You Ran turned her head and saw the current situation clearly: Gu Chengyuan was half-lying on the bed, in the same position as her, just like, just like, what couples would do.
You Ran cried out inwardly, "Oh no!" and felt like a bullet was about to shoot out in the direction of her feet.
But just as her buttocks left the mattress, Gu Chengyuan grabbed her waist, and You Ran was thrown back onto the bed by inertia.
Gu Chengyuan's long legs pinned down You Ran's feet, reducing the strength of her resistance.
"What are you doing?" You Ran's heart began to pound.
Gu Chengyuan turned his head to look at You Ran. Her eyebrows were so black and sharp, so cold and aloof, like a sculpture by a master craftsman, more hard and cold, less human.
However, the way he looked at You Ran was like a warm spring beneath an iceberg. Perhaps it wasn't that warm, but the contrast had the power to captivate You Ran.
"I just wanted to review." After saying that, Gu Chengyuan lifted You Ran's chin and kissed her very naturally.
Gu Chengyuan and Qu Yun are two different people.
Their kisses were different too.
Gu Chengyuan's lips were like stones washed by cold water for thousands of years—smooth, yet icy hard.
Qu Yun is different. Qu Yun's lips are warm, and they taste like... all kinds of delicious food.
Gu Chengyuan was not satisfied with just kissing. His tongue, with a low-key but firm attitude, pried open You Ran's teeth and then began his habitual plundering.
But You Ran pushed him away and quickly turned to face the wall, her back to Gu Chengyuan, like a little ostrich.
The posture is an act of avoidance and rejection.
Gu Chengyuan placed his hand on You Ran's shoulder, while his lips roamed over her back through her clothes, following the curves of her body.
"It seems you've become quite rusty."
With her eyes closed, You Ran tried to shrink her body, as if trying to squeeze herself into the wall.
"You Ran, it feels like it's been a very, very long time since I hugged you."
As he listened to the eerie melody coming from behind him, every line on his back felt like a string on a harp being plucked, each note vibrating.
Do you miss me as much as I miss you?
You Ran pinched her fingers hard, the indentation was white, while the sides were red, and the blood inside was fresh, as if it was about to burst out of her skin.
Every word he uttered seemed to come from the hell of Asura, carrying both temptation and darkness.
Qu Yun.
In her confusion, You Ran suddenly remembered this name.
Yes, Qu Yun.
Thinking of the man whose mouth always seemed to carry a faint hint of deliciousness, You Ran calmed herself down, opened her eyes, looked at the wall, and whispered, "I've already fallen in love with someone."
The lips on his back stopped moving. After a long while, Gu Chengyuan asked, "Who is it?"
“Someone I really like.” You Ran’s eyes were still fixed on the wall, the wallpaper pattern being a serene blue floral print.
"Who exactly is he?" Gu Chengyuan continued to ask.
“I want to be with the man I want to be with forever,” You Ran replied.
Gu Chengyuan suddenly gripped You Ran's shoulders tightly and pulled her off the bed. He looked at her, his eyes still gentle, but his voice was different: "Tell me his name."
"What do you want?" You Ran looked at him.
"What do you think?" Gu Chengyuan asked in return.
“I think you want to destroy me,” You Ran replied. “You hate me, you’re jealous of me, and you don’t want me to be happy.”
After the words were spoken, an undeniable silence filled the room. Outside the window, the trees rustled, like the sound of disguised waves.
“Yes,” Gu Chengyuan looked at You Ran and said slowly, word by word, “because I want you to always be by my side, to share my unhappiness with me.”
"That's impossible," You Ran said. "I want to be with the person I like."
Gu Chengyuan's hand gradually slid from You Ran's shoulder to her arm.
You Ran has a small frame and doesn't look fat, but when you pinch her, she feels fleshy. The flesh on her arms is like a bouncy sponge, making her irresistible to touch.
“You Ran,” Gu Chengyuan said, “you’ve forgotten that the person you like is me, your…brother.”
At this point, Gu Chengyuan brought his mouth close to You Ran's earlobe and gently bit the flesh with his teeth. This was the most intimate thing in the world, but it was the most inappropriate thing for them to do.
“I’ve grown up now. I can distinguish those vague feelings from before. I know what true love is.” You Ran tilted her head back, a movement that caused her earlobe to detach from Gu Chengyuan’s teeth, but there were already his teeth marks on that round, soft flesh.
Gu Chengyuan looked at her and smiled silently: "Then, what is true liking?"
“Yes, I’m very sure I should be with him, and I will do everything I can to be with him.” You Ran met Gu Chengyuan’s gaze and gave this answer.
“Could it be,” Gu Chengyuan’s hand moved back and forth across You Ran’s arm, as if caressing the surface of a clear stream, as if trying to stir up some ripples, “that’s not how we were back then?”
“No,” You Ran answered firmly, “Even I back then knew very well that... it shouldn’t have been between us.”
Gu Chengyuan stopped what he was doing, because the tranquil stream seemed somewhat unfamiliar.
"You Ran, I regret letting you go back then." Gu Chengyuan continued to move closer to You Ran, his forehead touching hers, just like he had done countless times before.
But You Ran felt uncomfortable because of the intimate posture and Gu Chengyuan's approaching breath. She shook her head and said, "Mom and the others are coming back."
"Are you afraid they'll find out about us?" Gu Chengyuan asked. His voice was magnetically cold and hard, but at the end, as if he had seen clearly that the person in front of him was You Ran, as if he had suddenly realized that she treated him differently, his voice softened instantly.
Even You Ran wasn't sure whether this behavior came from the heart or was intentional.
She could never see through him.
"It's better for everyone if we don't talk about what happened between us." Because Gu Chengyuan was pressing her so close, You Ran could only lean her head against the wall.
In Gu Chengyuan's eyes, she was like a person surrounded by a quiet blue floral pattern.
Tiny, delicate, and fragile floral patterns should always be under one's own control.
"Did that year that belonged to us really mean nothing to you?" Gu Chengyuan asked.
“That’s not right,” You Ran said, her eyebrows furrowing slightly. “That’s not normal.”
"If Mom finds out about this, what do you think she'll do?" Gu Chengyuan asked, a smile playing on his lips.
Seeing the relaxed expression, he smiled.
"You want to tell her?" You Ran asked warily, "Are you crazy?"
“On the day you leave me,” Gu Chengyuan whispered in You Ran’s ear, “I might say this out of jealousy.”
You Ran tilted her head and looked at the bed sheet. Even the bed sheet was a calm blue that matched the wallpaper, so You Ran was not excited. Her voice was also tinged with the calmness of blue: "I will not leave him, absolutely not."
Yes, she wouldn't leave the man whose breath always tasted faintly of food.
Coincidentally, those foods were all her favorites.
She will not be threatened and will leave Qu Yun.
"At worst, we'll both perish." You Ran continued in her calm blue voice, "If you do that, perhaps our family will suffer for two or three years, but from then on, I will never see you again, never again."
You Ran's head was turned to the side, so she couldn't see Gu Chengyuan's expression. She could only feel his breath, the breath that was hot and cold on her neck.
You Ran didn't know what Gu Chengyuan was going to do next, but she knew she was afraid.
I'm very scared.
Fortunately, at that moment, You Ran's phone rang.
You Ran let out a long sigh of relief, quickly slipped under Gu Chengyuan's arm, and picked up the phone that was on the bedside table.
But upon looking at the caller ID, You Ran inhaled a breath of cold air that seemed to come from the Himalayas—Qu Yun.
Normally, You Ran would be very pleased with Qu Yun's automatic calls, but now, she couldn't help but curse Qu Yun to get sores on his feet.
Gu Chengyuan, being a man of great talent, immediately noticed You Ran's unusual behavior: "Was it him who called?"
Without pausing, he reached out to snatch the phone.
At that moment, You Ran shuddered, and half of her pores were sweating cold sweat, while the other half was sweating hot sweat.
You Ran understood that if Gu Chengyuan found out that her boyfriend was Qu Yun, the consequences would be dire.
She firmly believed that Gu Chengyuan would use every means to hinder her already fragile relationship with Qu Yun.
Thinking of this, You Ran hardened her heart, picked up the phone she had just bought not long ago, and slammed it heavily to the ground.
After silencing them, he wasn't finished. He leisurely got out of bed and stomped hard on the already dismembered cell phone corpse on the floor, trying his best to dismember it.
Not only that, You Ran took out the card, ran to the kitchen, picked up a cleaver, and chopped it up forcefully.
Through her relentless efforts and frantic actions, the phone was completely unrecognizable, even to its own mother.
After doing all this, he lay down on the sofa to rest, panting heavily.
At some point, Gu Chengyuan came out of the house and sat down next to her: "It seems you are very afraid that I will find out who he is."
“Yes,” You Ran admitted, “I want to protect him.”
"You mean, his abilities are inferior to mine?" Gu Chengyuan asked.
"I don't know," You Ran said truthfully.
One of them is a wolf, and the other is a jackal; judging from their appearance, their strength seems to be about the same.
"I've said it before, I like her, so I want to prevent her from getting hurt, whether she's weak or strong, it's that simple." That was You Ran's answer to the question.
After You Ran finished speaking, Gu Chengyuan continued to look at her mouth, as if she were still speaking.
After a long, long time, Gu Chengyuan finally spoke: "You Ran, do you know? Just because of what you said... I won't let you go far, absolutely not."
After saying that, Gu Chengyuan did not make any other outrageous moves. He sat down next to You Ran, turned on the TV, and started watching.
When Li Mingyu and Bai Ling returned home, they sat on the sofa like ordinary siblings.
A variety show was playing on TV, and Gu Chengyuan was smiling, seemingly relaxed...
His leisurely gaze held a hint of hesitation.
That night, I lay peacefully in bed, continuing my old dream.
Perhaps it shouldn't be called a dream, but rather a memory of the past.
As time has passed, many of the feelings from that time have become less vivid, and the occasional fragment seems to belong to someone else's story.
You Ran never imagined that when she was six years old, she would suddenly have an older brother.