What is the old man's name

Chapter 32

Angered to the point of laughing by his entitled look, she grabbed Gu Ran's ear and gently dragged him toward the classroom.

"Go, go, go, hurry up and go to study hall, or I won't tutor you."

"No, I won't learn anything anyway. Let's just go home now and you can tutor me there."

Gu Ran clearly didn't want to go back to the classroom and started negotiating with the girl.

"Go on. I still need to ask the teacher some questions. If I go home with you, are you going to teach me?"

Seeing right through his little scheme, Ye Zhenzhen scolded him in annoyance.

Then, seeing Gu Ran's expectant gaze, she paused and added, "Just one period. Out of the three evening study sessions, we'll just stay for one, and then we'll go home."

"Alright then..."

Gu Ran nodded reluctantly, accepting her compromise.

Seeing that he still looked unwilling, Ye Zhenzhen laughed and swatted him, rolling her beautiful eyes at him.

"Look at you!"

With that, she swung her high ponytail and walked back to the classroom.

As soon as she sat down, Pei Susu grabbed her. Glancing at Gu Ran in the hallway with her almond eyes, she asked gossipy, "Is your Gu Ran always this clingy? Did he come to get you for dinner?"

"Focus on your studies!"

Ye Zhenzhen didn't answer and gave her a roll of the eyes too.

She really didn't know what to do with these two attention-seekers around her.

The surrounding classmates were resting or eating, taking advantage of the limited break time to adjust their state, recover their energy, and prepare to fight on.

High school students have it hard, but high school seniors have it even harder. For students in this accelerated class, the academic pressure was exceptionally intense.

Just when you wanted to take a break, you would always see your peers studying furiously, forcing you to join the rat race.

Yet, among this group of miserable seniors, there was one maverick.

Gu Ran walked back into his classroom with his hands in his pockets, looking completely unbothered.

The backpack he wore was flat, the books he took out were blank, and the pressure that weighed on the other students was nowhere to be seen on him.

The moment he appeared at the classroom door, it caused a stir. Everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost, not understanding why this untouchable figure had returned.

However, other than Ye Jinliang, who was familiar with him, no one in the class would initiate a conversation with him. This was mainly because his domineering attitude during his freshman year had left a deep impression on everyone.

For such an intimidating second-generation official, not only did the teachers ignore him, but the classmates also didn't dare provoke him. Even the street thugs outside the school had to avoid him.

Although Gu Xiangcheng didn't explicitly look after him, everyone in the nearby police stations knew he was the deputy chief's son.

After being taught a lesson a few times, the local thugs would usually offer him a cigarette and greet him with a smile, calling him Brother Ran.

Now, Gu Ran couldn't be bothered to socialize with those brats. If it were an intellectual, mature woman like Li Sinan, he might consider it.

Carrying his empty backpack back to his seat, he continued working on the unfinished science comprehensive exercises.

Time quietly slipped away. As soon as the bell for the end of the first period rang, he immediately grabbed his backpack, hurried out, and headed straight for Ye Zhenzhen's classroom.

Seeing Gu Ran already at the classroom door before the bell had even finished ringing, Ye Zhenzhen helplessly massaged her temples and let out a deep sigh.

The look in her eyes right now was exactly like an old mother looking at her disobedient son.

She silently packed her bag and, under Pei Susu's teasing gaze, walked out of the classroom with a slightly flushed face.

Seeing Gu Ran's flat backpack, she frowned and patted it, only for it to cave right in.

Ye Zhenzhen: "???"

Disbelievingly, she reached out and lifted it, finding it completely weightless.

"Open your backpack. Let me see what's inside."

"What's there to see? There's nothing inside."

Gu Ran muttered, giving her a baffled look. He seemed entirely justified, not feeling at all that having no books in his backpack was abnormal.

Ye Zhenzhen: "???"

Good heavens, are you really that honest?

I told you to carry a backpack, so you literally just carried a backpack and brought absolutely nothing else, right?!

"You..."

Defeated by his frankness, Ye Zhenzhen didn't know what to say. She rolled her beautiful eyes and glared at him.

Is this the legendary sincerity is the ultimate weapon?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She took off her own backpack and tossed it at Gu Ran.

"Why give this to me?"

"Are you going to carry it or not?"

"I'll carry it..."

Gu Ran shrank his neck back, deciding not to stoop to the level of this petty girl.

At the same time, he silently warned himself to tolerate her for two hundred days. After two hundred days, he would definitely show her who was boss!

The two walked together side by side, heading home along the street under the streetlights.

Suddenly, Gu Ran stopped, patted Ye Zhenzhen's arm, and held out his hand with a calm expression. "Give me twenty bucks."

"For what?"

"There was an old man shivering in the cold by the road just now, and he was calling out really loudly. I'm going to go give him twenty bucks."

"Then why are you asking me for it?"

Ye Zhenzhen frowned, feeling like this guy was just bullying her.

Using her money to do charity, so he gets all the good deeds and reputation?

"I don't have any."

Gu Ran still looked completely untroubled, his confident demeanor seeming to say that he was simply taking this money today!

Rolling her cool eyes at him, Ye Zhenzhen helplessly took out her small wallet and pulled out a twenty-yuan bill. She hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Is twenty enough?"

"It's enough, it's enough. Haven't you heard that a drop of help makes a friend, but a bucket makes an enemy?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen nodded gently. She was just about to hand the money over but quickly pulled it back. The corners of her mouth curled up, and she said in a brisk tone, "Call me Mom!"

Gu Ran: "???"

What kind of fetish is this!

"Why?" Gu Ran frowned, looking at her as if she were a pervert.

But the girl maintained a calm expression, blinking at him. "Because... because an older sister is like a mother!"

Gu Ran: "..."

Seeing his speechless expression, Ye Zhenzhen chuckled softly, her curved eyes filled with amusement.

"Alright, alright, here you go. But where is there an old man? How come I didn't notice?"

She thought back carefully and realized she hadn't noticed any old man begging by the side of the road.

But Gu Ran looked utterly certain. "There is. Right at the intersection just now, he was calling out really loudly."

Snatching the twenty-yuan bill from the girl's hand, a faint smile appeared on Gu Ran's face.

Seeing this smile, Ye Zhenzhen suddenly felt something was wrong. Frowning slightly, she asked, "What was he calling out?"

"He was calling... Fruit Tanghulu, ten bucks for a big skewer, come and get it!"

Ye Zhenzhen: "..."

This is a scam, isn't it? Can she call the police?