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!
...
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."
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
