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A large crowd had already gathered in the hall. Many of them had come because of its reputation, having learned about Lingxi’s Love from videos on Douyin.

When Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi came into view, the venue instantly erupted with screams. Countless cameras were aimed at the couple, their shutters clicking away furiously.

Even Ye Ling’s mouth twitched as he took in the sea of people before him.

’Did we overdo it with the hype?’

He did a rough estimate. With the venue’s limited capacity, there were probably over five hundred people here. At the same time, the fan meet was also being livestreamed on Douyin!

Ning Ruoxi was a little nervous at first, but the fans were all so friendly that she gradually relaxed, even breaking into a smile from time to time.

The fan meet primarily had two parts. The first was an author interaction session, where fans who drew a numbered ticket could come on stage for a chat. Afterward, there would be a book signing and giveaway.

The fan who drew ticket number one was a cute, busty girl with glasses. She looked incredibly kawaii, as if she had walked right out of an anime.

"Whoa, that girl is super cute too!"

"Hehe, she’s pretty, but I still think my goddess Ruoxi is prettier!"

"Are all the fans this gorgeous these days? Sob, I’m not worthy."

...

In an instant, the livestream chat exploded with comments, and the viewer count skyrocketed.

It hadn’t even been ten minutes since the broadcast started, and the number of viewers had already surpassed one hundred thousand.

"Sister Ruoruo, I have a request, but I’m not sure if you’ll agree to it?"

At that moment, the busty, cute girl looked at Ning Ruoxi, blinking her eyes, looking completely innocent.

"Is it for an autograph? That’s no problem."

Ning Ruoxi replied with a gentle smile.

"No, that’s not it..."

But the busty, cute girl shook her head and then said, "Excuse me, but could you kiss this gentleman here?"

A kiss!?

In that instant.

The entire venue went quiet.

Clearly, no one had expected this seemingly innocent young woman to make such a request.

"Holy crap, are girls really this bold these days?"

"I really wanted to see them kiss too, but I was too embarrassed to say it..."

"Forming a party to steal Goddess Ruoruo! (1/100)"

"To the person above, count me in!"

Because of this one sentence from the big-eyed, cute girl, the livestream chat instantly erupted again.

Clearly, no one had expected such a pure and lovable girl to make a request like that!

"Kiss already! I’ll send a Rocket!"

"Yeah, yeah! Kiss! I’m sending ten Rockets!"

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

One after another, Rockets were sent, and in an instant, the livestream’s popularity shot to number one across all of Douyin.

At once, Ning Ruoxi’s face grew so red it looked like it was about to start dripping.

If the livestream chat was going wild, the live audience was even more frantic. Many fans even waved their light-up fan signs, chanting in unison, "Kiss! Kiss!"

"Hey, babe, look. The fans are demanding it, and from the person who drew ticket number one, no less. It wouldn’t be right to refuse, would it?"

Ye Ling, ever the instigator, chimed in from the side with a wicked grin on his face. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

’He originally thought this kind of fan meet would be boring. Looks like it’s not so bad after all!?’

’He would never admit he was just lusting after Ning Ruoxi’s beauty. He was simply thinking that this would enhance the atmosphere on site. Mmm, that’s all it was!’

"Th-that’s not a good idea..."

Ning Ruoxi stammered, her face crimson, while secretly shooting daggers at Ye Ling with her eyes.

’That damned jerk, teasing me in public! I’ll make him kneel on a washboard when we get back!’

"No, we think it’s a great idea!"

"Yeah, yeah! Just one kiss! I want to see it, waaaah..."

"Kiss! Kiss!"

However, the crowd had no intention of letting Ning Ruoxi off the hook so easily and continued to press their demand.

"Be good. Just one little kiss."

Seeing this, Ye Ling simply tilted Ning Ruoxi’s head toward him and gently planted a kiss on her forehead.

In that instant.

Ning Ruoxi’s pretty face turned red as an apple, while Ye Ling looked down at the girl before him with a doting expression.

At that moment, whether it was the five hundred fans in the audience or the countless people watching on their screens, everyone’s face broke into a fond, knowing smile.

Seeing this, Ye Ling grumbled to himself, ’Are these people masochists or something, begging to be force-fed our PDA?’

"I said mouth-to-mouth, not a kiss on the forehead!"

But the busty, cute girl wasn’t buying it, pouting as she spoke.

"Holy crap! This girl is seriously fierce!"

"Yeah, I want to see a real kiss, mouth-to-mouth! Not on the forehead!"

"Host, tell that girl if she starts her own stream, I’ll send twenty Rockets to support her!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

The chat filled with a flood of ’666’s. Now, they weren’t just fans of Ning Ruoxi and Ye Ling; they were fans of the busty, cute girl too.

Ye Ling glanced at the comments and chuckled. "Alright, alright, that’s enough. My wife gets shy easily, so don’t push it."

"Waaah, what fresh hell is this? I’m being assaulted by all this PDA!"

"Mom, I’ve finally made it! I’m now capable of finding my own PDA to consume!"

...

And so, the fan meet, which was full of one dose of PDA after another, continued on.

From then on, Ye Ling didn’t agree to any more of the fans’ ’excessive’ requests. He knew Ning Ruoxi was easily embarrassed, and a kiss on the forehead was about as far as he could go.

’As for what his wife looked like when she was even more bashful? There was no way he was going to let these people see that!’

After the interaction session came the book signing and giveaway.

Ning Ruoxi had prepared about a hundred physical copies of the manga for the fan meet. At first, she’d been worried she wouldn’t be able to give them all away, but now it was obvious that she hadn’t brought nearly enough.

"Since we only have a limited number of physical copies, we’ll be drawing fifty people from the live audience and another fifty from the livestream. These one hundred winners will receive a copy of the first volume of Lingxi’s Love, signed by my wife! At the same time, these hundred people will also be the very first to see the manga! And ’Lingxi’s Love’ will be officially released right after this fan meet is over!"

Ye Ling glanced at the time, picked up the microphone, and announced with a light laugh.

"Quick, quick, pick me!"

"To the person above, are you sick in the head? You wanna get ’picked’? Let me do the picking!"

...

The livestream’s comment section instantly erupted once more, the chat scrolling by in a frenzy.

As for drawing the lucky winners, that was something Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi didn’t have to worry about. The staff would handle it.

Soon, all one hundred signed books were given out.

At almost the exact same moment, "Lingxi’s Love" shot up the Weibo trending charts once again!