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It wasn’t until one in the afternoon that Ye Ling leisurely woke up.

He’d slept wonderfully.

After all, he’d spent a week sleeping on a hard wooden bed at Modu University. Now, he was finally back in his own big bed, holding his soft, cuddly wifey...

He was absolutely bursting with happiness!

’This little thing... She was giving me a hard time this morning, but I bet she didn’t get much sleep herself, did she?’ Ye Ling thought, shaking his head as he watched Ning Ruoxi snuggled on his chest like a little kitten.

Suddenly, a mischievous smile crept onto his face. He reached out and gently pinched her cute, upturned nose.

A soft "Ngh~" escaped her lips.

Asleep, Ning Ruoxi seemed to sense Ye Ling’s little prank. Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she unconsciously parted her red lips.

Seeing this, Ye Ling’s heart skipped a beat, and he lowered his head to kiss her.

"Mmmph..."

Ning Ruoxi was finally, completely woken up by this big bad wolf, Ye Ling.

At first, her eyes were filled with a dazed confusion. But the next moment, the sensation on her lips brought her back to reality.

"You big jerk, bullying me so early in the morning!"

Ning Ruoxi pushed Ye Ling away and sat up, glaring at him with a pretty, flushed face.

"Wifey, it’s already one in the afternoon. What do you mean, ’morning’?"

Ye Ling casually pulled out his phone, pressed the power button, and waved it in front of her.

1:14 PM!

Seeing the time, Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but stare blankly for a moment, then she mumbled, "It’s already this late...?"

"Yep. And someone, it seems, originally said she was going to leave after I fell asleep. How come you ended up waking up even later than me?"

Ye Ling sat up as well, reached out, and pulled Ning Ruoxi back into his arms, a mischievous smirk on his lips as he spoke.

"Um, well..."

Ning Ruoxi’s pretty face was slightly flushed, and she looked a little embarrassed. She *did* seem to recall saying she’d leave once Ye Ling woke up...

’It wasn’t really my fault, though. Ye Ling’s embrace was just too warm, as if it held some kind of magic. I just laid there for a little while and accidentally fell asleep!’

The freshly woken girl was soft all over. Now, with a bashful look on her face, she was like a little rabbit caught in the big bad wolf’s trap—small and helpless.

"What are you going to do..."

Ning Ruoxi tilted her head up to look at Ye Ling, her face a mask of bashfulness.

"What do you think?"

Ye Ling held her soft, cuddly body, a wicked grin on his face. Then, he lowered his head and kissed her again...

...

About half an hour later, Ning Ruoxi finally walked out of Ye Ling’s room. Or to be more precise... was *let out* by Ye Ling.

「Meanwhile.」

Her hands were sticky, which felt terribly uncomfortable.

’It’s all that big jerk Ye Ling’s fault!’

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but huff silently to herself.

"Ruoruo, you’re awake?"

Luo Yue, who was holding a laptop, suddenly looked up and called out to Ning Ruoxi.

Ning Ruoxi jumped at the sudden voice. Seeing Luo Yue in the living room, she guiltily hid her hands behind her back.

"Yueyue, what are you doing here?"

At that moment, Ning Ruoxi was like a child caught stealing candy, a flicker of panic in her eyes.

"I’m binge-watching a show."

Luo Yue said with an innocent expression, then cocked her head to look behind Ning Ruoxi and asked curiously, "Ruoruo, do you have something in your hands? Why are you hiding them behind your back...?"

"It’s nothing!"

With Luo Yue suddenly bringing it up, Ning Ruoxi’s pretty face instantly flushed red, a change visible to the naked eye.

Before Luo Yue could say another word, she fled towards the bathroom as if escaping.

"Hehe, you naughty Ruoruo. Serves you right for doing bad things with Master in the room!"

Watching Ning Ruoxi’s retreating back, a mischievous smile appeared on Luo Yue’s face as she muttered under her breath.

In truth, she had long guessed what Ning Ruoxi and Ye Ling were doing in the room. She was just pretending not to know so she could tease Ning Ruoxi.

Meanwhile, back in the room, Ye Ling was lying spread-eagled on the bed, looking utterly satisfied.

’Sigh... but my wifey is too easily embarrassed. The road to training her is long and arduous!’

Ye Ling couldn’t help but sigh and shake his head.

’Although Ruoxi is especially cute when she’s shy, it can’t always be like this, right?’

’System, check in.’

Ye Ling remembered that he had forgotten to check in this morning, so he immediately recited the command in his mind.

"DING! Congratulations, Host, for a successful check-in. You have triggered a Great Fortune streak! You have obtained: Modu’s Drunken Immortal Inn Restaurant!"

For a moment, Ye Ling was stunned, then a look of relief washed over his face.

’Fucking finally, it’s not another Ambrosial yogurt!’

’If the system had a mind of its own, I’d really want to ask it: Do you have any idea what I’ve been through these past one or two weeks!?’

’At my age, everything else can come a little later, but... if Great Fortune doesn’t show up, that’s just not acceptable!’

Ye Ling sighed with emotion.

He’d heard of this Drunken Immortal Inn Restaurant. It was a rather famous high-end seafood restaurant in Modu, and its signature salmon was hailed as the best in the entire city!

Just then, Ye Ling’s phone rang. It was probably the call to claim his ownership of the Drunken Immortal Inn.

"Hello? Hello, may I ask if this is Mr. Ye?"

"Yes, this is he."

Ye Ling answered casually.

"Hello, Mr. Ye. My name is Wang Ji, the general manager of the Drunken Immortal Inn. I’ve just been notified that you have purchased the Drunken Immortal Inn Restaurant. If you have any instructions, you can call me at this number anytime."

"Alright, I understand."

Ye Ling casually saved the number to his contacts, then stood up and stretched.

Having slept into the afternoon, he was starting to feel a bit hungry and decided to get something to eat.

"Oh?"

But as Ye Ling walked into the kitchen, he stopped short.

Ning Ruoxi was actually in the kitchen, cooking!

"Wifey, are you making lunch for me?"

Ye Ling walked up behind Ning Ruoxi and couldn’t help but smile.

Ning Ruoxi was wearing an apron. Compared to her usual ethereal, goddess-like image, she now had a more down-to-earth, domestic goddess feel.

"In your dreams! None of it is for you!"

Ning Ruoxi immediately huffed, shooting Ye Ling a glare.

’That jerk... bullying me like that just now...’

Hmph!

’He went too far!’

"Is that so?"

A mischievous smile played on Ye Ling’s lips as he reached out from behind and wrapped his arms around Ning Ruoxi’s slender waist.

"Wh-what are you doing...?"

Ning Ruoxi’s delicate body trembled slightly, her pretty face flushing red again.

"Nothing much. I just wanted to tell you not to get distracted while you’re cooking."

But Ye Ling suddenly let her go and smiled.

"Aah, my egg!"

Ning Ruoxi’s gaze shot to the pan, and she let out a cry of alarm.