Chapter 5 Former heartthrob becomes stepfather

The unpleasant dinner made Ruan Yi feel like every second was an eternity. Listening to the fake harmony at the dinner table, Ruan Yi felt no appetite.

He made an excuse and left shortly afterward.

As I came out of the restroom, I raised my hand to tidy my slightly messy hair.

She looked up and met Fu Jingchen's teasing, smiling eyes.

He tilted his head slightly.

"Ruan Yi, are you angry?" The voice was magnetic and deep.

Ruan Yi felt nauseous as soon as she heard his voice and instinctively wanted to roll her eyes.

"Angry? What reason do I have to be angry with the professor?" He said this, but his expression was not very natural.

Fu Jingchen's lips curled into a faint smile, as if he had expected her to answer like that.

He slowly raised his hand and gently stroked her head, his fingers running through her soft hair with affection.

"Xiao Yi used to always stare at me with bright eyes, but now Xiao Yi seems..."

"You really want to bite me?"

Ruan Yi was startled by the sudden action, her whole body stiffened, and she sprang back, the stray hairs on her head standing up again.

Don't touch my head!

Fu Jingchen chuckled to himself.

"Cute...like a kitten in distress."

"Because of my relationship with your mother?"

Ruan Yi could still faintly feel the warmth of a man's large hand on her head. The warmth seemed to spread throughout her body along her scalp, making her feel incredibly ashamed. Yes, extremely ashamed.

Because in her previous life, before Ruan Yi knew Fu Jingchen's true colors, she had always secretly loved him—no, actually, she openly loved him.

Ruan Yi is obsessed with good looks, but Fu Jingchen is just too damn handsome and has a great physique. Ruan Yi almost drooled the first time she took his class.

The man always wore a black shirt to class, with the second button slightly undone, revealing the faint outline of his collarbone beneath his pale skin.

He rolled up his sleeves above his forearms, his forearm muscles bulging slightly with the writing motions, and pale blue veins meandering beneath his skin. He also always wore frameless glasses.

That's practically seductive!

Women are inevitably sentimental.

Fu Jingchen only had two classes a week, and Ruan Yi would always sit in the corner of the first few rows, staring at Fu Jingchen with longing and swallowing her saliva.

There's no way around it, a woman wouldn't be a real woman if she didn't look at this level of top-tier male beauty.

However, Ruan Yiguang was attracted by looks and didn't pay attention in class. He failed the mid-term diagnostic test, which showed that he hadn't absorbed anything.

Moreover, Fu Jingchen didn't give her a single point of sympathy! She could have easily passed with just two more points.

Moreover, she was the only one called to Fu Jingchen's office. Ruan Yi was so angry that she glared at him, thinking that he was so handsome but had no compassion at all.

An unnamed anger!

"Ruan Yi is usually very attentive in class, but it seems like she's not actually studying?"

"Teacher, I was wrong..."

Not studying is ultimately a student's fault. Ruan Yi lowered her head, bracing herself for a scolding. After a while, not hearing the next sentence, she quietly looked up.

Fu Jingchen narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the girl in front of him with a hint of a smile in his eyes.

"Ruan Yi is very serious... If she's not studying, what is she doing?"

"What are you doing? It's so hard to guess."

Ruan Yi's ears turned pink, and she lowered her head like an ostrich, feeling as if the person in front of her was teasing her.

Later, Ruan Yi often went to Fu Jingchen to ask questions after class.

In order to avoid failing the exam, and also to see some handsome guys.

Fu Jingchen always seemed to be very busy; he could not be seen at A University except on days when he had classes.

While patiently guiding her studies, Fu Jingchen would also let Ruan Yi try the desserts in his office, and if she was thirsty, he would personally brew her black tea. He was particularly good at taking care of his students.

I don't know why, even though she has a lot of female and male fans, she is always the only one coming and going in the office.

Of course, this is just the introduction.

After all, Ruan Yi already knew his true colors, and her former idol was about to become her stepfather.

Given Ruan Yi's current state of mind, all she wanted to do when she looked at this hypocritical and sanctimonious man in front of her was to strangle him.

“Your mother and I are nothing,” he said, his voice tinged with helplessness.

Yes, yes, yes, we brought them home to play house.

Ruan Yi knew perfectly well that there was nothing wrong with it. If there really was something, would she have targeted Gu Zhi, that damned conman?

Besides, why bother telling her this? Expecting her to relay it to Gu Zhi? What a pervert.

Ruan Yi tilted her head slightly, looking into Fu Jingchen's eyes, and felt an indescribable awkwardness welling up in her heart.

Those hatreds that were originally thought to be clear seem to have become blurred at this moment. How can someone pretend to be so stubborn?

"In what capacity does Mr. Fu speak to me these words?"

"Professor, or my future stepfather?"

Fu Jingchen stared at the girl in front of him, not wanting to miss a single expression on her face.

"In Fu Jingchen's capacity."

Ruan Yi snorted coldly, crossed her arms, and rolled her eyes at the man in front of her.

Fu Jingchen was not annoyed and continued to smile.

"I advise the professor to go back as soon as possible, lest my mother come looking for you." He turned and walked away quickly.

Fu Jingchen watched her retreating figure, his smile gradually fading.

A complex emotion flashed in his eyes, and after a long while, he took long strides to catch up.

The man's gaze lingered on her retreating figure, like melting syrup clinging to the swaying curve of her hair.

His Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and his gaze followed her hair down to her graceful, soft body hidden beneath a haute couture dress, with a sheer white veil covering her lower back.

Her slender waist swayed slightly as she walked, drawing his pupils to focus like burning needles, as if he wanted to scald a hole in the fair skin of her lower back.

Until she stepped into the private room, her slender and graceful figure disappeared from sight.

Fu Jingchen calmly withdrew his gaze, but the undercurrent surging in his eyes did not have time to be concealed.

On the way back, Ruan Yi fell into deep thought, habitually biting her lower lip and frowning slightly.

There's nothing she can do to stop Fu Jingchen from entering the Ruan family now, so she has to keep a close eye on him.

The primary task is to find out how the mother was drugged and nip the bad outcome in the bud.

Gu Zhi looked at Ruan Yi beside him; her gaze was somewhat unfocused, clearly lost in deep thought.

The street scene outside the car window kept receding, and the colorful lights flashing on her face couldn't pull her out of her reverie, nor could she worry about being discovered by her silent gaze.

Several notification sounds suddenly broke the silence inside the car and interrupted her thoughts.

Ruan Yi was slightly taken aback. The message notifications didn't stop; instead, they rang even more frequently. She turned to look at Gu Zhi beside her.

Did he forget to mute his phone today?

So much information late at night.

A hint of curiosity flashed in Ruan Yi's eyes. She secretly peeked her little head toward him, her eyes squinting like the little figures on Want Want milk.

The man's Adam's apple bobbed.

How could they not have noticed? After all, Ruan Yi was a little too close...

That unique scent of hers made his mouth even drier.

It wasn't the scent of perfume, it was the scent of her skin.

"I want to..."

"Sister, you can just say you want to see it. I won't refuse you." Gu Zhi's voice was inexplicably resentful.

"Ahem, who said I wanted to watch it?"

The furry head retracted.

One second, two seconds, three seconds

"But then again, whose message was it?"

The girl shifted her soft body and leaned in with a grin.

Gu Zhi suppressed a laugh. "Hmm... Sister might be a little surprised by this person. It's Brother Shen Xun."

Ruan Yi's face, which was smiling just a second ago, suddenly turned ashen.