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Watching Ning Ruoxi in a flurry, Ye Ling’s lips curled into a smirk. "See? I told you. You can’t get distracted when you’re cooking."

"And whose fault is that!?"

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but glare at him before pushing him out of the kitchen. "Get out, get out. I’ll call you when it’s ready."

"See? A minute ago, you said you weren’t making any for me, and now you’re telling me you’ll call me. Women... always saying one thing and meaning another."

Ye Ling stood at the kitchen door, sighing dramatically.

Dark lines instantly appeared on Ning Ruoxi’s pretty face. ’This jerk is so infuriating!’

’How did I never realize Ye Ling had this side to him!?’

’And how did I end up choosing a guy like this to be my boyfriend!?’

...

Before long, Ning Ruoxi had lunch ready and called Ye Ling and Luo Yue over.

Compared to what Ye Ling had made before, Ning Ruoxi’s attempt was undoubtedly... rather amateurish. She just fried an egg for each of them?

But then again, she was the great miss of Ning International. The fact that she’d even deigned to cook was a rare and incredible feat. You couldn’t ask for too much!

"This is Sister Ruoruo’s first time cooking! I’m definitely going to eat every last bite," Luo Yue said with a grin, starting to dig into her rice with the fried egg.

But...

...at that moment, Ye Ling was staring at the fried egg in his bowl, his brow furrowed.

"Ruoruo, why is my fried egg the only one that’s burnt?"

Ye Ling asked, looking thoroughly displeased.

All three of them had a fried egg in their bowls, but while his looked fine from the top, the bottom was completely black when he flipped it over!??

"That one’s burnt because you came and bothered me. Who else would I give it to? Besides, only one side is burnt. It’s still edible, so don’t waste it."

A mischievous smile played on Ning Ruoxi’s lips as she spoke.

In that instant...

...Ye Ling’s face darkened.

’This little brat is definitely getting revenge on me for what happened earlier!’

"You’re abusing your power for personal revenge!"

Ye Ling immediately protested.

"So what if I am? What are you going to do about it? This is the first meal I’ve ever cooked. Are you going to eat it or not?"

Ning Ruoxi said, raising a delicate eyebrow.

"Who do you think I, Ye Ling, am? You think I’m afraid of you?"

Ye Ling’s eyes widened as he slammed his hand on the table.

"Hmm?"

Ning Ruoxi arched an eyebrow, her beautiful eyes glancing at Ye Ling.

"Hey, Master, Sister Ruoxi, stop fighting!"

Sitting between them, Luo Yue grew anxious and tried to mediate.

’Weren’t they just getting along fine a moment ago?’

’They were even... you know... in the room...’

’How did they suddenly start fighting?’

"That’s right, I am!"

But in the next moment, Ye Ling’s tone took a sharp turn.

As he spoke...

...he picked up the half-burnt fried egg and took a huge bite.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, Ning Ruoxi gave a proud little huff, the corners of her lips curling into a faint arc.

’Yes!’

’My status in this household has been restored!’

Now in a great mood, Ning Ruoxi happily ate the fried egg in her bowl, even adding another half-bowl of rice.

Witnessing this, Luo Yue was a little dumbfounded.

’That works too!?’

Luo Yue looked at Ye Ling and secretly gave her master a thumbs-up. ’He really is a great man who knows when to back down.’

’If you meet a man like that, you should just marry him!’

After lunch, Ye Ling was lounging on the sofa playing on his phone when he suddenly noticed dozens of new messages in the "3222 Demon Lord of Chaos" group chat.

Several of them had @’d him.

Curious, Ye Ling tapped on it and saw that He Jian had sent over a dozen screenshots.

[He Jian: @Ye Ling, Brother Ling, look at the pictures, you’re pregnant!!]

[Yang Yu: Yeah, yeah, Brother Ling, look! You really are pregnant!]

[Yang Yefeng: I think Brother Ling might beat you guys up for talking like that.]

Ye Ling’s mouth twitched, and his face darkened slightly. He felt Yang Yefeng had a point.

He then tapped on one of the images. It was a screenshot of the freshman gala voting poll. The performance that Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi had brought, "Thinking of You," had undoubtedly taken first place with more than double the votes of the runner-up!

It seemed the students and teachers were quite satisfied with the public display of affection they had served up that day!

Ye Ling swiped to the second, third, and fourth screenshots, which were of several other campus forum threads.

[Shocking! Our campus belle is the author of ’Lingxi’s Love’!!]

[Hottie Ye Ling and goddess Ruoxi are the stars of that viral ’Lingxi’s Love’ video from a while back!]

[The love story of Modu’s number one campus belle and campus hunk!]

Beneath these posts were numerous photos of him and Ning Ruoxi.

Some were ones they had previously posted online, some were screencaps from the livestream of their fan meet-up, and others were candid shots taken during military training...

"SOB SOB SOB, Ye Ling is too handsome! I want to have his babies!"

"Person above me, take a look in the mirror. Sister Ruoxi is so beautiful, I think she’s the only goddess worthy of Ye Ling’s divine looks! I won’t accept any mindless refutations. If you want to argue, post a selfie!"

"Our Modu University’s campus belle and hunk have such an incredible background?"

In the comment sections, countless students were expressing their amazement.

By now, Modu University’s campus forums weren’t just filled with its own students anymore; many netizens who had caught wind of the news had flocked over as well.

"Holy crap, I’m shook! Brother Ling is a student at Modu University!? And Sister Ruoxi is a student too!?"

"I’m so jealous, SOB SOB SOB! A fairy-tale romance!"

"So does this mean Ye Ling and Sister Ruoxi are actually only eighteen or nineteen... They’re so young!"

[Modu University’s Campus Belle & Hunk & Lingxi’s Love!]

With countless people discussing it online, the topic was pushed to the top of the trending charts in no time.

Countless people were talking about it, and a huge wave of users flooded into the Modu University campus forums.

With such a massive influx of people, the Modu University campus forum servers crashed instantly!

"Holy crap, why did the server crash!"

A few programmers, who had been leisurely eating instant noodles in the server room, stared blankly at the "404" error that appeared on their screens.

"How did the number of visitors increase so much? It’s already surpassed two hundred thousand! How is that possible!"

The tech staff no longer had time to eat their noodles. They rushed back to their stations to perform emergency maintenance and upgrades on the system.

[Modu University Server Crashed!]

And just like that, another trending topic related to Modu University appeared.

In just half a day, two trending topics related to Modu University had emerged, and the root cause of both was Ye Ling!