Chapter 249
Amidst their playful banter, the two had already arrived at their front door.
Taking advantage of the moment he was opening the door, the young woman caught him off guard and pinched the soft flesh of his waist.
"Hiss!"
Gu Ran turned around in disbelief, looking at Ye Zhenzhen, whose small face was flushed from climbing the stairs.
"Ye Zhenzhen! That's not something a gentleman would do!"
The named girl playfully stuck out her tongue and made a funny face.
"I'm a lady, not a gentleman. Also, call me older sister! Show some respect..."
The young man laughed out of exasperation, looking at Ye Zhenzhen with doting affection before shaking his head.
This girl. Her cheeky remarks always came one after another.
The two put away their jokes and pushed the door open.
The lights in the living room were already on.
Ye Shulian, wearing an apron, was wiping the dining table with a rag.
Gu Xiangcheng sat on the sofa, holding a purple clay teapot in his hand, zoning out while watching the morning news replay on the TV.
Hearing the door open, they both turned their heads at the same time.
"You're back?"
Ye Shulian put down the rag and came over to greet them.
Seeing the steaming hot breakfast in their hands, a pleased smile appeared on her face.
"Where did you go? I saw you weren't here early this morning. You even bought breakfast? Go wash your hands and get ready to eat."
She reached out and took the plastic bags from Gu Ran's hands.
Gu Ran replied as he handed the breakfast over.
"I went running with Sister Zhenzhen. We passed by the shop, so we just bought it on the way back."
Hearing the boy's words, Ye Shulian's gaze swept over Ye Zhenzhen, and her movements suddenly paused.
Gu Ran stood to the side, his complexion normal and his breathing steady.
The black sportswear on him was dry and neat, without a single wrinkle.
In contrast, her own daughter's cheeks were bright red, revealing an unnatural flush.
Fine beads of sweat hung on her forehead, and a few strands of wet hair clung to her cheeks.
The most crucial thing was those usually rosy lips.
At this moment, they were obviously a bit swollen and even had a watery sheen.
Ye Shulian was an experienced woman.
This kind of state was definitely not something that could be produced just by running.
She quietly put the breakfast on the dining table, her mind racing.
Could the physical gap between boys and girls really be this big?
Little Ran didn't even break a sweat, but Zhenzhen was this exhausted?
And these lips...
A strong sense of crisis rose in Ye Shulian's heart.
She secretly gritted her teeth and made up her mind.
She absolutely could not let the two of them go out alone anymore.
Tonight, she had to have a good discussion with Old Gu. From now on, she would make Old Gu run with them every morning!
But what about when school starts...
"Mom, I'm going to wash my face first."
Ye Zhenzhen felt a chill in her heart from her mother's stare. Leaving those words behind, she slipped into the bathroom as if fleeing.
Ten minutes later, the family of four sat around the dining table.
The atmosphere was a bit subtle.
Gu Xiangcheng took a sip of soy milk, his piercing gaze sweeping back and forth between his son and his future daughter-in-law.
He didn't speak, but the look he gave Gu Ran was full of an extremely obvious warning.
Translated, that look meant:
I know exactly what you were doing outside just now, you little punk!
Restrain yourself and don't go overboard!
Gu Ran sat upright in his chair, meeting his father's gaze with a calm expression.
He picked up a tea egg, cracked the shell on the table.
He skillfully peeled it and placed it in Gu Xiangcheng's bowl.
"Dad, eat more to supplement your protein. Is the bureau not too busy these days?"
On the surface, he was playing the role of the perfect filial son, but under the table, his foot quietly reached over.
He accurately found the girl's calf and tapped it gently twice, sending a comforting signal.
Ye Zhenzhen was looking down, biting into a steamed bun. When he tapped her, her body stiffened slightly.
She didn't dare look up, so she could only stretch out her foot under the table.
Stepping hard on someone's instep, she ground down forcefully.
Gu Ran's facial muscles twitched, but he forcefully held back from making a sound.
"The bureau has standby duty for the National Day holiday. I'll go tomorrow."
Gu Xiangcheng snorted, picking up the tea egg and taking a bite.
In order to break the tense atmosphere of being scanned back and forth by two human detectors.
Gu Ran swallowed the fried dough stick in his mouth and took the initiative to arrange their schedule.
"Dad, Aunt Ye, today at noon, Zhenzhen and I will stay home and have a nice meal with you."
He pulled out a tissue to wipe his hands, his tone natural.
"As for the afternoon, Ye Jinliang and Pei Susu are coming to find us. The four of us agreed to go eat barbecue and watch a movie, so we might be back a bit late tonight."
Hearing this arrangement, Gu Xiangcheng's expression softened quite a bit.
Knowing to eat with his elders meant this kid still had a conscience.
However, the hand Ye Shulian used to hold her chopsticks paused.
She subconsciously wanted to speak up and stop them.
These two kids were in such a dangerous state right now. If she let them go out to watch a movie, heaven knows what would happen!
Little Ran might get completely eaten alive by Zhenzhen!
She looked at Ye Zhenzhen with worry, hoping that the child had listened to some of their conversation from last night.
Otherwise, in the future, if the mother and daughter ended up bagging the father and son entirely, what would people say if word got out?
But when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back.
After all, their two classmates, Ye Jinliang and Pei Susu, would be there. With the four of them hanging out together, nothing too out of line should happen.
If she forcibly stopped them now, it would seem too deliberate.
It might even directly pierce through that thin layer of window paper, making everyone embarrassed.
Thinking of this, Ye Shulian could only suppress the worries in her heart.
She managed to squeeze out a smile and nodded.
"Alright, you young people have your own circles. It's good to go out and gather more. But be careful tonight and come home early."
"Don't worry, Aunt Ye, I'll take good care of Sister Zhenzhen."
Gu Ran agreed extremely readily.
Ye Zhenzhen finally looked up and shot Gu Ran a glance.
This guy had arranged everything perfectly, even calculating their parents' psychological expectations.
This thrilling morning tug-of-war finally came to an end during the family's seemingly harmonious breakfast.
After the incident of being caught red-handed last night.
The two were quiet all morning, rarely interacting with each other.
Seeing this situation, Ye Shulian was naturally very satisfied.
Gu Xiangcheng was different. Looking at the somewhat deliberate distancing between the two kids.
He felt puzzled.
Did they... have a fight?
This brat usually wished he could stick to that girl Zhenzhen for 25 hours out of a 24-hour day.
What was going on today?
As a stepfather, it wasn't appropriate for him to ask Ye Zhenzhen directly.
He couldn't swallow his pride to ask Gu Ran, and asking Shulian would simply be a confession of his own snooping!
He took a sip of tea and realized he was just worrying for nothing.
The kids were grown up and had their own plans. What was he doing blindly speculating here?
Having thought it through, Gu Xiangcheng refilled his teacup, picked up the newspaper next to him.
And began reading it leisurely.
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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."
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.
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!"
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?"
