Chapter 47
After school at noon, Gu Ran arrived at the door of Ye Zhenzhen's classroom early as usual, waiting for the studious girl to come out.
"Let's go!"
Leaning against the doorframe with his hands in his pockets, the word lazy was written all over Gu Ran's face.
Having lived a fast-paced life for so long, suddenly returning to high school and abruptly slowing down made him feel a bit unaccustomed to it for a moment.
Perhaps to a normal high schooler, senior year life is incredibly pressing, but in his eyes, it was extremely relaxing.
There was no bloodsucking boss pushing for progress, no idiotic clients making demands. There were only teachers telling you to study hard, and their starting point was actually for your own good.
Whether you study or not, it's all for yourself, rather than suffering as a miserable corporate slave, working yourself to death to meet deadlines just to make money for the boss to buy a new car or house.
Seeing his lazy appearance, Ye Zhenzhen frowned, unable to understand how this guy, who insisted on exercising every day, could be so sluggish.
The key was that as soon as he got home, he was like a Husky, seemingly with endless energy.
Yet when he came to school, he looked half-dead, especially over the past two days.
Could it be because it's the weekend and the pretty teacher didn't come?
Frowning slightly, she glanced at him leaning against the doorframe, tucked her hair back, and said softly, "Which sister has stolen my brother's soul today, making you so listless?"
Gu Ran: "..."
He raised his hand and knocked the dramatic girl on the head, then directly grabbed her backpack.
"Let's go. What's wrong with you? Read too much Dream of the Red Chamber?"
Reaching up to cover her head, Ye Zhenzhen immediately knitted her brows.
She stared at his back with some annoyance, unconsciously puffing out her cheeks.
"No respect for your elders, getting physical with your older sister!"
She chased after him, aiming a slap at Gu Ran's head, but the agile boy easily dodged it.
"You... stand still!"
Her cold, clear eyes flashed with anger, and a hint of a flush crept up her pretty face.
"I'm not stupid. Why would I stand still and let you hit me?"
Gu Ran turned around, walking backward while raising his eyebrows at the annoyed girl, making her grind her teeth in anger.
"You... wait for me, I won't hit you!"
"Dear, please unclench your back teeth when you say that. You look like you want to bite me. How do you have the nerve to say you won't hit me?"
Dear?
Who was he calling that?!
Bah, shameless!
Online shopping wasn't very popular at this time, so Ye Zhenzhen didn't get his reference and was completely thrown off by the word dear.
Originally, she just wanted to chase him down and get back at him because her dignity as an older sister was compromised.
But she didn't expect this guy to dare tease her so openly, completely trampling on her dignity as an older sister.
Her pretty face was covered in a deep blush. Not knowing if it was from anger or shyness, Ye Zhenzhen took a few deep breaths and then chased after him.
She swore that today she would definitely teach this guy who didn't respect his elders how to properly respect his older sister!
After chasing and hitting Gu Ran all the way, her anger finally subsided.
Raising her eyebrows, she glanced at Gu Ran, who was scurrying away holding his head, and hummed proudly. Just as she was about to ask him if he knew to respect his sister from now on, he ran further away and started acting like a jerk again.
"Slow down, be careful not to leak."
Ye Zhenzhen: "???"
Leak?
Leak what?!
If this guy didn't anger her for a single day, he'd feel uncomfortable all over, wouldn't he!!!
Clenching her small fists slightly, she unconsciously gritted her teeth and chased after him again.
Seeing the girl lose her composure once more, Gu Ran felt a burst of satisfaction in his heart.
Seeing this girl with a straight face every day made him feel uncomfortable.
At such a blooming age, why learn from Gu Xiangcheng and be a stoic like him? What was so good about that?
It was much better like this. Blushing made her look so cute.
Lao She once said that a woman's blush is worth more than a long speech.
Look at Ye Zhenzhen blushing; how charming and adorable.
Even though it was flushed from anger, at least it was a blush!
Gu Ran was very satisfied with his masterpiece.
Walking to the intersection they had passed before, he saw an old man shouting vigorously to sell his wares.
He turned his head to look at the huffing girl beside him and reached out to tug at her sleeve.
"What!"
She had chased and hit him all the way, but this guy was like he was made of stone. He was fine, while her own hands started hurting from the impact.
At this moment, she had also given up on her plan to regain her pride, walking to the side while hugging her shoulders, puffed up with anger.
Hearing Gu Ran speak again, she immediately rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Do you have ten yuan?"
Ten yuan?
Ye Zhenzhen frowned. Turning her head and seeing the old man selling candied hawthorns at the corner of the street, her mouth twitched unconsciously.
With her brows tightly locked, her cold eyes flashed with embarrassment and annoyance. She glared at Gu Ran, unable to understand if this guy really thought she was a fool.
Would she fall for the same trick twice?!
"No money!"
Hugging her shoulders, she replied without even turning her head, refusing very cleanly and decisively.
"Don't be so stingy. Quick, lend me ten yuan, I want to go buy a candied hawthorn."
Ye Zhenzhen: "???"
She was stingy?
The twenty yuan from before was fed to a dog, right!
Wait, she seemed to have eaten some too...
She gave him an annoyed eye roll and couldn't help but say, "Who's stingy! My allowance for this week was all scammed away by you, how could I have any money left!"
"Really?"
Gu Ran raised his eyebrows, asking with some suspicion.
"Really!"
Ye Zhenzhen nodded heavily, her eyes full of sincerity.
"I don't believe it..."
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
Clenching her small fists again, she silently warned herself in her heart not to get angry.
"Do you dare let me check your wallet?"
"Why... why should I!"
Hearing this, the girl was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She reached out to cover her pocket, almost jumping up.
"You're feeling guilty."
Gu Ran blinked, his eyes full of disdain.
"Non... nonsense! I am not!"
Ye Zhenzhen continued to be stubborn.
"Then please don't stutter when you speak."
"I didn't... I am not stuttering!"
Gu Ran raised his eyebrows, let out a fake sigh, shook his head, took a one-yuan coin out of his pocket, and went to the street corner to buy a stick of candied hawthorn.
This was a proper candied hawthorn, skewered with hawthorn berries. In a small county town in 2010, selling for one yuan a stick was considered a normal price.
Ye Zhenzhen: "???"
Staring at the candied hawthorn in his hand, the girl's eyes were full of confusion.
Why did this guy buy a one-yuan stick when paying with his own money, but asked her for ten yuan to buy one?
Gu Ran quickly answered her doubts, "I'm not stupid, money doesn't grow on trees. Only a sucker would buy a ten-yuan stick."
Ye Zhenzhen: "!!!"
What did this guy mean?
Was he saying she was a sucker?
How mean!
"Hey, Ye Zhenzhen, is there a light in your eyes?"
While eating the candied hawthorn, Gu Ran looked at the girl. Noticing the faint glimmer in her cold eyes, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
With fire blazing in her eyes, Ye Zhenzhen turned her head and said coldly, "Heh, the doctor said I have astigmatism..."
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
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."
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.
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