“I wanted you to see the modified effect,” Bai Feng said, pressing down on the struggling Yu Yao before activating the formation.

This time, instead of directly displaying the auction platform, a loading animation appeared first.

“I added a loading animation at the beginning to give it a more ceremonial feel. However, since you, Yu Linglong, don’t have a symbolic logo yet, I’ve temporarily drawn one for you. Once you come up with a suitable logo, I’ll replace it.”

On the screen, a chibi girl holding an auction hammer appeared, and as the hammer fell, an empty auction platform emerged.

“Oh, that’s awesome!” Yu Yao clapped her small hands excitedly. Although she didn’t fully understand, it definitely felt more interesting this way. “By the way, that little character looks a bit familiar.”

Bai Feng casually replied, “That’s because I used you as the model.”

“Ah?” Yu Yao tilted her head to look at Bai Feng. “You can draw?”

“Heh, don’t forget who Spring and Autumn’s elder is. It’s only natural for me to learn a bit of drawing after following them for a few days,” Bai Feng chuckled lightly, clearly having anticipated this question. He then adjusted the formation again. “I’ve also added a new feature.”

As he restarted the formation, the little character on the screen smashed the hammer down, and another scene appeared:

A well-proportioned girl in a light blue and white long dress walked through a lush bamboo forest. After taking a few steps, she turned to the camera with a somewhat forced smile, and gradually, the camera began to pull back, the screen slowly fading to white.

“This is the startup advertisement. At the end, we can insert products that have appeared in the Liuying Stone,” Bai Feng explained to Yu Yao, extending his hand. “I remember that Yu Linglong has something called a black card, right? We can add an option for black card users to skip the advertisement.”

“Ah?” Yu Yao glanced at the screen, then looked back at Bai Feng, reaching out to grab his arm, her eyes sparkling with excitement. “Junior Brother, you’re a genius! It’s such a shame you’re not going into business!”

“Business is too troublesome. I prefer to lie back and collect money,” Bai Feng said, and suddenly an idea struck him. He looked at Yu Yao with bright eyes. “Wait, I just had a brilliant idea.”

“W-what is it?”

Yu Yao shrank her head back. Was Bai Feng really planning to team up with the Yu family? She needed at least a few seconds to think about this…

“It’s simple.” Bai Feng, now brimming with excitement, pulled Yu Yao over to the table, took out some paper and a pen, and began to explain. “I came up with a name: technical equity.”

“Equity?”

Yu Yao scratched her cheek, finding the name a bit odd.

Bai Feng explained slowly, “In simple terms, I’ll provide the technology, like this startup advertisement and other creative ideas, as well as some interesting products. That will be the focus of our collaboration. You, Yu Yao, will handle the management and sales, and at the end of the year, we’ll split the profits.”

“Isn’t our collaboration with Teacher Spring and Autumn like this?” Yu Yao asked, somewhat confused.

“It’s different. Teacher Spring and Autumn only provides the artwork and doesn’t get involved in anything else,” Bai Feng shook his head. “But I’ll be involved in business decisions and even have the right to veto them. In simple terms, we’re opening a shop together, and both of us will be owners with management rights.”

In reality, it was much more complicated, but in this world where business wasn’t so developed, this was already sufficient.

After all, Yu Yao was his senior sister; she couldn’t just run away.

“Hmm…”

Yu Yao lowered her head in thought. Why did this sound like a couple running a shop together?

No, no, what am I thinking? Junior Brother clearly doesn’t mean that!

She hugged her head, trying hard to push the thought of ‘couples running a shop’ out of her mind.

“Okay, I get it!” She lifted her head, and for some reason, her face had a hint of blush. She extended her hand toward Bai Feng. “Let’s do it your way, Junior Brother!”

“Ah? So fast? Aren’t you going to hear my plan first?”

“No need! I trust you, Junior Brother!” Yu Yao shook her head, her gaze slightly shifting. “Even if we lose money, it’s fine. Consider it my investment in you!”

After saying that, she looked at Bai Feng and quietly asked, “By the way, what should we name our new shop?”

“New shop?”

Bai Feng blinked, confused. What new shop?

“Aren’t you the one who said we should open a shop together?” Yu Yao said, her head down, her hands clasped together, her fingers poking at each other.

Bai Feng fell silent for a few seconds. Wasn’t he just giving an example?

Oh, right, Yu Linglong was indeed part of the Yu family’s business. Although Yu Yao was the young lady of the Yu family and had her own shop at a young age, she couldn’t just mess around with it.

But starting a new shop would mean starting from scratch. Even with Yu Yao’s help, it would be hard to rise quickly.

So he shook his head. “Senior Sister, you misunderstood. But I just thought about it carefully, and my request was indeed a bit excessive. After all, Yu Linglong is your family’s business, and what I said does come off as greedy, even a bit like taking over someone else’s territory. Let’s stick to the method used with Teacher Spring and Autumn.”

“Ah?” Yu Yao looked a bit dazed for a moment, but she quickly reacted and waved her hands. “It’s fine! I still have some authority over this. Let’s do it your way, Junior Brother! From now on, we’ll… we’ll manage Yu Linglong together!”

“While I really appreciate your trust, Senior Sister…”

“It’s fine! Just consider it my investment in you!” Yu Yao stood up, grabbing Bai Feng’s shoulders with a serious expression. “And even if we fail, you wouldn’t just watch me end up on the streets, right?”

“Of course not.”

“Then it’s settled.” Yu Yao released Bai Feng’s shoulders, took a couple of steps back, clasped her hands behind her back, and a smile crept onto her face. “Let’s run Yu Linglong together!”

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Chapter 125: Don’t You Have Any Shame, Child of Fortune?

“By the way, Junior Brother, is the woman in that advertisement the Zuo Qiu you brought back before?”

Yu Yao looked at the startup advertisement again and pointed at the girl in the ad.

Bai Feng nodded. “Yeah, it turned out pretty well, right?”

“Hmm…” Yu Yao scrutinized the image again, then turned to ask, “That outfit is from my family’s shop, right? Where did you get it? My shop hasn’t been open lately.”

“Of course, I bought it before that. Zuo Qiu just happened to fit into it, so I asked her to help out,” Bai Feng replied casually. “I take my senior sister’s requests very seriously.”

In fact, the clothes Zuo Qiu was wearing were the two pieces Lin Yan had given him, and they fit Zuo Qiu perfectly, so he had her change into the new outfit for the advertisement.

Yu Yao scratched her head. “But I don’t remember you coming to buy clothes…”

Wait, had Junior Brother already started preparing when she mentioned wanting to commission him to modify the formation?

If this keeps up, she really wouldn’t be able to stop overthinking!

“Of course, I had someone else buy them for me. It would be too strange for me to buy women’s clothing myself,” Bai Feng had already prepared an excuse and quickly changed the subject. “Alright, this isn’t important. Senior Sister, if you have any other ideas, let me know so I can modify them while I have the time.”

“Hehe, then I won’t hold back!”

With Bai Feng’s encouragement, Yu Yao immediately perked up and began listing the features she wanted one by one.

The more she spoke, the more excited she became, while Bai Feng’s frown deepened:

Why does my usually adorable senior sister turn into such a demanding client when it comes to modifications?

…

“Why does it feel more exhausting to modify the formation for my senior sister than to build a large array?”

Bai Feng collapsed onto the sofa when he got home.

At that moment, he noticed a small note on the table beside the sofa. He reached out to pick it up and saw it was from Bai Yu Mo:

“Brother, I made you some porridge. Make sure to eat on time!”

“…”

His sister has really evolved into a mother figure…

Bai Feng chuckled and shook his head, then got up and went to the kitchen to serve himself a bowl of meat porridge.

In recent days, Bai Yu Mo had been following her master to train, clearly motivated by the events that had transpired.

Just then, there was a knock on his door. He set down the bowl and opened the door to find Zuo Qiu standing outside.

“Is there something you need?”

Bai Feng looked at Zuo Qiu, who was staring at the ground, looking quite earnest.

“Um…” Zuo Qiu glanced to the side, seeming a bit shy. She slowly raised her hand, holding a tiny metal ball. “Could you engrave your name on this?”

Bai Feng looked down at the mini ball in her palm, filled with confusion. “What do you want it for?”