My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 419, I’m not kidding, I like you

Chapter 419: 419, I’m not kidding, I like you

An Ran’s face turned red all the way to her neck.

Her voice even had a tremble in it.

"I didn’t, the person who stole the soda bottles isn’t me."

She glared at Wan Manzhu with indignation, "The person who stole the soda bottles is obviously you, why are you framing me?"

Having said that, An Ran took a step back and said, "Comrade police officer, it’s not me."

The two police officers were speechless.

The female officer, who hated women with a holier-than-thou attitude, said expressionlessly:

"It seems we’ve made it very clear, the person who stole the soda bottles is named Wan Manzhu.

Whoever is called Wan Manzhu is the person we are looking for."

So, please don’t treat us like idiots, thank you!

An Ran quickly shook her head, "My name is An Ran, I’m not Wan Manzhu."

Onlookers, seeing the twist in events, began to whisper among themselves.

"Heh, this Wan Manzhu really is full of lies, telling them as if they were the truth. No wonder she could do something like stealing soda bottles."

"Exactly, we actually thought she was a good person, but we got slapped in the face. Damn, it hurts!"

"This girl named An Ran is so unlucky to be friends with someone like that, she must have bad karma to last eight lifetimes."

"...This is what they mean by ’you can’t judge a book by its cover.’"

...

Seeing the situation turning irreversibly against her, Wan Manzhu turned pale.

She took a few steps back and contemplated running away.

Seeing this, the female officer couldn’t help but laugh.

She took two or three steps forward, grabbed Wan Manzhu’s arm, and twisted it behind her back.

"Ah— it hurts!" Wan Manzhu cried out in pain.

The female officer loosened her grip slightly and said coldly, "Don’t struggle, or you’ll only suffer more."

Having said that, she led the twisted figure toward the police station.

The male officer saw that the suspect was apprehended and hurriedly followed.

Wan Manzhu, in her disheveled state, turned her head and shouted at An Ran, "An Ran, please let my family know for me, I’ll buy you a gift when I get out."

An Ran was still furious about her being ’sold out’ by her.

Hearing the latter part of her sentence, her mind wavered, and she nodded in agreement.

Wan Manzhu had dug a hole for her today, she must be feeling guilty, so the gift she’d send later would definitely be nice. No point in turning it down.

She watched as Wan Manzhu and the others disappeared from sight.

Then An Ran picked up the lunch box that had fallen to the ground and leisurely headed home.

The takeout dishes were all meat, rich in oil, perfect to take back home to her family.

-

Ruan family.

Lin Tang was woken by a series of crisp knocks on the door.

She opened her eyes drowsily and took a while to realize where she was.

Reflexively, she touched the inner corner of her eyes to ensure she was still the beautiful little fairy, then got up to open the door.

Standing outside was the refreshingly clean Comrade Gu Yingzhou.

"...Is it time already?" she asked with a yawn.

Gu Yingzhou extended his slender, lustrous fingertips to wipe away the rheum from the corner of the young girl’s eyes.

He chuckled softly, "Hmm, did you not sleep well?"

His voice was clear and pleasant to hear, with a lulling charm to it.

To Lin Tang at this moment, it most certainly was.

She yawned again.

She took a step forward and hugged the man’s lean waist.

She replied hesitantly, "...I’m sleepy."

Spring warms you, summer makes you dozy, autumn tires you, winter chills you; every season is perfect for sleeping, but the cruel whip of reality always lashes on, driving people forward.

The young girl’s sweet voice was a bit muffled and sleepy.

It was so tender and soft it could almost melt one’s heart.

Gu Yingzhou ruffled Lin Tang’s slightly disheveled hair and cooed softly:

"If you don’t wake up soon, we’ll be late. Didn’t you say you wanted to study seriously? You wouldn’t want to keep everyone waiting, would you?"

As he spoke, he reached out to massage her sore body, which had stiffened from sleep.

His touch avoided any sensitive areas—her head, shoulders, arms.

Lin Tang wasn’t dead, and it didn’t take long for her to wake up fully.

But with a rare chance to be alone with her beau, she wanted to cling a little longer, so she kept holding on to Gu Yingzhou, pretending to be drowsy.

Gu Yingzhou softly called her name a few times.

Seeing the young girl pretending to be sleepy, he felt a soft fondness in his heart.

He bent down and scooped her up suddenly, intending to take her to the bathroom to wash up.

Lin Tang got a fright.

Her eyes snapped open suddenly.

She reflexively wrapped her arms around Gu Yingzhou’s neck.

"...You scared me to death!"

She patted her chest, now fully awake.

Gu Yingzhou freed one hand to pinch the young girl’s nose.

"Are you teasing me, hmm?" the man said with indulgent affection.

Lin Tang felt slightly guilty.

Looking up close at Gu Yingzhou’s handsome face, with his fine features and brows like a painting,

she was struck by his stunning beauty!

Unable to resist, she embraced the man’s neck.

She planted a kiss on the clear, jade-like handsome face in front of her.

"...I’m not teasing you, I like you," she said with a coquettish smile.

Gu Yingzhou: "!!!?"

Gu Yingzhou was ambushed by the little fairy, her soft lips felt like they fell right on his heart, causing a tingling sensation.

The man’s Adam’s apple moved slightly like small pearls, and he tensed up all over.

He quickly walked to the bathroom and set Lin Tang down.

His body, even with the cooling patches, broke out in a layer of thin sweat.

"...You go ahead and wash up, I’ll wait for you outside the door."

Leaving these words behind, the man escaped out of the room.

Lin Tang was stunned for a moment, then a stream of jubilant laughter spilled from her lips.

Gu Yingzhou closed the door behind him as he went.

The sweet ’I like you’ from the young girl echoed in his ears, lingering for a long time.

The man let out a long sigh, and only then did the heat in his chest start to dissipate.

Mrs. Ruan, the elder, saw that Yingzhou had gone to call Tangtang, but they hadn’t come down for quite some time.

Worried that her grandson might make a mistake, she hurried upstairs.

Once there, she saw Gu Yingzhou standing at the door lost in thought.

Relief washed over the old lady.

She eyed the closed bedroom door, and in a lowered voice, she asked, "Has Tangtang not woken up yet?"

When Gu Yingzhou saw his grandmother, he quickly composed himself.

"She’s up, washing up now," he said.

Mrs. Ruan nodded, "As long as she’s up, that’s good. Go downstairs and wait."

With a ’Hmm,’ Gu Yingzhou helped his grandmother, and the two of them went downstairs.

Lin Tang glanced at the time on her wristwatch; it was almost one-thirty.

The exhibition was set to start at two in the afternoon.

There was still time, just not an abundance of it.

After washing up quickly and tidying the bed, she left the room.

Mrs. Ruan saw Lin Tang and smiled as she waved.

"Tangtang, did you sleep well? I had your Aunt Xiuying make some herbal tea. Come have some to cool off," she said.

Lin Tang went over and sat down beside the old lady, drinking a sip without reserve.

Cool and slightly sweet, half the sticky heat on her body dissipated instantly.

"It was great! The herbal tea is delicious, thank you, Grandma Ruan," she said sweetly.

Mrs. Ruan’s face lit up with joy.

She pulled out a gold bracelet from somewhere and slipped it onto Lin Tang’s wrist.

"This is a gift for our first meeting, you cannot refuse," the old lady said, cutting off any of Lin Tang’s protests.

Lin Tang: "..."

It was a gift from an elder; she hadn’t considered refusing it anyway.

"Thank you, Grandma Ruan."

Lin Tang looked at the delicate gold bracelet on her wrist.

Her eyes were clear and bright, openly expressing her liking for it.

Mrs. Ruan patted her hand, "It’s only right."

Then she added:

"I should have given it to you right when you arrived, but I didn’t want to delay your meal and rest, so it ended up being now."

Originally, she planned to give a Jade Bracelet as the first meeting gift, but considering that suddenly jade bracelets weren’t worth much, she switched to the gold bracelet.

After Mrs. Ruan presented the meeting gift, Mr. Ruan immediately followed by giving Lin Tang a thick Red Envelope.

"Little Lin Tang, this is my gift for our first meeting, and you cannot refuse either," the old master said somewhat firmly.