I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

Lu Yiyao lay on the dormitory balcony, staring into the sky in a daze. Today, she'd almost been taken advantage of by that teacher who was reputed to be the sleaziest one in the whole school.

If it weren't for Bai Shengwu fainting for some unknown reason, she would have likely faced some harassment.

With her father being what he was and her teacher also being that way, Lu Yiyao had never been an overly optimistic person. If Zhang Menglong hadn't appeared, her life would probably have been bleak.

"If he knew about it, he would definitely be very angry, right?" Thinking of Zhang Menglong, a hint of happiness finally appeared on Lu Yiyao's face.

"Ah! I forgot I promised to play games with him tonight!" Lu Yiyao suddenly remembered, realizing she'd been spacing out on the balcony for over an hour, and that it'd already gotten dark.

She took out her phone, and indeed, there were already more than 99 messages under Zhang Menglong's avatar.

"I had something to take care of just now, and made you worry!" Lu Yiyao sent over a cute emoticon.

"You know you got me worried?" Zhang Menglong replied with an emoticon, "That won't cut it, I can't just worry for nothing. You owe me a kiss!"

"Get lost!" Lu Yiyao laughed out loud. Zhang Menglong always talked big like this, daring to act cheeky with his words, "Are we still gaming or not?"

"No gaming tonight, look up at the sky, will you?"

"The sky?" Lu Yiyao looked up towards the sky, which had been a dull grey and empty just moments before.

"Huh? What's that?" Right at that moment, a light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by countless more lights swarming in that direction.

"Holy shit! UFO! Guys, come check this out!"

"What are those things? Glowing? Airplanes? No way!"

At Gusu University, all student dorms were in the same area, and many of the students hanging out on their balconies also noticed the red dots of light.

"Damn! They're mini drones!" exclaimed some tech geeks from a nearby male dorm, who had grabbed a telescope and identified the true nature of the red dots.

"So many drones? What's the deal? Are they trying to film our Gusu University girls' dorm?"

"Idiot, have you ever seen anyone use this many drones for secret filming? This looks like thousands of them!"

"Clear enough? Which model is it?"

"Damn!" the boy with the telescope couldn't help but curse, "These are the latest Shining Word drones, absolutely top-notch for aerial photography. I heard even a camera could be lifted into the sky by them. They are the largest civilian drones available, priced at $120,000 each."

"Dude, over a thousand? Isn't that over a hundred million US dollars?"

"Could it be some special performance by Gusu City?" someone speculated.

The previous New Year's Eve, Gusu City had utilized 2,000 similar aircraft to form the words "I Love Gusu" in the sky, which then appeared in almost every person from Gusu's social media.

"Probably, right? Unless it's some domineering CEO pampering his little wife?"

"Did you just jinx it?"

Before the sentence was even finished, the thousands of aircraft suddenly converged to form a heart shape, and all the lights turned a pinkish purple.

Instantly, the entire sky was filled with a romantic hue.

"Ah!" The girls screamed excitedly, while even the boys were so thrilled that they started pounding on the tables. Such a spectacle was something they might not witness once in a lifetime.

"My God, who's doing this grand confession?"

"Who could withstand this!"

Countless photos quickly spread online, skyrocketing to the top of the trending searches in no time.

"Buzz buzz buzz!" Lu Yiyao's phone vibrated, Zhang Menglong had just sent her a voice message.

"I heard Miss Lu Yiyao wasn't in a good mood today, wonder if this has made it any better."

"Ah ah ah! Yiyi, is this your family's boss Zhang who's behind this?" Lu Yiyao's roommates were all in the dorm too, having joined the balcony to see the commotion amid the noise, but none of them imagined this was Zhang Menglong's doing.

"Wh-wh-what! I'm willing!"

"What are you agreeing to, fool! He's not doing this for you!"

"Yuqian, look, someone in the group chat has identified the model, it's the $120,000 drones!"

"That's got to be over a thousand, right? More than a hundred million US dollars? Guys, I'm stunned!"

"Holy shit! Yiyi, does your Boss Zhang have a brother or something? A big brother would do too—or, if that's not possible, is he missing a mom? I'm down to be the stepmom!"

"What the hell are you talking about!! Isn't a house and a car enough to shut you guys up?" Lu Yiyao laughed and cursed.

"I'm downstairs!" Lu Yiyao received another message from Zhang Menglong.

When Lu Yiyao looked downstairs, sure enough, Zhang Menglong was standing there, waving at her.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"Bring an extra piece of clothing! Yiyi!"

"No use shouting, look at her, it's got to be Boss Zhang! What clothes to bring! Just bring yourself!"

"Exactly, the love offensive is in place, how could she not come? She's probably already downstairs!"

"Quick! Lock the door!"

"Hahaha, right, right, right, taking someone's money to ward off their disasters—Yiyi definitely can't return to the dorm tonight!"

"Hahaha! Sorry Yiyi, but the downtown apartment and the Maserati are just too tempting; it's not that we're not nice enough, it's just that we really can't resist these sugarcoated cannonballs!"

"Quick, block her number tonight!"

"We are all good sisters, but it's all for show!"

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Rushing downstairs in a hurry, Lu Yiyao had no idea that at this moment her roommates were already planning to make her homeless for the night.

"How's it going, feeling any better?" Zhang Menglong asked with a smile as he looked at Lu Yiyao.

"Not bad!" Lu Yiyao placed her hands behind her back.

"You got upset and didn't even tell me—do I, Zhang Menglong, even matter to you anymore?" Zhang Menglong pretended to be angry.

"You know about it?" Lu Yiyao's eyes flickered with surprise. Zhang Menglong was supposed to be in the Magic City, so how did he know about today's events? Moreover, he had rushed over so quickly.

"What is it that I don't know about," Zhang Menglong said, "I also know that you've long harbored a secret crush on me."

"Bullshit!" Lu Yiyao laughed and cursed.

"In the future, I don't want to worry about you as just a friend anymore."

"What?" Even though Lu Yiyao and Zhang Menglong had become so close they could talk about anything, this sudden outpouring of affection left her stunned.

"Little Lu student, would you like to become little Zhang student's girlfriend? In the future, I want to be by your side as your boyfriend, always standing by you." As Zhang Menglong's voice filled the air, the thousands of drones in the sky began reshaping their formation, and a rose bloomed in the night sky.

Everyone's attention was fixed on the sky, but no one noticed who the main character of this performance was.

"So flashy!" Lu Yiyao said with a feigned tone of disdain, but her face bloomed with a joyful smile.

"Seeing you've put in so much effort, I suppose I'll reluctantly agree to your request!" Lu Yiyao said confidently to Zhang Menglong, her cheeks already flushing red.

"Thump!" Just then, a wallet fell from the sky, landing right between them.

"What's going on?" Zhang Menglong looked up. "Doesn't anyone know how dangerous falling objects from high up can be?"

But as he looked up, he saw Guo Yuqian and Lu Yiyao's other roommates smiling down at them.

"Yiyi, my cousin will need to stay over again tonight, so we'll have to impose on you a bit."

"Yiyi, don't forget your ID card!"

"Yiyi, we've already locked the door, so don't bother resisting."

"Yiyi, just give in to Boss Zhang tonight!"

"Cough, cough, cough, be safe!"

"You guys!" Lu Yiyao was about to swear at them, but her roommates had already retreated. Read exclusive adventures at empire

"It's all your fault!" Lu Yiyao glared at Zhang Menglong

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