A Maiden's Notes

Chapter 143

Second floor, Room 201.

"Click."

As the sound of the door locking echoed, Ye Zhenzhen felt as if all her bones had been removed. She collapsed directly onto the bed, burying her face in the pillow to play dead.

"I can't... Gu Ran, I can't do this anymore..."

The young girl's voice was muffled, carrying a hint of trembling like a survivor of a disaster. "This is way too thrilling. My heart really can't handle this kind of high-pressure operation. It's a hundred times more terrifying than checking the college entrance exam scores!"

Gu Ran leaned against the door, laughing so hard his shoulders shook, still unable to forget the part where Lao Gu asked for red wine just now.

He walked over to the bed and reached out to poke the tip of the girl's exposed ear. It felt astonishingly hot to the touch.

"Ye Zhenzhen, look on the bright side," Gu Ran said in a teasing tone. "At least the round bed room we booked in advance didn't go to waste. Consider it a sign of filial piety from us kids, letting the older couple relive their burning years of passion."

"Ahhh! Shut up!"

Ye Zhenzhen grabbed a pillow and threw it at him. She sat up, her hair a messy bird's nest, the blush on her face still unfaded, and her almond eyes wide open. "Gu 'Dog' Ran, you pervert! Is that filial piety? That's... that's..."

She stammered for a long time but couldn't come up with a proper word, finally just pouting indignantly. "You pervert."

"Alright, get some rest early. We should be safe tonight."

Gu Ran caught the pillow and casually smoothed her bangs, his eyes softening a bit. "Lao Gu and the others are staying on the top floor. As long as we don't take the elevator, we basically won't run into them."

"Mhm..."

The two of them acted affectionate in the room for a while longer. Seeing that Gu Ran was shamelessly trying to overstay his welcome, even brazenly claiming that her locking the door was an invitation?

Hah?

This dog's skin was really getting thicker and thicker!

Had he forgotten about climbing over the balcony now???

Ye Zhenzhen blushed and swung the pillow again, forcefully kicking him out of the room.

After driving Gu Ran back next door, the young girl sat on the bed in a daze for a while, the blush on her cheeks taking a long time to fade.

The thought of Uncle Gu and her mother in the couple's king-size bedroom upstairs gave her an indescribably weird feeling.

And the more she thought about it, the redder her pretty face became.

Until finally, thinking of a certain crucial scenario, she felt like she was going to break down. She quickly covered her face with her hands, rolled over onto her stomach, and rapidly kicked her fair little legs.

"Oh, this is so embarrassing! They aren't going to have another little brother, are they..."

...

Occasionally, the creaking of a sculling boat drifted in from outside the window.

Half an hour later.

The young girl stepped out of the bathroom, finally calming her wildly racing heart.

Then, like a thief, she sneakily dug out a pink-covered notebook from the most hidden compartment of her suitcase.

This was given to her before the college entrance exams by Pei Susu, that useless strategist, who claimed it was a "Love Bible".

Although she had stubbornly said she didn't want it at the time, her body honestly tucked it away.

Ye Zhenzhen lay on her stomach on the bed, turned on the desk lamp, and opened the notebook.

On the first page, written in elegant handwriting, was a title: [48 Things Couples (crossed out) Older Sister and Younger Brother Must Do].

She picked up a pen, bit the end of it, and looked as focused as if she were solving the final question of a Math Olympiad.

"Have a candlelit dinner together..."

There was already a checkmark next to it; that was the night the power went out right after the exams.

"Take a walk together at dusk..."

This evening at the head of the dyeing workshop bridge, they walked side by side on the small path, the setting sun stretching their shadows long.

Check!

"Go to a bar together..."

Even though she got drunk after just a few drinks and threw a drunken fit, it still counted as going, right?

Thinking of the shameful scenes after getting drunk that night, Ye Zhenzhen's cheeks flushed hot again, and she quickly made a checkmark.

"Watch the sunrise together..."

On the sculling boat, the dewy morning, and a warm embrace.

A heavy checkmark!!

"Take photos of each other..."

Those photos in Gu Ran's camera, she couldn't bear to delete a single one.

Check!

Her gaze moved all the way down, finally stopping on a line at the bottom of the page.

"Cohabitate in an unfamiliar city..."

Ye Zhenzhen's fingers paused.

Cohabitate?

Did this count?

Although they were in two rooms, the balconies were connected, and their hearts... were connected too.

This should... count, right?

The young girl bit her lower lip, a blush more brilliant than the sunset spreading across her face.

Her small hand holding the pen trembled slightly, but ultimately, she solemnly drew a checkmark next to that line!

After doing all this, she closed the notebook and held it in her hands like a treasure for a long time.

An auntie-like smile appeared on her face. She admired it with satisfaction for a long time before reluctantly locking it back in her suitcase.

Then, she picked up her phone and tapped on the profile picture with the contact name [Silly Bear].

[Doctor Ye]: Are you asleep?

[Silly Bear]: Not yet, thinking about how to send a bottle of red wine up to Lao Gu to add to the fun.

[Doctor Ye]: ... Get lost!

Ye Zhenzhen looked at the screen and couldn't help but laugh out of anger.

After laughing, she took a deep breath, quickly typed a line of text, and hit send.

[Doctor Ye]: Gu Ran, let's check out at 5 AM tomorrow morning and go home, okay?

In the room next door, seeing this message, Gu Ran was slightly taken aback.

[Silly Bear]: What's wrong? We've only been playing for a few days, and there are still so many places we haven't been to.

[Doctor Ye]: I'm done playing. Being frightened by those two every day, I feel like I'm going to break.

Gu Ran: "???"

I don't even want to call you out, but were you really frightened?

You hypocritical girl!

Ye Zhenzhen lay on her pillow, looking at the crescent moon outside the window, her fingers typing rapidly again.

[Doctor Ye]: This place is too small, it's easy to get a heart attack. And...

She paused, silently thinking to herself that she had experienced enough of this trip called an "elopement escape".

The rest, she wanted to save and do slowly in the future.

[Doctor Ye]: And I miss home, pretty please?

Gu Ran looked at the sudden coquettish tone on the screen and froze for a few seconds, feeling somewhat flattered.

Normally, this girl was as stubborn as a tsundere; getting her to act cute was no easy feat.

He could even imagine the young girl next door blushing while pretending to be calm as she typed these words.

[Silly Bear]: Yes ma'am, Doctor Ye! Retreating tomorrow morning.

Putting down his phone, Gu Ran walked to the balcony and stretched.

The night breeze was slightly cool.

He looked up suspiciously towards the top floor.

Lao Gu is getting on in years, he couldn't be trying to roll a new character now, could he?