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2. Unorthodox methods [These mainly rely on medicinal or dietary supplements, combined with acupuncture, massage, and other techniques to stimulate the body's potential and make up for its deficiencies. The advantage is that the effects are immediate; the disadvantage is that external aids are ultimately like water without a source. Once cut off, their effects slowly fade, making it difficult to achieve self-sustaining circulation.]

3. Dominating methods [One-sided Dual Cultivation is more akin to harvesting and supplementing, a cultivation method that benefits oneself at another's expense—the reasoning is very simple. A person's energy is limited. If it is done too often, the Rabbit Spirit may sustain himself through battle and grow braver with every encounter, while the Dual Cultivation partner can only surge at first, weaken the second time, and be exhausted by the third. How could that possibly last? So, if you encounter a Dual Cultivation partner you truly like and trust, you can pass him a cultivation technique and let him train on his own. That way, he becomes stronger himself, and can provide moderate benefits during Dual Cultivation as well—a typical win-win.]

The drawbacks of this third method were obvious too. First of all, trustworthy people were hard to find. Rabbit Spirits were all experts at building harems, and as nonhumans living among human society, their combat power was only so-so. Once they trusted the wrong person, the consequences would be unbearable—just look at all those ancient tales of scholars encountering demons. Those were truly bloody lessons!

In any case, Li Zhikong had no intention of considering the third method for now.

Then, comparing the first and second methods...

Li Zhikong touched the hundred-thousand-yuan "fortune" that had barely warmed in his hands and shed tears of poverty.

He simply could not afford top-grade jade capable of carrying spiritual energy! He did not even have enough for the change!

So if he wanted to create a durable, useful bed partner who could help him get through his rut perfectly, did he have no choice but to rely on little methods like acupuncture, massage, and medicinal cuisine?

Why was my life so miserable...

Li Zhikong only hated that Young Master Lu was too weak to be used endlessly. Wouldn't it be great if five minutes of charging gave him five hours of battery life? He was a pure and innocent prospective male college student who had just finished the college entrance exams. He should have had an incredibly decadent and long summer vacation! But now it had all gone down the drain, and he had to rack his brains figuring out how to conveniently and efficiently maintain and recharge some scumbag surnamed Lu...

Just destroy it already.

This is too hard.

Qin Mobei watched helplessly as his little brother, who had been full of life just moments ago, collapsed into his seat the next second like a salted fish that had lost all its dreams. He could not help but laugh. "What nonsense are you up to now? All right, all right, I won't make fun of you. When I said I wanted to buy a car, I didn't mean for myself. You've finished the college entrance exams too. You've got such a long vacation ahead of you, so hurry up and get your license. Your brother will buy you a car as an adult gift. Aren't you happy now?"

"What car!" Li Zhikong let out a couple of miserable groans while lying back. "Bro, why don't you just give me the cash instead..."

Poor.

Qin Mobei treated that like nonsense. Cash? Why would he give cash? It was not as if this kid lacked money. What if giving him too much made him go astray? As long as he had enough to eat and drink, that was fine.

His little brother was so adorable. Those rich second-generation heirs around him were all extravagant and depraved, steeped in every vice. Of course, he could not bear to let his own kid suffer, but he was even less willing to spoil him rotten with money—a Lamborghini had only been a joke. He really did intend to buy the kid a car as an adult gift, but only a two- or three-hundred-thousand-yuan commuter car. Want something better? Fine, earn the money yourself, little brother~

Qin Mobei was now only looking forward to the kid graduating quickly. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he came to work at his company then?

Li Zhikong had no idea what pleasant fantasies his brother was having. Once his dream of getting cash and becoming rich was shattered, he started dozing off. When he woke up, he and his brother were already at a seaside resort hundreds of kilometers away.

Still half-asleep, he heard his brother making a phone call.

Li Zhikong listened for a bit. Once the call ended, he asked, "What happened? Is there a problem at the company?"

It seemed pretty serious. His brother's brows were furrowed, and several fingers were tapping against the steering wheel with dull thuds. He looked extremely irritated.

"It's nothing..."

"Why are you putting on an act with me?" Li Zhikong clicked his tongue. "Turn around and head back already. I'm not deaf. Your assistant was practically crying from anxiety, and you're still saying it's nothing."

"...Forget it. Sorry, something came up suddenly. I'll make up for this vacation another time." Qin Mobei only felt guilty toward his little brother. He had finally found time to spend a few days having fun with him, but who knew what had gotten into those business partners? They had not offended anyone recently, yet several companies were suddenly stirring up trouble at once. They had not been prepared at all and had been completely blindsided. There was no choice; to keep the situation from escalating, he had to personally take charge and deal with it.

After spending several more hours driving back, Qin Mobei insisted on dropping his little brother off at the entrance of their home before hurrying anxiously to the company.

Li Zhikong obediently watched him leave. Only after he had completely disappeared did he turn around and prepare to enter the residential complex.

But before he had taken two steps, a deep roar sounded. A black Maybach executed a beautiful drifting turn and stopped right in front of him.

Li Zhikong's mouth fell half open as a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

No way...

For several suffocating seconds, the person outside and the person inside silently stared at each other through the dark-tinted window.

Li Zhikong practically wanted to sigh at the sky. Was that deadbeat scumbag surnamed Lu really that energetic? He had nearly been drained into medicinal dregs, yet instead of properly resting and recuperating, he had come all the way to Li Zhikong's doorstep to block him?

Wait, could the trouble at his brother's company have been this person's doing too...

I'm doomed.

While Li Zhikong rapidly thought up countermeasures, the Maybach's window silently rolled down.

What a familiar face!

Li Zhikong especially wanted to suggest that the man surnamed Lu act in horror movies. He could play the kind of big boss with a human face and a beast's heart. He would not even need makeup. That oppressive aura was simply terrifying; anyone even slightly timid could burst into tears on the spot.

"Hi~" He smiled as he greeted him with the pose of a lucky cat, then turned and ran without waiting for the other man's reaction.

"Bring him back!" The big boss truly lived up to his title. He did not need to get out of the car himself—though it was more likely that he had already become weak in the legs and could no longer handle such strenuous work. In any case, at his command, two burly men immediately sprang out from the Maybach's back seat. In just a few moves, they caught Li Zhikong and forcibly stuffed him into the car.

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