The cold-hearted president falls in love with the vengeful princess

In the living room, Liu Yifan and Gu Tingchen sat together, while Nie Ranran sat on a single sofa to the side. She glanced at them; Liu Yifan and Gu Tingchen were sitting very close together. She couldn't help but frown, her clear eyes narrowing slightly. She bit her lower lip. This woman was so alluring, especially those cat-like eyes. Her hands unconsciously clenched into fists. It wasn't envy or jealousy, but rather the fear of being outshone…

Nie Ranran turned her eyes. She could only sit and couldn't go forward. She lowered her head, took out her phone from her handbag, and placed it on the sofa, lying flat. The phone didn't seem fun anymore, so she swiped her fingers across the screen.

Looking at Gu Tingchen's exquisite profile, Liu Yifan raised her cat-like eyes slightly, lifted one leg slightly, and said with her pink lips opening and closing: "Mr. Gu, what's wrong? I spent all night drawing this. Where do you need to improve it?"

Gu Tingchen held Liu Yifan's blueprints in his left hand. His cold, dark eyes stared at the blueprints, which were slightly wrinkled from his grip. His knuckles turned slightly white, and veins bulged on his knuckles. He pursed his thin lips and said indifferently, "In short, it needs some improvements!"

His tone was calm despite the danger, but his voice was icy and chilling. Liu Yifan lowered her cat-like eyes slightly, wrinkled her upturned nose, and said, "Well, alright then, Mr. Gu, I'll improve it when I get back tonight, but I really don't think there's anything wrong with it."

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes sharpened. He glanced at Liu Yifan, then turned his face slightly. Liu Yifan immediately became serious. She put down her right leg and straightened her back. His narrow, dark eyes looked at Liu Yifan with a cold and sharp gaze. She stared blankly with her cat-like eyes wide open. Her eyelashes were long and thick, as if she had drawn a thin lower eyeliner on her eyelids.

Liu Yifan burst into laughter through her tears, her eyes sparkling with joy. "Alright, alright, Mr. Gu, whatever you say goes. Tell me, how else do you want to improve?" As she spoke, Liu Yifan moved closer to Gu Tingchen. Gu Tingchen shifted his body slightly, straightening his back and leaning back against the sofa.

Liu Yifan turned her gaze to him. His eyebrows and eyes were sharp and cold, as if they were covered with icy frost. His thin lips were tightly pursed. She moved her eyebrows slightly, her pink lips parted, and she said with a slight curve: "Then tell me, Mr. Gu, where do I need to improve my drawings?"

Gu Tingchen looked at the clothing pattern drawn by Liu Yifan. His brows furrowed, and his narrow, dark eyes narrowed sharply. Liu Yifan blinked nervously at him. After a moment of silence, Gu Tingchen raised his eyes and looked at her calmly. He said with a slight movement of his thin lips, "The lines are a bit crooked. Wouldn't it be better to draw them along the lines? Crooked lines will make the finished garment look asymmetrical, Miss Liu."

Liu Yifan was stunned for a moment. It seemed to make sense. She had drawn based on her intuition. Thinking of last night, she raised her head, rolled her eyelids upward, and frowned. She had drawn the paintbrush crookedly several times. After looking at it a few times, she didn't think there was anything wrong. She lowered her head, turned around, and looked at Gu Tingchen.

With a serious and sincere expression, she said, "I know how to improve. Perhaps I was a little negligent last night, Mr. Gu. Thank you for telling me." Liu Yifan looked at Gu Tingchen with a smile, her sparkling eyes filled with a gentle smile.

Gu Tingchen looked at Liu Yifan with his dark, indifferent eyes. His thin lips curled slightly as he said unhurriedly, "You're welcome, Miss Liu. I know you have your own style, but this is a co-branded product from our company, and it's being sold overseas. It can't have even the slightest flaw. Maybe I'm just a bit too meticulous!"

Liu Yifan nodded quickly, bowing slightly and saying, "Yes, yes, that's right." She raised her head, her captivating cat-like eyes looking at Gu Tingchen with a hint of tenderness in them. She smiled, her pink lips curving upwards, "Oh, so you said Mr. Gu studied abroad? Was it in Europe, or…?"

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes flickered slightly. He blinked his sharp eyes and glanced at Liu Yifan. He said calmly, "She grew up in America and hasn't been back in Ancheng for long. That's all." Liu Yifan's pink lips pursed slightly. She smiled charmingly and then said "Oh" a few times in a soft, seductive voice.

Nie Ranran listened to their conversation and breathed a sigh of relief. She felt there was nothing wrong with her brother's conversation with this beautiful woman. However, for some reason, she felt a tightness in her chest whenever she didn't want other women around her brother Gu Tingchen.

Nie Ranran sat quietly on the single sofa, unsure whether to breathe, look up, or move. She just sat there, her head slightly bowed, her neck aching. She had been startled when she saw Gu Tingchen and this woman at the villa entrance, wondering if Gu Tingchen knew other women and had sent her over...

A moment later, Liu Yifan remembered something. She turned around and looked at Nie Ranran. She smiled and said, "Hey, little sister, I remember you were carrying a bag of desserts. Where did it go?" Nie Ranran was still in a daze when she quickly looked up and met Liu Yifan's smiling eyes.

Nie Ranran was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened, and she smiled sweetly, "Yes, yes, yes, I bought a dessert, I bought it near the Shijing Bridge, I... I put it on the coffee table." After Nie Ranran finished speaking, she quickly looked at a cherry blossom pink dessert bag on the coffee table in the center.

Liu Yifan smiled radiantly. She turned her head slightly, her gaze falling on the dessert bag on the coffee table. She looked up at Nie Ranran, who was looking at her with obedient eyes. Liu Yifan smiled gently and said, "I'm older than you. I was born in 00. You can just call me Sister Fan."

Nie Ranran's bright, crescent-shaped eyes blinked, and she looked at Liu Yifan with sparkling eyes, her brows furrowed with a smile. "Okay, Sister Fan, I'm from 04." Liu Yifan's cat-like eyes smiled even more charmingly, and she raised her hand to gracefully tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes left the blueprints. He looked at Nie Ranran and said coldly, "Since you bought desserts, eat them quickly, Ranran, they'll taste bad if they get cold." Nie Ranran's clear eyes widened in surprise. She looked at the man sitting on the sofa with a cold expression.

She nodded obediently and said, "Okay, brother, I bought you one too. It's a matcha mille-feuille flavor. I'll eat it now, brother." After Nie Ranran finished speaking, she leaned towards the coffee table and reached for the dessert bag.

Liu Yifan picked up the dessert bag and stretched out her arm to hand it to Nie Ranran. Nie Ranran took it and opened the bag, taking out three flavors of desserts, including the matcha mille-feuille cake she had bought for Gu Tingchen.

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes widened slightly. When he saw the dessert in the small box, he frowned and said coldly, "This kind of boxed dessert gets cold easily. Eat it quickly. Ranran, I bought it for your brother. I'll eat it later."

Nie Ranran picked up the small spoon, opened the box, and smelled strawberries and raspberries. She looked up and saw Gu Tingchen talking to Liu Yifan again. Nie Ranran held the small spoon, lowered her head, and bent down. She heard that her brother would eat the matcha mille-feuille she bought for him.

That was enough. She smiled, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons, sweeter than honey. Nie Ranran ate the dessert spoonful by spoonful. The dessert really did release dopamine, instantly sweeping away her unpleasant mood.

Finally, Nie Ranran finished eating her dessert. She looked up, and Liu Yifan stood up. She looked down at Gu Tingchen with calm, cat-like eyes. She raised her hand to look at her watch and said with a puzzled expression, "It's almost eight o'clock. Wait a minute, Mr. Gu, how do I get back? I want to go back to my little apartment."

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes darkened slightly. He stood up from the sofa, looked at Liu Yifan, and frowned, saying, "It seems you haven't had dinner yet either. Would you like to have dinner before going back? I'll have Butler Mu prepare something for you now, Miss Liu."

Liu Yifan quickly shook her head and replied, "No, no, no need. I've already eaten at Meiyuan Hotel, and I was almost stuffed. I want to go back to my little apartment now, take a shower, and then improve the blueprints, Mr. Gu."

Gu Tingchen's sharp, dark eyes calmly gazed at her. He slightly parted his lips and said, "I'll go call Butler Mu over and have him drive you home. Alright, Miss Liu?" Liu Yifan looked at Gu Tingchen with grateful eyes and nodded slightly, saying, "Okay, Mr. Gu, thank you for your trouble."

Gu Tingchen watched as the butler drove the Bentley to see Liu Yifan off. He strode into the villa. Nie Ranran was leaning against the villa door. When she saw the man walking towards her, she straightened up. Gu Tingchen walked over and stood in front of Nie Ranran. He lowered his head, and Nie Ranran looked up at him with her pretty face, her clear eyes sparkling with a smile.

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes curved slightly. He took Nie Ranran's small hand in his, and Nie Ranran was stunned. Her capillaries felt hot, and her face turned red. Gu Tingchen led her into the villa. Butler Mu came over, bowed, and said: "Young Master and Miss, dinner is ready. You can have dinner now."

Gu Tingchen gave a soft "hmm" and led Nie Ranran by the hand to the dining room. The two sat down on the dining chairs. Nie Ranran looked at the steaming dishes on the table: wood ear mushrooms and eggs, carrot and broccoli salad, sweet and sour pork ribs, celery and beef stir-fry, a plate of vermicelli and snails, and a big pot of pork belly and sauerkraut soup.

Nie Ranran's clear eyes brightened several degrees. She pointed to the soup pot, glanced at Gu Tingchen, and Gu Tingchen turned to look at Nie Ranran sitting next to him. His dark eyes were gentle and doting as he smiled softly. He said gently, "I know. Brother will bring that pot of soup to you. The pork belly is for you too, Ranran."

Nie Ranran's clear eyes instantly sparkled, like a glass mirror, shimmering with light. She nodded excitedly and said, "Okay, okay, Brother Chen, you really understand me. I don't eat the pork belly meat, I eat the skin, the part with collagen."

Nie Ranran ate her dinner happily and excitedly. Gu Tingchen also ate a lot. Nie Ranran made her eat, and of course, he listened to his sister, being a doting brother. After dinner, Gu Tingchen helped Nie Ranran up from her chair. Nie Ranran's mouth was covered in pork belly oil. The man took the napkin box from the table, pulled out a napkin, and gently wiped the oil stains from the corner of her mouth.

Nie Ranran's heart was pounding with excitement. She stared wide-eyed, half-asleep. Her brother was wiping oil stains from the corner of her lips. She looked up at the man's sharp, dark eyes and fell in love again. They were like an abyss, a secluded valley, or a bottomless pool of ink.

Gu Tingchen gently wiped the oil stains from the corner of her lips. Nie Ranran nervously looked away, her eyes darting elsewhere. She lowered her eyes, and Gu Tingchen gently wiped them clean with his fingers. Then he raised his hand and ruffled her hair. He said softly, "Alright, Ranran, brother will take you upstairs."

That night, as Nie Ranran slept, she kept kicking her legs up. She was so happy. For so many days, Gu Tingchen had been ignoring her, but tonight, when he saw her to her door, he bent down and gently hugged her. But she was too short, only 1.65 meters tall, so she could only stand on her tiptoes.

Nie Ranran tossed and turned in bed. She sat up and glanced at the clock on the bedside table. It was already past one in the morning. She was still wide awake. She was still too happy to fall asleep. Nie Ranran kept grinning foolishly. Anyone who didn't know her would think she had mental problems.

The next morning, Nie Ranran sat down in the dining chair and her head fell. Her eyelids were so sleepy that she couldn't keep them open. She hadn't gone to sleep until almost 5 a.m. Her eyes were so sleepy that she kept opening and closing them. Gu Tingchen sat opposite her in the dining chair. His dark eyes turned cold, and he said coldly, "What have you been up to again, Ranran? Did you go to sleep so late again? Look how sleepy you are, you can't even keep your eyes open."

Hearing the man's angry voice, Nie Ranran suddenly woke up. She opened her eyes and saw that Gu Tingchen's handsome face had darkened. His dark eyes were like sharp blades, sharp and fierce. She pouted and said, "I, I, I, I, sob sob sob, I'm sorry, brother, I..." As soon as she finished speaking, her head drooped down again.

Nie Ranran slumped onto the dining table. Gu Tingchen's handsome face grew even colder. He raised his hand, and Butler Mu walked towards the restaurant entrance. He looked at Butler Mu and said with a stern expression, "Leave Miss's breakfast in the kitchen and heat it up for her to eat at noon. She's not going to the company today. Look, she's so sleepy that she's slumped onto the table."

Butler Mu turned around and looked at the young lady who was leaning on the dining table on the left. He then turned around and faced Young Master Gu. He bowed and said, "Yes, Young Master, Young Master, I understand. I will save breakfast for the young lady right away."

After Gu Tingchen finished breakfast, she could only pick up Nie Ranran, stride out of the restaurant, carry her upstairs, gently place her on the sofa, get a blanket and cover her gently. He stood by the sofa and looked at Nie Ranran for a while before turning around and walking out of her bedroom.