Pure Love Warrior Ye Zhenzhen

Chapter 179

Early morning, Binjiang Gardens.

Smack! Smack!

Two brand new black booklets were tossed onto the dining table.

Gu Ran, with one hand in his pocket, casually picked up a half-glass of soy milk from the table and downed it in one gulp. "Dad, Aunt Ye, Zhenzhen and I got our driver's licenses."

Gu Xiangcheng was sipping tea from a purple clay teapot. Catching sight of the licenses from the corner of his eye, he paused for a moment, then forcefully suppressed the smile at the corners of his mouth, pretending to be serious as he shook his newspaper.

"Hmm, not bad. Since you've got your licenses, you two can take the Jetta downstairs to practice. It just so happens the bureau assigned me a new Passat."

"You got it! You'll be our first VIP passenger." Gu Ran twirled the keys on his fingertip, casually raising an eyebrow at Ye Zhenzhen, who was rolling her eyes nearby. "Let's go, Driver Ye?"

The young girl's eyes curved into crescents. "Look at you..."

Ye Shulian also covered her mouth, chuckling softly. "Drive slowly."

...

Downstairs, the black Jetta roared to life.

Shift into gear, give it gas, and start.

Gu Ran's movements were smooth and flowing, driving a manual transmission with the silky smoothness of a CVT.

Gu Xiangcheng, sitting in the backseat holding his teacup, didn't spill a single drop of water.

Where did this kid learn to drive like this?

Are driving schools this good nowadays?

Sitting in the passenger seat, Ye Zhenzhen was wearing a light blue waist-cinching dress today, her hair tied up in a high ponytail, revealing a beautiful, swan-like neck.

Even though she wasn't the one driving, she was more nervous than Gu Ran.

Her right hand gripped the handle tightly, her knuckles white from the force. Her beautiful big eyes were wide open, and her foot occasionally stepped on an imaginary brake, looking like a frightened little hamster.

"Relax," Gu Ran said, holding the steering wheel with one hand and turning his head to tease her. "Ye Zhenzhen, are you trying to stomp through the floorboards and install a foot brake?"

"You... watch the road! Don't look at me!" Being teased in front of Lao Gu, the young girl glared at him in embarrassment and anger, looking adorably fierce.

The car parked steadily at the gate of the county bureau courtyard, exactly ten centimeters from the curb.

As soon as they got out of the car, they bumped into Deputy Bureau Chief Zhang Jianguo.

He looked at Gu Ran getting out of the driver's seat and couldn't help but be a little surprised. "Little Ran, you reversed into that spot in one go? When did you get your license? Your skills aren't bad!"

After getting out of the car, Lao Gu adjusted his collar. His face was calm and breezy, but his heart was already blooming with joy. Yet, his mouth still had to put on an act: "Hey, don't praise him. This kid only has this much capability, just messing around with flashy tricks."

Then Lao Gu introduced Ye Zhenzhen.

A shrewd person like Zhang Jianguo obviously knew the inside story. His gaze shifted between the two of them, and he immediately revealed an "I understand" auntie smile.

"Chief Gu, you're truly blessed! Your son got into Qinglin University, and this... daughter is also so beautiful. A golden boy and a jade girl, you'll have plenty of joy holding your grandchildren in the future!"

Holding grandchildren?!

How did it get to that?!!!

Hearing this, the shy girl's pretty face instantly turned the color of a cooked shrimp. She lowered her head, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to hide in, only hearing Gu Ran laughing heartlessly beside her: "Uncle Zhang, your eye for things is definitely number one in the bureau! Thanks for the good wishes!"

Gu 'Dog' Ran!!!

Watching the two elders enter the building, Gu Ran turned his head and tossed the keys to her.

"Alright, you drive on the way back."

"Ah? I can't! What if I scratch it..."

Ye Zhenzhen caught the keys in a flurry. Looking at the Jetta, she immediately lost her nerve, shaking her head like a rattle drum.

"What are you afraid of? If it really breaks, it's on me. If you hit someone, it's on my dad." Gu Ran didn't allow any explanation, stuffing her directly into the driver's seat and leaning over to help her buckle her seatbelt.

The distance between the two rapidly closed. His warm breath sprayed by her ear, carrying a faint lemon scent.

Ye Zhenzhen's body stiffened slightly, and her movements with her hands became sluggish. She felt like she had completely forgotten everything she learned at the driving school.

"Besides, you don't know the worth of this Jetta. In this small territory of County A, who would dare touch it?"

Ye Zhenzhen: "..."

You really are a filial son and worthy grandson!

...

After sending Ye Zhenzhen home, Gu Ran rushed non-stop to Qinglin City.

GR Games Company, conference room.

The atmosphere was a bit oppressive, and the air was filled with traces of melancholy.

Technical Director Wang Hao, sporting two huge dark circles under his eyes and hair as messy as a chicken coop, slammed the pen in his hand onto the table and said in a hoarse voice:

"Boss, we really can't do this job! We make games, and now we have to fight Penguin for social networking? This is like asking a sweet potato vendor to build an atomic bomb!"

Li Sinan also had a solemn expression, pushing up her glasses: "President Gu, we ran the data models ten times. In the instant messaging field, Penguin's market share is 98 percent. Fetion and Mi Talk are surviving in the cracks. If our WeChat doesn't have disruptive features, it will die upon launch without making a single splash."

The entire technical team was staring at Gu Ran, their faces full of the feeling that the boss had gone mad.

In contrast, Gu Ran wasn't anxious at all; his fingers were even tapping rhythmically on the tabletop.

"Who told you we're going to compete with Penguin on their terms?"

He stood up, walked to the whiteboard, picked up the eraser, and ruthlessly wiped away that complex architecture diagram.

"Penguin is doing connection; they are the overlord of the PC end. And what we are going to do is life, the king of the mobile end! We are not making another QQ, but an extension of human nature!"

Picking up a black marker, he drew a huge circle in the center of the whiteboard, drawing two eyes, an eyebrow, and a crooked mouth inside.

Seeing this scene, everyone was a little dumbfounded.

What is this?

A stroke patient?

Or Picasso's abstract art?

"This is called Funny."

Gu Ran pointed at that magical expression and continued: "In the future of social networking, text is pale, and emotions are the rigid demand! We want to introduce meme bombing! These aren't just pictures; they are the secret codes of young people, their crazy literature in a boring life."

With a few quick strokes, he drew another panda head, with the text: Eat Shit.

In the originally lifeless conference room, a burst of uncontrollable snickering suddenly erupted.

Several young programmers' eyes lit up, as if a door to a new world had been opened.

"I'm not done yet."

He then turned around, the pen tip making a harsh screeching sound against the whiteboard, and heavily wrote down three words:

Moments

"QQ Space is too heavy, too alternative; that's the world of the Shamate subculture. We want to build a closed sharing platform based on acquaintance relationships."

"Only showing the good life, and comments are only visible to mutual friends. We want to satisfy the two lowest desires of humanity: voyeurism and the desire to perform."

Wang Hao's gaze changed, and his back involuntarily straightened.

This entry point... is a bit toxic!

"Finally, it's also our nuclear weapon, our killer move to launch a dimensional strike against Penguin."

Gu Ran took a deep breath and, at the very top of the whiteboard, wrote down the feature that was about to change the social landscape:

Shake

"LBS positioning plus random matching." He leaned his hands on the table, his eyes burning bright. "Imagine this: late at night, lonely and cold, you pick up your phone, no need to type, just one action—Shake!"

"Click!" Gu Ran flicked his wrist in the empty air. "Just like racking a gun. A flower pops up on the screen, and you've just shaken your way to a stranger of the opposite sex five hundred meters away..."

He paused, looking at the dumbfounded crowd, and slowly delivered his final line:

"This isn't just technology, it's the resonance of hormones. This is something prepared for every single man and woman in China—a cyber concubine draft!"

????

A cyber concubine draft?

Isn't this just a fucking online hookup app... but I like it!

Wang Hao abruptly stood up, trembling all over, not even noticing the cigarette butt burning his fingers. "Holy shit... Boss, you aren't just hitting a pain point, you're hitting the G-spot!"

Gu Ran: "???"

Watch your mouth, why are you making it sound so dirty?

"This is the soul of MicroChat." Gu Ran tossed his pen aside and leaned back confidently in his chair. "Now, do you still think we're on a suicide mission?"

"Let's do this! We'll pull all-nighters if we have to! If anyone stops me from coding, I'll fight them!"

"I'm going to make the youth of the entire country start shaking!"

Looking at his team, who were now pumped up as if they were on steroids, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Screw the Penguin company, they like to copy, right?

This time, I'm going to turn the tables and copy them first!

...

Meanwhile, in County A, Riverside Gardens.

Ye Zhenzhen stealthily locked her bedroom door and dragged a rusty tin biscuit box out from under her bed.

Click.

The box opened. Inside weren't biscuits, but a thick stack of cash.

There were red hundred-yuan bills, scattered tens and fives, and even a few coins.

It was all the red envelope money, allowance, and various scholarships she had saved up since she was a little girl.

Of course, the ten thousand yuan travel fund given by Ye Shulian was not included.

She sat cross-legged on the rug and opened a pink notebook.

Flipping past the first few blush-inducing pages titled "48 Things an Older Sister and Younger Brother Must Do," she turned to the "Gu Ran Observation Diary" in the back. Her finger stopped on a line of elegant handwriting:

[Gu Ran's watch is badly worn out. The idiot doesn't even know to replace it.]

She picked up her phone and dialed Pei Susu's number.

"Hey, Susu, wake up! The sun is already baking your butt!"

Pei Susu's lazy, groggy voice came through the phone. "Big sis... it's the middle of the day, what else would I do but sleep? Did your Boss Gu tease you again?"

"Get out of here! Be serious!" The girl blushed and spat playfully. "I need to go to Qinglin City. Are you coming with me?"

"Going to Qinglin in this heat? We'll get tanned. UV rays are a woman's natural enemy!"

"I need to buy something." Ye Zhenzhen bit her lip. "I... I have my eye on a Longines watch and want to buy it for Gu Ran. But there aren't any official stores in our county, so we have to go to Qinglin."

There was a full three seconds of silence on the other end of the line, followed by the sound of Pei Susu rolling over and sitting up.

"Longines? Big sis, that costs at least ten or twenty thousand, right? Are you emptying out your dowry? Where did you get that kind of money?"

"Oh, don't worry about it! I have the money!"

The blissfully happy girl looked at the money in the tin box, a silly, sweet smile forming on her lips.

"This is the first official gift I'm giving to my boyfriend, so of course it has to be the best."

Saying that, she closed the tin box and hugged it to her chest, as if she were holding the most precious treasure in the world. She continued softly, "Besides... he's worth it."

"Ugh! I give up. Getting a mouthful of romantic PDA shoved down my throat the moment I wake up, who else suffers like this!"

Pei Susu sighed on the other end, her tone both helpless and envious. "Fine, fine, you win, Ye Zhenzhen, you warrior of pure love. Hurry up and come out. I'll risk my life to accompany you and witness your moment of bankruptcy!"

"Leaving right now!"

Hanging up the phone, the girl quickly changed into a comfortable pair of canvas walking shoes, a breathable white T-shirt, and jeans.

Grabbing the tin box and carrying her massive fortune, she skipped out the door and charged into the blazing summer sun...