Chapter 106
The black clouds looked as if they were going to crush the sky.
Crack!
Finally, as a bolt of lightning flashed across the horizon, a torrential downpour began.
The fierce wind and heavy rain battered the windows, rattling them loudly.
"Gu 'Dog' Ran, it's raining, go close the windows!"
After a long time with no one coming to close them, the young girl, who was currently wrestling with a wok in the kitchen, shouted loudly.
"Oh, got it."
A voice answered from the room. Gu Ran lazily dragged his body up and unhurriedly went to each room to shut the windows.
This sluggish appearance made Ye Zhenzhen's teeth itch with irritation.
Seeing him turn around to go back into his room to play on the computer, she couldn't hold back anymore and said, "Come here."
"What?"
He turned back to the kitchen door, hands in his pockets, leaning lazily against the doorframe.
His boneless posture made the girl's eyelids twitch.
This guy... is hopeless.
"Help me hold the pot lid to block the splattering oil."
The well-intentioned older sister wanted to find something for her idle younger brother to do, not wanting him to continue being so decadent.
The college entrance exam only ended a few hours ago!
And he was already this lazy. If he had a two or three-month vacation, wouldn't he be completely useless?
No way. As his sister, she would never let that happen.
He looked at the girl in front of him, holding a spatula in one hand and a pot lid like a shield in the other.
She was standing a good two meters away from the stove, looking so cautious that it seemed like she was fighting a war.
"What are you..."
Stepping forward gently, he poked his head over to peek into the wok, where an indescribable black lump was being tossed around.
"Uh, are you... seasoning the wok?"
With a face full of invisible black lines, he twitched the corner of his mouth and asked tentatively.
"Seasoning the wok? What's that? I'm cooking, can't you tell?"
Ye Zhenzhen had a look of pride and confidence, and her eyes were full of disdain as she looked at her silly brother.
This pampered young master who never did any chores hadn't even seen someone cook before.
A true gentleman stays away from the kitchen, huh?
Heh...
Seeing the girl's matter-of-fact expression, his face couldn't help but twitch a few more times.
She...
How on earth did she manage to say such things without blushing or skipping a beat?
Cooking?
She wasn't cooking a damn thing!
"What are you cooking in the pan?"
"Eggs!"
As Ye Zhenzhen answered, her eyes were filled with confusion, making him feel a deep sense of exhaustion.
The world had finally gone mad...
Sighing, in order not to be poisoned to death, Gu Ran raised his hand, gesturing for the battling girl to step aside, and reached out to take over the wok.
"Can you do it?"
Gu Ran: "..."
She actually had the nerve to question him?
"At the very least, I'm better than you."
In his past life, he had lived like a dog. If he didn't know a thing or two about cooking, he would have starved to death long ago.
Eat out every day?
He wouldn't have even lived past twenty-five!
His meager salary meant he could only buy discounted vegetables from the supermarket and cook them in his small rented room.
...
Outside the window, the fierce wind howled, and the pitter-patter of the rain drowned out the noise of the entire city.
Inside the kitchen, warm lights shone as the pretty girl watched the person beside her.
They say a serious man is the most handsome.
Ye Zhenzhen seemed to understand the meaning of that saying at this moment.
Her beautiful eyes flickered but kept returning to the person in front of her.
Gu Ran held the pan handle with one hand and the spatula with the other, continuously stir-frying.
It was such a simple and ordinary scene, yet it somehow made it hard for her to look away.
Why did it feel like this guy was a bit handsome?
It seemed like he had grown up...
Suddenly realizing this, Ye Zhenzhen quickly reached up and patted her cheeks.
What on earth was she thinking? How could she find her rebellious younger brother handsome?
He was absolutely annoying!
Although she thought this in her heart, her eyes staring at a certain someone never moved away.
And the smile on her lips was never retracted...
...
"Ye Zhenzhen!"
Lost in her thoughts, by the time she snapped back to reality, Gu Ran had already turned off the stove.
He was holding a plate of food, staring at her with a strange expression.
"Ah, wha... what is it?"
Hearing this, Gu Ran looked a bit weird, paused, and said, "The food is ready. Let's eat first, we can do it after..."
Ye Zhenzhen: "???"
Was he saying weird things again?
But Gu Ran didn't give her a chance to ask further.
After speaking, he carried the dish past her toward the dining room, not forgetting to add one more sentence.
"Go get the bowls."
This guy...
Doing a little work and acting like a lord, bossing people around!
The aloof girl gritted her teeth, trying hard to suppress the urge to bite him, and turned to get the bowls and chopsticks.
She had to admit, he really did have the capital to mock her.
Sitting at the dining table, staring at the brightly colored stir-fried vegetables, Ye Zhenzhen nodded to herself.
Although it couldn't compare to her mom's cooking, for an eighteen-year-old student, it was already quite good.
At least... it left her in the dust by a country mile...
Oh, wait, he was nineteen this year.
Just as she was sighing a bit, Gu Ran pulled out the chair next to her and sat down right beside her.
"What?"
"I told you not to rush. I know you're eager, but hold your horses. Wait until after we eat... Ouch!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Gu Ran's face twisted into a mask of pain, and he immediately started hugging and rubbing his foot.
The girl beside him proudly raised her chin and said, "Stop saying weird things. One more time, and I'll slap your head sideways!"
After speaking, she noticed Gu Ran was still rubbing the toes she had just stomped on.
She couldn't help but purse her lips, her tone softening considerably.
Looking down at her stinky brother's foot, she asked, "Does it hurt that much?"
"It hurts so much. I need a kiss to make it better." Gu Ran grimaced in pain, yet still didn't forget to be cheeky.
But hearing his words, Ye Zhenzhen's eyes instantly widened.
What did this guy just say?
He wanted a kiss?!
His true colors were revealed so quickly?
The dagger is revealed! This is absolute treason!!!
She abruptly raised her head, just about to say something.
When she saw Gu Ran lift his foot, placing it right in front of her face, and saying self-righteously:
"Here, kiss it."
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
Sometimes in life, there are truly many speechless moments.
Like this very moment, where she had already thought of seventy-eight ways for the guy in front of her to die.
As well as eighteen ways to forge an alibi for herself.
"Gu 'Dog' Ran!!!"
Her watery eyes widened instantly, staring at the foot in front of her. For a moment, she wished she could bite it off!
Smack!
She stood up abruptly, slamming her chopsticks onto the table.
This jerk... went too far!
He dared to tease his older sister?!
If she didn't teach him a lesson on how to behave today, he would turn the world upside down in the future!
"Wh... what are you doing?"
Seeing her furious appearance, Gu Ran awkwardly withdrew his foot and asked tentatively.
"I'll show you what!"
Ye Zhenzhen rolled up her sleeves, stuck out her lower lip, and blew away a few strands of loose hair that had fallen over her face.
"Didn't you tell me not to rush? Well, I insist on rushing!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she tackled Gu Ran to the ground.
Raising her fair and tender arms, she aimed a punch right at Gu Ran's handsome dog face.
Gu Ran: "!!!"
Reflected in his pupils was that small fist.
Followed by a gust of wind from the punch, heading straight for his handsome face.
In that instant, only a single thought remained in his mind.
I am a dead man!
...
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ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
