Starting Check-in Reward: Tomson Riviera

"Waaah—it hurts, it hurts, it hurts... What are you doing!?"

Luo Yue cried out, tears welling up in her eyes from the pain.

"This is to teach you a lesson. Even though you’re moving in, I’m the one who calls the shots in this house!"

Ye Ling released her ear and snorted.

’When it comes to the pecking order in the house, you have to establish it right from the start!’

Luo Yue rubbed her ear and pouted, an aggrieved expression on her face.

’This jerk! Doesn’t he have any idea how to treat a lady gently?!’

’He’s gone too far!’

Luo Yue kept shooting daggers at Ye Ling with her eyes, her little fists clenching involuntarily.

"I’m reminded of something I saw online..."

Ye Ling’s voice drifted over ominously.

"And what’s that?"

Luo Yue asked instinctively.

"A girl this cute would probably cry for a long time if you punched her."

Ye Ling said, his eyes landing on Luo Yue’s fair little face with a malicious glint. "If you keep glaring at me like that, you’d better watch out, or I’ll..."

"Hmph!"

At his words, Luo Yue let out another indignant huff, stomped her foot lightly, and turned away from him.

’How can anyone be so mean!’

’To think he could be so cruel to a girl as cute as me!’

And so, the two of them stood back-to-back, ignoring each other until the elevator stopped.

Ye Ling glanced at the sulking Luo Yue but paid the pouting girl no mind, simply opening the elevator doors and walking out.

’You think I’m going to try and placate you?’

’In your dreams!’

A wicked smile crept across Ye Ling’s lips.

’I’m being so bad, so very, very bad!’

"That jerk!"

Seeing Ye Ling walk out just like that, Luo Yue ground her teeth in anger.

However, she still stepped out of the elevator and followed silently behind Ye Ling.

Ye Ling glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Luo Yue trailing behind him with a resentful look, which made the smirk on his face widen even more.

’Heh, you think you can take me on?’

’Learn about the pecking order!’

Humming a little tune, Ye Ling returned to the apartment and flopped comfortably onto the sofa.

"Hey! Why are you just lying there? Go get our rooms ready!"

Luo Yue said as she walked in, her lips pursed in a pout.

"I’m not your maid. Why should I get a room ready for you?"

Ye Ling said indifferently, not even bothering to open his eyes.

’Now that I think about it... didn’t this little brat just say Ning Ruoxi was her woman? And she said it twice? Well now, she can’t blame me for picking on her, then!’

Just then, Ning Ruoxi came up after parking her car.

The moment Luo Yue saw Ning Ruoxi, she bounced over, latched onto her arm, and said with a pitiful expression, "Waaah! Ruoruo, you’re finally here! This jerk is bullying me."

"Alright, stop making a fuss. It’s already very generous of Ye Ling to let us stay here."

Ning Ruoxi sounded a little exasperated, but she still reached out to rub Luo Yue’s head and placate her.

But it had to be said, even Ye Ling hadn’t been able to tame her, yet with a single pat on the head from Ning Ruoxi, Luo Yue surprisingly quieted down.

’Could it be this girl is really... one of *those*...?’

Ye Ling’s eyelids lifted slightly as the mischievous thought crossed his mind.

"By the way, I was just looking for a parking spot and couldn’t seem to find one..." Ning Ruoxi said, remembering something and turning her gaze to Ye Ling.

"It’s just downstairs, in the underground garage," Ye Ling said.

"Huh? The underground garage with a Pagani parked in it?"

Ning Ruoxi was taken aback, sounding surprised.

"Yep, that’s my car."

Ye Ling nodded.

The next moment, he caught himself.

’Oops, did I just accidentally flex?’

’My bad, my bad!’

"You have a Pagani!? Which model? For real?"

The moment she heard that name, Luo Yue’s eyes lit up. She instantly broke free of Ning Ruoxi’s "calming-pat" seal and scooted right up next to Ye Ling.

In that instant, she completely forgot about how he had been pulling her ear just moments before.

Ye Ling was a little dumbfounded by this scene.

’Lady.’

’Weren’t you just glaring at me like I was your mortal enemy?’

’So why are you all up in my space now?’

At this, Ning Ruoxi rubbed her nose a bit awkwardly and explained, "She’s... really into sports cars like that."

Meanwhile, she too was reeling from the shock.

’A luxury penthouse at Tomson Riviera worth hundreds of millions!’

’A Pagani supercar worth tens of millions!’

’He’s so young, yet he owns all this... Just who *is* Ye Ling!?’

’He seems to be getting more and more mysterious...’

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but feel a sense of unease.

She felt that Ye Ling was almost *too* exceptional.

Ye Ling didn’t seem like the son of a wealthy family, yet he possessed things most people could never hope to obtain in a lifetime...

A philosopher once said that a woman’s attraction to a man often begins with curiosity. As she peels back the layers and discovers his hidden virtues, a sense of admiration is born. And in that process, adoration follows.

Adoration is the precursor to love.

And Ning Ruoxi was, at this very moment, right in the middle of that process.

Of course, Ye Ling hadn’t noticed. It was even more impossible for Luo Yue to have noticed. After all, even Ning Ruoxi, the party in question, hadn’t realized it herself.

Hearing this, the corner of Ye Ling’s mouth curled up slightly. ’So that’s how it is...’

"A Pagani Zonda R. What about it?"

Ye Ling said, deliberately feigning indifference.

"Zonda R?"

At that, Luo Yue grew even more excited.

"Is that car very expensive?"

Ning Ruoxi looked over, her curiosity piqued.

She wasn’t particularly knowledgeable about cars; all she knew was that a Pagani was a supercar, in a completely different league from her own vehicle.

"The Pagani Zonda R! It’s got a 6.0L V12 naturally aspirated engine from the Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR race car, but Pagani modified and tuned it to push the power output to its absolute limit! It sells for 1.46 million euros overseas, but there are no official channels to buy one in China. Someone once spent forty million to import one!"

Luo Yue rattled off the details with ease, her big eyes shimmering with excitement.

"Can I take it for a spin!? Please!"

Luo Yue looked at Ye Ling, blinking her big eyes and clasping her hands together over her head in a pleading gesture.

Just imagine the scene: a little girl who looks just like a Disney princess, squatting in front of him, batting her eyelashes and begging.

Who could possibly resist a sight like that!?

But Ye Ling actually did.

In this, he was a true model of the modern man!

"No."

Ye Ling refused decisively.

’Are you kidding me? Lend my car to this little brat?’

’Never mind the fact that she was just provoking me. Just thinking about the horror stories of female drivers is enough reason not to lend her the car!’