Once Ling Shuya spoke, the others promptly tried it out; indeed, when they tasted the meat soup prepared by Ye Xiao, they instantly felt its fine and smooth texture without a trace of greasiness, only...

Lan Lan suddenly looked at the meat soup, scooped up a few spoonfuls, then asked Ye Xiao, "Uh, what do you call this soup?"

"This is one of my innovations, but I haven't named it yet. Let's just call it meat soup for now!" Ye Xiao said with a smile as he picked up a piece of green pepper pork he had cooked.

"Where's the meat?" Lan Lan immediately asked.

"Meat?" Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "Well, what if I told you it's all been stewed into the soup, would you believe that?"

"It's been stewed into the soup?" Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Lan Lan and the others were somewhat skeptical, then asked, "How long has it been stewed?"

"About an hour or so!" Ye Xiao replied truthfully.

"Who are you kidding? How could an hour be enough to make such a delicious meat soup?" Lan Lan was clearly skeptical, then added, "And, you've completely stewed away all the meat? Are you joking?"

Actually, if Lan Lan didn't say it, others were about to, since normally, creating a delicious soup takes more than just over an hour, and how could the meat have completely dissolved in just an hour? Was that even meat?

So, when Lan Lan raised this question, almost everyone turned their gaze towards Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao just chuckled and proudly said, "If it were someone else, it definitely wouldn't work, but who am I? I'm Ye Xiao! When I exert my power, not just meat, I can even turn bones into porridge!"

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, Shen Qiuyu, and Su Yun all knew what was going on. Clearly, Ye Xiao must have used his Inner Strength. Ye Xiao's Inner Strength was Nine Yang True Qi, a very intense and powerful Fire Element Cultivation Technique. Using Inner Power True Qi to aid in cooking meant that one hour could indeed equate to three or four hours of normal cooking. For someone else to create such tasty meat soup, it would normally take five or six hours, but with Ye Xiao using Nine Yang True Qi to help, that dramatically shortened the needed time to just a bit over an hour.

However, despite Ye Xiao's explanation, Lan Lan not only remained unconvinced but was even more convinced that Ye Xiao was making it all up.

"Stop talking nonsense! Do you think you're some martial arts master? Those are things you see in dramas, do you really think we are fools?" Lan Lan said contemptuously to Ye Xiao, clearly very upset with Ye Xiao for not focusing more on his lie.

But was Ye Xiao really just talking nonsense? Only a few martial artists present would know!

Naturally, Ye Xiao didn't want Lan Lan to see through his capabilities and said with a grin, "Lan Lan is truly clever. I can't believe my sophisticated lies can't fool you. Since you enjoy it, why don't I make it a few times every month? It's no trouble!"

As for whether Ye Xiao was lying, Lan Lan didn't really care, but when she heard that Ye Xiao would make soup several times each month, she was thrilled!

A few people said the green pepper pork was good; she said the braised aubergine was delicious, and the girls ate with relish.

"I always thought Sister Su cooked really well, and I didn't expect Ye Xiao to have such skill too, heh, what if I make a suggestion?" Zhou Yuyan said with a laugh.

Immediately, everyone turned to look at Zhou Yuyan, obviously curious about what suggestion she was going to make.

Zhou Yuyan chuckled and said, "Since there are two villas in Sunshine District available, why doesn't Sister Su move in as well? Just cook for us occasionally, and let Ye Xiao take over the other times!"

"Come on, what do you think we are? Some kind of labor and teacher group?" Ye Xiao immediately shook his head, clearly very dissatisfied with this arrangement!

Zhou Yuyan immediately looked at Ye Xiao with disdain and said, "Hmph, is cooking that hard for you? No, we can't eat out anymore. From now on, Ye Xiao will cook every day. I've decided. If anyone disagrees, raise your hand!"

After Zhou Yuyan finished speaking, Ye Xiao immediately raised his hand. However, when he looked around, he realized that he was the only one who had raised his hand. Had they all conspired against him? Ye Xiao finally remembered he was a man!

Before Zhou Yuyan could speak, Ling Shuya quickly announced the result: "The motion passes with 4 votes in favor, half a vote against, following the principle of majority rule."

"Hold on!" Ye Xiao made a stopping gesture, stood up and said, "You guys are too mean, this is absolutely not okay. Also, Ling Shuya, can you tell me why I only get half a vote? Am I not a complete person?"

Ling Shuya looked seriously at Ye Xiao and said formally, "Comrade Ye Xiao, don't be resentful. If you hadn't shown us your skills today, we wouldn't have compelled you to cook, so you really sold yourself out. But, you're also opposing cooking, which is contradictory. Following the principle of fairness, we gave you half a vote—not even a third of a vote, which is already face-saving on our part. And, of course, don't thank me!"

Thankful?

Ye Xiao was now beginning to admire those ancient poets with real talent. Damn, they really were prophetic. No wonder they said it's hard to maintain women and petty people. This is really hard to maintain too!

Ye Xiao looked at Ling Shuya's smug face and then at the other girls, who were all looking at him with no sympathy, only mocking—though it was good-natured mocking.

Ye Xiao finally admitted defeat!

He understood that his fate was predetermined; no matter how hard he worked, it was useless. Against hundreds or thousands of enemies, he could completely ignore them, regarding them as nothing. However, facing these delicate girls, he felt truly helpless and finally realized where his weakness lay!

The land of the gentle is the grave of heroes!

Throughout history, countless heroes have perished in the land of tenderness. In the past, Ye Xiao always mocked those who only understood romantic affairs, but now, Ye Xiao finally realized, even the most determined, facing these beautiful women who could bring disaster to the country, would lose their cool!

"Alright, you win!" Ye Xiao sat down, saying weakly!

If those who had been enemies with Ye Xiao saw him now, they would definitely be shocked.

Seeing Ye Xiao looking as if he had lost his soul, the girls immediately giggled softly, eating and laughing at the same time!

Around 1:30 pm, everyone finished their meals, and naturally, the girls took on the task of washing the dishes. Ye Xiao was a chef, and chefs don't wash dishes—that was Ye Xiao's logic!

Leaning on the sofa, Ye Xiao smiled and asked Shen Qiuyu, "Miss Shen, how do you like school so far?"

"Very good!" Shen Qiuyu replied with a smile, "Only, the school's principal was killed yesterday!"

Ye Xiao wasn't surprised by Shen Qiuyu's words, as Li Jianwen's death was expected. Anyone who posed a threat to him and his loved ones was doomed!

"Killed?" At that moment, Su Yun looked at Shen Qiuyu, very surprised, and asked, "Wasn't it said this morning that he was missing? How did it turn into being killed?"

Su Yun had returned here after her first class in the morning, so she was unaware of the news of Li Jianwen's death!

At that moment, Ling Shuya came out of the kitchen and said, "Sister Su, you left early this morning; around ten, someone spread the news in school that Li Jianwen was dead. Not only him, but his family and relatives were all killed. It's like his entire family was annihilated!"

"Annihilated?" Hearing Ling Shuya's words, Su Yun was even more surprised and said, "Although Principal Li wasn't very nice, he shouldn't have offended anyone to that extent, to be wiped out like that. It seems the law and order in Minghai City recently isn't very good!"

Ye Xiao said, "Everyone has their path. If one chooses not to follow the human path and instead follows the ghost path, then their death is sealed!"

Su Yun looked at Ye Xiao, a terrible thought flashing through her mind, but she quickly dismissed it!

Ling Shuya looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Ye Xiao, you and Zhan Bo's subordinates are in trouble. The new principal is really cracking down on you guys; just this morning, ten people were severely reprimanded!"

"Oh?" Ye Xiao said with some confusion, "Such fierce tactics, he's establishing his power!"

Ling Shuya said, "A new officer's first acts are always vigorous. This is just the first round; just don't know how intense it will get. Ye Xiao, you'd better behave in school these days, otherwise be careful; the new principal might target you!"

Hearing Ling Shuya's words, Su Yun also immediately said with a laugh, "Yes, always skipping classes; if the new principal finds out, he will certainly take issue with it."

Ye Xiao immediately laughed and said, "No worries, I have a protector!"

"Protector?" Su Yun asked, puzzled.

Ye Xiao said, "Sister Su is the homeroom teacher of Class 1; you should be able to ensure my safety, right?"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Su Yun gave a wry smile and said, "Since you have so much faith in me, I'll do my best!"

Just then, Ling Shuya suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "Oh no, how could I forget this? Ye Xiao, when we came just now, we ran into Lin Dieying!"

"Die Ying?" Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Why didn't you invite her to join us for dinner?"

Ling Shuya said, "I definitely would have invited her, but she didn't want to come, and she seemed in a hurry, as if something was up. I asked her what was wrong, and though she said nothing, I could feel that something definitely was!"

Hurriedly leaving?

Ye Xiao casually said, "Well, since she doesn't want to talk about it, let's not bother her. If she needs help, she'll say so!"

Ling Shuya said, "Shouldn't you give her a call?"

"When did this happen?"

"It was almost two hours ago!" Ling Shuya said. "I forgot about it after we started eating!"

"Forget it, don't call."

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