Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen
After exiting the haunted house, Gu Ran still tightly held onto the young girl's small hand, enjoying the soft and delicate feel of her fingertips, refusing to let go.
The person in question, on the other hand, was still immersed in the fright from just now.
After catching the breeze for a while, she slowly came back to her senses.
Remembering how she had clung to a certain someone's arm the entire time, her pretty face couldn't stop blushing and burning up.
Especially when faced with the sudden jump scares from the NPCs, she had wanted to put on a live soprano performance right then and there.
It really ruined her glorious image as an older sister...
Walking a few steps forward, she raised her hand and realized she was still being held captive.
Looking down, the blush on her exquisite face gradually spread all the way to her earlobes.
"Why... haven't you let go yet..."
Gu Ran hesitated a bit, not wanting to let the prize in his hands slip away.
Raising her soft hand, he gently rubbed it and asked curiously, "Why is your hand so small?"
Saying so, he acted like a scholar, lifting the soft little hand and examining it as if he were genuinely curious about its size.
Seeing his antics, Ye Zhenzhen's face grew even redder.
Staring at Gu Ran's serious profile, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.
What a scoundrel!
Pei Susu had once said that there were only a few tricks men used when they wanted to hold your hand.
Things like "Your hands are so white," "Your hands are so small," "Your hands are so cold," "I heard girls' hands are very soft," "Let's compare hand sizes," "Let's arm wrestle," "You smell so nice," "You're so cute"...
The main goal was that once they held hands, they would never let go!
At this very moment, she began to believe Master Pei's wise words.
However, the younger brother in front of her was actually using such tricks on her.
In other words, this guy... had impure intentions?!
Even though she had long known that this guy's filial piety had gone bad, she always found various excuses to deceive herself.
But now, this guy looked like he wanted to cup her hand and stuff it into his mouth. She really couldn't think of any excuse to brush it off.
Could it be that he was hungry?
Then he must be really hungry!
I am your sister!!!
Scumbag!
Cursing the young man in front of her in her heart, she seamlessly pulled her hand back and tried hard to put on a nonchalant look.
"I... I'm hungry. Let's go, let's go eat."
With that, she put her hands behind her back, turned around, and walked forward.
Seeing her trying to cover things up, Gu Ran was amused and leisurely followed after her.
This guy...
Realizing her ill-intentioned younger brother was following behind her again, Ye Zhenzhen felt as if she was being bathed in his impure gaze, and the hand he had touched began to burn again.
She pursed her lips, turned around, and raised her foot to give Gu Ran a light kick.
"What was that for?" The latter raised an eyebrow, looking completely confused.
He was walking perfectly fine, why did she suddenly kick him? Did she think he had no temper?
"You, you walk in front."
Gu Ran: "..."
Enough was enough, it was just another day of being oppressed by the secular world.
He, Gu Ran, was an upright man, yet she was actually guarding against him.
Asking him to walk in front?
This was an insult to his character...
Fine, who asked him to be so magnanimous.
Being stared at earnestly by those watery eyes, Gu Ran reluctantly walked to the front.
Seeing that he knew what was good for him, Ye Zhenzhen wrinkled her nose, rubbed her hot hand, and slowly followed.
Unlike her awkwardness, Gu Ran frowned, thinking of a countermeasure.
"I feel like my hands are pretty big. How about we compare hand sizes?"
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
Gu Ran's sudden turn caused dark lines to form on her face.
It was confirmed, her brother was indeed a scumbag!
She didn't want to face this reality, but the reality was already clear.
His filial piety had gone bad!
When Pei Susu first told her this phrase, she didn't understand its meaning, but now she was the person in the phrase.
There was no fluctuation in her watery eyes. She quietly looked at the young man in front of her without saying a word.
Feeling a bit creeped out from being stared at, Gu Ran gradually became unnatural.
Awkwardly rubbing his nose, he began to seriously reflect on himself.
It seemed... he had indeed gone a bit overboard.
He was too anxious. He should take it slow, step by step...
What he didn't know was that Ye Zhenzhen stared at him deeply for a long time and silently made up her mind.
Her brother was a scumbag, but she was not.
In order to prevent this guy from hurting other girls in the future.
As his older sister, she was duty-bound to digest this guy first.
Keeping him off the market was the best solution the young girl could come up with.
As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will?
She took a deep breath, giving herself a great deal of confidence.
Just as Gu Ran was about to bow his head and admit his mistake, she suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his hand.
Gu Ran: "!!!"
This girl...
His pitch-black eyes were filled with shock.
Facing his shocked gaze, the girl tilted her head and curled her pink lips.
"Alright, let's compare."
As she spoke, she spread her fingers and tightly intertwined them with his.
Gu Ran: "???"
Was this girl possessed by a ghost??
Please, don't be like this, I'm scared...
But Ye Zhenzhen had taken the brave first step and didn't care what he was thinking at the moment.
Seeing him standing there in a daze, she pulled him forward without any explanation.
"Let's go, what are you spacing out for, I'm starving to death."
...
After eating lunch, they went back to experience other attractions.
The entire afternoon, their held hands never separated.
The two of them had a tacit understanding, and neither of them brought the matter up.
This kind of unspoken feeling was the most intoxicating thing for men and women in the ambiguous stage of a relationship.
They didn't even know what they played, but they were both happier than the other, and a full sense of happiness filled their bodies.
The only regret was that the Ferris wheel was still under construction, and they probably wouldn't be able to ride it until the second half of the year.
After leaving the amusement park, the brother and sister stood at the bus stop waiting for the bus.
The evening breeze was very pleasant.
Ye Zhenzhen's pouting lips couldn't help but relax a bit. She slightly narrowed her eyes, enjoying the tranquility of the moment.
Beside her, Gu Ran stared at her flawless profile and chuckled softly.
"It's okay, we'll come back in the winter. When the Ferris wheel reaches the top, we'll take a picture to remember it."
Hearing this, the girl's narrowed eyes twitched.
The highest point of the Ferris wheel?
Isn't that the place where couples kiss to seal their love?
Thinking of this, she opened her eyes, her crystal-clear gaze gradually turning dazed.
"Okay..."
She tightened her grip, making up her mind to apply to a school in the same city as the guy in front of her.
Don't even think about ditching your big sister to hook up with other girls...
After getting on the bus, they managed to grab a double seat by the window.
The girl pulled her younger brother down to sit, her head unconsciously leaning against the window.
After a full day's itinerary, it wasn't until she sat down that exhaustion finally washed over her.
But the strange thing was, even though she was very tired, why did her heart feel so overwhelmingly sweet?
Opening the window, the breeze gently brushed past her cheeks, bringing a trace of coolness and comfort.
The girl couldn't help but close her eyes, carefully feeling the oncoming breeze.
Gu Ran turned his head and looked at the girl beside him.
The trees on both sides of the street swayed, casting mottled light and shadows on the road.
By the window, however, the years were peaceful and quiet.
As his gaze fell upon the girl's pretty face, his expression grew increasingly gentle.
A moment later, sensing that the girl was about to fall asleep, he reached out, pulled her head away from the window, and let it rest on his own shoulder.
Ye Zhenzhen: "!!!"
The young girl's heart skipped a beat. Even though she had already made up her mind, it still felt a little inappropriate.
Why was this happening so fast?!
Her small hands immediately twisted together in nervous hesitation. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Gu Ran scold her in a stern, righteous tone.
"Sleeping with the wind blowing right in your face, aren't you afraid of catching a chill and waking up with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes? Come here, lean against me to sleep!"
So bossy~
The girl didn't say another word. She looked up at the face that was mere inches away from hers, the corners of her lips curling up uncontrollably.
A moment later, she nuzzled her head against him, found a comfortable position, and quietly closed her eyes while leaning on the person beside her.
The rest of the journey passed in silence as she gradually fell into a peaceful slumber.
However, the other person didn't dare to move a single muscle. Catching the wafting scent of sweet osmanthus from her, his throat inexplicably went a little dry...
...
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.
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."
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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."
