It's about helping you navigate the female-oriented online community, not conquering cities and

Lin Kai still thought it was pretty awesome.

After all, this increases physical fitness by 20%, and it will greatly enhance combat capabilities. You won't feel tired before killing five people in a row!

But after a couple of breaths of excitement...

"Why are you dressed as a man?"

Lin Kai asked curiously.

In the world of female-oriented content, there's nothing that forbids women from showing their faces in public. So why are you dressing up as a man?

"You can tell I'm dressed as a man?"

Meeting Lin Kai's gaze, Wei Shengnan blinked.

No, I just saw a guy here who made my heart pound, and I was thinking of starting as "brothers" and slowly testing him, but I got exposed like this?

Wait a minute... I've been disguised as a man for so many years, and I've never been exposed...

"nonsense……"

Lin Kai rolled his eyes.

It might be hard to tell if a man is dressed as a woman, but a woman dressed as a man... even without the system, Lin Kai could tell at a glance...

Your man unconsciously covers his chest when he walks...

"That amazing?"

Wei Shengnan was shocked.

next moment.

Before Lin Kai could say anything...

"Brother, you are truly a genius! Not only are you born with superhuman strength, able to crush bricks with one hand, but you can also see through my disguise at a glance."

"Sheng Nan has lived in Pingnan City for over twenty years, and this is the first time she's encountered something like this!"

Wei Shengnan closed the folding fan, held it in her hand, bowed slightly, and clasped her hands in a fist salute to Lin Kai.

Lin Kai: ...

I inwardly scoffed at it.

After glancing around and finding no one else, he realized that there was no one else there.

"It is said that the granddaughter of the Marquis of Dingnan is named Wei Shengnan. The young lady refers to herself as Shengnan. Could it be that your father is the Marquis of Dingnan?"

Lin Kai gripped the hilt of his sword with his right hand and walked towards Wei Shengnan.

"!"

Upon hearing Lin Kai's words, Wei Shengnan raised her head.

"Who exactly are you! The Great Li should have heard of someone as meticulous as you long ago!"

Meeting Lin Kai's gaze, Wei Shengnan spoke slowly and deliberately, and then took a step back warily.

Lin Kai: ...

Sometimes I really want to call the police...

"Hehe, Lady Wei is not at the Wei residence accompanying the Earl of Dingnan, but has appeared on the streets of Pingnan City."

"It must be something that Miss Wei in Pingnan City is concerned about?"

Forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace, Lin Kai continued walking forward.

"this……"

Upon hearing Lin Kai's words, a hint of hesitation crossed Wei Shengnan's pretty face.

After struggling for dozens of breaths.

Just as Lin Kai walked up to Wei Shengnan and was about to draw his sword.

"Indeed, there have been some unscrupulous merchants in Pingnan City recently. Although Grandpa said we should be kind and righteous and use love to influence them, Shengnan has always felt that a country is a country and cannot tolerate illegality!"

Wei Shengnan took a deep breath and raised her head.

Lin Kai: ?

"What illegal businessman?"

Lin Kai narrowed his eyes, stopped what he was doing, and did not draw his longsword.

Fine, fine, so you're causing trouble on my turf?

"The Ai family, I wonder if you have heard of them, young master?"

"?"

"Because Pingnan City is close to the Southern Barbarians and the Jiangnan Province, the Jiangnan region has fertile land and produces many warhorses, while the Southern Barbarians lack warhorses. So, the practice of buying warhorses from the Jiangnan Province and then reselling them to the Southern Barbarians became..."

"??"

Lin Kai was utterly shocked.

Do you want to hear what you're saying? Are you sure you're not doing it the other way around?

"All the world's hustle and bustle is for profit, and the Ai family thus had crooked thoughts. They first bought warhorses from the Jiangnan Province at low prices, and then sold them to the Southern Barbarians at high prices."

"To make the Southern Barbarians more willing to trade, the Ai family even offered a free suit of armor for every 500 warhorses purchased."

Wei Shengnan continued speaking.

He paused after saying that.

"Such actions, showing no regard for the greater good of the nation, young master, tell me, shouldn't the entire Ai family be executed?"

Wei Shengnan raised her head, looked directly at Lin Kai, and spoke, word by word.

...

Strictly speaking, Lin Kai felt that Wei Shengnan was right.

The Ai family should indeed have been raided.

But then again, how could a merchant within a city possibly trade warhorses and armor?

This isn't... never mind... there were even former dynasty generals who surrendered and held salt permits before...

I hesitated for a moment.

"Miss Wei is right, I completely agree."

Lin Kai nodded with a serious expression.

That's all.

"I wonder where the Ai family is located? I can't wait to see what kind of people they are."

Lin Kai bent down slightly.

Now that we've captured the city, we can put aside the matter of Wei Shengnan for now. It doesn't matter whether we kill her today or tomorrow.

But the Ai family...

What? Your armor? Your warhorse? Those are mine!

"Young master, what is this...?"

Meeting Lin Kai's gaze, Wei Shengnan blinked.

No, why does my heart pound faster the longer I look at him?

...

Walking on the roads of Pingnan City.

Lin Kai was thinking about how to raid the Ai family, whether he could get the entire army to wear armor, and how many cavalry he could build.

But on the other hand...

"Young master, look at this rouge, isn't it beautiful?"

"..."

"Young master, there's someone selling honey-fried dumplings (the predecessor of candied hawthorn) over there, can you buy me some?"

"..."

"Young master, could you please tell me your birth date and time? And your place of origin?"

"..."

"Young master, if I weren't the granddaughter of the Marquis of Dingnan, would you despise me?"

"..."

Looking at Wei Shengnan, who was chattering and jumping around beside him, Lin Kai's lips twitched.

Something's wrong, absolutely wrong...

I'm not so handsome that women would go crazy for me at first glance... Besides, I wasn't wearing any makeup... That's something to be looked down upon in female-oriented online communities...

"Could it be that I've misunderstood the system?"

As he pondered this, Lin Kai suddenly became a little suspicious.

Could it be the system playing tricks?

But if it's not a siege/conquest system...

"Erda Yu is the commander of the 100,000-strong Southern Barbarian army, Jiang Chulan is the commander of the 30,000-strong army, and Wei Shengnan's grandfather was also a count..."

"This is perfect for conquering cities and seizing territory..."

Lin Kai frowned.

As Lin Kai's eyebrows furrowed more and more.

"Young Master? Why are you ignoring Sheng Nan? Is it because you find her noisy?"

Wei Shengnan tilted her head slightly and spoke with a curious expression.

Upon hearing this...

Coming to his senses, Lin Kai glanced at that stunningly beautiful face and those subtly pouting red lips.

"Miss Wei, you are overthinking it. I just feel..."

With a slight smile, Lin Kai began to explain.

Never mind, I'll have you lead the way...

But Lin Kai hadn't finished speaking.

"roll!"

"You think that just because you've become a drafter in the Imperial Secretariat, you can sit at the same table as me for a meal?"

"You're nothing but a lowly illegitimate son of the Ai family!"

A roar came from not far ahead.

Then, as Lin Kai turned his head to look, a man in official robes was thrown to the ground, and the courtyard gate in front of the man slammed shut with a bang.

"?"

Seeing this, Lin Kai was a little stunned.

From the few words I overheard, it's not hard to tell that there's a distinction between嫡子 (legitimate son) and 庶子 (illegitimate son).

But this is a Secretariat Attendant! A fifth-rank official!

"And the Ai family's illegitimate son..."

With a sigh, Lin Kai ignored Wei Shengnan and stepped forward.

...

Half an incense stick later.

"My name is Ai Houyu."

"After my mother gave birth to me, all I saw from childhood was the ridicule of the servants and the contempt of the maids. I could even eat at the same table as the dogs in the Ai family."

"So I always thought about making a name for myself and defying fate."

"Hard work pays off. On the day I came of age, I passed the county-level examination and became a Xiucai. After that, I went all the way up to the Jinshi level and became a Zhongshu Sheren ten years later."

"My original intention in returning to the Ai family this time was to announce this fact and to inform the Ai family that they must not bully my mother in the future."

"But I still can't figure it out..."

The man in official robes patted the dirt off his clothes and spoke with a forlorn expression.

Unlike Wei Shengnan, who was standing next to him, covering her mouth and staring wide-eyed.

"The female-oriented genre of 'Gutter'..."

Lin Kai simply frowned, his face full of gloom.

You mean, the status of a son born out of wedlock in a family is lower than that of a servant? Then this family might as well just quit...

Besides, he's already a fifth-rank official, what does it matter if he's born of the principal wife or a concubine...

Just as Lin Kai was struggling with whether or not to order the army to raze Ai Mansion to the ground,

"May I ask what brings General Lin to Pingnan City?"

"Furthermore, I sensed a chilling aura emanating from General Lin... May I ask, General Lin, is the continued absence of your niece, Jiang Chulan, related to you?"