the system wanted Wei Jun to give the cultivation technique of the frost queen to Yan Rong so she could learn the basics of Qi and then tap into her own.

Wei Jun nodded and said, "Eat well. We'll be focusing on this today as well."

"Focusing on what?" Yan Rong asked with a confused expression.

~~

"When you said that with such a serious expression," Yan Rong said with a dazed expression before she turned to Wei Jun, "This is definitely not what I expected."

Wei Jun smiled and stood up, clothes appeared out of nowhere on his body, and said, "It's only fair."
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"What is?" Yan Rong once again asked with a confused expression but Wei Jun moved on from the subject and said, "Get dressed. We need to get to work."

"What work?" Yan Rong asked.

"To make you stronger." Wei Jun said with a smirk before he turned to his system.

[Shop coins: 231,091,914]

Wei Jun had accumulated a revenue of 23 billion yuan so far with the help of Yue Peng and Lin Ruan, his two business giants. He also had great income coming from his fully automated businesses.

While most of the money was in black, it didn't matter to the system. It didn't care what kind of currency it was and whether or not was it legal. As long as Wei Jun had money, he could convert it to shop coins at the ratio of 1:100 with 'one' being the shop coin.

Wei Jun was left with twenty-three million coins, his biggest accumulation so far. Unfortunately, it was all about to be evaporated.

[Lunar Yin Embrace]

[Tier: S]

[Description: A cultivation technique that was created by the moon princess when she visited the place where the moon shone the brightest

Mastering this technique requires tranquility and serenity

But if you manage to master its secrets, you will become the princess of the moon itself

Bright, serene, calm, and most importantly, devastating]

[Effect(s):

Affinity with water +50%

Cultivation speed under the full moon +500%

All skills under the moonlight +100% stronger and cheaper]

[Cost: 100,000,000]

Looking at the description and its effects, Wei Jun wanted the technique himself. Too bad he didn't possess Yin energy but for Yan Rong, it was the best.

It was recommended by the system so Wei Jun bought it with hesitation even though the price of the technique was a bit too much.

And also, his expenditure wasn't over yet…

[Would you like to use 100,000,000 shop coins to activate your class?]

[Yes\\No]