Chapter 260
The black Audi A6 parked steadily downstairs at Binjiang Garden.
The light inside the car was dim. Gu Ran turned off the engine, but didn't rush to get out.
He unfastened his seatbelt and turned sideways.
His burning gaze fixed on the person beside him.
The girl sitting in the passenger seat had been flustered ever since she got in the car. Now, sensing his gaze, she wished she could shrink herself into a quail.
"Why... why are you always staring at me? Get out of the car."
Ye Zhenzhen felt her hair stand on end and urged him, stuttering.
At the same time, her small hand rested on the door handle, ready to pull it open and run away at any sign of trouble.
Seeing her vigilant little face, Gu Ran laughed out loud.
Then he leaned over and forcefully turned the girl's shoulders towards him.
Taking advantage of the situation, he took her right hand, which had been tightly hidden in her coat pocket.
"What are you doing!"
Alarm bells rang in Ye Zhenzhen's head.
She was terrified that this bastard would do something else in this confined space that would make her die of shame.
The sly guy didn't make a sound, but simply lowered his head.
He gently planted a kiss on the back of her hand, which was slightly cold from nervousness.
The touch was like an electric shock, running straight up the back of her hand and numbing half of the girl's body.
Those absurd, romantic, and extremely shameful scenes from the cinema VIP room.
Instantly turned into a substantial attack, rushing straight to her brain.
Even a vicious tiger won't eat its cubs!
Her brain crashed for two seconds before she slowly came back to her senses.
Blushing, she glared at the audacious guy, and only after a long time did she stutter out two words.
"Per... pervert!"
The girl, feeling a mix of shame and anger, pulled her hand out.
Without caring to check her own condition, she pushed the car door open and fled in panic.
Ye Zhenzhen rushed upstairs in one breath, took out her keys, and clumsily opened the door.
With a "bang," the door was slammed shut.
Ye Shulian, who was picking vegetables in the living room, was startled.
She looked up in astonishment at the panting figure.
"Why are you back so early? Didn't you say you were going to have barbecue with your friends?"
Looking at her daughter's violently heaving chest and her cheeks that were so red they were almost dripping blood.
Ye Shulian's brows furrowed slightly.
"Ah... well, we... we didn't end up eating."
Ye Zhenzhen's eyes instinctively dodged, stuttering a lie.
"I got scared watching a horror movie and lost my appetite, so we disbanded early. M... Mom! I'm going back to my room to rest!"
After saying that, without giving Ye Shulian a chance to ask further questions, she fled into her room like a runaway.
With a "click," she quickly locked the door from the inside.
Leaving Ye Shulian holding a handful of water spinach, standing in the living room in half-believing daze.
With her pin-sized courage, she actually dared to watch a horror movie?
Who was she fooling!
A moment later, before Ye Shulian's butt even touched the sofa, the front door was pushed open again.
Gu Ran, with his hands in his pockets, strolled in leisurely.
Compared to Ye Zhenzhen, who had just fled in panic.
His face was brimming with a smile, and his brows were full of satisfaction and contentment.
"Dad, Aunt Ye."
Gu Ran greeted them with a beaming smile.
Gu Xiangcheng saw his son's behavior.
Even a dog would shake its head!
Ye Shulian looked at the relaxed young man in front of her.
And then thought of her daughter, who had just run back to her room with a blushing face in a panic.
For some reason, a sense of crisis rose in her heart.
They said they were going to watch a horror movie...
Why were their reactions so different?
And... why are Xiao Ran's lips so red too.
They've only been out for less than half a day!
Could it be that these two kids...
This damn girl!
She couldn't even be a little reserved. I just gave her the green light, and she couldn't hold back anymore?
As she thought about it, Ye Shulian coughed awkwardly twice and forced a smile.
"Xiao Ran is back, go rest for a while, we're having dinner soon."
"Okay, thanks Aunt Ye."
Gu Ran obediently responded and pushed the door to his room.
As soon as he entered the room, he skillfully opened the sliding door on the balcony and quietly sneaked into the next room.
......
As soon as Ye Zhenzhen entered the room, she rushed into the bathroom.
She crazily splashed cold water on her face, trying to cool down her burning cheeks.
"Ye Zhenzhen!! Stop thinking about it, stop thinking about it!!"
She looked at herself in the mirror, her eyes flowing with emotion, her heart fluttering.
She felt so ashamed she wanted to find a hole to hide in.
The girl stared at the mirror, her small hands crazily patting her cheeks, trying to force-brainwash herself.
What's the big deal!
It's not like I haven't seen it before.
I've memorized all the cross-section diagrams in the textbooks!
And in anatomy class, the general teacher's, she's not...
As she thought about it, the medical images in her mind were automatically mosaiced.
They all turned into Gu Ran's punchable face, and the burning touch on his palm...
"Ahhhh! Ye Zhenzhen, you're shameless!!"
The girl ran out of the bathroom with a blushing face.
As soon as she turned around, she almost bumped into a wall of flesh.
Gu Ran, who had sneaked into the room at some point, was now leaning casually against her wardrobe.
"Ah—"
Ye Zhenzhen was so scared she almost screamed, and quickly covered her mouth tightly.
"Shh."
Gu Ran put a finger to his lips, smiling wickedly.
"Are you crazy! We're at home, you... you get out!"
The girl, unable to maintain her aloofness, lowered her voice in embarrassment and anger, feeling extremely guilty.
She was terrified that he would see through her dirty thoughts.
She rushed forward and pushed hard against the boy's chest, trying to drive him out.
"No, I'm already in..."
The latter didn't retreat, but instead grabbed her wrist and shamelessly leaned close to her ear.
He lowered his voice, deliberately imitating the weird "cluck" sound coming from the depths of Kayako's throat in "The Grudge".
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
The eerie sound rang close to her pink earlobe.
It made the already guilty girl shiver violently, goosebumps breaking out all over her body.
"Gu 'Dog' Ran!"
Ye Zhenzhen, whose fear point was accurately poked, was both angry and scared.
Blushing, she suddenly raised her right hand, pretending to punch that punchable face.
However, just as her fist was suspended in mid-air, she suddenly remembered the scene downstairs where a vicious tiger eats its cubs.
She retracted her hand as quickly as if she had been electrocuted, hiding it tightly behind her back, her eyes having nowhere to rest.
Gu Ran took in all her self-deceiving reactions.
The corner of his mouth curled up, and he deliberately slowed his pace, approaching step by step.
Ye Zhenzhen was forced to retreat step by step until the back of her knees hit the edge of the bed.
She lost her balance and fell onto the soft bed.
With nowhere to retreat, the girl grabbed a plush toy from the head of the bed and threw it hard as a weapon.
"Smack."
Gu Ran easily caught the toy and casually threw it on the floor.
He stepped forward and accurately grabbed her wrist.
The familiar suppression process was staged again.
He knelt on the edge of the bed with one knee, trapping the girl between his arms.
Looking at the handsome face close at hand, and the hand that was gradually moving down, she was really panicked this time.
Again?
Didn't this guy just do it?
And outside the door, the "thump, thump" sound of Ye Shulian chopping vegetables in the kitchen could be heard clearly in the room.
If they make some noise later and it's heard outside the door.
Then she might as well just jump off the balcony and respawn!
"Don't you mess around..."
The girl lowered her voice, panic flashing in her eyes.
Seeing that this bastard had no intention of stopping while he was ahead, a desperate idea suddenly popped into her head.
She freed her other hand that wasn't pinned down, hooked it around Gu Ran's neck, and yanked him downward.
Closing her eyes, she took the initiative and kissed him.
This sudden, soft touch caught the man, who originally just wanted to tease her, completely off guard.
Gu Ran's eyes widened slightly, clearly not expecting her to pull a move like this.
The girl's lips carried a faint coolness, as if freshly washed with cold water.
When the kiss ended, Gu Ran was already craving more. Just as he was about to lower his head and deepen the kiss, his chest was firmly blocked by the girl's soft little hands.
"Alright! Hurry up and go back to your room!"
Ye Zhenzhen's eyes were slightly red as she pleaded in a soft, sweet voice.
Her cheeks puffed out in a pitiful, aggrieved pout.
She looked so soft and utterly defenseless!
Gu Ran tapped his own cheek like a shameless rogue.
"One more kiss and I'll leave."
"..."
Ye Zhenzhen gritted her teeth and let out a low growl, like a little puppy cursing under its breath.
"You dog, don't push your luck!"
Just as she was about to swing her little fists again, Gu Ran reacted with lightning speed. He swiftly lowered his head and planted a firm peck on the corner of her mouth.
After that, he rolled off the bed and headed back the way he came through the balcony.
Ye Zhenzhen collapsed limply onto the bed, covering her tingling lips.
Blushing heavily, she muttered in a muffled voice.
"Scoundrel..."
But the uncontrollable upward curve of her lips made the girl's sense of shame skyrocket.
She rolled over and snatched up the panda plushie Gu Ran had given her previously. Looking at the toy's silly, innocent smile, she clenched her little fists and gave it two solid punches!
Then she buried her face into the plushie's belly, her slender legs dangling and kicking wildly over the edge of the bed.
"I'm dying of embarrassment..."
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