Chapter 77
By the time the group arrived at the roller-skating rink, Ye Jinliang was already waiting at the entrance.
Spotting Gu Ran, he quickly stood on his tiptoes and waved through the bustling crowd.
"Brother Ran, over here!"
Seeing him, Gu Ran hurried to wave back, and the two giants successfully joined forces.
Wearing a joyful smile, Ye Jinliang stumbled and squeezed his way over.
But in the next second, he noticed the two people beside Gu Ran, and the smile on his face instantly froze.
Why was there an extra person?!
He could understand this guy bringing Ye Zhenzhen along, but why was this petite loli here too?
And why was she cozying up to a guy like Gu Ran?!
What exactly was wrong with this world?
What did he do to deserve this!
Ye Jinliang blinked. He completely lost his mood to play and kind of wanted to go back and study.
Fearing things might get awkward, Gu Ran took the initiative to introduce them to the girls. "Ye Jinliang, my childhood friend."
After saying that, he turned to the chubby boy. "Here, you've seen her before. Ye Zhenzhen's desk mate, Pei Susu."
Ye Jinliang nodded and gave the petite girl a gentle smile.
He had already calculated everything in his head. Roller-skating was a two-person activity. Gu Ran and Ye Zhenzhen would be a pair, which meant this delicate little loli would have to pair up with him. He definitely had to put on a good performance.
However, the latter didn't even notice his smile.
Pei Susu spoke to Gu Ran in a sweet, coquettish voice, "My, Brother Gu Ran says my name so nicely."
Ye Jinliang: "..."
Unaware that Pei Susu was purely doing this to annoy Ye Zhenzhen, he thought the girl before him had also fallen into Gu Ran's trap.
In an instant, his face contorted into a crying panda meme expression.
Damn it, this New Year holiday was so boring!
Before Gu Ran could reply, the flirtatious Pei Susu was swiftly punished by the aloof girl.
This scared the young boy into shrinking his neck, not daring to utter a single word for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.
The group walked into the rink. Gu Ran asked for their shoe sizes first and went to rent the roller skates.
Ye Jinliang stood stiffly in place, his expression meticulous, trying hard to be a "Sigma Male."
From today onwards, his world would only consist of studying; he would absolutely never fall into a woman's trap!
Meanwhile, Pei Susu was quietly bickering with her best friend.
"Ye Zhenzhen, you better confess right now. Why did you pinch me just now? Were you jealous?"
Hearing this, a blush immediately bloomed on the aloof girl's face. She subconsciously tucked her hair behind her ear. "Pfft, n-nonsense! I was just worried that my naive younger brother would be deceived by a bad woman!"
Ye Zhenzhen told herself inwardly that her failure to control her emotions just now was entirely because she had stepped into the role of an elder sister acting as a mother.
Seeing a disappointing younger brother being seduced by a bad woman, any elder would be angry.
That's right, an elder!
"Tch, fooling yourself again?"
Pei Susu didn't believe a single punctuation mark of her self-comforting excuses.
This girl's face had practically turned green with jealousy just now, yet she was still deceiving herself!
If she really didn't have any other feelings for Gu Ran, Pei Susu would rather believe in aliens.
Angered by her disdainful tone, Ye Zhenzhen took two deep breaths, then, out of embarrassment and rage, instinctively stuck her foot out to kick her.
But she quickly realized that the person in front of her wasn't Gu Ran. She had to pull her foot back and angrily pinched her again instead.
"A-Anyway, I'm just looking out for him from the perspective of a stepsister, to prevent him from being seduced by bad women. Believe it or not, it's up to you!"
Pei Susu curled her lips, showing no reaction whatsoever to being called a bad woman.
Anyway, the only tough thing left on this girl's entire body was her stubborn mouth. What was the point of arguing with her?
Turning her head to look at the Sigma Male standing guard beside them, her eyes rolled as she cheekily leaned over and asked, "Brother Ye, what do you think of how Ye Zhenzhen treats Gu Ran?"
Seeing the petite loli taking the initiative to talk to him in such a sickeningly sweet tone, the Sigma Male instantly broke character.
His face flushed red as he scratched his head, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
Hearing her words, Ye Zhenzhen also shot a glaring glance over.
"Tell me, do you think Ye Zhenzhen is good to Gu Ran?"
Unable to resist the veteran flirt's coquettish offensive, Ye Jinliang's face turned another shade redder as he stammered, "Uh... good, it's good..."
Pei Susu pressed her advantage, deciding that today was the day she would tear off her best friend's hypocritical mask and make her face reality.
They say bystanders see things the clearest. She wanted to let someone else say exactly how she appeared in the eyes of others.
"Then tell me, is it the kind of good an older sister has for a younger brother, or the kind of good a romantic sweetheart has for a younger brother?"
Ye Jinliang: "???"
Was this something he could listen to for free?!
He subconsciously turned his head to glance at the aloof girl. Frightened by the cold glare in her eyes, Ye Jinliang instantly stopped talking.
But in the end, he couldn't withstand the veteran flirt's overly sweet voice and delicate tone.
In all his years of living, he had never encountered such a situation; he truly couldn't resist it.
Just as he was in a daze and about to answer, Ye Zhenzhen gave a timely light cough, instantly making him shut his mouth again.
The creature known as an older sister naturally possessed an oppressive aura over younger brothers.
She was Gu Ran's older sister, and he was Gu Ran's brother. Calculating it like that, it could be understood that she was also his older sister.
The moment he heard Ye Zhenzhen cough, for some reason, his heart subconsciously tightened. He shut his mouth tight, refusing to say another word.
Seeing this, Pei Susu immediately turned her head and glared at the aloof girl.
"Ye Zhenzhen, you're feeling guilty, aren't you!"
"Who's feeling guilty?"
Ye Zhenzhen wore an indifferent expression on her face. With Gu Ran not around, she seemed to have reverted to the ethereal, worldly-detached girl she usually was.
Lying through her teeth without even blushing, she made Pei Susu grit her teeth in anger.
For some reason, she seemed to have caught Gu Ran's habit; whenever she saw this girl putting on airs like a fairy, she wanted to drag her down into the mortal realm.
"If you aren't feeling guilty, why did you cough?"
"My throat was dry and I wanted some water, is that a crime?"
The aloof girl raised an eyebrow and spoke calmly, her mouth as stubborn as ever.
"You're just feeling guilty, afraid people will know your intentions are impure!"
"B-Bullshit!"
Having this dirty water thrown at her made Ye Zhenzhen unable to hold back from swearing.
"You're vulgar!"
Pei Susu relaxed her brows, feeling extremely delighted at having angered the fairy into swearing.
If Gu Ran were here, he would definitely pull her into an alliance dedicated to finding new ways to anger the aloof girl, all with the goal of making her break character.
Ye Zhenzhen tucked her hair back and replied without losing the upper hand, "You're the vulgar one. You have to speak the language of the person you're dealing with!"
Pei Susu: "???"
Personal attacks now, is it!
When Gu Ran returned carrying four pairs of skates, he inexplicably felt that the atmosphere had gotten weird again.
He turned to look at the silent Ye Jinliang, then glanced at the two girls, feeling a bit bewildered for a moment.
"Did... something happen just now?"
No one answered. He looked at Ye Zhenzhen, who crossed her arms, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Since you already have another sister, you can just go ask her."
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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."
