The Genius Sweetheart of the Abstinent Goblin Boss

The sudden flash of light scared the driver so much that he almost jumped up and hit the roof of the car.

After finishing everything, Chi Tao also shouted to Ji Ran in the car: "As usual, post a short video when we get home!!"

Ji Ran lowered his head and took a deep breath.

The driver closed the window unhappily, looked up at the rearview mirror and asked, "Can we go now?"

"Let's go." Ji Ran replied coldly.

The car started. Chi Tao looked at the back of the car and was extremely worried. She kicked the stone on the ground in annoyance and turned around to get into her own car.

Hey! Professor Ji, hurry up and develop a relationship with Mr. Jiang! That way, someone will protect her in the future!

The car drove for a while and gradually moved away from the city. There were fewer and fewer buildings and the street lights became increasingly sparse.

Ji Ran continued to browse the scientific research literature quietly as usual.

The driver looked up at the young girl in the rearview mirror whose face could not be seen clearly because of her hat, and started to chat with her casually:

"What was a little girl doing in such a remote place at night?"

The back seat was silent.

The driver looked up at the rearview mirror again, only to see that the young girl didn't even raise her head and didn't take him seriously at all.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" the driver became excited.

Ji Ran frowned impatiently and still didn't reply.

The driver said sarcastically in frustration, "Oh, are Beijing University students so great? Why are they so arrogant?"

At this time, the car arrived at the border of the forest area. The driver braked and stopped at the intersection, making a sarcastic suggestion:

"You've already mapped out the location, but I don't know what the terrain is like. You have to pay an additional 800 yuan!"

Ji Ran pushed open the car door with an indifferent look on his face, got out, and limped towards the forest area.

The driver was stunned. How could this little thing be so fierce?

Look at what the map shows. The straight-line distance alone is at least seven or eight kilometers.

Thinking of this, he got out of the car again and chased after Ji Ran's back. At the same time, that extremely disgusting voice rang out:

"How about this, you volunteer to play with your uncle, and your uncle can also give it to you, how about it, hehe!"

Ji Ran paused, a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes, and she slowly reached into her bag and touched the dagger that had not been used for a long time.

For an orphan who has to protect himself since childhood, the most basic survival guarantee is personal safety.

She couldn't handle five well-trained professional killers, and it would only take her a few minutes to cripple such a useless middle-aged fat man with a big belly.

But before she could take it out, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from behind her.

She turned around curiously, only to see the driver tumbling and crawling towards his car in panic, falling several times in just a few steps.

Finally, he stumbled into the cab with great difficulty, turned around immediately, stepped on the accelerator and rushed away. He was so panicked that he even hit a road sign on the side of the road without stopping for a second.

It was as if I had seen a ghost. I didn't know what I was suddenly so scared of.

Even from such a long distance, Ji Ran could feel the extreme fear surrounding that person.

"Is there something wrong?"

Unable to resist complaining, Ji Ran turned around with a puzzled look on his face and walked towards the dark forest area.

Even though she had to walk such a long way, she felt calm. This dark forest area, which was extremely scary and like hell for ordinary people, was the safest home for her.

When she was a child and there were no cars, she had walked this path thousands of times.

When she was little, her grandmother accompanied her on every walk. At that time, her grandmother was afraid that she would get bored if she walked for too long, so she forced her to tell her the story of the fisherman picking up the magic bottle, which she had already heard too much.

She said she didn't want to listen anymore, but her nanny still insisted on telling her.

Now she wanted to listen, but no one told her anymore.

Then I could only hear her opening her mouth, and as she walked, she began to tell herself the same old story:

"Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who lived by the sea. He went fishing every day. One day, he caught a beautiful and strange bottle..."

As he was talking, he finished the story.

It was exactly the same version that Mingming told his nanny.

But why does it feel so different? It feels like my heart has been hollowed out...

Her ankle began to ache again. She sighed weakly, stopped and squatted to rest for a while.

Looking at the mud and sand on the ground, I couldn't help but start drawing.

I thought that after a while, the nanny would accuse her of being unhygienic, right?

But after drawing the entire monster, the familiar voice of discipline did not ring in my ears.

Ji Ran couldn't help but smile. It was clearly a smile, yet it felt so bitter.

No wonder it was different, it turned out to be because she was alone now.

She planned to stand up and continue walking home. The journey was already quite far, and with her lame leg, she didn't know how long it would take.

After trying to stand for a while, she found her legs were numb from squatting. She suddenly had an idea and imitated her childhood, playfully raising her hands to the air, as if she was acting coquettishly with her nanny:

"Please pull me up~"

With a self-deprecating smile, she prepared to withdraw her hands and try to stand up by supporting herself on the ground.

But before she could withdraw her hand, a slightly cold hand suddenly reached out from behind, held her hand, and pulled her up with force.

Ji Ran stood up effortlessly in a daze. She turned her head in surprise, only to see the handsome yet cold face that had appeared in her mind from time to time throughout the day.

Even in the dark light at this moment, it appears so bright, like a light that only she can see, illuminating her entire lonely heart.

My heartbeat suddenly accelerated violently.

"...Qi Mu..."

Ji Ran pronounced his name in surprise. The cool touch of his palm was still striking her senses, but she inexplicably did not want to pull her hand away.

Just like that, he held my hand and I stared at him blankly:

"Why are you here..."

"Take a walk." Qi Mu replied calmly, and then let go of her hand after making sure she was standing firmly.

His hands were empty, and Ji Ran felt a sudden and inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.

Her hand was even frozen in mid-air, maintaining the position that he had just held. After two seconds, she came to her senses and slowly withdrew it with some reluctance.

"Oh..." Ji Ran responded.

But he really loves to take walks, doesn't he? He takes a walk every night. Isn't this a long walk?

Qi Mu looked down at her injured foot again, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

This little sprain can't be healed, right?

The next second, he squatted down in front of Ji Ran and uttered two words in a still indifferent tone:

"Come up."

“Huh???” Ji Ran widened his eyes in confusion.

What does that mean??? Is he going to carry her back? It’s so far???

And why was he so cold to her...

"If you don't want your leg to be disabled." Qi Mu spoke again. His words sounded like concern, but they made people shiver.

Ji Ran looked down at her swollen ankle, then looked at the back of the man in front of her. For some reason, it seemed as if there was some kind of attraction that made her inexplicably indulge in it and she couldn't help but lean towards him.

He stood up, carrying her on his back, and walked towards home.

Ji Ran's heart was beating violently, his hands were nervously placed on Qi Mu's shoulders, and his nostrils were filled with the unique woody sandalwood scent emanating from him.