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

Nie Ranran couldn't understand why Gu Tingchen had changed again. Yesterday he had held her hand and gone to the restaurant to have dinner with her, but today... She came to her senses and saw her brother Gu Tingchen walking towards the study. He must have already eaten dinner. Oh well, she decided not to ask him if he had eaten dinner. Her clear eyes flickered slightly, and she slowly lowered them. She turned around and walked towards the stairs, her mind filled with thoughts.

Nie Ranran went upstairs to her bedroom. She looked down at her silk pajamas, then looked up and thought, "I'll take a shower and then go to bed. I'm so tired, so tired." A cold smile curved her cherry-red lips as she lifted her leg and walked towards the walk-in closet.

A moment later, Nie Ranran finished her shower. It was already 1:30 a.m. She went straight to her room. When she got there, she didn't turn on the bedside lamp. Instead, she pulled back the covers, put her legs up on the bed, and lay on her side. She opened her bright, clear eyes and blinked them.

Is Brother Gu Tingchen asleep? Has Liu Yifan left? Has she left the Gu family villa? She frowned anxiously, turned over a few times, and slowly sleepiness came over her. Her bright eyes closed little by little, she put one leg on the quilt, turned her head slightly towards the bedside table, and fell asleep without realizing it.

In Gu Tingchen's bedroom, after washing up, he walked to the walk-in closet and picked out the suit he would wear to work today: a silver-gray handmade custom-made satin gold suit jacket, paired with light gray striped skinny trousers and Italian pure cowhide brown-black leather shoes.

He slowly adjusted his suit and tie, his dark eyes looking at the full-length mirror in the dressing room. Gu Tingchen thought of what Liu Yifan had said to him last night, and he frowned slightly, his handsome face as if coated with a layer of frost.

Liu Yifan told him that she would not have romantic feelings for him. Gu Tingchen's cold brows furrowed more and more. Why did Liu Yifan say this to him? He crossed his arms and tied his suit tie, and the white suit collar was wrinkled from being pulled.

Gu Tingchen changed into a suit, strode out of the dressing room, opened the door, walked out of the bedroom, walked to the top of the stairs, looked up at the third floor, glanced at it, then lowered his head and strode downstairs.

Just as Gu Tingchen arrived at the restaurant and was about to sit down, Nie Ranran also got up. Still feeling sleepy, she rubbed her eyes and slowly walked to the restaurant door. When Su Ma saw Nie Ranran, she skillfully opened the restaurant door, bowed, and said, "Welcome, Miss! Please have breakfast! Good morning, Miss!"

Nie Ranran lowered her right hand, opened her eyes, and her vision slowly cleared. The restaurant door opened, and Gu Tingchen was sitting on the lowest chair. Nie Ranran blinked her big eyes in surprise and quickly walked in.

Gu Tingchen sat in the dining chair, his sharp, dark eyes looking at her with an indifferent expression. His gaze was sharp and slightly menacing. He twitched his eyebrows slightly and said with his thin lips slightly parted: "So late, did you go to bed very late last night? Didn't I tell you to go to bed earlier?"

Nie Ranran's clear eyes widened in a daze. She clenched her small hands tightly behind her back, took a step forward, and walked to the dining chair where Gu Tingchen was sitting. She obediently bent down and said, "I'm sorry, brother, but I can sleep well. I'm not very sleepy."

As soon as she finished speaking, she subconsciously raised her hand, and touched the tip of her nose. She yawned, letting out a long series of "yawns." She opened her eyes and found Gu Tingchen looking at her with cold, deep eyes. Nie Ranran was stunned.

She pulled out the dining chair next to Gu Tingchen and quickly sat down. Then she lowered her head and looked at her palms. Gu Tingchen glanced at her and said calmly, "Hurry up and eat breakfast. After you eat, your brother will go out with you, Ranran."

Nie Ranran immediately raised her head and met the man's deep, cold, dark eyes. Her clear, bright eyes sparkled like tiny, glittering diamonds. She widened her eyes, and Gu Tingchen nodded. Nie Ranran couldn't help but smile, her brows and eyes relaxing. She smiled and said, "Okay, okay, okay, brother, I'll eat breakfast now!"

Breakfast was served. Today's breakfast included ice cream puffs, chapatta sandwiches, seaweed rolls soaked in milk, and a small basket of crab roe soup dumplings. Nie Ranran swallowed hard. The chapatta sandwiches were especially tempting. She stood up, leaned forward, and took the chapatta sandwiches.

Gently opening the package, she found milk cheese, corn sausage, lettuce, pork belly slices, and cheese sauce. Looking at the generously filled ciabatta bread, Nie Ranran pouted and squinted, saying with a smile, "This ciabatta bread is going to fill me up, brother!"

She glanced at the man. Gu Tingchen was eating a sirloin steak, cutting it casually with a knife in one hand and a fork in the other. When he heard Nie Ranran speak, he subconsciously raised his head, his dark eyes looking at her with a cold gaze. Nie Ranran smiled at him with her eyes crinkling.

After a moment of silence, Gu Tingchen's thin lips moved slightly and he said, "Then you should eat more of this new dish from Chabata. It should be... Butler Mu." As he spoke, Gu Tingchen's thin lips parted slightly, and he called out to Butler Mu.

The butler was pruning excess branches in the villa's garden when he heard the noise. He dropped the pruning shears and gloves and ran quickly towards the villa. He arrived at the dining room door, panting, and strode inside.

Butler Mu bowed and said, "I heard the young master calling me, so I came over right away. What's wrong?" Butler Mu raised his head and straightened up. Gu Tingchen looked at Butler Mu, who was standing at the entrance of the restaurant. His eyebrows were sharp and his face was cold. He said, "This chapata bread, did you make it yourself, Butler Mu?"

Butler Mu pursed his lips slightly, bent down, and looked up with a gentle smile: "Oh, yes, young master, I didn't make it. It was Aunt Zheng who made it. She studied it for a few days and then made it this morning. Is there a problem?"

Butler Mu spoke cautiously, his legs slowly weakening. "This Zheng Ma is something else, making random decisions about breakfast. I'm afraid there might be something wrong with what she's eating," Butler Mu muttered to himself, worried that the young master or young lady might not be feeling well.

Nie Ranran turned to look at Butler Mu, her eyes crinkling with a sweet smile, and said obediently, "It's so delicious! Butler Mu, could you make this ciabatta sandwich again tomorrow and the day after? With tomato sauce, thinly sliced ​​beef, and cheese sticks, is that alright?"

Butler Mu stared wide-eyed in surprise, then immediately understood. He lowered his head and bent down, then looked up with a delighted grin and said, "Oh, is that so? Of course, of course, Miss. I'll talk to Aunt Zheng. As long as it's delicious, please eat more, Miss!"

After the butler left the restaurant, it returned to quiet. Neither of them spoke as they quietly ate their breakfast. Nie Ranran ate a crab roe soup dumpling. The crab meat was sweet and the soup was rich. The dumpling skin was very thin, and each bite was very fragrant and sweet.

After Gu Tingchen finished the corn juice on the table, he stood up. Nie Ranran looked up, her clear eyes blinking slightly. The man turned his gaze to Nie Ranran, his dark eyes cold and deep, and said calmly, "I'm finished eating. I'll wait for you at the villa gate, Ranran."

Nie Ranran nodded gently. Gu Tingchen raised his hand to straighten his suit jacket, smoothed his collar, and with one hand in his pocket, he stepped over to Nie Ranran's chair.

Finally, Nie Ranran finished her breakfast, hung her handbag on her wrist, and ran away like an arrow. Gu Tingchen leaned against the door of the Lamborghini, his long legs captivating at first glance. Those long legs, wrapped in trousers, looked extremely abrupt.

Gu Tingchen and Nie Ranran drove together. Gu Tingchen dropped Nie Ranran off at Ancheng Bridge. He rolled down the car window and glanced at the Maserati behind them. Nie Ranran rolled down the passenger window, moved into the passenger seat, and stuck her head out.

Gu Tingchen's dark eyes softened slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his thin lips. "Alright, I'll drop you off here. I'm going to the company now. Drive carefully, don't rush." ​​Gu Tingchen was about to start the Lamborghini when Nie Ranran's eyes widened. She blinked her bright, clear eyes obediently, looking completely innocent. "Brother, aren't you even going to see me to the company entrance?"

Gu Tingchen started the car. He held the engine with his left hand, pursed his lips and remained silent. He turned the steering wheel with his left hand and stepped on the accelerator with his right leg. The Lamborghini sped away. Nie Ranran pouted and sighed helplessly. She also turned the steering wheel and drove towards the side railing of Ancheng Bridge, starting the car and leaving.

Around 9 p.m., Liu Yifan was rushing to finish the second garment pattern. She sat on the sofa with her legs crossed. She was in her small apartment, the living room lights were on, and a TV was playing. She bent down, laid the garment pattern flat on the sofa, and started drawing on the pattern bit by bit with a paintbrush.

As she drew, remembering what Gu Tingchen had said, Liu Yifan paused, then erased the lines she had drawn on the clothing pattern. She adopted the drawing method Gu Tingchen had described, which seemed to be better than the first pattern. The first one was too distorted, and the resulting garment was indeed a bit shocking to look at...

As she was drawing, her phone on the coffee table vibrated. The screen lit up, and Liu Yifan glanced at it. Seeing the screen, she grabbed it and saw that it was a WeChat video call from Gu Tingchen. Liu Yifan stared in surprise, her eyes widening in shock.

Gu Tingchen called her on WeChat video. What did he want? Her heart pounded nervously. She hesitated for a moment, then quickly swiped to open the call and clicked "Accept." The screen lit up, and Gu Tingchen sat on the sofa, holding his phone in his right hand. His sharp, dark eyes, like a bottomless abyss, stared at the phone screen.

Liu Yifan raised her hand to greet him, "What's wrong? Mr. Gu, good evening!" She smiled gently, her cat-like eyes crinkling like a kitten's. Gu Tingchen's dark eyes flickered, and he said with a slight movement of his thin lips, "Let me see your second clothing pattern. Miss Liu, am I not disturbing you at this hour?"

Liu Yifan quickly shook her head, then smiled gently and said, "No, no, I'm in a hurry, Mr. Gu." As she spoke, Liu Yifan held up the clothing pattern to her phone screen, opened it with one hand, and Gu Tingchen suddenly leaned closer, bringing the phone screen to his face. Liu Yifan then unfolded the clothing pattern.

Gu Tingchen turned his sharp, handsome face away from the phone screen. He leaned back on the sofa, his dark eyes flickered slightly, and he said indifferently: "How about this, Miss Liu, you stand the clothing pattern up on the sofa. I'll tell you how to draw the lines, and the pen will just follow the lines. Is that okay?"

Liu Yifan frowned in confusion, her cat-like eyes showing a slight hint of anger. Gu Tingchen stared at his phone screen, his thin lips moving slightly as he said, "Draw exactly as I say, Miss Liu. I'm not questioning you, but I feel that..." He frowned, his dark eyes deep and cold.

Liu Yifan raised her right hand and nodded, saying, "Okay, okay, Mr. Gu, I'll stand the clothing pattern up. Just tell me what to draw, and I'll draw it. Wait here!" After saying that, Liu Yifan picked up the clothing pattern, straightened it, and then placed it under the armrest of the sofa.

All night long, Gu Tingchen spoke eloquently, and Liu Yifan listened attentively. Her paintbrush seemed to wander back and forth in a maze. As midnight approached, Gu Tingchen glanced at his phone screen and said, word by word, "It's almost midnight, Miss Liu. Let's leave it at that for now. Come back tomorrow night. I'm hanging up now."

Before Liu Yifan could even look up, Gu Tingchen had already hung up the phone with a crisp "ding." When she looked up, the phone screen was already displaying the WeChat interface. She straightened up, looked down at the blueprint, and found it increasingly appealing the more she looked at it.

Liu Yifan got up from the sofa, scratched her head, and her stomach rumbled. She hadn't eaten dinner yet; she had been drawing blueprints since waking up. She walked barefoot on the carpet to the kitchen, turned on the kitchen light, and the bright light stung her eyes slightly.

Half an hour later, Liu Yifan placed the plate on the high table, hooked one leg over the high chair, and sat down. She poured the corn salad, beef slices, and shrimp rice with sweet and sour sauce, along with two plates of carrot, wood ear mushroom, and shredded pork, and vinegared shredded potatoes. She ate the shrimp rice with her left hand and used chopsticks to pick up the vegetables with her right hand.

Gu Family Villa -

After taking a shower, Gu Tingchen left the bathroom and walked into the room. He pulled back the covers, got into bed, and was about to go to sleep when there was a knock on the bedroom door. Gu Tingchen's dark eyes narrowed, and he got up, strode out of the room, and opened the door with one hand.

Nie Ranran was wearing a fluffy kitten-patterned nightgown. Her big, bright eyes blinked, sparkling like tiny, transparent mirrors. Her butterfly-like eyelashes fluttered gently. Her cherry lips were slightly upturned, and she held a small soup bowl in her hands.