Chapter 8: The Beautiful Doll Who Kills Without Mercy—Has Ruan Ruan Turned Dark?
Su Ruanruan’s beautiful dark eyes glistened with tears, and overcome with emotion, she couldn’t hold them back. She had once prayed in that prison-like little room, hoping to come to the night market, hoping to be by Gu Jinzhou’s side—and today, all of that had come true.
Gu Jinzhou lowered his head to kiss her eyelids gently and said softly, “Little crybaby, why are you crying again?”
Su Ruanruan’s voice was thick with emotion, “I’m just so happy, Jinzhou, you don’t know how joyful I am.”
He didn’t know what this meant to her.
It meant a new beginning.
Gu Jinzhou felt a sudden, inexplicable pain tearing at his heart. “We’ve made you suffer, Ruanruan. From now on, wherever you want to go, I’ll go with you, alright?”
“You promised!”
Hand in hand, they wove through the bustling crowd and street vendors, arriving at a restaurant called “Yuexiao Yue.”
The moment Gu Jinzhou stepped inside, his germophobia flared up.
Only after thoroughly wiping down the chair did he allow Su Ruanruan to sit, then immediately began cleaning the table, even though it was already spotless.
Su Ruanruan looked at him helplessly.
Soon, a waiter came out to serve the food.
Su Ruanruan’s eyes widened. “Uncle Hao?!”
Back when she was in school, she often went to a Cantonese-style restaurant in Xitulanya for dim sum. The head chef there was Uncle Hao, a chef of national banquet caliber. How could he be working in such a humble, shabby place?
Uncle Hao smiled warmly. “Miss Ruanruan, long time no see. Today, President Gu invited me here to cook—he really put a lot of thought into it.”
Su Ruanruan clasped Gu Jinzhou’s hand tightly. No wonder he had suggested coming to the night market—he had planned this all along.
It made sense.
Gu Jinzhou was not only disciplined but meticulous. If he had ever made a mistake, he would never repeat it on something so important.
Su Ruanruan said, “Thank you, Uncle Hao.”
Uncle Hao replied, “No need to thank me. You should be thanking President Gu.”
Su Ruanruan puffed out her snow-white cheeks. “I don’t want to thank him. This is exactly what he should do!”
Uncle Hao laughed heartily. “So fierce! Can President Gu handle that?”
A smile appeared on Gu Jinzhou’s refined face. His clear, crisp voice spoke leisurely, “Usually very well-behaved, but even a little kitten has moods sometimes. Just pamper her a bit.”
Uncle Hao didn’t quite understand but laughed again before heading back to the kitchen.
Su Ruanruan pinched Gu Jinzhou’s thigh through his cold black trousers, her shy, watery eyes glaring at him.
“Don’t act so wild in public!”
“Pampering” didn’t mean spoiling or reasoning with her—it meant continuing until she admitted her mistake.
Before, when Ruanruan made mistakes, Gu Jinzhou would patiently reason with her, make her write a promise letter, and if she didn’t improve, he would sternly spank her. But he could never last more than a few swats before melting at her tears, turning from disciplinarian to apologizer—without fail every time.
But after they officially began dating, Gu Jinzhou’s true nature as a big flirt was revealed!
“Gu Jinzhou, did you pick me up because you wanted a child bride?”
“No.” Gu Jinzhou’s slender, deep phoenix eyes sparkled with amusement. “You were abandoned just three days after you were born. The first time I saw you, you were all wrinkled and ugly.”
“You’re the ugly one! Why did you pick me then?”
“That was the first and only time I ever felt charity.”
Aside from his unwavering love, Gu Jinzhou had given his sole shred of conscience to the little Ruanruan he met for the first time.
He pulled out a tissue to wipe the sauce from the corner of her lips, gently pressed his forehead to hers, his low, husky voice coaxing, “Baby, though we’re not related by blood, you grew up with me. If you truly cannot accept being my wife, I will care for you forever as your brother—no wife, no children—silently guarding you.”
Outwardly, he was her brother, but at night, he climbed through her window.
This was no challenge for Gu Jinzhou.
Su Ruanruan was moved but felt something was off.
After dinner, they planned to stroll the night market a little longer before heading home.
Their tightly clasped hands suddenly slipped apart without reason, as if erased by an invisible hand.
The crowd swept them in different directions.
“Ruanruan! Wait for me right here!”
Cold shivers ran through Su Ruanruan’s body, her beautiful face frozen in shock.
The novel’s plot was willing to do anything to separate her from Gu Jinzhou!
“Such a pretty girl.”
“Such tender skin!”
Two thugs blocked Su Ruanruan’s path.
A slender girl like her could never outmatch two thugs.
If this was the price for staying by Gu Jinzhou’s side...
Su Ruanruan pulled a fruit knife from her bag and without hesitation stabbed one thug in the shoulder.
“Ah! You bitch, how dare you stab me!”
“Damn! You stabbed my brother! You want to die?”
She then drew another fruit knife, her innocent, clear eyes fixed on the other thug like a deadly doll from a horror film.
“I’m sorry. I don’t want to hurt you, but you shouldn’t block my way. All of you will be dead meat.”
Her ethereal, sweet voice made the atmosphere eerily tense.
“Ghost! There’s a ghost!” The two thugs screamed and fled without looking back.
Su Ruanruan exhaled in relief, her fingers trembling with lingering fear.
She was terrified.
But she didn’t want to die. She wanted to live this life with Gu Jinzhou.
Because the plot wanted to separate them, her phone had been stolen from her bag. She had no choice but to return to the Yuexiao Yue restaurant.
Thankfully, Uncle Hao was still there.
Su Ruanruan borrowed Uncle Hao’s phone to call Gu Jinzhou.
“Jinzhou, I’m at Yuexiao Yue. Come find me here.”
Five minutes later, Jinzhou arrived, hair disheveled, eyes bloodshot, and immediately held Su Ruanruan tightly.
“Are you hurt, Ruanruan? Please say something.”
“I’m not hurt. I even stabbed someone. If you find them, send them to the police and make them pay for the medical bills.”
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