Ruan Ning returned to her room, quickly closing the bedroom door behind her. Leaning against the door panel, she patted her chest, taking several deep breaths to calm herself down.
Was the male lead on the wrong medication today? How else could he suddenly be so nice to her?
Wasn’t he the same person who used to ignore her, shutting her out completely and being unreachable?
If Ruan Ning didn’t have the memories of the original host and some knowledge of the original plot, understanding the male lead’s personality and temper, she might have mistaken him for a caring brother to his little sister.
Ruan Ning furrowed her brows, unable to figure out what the male lead was up to.
Anyway, she thought, until she had the ability to protect herself, she could only continue to stick with this male lead, whether she liked it or not.
He couldn’t be so crazy as to eliminate her, this little tag-along, right?
That was the only way Ruan Ning could console herself.
In the end, there were no irreconcilable disputes between her current identity and the male lead. Their only conflict was with his father. But their strained father-son relationship wasn’t something that happened overnight. The original host was simply a pawn dragged into it, and her presence or absence didn’t affect their relationship.
The male lead couldn’t be unaware of this.
So as long as Ruan Ning didn’t provoke him, the worst-case scenario of staying by his side would just mean him coldly watching when she faced danger. But being with the male lead might bring her some convenience.
Although Gu Yicheng didn’t have much sympathy, he wasn’t completely heartless or indifferent to family ties.
Having been betrayed in his past life and now reborn, it was understandable that his personality became more unpredictable and capricious.
If it were her experiencing what Gu Yicheng had gone through in his past life, she would definitely be in a bad mood, perhaps even more vengeful than him.
Moreover, she was someone who had nothing, so Gu Yicheng couldn’t possibly have ulterior motives towards her.
Furthermore, the fact remained that he had just saved her. Whether it was out of convenience or a good mood, if he hadn’t arrived in time, she might have really fallen into the trap set by those two.
With these thoughts, Ruan Ning’s heart felt much better, and her resistance and fear towards the male lead lessened.
Ten minutes later.
Ruan Ning had packed most of her things into the spatial storage, and the remaining daily necessities were hastily thrown into her backpack. She hurried to the door and looked at the man leaning against the wall, smoking with his legs crossed, “Brother, I’m done packing.”
Jiang Jingchao seemed to have disappeared somewhere, leaving only Gu Yicheng at the door.
Ruan Ning had to admit that the male lead’s appearance was truly exceptional. Even his side profile was so handsome, and the way he smoked had a kind of indescribable sexiness.
Even she, who had been praised for her beauty since childhood, couldn’t help but feel mesmerized when she first saw him.
Seeing Ruan Ning coming out, Gu Yicheng turned his head slightly, showing a hint of surprise as if he hadn’t expected her to be so quick.
He stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and approached, a faint smell of tobacco lingering around him. “You finished packing so soon?”
With his tall figure and strong presence, Gu Yicheng exuded an aggressive aura that made Ruan Ning somewhat uncomfortable when he suddenly got closer. “Um, I, I didn’t have much stuff,” she stammered.
Gu Yicheng just casually asked and didn’t pay much attention, knowing someone would soon take over the person in front of him.
He turned and started to leave. “Let’s go.”
Ruan Ning glanced at the several cigarette butts in the corner and hurried to catch up, gathering her courage to speak, “Brother, the teacher said smoking is bad for your health… Could you smoke less in the future?”
The first step in clinging to the thigh was to start caring for the male lead.
Hearing her words, Gu Yicheng stopped in his tracks, making a sound of disbelief. “Huh? Ning Ning, are you starting to boss your brother around now?”
Gu Yicheng’s pitch-black pupils seemed bottomless, and when he looked at someone, he made them feel oppressed. Ruan Ning trembled inwardly, pursing her lips and lowering her eyelids to conceal her emotions, choosing to remain silent.
Just as she began to doubt whether she had made a mistake in this step, suddenly, the person beside her chuckled softly.
“Brother will consider your suggestion,” he said, reaching out to take her hand and lifting it up. “Then I’ll leave these cigarettes to you for safekeeping.”
Ruan Ning stared at the unexpected object in her palm, feeling puzzled.
What did he give her the cigarette for??
She could say that her initial plan was just to let the male lead know that she cared about him. Whether he listened or not, she couldn’t control it, and she didn’t dare to. Now that he was so generous, did he think she was meddling and get angry?
Ruan Ning glanced at the man opposite her, secretly peeking to see if he looked displeased, but to her relief, there was no sign of it on his face.
It seemed that the male lead probably thought it was unnecessary to get entangled with her, a person of no importance, and didn’t want to waste words, so he simply shut down her conversation. Anyway, the male lead had plenty of supplies in his spatial storage, and this pack of cigarettes was nothing to him. Using it to brush her off was probably the best option in his opinion.
Understanding the cause and effect, Ruan Ning’s tense nerves relaxed.
Just as the two were about to reach the safe passage, Lin Yang dragged a man with a swollen face and bruised nose over.
He pushed the man aside and said, “Boss Gu, there are two people lurking at the staircase, sneaking glances at this side. I caught them. How do you want to handle it?”
Seeing the two people, Ruan Ning’s eyes flickered, and suddenly she hid behind Gu Yicheng, reaching out to grip his sleeve tightly. Feeling her grip tighten on his sleeve, Gu Yicheng narrowed his eyes and bent down, asking, “What’s wrong?”
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