Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

After hearing Xie Ruoxi's description, Yan Yu fell silent too.

Uh, I did think I would become popular, but isn't this level of heat a bit too much?

In fact, Yan Yu's expectations for making a name for himself weren't very high, because the situation at this stage was as follows: the officials knew how awesome he was, but they couldn't do this kind of promotion; they only knew how to write those official articles like "our soldiers performed outstandingly on the South Sea battlefield".

Of course, there were capable people among the public who could do marketing promotions, but the public didn't know yet how awesome he was... So although Yan Yu believed in Xie Ruoxi's abilities, he also thought that managing to get a fan group of a few hundred people would already be quite good.

Unexpectedly, this pretty but useless person had quietly managed to pull off a big event for him...

Seeing that the video views had already broken three million, Yan Yu stroked his chin and pondered for a moment, then asked Xie Ruoxi,

"So, am I considered popular now?"

"You've been popular since 'Yan Zhanlong' hit the hot search," Xie Ruoxi said seriously. "Now, it should be about refining fans, turning many fans from those vast numbers of ordinary people who have only heard the name 'Yan Zhanlong' but don't know the specific details."

"Hmm, good." Yan Yu didn't have much to say, just continued scrolling through his phone, and then he saw Liu Longtao had sent him a voice message.

[Liu Shao]: Where did you find that video editing team, Old Yan? Let me borrow them.

[Yi De Fu Ren]: Hahaha, envious, aren't you, Old Liu? It isn't some outside video editing team that takes commercial orders, but trusted people of my own! If you also want to make a promotional video, it depends on whether she has time and is willing to help you.

[Liu Shao]: My own people, that's great! I'll have Ye Jun prepare some materials for our team and send them to you. No rush, anytime you can help me make it is fine.

Although Lord Master also had a craving for showing off, he knew better that now was Yan Yu's time to rise to fame; one only piggybacks off others' popularity to attract traffic, who would compete face to face with someone in the limelight? Better wait until the hype has died down.

"Who is that?" Xie Ruoxi asked with surprise, "He sounds quite full of himself."

My Yan Yu is a war hero! Indeed, he beat the opposing superheroes so hard they were looking for their teeth on the ground, and only then could I edit a sufficiently stunning video for him. You want me to help with what some random team got?

"Just a show-off from Pingjing." Yan Yu casually replied, "When the time comes, we'll see what materials he sends over. If they can be edited, we'll edit; if not, just tell me, no worries."

"Then," seeing that he seemed satisfied, Xie Ruoxi mustered up some courage and said, "does this mean I've passed my trial period?"

"Yes." Yan Yu looked at her oddly, "What trial period? From the moment you cultivated True Qi, you've been my person! I still need to help you get your Cultivator status! What are you thinking? Now that we've discovered you have the qualifications for cultivation, would I send you away? Am I someone who would waste talent like that?"

"Ehehe." Xie Ruoxi was instantly overjoyed, her fingers entwined as she fiddled with them repeatedly before suddenly saying, "Then that computer in my room..."

"It's yours!" Yan Yu waved his hand impatiently, "You already said it's your room, didn't you?"

"Yes, sir!" Xie Ruoxi saluted and then dashed back to her room.

Yan Yu: ?

He suddenly realized something was wrong. The study computer belonging to her was fine, but that didn't mean she could spend all her time playing on the computer, ending up like her previous life's beautiful but useless person who relied entirely on the internet to live!

So Yan Yu began to face the problems many bosses face: how to prevent employees from playing games during working hours?

The ultimate solution: Install monitoring software and then tell her the machine has monitoring on it.

As for who to ask... Yan Yu remembered that Sun Ziyi from his previous life seemed to be a computer expert, so he sent a message to Qiu Ze, asking him to get Sun Ziyi to make a recommendation.

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A business van stopped in front of the villa.

The person who got out of the vehicle was a petite and lovely girl.

She was dressed in a school-style JK jacket, with a white shirt, pleated dress, and a tie inside. Under the short skirt, two slender and cute legs were revealed, and she was holding a parasol for shading, which, combined with her height of about one meter and fifty-six centimeters, made her look like a little mushroom under the sun.

"Finally back," Chen Lingyun said with a smile as she looked at the villa.

Following her out of the van was Su Yunjin, who took the parasol from Chen Lingyun's hand. Her taste in clothes was very different from Chen Lingyun's, preferring more simple styles, like solid-color knitted jackets and simple dresses.

With her calm and gentle face, standing behind Chen Lingyun like that, she resembled an older sister holding an umbrella for her younger sister.

"Take the stuff from the trunk for me!" Lin Ning, in fact, was the first to get out of the car but had walked around to the back, where she was now checking if the frozen seafood brought back from the South Sea had started to thaw.

She was wearing a knit cardigan (belonging to Su Yunjin), paired with denim hot shorts and beautiful pale legs, clearly rushing back from a tropical area in the south, not yet accustomed to Jinling's autumn weather.

"I got it, I got it!" Zhao Yuanzhen was the last to leave the car, going over to help Lin Ning with the stuff—after all, the seafood was what she wanted to eat.

The Demonic Sect Enchantress had already spent half a year in this world, and had officially declared herself 100% Earth-adapted. Her low-cut T-shirt clung on perilously, and like Lin Ning, she too wore hot pants that highlighted every curve of her figure in stark detail.

If one were to describe each girl with a single word following the order mentioned above, they would probably be: exquisite, elegant, energetic, and voluptuous.

The minivan drove off, and the girls picked up their bags, both large and small, sauntering back home.

"What do you think Yan Yu is doing right now?" Chen Lingyun started the conversation with a smile.

"Sleeping in," Lin Ning guessed casually.

"At this time of day, he should be cooking dinner," Su Yunjin projected her own habits onto him, saying uncertainly.

"Definitely hugging his phone, watching his own show-off videos, hiding somewhere and smugly patting himself on the back," Zhao Yuanzhen said carelessly.

"Hmm, I think you're all wrong," Chen Lingyun said with a light smile. "That video wasn't uploaded by an enthusiastic netizen. The uploader's account has his own verification mark."

"So he made the video himself?" Lin Ning responded quickly, immediately asking.

"Can't say for sure, but he definitely knew about it before it was published," Chen Lingyun arrived at the villa's entrance, gently knocking on the door, "Since his personal video is out, the next step is surely to make a promotional video for our whole team..."

Before the knocking sound even stopped, a loud shout came from inside:

"Leave the takeout at the door, thank you!"

The girls: ???

Immediately their expressions changed dramatically, drastically, wildly!

Ah, what an unfamiliar and seductively tender voice!

Chen Lingyun turned her head, the sweet smile now tinged with a hint of murderous intent, as she quickly signaled a tactical hand gesture.

Lin Ning rapidly ascended to the second floor with the Cloud Ascension Technique, ready to burst into the villa.

Zhao Yuanzhen hurried around to the back of the house, preparing to infiltrate from the direction of the yard.

Su Yunjin was already prepared, just waiting for Chen Lingyun's command to immediately use the Wall-Penetration Technique, silently passing through the door and catching the cheater in the act!

"Action," Chen Lingyun ordered, and everyone rushed into the villa!

Search every room! Inspect every corner! Surround Xie Ruoxi in the living room!

Xie Ruoxi, who was wearing a pink bunny pajama, didn't know what had happened, but suddenly found herself encircled by four fierce-looking women, causing her to quickly cradle her head in her hands and curl up on the couch, shivering in fear.

But Zhao Yuanzhen wasn't about to be fooled by her pitiful demeanor. She straddled Xie Ruoxi, forcefully prying apart her hands covering her face, and stared into her eyes coldly as she demanded to know,

"Where is the little thief? What's your relationship with him? Have you hugged? Have you kissed? Have you slept together? Are you ready to die?

Huh?!!!"

"The 'little thief' is Yan Yu," Lin Ning clarified on the side.

"No, that's not it!" Xie Ruoxi said in a tearful voice. "I'm an employee he hired, to help manage his fan operations!"

"It seems to be true," Su Yunjin found a paper contract on the coffee table with both their signatures on it, "A labor contract."

On hearing this, Zhao Yuanzhen was taken aback, hurriedly got off Xie Ruoxi, and then helped her sit up straight, chuckling awkwardly,

"Ahahaha, it turns out you work for him... well, hello there, I'm in the same team as Yan Yu, Zhao... Zhao Jiuzhen, pleased to meet you, haha!"

"Sob." Tears were still hanging in the corners of Xie Ruoxi's eyes, but seeing that the girls were now looking at her more kindly, she finally calmed down and timidly explained,

"My name is Xie Ruoxi, I have a contract with Yan Yu. You can ask him about it. I live in the study upstairs; I usually work on that computer, and the latest promotional materials are still on it. You can also check the computer if you want."

The moment they heard she lived in the study and not Yan Yu's bedroom, the girls' expressions became a few degrees more credulous... as if!

God, which company's network operator doesn't live in an office cubicle but instead resides in the boss's luxurious villa? And such a delicate and pretty young girl at that! Who knows what could've happened between you two beyond work-related matters?

This villa isn't Yan Yu's sole real estate, but the training and living base for our team. How can we tolerate such contamination and disgrace here!

Investigate! We must rigorously interrogate to make everything clear! Leave no stone unturned in searching for even the slightest trace of suspicion!