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After they got home, Luo Yue started pestering Ye Ling to teach her the defense and anti-crawling code from earlier.

Ye Ling was truly helpless against the girl’s relentless pestering.

If this had been before, when the little girl was quick to show her Little Witch side, Ye Ling certainly wouldn’t have been so chivalrous—he would have given her a sound beating.

But now, the little girl was acting like a little angel, bouncing around beside him. Ye Ling could only admit that he really couldn’t bring himself to lay a hand on her.

It seems our Comrade Ye Ling is the type who responds to a soft touch, but not to force.

So, Ye Ling just went ahead and agreed. While he was teaching Luo Yue the code, he also took the opportunity to reinforce the defense system on Ning Ruoxi’s laptop.

The trouble Luo Yue had gotten into was a wake-up call for him. Ning Ruoxi was very popular now, so there was no guarantee that someone with malicious intent wouldn’t try something. Hacking into Ning Ruoxi’s system was a very real possibility!

And if someone did hack into Ning Ruoxi’s system, stolen photos would be a minor issue. The more critical concern was that many of Ning Ruoxi’s drafts were digital!

If any of that material were to be leaked, it would undoubtedly have a severe impact on the release of the second volume of Lingxi’s Love.

It could even directly affect the future success of Lingxi’s Love and its IP development plan!

"That’s about it. Got it?"

Ye Ling glanced at Luo Yue beside him. The girl nodded with a look of half-understanding.

"Alright, then you can reinforce the firewall on my computer. I’m going to go make a late-night snack."

Ye Ling felt a bit hungry, so he headed to the kitchen, planning to cook some noodles.

He had to admit, teaching someone was truly exhausting work.

Even if Ye Ling had to type out the code four or five times himself, it wouldn’t have been this tiring. After all, he knew it all by heart.

But teaching the little girl, Luo Yue, required a pointer here and an explanation there. The lesson had already taken up a good part of the evening.

"Stinky, you’re still awake?~"

Just then, Ning Ruoxi, wearing a pair of bunny pajamas, walked into the kitchen rubbing her eyes. Seeing Ye Ling busy, she asked.

"It’s all because that little girl kept pestering me to teach her how to reinforce a firewall."

Ye Ling felt a bit resigned. But looking at the sleepy-eyed Ning Ruoxi before him, his heart suddenly fluttered.

Ning Ruoxi’s hair was a little messy from sleep, but it didn’t detract from her beauty in the slightest. Dressed in her pajamas, she gave off the air of a domestic goddess.

Ye Ling couldn’t resist reaching out and pulling Ning Ruoxi into his embrace.

"Hey, what are you doing?~ Yueyue’s still in the living room."

Any sleepiness Ning Ruoxi felt was now gone, and she spoke with a blush creeping up her cheeks.

"That little girl’s still busy. The things I taught her are enough to keep her occupied for at least another half hour."

Ye Ling grinned mischievously, pressing his face against Ning Ruoxi’s neck and whispering in her ear, "Babe, you smell so good~"

"You’re awful!"

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but feel her body go weak, and she leaned her full weight against Ye Ling.

Seeing how captivating his girlfriend looked, Ye Ling couldn’t help but chuckle before planting a kiss on her cheek.

"You really do smell sweet, like a little fragrant piggy~"

Ye Ling said teasingly, earning another eye-roll from Ning Ruoxi.

Hmph!

’Is that any way to talk to your girlfriend?’

’A little fragrant piggy...’

’Do I really seem like a piglet?’

"Boo hoo hoo, Master, you’re getting up to no good with Sister Ruoruo again!"

A small head suddenly poked in through the kitchen doorway. It was Luo Yue, who grinned slyly at the scene before her.

Having been subjected to a constant barrage of public displays of affection, our Comrade Luo Xiaoyue had developed an immunity. She no longer fled in defeat at the first sight of it like before...

In fact, she could now stare wide-eyed, not even blinking, as she watched the intimate little moments between Ning Ruoxi and Ye Ling.

Seeing her expression, Ye Ling was reminded of a song from TikTok~

’Eyes staring wide like copper bells~’

"I’m kissing my girl. Is that a problem?"

Ye Ling huffed.

"Hee hee, of course you can, of course! This humble one has no objections. Whatever Master says is right!"

Luo Yue immediately nodded.

She looked exactly like a little suck-up.

Ning Ruoxi couldn’t help but give both Ye Ling and Luo Yue a resigned eye-roll.

’It felt like she was the only sane one left in the house!’

"Why are you here?"

Ye Ling asked, glancing at Luo Yue.

"I’ve finished reinforcing the firewall!"

Luo Yue announced, clearly looking for praise.

"That fast?"

Even Ye Ling was a little stunned. Skeptical, he walked over to the living room.

After a quick look at the code Luo Yue had written, Ye Ling couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction.

It seemed the little girl, Luo Yue, really did have a talent for computers. He originally thought it would take her at least half an hour to figure all this out.

"GROWL~"

Just then, a soft sound came from Luo Yue’s flat stomach.

Instantly, Luo Yue’s face turned bright red. She said, embarrassed, "I guess I’m a little hungry~"

"Babe, hungry? Want me to make some noodles for you two?"

Ye Ling looked at Ning Ruoxi, asking with a smile.

Ahem.

He was talking about simply making noodles. If your mind is in the gutter, please turn yourself in to the nearest police station~

"Okay!"

Ning Ruoxi, ever the innocent one, nodded.

"Boo hoo, Master, you’re so lewd!"

Luo Yue, who spent all her time online, naturally understood the hidden meaning of the joke. Her face instantly flushed red as she spoke.

"You’re the one with the dirty mind! Don’t you go pinning it on me!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Ye Ling shot her a glare.

"What is she talking about?"

Ning Ruoxi looked at Ye Ling, confused.

"Nothing, nothing. You don’t need to know."

Ye Ling waved his hands dismissively. He didn’t want his girlfriend, who was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, to suddenly be corrupted by so many dirty jokes.

Luo Yue: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ Stop feeding me this PDA!

And Ye Ling did indeed make each of the two girls a bowl of Yangchun noodles.

Yangchun noodles might sound nice, but they’re really just plain noodles. The reason he made them plain wasn’t because they were out of other ingredients, but because both girls were watching their figures, so Ye Ling didn’t dare add any oily toppings.

However, his culinary skills were so superb that even a simple bowl of plain Yangchun noodles tasted absolutely delicious to the two girls.