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?
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.
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."
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
