Invincible Me Only Wants to Slack Off

He couldn't say a single word, only slowly raising his hand to cover his face, which had completely lost its composure.

Chapter 42: I Am the Biggest Cheat in This World

The red Audi R8 smoothly merged into the traffic of Tokyo.

Chen Tian gripped the steering wheel, his peripheral vision sweeping over the passenger seat. Marin was hunched over, tapping on her phone, her expression light and carefree, as if that morning's "family trial" had never happened. The car was a bit quiet, not like a place where Marin usually was.

"Ahem..." Chen Tian cleared his throat.

Marin immediately looked up, shot him a glance, let out a light snort, and decisively turned her head toward the window. "Hmph, don't try to get my attention. I haven't forgiven you yet."

Chen Tian's lips curled up. "Alright, alright. Then, Little Sun, let me ask you something?"

Hearing this, Marin turned her head back, crossed her arms, and lifted her chin slightly. "Go ahead, I'm listening."

Chen Tian burst out laughing. "Hahaha..."

"What are you laughing at!" Marin playfully punched his arm. "Spit it out!"

Chen Tian quickly stifled his laughter. "Okay, okay. I just wanted to know, Lady Marin... this morning... why did you say those things to Rin?"

He was referring to Marin's explosive remarks about the "free trial period," "product manual," and "safety."

The lightness on Marin's face instantly dimmed a little. She was silent for a few seconds, her fingers unconsciously twisting the seatbelt.

"Actually, during the time Rin has been living here, I've noticed it," Marin said a bit gloomily, her fingers twisting the seatbelt even harder.

Chen Tian kept his eyes on the road, not interrupting her.

"Rin is always sneaking glances at you," Marin counted on her fingers. "When you hand her a drink, her ears turn red. When you compliment her on how well she cooks Tokyo University dishes, she secretly purses her lips to smile. Even when you casually fix her collar..." She suddenly stopped, glaring at Chen Tian with a pout. "Anyway! The way she looks at you can't be hidden at all!"

The red light came on, and Chen Tian stepped on the brake, turning to look at the passenger seat. Marin was pouting, her cheeks flushed a faint pink from excitement.

"At her age..." Marin's voice dropped low. "It's the easiest time to have a crush. And on top of that..." She shot Chen Tian a resentful glance. "Someone's charm is way off the charts! Especially girls who've seen your concert..."

Chen Tian couldn't help but chuckle. "Jealous?"

"No way!" Marin immediately bristled, arguing loudly. "I'm just stating objective facts!" She started counting on her fingers again. "Shinomiya Kaguya, Katou Megumi, Eriri, Yukino Yukinoshita..."

She suddenly got stuck mid-count, irritably grabbing her hair. "Ahhh, I can't even count them all! Every single one of those women has their eyes on you! Not to mention your crazy female fans!"

Chen Tian watched Marin's fuming expression, the corners of his mouth unconsciously lifting.

He reached out to ruffle her hair, but she slapped his hand away.

"Don't touch!" Marin warned fiercely, but the corners of her eyes still held a hint of a smile she couldn't hide. "I've decided!"

She suddenly clenched her little fist, her eyes sparkling. "To put it in your Tokyo University terms—don't let good water flow into someone else's field!"

Chen Tian raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"I'm going to find allies!" Marin announced, her expression suddenly turning sly. "Instead of guarding against this one and that one..." She leaned closer to Chen Tian, lowering her voice. "It's better to turn the reliable ones into our own people. Like Rin-chan..."

Chen Tian raised an eyebrow, his shoulders slightly slumping, and on the side Marin couldn't see, he subtly curled his lips. "So..."

Marin suddenly swung her little fist, making the seatbelt rattle. "I want to be the First Wife!"

Her eyes blazed with intensity. "No matter how many women end up in this house later, I'm going to keep them all under me!"

Chen Tian was taken aback. "Wait, where did you even learn those terms..."

"Don't interrupt!" Marin counted on her fingers. "I know all about your concert income and the money you've made from investments."

She suddenly lowered her voice, leaning in mysteriously. "We're living in a detached house now, but we'll be moving to a bigger place soon, right? Because..."

The tips of her ears suddenly turned red. "Every time... you know... my voice gets a little hard to control..."

"Pfft—" Chen Tian burst out laughing.

"Stop laughing!" Marin hit his shoulder in embarrassment and anger. "It's all your fault for being too... too..." She stammered for a long time before finally giving up and shouting, "Too good!"

After the laughter, Marin's expression suddenly dimmed, her fingers unconsciously tracing circles on her skirt. "Actually... I don't think I'm a good girlfriend..."

Chen Tian immediately grabbed her restless little hand, interlacing their fingers. "Xiao Meng, you'll always be the best girlfriend in my heart."

Marin's lips couldn't help but curl up, but they quickly drooped again. "No, I'm not... Every time, you never get to fully enjoy it..." Her voice grew softer and softer. "I'm always too tired, and you have to take care of my feelings..."

The red light came on again, and Chen Tian stopped the car completely, turning to cup Marin's flushed cheeks. "Listen," he said, his thumb gently stroking her cheek. "To me, holding you while I fall asleep is more important than anything."

Marin rubbed her cheek against Chen Tian's palm, the soft touch making his fingertips tingle.

"Me too, but..." She suddenly sat up straight, her gaze turning exceptionally resolute. "I can't be that selfish and only think about myself."

"Take the Shiongo Family," Marin counted on her fingers, analyzing seriously, her eyelashes casting tiny shadows in the sunlight. "They control a third of the financial lifeline in the Kanto region. As a family member, Shinomiya Kaguya's boyfriend status alone could get you into the top social circles."

Her speech grew faster. "And the Yukinoshita family's construction industry, Eriri's mother's connections in the art world..."

Chen Tian's hand suddenly dropped, landing on Marin's thigh, directly cutting off her analysis of "marriage alliance value."

Marin instantly froze, looking up at Chen Tian in surprise.

The Chen Tian before her had undergone a sudden transformation.

The tenderness and gentleness from moments ago were completely gone.

He leaned back in the driver's seat, his chin slightly raised, his gaze fixed ahead on the road. His eyes no longer held the warmth of a lover but instead looked like they were surveying thousands of fans from a concert stage, or glaring at enemies on a battlefield.

An unparalleled confidence and dominance radiated from him, instantly filling the air in the entire car.

"Xiao Meng," his voice was low. "I don't need anyone's help."

Marin's breath caught, her heart suddenly squeezed tight.

"I," Chen Tian said, a wild grin curling at the corner of his mouth, his eyes not only filled with disdain and dominance but also a contempt for this world, "can obtain everything."

He paused, each word landing like a heavy hammer: "If I want to, I can."

Marin was completely stunned, staring at him blankly.

This familiar, absolute sense of control—the one that had made her scream and lose herself on stage countless times—descended once more.

If this were an anime right now, she was sure her pupils would have turned into giant pink, throbbing hearts. Her throat tightened; she couldn't utter a single word.

The curve on Chen Tian's face deepened, carrying an aloofness that looked down on all living things.

"This world," he said lightly, yet every word struck like thunder, "is just a giant playground to me."

His gaze swept over the bustling street scene outside the car window, as if he were looking at a bunch of irrelevant pixels.

"And I," his voice wasn't loud, but it held an absolute force of will, declaring that his very existence was the rule, "am the biggest cheat in this game."

He turned his head, his eyes locking back onto Marin's, domineering and unwavering:

"So, Marin. All those pointless analyses of marriage alliance value."

"It's not that I need their backgrounds to elevate my status."

"It's," Chen Tian said, each word deliberate, with the unshakable proclamation of a king, "that they need me."

The car fell into absolute silence. Marin could only hear the frantic drumming of her own heart, pounding, pounding, deafening.

She looked at his face—now brimming with aggression and an overwhelming sense of power—and felt only a dry mouth, burning cheeks, and a blank mind, with nothing left but that world-dominating declaration echoing in her ears.

The silence in the car was broken by the noise of the street outside the window.

"Mm..." Marin finally snapped out of it, her small hand pressing against her wildly thumping chest. "That's... too unfair..." she muttered softly, her cheeks so hot they felt like they were smoking.

The Chen Tian who had just looked down on the world was such a stark contrast to the gentle boyfriend who usually coaxed her—it was like a high-explosive bomb going off in her head, leaving her dizzy and her legs a little weak.

The car smoothly pulled into the parking lot of the car dealership, and Chen Tian parked neatly.

He turned to look at the passenger seat, the dominance and disdain on his face receding like a tide, vanishing without a trace.

The curve at the corner of his mouth was the one Marin knew best—full of doting and warmth, his eyes soft as a spring stream.

"We're here, Little Sun." His voice returned to its usual gentleness, as if that earth-shattering declaration had never happened.

Marin was still a bit dazed, staring blankly at his sudden change.

Chen Tian unbuckled his own seatbelt, leaned over, and reached out to gently press the release on Marin's seatbelt. A soft click, and the restraint came loose.

He naturally moved closer, carrying his clean, pleasant scent, and placed a light kiss on her smooth forehead. The soft touch carried a soothing power.

"Xiao Meng," he whispered near her ear, his warm breath brushing her earlobe, "you don't need to think about too many complicated things." His fingers gently brushed aside a stray strand of her golden hair. "I'm still me," he said, looking into her slightly bewildered big eyes, his smile tender, "just Chen Tian, who wants to live each day peacefully."

Marin looked at the gentle face before her, and the thrill left by the shock in her heart slowly filled with a warmer, more comforting feeling. Whether he was the domineering king or the gentle boyfriend, he was still him.

"I... I can't hold it in anymore..." Kitagawa Marin screamed in her mind, her chest heaving violently.

Her body moved faster than her thoughts. Before Chen Tian could react, she had already pounced on him.

"Mm!" Chen Tian only had time to let out a muffled grunt before Marin wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.

The girl's soft lips, burning with heat, pressed heavily against his.

The kiss came suddenly and passionately. Marin kissed him with almost all her strength, as if she wanted to pour all the thrill, shock, and love she had built up into that single kiss.

Chen Tian was startled at first, then quickly took the lead. One hand cupped the back of her head, the other wrapped around her slender waist, pulling her whole body into his embrace.

The two pressed tightly together in the cramped driver's seat, almost able to feel each other's heartbeats.

"Nn... ha..." The long kiss left Marin a little breathless, but she still didn't want to pull away. She only retreated slightly, resting her forehead against his as she panted.

When they parted, a thin thread of saliva stretched and broke between their lips.

Marin's face was as red as a ripe apple. She bit her lower lip lightly, her legs unconsciously rubbing together.

"Boyfriend..." her voice trembled with a sweet, syrupy tone. "I... I don't want to buy a car anymore..." She gathered her courage, leaned close to his ear, and breathed softly: "I want... to..."

Chen Tian let out a low laugh. He smoothly shifted gears and started the engine.

"Sit tight." His voice was a few notes deeper than usual.

The red R8 let out a roar, its tires leaving faint marks on the ground as it turned and drove away from the dealership.

At the entrance of the shop, the balding salesman who had been attending to them was still bowing, waiting for the two to get out of the car, only to see the R8's taillights fading into the distance.

"They're... not buying?" He stood there dumbfounded, the quote in his hand drooping weakly.

"It must be because I didn't bow to a full ninety degrees! I made them unhappy!" He scratched his thinning hair in frustration. "No! I have to win them back!"

Chapter 43: Each with Their Own Schemes

X High School, math class.

Tohsaka Rin sat by the window, the sunlight outlining her delicate profile. But her mind was completely off the boring lecture from the stuffy teacher at the podium.

Her thoughts were a mess, all filled with the explosive things Sister Marin had said this morning.

"Free trial period," "product manual," "safety," and... birthday in two months...

"...that's all it takes?" The thought surged uncontrollably, and Rin's heart skipped a beat.

Then, images of Chen Tian flooded her mind in a wild cascade:

His breathtaking performance under the stage lights;

His peerless, domineering figure as he slew Gilgamesh beneath Fuyuki City's sky;

The commanding side profile as he cleanly severed the leyline's magical energy;

The gentle smile when he handed her a drink in everyday life...

The scenes finally froze on this morning—

Chen Tian, bare-chested, the morning light tracing the lines of his firm, flowing muscles...

"Mmph!" A wave of heat rushed straight to Rin's head, and her cheeks flared crimson, like a steamed crab.

"Tohsaka Rin!"

A sharp reprimand cracked like thunder!

Rin snapped back to reality, nearly jumping out of her seat.

At the lectern, the short, rigid, balding teacher—his bald spot glinting under the sunlight—was fuming, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes glaring at her from behind his glasses.

"What are you daydreaming about?!" the teacher's voice seethed with suppressed anger. "What I'm saying is important! Answer my last question!"

All eyes in the classroom instantly focused on her.

The blush on Rin's cheeks hadn't faded—if anything, it deepened. She hurriedly lowered her head, her heart pounding wildly.

"I'm... I'm sorry, teacher..." Her voice was barely a whisper.