Chapter 26
Stepping out of Ye Zhenzhen's room, he found the living room empty. The sound of Lao Gu and Aunt Ye talking came from the master bedroom. Knowing that the two were also packing, he turned and went back to his own room.
Sitting at his desk, he immersed himself in the world of code. After a few days of patient output, the source code for Temple Run was finally complete.
Now, all he had to do was fill in the details, test the program's fluidity, check for bugs, and finally add the art assets and sound effects.
He estimated the time. If all went well, the full version of the game would be released in about three months.
Of course, his chosen launch platform was iOS. He would release it overseas first, and then introduce it domestically.
As for Android, he planned to wait until smartphones became more widespread in China before launching it on Android channels.
With a clear plan for the future in his mind, he was constantly motivated, striving to create a second game and establish a company before going to college.
Once he went to college, he would choose a location for the company, start recruiting staff, and ramp up production.
Build brand awareness in the first year, surpass other game companies in the second year to become the top tier in the mobile game industry, and challenge Tencent in the third year...
As for romance... what romance? He had been reborn! What decent person bothers with romance? Making money is the real deal!
As long as you drive a Porsche Cayenne well, your babe will always be a high school senior!
It's not that I don't have feelings for you, it's just that you don't drive a Porsche!
Having set these grand goals in his heart, he was full of fighting spirit, his hands typing so fast on the keyboard they left afterimages.
Suddenly, Ye Shulian's voice came from outside the door.
"Xiao Ran, Zhenzhen, do you want to go to the mall to buy some things?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Zhenzhen's voice followed closely, "I won't go, Mom. Ask Gu Ran."
Gu Ran stopped typing, feeling a slight headache because he didn't want to go out either. After all, he still had to make money to buy a Porsche.
But then he remembered that he still owed her a plush toy. He sighed helplessly, saved his work, and pushed the door open to walk out.
"Aunt Ye, I'll go."
Seeing that he was tagging along, Gu Xiangcheng was taken aback for a moment but didn't say anything, just nodded. The three of them quickly left the house.
Inside her room, listening to the sound of the three leaving, Ye Zhenzhen paused her pen, finding it somewhat funny that Gu Ran was tagging along to be a third wheel.
Bah, what a kiss-up. Tagging along the moment her mom called, without even considering if it was appropriate!
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly. Imagining Gu Ran acting as a third wheel while the two of them shopped at the mall made her inexplicably happy.
What a big fool. How could that be better than staying home and studying?
...
Gu Ran naturally knew he was going as a third wheel. The two of them usually had to work, so they didn't have much time alone together. He understood this well.
So on the way to the mall, sitting in the back seat, he spoke up to Ye Shulian, "Aunt Ye, I'll just buy something and leave. You and my dad can walk around by yourselves later."
Hearing this, Ye Shulian was a bit surprised. She turned around and smiled, asking, "Aren't you going to walk around with us?"
"No, I need to hurry back and study."
Hearing this answer, the smile on Ye Shulian's face grew even wider. She held his hand and nodded repeatedly, saying with gratification, "Studying is good. A child who studies seriously is a good child. Remember to ask your Sister if there's anything you don't understand."
"Mhm, I will definitely go ask Sister."
Listening to their conversation, Gu Xiangcheng, who was driving in front, hesitated to speak.
But seeing the cheerful atmosphere, after thinking for a long time, he abandoned the idea of saying anything.
He just hoped that this kid going into Zhenzhen's room was truly to ask questions...
Once inside the mall, Gu Ran quickly parted ways with Lao Gu and the others. All alone, he walked briskly straight toward the plush toy section.
Sweeping his gaze over the shelves filled with all kinds of cute plush toys, his eyes were immediately drawn to a black and white panda doll.
For some reason, looking at the charmingly naive panda made him think of Ye Zhenzhen. The corners of his mouth lifting slightly, he reached out and took the panda in front of him to examine it closely.
This toy was nice, but just a bit small. He looked around and finally spotted a giant panda plush toy at the top of the shelf.
Getting a staff member to take down the human-sized toy, he went to the front desk to pay and then quickly left the mall.
Returning home, Gu Ran hugged the plush toy and gently knocked on Ye Zhenzhen's bedroom door.
From the moment he opened the front door, the young girl inside the room had heard the noise he made. She just hadn't expected that the first thing he would do upon returning was knock on her door.
With a look of confusion, she put down her pen, got up from the desk, and walked to the door.
As soon as she opened the door, a giant panda plush toy appeared right in front of her, giving her a sudden start.
But after reacting, she was delighted. Pushing aside the panda's head and seeing Gu Ran behind it, she couldn't help but laugh and ask.
"You went to the mall just to buy this?"
"Yeah, didn't I promise you at noon that I'd buy you another one?"
Gu Ran blinked and replied to her question with a similar smile.
He then carried the huge toy into the room, removed the packaging bag, and placed it on the already made bed.
Seeing the bear taking up half the bed, Ye Zhenzhen smiled, reaching out to helplessly massage her forehead.
"It didn't need to be this big. How am I supposed to sleep when it takes up so much space?"
"Isn't there still half left? Or are you a restless sleeper?"
"Bah, you're the restless one!"
Ye Zhenzhen spat at him playfully, then walked to the bed, bent down, and measured it with her hands. She found that there really was still space, just enough for her to sleep while hugging the big bear.
Thinking this, she stood up, turned to look at Gu Ran, and blinked her eyes with a smile, "Then thank you, little brother Gu Ran."
"No need to thank me, didn't I take one of your little bears too?"
Hearing this, Gu Ran waved his hand. As he spoke, he walked to the desk and looked at the test papers spread out on it, clicking his tongue in amazement.
No wonder this girl could score so high; she was truly a try-hard... uh, hardworking.
Even though they had just finished moving, for her, it was nothing more than changing to a different place to study.
Thinking of this, he shook his head. When someone better than you works even harder than you, how can you ever surpass them?
However, his goal wasn't to surpass Ye Zhenzhen either. As long as he got into a top-tier university in the capital, it would be fine.
"When are you free, Sister?"
He turned around and asked Ye Zhenzhen, an obedient smile blooming on his face.
"What do you want?"
Ye Zhenzhen looked defensive, feeling that this smile didn't mean anything good.
Gu Ran really wanted to say something cheeky, but he didn't dare, so he honestly answered, "I want to come look for you to study in a bit. My previous foundation is too poor. Could Sister tutor me a little?"
As soon as she heard it was about studying, Ye Zhenzhen's anxious heart immediately settled down. She reached up to tuck her hair behind her ear and nodded calmly.
"I'm fine whenever. It depends on your time."
"Alright then, I'll go back to my room to get my notes."
Gu Ran nodded with a smile, then walked out the door.
The room suddenly quieted down. Ye Zhenzhen sat quietly at her desk, occasionally turning back to gaze at the panda plush toy lying on the bed.
For some reason, looking at the charmingly naive panda, she thought of Gu Ran, and the loneliness and confusion in her heart from having just moved gradually dissipated...
...
Ten minutes, or perhaps fifteen—Ye Zhenzhen had no idea how long she had been waiting. She only knew that she could no longer focus on the practice problems in front of her.
The tip of her pen scratched across the scrap paper, drawing circle after circle. Resting her chin on her hand, she stared at her bedroom door for a long time, but Gu Ran still had not appeared.
She could not help but feel a surge of annoyance. Did he not say he was coming over to study with her? Was this his attitude toward studying?!
Just as a look of frustrated embarrassment flickered in her usually aloof eyes, she heard a noise coming from the balcony.
She turned her head to look, and her composed face was instantly washed with shock...
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."
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
