Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

"This guy was Cloud Celestial Monarch!"

Even though Cloud Celestial Monarch posted anonymously, Cheng Yi had the authority to check his real identity.

Yun Xiliu furrowed her brows, "Cloud Celestial Monarch?"

She felt like she'd seen that name somewhere before.

After thinking it over, she said coldly, "It's him, Cloud Celestial Monarch, ranked number one on the Heavenly Pride List!"

Cheng Yi nodded, "Yeah, that's the guy, all the info about Xiao Ye was leaked by him."

Cheng Yi tapped her watch, projecting a virtual screen, and after a few quick clicks, a super popular post popped up on the display.

It was a challenge post.

[Everyone, I'm officially issuing a challenge to Xiao Ye, who ranks second on the Heavenly Pride List. Tomorrow at 8 a.m., I'll face him at the Void God Tower arena. I'm going to crush him and show Assistant Professor Liu Ya that the Xiao Ye she admires really isn't as impressive as she thinks. (Posted by Cloud Celestial Monarch, number one on the Heavenly Pride List)]

Under the post, there were a ton of comments talking about how they couldn't wait to see "scumbag Xiao" get wrecked, and even more telling our Goddess Teaching Assistant to wake up and see Xiao's true colors.

After reading the stuff on the screen, Yunxi sneered, "What a piece of work, that Cloud Celestial Monarch!"

"Such a disgrace to his own crew!"

Cheng Yi muttered disdainfully, "Bet getting to number one on the list went straight to his head. Challenging Uncle Xiao? Please. Even though Uncle Xiao was only a Seven-Star Grandmaster, with his SSS-rank Summoned Beast, he could totally punch above his weight class."

Whether it was Uncle Xiao or himself, if they wanted to fight for that top spot, it definitely wouldn't be Cloud Celestial Monarch's turn.

Yunxi smirked, remembering how Xiao Ye had stopped by earlier that afternoon, so she knew his realm had already reached the Great Grandmaster.

"You can head back now. After Cloud Celestial Monarch loses tomorrow, I'll dish out the harshest punishment he deserves."

She waved her hand, and whoosh—Cheng Yi was sent on her way.

At that moment, a tiny smile flickered across Yunxi's face. *She already had an idea for how she'd apologize.*

*Everything could wait for tomorrow.*

The very next morning,

in Villa No. 10, second floor bedroom, Lakeview Villas, Area Three—

Xiao Ye was knocked out cold, snuggling a warm, fragrant beauty in his arms, head buried in the plush, soft wonders beside him, hugging Liu Ya like an octopus with five arms and legs.

Click! Suddenly, the bedroom door burst open, and a pair of super-long legs dashed in from the hall.

Right after that, Xiao Ye felt someone shaking him, and a sweet but urgent girl's voice rang in his ear,

"Xiao Ye, wake up! We've got a problem."

Rubbing his eyes, Xiao Ye blearily saw Cheng Bingxi, her face flushed with worry.

"What's going on? Feeling lousy and want some comfort? Lemme just sleep five more minutes and then I'll make it up to you, sound good?"

At that, Cheng Bingxi's cheeks turned bright red, and she huffed, "Jeez—who's thinking about that so early in the morning? That's not it!"

Xiao Ye patted her head, "Then what is it? Chill, okay."

Cheng Bingxi stomped her foot, exasperated, "Ugh! How can I not freak out? Something happened—someone's challenging you, eight o'clock!"

Xiao Ye was still half-asleep and brushed it off, mumbling, "Challenging me? Do I gotta show up every time? Not interested."

Seeing he wanted to go back to sleep, Cheng Bingxi had no choice but to bring out the heavy artillery.

Next thing he knew, the girl pounced on him, pinning Xiao Ye beneath her, both hands working overtime to tickle his armpits mercilessly.

"Gahahaha!" Xiao Ye couldn't hold in his laughter anymore, whatever sleepiness he had was now totally gone.

Getting his beauty sleep wrecked, Xiao Ye got a touch of morning grumpiness. He yanked the comforter up, wrapping all three of them up, heads and all, sealing them in tight.

And then—"Pfffftttt~"

A thunderous fart went off under the covers.

It was nasty—a real nose-burner with a sound to match.

Right away, two cute girlish voices chirped out from underneath,

"Ugh! Xiao Ye, you're the absolute worst."

"Ew! So gross. Is someone cooking Flying Lion Powder? Gimme a bowl!"

Cheng Bingxi pinched her nose, her delicate face turning red from holding her breath and the stink.

Liu Ya, who'd still been dozing, was startled awake, and, still not quite conscious, she actually thought it was the signature smell of Flying Lion Powder.

Xiao Ye poked his head out for a gulp of fresh air and said, "Hey, Assistant Professor, does the Flying Lion Powder smell good or what?"

From under the covers came Liu Ya's confused, yawning voice, "Yeah, but how come the Flying Lion Powder has a weird sort of sauerkraut aroma, too?"

"So sour and stinky, but I wanna try it. Who's cooking? Bingxi and Si Yao can't even boil noodles, right?"

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"Ah! Sister Liu Ya! You've been duped, he just farted!" Cheng Bingxi scrambled to whip the covers away, letting the three of them finally breathe fresh air.

Farted?

Liu Ya snapped to attention, suddenly wide awake. She looked up to see Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi staring at her with the weirdest grins.

"Pfft!" "Pfft!"

Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi both burst out laughing.

Liu Ya's cheeks turned scarlet. She stammered, "I—If I said I was just talking in my sleep, would you believe me?"

The two of them shook their heads.

"Ugh, social death!" Embarrassed out of her mind, Liu Ya flung herself out of bed with a bounce, not even bothering to grab her clothes, her magnificent assets jiggling as she made a break for the bathroom.

Two minutes later, after washing up and getting dressed,

Cheng Bingxi called Nangong Siyao over, and the four of them—Xiao Ye, Liu Ya, Bingxi, and Si Yao—sat around the table to talk about what had gone down last night on the academy forum.

After they pieced together everything that happened,

the three girls' gorgeous little faces all darkened with rage.

Crack! Crack! Nangong Siyao's knuckles popped as she clenched her fists, growling, "These people suck! Maliciously smearing my Xiao Ye's name like that."

Cheng Bingxi nodded in total agreement, "Yeah, it's garbage. We seriously need to teach these guys a lesson."

Liu Ya was pissed too, but she noticed something common in all the posts.

She thought aloud, analyzing, "These posts are super repetitive, all coming from the Maid Tavern section. I'm guessing there's someone working behind the scenes, pulling the strings."

"But who could it be?"

"Xiao Ye just started at the academy, he shouldn't have pissed anyone off yet, right?" Cheng Bingxi frowned.

Liu Ya's eyes shifted away. *Her sixth sense told her this probably started because of something to do with her.*

Xiao Ye was checking his forum inbox and found a message from Cheng Yi sent the night before.

[Uncle Xiao, the guy stirring up all the drama and trash talk is Cloud Celestial Monarch, number one on the Heavenly Pride List. He posted that challenge thread too. His real goal is to ruin your reputation, utterly destroy you, and plant bad impressions about you in everyone's mind at the academy.]

"I know who it is now!" Just as the three girls were guessing, Xiao Ye spoke up.

"Cloud Celestial Monarch, number one on the Heavenly Pride List."

Cheng Bingxi puffed out her cheeks, seething, "So it's him! This dude sucks—picking on my Xiao Ye is one thing, but throwing down a public challenge too? He totally wants to humiliate my Xiao Ye in front of everyone."

Nangong Siyao's beautiful eyes blazed with rage, "Smearing you online, humiliating you in real life—this guy deserves to get wrecked!"

Liu Ya snorted coldly, "Xiao Ye, you gotta accept the challenge."

"Beat him so bad he craps himself!"

Xiao Ye nodded, sneering, "Exactly my thought. Since he's acting so cocky, why bother fighting in the Void God Tower? I'll trash him right here in the real world."

Getting hurt in the Void God Tower only left you mentally tired; nothing really happened. But getting hurt in real life, that was actual pain—blow for blow, no holding back!

Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi clenched their rosy fists, snarling, "Yeah, beat the crap out of him!"