The morning dragged on. Tang Wen had no time for lunch with Zi Ye, so he departed the space station with Blan. Alone, Zi Ye lost her appetite and took her packed food back to the apartment to nestle in.

Since she had already met Tang Wen, she could skip the afternoon's mentor meeting and steal half a day of leisure.

After finishing lunch, she opened her optical computer and immediately saw the email from Little Sprout.

"La la la, I'm fighting Plush Beasts with aliens on the border of the Angel Realm—so exciting! The aliens are so mighty. This Lord recorded everything; come beg me if you want to see it! PS: Chen Yin is a bad woman. PPS: The Ditar family is terrifying; PPPS: I miss you too."

Attached below were two photos. In the first, inside a mecha, it sat on An Junlie's shoulder; An Junlie was mighty, and it was cute, a perfect match. The second photo was a bit more subtle, because An Junlie was naked! Little Sprout wasn't in the second picture; An Junlie was showering, only his upper body captured. Amidst the rising steam, his eight-pack abs were faintly visible, water dripping down his hairline—it was incredibly sexy.

Zi Ye felt a fine string being plucked in her heart; her face flushed uncontrollably. Like a thief, she closed the mailbox. That bastard Little Sprout actually sent her nude photos? He was getting bold!

She lay on the sofa, picturing Little Sprout and An Junlie together, and couldn't help but smile again. After a moment's thought, she got up and replied to Little Sprout's email: "I'll come pick you up this weekend."

With Little Sprout gone, she couldn't go to the Virtual Machine Master training base. She decisively used this free afternoon to review the robot defect reports Blackbeard had sent her.

Blackbeard had sent her a sample of every model of robot. She took them out one by one, tested them, examined the defects, and then wrote down the repair methods and modification plans in the report.

Zi Ye was a workaholic; once she got into her work, she forgot the passage of time. It wasn't until Lingyin sent a hyper-transmission in the evening that she realized she was hungry.

"Zi Ye, you didn't attend the mentor meeting this afternoon?"

Zi Ye touched her shriveled stomach, searching the Lings University optical net for food delivery hyper-signals on the space station, and casually replied, "What's up?"

Lingyin paused for a moment before deciding to tell her the truth: "It's just a small matter. Remember how someone claimed you were Professor Alpha.Hilai's student? Today someone confirmed you aren't his student, and the rumor is spreading like wildfire. Luckily, the classmates from our joint military training all spoke up for you."

Zi Ye was momentarily stunned.

She had completely forgotten about that.

After a few seconds of silence, she expressed sincere gratitude, "It's fine. Let them talk if they want to."

Lingyin praised, "You're really calm."

Zi Ye laughed, "What else? Should we go buy a can of paint and splash them?"

Lingyin burst into laughter.

Zi Ye searched the optical net for a long time but couldn't find anything she wanted to eat. She rummaged through cabinets and found the insect pupa Lingyin had given her. Just as she was about to crack it open, she suddenly thought that she wouldn't have anything to take with her when she visited the Angel Realm over the weekend, so she might as well give it to him to eat.

With that thought, she put the pupa back in its place and casually ordered something else.

After a month of military training, Zi Ye had learned how to live among crowds, and she felt much less alienated from Lings. Her restless heart settled down, and she cared less about baseless rumors. As for Lingyin, this friend...

University life was the most boring, yet also the most colorful. University students were forgetful; after a few days, everyone would be drawn to new activities and new gossip, and the rumors would naturally fade until they disappeared entirely.

Attend class when it's time for class, eat when it's time to eat—there was no need to pay attention to so much.

However, she didn't expect that just as everyone was about to forget the matter, Lings University's newest promotional film was broadcast across all Interstellar TV stations and every television channel in Kaga.

Zi Ye didn't know it was airing when it first broadcast.

She was working on an assignment on the Mobile Forum when an email suddenly flashed. She clicked it open; it was an email from Li Chunyu: "Mengya Ya, congratulations on becoming the new image spokesperson for Lings!"

Zi Ye stared blankly. Seeing Li Chunyu in the chat room, she entered. As soon as she activated her mic, she heard someone exclaim, "I thought Tang Wen would take in a student who was more fierce. She looks so young, even more tender than a middle schooler."

Could the promotional film have aired?

She rushed back and logged into the official student email provided by the school, where the full version of the promotional film lay waiting.

It had to be said, the production team’s skill level was extremely high.

Zi Ye felt the shooting process was quite ordinary, but after editing and production, coupled with the background music, the story became much more concise and fluid. In just two minutes, it gave a strong visual impact that was impossible to forget.

Zi Ye didn't think she looked that tender, but watching herself sitting and drawing in her school uniform, she looked exactly like an elementary school student! Tang Wen also looked young; at first glance, one might think it was a university student with a child.

Zi Ye felt like crying.

However, the musical score was exquisite, possessing both grandeur and refinement, allowing viewers to tour the entire Lings campus amidst surging emotions, fully embodying the theme: Lings, a paradise for dreamers.

Zi Ye watched the promotional film back and forth twice, finally pausing at the segment where she and Tang Wen were building a mecha model together. She had already found that scene subtly strange during filming.

Because many of the things she was thinking coincided perfectly with Tang Wen's ideas!

During the construction process, their movements were synchronized. Without prior discussion, their coordination was seamless, without any awkward overlapping even when their four hands intersected. Truly bizarre.

After the promotional film aired, Zi Ye's hyper-transmission never stopped buzzing.

First came her four military training friends, each offering congratulations. Lingyin was particularly excited, "Damn it, you never told me you were Tang Wen's student, making me worry for you for nothing!"

Zi Ye knew Lingyin was worried and soothed her with kind words.

The subsequent messages were from unknown numbers. Once answered, people claiming to be from the Student Union, various clubs, and even her own class monitor would offer congratulations. She had no idea how they got her hyper-transmission number.

At first, Zi Ye could still smile and say thank you, but eventually, her smile became fixed on her face. She simply tossed the hyper-transmission aside and lay staring blankly on the sofa.

She finally understood: anything related to Tang Wen, whether good or bad news, would become trouble.

What Zi Ye didn't know was that because of this promotional film, Du Shuangyu had smashed an antique worth a million in his home out of sheer anger!

Ever since returning from military training, Du Shuangyu felt everything was going wrong.

The school didn't value him as highly as he imagined, and his classmates didn't treat him with much respect; they treated him like an ordinary person. How could he, Du Shuangyu, be ordinary! Even his grandfather personally assigned mentor, Alpha.Hilai, was lukewarm toward him during the mentor meeting, showing no special regard.

Having been pampered his whole life, how could he swallow this insult?