Chapter 23 He was born for her.
award?
Pei Ci's eyes trembled slightly.
This word means...
She only stopped Lu Ran from going crazy; a kiss was nothing. What kind of reward was that?
Using the word "reward" is really strange.
Of course, what Pei Ci found most strange was Jing Lin's attitude.
Before Pei Ci could figure out the logic behind it, a hand suddenly flashed before her eyes, a brief black shadow passed by, and she met a pair of round, slightly upturned eyes.
“He made a mistake, so why reward him?” Jing Lin said.
This is what Jinglin doesn't understand the most.
When Jinglin called Lu Ran in the afternoon, he had already guessed Pei Ci's plan.
Pei Ci's concern for Ye Qingyu is obvious; it's impossible that she wouldn't intervene if she saw Ye Qingyu being bullied.
Who can completely solve school bullying? At Eton College, only An Yinyou and Lu Ran can. Of the two, Pei Ci naturally chooses Lu Ran, with whom she has more interaction.
Judging from Lu Ran's smug look, Pei Ci must have asked him for a favor and promised him something in return.
However, Lu Ran did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
Easily influenced by the uninvited An Eun-woo and swayed by his encouragement, the result was...
Lu Ran was late.
He failed to complete the task.
In Jing Lin's view, wrongdoing must have consequences. Therefore, Lu Ran, who arrived late, should bear Pei Ci's wrath and accept all the punishments Pei Ci would impose on him.
But in reality, he got a strange illness, and Lu Ran, that idiot, went crazy and got everything he wanted.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
How could such a good thing happen?
The person who clearly deserves the most reward in this incident is...
Shouldn't it be me?
This emotion had been building up in Jing Lin's heart the moment Lu Ran picked up Pei Ci. Jing Lin smiled broadly, but in reality, he was suppressing his anger. He didn't miss a single interaction between Lu Ran and Pei Ci along the way.
Hugs, affection, comfort, skin to skin.
This should all be his; it should all belong to him.
As it turned out, Lu Ran, who least deserved the reward tonight, did.
Why should I?
Why should this idiot who scared Pei Ci into a cold sweat get all the benefits?
This shouldn't be the case.
Since that's the case.
Jinglin, following behind, lowered his eyes. After having a startling idea, he was amazed at how calmly his heart was beating. It was as if what he was about to do was just a trivial matter.
"Bang--"
He picked up the flowerpot and attacked Lu Ran.
When he saw Lu Ran fall to the ground, he was not panicked, but simply breathed a sigh of relief.
right.
That's right.
This is the punishment Lu Ran deserves.
but.
Jinglin was still curious about what the so-called reward was.
Unfortunately, Pei Ci had no intention of telling him.
His gaze traced her features, noticing her slightly furrowed brows; his goddess always seemed so perfect.
However, sometimes being too popular can be a burden.
These are just a few; in the future, many more will grovel at your feet.
Will you be worried to death then?
How can you possibly withstand that?
Miss.
Thinking about it this way, Jinglin felt a sense of responsibility for no apparent reason. He should teach her how to easily navigate among the throngs of men who were coming from all directions.
How to tame them.
How to balance them.
How to use them correctly until you achieve your goal.
“Miss Pei.” Jing Lin put away his frivolous smile and said seriously, “Remember this: never reward people who do wrong.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Pei Ci said.
However, Jing Lin had already picked Pei Ci up again. Unlike Lu Ran, his body temperature wasn't burning hot, and his embrace only felt comfortable. As Pei Ci gripped his arm, Jing Lin gestured for Shao Ying to open the door.
Shao Ying hesitated for a moment, then decided to do as instructed.
Then Jinglin carried Pei Ci into the bedroom.
This was Jing Lin's first time entering Pei Ci's bedroom. He found it fragrant and elegant throughout. His eyes scanned the room, and he roughly memorized the furnishings, thinking about which property he wanted to renovate to look exactly the same.
Pei Ci knew nothing about these things.
After Jinglin put Pei Ci on the bed, he sat down next to her as if they were old friends and asked, "Have you ever heard of dog training?"
"The first step in training a dog is to establish the correct conditioned response mechanism."
"Young Miss." Jing Lin pushed the blanket back over Pei Ci. Although he was also a young master, he was exceptionally skilled at these tasks.
“When a mad dog goes berserk, what you should do is not give it medicine or try to soothe it,” he said with a smirk. “You should whip it.”
"You have to punish it, make it suffer, make it suffer so much that it will remember it forever, until it feels physiological fear the next time it goes crazy, until it will never dare to go crazy again."
"This is real dog training."
Jing Lin was still using a metaphor, but then he changed his tone and asked directly, "So what reward are you going to give Lu Ran?"
Do you want to be devoured by this mad dog until there's not even a bone left?
He tucked a strand of hair behind Pei Ci's ear.
One second.
Two seconds.
Pei Ci, who had been silent, spoke up, "So this is your reason for injuring Lu Ran?"
She didn't look at Jinglin; her eyelids drooped, and she seemed somewhat indifferent.
Jing Lin paused, a lazy smile spreading across his face, his eyes sparkling in the darkness. "Then, Miss Pei, would you like to reward me?"
He was just joking.
However, Pei Ci said, "Okay."
He readily agreed.
ah? ? ?
This time, Jing Lin was dumbfounded.
"Do you want to know what reward I'll give Lu Ran?" Pei Ci asked, throwing out another question that Jing Lin was eager to know.
Jing Lin's gaze froze.
Of course, he was desperate to know what it was about. So when Pei Ci said something, he was completely engrossed, his eyes glued to her lips, waiting for her to continue.
“I can tell you,” Pei Ci said, leaning against the headboard.
Her jet-black hair piled up over her shoulders, and her beauty was enhanced rather than diminished in the darkness.
"Come a little closer." Pei Ci beckoned to him.
Jing Lin had never seen Pei Ci so vividly before, especially now that he was the only one watching. He pressed his knees against the edge of the bed and leaned closer to listen.
It smells good.
His throat bobbed.
Her mind was already filled with fantasies of her embracing her goddess and rolling into bed.
However, just as he was distracted, he was suddenly kicked in the abdomen. His movement was not very strong, but it kicked him directly off the bed.
Huh?
Jinglin blinked. His first reaction after being kicked was not to get up, but to touch his stomach.
grass.
I was thoroughly humiliated by the goddess.
“Miss Pei.” Jing Lin’s eyes welled up with tears, and she looked like she was about to cry. “How could you do this?”
Shao Ying at the door: "..."
She even thought that the young lady had summoned a duck.
Well.
Pei Ci was also momentarily stunned by Jing Lin's actions, feeling inexplicably strange but unable to pinpoint exactly what was amiss. However, she didn't care about such details.
“Because you made me unhappy, I refuse to answer your question.” Pei Ci’s gaze swept over indifferently. “Clear rewards and punishments, like the dog training you mentioned.”
"is that so?"
These words expressed her dissatisfaction and also belittled Jinglin as a dog.
That's truly an insult.
Ke Jinglin's fingers tightened around his abdomen. He tried his best to suppress the upward curve of his lips, his eyes welled up with tears, and the corners of his eyes turned bloodshot.
His voice trembled as he uttered, "Of course."
"Miss Pei is truly...amazingly quick to learn."
Later, Jing Lin was kicked out by Pei Ci. Before he left, he was asked to take Lu Ran, whose wounds had been treated, with him.
Along the way, Jinglin was overjoyed and took off, which translates into an astonishing speed.
It's over.
The puppy is going to become a goddess.
Woof.
Jinglin even called out.
The journey was bumpy, and Lu Ran had a brief moment of clarity along the way when he heard Jing Lin humming a song, and occasionally a dog barking.
kiss……
Lu Ran's head started to throb again.
While unconscious, Lu Ran had a dream.
He dreamed that he married Aci.
The wedding was held at the Risseaux Cathedral. Aci wore a pure white wedding dress, her beautiful black hair was meticulously styled and adorned with pearls of varying sizes, and a veil woven with starlight and butterflies was draped over her head. In her hands, she held a bouquet that they had made together.
They read their congratulatory remarks amidst cheers and stares from everyone, until a kind smile appeared at the corner of the emcee's eyes.
"Alright, you can kiss the bride now."
Lu Ran's heart pounded wildly. He placed his hand on her waist and stared at A Ci's beautiful face. He lowered his head slowly, but just as the kiss he had been waiting for was about to fall, he was about to give her a kiss.
A-Ci's fingers, clad in white lace gloves, pressed against his lips.
Um?
Aci's eyes were filled with warmth as she softly said, "You've already kissed me."
ah?
When will I...
The dream world began to collapse, and a huge beast suddenly emerged from the shattered opening. It was jet black, with a long mane and a tail the color of burning flames.
It roared at the guests.
The guests were terrified and fled in all directions.
The merciful statue silently watched all of this.
“A-Ci”.
He pulled her behind him, and even though the wedding wasn't over yet, he had already begun to fulfill his duties as a husband.
“I will protect you,” he said.
As he stood ready, he was suddenly scratched on the back. At that moment, hair suddenly sprouted from his face. He turned around and his eyes widened in shock.
A dagger pierced his chest.
Lu Ran suddenly opened his eyes, and what greeted him was a pristine white ceiling. Bright light streamed in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the entire room dazzlingly bright. He remained with his eyes open for a while before realizing that he was in Jing Lin's home.
As for everything that happened last night, countless fragments flashed back.
—If you take me home, I'll let you kiss me.
— I rode in Shao Ying's car.
--pain.
Light as a cloud, A-Ci was held in his arms as he took her home, and just then—
"Bang!"
He felt a dull pain in the back of his head, and through his blurred vision, he saw Jinglin clutching a flowerpot.
"Knock knock knock".
A rhythmic knocking sounded on the door.
Lu Ran, sitting on the bed, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.
His clothes were the same as yesterday's, dirty and torn, with a black grime on his chin. His eyelids were half-closed, and his expressionless face exuded an air of noble arrogance.
After knocking a few times and receiving no response, the door opened automatically, and Jinglin, dressed in casual clothes, entered.
The boy's short, slightly longer hair was tied in a bun, with a few strands falling down his forehead and the sides of his face, and he had a bright smile.
He was holding a medicine box in his hand.
"Good morning, Brother Lu," Jing Lin said.
Lu Ran remained silent.
As Jing Lin approached, Lu Ran picked up a bottle from the coffee table and smashed it over his head.
Even though he had anticipated it, Jinglin barely dodged the attack with such speed and was then pinned to the ground.
The two started fighting.
Lu Ran truly beats people to death; his reckless madness is something no normal person can withstand. Soon, Jing Lin, who was being held down by the hair and pinned to the ground, was about to face the glass that Lu Ran was throwing at him.
"Lu Ran, haven't you fucking gone crazy enough yet?!"
"Am I supposed to just stand by and watch you bully Pei Ci?!"
"That delicate young lady Pei Ci couldn't even withstand one punch from you!!"
"Are you going to take it out on her?!"
"No one could ever like you looking like that!!!"
"say!"
Jinglin almost shouted it out.
In truth, no one is unafraid of Lu Ran. He is not afraid of death, is not bound by worldly rules and regulations, is free-spirited, and is ready to jump off a building at any time and become a pile of mangled flesh and blood.
He shouldn't have lived this long, because he so longed for death. Perhaps on a sunny afternoon, when his guards let their guard down, he would leap into the fire, jump into the sea, eat the brightly colored poisoned apple, and end his life in this boring and tedious world.
"Your leading lady is coming."
A voice, seemingly from nowhere, suddenly appeared in his mind.
The female lead?
"Your background, your appearance, your glory, your temper, your experiences, your current mental state, everything about you is preparing you for the leading lady role."
Yeah?
He never believed it.
Until he met his heroine for the first time.
A sudden rainstorm hit his world.
He realized that he was her perfect match.
He was born for her.
"Bang!"
The glass shattered, but it only hit Jing Lin's head. The shards pierced Lu Ran's flesh, and his expression was numb.
He reminded Jinglin, "Don't do anything unnecessary."
Just like the man who protected Aci in the dream, he suddenly transformed into a ferocious beast that destroyed the dream while being pulled by Aci. He went from protector to destroyer, and according to the plot, as the destroyer, he would have torn the female lead to pieces.
But he was born for her.
Therefore, the subconscious mind can also modify the plot.
It's okay, the saboteurs will be killed.
The dagger will pierce his heart.
And he—
"I would never hurt her."
Lu Ran lowered his eyes and spoke calmly.
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