Chapter 36
Noticing Gu Ran's lecherous gaze, Ye Zhenzhen frowned. She lightly adjusted her glasses, crossed her arms, and stood in front of the balcony door, quietly scrutinizing him.
Gu Ran: "???"
Open the door!
What was she doing just standing there looking at him?
Didn't she know he was wearing pajamas?
"Open the door, fellow villager, I'm from the Eighth Route Army!"
He knocked on the door again, a puzzled expression on his face.
Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen shook her head, a hint of teasing flashing through her cold eyes. "No, no, no, I think you look more like a puppet soldier! Also, your mind is a bit unhealthy right now. Stay on the balcony and sober up before coming in."
Gu Ran: "!!!"
Shivering on the balcony, Gu Ran was startled. He didn't understand how this girl could see the unhealthy thoughts in his head.
He raised a hand to touch his face. Was he being that obvious?
He rubbed his face and revealed a flattering smile, "Fellow villager, you're mistaken. I really am the Eighth Route Army. I'm going to freeze to death, hurry up and open the door."
Seeing him shivering from the cold, Ye Zhenzhen was also afraid he might catch a cold, so she quickly opened the door and let him in.
As soon as he entered the room, feeling the warmth inside and smelling the elegant scent of osmanthus, Gu Ran felt like he had come back to life.
Turning his head, however, he was met with a beautiful face with furrowed brows.
"Why are you barefoot in the dead of winter? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold in your stomach!"
Her tone was a bit stern, as if she had substituted herself into the role of an elder sister acting as a mother.
"Um... I washed my socks, and they aren't dry yet."
It was a casual excuse, but he didn't expect the young girl to take it seriously.
"You only have one pair of socks?!"
She turned her head and glanced at the balcony outside their room. There were only their clothes and those white cotton socks. Where did he wash them?
"Uh... I remembered wrong. I just soaked them and haven't had time to wash them yet."
Gu Ran hurriedly changed his story, successfully receiving a suspicious look from the girl.
She had a feeling this guy was up to no good!
But she didn't dig deeper. She wasn't really his mother, so how could she control whether he washed his clothes or not?
Sitting at the desk and starting to study, whenever the boy's mind wandered from time to time, he would be greeted by the girl's little foot, just like usual.
But after kicking him twice, Ye Zhenzhen suddenly realized something.
The feeling on her foot today... was a bit off!
She discreetly glanced down and noticed that Gu Ran was barefoot.
This guy...
The quick-witted girl seemed to have found a blind spot, her cold eyes full of suspicion.
But thinking this way made her seem too narcissistic, so she fell into a moment of internal conflict.
Turning her head to look at Gu Ran, whose mind was wandering again, she became even more certain of her guess.
What kind of talk was this?! Purely framing a good person...
It was almost January. The programming for Temple Run was halfway done and had entered the debugging phase.
For a Tentacle Monster, writing code wasn't the most time-consuming part; fixing code was the most disgusting part.
Because if you didn't check carefully, you wouldn't know where the problem was at all.
Running the program over and over again without finding the problem could absolutely make someone want to throw up from editing!
For example, right now, there was an issue, but after searching all night last night, he still hadn't found where the BUG was.
Looking at the dazed Gu Ran, Ye Zhenzhen's cheeks slightly reddened. She gently bit her lip, secretly cursing him as a pervert in her heart.
But after thinking it over, she still slowly raised her foot and reached out toward the boy's calf.
It definitely wasn't because her feet were cold and she wanted to find a fleshy hand warmer, but rather, as a generous older sister, she naturally wouldn't hold a grudge against her foolish younger brother.
He raised his head and looked at Ye Zhenzhen in some surprise, but the latter blushed and pushed his head away.
"Wh-why are you looking at me? Look at the questions!"
Forced to lower his head, Gu Ran looked at the notes in front of him, feeling that the numbers on them had changed their appearance...
...
The next day, noon.
It was less than half an hour before the holiday, but people's minds had already scattered. Few people still had their minds on studying.
Even though there was only a half-day off in the afternoon, it still couldn't stop the students' enthusiasm.
After all, with half a day off today and another half day on Sunday tomorrow, it could basically be counted as a full day. For high school seniors who had less than two hundred days until the college entrance examination, what could be more exciting than having a day off?
There was: having two days off!
Influenced by his surroundings, Gu Ran also had no mood to study at the moment. He was somewhat frantically scribbling and drawing on the paper.
The program crashed every time he ran it, but he had searched for two consecutive nights without finding the problem, which was really quite frustrating.
After all, time was precious right now. Wasting time on a small BUG would severely delay the launch plan for Temple Run.
The bell rang, and a lively sound of celebration instantly erupted in the classroom. Everyone's face was filled with a bright smile.
But Gu Ran was not among them. The joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected; right now, he only felt that they were a bit noisy.
Helplessly scratching his hair, he sighed and began to pack his schoolbag.
Walking out of the classroom with Ye Jinliang, he unexpectedly found a beautiful figure appearing at the end of the corridor.
Li Sinan?
What was she doing at school on a Saturday? Wasn't she going home for the holiday?
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly chased after her.
"Teacher Li, wait for me!"
Hearing the voice, Li Sinan, who had just walked out of the office holding a stack of test papers, turned her head. A brilliant smile immediately appeared on her charming face.
"Oh, it's student Gu. What is it?"
Gu Ran walked up to her with a well-behaved smile on his face, "I saw Teacher Li's figure from afar, so I thought I'd come and say hello. Happy New Year, Teacher Li!"
"Thank you, Happy New Year to you too, student Gu."
Seeing her holding a pile of papers, Gu Ran asked curiously, "Isn't today a day off? Why did Teacher Li come to school?"
Li Sinan pouted her lips slightly and smiled gently, "Well, I came back to grab these papers to grade at home."
Hearing this, Gu Ran nodded repeatedly in praise, "Teacher Li is truly dedicated. I will definitely vote for you in next year's Best Teacher selection!"
"Haha, it's mostly because I really have nothing to do at home. Besides, by the time of the selection next year, you'll all have graduated, so how will you vote for me?"
Hearing his words, Li Sinan smiled very brightly. Although she had only been a full-time teacher for a year, getting such high praise from a student made her genuinely happy, even if she didn't know if it was true or not.
After all, having just come out of the ivory tower of university, she still maintained a lofty enthusiasm for her work.
Nothing to do at home?
Hearing this sentence, Gu Ran's eyes visibly lit up. He rubbed his hands together and smiled shyly, "Teacher Li, I have a presumptuous request. I don't know if I should say it..."

agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)

ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!

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."

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”