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Xue Jing adjusted his disheveled clothes and made up a story:
"She's an orphan I rescued from traffickers in the Inner Ring area. She had nowhere to go, not even an ID card. Seeing how efficiently she did housework, I let her stay with as a maid."
Xue Wan tilted her head and said, "So that's the story. Such a pitiful child... but you're so corrupt, kind of like a feudal landlord. Normally, taking in an orphan would an treating them like a foster sister or sothing."
Xue Jing waved his hand and said, "Having one sister is already troubleso enough, I can't even imagine having another one."
Xue Wan retorted, "How am I troubleso? You have no idea how many people envy you for having a beautiful sister who loves and dotes on you."
...
On the dining table, seven or eight fragrant dishes filled the table completely. Xue Jing patted the little maid's head and wiped a bit of sweat from her forehead with a tissue, saying gently:
"Thanks for your hard work. Sit down and eat with us, Yun Qin."
Yun Qin nodded obediently and said, "Yes, Master."
Xue Wan looked at the table full of dishes with so surprise: "So professional, and she's still just a child..."
She stretched out her hand with a smile and patted Yun Qin's head: "Yun Qin, you are amazing."
The little maid glanced at her shyly and whispered, "Miss..."
"Miss!" Xue Wan imdiately felt elated and said happily:
"It's the first ti soone has addressed so formally. I feel like I've beco the daughter of a wealthy family, so thrilling."
Xue Jing said leisurely, "Stop dreaming. You'll have to wash the dishes after eating, Cinderella."
Xue Wan glared at him and said, "You wicked stepmother, just wait until my glass slippers get delivered—I'll definitely step on you with them while wearing white stockings!"
The three of them began to eat. Although Xue Wan felt the glowing dishes her brother made were sowhat better, she didn't hesitate to lavish praise on Yun Qin's cooking skills.
While eating, Xue Wan scooted her chair next to Xue Jing and fiddled with her phone for a bit before handing it to him, saying proudly:
"Look at this, my silly little bean."
Xue Jing chewed on a large rib, crunching the hard bone and swallowing it, before looking at Xue Wan's phone.
It showed the personal hopage of a blogging app, the nickna of the user was @MySillyLittleBean, and the profile picture was of a coly, sleeping black cat wearing four white gloves—clearly Xue Wan's account.
Next to it was the number of followers—797,000.
"How about that, am I fierce or what? I'm soon going to hit a million followers."
Xue Wan boasted with pride.
"I'm now widely recognized as the head of Xue Jing's fan club; at my call, a million fans of Jing would gather instantly..."
As Xue Jing continued to eat, he casually remarked, "That's just leeching off my popularity; what's so fierce about that?"
Xue Wan grumbled, "I earned those followers fair and square. How can you say that?"
After more tapping on her phone, she handed it back to Xue Jing: "You probably don't pay much attention to your own news, but as your sister, I keep track. Let fill you in..."
"This is the post-ga rating from Shi Pu Sports for the U19 match. It's pretty funny."
Xue Jing looked at the screen, which displayed row upon row of U19 final participants' publicity photos and nas, with Xue Jing himself at the top of the list.
Number of ratings: 314,000; Score: 9.9/10
Hot comnts:
[Watching U19 without looking at Xue Jing is like reading the Four Great Classical Novels without reading The Dream of the Red Chamber, forgetting the middle part, and ultimately leading a relatively failed life.]
[A great face, great talent, and great personality.]
[Talks the talk, walks the walk, and plays hardball.]
[If you don't practice martial arts, seeing him is like a frog in a well looking at the moon; if you do, he appears like a mayfly gazing at the vast sky.]
The second place was Otogirusu.
Number of ratings: 123,000; Score: 9.6/10
[Those who ship Jing and Suzuka throughout the year tend to have bright eyes, extre confidence, and their IQ rises annually until they completely beco geniuses.]
[Disclair: I really am not a fujoshi. I get disgusted by any male-male pair, but it would be so great if Xue Jing and Lu Sang shared a kiss.]
[Witnessing Xue Jing and Lu Sang standing together without shipping them within three seconds is testimony of a divine being.]
...What the hell are these comnts... Xue Jing frowned and scrolled past them, looking further down.
He soon spotted Zhou Yinglin in a position far down the rankings.
Number of raters: 166,000; Rating: 3.7 out of 10
[Could you perform that one more ti? "Genius is just the threshold to et , watch closely, it will be over in an instant," "Hahahahaha!!!"]
[Self-proclaid Beethoven, a top-tier fool]
[Blowing his own trumpet before the match but turned out to be a fool afterward]
[The people of Inner Ring City saved up their sense of superiority for over a hundred years, and Zhou Yinglin blew it all in one competition]
[The annual best joke of the Old Martial Circle]
...
"How is it, pretty funny, right?" Xue Wan said happily.
"Boring." Xue Jing pursed his lips.
He'd been rather amused until he saw a bunch of people pairing him up with Otogirusu in a male-male CP, which made Xue Jing feel a bit revolted.
Thankfully, Lu Sang's true identity is female, which made it sowhat more tolerable for him; otherwise, he might have been so bothered that he'd have nightmares tonight.
Xue Wan, who understood her younger brother extrely well, naturally knew what was bothering him, and patted his shoulder to comfort him:
"You're a big star now, you have to be more open-minded."
Xue Jing gave her a glance before suddenly saying with a smile:
"Then how about I bring him ho in a few days and tell mom and dad it was your suggestion?"
"Eh?" Xue Wan's eyes widened.
She imdiately wrapped her arms around Xue Jing's arm, looking pitifully at him: "Brother Jing, Officer Jing, I was just kidding."
Xue Jing stroked his chin: "I'm also just kidding with mom and dad... I'll explain it clearly in a few days."
"By then my skin would have been peeled and dried by mom!"
...
Amid the noise and laughter, the night passed.
Early the next morning, Xue Jing got up to prepare breakfast, practiced Yellow Grannie Skill for a while, and at eight o'clock sharp, took out his phone, opened his contacts list, found Pei Xiao'en, the father of the Pei brothers, and called him.
The call was picked up quickly, without much waiting.
A sowhat low and anxious voice ca through the receiver: "Hello, is this Little Jing?"
Pei Xiao'en seed to have been woken up, his voice hoarse with the roughness of just waking up.
Xue Jing spoke in an indifferent tone: "Hello, Uncle Pei."
"You know why I'm calling, right?"
Pei Xiao'en's tone was sowhat ingratiating: "Of course, our governnt, under the supervision of Chief Chu, is going all out to find the Divine Relic for you..."
Xue Jing curiously asked: "Oh? Chief Chu?"
Pei Xiao'en's voice beca even more respectful: "Yes, thanks to you, Councilor Chu Minyi made great achievents in dealing with the Heavenly Lodge Insect Mother incident. He was elected as the new Chief Councillor of Qingcheng in the 'grand council' held half a month ago."
"He has always wanted to hold a banquet to thank you personally... Do you have any free ti coming up?"
Xue Jing laughed, "No need for a banquet, if he truly feels grateful, he should settle the balance for the Divine Relics that are owed to ."
Pei Xiao'en imdiately assured him: "Rest assured, Chief Chu is putting his full effort into this matter, and we've already borrowed four relics through various channels, ready to be delivered to you shortly."
Xue Jing humd in response, satisfied with the efficiency of the Qing City Governnt.
According to the three-month deadline for ten Divine Relics, they managed to secure four in a month; they should be able to fulfill the agreent in ti.
After finishing the formalities, he casually asked, "How's Youguang doing lately? All good?"
Pei Youguang, the school bully who once tried to oppress him and completely surrendered after being reprimanded by Xue Jing, could probably be considered as Xue Jing's friend. Now, addressing Pei Youguang's father, he showed a bit of concern.
On the other end of the phone, hearing Xue Jing inquire about his son, Pei Xiao'en imdiately beca excited.
"Very well, Youguang is doing exceptionally well. Recently, he has shown so promise, and I've had him join your Hidden Dragon Dojo, making rapid progress under the guidance of the Dragon King. He is indeed a great master capable of ntoring a top disciple like you. It's just that I have been too busy with work and neglected him before..."
"Youguang also keeps talking about you, Little Jing. When you have so free ti, could you co to visit him..."
Listening to him switching between 'Little Jing' and 'you,' trying to be both respectful yet not distant, Xue Jing found it sowhat amusing but didn't mind. He just said "I'll co by when I have ti," and then hung up the phone.
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