Chapter 118
"What... what are you looking at?"
Noticing his rather impolite gaze, Ye Zhenzhen wrinkled her nose and took two steps back, her pink toes curling involuntarily.
This guy is acting like a pervert again...
"You're still looking!"
The next second, the bashful and annoyed girl kicked him again, then turned her back to him to buy the tickets.
Where Gu Ran couldn't see, her pretty face was already flushed crimson.
Her dark hair cascaded like a waterfall.
The black strands blowing in the wind gradually mesmerized Gu Ran...
"Let's go, dummy!"
After buying the tickets, Ye Zhenzhen turned around and found a certain someone still standing there in a daze. She couldn't help but smile.
When Gu Ran snapped back to reality, the sunlight happened to be blinding.
The girl in front of him raised her hand to block the light, a beautiful, charming smile on her face...
It was as if in that brief moment, he was completely captivated...
...
Since they bought all-access passes, there were no restrictions on the rides, so they didn't make any plans. They just went on whatever caught their eye.
Having just gotten off the amusement park's must-play attraction, the roller coaster, Ye Zhenzhen's eyes immediately lit up when she saw the carousel not too far away.
"Gu Ran, Gu Ran, let's go ride that!"
His calves were still trembling slightly. Just as he steadied himself, he looked in the direction her slender, pale finger was pointing.
Gu Ran's mouth twitched, imaginary dark lines dropping over his head.
"Are you... serious?"
"Of course I am. Let's go, let's go."
Saying this, the girl didn't give him a chance to argue and dragged him over.
Seeing that the people sitting on the wooden horses were all toddlers, his mouth couldn't help but twitch again.
This girl...
Did she not know what social death was?!
He, a certain Mr. Gu, swore right here and now that even if he were to be scared to death on the drop tower today, he would absolutely not ride the carousel!
Absolutely not!!!
...
Five minutes later.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Gu Ran climbed down from the drop tower seat looking completely drained, his footsteps unsteady.
With a pale face, he said to the girl beside him, "I'll go ride the wooden horse with you, just no more dropping..."
After saying that, he plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.
Seeing him looking so completely hollowed out, the girl actually blushed a little.
She raised her little foot clad in sandals and gave him a light kick.
"It's called a carousel, what... what do you mean just a wooden horse? Speak clearly."
Gu Ran: "???"
Why did that sound so weird?
What was wrong with saying wooden horse?
Narrowing his eyes slightly, he stared suspiciously at the girl in front of him, looking bewildered.
Why did it feel like this girl was getting dirtier and dirtier-minded nowadays?
Where did the unsmiling, unattainable flower of the past go?
Why was she so knowledgeable about this stuff now?!
It was all Pei Susu's fault; that smut queen had corrupted her!
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and let's go!"
Unable to withstand his almost interrogating gaze, Ye Zhenzhen stretched out her pale little hand to block his eyes.
In her fluster, a cutesy Taiwanese accent even slipped out.
Gu Ran stood up, amused, and helplessly let the girl push him toward the carousel.
Once in line, he looked up at the sky, wearing an expression of having lost all worldly desires.
The girl standing next to him was also a little restrained.
Mainly because the kids lining up around them were all casting curious glances their way.
But awkwardness aside, the strong-willed girl would never be discouraged by such a minor setback.
After all, the carousel was her out-of-reach childhood dream...
Before long, the two of them got on their horses.
As the carousel slowly began to move, the awkwardness in the girl's heart vanished into thin air.
A pleasant laugh, like silver bells, rang out, and Gu Ran couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile.
"Ye Zhenzhen!"
After they spun around for a while, he cupped his hands like a megaphone and shouted to the girl beside him.
"What is it?"
Seeing this, the girl smiled brightly, also cupping her hands like a megaphone, and shouted back with a laugh.
"You're supposed to hold hands when riding the carousel! Give me your hand!"
After saying that, he pointed at the mother and son in front of them. Seeing them holding hands and smiling so happily, the girl couldn't help but hesitate.
The dog-like guy next to her had obvious intentions, yet she still hesitated.
After weighing her options over and over, she still slowly reached out her hand, choosing to deceive herself.
Under Gu Ran's expectant gaze, the pale little hand was slowly offered, and a pretty face rapidly heated up and turned red.
Unlike holding hands in the past, this time seemed to carry a different kind of significance.
The most important thing was that she had reached out on her own initiative...
Wait, why was she being so proactive?!
In her moment of hesitation, just as she was about to pull her hand back, she found it was already enveloped by a pair of large hands.
She tugged but found she couldn't pull it out. She hastily turned her head away to look elsewhere, trying hard to make her flushed face look normal.
Was this a joke?
She was the older sister; how could she blush just from holding hands with her stupid younger brother?!
Seeing the girl's futile attempt to hide her feelings, he stared at her earlobes, which had already turned pink.
Gu Ran grinned, tightly holding the soft hand in his grasp.
The delicate, soft touch made his heart feel a wave of silky smoothness.
Facing the gentle breeze, he subconsciously let out a yell, scaring Ye Zhenzhen into quickly turning her head and glaring at him in bashful annoyance.
"What are you yelling for?"
After saying that, her gaze fell again on their tightly clasped hands. She felt her palms covered in sweat and hurriedly turned her head away again.
As if by doing so, she could ignore this fact.
...
After the carousel ride finished, neither of their minds were on the ride anymore.
Walking hand-in-hand out of the area, the girl looked down at her hand, which was still being held.
Uncharacteristically, she didn't say anything and just looked at the other amusement rides on her own.
But her silence was seen as encouragement in Gu Ran's eyes.
He was already reluctant to let go of the soft little hand, and since its owner wasn't objecting, it created an opportunity for his sheer audacity.
Gripping the softness in his hand tightly, he looked around and finally locked onto his next target.
"Shall we... go to the Adventure House?"
"Mhm..."
The dizzy girl's mind couldn't clearly hear what he was saying at this moment; all her attention was focused on her hand.
She only felt that her hand was unusually hot.
The weather today...
Was really hot!
Getting her affirmative reply, Gu Ran hurriedly walked toward the Adventure House, not giving the girl the slightest chance to go back on her word.
It wasn't until they were right in front of it that the eerie and terrifying layout pulled Ye Zhenzhen back to reality.
Where was this?!
Her moist eyes instantly widened. Just as she wanted to stop her feet, her whole body was dragged forward by a stubborn force.
"Wait... wait, where are you going?!"
In an instant, seeing the glowing green lights at the entrance, all the romantic thoughts in Ye Zhenzhen's heart vanished without a trace.
"The Adventure House."
A haunted house requires adventure, so it's called an Adventure House, this makes perfect sense!
Gu Ran replied while handing their all-access passes to the staff member.
Ye Zhenzhen: "???"
You call this an Adventure House?!
Looking at the scattered skulls, white hospital gowns, and bright red bridal dresses, goosebumps rose all over her body.
Just as she was about to retort, she was dragged into the house by an irresistible external force.
A hoarse roar echoed from a pitch-black spot in the distance.
Unable to care about anything else, the girl tried hard to press herself against Gu Ran's body.
Feeling the large patch of softness pressing against his arm, Gu Ran looked completely righteous and dignified.
The bold die of overeating, and the timid die of starvation; the old man Lu Xun truly didn't deceive me!
The two slowly walked deeper into the haunted house, with Ye Zhenzhen getting closer and closer to the person beside her.
Her delicate face showed tension, constantly on guard against any sudden terrors that might pop out.
They didn't even notice when their clasped hands had shifted positions...
...
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
