Chapter 53
A... a midnight screening?
What is this guy trying to do!
Her cold eyes looked at Gu Ran suspiciously, but the latter stared back into her eyes with a righteous look.
After pondering for a moment, she felt that it was just going to a midnight movie, nothing like a big deal.
Just as she was about to nod in agreement, Gu Ran added, "A horror movie."
Ye Zhenzhen: "!!!"
Taking her to see a horror movie in the middle of the night?
What kind of thought process is this!
Why does it feel like this is full of conspiracies...
The young girl slightly narrowed her eyes, staring at Gu Ran with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Ye Zhenzhen, are you thinking of backing out again?"
Noticing her gaze, Gu Ran stretched lazily. The young man, who clearly didn't treat himself as an outsider, leaned back on the girl's bed.
Smelling the scent of osmanthus in the air, he asked lazily.
"I'll go!"
Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen's expression froze, and a slightly unnatural look appeared on her usually calm face.
Picking up a pillow, she lightly threw it at the shameless guy, bit her lip, and said, "Who... wants to back out? Don't measure the stature of a gentleman by the yardstick of a petty man!"
As she said this, her initially lacking confidence seemed to rise again.
"Alright, alright, Gentleman Ye, let's go eat. I'm starving to death."
He reached out and caught the flying pillow. He gladly accepted this unexpected bonus and placed it under his head.
Ye Shulian had to work, and Lao Gu was also at the station, so today at noon it was just the sister and brother relying on each other, living on their own again.
Gu Ran had a feeling that after the college entrance exams, this house would really just be left with him and Ye Zhenzhen.
Lao Gu and Aunt Ye would most likely go on a honeymoon to enjoy their sweet married life.
Hasn't anyone noticed that Aunt Ye's face has been getting more and more radiant lately?
...
Pulling Ye Zhenzhen along, Gu Ran took her to experience the private kitchen restaurant again.
After eating, the study-loving girl wanted to go back, but Gu Ran had a different opinion.
"In a hurry to go back and study, striving to be the elite of society?"
"Bah! You're the one."
Hearing this, a blush appeared on Ye Zhenzhen's pretty face, and she angrily raised her little foot to kick him.
Defeated by his magical thought process, she could no longer look at the word "elite" the same way; it always felt like a curse word now.
"Show some respect, I'm your older sister!"
Gu Ran glanced at the angry girl, reached out to press on her head, and gently pushed her forward.
"You... let go! You're turning the world upside down, bullying your sister and destroying your ancestors..."
Being pushed forward by her head, Ye Zhenzhen's sense of shame instantly skyrocketed.
Quickly breaking free from his palm, the flustered girl clenched her fists, ready to show him some sisterly love.
"Let's go to the mall. Whatever you like, I'll pay for it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ran blinked and turned to look at Ye Zhenzhen.
"By the way, what were you just about to do?"
Ye Zhenzhen: "..."
Silently retracting her raised arm, Ye Zhenzhen coughed dryly, tossed her hair, and walked forward first with her hands behind her back.
Hmph!
I'll spare him this time.
The magnanimous older sister decided not to stoop to her stinky younger brother's level.
...
Sunlight poured through the huge glass windows, spilling onto the mall floor. The light danced in the air, adding a touch of warmth to the entire mall.
The two walked into the mall. Looking at the dazzling array of goods in the surrounding shops, Ye Zhenzhen blinked her curious eyes.
Gu Ran also gently observed his surroundings. Although it couldn't compare to the malls ten years later, the scale was not small, the foot traffic was heavy, and there were many things for sale.
It could only be said that apart from some differences in decoration, the remaining functions were pretty much the same.
This was the shopping plaza that had just been completed in the county two years ago.
Downstairs was the Lejiafu Life Supermarket, and upstairs were all kinds of clothing and department stores, with everything one could need.
Ye Zhenzhen stared around, her eyes full of novelty.
She rarely came here because she heard the prices were very high, and also because she used to live in the suburbs, which was a long trip.
Gu Ran took her upstairs to browse the women's clothing section first.
Looking at the rows of trendy clothes, Ye Zhenzhen really wanted to keep her expression in check, but she simply couldn't control it.
Her cold eyes were full of joy, but her movements were not the least bit ungraceful.
She stood quietly in place, raising her delicate little chin, looking eagerly at the exquisite dress on the display stand.
"Want to try it on?"
Gu Ran stood beside her, noticed her expression, and couldn't help but laugh softly.
Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen was stunned and turned to look at him in astonishment.
It was as if she was asking, could she really?
Pausing for a moment, she gently shook her head and stopped looking at the hanging dress.
Just as she was about to leave, her hand was suddenly grabbed.
"Come on, try it out."
Gu Ran raised an eyebrow and said with a smile.
Ye Zhenzhen tried to pull her hand back but couldn't. Then, her face flushed slightly, and she stammered, "You... you, I..."
Noticing her abnormal heartbeat, she quickly took a few deep breaths, suppressed her restless emotions, tucked her hair with her other hand, and said calmly, "There's no need."
But this had no effect on Gu Ran at all. He just pulled her into the store and pushed her in front of the fitting room.
Before Ye Zhenzhen could react, he called over the shop assistant.
"Get that dress in her size to try on."
The assistant glanced at him. Although he looked like a student, she was probably influenced by his confident aura and didn't say anything, smiling as she found the dress.
Seeing this, Ye Zhenzhen quickly tugged at the corner of his clothes and whispered urgently, "Gu Ran, I'm not buying it."
Strong like a mother at home, but turning into a timid quail outside.
Ye Zhenzhen was really afraid that he would waste his money and buy this dress for her.
She had just glanced at the price tag. This dress cost over three hundred. For a small county town in this era, or for her, it was truly an astronomical price!
After all, her mother only earned one thousand two hundred for a whole month's work.
"Ye Zhenzhen."
Hearing her name, Ye Zhenzhen's nervous expression paused.
"Wh... what?"
Gu Ran smiled and reached out to mess up her hair.
"Why are you so narcissistic? Who said I was going to buy you an over three-hundred dress."
Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen wasn't unhappy; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief.
No longer worried about that, she calmed down and returned to her usual indifferent demeanor.
She stretched out her foot and lightly kicked him, a flash of shy annoyance passing through her cold eyes.
"Get lost, you're the narcissistic one!"
"Alright, alright, I'm narcissistic. Hurry up and go try it on."
Gu Ran smiled, took the clothes the assistant had found, handed them to the girl beside him, and pushed her into the fitting room...
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
