The Genius Sweetheart of the Abstinent Goblin Boss

Ji Ran shook his head weakly, raised his head and walked forward with difficulty. Every step seemed to be stepping on cotton, weak and powerless.

Chi Tao quickly followed her pace and helped her walk towards the office step by step.

Seeing her in such a state, Chi Tao was really worried. She wanted to observe her face carefully, but suddenly found that her eyes were slightly red.

"Professor Ji? What happened?" Chi Tao raised his voice nervously.

But she had never seen the little girl's eyes turn red before!

Damn! It looks like things are getting serious!

"Nothing..." Ji Ran replied, his voice was very weak but his tone was firm.

"If you're not feeling well, I'll ask them to come back another day." Chi Tao was worried to the point of exploding.

"No need." Ji Ran insisted.

"Okay..." Chi Tao didn't believe it at all, but he could do nothing about it.

She supported Ji Ran, moved slowly, and finally walked into the office.

Hearing the noise, Mo Yilan and Yan Lele both stood up, only Jiang Baishen sat on the sofa with a deep smile on his face, motionless.

Noila Mo was a little surprised. Why did the young master of the Jiang family pay so little attention to etiquette?

She just winked at him, reminding him to stand up quickly and greet Professor Ji.

Jiang Baishen smiled helplessly and sighed, then he had to stand up.

Mo Yilan finally turned around with relief, but was suddenly stunned when she saw the person coming.

Chi Tao introduced Mo Yilan and Yan Lele's origins and identities to Ji Ran, but Ji Ran didn't even raise his head. He just nodded casually, still lowering his eyes and looking at the ground expressionlessly.

Jiang Baishen saw that she was not in a good state, and immediately walked forward with some concern, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Ji Ran didn't answer, as if he couldn't hear anything.

Jiang Baishen looked at Chi Tao suspiciously, trying to find an answer, but saw that Chi Tao just shook his head helplessly, indicating that he didn't know.

"Xiao Leng..." At this moment, a female voice trembled not far away.

Ji Ran's eyes then moved slightly, and he slowly raised his eyes to look in the direction of the voice. After looking for a moment, there was suddenly some vivid surprise in his eyes.

Chi Tao who was standing next to him suddenly started to get crazy.

Damn!!! How come everyone here knows that Professor Ji’s name is Xiao Leng? !

She just doesn’t know, right?!

At this moment, Ji Ran also vaguely found a familiar look in the professional woman in front of him.

Mo Yilan stared at her blankly, and suddenly lost her words.

It’s really a little cold!

Jiang Baishen looked at the tense atmosphere and was a little surprised...

I thought the two girls would hug each other excitedly and cry when they met. After all, they were once a family and were poor children who shared the same suffering.

But I didn't expect that both of them were so calm, so calm that it was even a little embarrassing.

"Xiao Leng???" Yan Lele also exclaimed at this moment, breaking the awkwardness.

Hearing the voice, Ji Ran turned to look at him and frowned slightly in confusion. She felt that the boy looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who he was.

"It's me!! I'm Yan Lele! I lived in the same courtyard with you when I was a child!" Yan Lele explained with surprise.

Hearing him say this, Ji Ran suddenly remembered that this boy seemed to be the child from their original next-door neighbor's house.

"I didn't expect you to be the genius professor! Xiao Leng is so awesome!" Yan Lele couldn't stop being excited and said to herself in surprise.

Then he continued to talk to himself in surprise:

"No wonder the last tenant of our old house said a few years ago that the pretty little girl next door always wore the Kyoto University uniform. My parents insisted that they were seeing things. It's not that easy to get into Kyoto University. I didn't expect it to be true!!"

Ji Ran suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Yan Lele: "What did you say??"

Yan Lele was stunned, and suddenly realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly tried to make amends:

"Ah! That's not what I meant! I didn't mean that you're no good, Xiao Leng, or that you can't get into Beijing University... It's just... it's hard for normal people to get in... Xiao Leng, you're a genius!"

Ji Ran didn't want to hear another word from him. He turned around decisively and said to Chi Tao, "I have something to go out for."

Then he rushed out.

"Eh? Professor Ji!" Chi Tao looked at her back as she hurriedly ran away, feeling a little overwhelmed.

He turned around and looked at the three equally confused people in the office, smiling awkwardly:

"Um... Professor Ji has something to do, how about... we talk some other day... or arrange an online meeting... hehehe"

"Is Xiao Leng okay?" Jiang Baishen couldn't stop worrying about her from leaking out of his eyes.

"It should be... okay." Chi Tao's face was full of doubts and he was completely confused.

The worry in Noila Mo's eyes disappeared in an instant when she saw Jiang Baishen's nervous expression, and turned into a trace of loneliness.

Yan Lele frowned anxiously at this moment and poked his fingers helplessly.

Damn it... He must have said something wrong that made Xiao Leng unhappy, which led to this situation... Damn it... What should I do... He is so incompetent, innocent and helpless...

There was no way out, the protagonist ran away, and finally the few people had to leave awkwardly and make another appointment.

The protagonist sped all the way and soon returned to the gate of the house.

She left the motorcycle at the door, and when she was about to reach the gate, she remembered that she had forgotten to bring her bag and keys.

Without stopping for a moment, she quickly went around to the back of the courtyard wall, pulled the ladder with trembling hands, and climbed up.

She was so panicked that she even tripped herself, but she didn't stop for a second. She immediately got up and ran towards the house opposite.

This time she did not knock on the door, but reached out and pushed open the door, which was not solid to begin with.

"crunch-"

The old wooden door made an unpleasant howling sound.

What greeted me was a smell of silence and decay, and the scene inside the house came into view.

The room was full of cobwebs and thick dust that flew everywhere due to the airflow caused by her pushing the door. The original white walls had long since become dark gray due to dampness. Years of vacancy had caused the ceiling and load-bearing pillars of the house to gradually become dilapidated.

It looked desolate and had been abandoned for a long time. There was no sign of any living things, let alone any signs of human life.

No one has ever lived here...

Ji Ran's eyes trembled and he smiled in disbelief. As he smiled, a drop of warm water slid down from his dry eyes.

She raised her hand woodenly to wipe away the hot and itchy stuff on her face, then looked down.

It turned out that her eyes were leaking again.

She looked up at the pile of ruins in front of her without any concern, and immediately understood everything.

No wonder... no wonder...

No wonder he looked so terrified when we first met...

So it was because she could suddenly see him?

No wonder he always appears from the direction of the courtyard and has never been seen coming out of the house.

No wonder he never had a key when he went home with her.

No wonder the towel went back into the drawer by itself...

Suddenly, the old and frail voice of my nanny rang in my mind again.

"We, Xiao Leng, will be left to your care."

So... the nanny was not confused because of her illness, but because she was critically ill, she really saw the dimension space that she could not see.

It turned out that he was really standing behind her, but she couldn't see him...

So he was already by her side at that time?

It turns out that he is always by her side...

She is not alone...

She was never alone...

He's always here.

The dull ache in my heart suddenly exploded into an indescribable severe pain.

The pain seemed to penetrate deep into her bones, like countless steel needles piercing her heart at the same time, making her unable to breathe.

She subconsciously reached out and covered her heart tightly with her hands, feeling like she was about to burst from the unrelieved pain.