Chapter 9 - Hurt by Beauty_3

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Chen Ke raised her milk tea to her lips, nodding thoughtfully.

As a psychologist, she naturally knew various reward systems and how to plan life, such as the "extra 5% rule," and so on.

Gu Ran suddenly remembered something, "Since we have a system, can we include this week in it too?"

"No," Su Qing rejected the idea without a second thought.

Unfortunately for Gu Ran, a staunch democrat, he turned to Chen Ke and asked, "Chen Ke, what do you think? Should we start from this week?"

Chen Ke was drinking her milk tea but didn't delay in shaking her head.

"You two——"

Su Qing and Chen Ke touched donuts as if clinking glasses, in perfect agreement, savoring the taste of 100% victory.

After work, all three felt stuffed.

To digest, Gu Ran decided to walk back since it was downhill anyway.

The retro-style street lamps lined the slope, descending into the distance, with flowers crawling over every house's walls, occasionally catching the edges of the lamplight, a picturesque scene.

At 2 a.m. that night, Jinghai Group 2 had a chat.

Chen Ke: Everyone, are you asleep?

Gu Ran: (wide-eyed expression package)

Su Qing: Insomnia trio

Chen Ke: (smiling squinty-eyed expression package)

Gu Ran: The milk tea and beauty have wounded me, leaving me so haggard, from today onwards, I swear off milk tea!

Su Qing: Do you have beauty? Stop deluding yourself.

Gu Ran: How much more do you plan to hurt me? We've only known each other one day, I can't imagine at least five more years of this!

Su Qing: It's not a confrontation, it's about reconciliation. Perhaps in a month, you'll fall in love with the agony of being tormented by beauty.

Chen Ke: (smiling squinty-eyed expression package)

Gu Ran: Good night!

Su Qing: Good night~

Chen Ke: (sleeping expression package)

The group chat ended, Su Qing and Chen Ke read through the chat log again, couldn't help laughing, feeling even more excited.

The next day, August 3rd, Friday.

Although without dark circles, all three were somewhat weary and started drinking coffee as soon as they got into the office.

Gu Ran also had a cup.

After checking the rooms and holding a meeting, they visited Zhuang Jing's office and tried again to search for [Profession Cards] in [Mind World: Blooming Paradise].

Gu Ran, lacking energy, directly opted for the "rolling search method."

It was like lying on the bed, staring at his phone just as he focused on the flowers before him, turning over once he was done with the view.

His posture and expression may have seemed idle, but his attention was undoubtedly focused, concentrated to the extent that he accidentally collided with Chen Ke.

She was very tired today and was also using the "rolling method."

Just like "The Great Gatsby" says, a car accident only happens when both drivers are careless. Both were intensely focused on searching for flowers and naturally had an accidental collision while rolling down the hill.

A man and a woman lay in the flower bed staring at each other.

Both of their hearts skipped a beat beyond their control.

That's when Chen Ke suddenly noticed Gu Ran's eyes were extraordinarily attractive.

She had heard of "electric eyes" before but thought it was a vague concept, perhaps nonexistent, yet now, locking eyes with Gu Ran, she truly felt a surge of electricity through her body.

She must find a way to introduce him to Fei Xiaoxiao!

On the other hand, Gu Ran also felt his heart flutter, not only because he was so close to a girl, but also because Chen Ke had a boyfriend, and thirdly, Zhuang Jing was there.

He hurriedly rolled away, but in his panic, he couldn't stop and tumbled all the way down the slope.

Chen Ke propped herself up and watched his figure, shock written all over her face, and then she burst into laughter.

Gu Ran's noisy tumbling drew Zhuang Jing's attention.

[Knight] stood behind her, elegant in stature, chuckling, "Ran, now isn't the time for you to be rolling down the slope in play!"

Gu Ran stopped at the foot of the hill, buried among the flowers.

Suddenly, he knelt up, lifting a flower high, his expression excited to the point of near madness.

"Found it! I've found it!!"

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"Personal Diary": August 2nd, sunny, had the best midnight snack of my life at the office.

"Personal Diary": August 3rd, sunny, Chen Ke's breath was almost on my face, such a crime, a sin, amen.

I found my [Profession Card]!

I am a god!

"Doctor's Diary": August 3rd, found my [Profession Card], one step closer to my life's dream!

I swear, I will become a benevolent healer, passing on the happiness found in the clovers to every patient!

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