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「The next day.」

After waking up, Ye Ling did his daily workout and took a shower, feeling completely revitalized.

Speaking of which, Brother Ling had really been slacking on his physical training lately. Fortunately, he had the system, so his fitness hadn’t declined!

After freshening up, Ye Ling went to the kitchen. A bowl of noodles sat on the table, with a note tucked underneath.

Ye Ling glanced at it. The note was from Ning Ruoxi. She had gotten up early and already left for school, reminding Ye Ling to eat well.

Ye Ling smiled, sat down, and started a video call with Ning Ruoxi while he ate.

About three seconds later, the call connected, and a fresh, rosy face appeared on the screen.

"Stinky, what do you think you’re doing? I’m in class!" Ning Ruoxi whispered, shooting Ye Ling a playful glare.

"I just wanted to see you," Ye Ling said with a small smile. "Just pay attention to your class. You can mute the call and keep the camera on you."

"You’re so silly."

Ning Ruoxi huffed quietly but did as Ye Ling said, obediently muting her phone and propping it up on her desk.

The class was almost over anyway. By the time Ye Ling had nearly finished his noodles, the lecture ended for Ning Ruoxi.

"Want me to come to campus and keep you company?" Ye Ling asked.

"No, it’s okay. I only had one class today. I’m going to the library with Yueyue for a bit, and then I’ll head home," Ning Ruoxi said, wrinkling her nose.

"Hmph!"

Ye Ling snorted, showing his displeasure with Luo Yue.

"Oh, come on. It’s not like you need to hole up in the library. I’m going there to actually study!" Ning Ruoxi quickly placated him.

"Fine."

Ye Ling was only teasing, not genuinely angry.

"I’m going to find Yueyue now. Bye!"

Ning Ruoxi gave Ye Ling a little wave, then hung up.

After ending his call with Ning Ruoxi, Ye Ling sat on the sofa and scrolled through his phone. He suddenly noticed someone had @’d him in the Dorm 3222 group chat.

’He Jian: @Ye Ling, Brother Ling, Brother Ling, get online, quick! Something big is happening!’

’Ye Ling: What is it?’

’Yang Yu: Brother Ling, check this out.’

’Yang Yu: [Ling God, Modu University’s Pretentious Poser!]’

Yang Yu had sent a link to the campus message board. Ye Ling immediately guessed what was going on. It was probably that guy Gaoxun, up to his old tricks again.

Ye Ling casually clicked the link to take a look...

...

Ling God, Modu University’s Pretentious Poser!

...

Over the past few days, I’ve heard many legends about ’Ling God,’ and my curiosity got the better of me. Especially after someone mentioned he owns a luxury car worth tens of millions, I decided to do a little digging into this Ling God’s background.

According to my findings, this Ling God’s family situation is pretty decent. His father is a general manager at some small company, with a monthly salary approaching five figures. That’s pretty good!

...

Reading the post, Ye Ling couldn’t help but break into a cold smile.

’A monthly salary approaching five figures. Pretty good?’

There was no doubt about it. This Gaoxun was a master of passive-aggression.

’However,’ Ye Ling thought, ’this guy’s Yin-Yang Speech Art isn’t very refined. His passive-aggressive tone is obvious at a glance.’

"Why even bother? Are you in that much of a hurry to court death?"

The next moment, Ye Ling’s eyes narrowed.

Before, Ye Ling’s primary motivation for dealing with Gaoxun was simply because he had triggered a random mission.

He hadn’t been particularly bothered by the guy’s provocations.

’After all, he’s nothing but an ant.’

But at this moment, Ye Ling truly felt a murderous intent toward Gaoxun.

Ye Ling was no saint. He had his own reverse scale.

If anyone touched it, he would make them pay the price!

This Gaoxun had dared to investigate Ye Feng... That was something Ye Ling could not tolerate.

"You reap what you sow," Ye Ling said, shaking his head softly.

Right then and there, Ye Ling decided the man’s fate.

Of course, this didn’t mean he was literally going to kill him.

There were many ways to make someone pay. The most painful was never violence, but rather making them experience the fall from grace.

’Doesn’t Gaoxun enjoy his status as a rich heir so much?’

’Then, Ye Ling would just have to strip him of that identity.’

Crucially, Gaoxun had brought this upon himself. Even if Ye Ling pulled some strings to move against him, no one could say a thing.

Trouble doesn’t extend to people outside the circle.

That was the rule of the circle.

A rule was a rule. Break it, and you’d have to bear the consequences.

It was just like when Ye Ling moved against the Jiang Family. Even though they were on the defensive, they never targeted Ye Feng.

The Jiang Family understood that while they could have easily gone after Ye Feng, it simply wasn’t allowed in their circles.

After all, every powerful family had relatives who were outside the circle...

If you could go after Ye Ling’s family, it meant you could go after theirs next.

Had the Jiang Family set such a precedent, the other major families would have concluded that all bets were off. They would have joined together to break the rules and completely exterminate the Jiang Family’s own relatives who lived outside the circle.

Ye Ling forwarded the entire article directly to Zhu Yun. About a minute later, a reply came back.

’Zhu Yun: Understood! Shengding Group will immediately announce the termination of our partnership with Tianxun Group and will be adding them to our blacklist!’