Chapter 9: The Fake Daughter of a Prominent Family
Ye Jiuzhou slammed on the brakes and stopped the car. Fortunately, cars were rare nowadays and there were no other vehicles behind him, otherwise he would have been rear-ended.
Su Youran leaned forward due to inertia, but Ye Jiuzhou held her back and prevented her from hitting her head.
She glared at Ye Jiuzhou angrily: "What are you doing?!"
Ye Jiuzhou held Su Youran's shoulders, feeling a little scared. She had such a huge influence on him that she could make him lose his composure with just a simple sentence.
"sorry……"
He now seemed a little tongue-tied and no longer as eloquent as he was at the Su Mansion.
Su Youran was no longer angry. Looking at Ye Jiuzhou's helpless look, she couldn't help but burst out laughing:
"Why are you always the same?"
Ye Jiuzhou smiled bitterly: "Maybe I care about you too much."
Su Youran blushed slightly at these words and couldn’t help but push him, “Are you still going? Even if you don’t want to go, you should pull over.”
Ye Jiuzhou reluctantly withdrew his hand and asked first: "Miss Su, do you have anything else to ask me?"
Su Youran tilted her head. “What?”
"If you ask me questions like... whether I like you or not again, I will have to pull over. For Miss Su's safety, and for my fragile heart."
Su Youran couldn’t help but laugh, “Your heart is still fragile? Didn’t everyone say that you were extremely powerful?”
Ye Jiuzhou started the car and parked it on the side of the road again. This place was not far from the Su Mansion. The area around it was full of Su family members. It was sparsely populated and very quiet.
He released the handbrake and turned to look at Su Youran seriously:
"When I face Miss Su, my heart starts beating very fast. Even the strongest heart will become fragile."
Su Youran looked away uncomfortably and looked towards the front of the car. “Where did you learn these words from?”
"I said this naturally because I was thinking this. I know Miss Su is against me, I'm afraid I don't have a very good impression in your mind, right?"
Su Youran looked back at him:
"How dare you say that you had no objection to the so-called engagement before? Yesterday, I clearly saw your expression full of disdain after my third brother said that."
Ye Jiuzhou did not deny this:
"If the person I'm engaged to is not Miss Su, I won't acknowledge it. My mother..."
He gave a slightly sarcastic smile:
"She is a woman who regards her husband as her God, and her heart is all on my father. She never objects to anything my father asks her to do. Including anything about me. It was my father's idea to get engaged to the Su family. Then my mother decided on it, and never thought of asking me if I was willing."
Ye Jiuzhou stroked his sleeves, his expression was hard to describe, calm yet with a hint of hidden disappointment:
"You were just born not long ago, but I can already remember it. I am not happy with this engagement, more because of my parents. I don't want to blindly follow the path they set."
At this point he suddenly smiled again:
"But now I have to thank them. I hated this engagement before I met Miss Su, but after meeting Miss Su, I am so glad that I can have this engagement."
"Why? Just because I'm pretty?"
Ye Jiuzhou laughed:
"Of course, we cannot deny that good looks are one aspect, but there are so many good-looking people and if I like every one I see, how can I like everyone else?"
Su Youran curled her lips and said, “Because I’m the best-looking one.”
Ye Jiuzhou laughed softly. His mood, which had become somewhat gloomy when he mentioned his parents, suddenly brightened up. He nodded in agreement:
"Miss Su is indeed the best-looking and most beautiful one."
Su Youran didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said, but when Ye Jiuzhou seriously affirmed that she was right, she couldn't help blushing. It seemed as if she was narcissistic.
Ye Jiuzhou stretched out a hand, palm facing up: "Is it okay?"
Su Youran glanced at the hand, then looked at Ye Jiuzhou's expectant eyes, and as if possessed by a ghost, she put her hand on it.
Ye Jiuzhou immediately held it. The fair little hand was less than half the size of his and was wrapped in the bronze palm. The contrast between the two skin colors was very obvious, yet seemed unusually harmonious.
He placed Su Youran’s hand on his chest and looked into her eyes.
"This place is beating because of you. The first time I saw you, it told me that it wanted you, very, very much."
Su Youran’s cheeks were flushed, as if she had been painted with the finest rouge. The more Ye Jiuzhou looked at her, the more moved he became.
Su Youran could feel her hand’s heart beating faster and faster. Even in the quiet carriage, she could almost hear the “thump, thump” sound of its heartbeat.
"Then how long will it keep jumping like this because of me?"
Is it a momentary passion or...
Ye Jiuzhou was very firm: "Forever."
No one had ever cared about him so much in his first twenty years, and I guess there won’t be anyone else in the next few decades.
Su Youran seemed to want to see into his heart: "Even if I am no longer young and beautiful?"
Ye Jiuzhou smiled: "That would also be the most beautiful little old lady, and would still make my heart beat."
Su Youran couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him and retorted, “You’re the little old lady. No, you’re the little old man.”
"It would be my blessing if I could grow old with you."
Su Youran was silent for a long time before she said, "I don't want to get married yet."
Ye Jiuzhou's eyes lit up: "Then let's not get married yet. Isn't free love popular now? Let's date first."
Su Youran squinted at him and said, "You know a lot?"
Ye Jiuzhou held her hand and couldn't stop smiling: "Times are progressing, and people must also progress with them."
Su Youran snorted but didn’t say anything else. Ye Jiuzhou asked her anxiously, “I’m worried.
"So we are now an engaged couple in love, right?"
Su Youran raised her chin slightly, looking arrogant yet charming:
"I'll still have to see how you perform in the future. Nowadays, even married people get divorced, let alone those who are in love. If you make me unhappy..."
"That day will never come!"
Ye Jiuzhou held her in his arms. She would be the treasure he would cherish for the rest of his life. Su Youran quietly leaned against his arms, and neither of them spoke for a while.
Ye Jiuzhou suddenly let go of her and confirmed again: "You really agreed, right?"
Why did he feel like he was dreaming?
"Oh, you! If I say yes, it means yes. I won't go back on my word."
Ye Jiuzhou rested his forehead against hers and sighed, "The more you care, the more you worry about gains and losses."
Su Youran couldn’t help but curl up the corners of her lips, but she still said:
"We just met yesterday and we only said a few words in total. Why do you care so much about it?"
"It doesn't matter how long we've been together, or how long we've been together. When I see you, my love for you is so full that it's about to overflow."
Ye Jiuzhou looked down at her: "But every time I see you and talk to you, this kind of love will increase. My heart is full of you."
Su Youran smiled with her eyes curved. “You should be a poet. You’re always good at saying sweet words.”
"Then I'll write you a love poem in the newspaper every day?"
Ye Jiuzhou really considered it seriously. He had also attended a new-style school and had extraordinary literary talent.
Su Youran did not hide her interest:
"Really? Aren't you afraid that others will say you are too sentimental? Aren't you afraid that it will damage your dignity?"
Ye Jiuzhou was so close to her that he could no longer hold back, his eyes fell on her beautiful lips:
"The most important thing is to make you happy."
His voice was soft and low: "Can I?"
Su Youran thought he was asking if she could write a love poem. Of course she could. She nodded proudly, but before she could say anything, Ye Jiuzhou's lips had already gently covered hers.
Su Youran opened her eyes wide, her face full of surprise. Ye Jiuzhou had no experience, he just followed his instinct and kissed her, but he didn't know what to do next.
But even though their lips were just touching, he felt as if his heart was blossoming. Happiness, excitement, and desire intertwined in his eyes, staring at Su Youran so stunned that she even forgot to push him away.
After a long while, Ye Jiuzhou tentatively stretched out his tongue and licked her lips. Su Youran was suddenly startled. She put her hands on his chest, tilted her head to the side, and scolded him unhappily:
"lecher!"
Ye Jiuzhou put his arm around her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and laughed softly. His laughter was pleasant and charming, and it made Su Youran's ears itch, and her earlobes turned red involuntarily.
Ye Jiuzhou's eyes were burning and he really wanted to touch her, but he had already been a little rash today. If he continued, his little girl would probably be really annoyed.
He had no choice but to suppress this thought and coax her first: "I'm so happy that I can't help but think..."
Su Youran glared at him, with a hint of anger and shame in her eyes. Just a glance from her made Ye Jiuzhou feel like something was passing through his heart, itchy and sweet.
He wanted to laugh again. He probably laughed more times today than he did in the whole year.
Su Youran said angrily, “You’re so stupid!”
The space in the car was not big, and Su Youran felt a little uncomfortable leaning like that. She patted his shoulder:
"Let me go. Are you still going shopping? The sun will set if you delay any longer."
Ye Jiuzhou hugged her for a while before reluctantly letting her go. He started the car while sighing:
"When I didn't see Miss Su, I wanted to see you, and when I saw you, I wanted to hug you all the time. I am really greedy. Now that we are still together, I am already worried about what I will do after you come home."
Su Youran leaned her head against the back of her chair and looked sideways at him. “Are you still calling me Miss Su?”
Ye Jiuzhou held the steering wheel with one hand and held her hand with the other: "Of course."
Calling her once was not enough, I just wanted to keep calling her like this: "Ranran! Ranran..."
Su Youran said “Oops!” and interrupted him, “Alright, alright. I’m here.”
Ye Jiuzhou chuckled: "I wish you could sit next to me forever. It would be great if time could stop."
Su Youran shook their clasped hands and said, “Let go and focus on driving. This is not safe.”
Ye Jiuzhou didn't let go: "It's okay, just drive like this. If possible, I'd rather have you sit in my arms..."
"You wish!"
Ye Jiuzhou looked at her, and they both couldn't help but smile at the same time. The atmosphere in the car was sweet and warm.
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