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The next morning, the buzz on Weibo about ’Lingxi’s Love’ hadn’t died down in the slightest. The Super Topic’s view count had already surpassed one hundred million!

Even though many people hadn’t actually seen the Douyin video, seeing everyone’s discussions and some screenshots made them curious enough to find the original video.

After watching the scenes filled with public displays of affection, most people tapped the little red heart with a mix of heartache and tears. They inexplicably felt like they were actively seeking out this "dog food" to torture themselves...

By now, the video had reached a staggering fifty million views, two million likes, and over four hundred thousand comments!

This level of popularity was something that even some of Douyin’s top influencers might not have... and the numbers were still growing like crazy!

By Ye Ling’s estimate, the view count would break one hundred million by that evening.

You could say that ’Lingxi’s Love’ had truly gone viral overnight!

And as Lingxi’s Love blew up, many people realized that the main couple in the video looked a little familiar... Soon, some people dug up the old video of Ye Ling beating up Yu Chenghao at Patek Square.

"Whoa, this hottie and this pretty lady have gone viral before!!"

"I gotta say, they’re both so good-looking. And they’re actually a real-life couple! I’m so jealous. What is this fairy-tale romance!?"

"Their popularity is growing way too fast. Are they Douyin’s golden children or something?"

"Placing a marker~ If anyone finds the lady’s Weibo account, give me a poke~ I have a friend who’s asking, you know what I mean!"

Pretty much the entire internet was discussing Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi’s identities, and they were also searching for their personal accounts, like their Weibo.

"Bros, I found the lady’s Weibo account! Just search ’Xixi Won’t Get Fat’. It’s the one with twenty thousand followers!"

"For real? How’d you find it?"

"Replying to the person above: this morning, Shengding Group announced that this year’s annual IP project would be Lingxi’s Love. So, I figured the lady must be a contracted cartoonist for Shengding. I went to the official website and compared all the artists one by one until I found her~"

"To the bro above, thanks for your hard work!"

This comment was quickly upvoted to the top, and many people found Ning Ruoxi’s Weibo account and followed it.

...

"Ye Ling, my Weibo account suddenly has so many new followers!"

Ning Ruoxi burst into Ye Ling’s room, her face a mask of shock.

Her Weibo account was verified as a Shengding Group cartoonist and originally only had around twenty thousand followers... But when she woke up, she discovered she’d suddenly gained over a million followers!

"Heh, isn’t that a good thing?"

Ye Ling replied with a faint smile.

Ye Ling wasn’t surprised by this. After all, the power of the internet masses was terrifying. If they really wanted to find something, there was basically nothing they couldn’t dig up.

"So what do I do now?"

Ning Ruoxi asked, a bit dazed.

Going viral overnight didn’t make her particularly happy. Instead, it brought a sense of confusion; she had never imagined a situation like this!

"What do you mean, ’what to do’? Lingxi’s Love is already a hit. Now you just have to wait for the art exhibition to release it."

Ye Ling gently poked Ning Ruoxi’s little head and said with a light chuckle:

"Why are you so dazed? Are you stupefied with happiness?"

"You’re the one who’s stupefied..."

Ning Ruoxi wrinkled her lovely nose and mumbled. Looking at her phone, she suddenly said, "Chouchou, people are asking for your Weibo account!"

"My Weibo?"

Ye Ling was slightly taken aback.

"Yeah, you’re just as popular as I am now!"

Ning Ruoxi said with a nod.

She and Ye Ling had filmed the Douyin video together, and with his good looks, it was only natural that he would attract a large flock of fangirls.

"What Weibo? I’ve never had one of those things, and I can’t be bothered to make one."

Ye Ling said with a pout of his lips.

He truly had zero interest in becoming an internet celebrity.

If it weren’t for Ning Ruoxi, he never would have filmed this video in the first place.

Hearing this, Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but blink her eyes at Ye Ling.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ye Ling found it a bit strange.

"Chouchou, you’re dense."

Ning Ruoxi huffed cutely and shot Ye Ling a reproachful glare. But she didn’t say anything more, simply turning around and heading straight back to her room.

’What did I do now?’

Ye Ling was completely baffled, and he sighed helplessly.

’Women... they really are the most difficult creatures to understand...’

Meanwhile, Ning Ruoxi returned to her room, flopped onto her bed, and opened the video they had posted yesterday.

In the video, as the sun set in the west, the young man smiled as he pulled the shyly blushing girl before him into his arms, his gaze full of doting affection...

The afterglow of the sunset stretched their shadows out infinitely, creating a timeless and beautiful scene.

Ning Ruoxi’s gaze grew mesmerized.

She couldn’t help but recall everything Ye Ling had done for her these past few days.

The reason Lingxi’s Love had blown up online was, for the most part—ninety percent, really—because of Ye Ling.

If it weren’t for Ye Ling, she wouldn’t have thought of entering the comic industry. If it weren’t for Ye Ling, she couldn’t have secured the IP project from Shengding Group. If it weren’t for Ye Ling, she certainly wouldn’t have gone viral on Douyin...

In short, all of it was because her boy was constantly helping her.

In her entire life, this was the first time someone had been so invested in her dream, had given so much for it. Even Ning Tianliang mostly hoped she would study finance and management to inherit his company...

Of course, this wasn’t to say Ning Tianliang was a bad person. From his perspective, he truly needed an heir, someone who could lead Ning International onto the world stage!

But Ye Ling’s actions were undoubtedly more considerate of Ning Ruoxi herself. Because she liked it, because it was her dream, he would give her his full support...

Ning Ruoxi opened Weibo again and found a photo in her album. It was a picture of her and Ye Ling from their first meeting. She was wearing a pink bunny-ear hat and looked utterly adorable.

Then, she posted it.

In an instant, the entire internet erupted again because of this photo.

"Waaah, are they shoving more PDA down our throats? Someone’s killing us singles, somebody help!!"

"I have the same bunny-ear hat!"

"So jealous! This must be that legendary fairy-tale romance~"

"Someone, come kill me to add to the excitement for our big bro and sis-in-law!"

Ning Ruoxi scrolled through these comments, a sweet smile gracing her lips.

Right now, she really wanted to tell the whole world just how good this boy was to her...