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Like animals going into heat in nature, he would probably keep secreting some kind of pheromone, and then all suitable targets would be unconsciously drawn to him, finding him incredibly sexually attractive.

Aside from those invisible, intangible pheromones, he would also start giving off a body scent. Blood relatives probably wouldn't be able to smell it—so as to avoid incest? Hah, this damn bloodline actually had some bottom line!

Finally, he suspected that if he insisted on not finding someone to cultivate with, his pheromones would grow more and more overbearing with time, and his attraction to certain people would become stronger and stronger. As the saying went, if you didn't want to save face, then he would help you save it. Let's see how long you could hold out!

Why had Bai Jinxiao gone down the road of no return back then?

Li Zhikong analyzed it. "Finding someone to cultivate with" couldn't possibly be a one-and-done affair. It would very likely require long-term commitment and a fairly high frequency. If one girlfriend couldn't meet his needs, then building a harem would become inevitable—looking at the lengthy inherited memories of peerless manuals such as [How to Keep Several Boats Afloat at Once] and [How to Survive When Your Boats Capsize], he could practically see the ancestors' miserable yet thrilling lives.

Li Zhikong's eyes couldn't help growing moist.

"If I'd known we'd run into people like this, I wouldn't have brought you here to have fun. What a mood-killer." Seeing his younger brother looking somewhat downcast, Qin Mobei placed a piece of salt-and-pepper pork rib, Li Zhikong's favorite, into his bowl and comforted him. "Don't pay attention to those idiots. Your big brother's here. If anyone dares run their mouth at you again, tell me. I'll break their damn legs!"

"Sure, we'll beat them up together when the time comes!" Li Zhikong leaned back in his chair and slowly let out a breath. He quickly perked up again and said with a smile, "You don't need to worry about me either, bro. It's no big deal. If I cared about this, I wouldn't have time to do anything else all day."

True enough.

Thinking of his younger brother's endless string of admirers ever since childhood, Qin Mobei couldn't help taking out his resentment on his mother: You could've just made him reasonably good-looking. Why did you have to go all-out? He's like a searchlight in the middle of the night—sure, he's bright, but he attracts every flying bug, fly, and moth too. It's infuriating to look at!

"Keep eating, bro. I'm going to the restroom." After finishing the rib and wiping his mouth, Li Zhikong suddenly felt an urgent need to pee.

"I'll go with you!"

"Enough already. Do you really take me for a child? You'll go with me this time, then the next time too. What, can you accompany me for the rest of my life? Mother hen!"

"Who are you calling a mother hen, you ungrateful little brat?"

"Just stay put. I'll be right back."

"Five minutes at most. I'm timing you!"

"Got it, got it~"

The restroom closest to the restaurant was around the corner. Li Zhikong reached it in a few quick steps, but just as he was about to enter, he suddenly heard a woman sobbing pitifully. The sound was heartbreakingly mournful and moving, making him stop in his tracks.

Listening carefully, he figured it was coming from the corridor next door. There was also a shrill female voice loudly cursing, "Lu Yuan, Young Master Lu! You slept with her and now you won't take responsibility—are you even a man? Don't think having a little filthy money makes you so great..."

Oh-ho!

A lovestruck woman versus a heartless man?

Li Zhikong was instantly intrigued. No longer in a hurry to pee, he tiptoed over, cautiously peeked around the corner, and looked at the scene with one eye.

Author's note:

Lu Yuan: Yes, I'm the top. [P.S.: I'm not a scumbag.]

Li Zhikong: I don't know anything, I'm just here for the show~~

Thank you to all the little angels who threw overlord votes or nourished me with nutrient solution between 2021-08-02 20:48:42 and 2021-08-04 10:47:06~

Thank you to little angel Xiao Zihuan for the two landmines;

Thank you all so much for your support. I'll keep working hard!

Chapter 4

◎Well, well, well. What a scumbag!◎

About ten meters away from him, two groups were facing off with a clear boundary between them. The atmosphere was extremely tense, like swords drawn and bows bent.

One side consisted of three men and two women, five people in total. They formed a half-circle, blocking the lone warrior on the other side from moving forward. Aside from the long-haired beauty in a white dress, who was still sobbing, everyone in the group was glaring furiously—especially the short-haired girl handling the main barrage. With one hand on her hip and the other pointing forward, she cursed nonstop like a machine gun:

"Your Lu Family is supposed to be respectable, so how can you do things with such no bottom line? Wenwen is such a wonderful girl, yet you, Young Master Lu, played with her whenever you pleased. Once you got tired of her, you didn't even give her an explanation and disappeared completely? And you still have the nerve to say Wenwen isn't worthy of marrying into your Lu Family? What, you're so noble? If you're so noble, don't trick good girls into bed! If you're so noble, wear a condom when you sleep with them! Wenwen is pregnant, do you know that, you damn scumbag?!"

The beauty in white cried even more miserably.

Did you hear that, Li Jiese!

A cautionary tale right there!

If you also gave in to the evil bloodline of that rabbit spirit, lost your moral boundaries, and became a scumbag, then this guy before you would be your best example—no, no, you'd be even worse than him. When this guy was publicly cursed, at least the "respectable Lu Family" helped preserve some of his dignity, implying that his family was decent and only he had gone crooked, so he could still be saved. You wouldn't be so lucky. Once Bai Jinxiao's past came out, your whole family would be hereditary bastards! There'd be no way to clear your name. Grandpa and Grandma would absolutely die of anger on the spot.

Li Zhikong had only wanted to watch the excitement, but for some reason, he suddenly empathized with the scumbag. It was as if the girl's curses had traveled through time and were whipping the future scumbag Li Zhikong's corpse as well...

Ah, not good. His conscience was starting to sting faintly.

He shook himself back to his senses and fixed his gaze on the scumbag's face, wanting to see how this senior handled things and whether there was anything worth learning from.

And it would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but once he did, Li Zhikong couldn't help sighing inwardly that old sayings really did make sense: a person's face reflected their heart. This scumbag looked like no good person at all!

He was exceptionally tall and straight-backed. Li Zhikong himself was a handsome young man standing six feet tall, but this scumbag seemed to be another half a head taller than him. His thick, jet-black short hair stood up in a wild, unruly mess. Long, sharp brows angled into his temples. His eyes were narrow double eyelids and quite piercing, with a slight lower-sclera show. His nose bridge was high, his lips curled in mockery, and his jawline was sharply defined—