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Ye Ling sat on the sofa, flipping through the draft in his hands.

Since it was the original draft, it wasn’t bound yet. The artwork also wasn’t as polished as the final version, but in Ye Ling’s eyes, it was already perfect.

Ning Ruoxi stood behind Ye Ling, watching the boy before her with a faint smile on her lips.

In truth, her decision to choose a heartwarming style that went against market trends—a work themed around public displays of affection—was largely because of Ye Ling.

Watching the young man engrossed in her work, Ning Ruoxi discreetly pulled out her phone. She turned off the flash, put it on silent, and sneakily snapped a picture of Ye Ling’s back as he held the draft.

After taking the photo, Ning Ruoxi’s pretty face flushed, like a child who had secretly swiped some candy.

Ning Ruoxi glanced at Ye Ling, then slipped back to her room. She opened Weibo and composed a post.

[Showed my number one fan the original draft for Lingxi’s Love, Volume 3 today~ Hehe, don’t worry, everyone else will get to see it soon!]

The attached picture was the one she had just taken.

By now, Ning Ruoxi’s Weibo followers had long surpassed ten million. As soon as she posted this, it naturally captured the attention of the entire internet.

This post had two main points of interest.

The first was "number one fan," and the second was *Lingxi’s Love, Volume 3!*

’Sigh, is the new trend to lure us single people in just to slaughter us with PDA?’

’Is *Lingxi’s Love, Volume 3* finally coming out? I’m so excited!!’

’Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to patronize us.’

’I’m the number one fan too! I’m the number one fan! Let me see, let me see!’

...

When the legion of fans saw this post, which was overflowing with sweet romance, they instantly went wild.

They had been eagerly awaiting *Lingxi’s Love, Volume 3*, so getting this news was naturally thrilling. However, Ning Ruoxi’s completely undisguised display of affection left countless single fans feeling heartbroken.

Countless people sighed. ’In the end, our devotion was misplaced...’

...

Of course, Ye Ling had no idea he had been secretly photographed, much less that Ning Ruoxi had made such a post on Weibo.

At that moment, he was completely captivated by the content of the draft.

He felt that this third volume of *Lingxi’s Love* was even more captivating than the first two, especially the plot. The protagonists went from school to the professional world and finally walked down the aisle...

Ye Ling read for an hour. When he finished the last Chapter, he couldn’t help but let out a long breath, a smile gracing his lips.

"Finished?"

Ning Ruoxi saw Ye Ling raise his head and blinked at him.

"Yeah, I’m done. I’m very satisfied."

Ye Ling nodded.

"Satisfied with what?"

"Stop pretending. Isn’t this third volume just your fantasy about our future? That we’ll walk down the aisle, get married, and have kids."

Ye Ling looked at the girl playing dumb before him and couldn’t help but smile blissfully.

In the third volume of *Lingxi’s Love*, he discovered countless details that mirrored his real-life relationship with Ning Ruoxi.

For example, the male protagonist loved to hug the female protagonist and smell her scent, and the female protagonist’s feet were very sensitive, so the male protagonist would often play with them...

There were many similar scenes, and Ye Ling became more and more convinced that Ning Ruoxi was writing the story of their love.

"You’re flattering yourself."

Ning Ruoxi muttered, letting out a very playful snort.

"Am I?"

Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, then pulled Ning Ruoxi into his arms. Their faces were so close they were almost nose to nose.

"Wh-what are you doing..."

Ning Ruoxi’s face grew flushed.

’This guy... Didn’t I just help him out this morning? Why is he coming on to me again?’

"I just think that bad habit of yours—being stubborn—needs to be corrected."

Feeling Ning Ruoxi’s warm breath on his face as she spoke, Ye Ling’s own breathing grew a little heavy.

’This damned woman, why is she so irresistible?’

"What are you going to do if I don’t change? Are you going to hit me?"

Ning Ruoxi blinked, then defiantly tilted her head up.

"Hit you... I’m definitely going to hit you. I’m going to hit you right now."

As Ye Ling spoke, he slid his hand under the crook of Ning Ruoxi’s knees, and with a surge of strength, lifted her into a princess carry.

"What are you doing..."

Ning Ruoxi’s heart instantly panicked.

’Did I really play with fire and go too far? Is this guy really going to...’

...

About five minutes later, Ning Ruoxi was lying on the bed, face beet-red, clutching her backside. She glared daggers at the boy standing before her with a wicked smile.

Feeling the fiery sting on her butt, Ning Ruoxi wished a hole would open up and swallow her.

That guy... he actually did as he said and gave her a ’beating’.

"So, still going to be stubborn?"

Ye Ling raised an eyebrow and said with a light chuckle.

"Hmph! You are so dead."

Ning Ruoxi ground her teeth in anger.

Whenever she thought about how Ye Ling had just held her down on the bed and spanked her hard, she felt an overwhelming urge to bite him. He was such a scoundrel!

He hadn’t just spanked her once or twice—he kept it up for a full five minutes!

What’s more, the guy didn’t hold back at all.

Ning Ruoxi figured she probably wouldn’t even be able to go to school tomorrow.

"Am I?"

Hearing this, Ye Ling figured she still wasn’t ready to submit.

Immediately.

Ye Ling raised his eyebrows, posturing as if he were about to strike again.

"Don’t, don’t come over here..."

Ning Ruoxi immediately scooted to the other side of the bed, a wronged look on her face. "You’re bullying me."

"This isn’t bullying. Think of it as... an educational experience."

Ye Ling, however, just flashed a mischievous grin and couldn’t help but rub his fingers together.

Tsk, tsk.

’Man, that felt good.’

Initially, Ye Ling had only intended to give the little minx a ’light punishment.’ But who knew it would feel so good? He just couldn’t stop...

And so, this "lesson" lasted for a full five minutes.

"Jerk."

Seeing Ye Ling’s expression, especially how he was rubbing his fingers together as if savoring the memory, nearly made Ning Ruoxi die from pure anger.

’Damn it, that actually hurt!’

He had shown absolutely no mercy!

In that moment, the wronged look on Ning Ruoxi’s face deepened, and her eyes grew red and misty.

"Does it really hurt that much? Here, let me rub it for you."

Seeing this, Ye Ling couldn’t help but scratch the back of his head, speaking a bit sheepishly.

He really just couldn’t hold back and ended up spanking her a few extra times...

"Get the hell away from me!"

Ning Ruoxi immediately roared furiously.

Right now, she really, truly, desperately wanted to strangle this guy!