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"Yes, yes, yes." Gu Ran didn't actually intend to do anything with her; he just wanted to tease her. "Come on, let's soak in the bathtub first, and then I'll help you wash your hair. You have so much hair; it's hard for you to wash it yourself, right?"
As he spoke, Gu Ran pulled Su Xiaoqiang into the bathtub filled with water and began washing her hair.
Seeing that her boyfriend was behaving himself, Su Xiaoqiang lowered her guard and enjoyed his hair washing service.
Her hair was thick and lush, truly like a waterfall. Warm water slid across her fair skin on her back, reminding Gu Ran of a line from Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret".
Spring cold showers in Huaqing Pool, hot spring water slides and gels.
"Are you feeling alright, sister?" Gu Ran pressed Su Xiaoqiang's head.
"Hmm, not bad." Su Xiaoqiang actually hummed comfortably, but still arrogantly indicated that it was just so-so.
With his back to Gu Ran, Su Xiaoqiang washed her hair and rinsed off the foam. Suddenly, he hugged her from behind, kneading her soft, smooth skin with both hands.
"Mmm!" Startled by the sudden attack, Su Xiaoqiang let out a soft moan and immediately grabbed her boyfriend's hands. "No...don't!"
Gu Ran whispered in her ear, "Do you think that Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji bathing together at Huaqing Pool was really just about bathing?"
Su Xiaoqiang blushed and said, "Who knows what those two scoundrels will do..."
As she spoke, she suddenly loosened her grip on Gu Ran's wrist.
It seems they intend to let him run wild.
She's such a doting woman, spoiling her boyfriend to the point of having no principles.
Because they needed to coordinate with Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang's flights, Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang also bought United Airlines budget tickets.
Budget airlines don't have first class, and the seats are narrow and uncomfortable.
So Su Xiaoqiang didn't sleep well on the plane, and her back ached.
The three men, Gu Ran and his companion, were fine; they were used to working hard. But Su Xiaoqiang was a pampered young lady who usually flew first class. After sitting in economy class for more than ten hours, she was really exhausted.
But she didn't complain a single word during the journey.
Gu Ran was just teasing her and didn't really intend to do anything with her. Of course, taking advantage of her was just a side effect of his daily routine.
He chuckled and gently rubbed her cheek: "What are you thinking about, little pervert? Hurry up and finish your bath and come out."
After saying that, he kissed Su Xiaoqiang on the cheek, then got out of the bathtub, took a quick shower, and came out in less than five minutes.
Su Xiaoqiang smiled, sensing her boyfriend's love.
After Gu Ran left, she quickly showered and came out wrapped in a bath towel.
Gu Ran had already changed into a T-shirt and was sitting on the bed staring at the beauty who had just come out of the bath.
"If you really want to... tonight isn't out of the question." Su Xiaoqiang blushed shyly and sat down next to her boyfriend.
"What are you thinking about? I'm not thinking about anything." He held a hairdryer in his hand and laughed, "Here, let me dry your hair."
Su Xiaoqiang knew that Gu Ran felt sorry for her and didn't want her to overwork.
"Ranran, you are so kind."
She obediently turned around and let him help her blow-dry her hair.
After taking a shower and drying my hair, my body felt relaxed, but my mind started to feel a little sleepy.
"Take a nap." Gu Ran covered her with the air conditioning blanket and told her to lie down and rest.
Su Xiaoqiang reached out from under the covers, wanting a hug: "Aren't you going to sleep with me?"
Gu Ran sat on the edge of the bed: "You go to sleep, I'll go talk to them later."
Chapter 257 The Jade Record and a Short Story in the Afternoon
"Is it because you see a pretty junior girl and want to flirt with her?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, pouting.
"What are you thinking about, little jealous girl?" Gu Ran rubbed her head. "I was just afraid you'd be bored, so I took advantage of your absence to start a conversation about some topics."
Moreover, Xia Mi is Chu Zihang's white moonlight. One should not covet a friend's wife, and Gu Ran does not want to be a traitor like Cao Cao.
"Sweetie, I'll stay with you until you fall asleep, then I'll come over." With that, he sat down beside Su Xiaoqiang, holding her slender, soft hand in the blankets.
Feeling the warmth from her palms, Su Xiaoqiang smiled, then closed her eyes and fell peacefully asleep.
*……*……*
In another room.
Xia Mi was taking a shower in the bathroom, while Chu Zihang was practicing his posture against a wall.
Lu Mingfei was watching TV. He originally wanted to watch some pay channels that adults like, but considering that there was a junior schoolmate there, in order to create a glorious and majestic image of a senior, he had no choice but to watch "The Simpsons".
Chu Zihang stood there while reading "The Jade Record".
The Emerald Book is a reference book for the third level of alchemy chemistry. It contains only 13 sentences, but it contains all the truths of alchemy. The book includes Newton's translation and annotations.
He murmured a sentence, pondering its meaning.
Lu Mingfei only passed this course, even though it was only with zero 'help'.
He knew that Newton was a great charlatan who could deduce the time of the world's creation based on the Bible and had an extraordinary level of theological knowledge.
But wait, shouldn't the junior be listening to the sound of the water while eating, since she's taking a shower right now? Instead, she's studying. You're such a stoic senior!
And is it really appropriate to pretend to be a top student in front of a younger female student who hasn't even started school yet? Wouldn't that make her dislike you?
At this moment, Xia Mi, who had just finished showering, came out wrapped in a bath towel and found a wall to lean against, where she was exercising.
Her calves were slender and straight, and there was still some moisture on her skin. She was a beautiful woman emerging from a bath.
Hearing Chu Zihang's reading, Xia Mi also began to discuss "The Jade Record" with him, suggesting that the author of the book might not be a dragon, but a hybrid.
Lu Mingfei was stunned. Hadn't she not even enrolled yet? She hadn't even passed the 3E exam, so how would she know about dragons?
Chu Zihang told Lu Mingfei the information he had gathered, and only then did Lu Mingfei learn that there was such a thing as preparatory students.
"Xia Mi, born in Beijing, China in 1993, female, nicknamed 'Shrimp', Beijing resident, has parents and a younger brother..." Chu Zihang read Xia Mi's information on the iPad.
"Hey! Senior brother, are you checking my household registration?" Xia Mi glared at him.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.
Both of them were standing and doing their homework, so the only one who could open the door was Lu Mingfei, who had the most free time.
He went to open the door like a lackey, and there was Gu Ran, holding a fruit platter.
"Does anyone want some fruit?"
"I want it!" Lu Mingfei took the fruit plate and ate as he held it.
"Wow, senior brother, you're so mean! You knew we were practicing our posture, yet you tried to tempt us with food!" Xia Mi said indignantly.
"Can't you eat standing up?" Gu Ran smiled. "Mingfei, go feed her and shut her up so she doesn't spout so much nonsense."
"Oh!" Lu Mingfei felt a natural familiarity with Xia Mi, so he fed her a piece of watermelon and Chu Zihang a strawberry.
"Thank you," Chu Zihang said politely.
"Where's Su Xiaoqiang?" Lu Mingfei asked while eating a melon.
Gu Ran said, "She's sleeping. It's her first time taking a budget flight, and she's exhausted."
“Oh…” Lu Mingfei expressed his understanding. She was a rich young lady, unlike them rough men. She was like the princess and the pea, and she would feel uncomfortable if the seat was a little hard.
She didn't complain at all along the way, which shows how gentle and virtuous she is.
"Wow, my sister is a rich and beautiful woman!" Xia Mi exclaimed while munching on watermelon. "Her family must be incredibly wealthy to be able to fly first class all the time!"
"Her family is rich; you can't be envious," Lu Mingfei said. "She got 10,000 yuan a month in allowance when she was in junior high!"
"What a pampered young lady... I don't even spend ten thousand on living expenses for a year!" Xia Mi looked at Gu Ran with ill intent. "Senior Brother Gu Ran... is it good to be a kept man?"
"It tastes pretty good when you eat it whole, and it's easy to digest," Gu Ran said with a smile.
"Next time you're living off a woman, take me with you!" Xia Mi said with a pleading expression. "Later, let me also go and curry favor with Sister Xiaoqiang."
Gu Ran didn't respond to Xia Mi's nonsense, feeling that she could keep talking indefinitely.
He took Chu Zihang's iPad, turned on the screen, and saw a close-up photo of Xia Mi.
In the photo, Xia Mi has brown hair, wears dark contact lenses, and has a yellow bow headband fluttering in the wind.
"Wow, a non-mainstream girl!" Lu Mingfei glanced at it and then showed the photo on the iPad to Xia Mi.
"You're the one who's unconventional, your whole family is unconventional!" Xia Mi retorted to Lu Mingfei, saying, "That was me cosplaying Haruhi Suzumiya."
Lu Mingfei looked her up and down: "How do you resemble Haruhi Suzumiya?"
"The chests are quite similar," Gu Ran said while eating watermelon, "just like Haruhi Suzumiya's 'regret' (sorrow)."
Xia Mi was stunned for a moment.
Lu Mingfei whispered to Gu Ran, "It's not a good idea to talk about a girl's breasts on the first meeting. What if she really cares about it and gets annoyed with you?"
Gu Ran shrugged: "It doesn't matter, I have a girlfriend."
Xia Mi looked down at her chest and suddenly shouted, "I hate girls with big breasts the most! They all bully people!"
"But didn't you just say you were going to curry favor with my girlfriend?" Gu Ran asked with a smile.
"I..." Xia Mi suddenly remembered that Su Xiaoqiang was indeed quite big, and she said angrily, "I didn't expect that a deadbeat otaku like you could find a girlfriend!"
"That hurts, junior sister." Lu Mingfei, another true otaku and anime fanatic, suddenly found the watermelon in his mouth no longer sweet.
"Sorry, Senior Brother Lu!" Xia Mi stuck out her tongue at Lu Mingfei.
At this moment, Chu Zihang, who had been reading a book, suddenly started talking about the contents of "The Jade Record".
He had previously discussed with Xia Mi whether the Taiyi mentioned in the Jade Record referred to spirit or a substance like alchemy.
As Lu Mingfei listened to these words, which were "profound and mysterious, the gateway to all wonders," he recognized each word individually, but he couldn't understand them at all when put together.
Gu Ran pondered for a moment, then sat down on the edge of the bed and began to join the conversation: "If Taiyi refers to the spirit, then what the Jade Record says is the process by which hybrids transform into dragons and thus achieve perfection."
Xia Mi and Chu Zihang both turned their gazes toward Gu Ran.
Chu Zihang pondered for a moment and asked, "Isn't this a book on alchemy? Doesn't it describe the process of pursuing the ultimate in alchemy?"
“Yeah, yeah!” Xia Mi also looked at Gu Ran, “This is the textbook for alchemy chemistry class!”
Gu Ran thought to himself, "Jormungandr, what are you pretending to be so great about? Don't you know what the Path to Godhood is? Don't you know that alchemy and the Path to Godhood are connected?"