闪电算

The next day, Ye Xingguang woke up with dark circles under her eyes. No matter how she tried, her make-up could not conceal her slightly swollen, panda-like eyes.

Fearing Ye Junqing might see her dishevelled appearance from lack of sleep, she dallied coming down. But to her surprise, Junqing was not at home. The usually bustling breakfast hall was empty, save for her.

“Butler, has everyone else not woken up?”

Tang Zhou, Ji Qishu, Mo Fei, and others, who usually breakfasted here, were all missing this morning.

The butler replied, “Master Ye Shiting woke up. All the young masters went to the hospital, Miss Ye, I saw the photos on the internet. You saved Master Shiting, you’re a hero to the Ye’s Family.”

Ye Xingguang feigned modesty: “Oh, it was nothing really.”

She hadn’t seen the photos on the internet but when she arrived at work after breakfast, she was surrounded by colleagues and superiors, as if she were a celebrity.

Everyone knew she had rescued Ye Shiting last night. They even said people on the internet were shipping them as a couple. When she checked the comments on her computer, she was flabbergasted.

There were even cartoons of her carrying Ye Shiting out of the fire.

Her rescue of Ye Shiting made the headlines of all major newspapers, including the KOCO TV station.

Her identity was also revealed by enthusiastic netizens:

Ye Xingguang, formerly the darling of C University, now an intern at KOCO TV station, outshone Xia Yanyan during the closing song of the concert…etc. The only thing they hadn’t dug up was her status of being the favored girl of Ye Junqing!

“Have netizens lost their minds? Why are they forming such thoughts? Ye Shiting is a married man. Teacher Chang, is there any way to tone down the enthusiasm of these netizens?”

Chang Qinghua knew she was Ye Junqing’s official partner. The ship formed by netizens between her and Ye Shiting was indeed unsettling, but it couldn’t be controlled unless her identity as Ye Junqing’s preferential companion was revealed.

Rebecca Perry sat in her office, jealousy gnawing at her heart as she saw Ye Xingguang heralded as a hero for saving the country’s top presidential candidate. She wished there could be some bigger news to overshadow Ye Xingguang’s moment of glory.

At this moment, an exclamation echoed through the office: “Oh my god, Xia Yanyan wants to get married.”

“What do you mean?”

“Just check Xia Yanyan’s recent tweet, she is saying that she wants to settle down. She is even thinking about using her special privilege to personally pick the man of her choice to marry, contributing to the nation by raising the next generation of merpeople. This is so explosive!”

What? Immediately everyone lost interest in praising Ye Xingguang and began to check Xia Yanyan’s tweet on their phones or computers.

Just a minute ago, Xia Yanyan had tweeted: “I’m about to celebrate my 25th birthday, at the prime of life. I would like to walk into the chapel of marriage with the most special man, raise the most distinguished next-generation national treasure for our nation. Even though the nation has given me the privilege to pick any man, of thousands of rivers, I only want a ladle of yours. [Love]”

Reading Xia Yanyan’s tweet, Ye Xingguang had a bad feeling.

Could the “you” Xia Yanyan was referring to be Ye Junqing?

Am I overthinking it?

Back in the newsroom, everyone was discussing this.

“Wow! It seems like Xia Yanyan has someone she cherishes. She only wants one ladle out of thousands of rivers. So romantic! Who has charmed this national treasure? We must dig this out!”

“I remember the nation did give Xia Yanyan this privilege. As long as he’s an unmarried man, she can choose anyone she wishes. Even if he disagrees, the nation will enforce it, otherwise he risks facing three years in prison, and his entire family would be stripped of their political power for a lifetime.”