If they were just ordinary friends, the butler and Ye Qingkun would have been overjoyed.
However, the two men downstairs were clearly anything but ordinary.
Their intimidating presence alone spoke volumes.
Ye Qingkun had spent years in the business world and had met plenty of powerful figures.
Even on her mother’s side, Ye Shaohua had connections to influential people—yet none carried the same aura as these two men.
It was a strange feeling.
The two sitting on the sofa radiated an unmistakable air of danger.
Seeing his daughter chatting so casually with them only deepened Ye Qingkun’s unease.
“These two are…?” Ye Qingkun brought over a plate of cut fruit with toothpicks, eyeing the young men warily.
Ye Shaohua smiled at him. “They’re my business partners. Dad, you know I’m interning right now—we’re collaborating on a software project. Right?”
She glanced at the two young men for confirmation.
Two Level 8 members of the Special Operations Unit: “…Y-Yeah, Uncle.”
WTF?
Their great, mysterious, and supremely authoritative identities had just been reduced to internship buddies?!
But their mission today was to recruit Ye Shaohua.
They had expected her to be thrilled, to seek a private meeting—yet here she was, casually having them sit in the living room.
Her expression remained indifferent the entire time, making them look like the nervous newbies.
But considering her abilities, they didn’t dare complain.
This girl had joined the Intelligence Unit as a Level 9 member—the third highest-ranking in the organization.
Compared to that, nothing about her should surprise them anymore.
When they declined Ye Qingkun’s enthusiastic offer to stay the night and prepared to leave—
Ye Shaohua suddenly spoke up. “Wait.”
She pulled a crumpled piece of paper from her jeans pocket. “Here’s the first draft of what you asked for. If it passes review, I’ll send the rest.”
Realizing this might contain blueprints for a new weapon, the two straightened up, accepted it with reverence, and left respectfully.
Before heading upstairs, Ye Shaohua gave Ye Qingkun a quick, light hug. “Dad, Uncle Butler, get some rest.”
Ye Qingkun stared at her retreating figure, his fingers trembling with emotion.
This was the first time his daughter had shown him such affection.
He immediately called his secretary. Minutes later, another 500,000 yuan was deposited into Ye Shaohua’s allowance account.
The butler rolled his eyes as Ye Qingkun excitedly paced the living room like an overjoyed child.
By the time Ye Shaohua finished the organization’s request, two days had passed.
During that time, she and Yi Jian Zhu Jiu had finally collected the Phoenix Stone in-game.
The moment she logged back in, she noticed the world chat flooding with messages.
Before she could read them, Chang Fa Ji Yao sent her a private message:
[PM] Chang Fa Ji Yao: Xian Hua Nong Ying’s real-life photos were posted on the forums—high-def, no edits, candid shots. Half the server’s gone crazy over them. I took a peek too… she really is stunning. People are practically worshipping her now.
[PM] Chang Fa Ji Yao: Can’t blame them. Even from a girl’s perspective, Xian Hua Nong Ying is model-tier beautiful. And she really is the top campus belle at A University—someone even posted a video of her performing a traditional dance at the freshman welcome ceremony.
Beautiful people always got special treatment.
And someone as breathtakingly gorgeous as Xian Hua Nong Ying?
No wonder the server had lost their minds.
Now, everyone suddenly understood why Qing Hai Gu Zhou and Ye Shang Chu Yang had broken off their in-game marriage.
[PM] Ye Shang Chu Yang: Oh.
Chang Fa Ji Yao was exasperated.
[PM] Chang Fa Ji Yao: That’s not even the worst part! Cheng Zi and the Nian Zhou guild have been leaving shady comments under the post, attacking you nonstop. It’s infuriating! Even Yi Jian Zhu Jiu and Tian Xia are getting dragged into it!
She sent Ye Shaohua a forum link via QQ.
The first post was a photo of An Xun—delicate, fair-skinned, with classical features.
As the reigning campus belle, she was undeniably beautiful, especially in a gaming community where such looks were rare.
And the forum commenters weren’t even hiding their identities:
Cheng Zi: Yi Jian Zhu Jiu and Tian Xia must be blind! So what if Ye Shang Chu Yang has a nice voice? She still won’t show her face!*
A random user fired back:
Hai Shang Yue: Then why don’t YOU ask Ye Shang Chu Yang to post a photo? Bet she wouldn’t dare!
Cheng Zi: Of course she wouldn’t! She’d look like dirt next to Nong Ying!
…
Meanwhile, Qing Hai Gu Zhou had also seen Xian Hua Nong Ying’s photos.
She was objectively gorgeous—the kind of beauty that stood out in any crowd.
This time, he didn’t hesitate.
He immediately sent Xian Hua Nong Ying a marriage proposal in-game.
An Xun had been waiting for Yi Jian Zhu Jiu and Tian Xia to add her.
But after a long wait… nothing.
She frowned. Are they actually blind?
With a cold smirk, she finally accepted Qing Hai Gu Zhou’s proposal.
Chang Fa Ji Yao, who was partied with Ye Shaohua, grumbled a few curses about Qing Hai Gu Zhou before dropping the subject.
But things didn’t end there.
Two hours later, right beneath Xian Hua Nong Ying’s photo thread—
Someone leaked Ye Shang Chu Yang’s real-life photos.
Placed side by side, the contrast was striking.
When the news reached Lin Ye, he had just finished signing documents handed to him by his secretary. Spinning a pen in his hand, he smirked.
“Fourth Bro, You Ren Yin just said Xiao Ye posted her photos. Honestly… don’t you wanna see what she looks like?”
Chu Yun, standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, narrowed his eyes. “She posted photos?”
“Yep. Right after Xian Hua Nong Ying’s pics blew up, hers got leaked too,” Lin Ye said, already booting up Chu Yun’s computer. “What’s your password again?”
Frowning, Chu Yun recited a string of numbers.
Lin Ye logged in, pulled up the game’s official forum, and instantly found Ye Shang Chu Yang’s thread.
He couldn’t care less about the so-called campus belle.
His focus was entirely on Xiao Ye.
“Found it! Here, Fourth Bro, come take a look at—”
