Chapter 277
Meanwhile, in the girls' dormitory.
Ye Zhenzhen opened her small pink suitcase and distributed the snacks she brought back to the roommates gathered around her.
Zhao Xiaoxiao nibbled on a dessert while leaning in to examine the young woman as if looking at a rare animal.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Zhenzhen, did you eat some kind of magical elixir on your trip home?"
At the same time, Chen Jing pinched the girl's smooth, tender cheeks and teased with a grin.
"This skin, fair with a rosy flush, just like a peach. And these eyes, so full of spring romance!"
"Fess up, you've definitely been thoroughly nourished by love, haven't you?"
"Yeah, yeah! Tell us quickly, is this the doing of your handsome and rich 'younger brother'?"
Ye Zhenzhen blushed bright red, looking exactly like a cooked shrimp.
She playfully reached out to tickle them in retaliation.
"What nonsense are you talking about! You can't expect ivory from a dog's mouth! That's just from eating my family's home-cooked meals!"
"Ohoho, still acting tough, your face is red all the way to the base of your neck!"
Two fists are no match for four hands, and the young woman was quickly defeated.
She collapsed onto the bed, begging for mercy.
"Hahahaha, stop... it tickles! Hahaha..."
Amidst the roughhousing, her phone slipped out of her pocket due to their movements.
The previously silent phone suddenly lit up.
She instinctively looked over; it was a WeChat message from Gu Ran.
[Silly Bear: After dinner tonight, I'll take you to the company to hang out.]
Amidst the "oohs" and "aahs" of the other two, she got up with a flushed face.
Looking at the words on the screen, the corners of her mouth curled up uncontrollably.
Traces of sweetness overflowed from her usually cool and aloof eyes.
Her fingers tapped briskly on the keyboard, replying with a single word.
[Okay.]
Seeing her staring at her phone and giggling like a fool, the two onlookers exchanged winks and teased her again.
"Oh my, look at that cheap smile. I won't need to eat sugar for the next week!"
"Plant a younger brother in the spring, harvest a husband in the autumn, right!"
Embarrassed and annoyed, Ye Zhenzhen grabbed a throw pillow and hurled it at them.
"Go eat your snacks!"
Inside the girls' dormitory, the friends continued to playfully bicker.
Their cheerful laughter drifted through the window, blending into the gentle breeze of the university campus.
...
Evening in Qinglin City carried the chill of early autumn.
The two of them went to a private kitchen restaurant they frequently visited near the school for dinner.
Gu Ran picked up a piece of steamed sea bass, meticulously removed the bones from the edges, and placed it in Ye Zhenzhen's bowl.
"Here, eat more fish, it's good for your brain. I had to go to great lengths to pick this clean, so be grateful, young lady."
Ye Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at him.
How many bones does sea bass even have?
But she quickly caught the main point.
"You're the one who needs brain food!"
She bared her teeth in retort, but her hands were honest as she stuffed all the fish into her mouth.
Her cheeks bulged, looking like a food-guarding hamster.
As she chewed, her gaze unconsciously drifted to Gu Ran's phone on the table.
Ever since they sat down, the screen had been lighting up constantly like a disco strobe.
It was full of missed calls and message notifications, vibrating and buzzing against the tabletop.
She finally couldn't help it and slightly furrowed her pretty brows.
"Your phone is about to explode. Why don't you answer it? What if something major happened?"
Gu Ran noticed her subtle movements, unhurriedly pulled a tissue, and wiped his hands.
"Are you full? If you are, I'll take you for a tour around the company."
"Don't change the subject. Did something really happen?"
She asked softly, unable to hide the worry in her clear, cool eyes.
Gu Ran reached out his large hand and unceremoniously ruffled the tuft of hair fluttering on top of her head.
Under her murderous glare, he chuckled.
"It's really nothing major. Didn't I say I was taking you out to have fun? Let's go!"
As they spoke, the two had already paid the bill and gotten into the car.
Seeing that the young man's eyes truly lacked the anxiousness she had worried about, Ye Zhenzhen finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
She then pouted her pink lips and reached up to pat down her messed-up hair.
"Don't touch my hair next time! What if I stop growing taller because of it!"
Gu Ran, who was looking down to buckle his seatbelt, paused. He raised his eyelids.
His gaze swept up and down the person in front of him.
His eyes finally landed on a certain spot, and his tone was quite serious.
"Logically speaking, a change in environment does promote growth, not to mention you don't really need to grow any taller."
"Setting height aside, you... seem to only be growing in age, not in flesh."
Seeing the conversation take a weird turn, she frowned.
Why did that sound so strange?
Ye Zhenzhen froze for a second, following his gaze to look down at herself.
"Boom," her cheeks flushed completely red.
"Gu 'Dog' Ran! You pervert! I'm going to bite you to death!"
Burning with shame and anger, she swung her small fists, delivering a frantic barrage of punches to Gu Ran's shoulder.
"Hey, hey, hey! I'm driving! Pay attention to traffic safety!"
The car started up accompanied by the young man's hearty, carefree laughter, their playful banter scattering into the early autumn air.
...
Half an hour later, the black Audi parked steadily outside the GR company headquarters.
The moment they pushed open the glass doors, Ye Zhenzhen was stunned in place by the sight before her.
The somewhat shabby startup "ragtag crew" she remembered had now unexpectedly expanded into a modern office space occupying an entire floor of the commercial building!
Hundreds of workstations were filled with employees staring intently at their screens, frantically typing on their keyboards.
The massive whiteboards on the walls were covered with intricate data curves.
The entire space was filled with the urgent ringing of telephones and the clatter of keyboards.
Everyone was operating frantically in a highly tense, wartime-like state.
"Hello, boss!"
"Boss!"
As they walked through, employees constantly stood up to greet him, their eyes revealing tension and anticipation.
The young woman followed closely behind Gu Ran.
Looking at the "stinky younger brother" ahead of her, who was usually flippant and full of nonsense, her heart inexplicably skipped a beat seeing the authority he displayed in this moment.
"President Gu!"
Li Sinan walked briskly toward them, clutching a thick stack of data reports.
This formerly stylish and beautiful English teacher now had bloodshot eyes from staying up late, and she reported the situation with a solemn expression.
"Penguin WeChat V2.0 launched ahead of schedule this afternoon! They threw in one billion in cash subsidies straight away to attract new users!"
"Even more fatally, Penguin has mobilized their entire traffic matrix. Currently, all mainstream domestic app stores have completely removed the installation package for our WeChat!"
The young man didn't pause his steps in the slightest. He turned his head and said to Li Sinan.
"Teacher Li, get ready. We're holding a meeting in five minutes."
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
