Chapter 212
Ye Zhenzhen felt like she had lost a lifetime's worth of face today.
She kept her eyes tightly shut, fumbling blindly in Gu Ran's pants pocket.
Through the thin fabric, she occasionally brushed against the young man's firm, warm thigh muscles.
The sensation felt like an electric current, sending a tingling numbness from her fingertips straight to her heart.
How was this looking for keys? It was pure torture!
"Did you find it yet?"
Gu Ran lowered his head slightly, his warm breath fanning against her ear, his tone carrying undisguised teasing.
"If you don't find it soon, I'm going to have to start charging a fee."
"F-found it!"
Ye Zhenzhen withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted. Clutching the car keys tightly in her palm, she dashed out of the office as if fleeing for her life.
Behind her came the young man's hearty yet wicked laughter.
......
The underground parking lot.
Ye Zhenzhen sat in the driver's seat of the Audi A6L, both hands gripping the steering wheel tightly, her palms covered in sweat.
She took several deep breaths to barely calm her racing heart.
"You... sit tight."
Ye Zhenzhen turned her head and spoke to the calm-looking guy in the passenger seat, her voice trembling slightly.
"Don't worry, I bought full insurance."
Gu Ran leaned lazily against the seatback and crossed his legs.
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
There was no talking to him.
Gritting her teeth, she shifted into drive.
Her toes carefully... lightly tapped the gas pedal.
The car moved.
Like a startled snail, it inched forward about five centimeters, and then...
Screech!
A sudden brake.
The inertia jerked them both forward.
Gu Ran looked out the window at an old man hobbling along who still easily overtook their car, and he couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Dr. Ye, if I may be so bold to ask, are you giving this car CPR? Why is it jerking like this?"
"Shut up!"
Ye Zhenzhen was dying of embarrassment and anger.
This was her first time driving such an expensive car. She felt like she wasn't sitting on a leather seat, but on hundreds of thousands of RMB in motion!
She was so nervous her calves were cramping, and this bastard was sitting next to her making sarcastic remarks!
"Alright, alright, I won't speak."
Gu Ran raised his hands in surrender, but the corners of his mouth were curving up wildly.
"Drive slowly, no rush. We have plenty of time tonight."
The more he said that, the more panicked Ye Zhenzhen felt.
She felt like she wasn't driving, but defusing a bomb.
The car crawled through the empty underground parking lot at an outrageously slow speed.
After finally getting on the road, a new show began.
Turning?
She turned on the blinker fifty meters in advance, wishing she could just get out and push it around the corner.
Passing another car?
She completely stopped and turned off the engine, waiting for the other party to go first.
She even silently repeated to herself three times, "You can't see me, you can't see me."
A bicycle whooshed past them, and the boy riding it even looked back.
His eyes were filled with care and confusion for the "female luxury car driver."
Ye Zhenzhen's face was so red it could drip blood.
"Gu Ran, how about... you drive instead?"
She begged with a crying tone, her mentality completely broken.
"No."
Gu Ran flatly refused.
"Why?"
"I drank."
Gu Ran pointed at himself, his face full of righteousness.
"There are thousands of roads, but safety comes first. Drunk driving is illegal; we must be good citizens of a society ruled by law."
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
When you were acting like a hooligan in the office just now, I didn't see you remember you were a law-abiding good citizen!
She could tell now, this guy was intentionally trying to see her make a fool of herself today.
"Gu 'Dog' Ran, I hate you!"
"Don't be like that, sister."
Gu Ran leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"If you hate me, how will you 'punish' me as you please tonight?"
Ye Zhenzhen's brain instantly short-circuited, and the steering wheel almost slipped.
Countless restricted scenes flashed through her mind.
Are you sure it's a punishment and not a reward?
"Gu 'Dog' Ran, shut up!!!"
This bastard, no ivory could ever come out of a dog's mouth!
Accompanied by the girl's embarrassed shouts and the young man's triumphant laughter, the car slowly swayed down the road.
The cars behind them were blocked and honked incessantly. The continuous beeping sounds made Ye Zhenzhen's palms sweat even more.
Gu Ran, however, was very calm, even pulling out his phone to browse the forums.
"Look, the forum exploded."
Gu Ran slowly read the comments on the forum.
[Extra, extra! The 'WeChat' servers are overloaded! The technical team is rushing to repair them!]
[What's the mysterious grand prize package? Does anyone know?]
[Holy crap, I just matched with the beauty of the foreign language department! She even accepted my friend request! WeChat is awesome!]
Hearing the young man's peaceful voice, the tension in Ye Zhenzhen's heart dissipated quite a bit.
"You... are really amazing."
She couldn't help but sigh.
"Of course."
Gu Ran put away his phone, looking proud.
"So, as the girlfriend of such an amazing person, shouldn't you also step up?"
He reached out and gently placed his hand over Ye Zhenzhen's hand on the steering wheel.
"Don't be afraid, step on the gas boldly. This car performs well and is very steady. Even if you scrape or bump it, the worst that happens is we get a new one."
His voice was neither light nor heavy, but it carried a reassuring power.
Ye Zhenzhen looked at him, and as if possessed, she increased the pressure on her foot.
The car accelerated smoothly and merged into the traffic.
......
When the car finally stopped under the girls' dormitory building, Ye Zhenzhen felt like she had just run a full marathon, her back completely drenched in sweat.
"I... I'm here."
She unbuckled her seatbelt and frantically tried to open the door to get out.
"What's the rush?"
Her wrist was caught once again.
Before she could react, Gu Ran leaned over and sealed her lips once more.
This kiss wasn't as intense as the one in the office earlier; instead, it carried a hint of comfort.
"A reward for you."
Gu Ran gave her a light peck on the lips and said with a smile.
"Female driver, thanks for your hard work."
Ye Zhenzhen's face turned red again.
She pushed the young man away and fled in panic, not even daring to look back.
Gu Ran watched her panicked, fleeing back, his smile deepening.
He leaned against the seatback, savoring the sweetness that lingered between his lips and teeth.
He took out his phone and sent Ye Zhenzhen a message.
[Silly Bear: Tomorrow morning, I'll pick you up for class.]
......
Dormitory 302.
Ye Zhenzhen pushed the door open. Zhao Xiaoxiao and Chen Jing were gathered together watching a movie.
Seeing her return, Zhao Xiaoxiao immediately pressed the pause button and came over with a gossipy look on her face.
"Oh, our goddess is back?"
She said, winking and making faces.
"How was your alone time with Boss Gu?"
"It... it was alright."
Ye Zhenzhen guiltily lowered her head, changing her shoes, completely avoiding their gaze.
"Alright?"
Zhao Xiaoxiao circled in front of her, pointing at her lips with a mischievous smile.
"Look at this little mouth, so red and swollen. What happened, did you just go eat insanely spicy hotpot? Or were you accidentally 'bitten' by some creature?"
"I... that was..."
Ye Zhenzhen's brain spun rapidly.
"That was from discussing the first day of class tomorrow, I talked... I talked until my mouth was dry!"
"Oh——"
Zhao Xiaoxiao and Chen Jing exchanged a glance and dragged out their words in unison.
"So discussing studies takes that much of a toll on the lips, huh? We saw everything. That Audi was parked downstairs for almost half an hour. As for whether the car was rocking or not, well, we wouldn't know~"
"Zhao Xiaoxiao!!!"
Ye Zhenzhen was so embarrassed she wished the ground would swallow her whole. Grabbing her pajamas, she bolted into the bathroom.
"I'm taking a shower!"
Behind her, the unbridled, hysterical laughter of her two terrible friends echoed.
...
Meanwhile, in Dorm 404.
When Gu Ran pushed the door open, Zhang Qi and Li Ming were practically dancing in front of the computer screen, looking more excited than if they had just won the lottery.
"Brother Gu! My dear brother! You're finally back!"
Zhang Qi rushed over the moment he saw him.
"After you left, we posted the compensation announcement just like you said. Not only did those guys stay, but they also camped out in the forum, spamming the chat to ask what the big gift pack is! The server is almost crashing from all their spamming!"
"Nicely done."
Gu Ran patted his shoulder and tossed them a few cans of cola he had brought back from the company.
"Go to sleep early tonight and get some good rest. We have big things to do tomorrow."
A sharp glint flashed in Gu Ran's eyes.
We've already had the appetizers; now it's time for the main course!
...
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."
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
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?"
