"Come on, let go."

Ning Ruoxi buried her face in the pillow, looking at Ye Ling shyly. Her voice trembled slightly.

For some reason, her feet had always been extremely sensitive. Forget being tickled by Ye Ling like this; she couldn’t even stand the slightest touch.

As a result, practically no one had ever touched her feet her entire life...

"Hehehe."

Watching Ning Ruoxi’s reaction, Ye Ling broke into a mischievous grin. Not only did he not let go, but he started to toy with her little foot.

Ning Ruoxi’s feet were very soft, maybe even more tender than her hands. The soles were a little fleshy and felt so nice to the touch that he couldn’t bring himself to let go.

For some reason, Ye Ling found himself suddenly infatuated with the sensation. The more he looked at her small, exquisite, jade-like foot, the more he liked it.

Suddenly, he became aware of the strange thought in his mind. ’Tsk, tsk, isn’t this a little perverted...’

’Bah! How is this perverted?’

’Can you call things that happen between a couple perverted?’

’This is called love! It’s because I love Ning Ruoxi that I love everything about her—I love touching her little feet and seeing her whole face flush red with shyness.’

’That’s right, that’s exactly it!’

Having reasoned things out, Ye Ling gave the little foot another squeeze, a silly smile spreading across his face.

"Get your paws off me, you hear?!"

Just as Ye Ling was grinning like an idiot, Ning Ruoxi, feeling utterly mortified and annoyed, kicked her other foot straight at him.

Our Lord Ye was lost in his fantasy, so how could he possibly have had time to react?

A small foot loomed larger and larger in his vision.

By the time Ye Ling finally realized what was happening, he felt something smack him in the face. His center of gravity gone, he was kicked over and rolled onto the floor.

"Hiss..."

Ye Ling sat on the floor, unable to stop himself from sucking in a sharp breath. His eyes were wide with utter confusion.

"Ah! Your nose is bleeding."

Before he could even process what had happened, Ning Ruoxi suddenly let out a cry of alarm.

Ye Ling felt a warmth in his nostrils and the metallic scent of blood, and he was instantly snapped back to reality.

"Damn, you brat, wasn’t that a bit too harsh?"

Ye Ling was fucking speechless. He quickly pushed himself up and rushed toward the bathroom.

’In my memory, this should be my first blood... Ahem, don’t get the wrong idea. I just mean my first nosebleed.’

’But this first nosebleed... isn’t it just too fucking embarrassing to talk about?’

’Getting it from a kick from my own girlfriend...’

Ye Ling felt that if word of this got out, he’d never be able to show his face in public again.

SPLASH—

Water gushed from the faucet. Fortunately, Ye Ling wasn’t bleeding too heavily, and after a quick rinse, he was mostly fine.

It was probably because the mutton he had for lunch was too ’heaty,’ plus the force of Ning Ruoxi’s kick was just right, that his nose started bleeding.

’Looks like I’ll have to eat less mutton in the future...’

Ye Ling couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

"Are you okay now?"

Ning Ruoxi had followed him to the bathroom, still barefoot. Seeing Ye Ling’s state, she looked a little sheepish.

After all, this was her handiwork...

Truth be told, she hadn’t expected her kick to be so powerful. She just couldn’t help herself when she saw that sly grin on Ye Ling’s face, and then...

"What do you think?"

Ye Ling shot her an annoyed glare.

’Damn it, one casual kick and she made my nose bleed. If she got serious, I’d probably have to check in to the next world.’

"I didn’t do it on purpose... Besides, it was your fault for messing around."

Ning Ruoxi said, a bit defensively.

Hearing this, Ye Ling’s gaze couldn’t help but fall back to Ning Ruoxi’s bare feet. They were so fair and tender that for a moment, he forgot the lingering metallic tang of blood in his nose.

’Then again,’ he thought, ’even though this girl kicked me hard enough to give me a nosebleed, her little feet really are soft and feel great to touch...’

’I just have to be more careful next time. I need to grab both feet at once, then I’ll be fine.’

At this thought, the corners of Ye Ling’s mouth turned up slightly again.

"What are you thinking about now, you creep?"

Seeing the smile suddenly reappear on Ye Ling’s face, Ning Ruoxi followed his gaze down to her own bare feet and glared at him with feigned anger.

"Nothing, nothing."

Although Ye Ling didn’t think it was a big deal, he knew it would sound a little perverted if he said it out loud, so he quickly waved his hands dismissively.

"Hmph! If you dare mess around again, I’ll make you lose your 207th bone."

Ning Ruoxi shot Ye Ling a glance, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.

Hearing this, Ye Ling instinctively shivered, a sudden chill running through his lower body.

’Fucking hell...’

’Isn’t that a bit too vicious?’

Ye Ling’s mouth twitched. ’As expected of a creature that can bleed for a week every month and be perfectly fine.’

’My apologies, I was too rash.’

"Hmph! Go sit on the bed for a bit. I’ll make dinner tonight."

Ning Ruoxi said, her heart aching a little as she looked at him.

Ye Ling couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.

’Is this the legendary ’the mouth says no, but the body says yes’?’

’Even though I got kicked, I get to enjoy a home-cooked meal from my wifey. Doesn’t seem like a bad trade, does it?’

Ye Ling thought gleefully. ’If I’d known, I would’ve let Ning Ruoxi kick me a couple more times... no, wait... that’s starting to sound a little perverted again.’

Ye Ling sat on the sofa waiting for dinner, scrolling through Douyin, when he suddenly came across a video about the Net Entertainment Group’s stock plummeting. A look of interest immediately appeared on his face.

He had previously given Zhu Yun a billion yuan to launch an attack on the Net Entertainment Group, but he hadn’t expected to see results so quickly.

For ten consecutive days, the stock had plummeted, hitting its daily limit down countless times.

In the last few years of the stock market, the Net Entertainment Group’s performance had to be some kind of freakish anomaly.

RING RING RING—

Just then, Ye Ling’s phone rang. The caller ID showed Zhu Yun.

"You did a good job this time."

Ye Ling said with a light chuckle as soon as he answered the phone.

One billion yuan, while a huge sum of money, was dwarfed in comparison to a behemoth like the Net Entertainment Group.

According to market valuations, the Net Entertainment Group’s market cap was around seventy to eighty billion. Ye Ling had previously told Zhu Yun to use this one part of the money to achieve the effect of fifty parts.

Not only had she accomplished this, but she had exceeded expectations, using one part of the capital to gain an eighty-fold return!

Achieving such a return was absolutely inseparable from her skill and operations.

"Chairman Ye, you praise me too highly. If you hadn’t given me such a large amount of capital, I could never have achieved these results, no matter what I did."

Zhu Yun, however, was very modest. She quickly continued, "The main reason I’m calling is to ask for your instructions on a matter. Now that the Net Entertainment Group’s stock has plummeted, I’d like to take this opportunity to acquire their shares in the company’s name."