They all want to control me!

Chapter 97: A joke – Lin Ran is single.

Ruan Xue finally reacted, raising her head and looking down at the man and two women in surprise. After a long while, she murmured:

"So the plot can develop like this. The internal conflict between the two has turned into an external conflict because of my appearance, resulting in a chaotic scene... Could it be that my junior anticipated that he would use me to distract him during our conversation? This method is too dangerous, unlike my junior's gentle approach..."

Senior, I'm begging you, please stop daydreaming.

Meeting you in the mall was a coincidence, bumping into you in the stairwell was also a coincidence, I really didn't have any ulterior motives towards you.

Are all novelists like you, who like to interpret coincidences as melodramatic plots?

Jiang Qiaoqiao frowned slightly, glanced at her, looked away, took Lin Ran's phone, and entered the password to unlock it.

Su Lingle also came over to look, with one arm draped over Jiang Qiaoqiao's shoulder, her face so close that it was almost touching Jiang Qiaoqiao's face.

The two girls who were just bickering suddenly became best friends after forming an alliance.

Lin Ran felt ashamed.

Girls can be really scary.

"Who is this? It looks like a woman. Do you know Jiang Qiaoqiao?"

"Lin Ran's counselor is a grumpy woman in her thirties who has had two children. Don't worry about her."

"Wang Jiahao?"

"Lin Ran's former roommate went back to take care of her mother who was hospitalized, and will be back after the National Day holiday."

"Oh, this one also looks like a girl's profile picture..."

The two girls discussed it without any hesitation.

While writing her novel, Ruan Xue took out her phone and turned on the recorder to record.

Lin Ran leaned against the door, expressionless, watching this scene.

The three girls were all doing things that were related to her, but she couldn't get involved.

There's a sense of helplessness, like being married for many years and suddenly discovering your wife is a lesbian. The only option is to join in – you're all my family, so there's no other way.

"Lin Ran, come here."

"what?"

Lin Ran snapped out of her daze and looked at Jiang Qiaoqiao, who was standing ramrod straight with a cool expression.

Su Lingle rested her chin on Jiang Qiaoqiao's shoulder and beckoned to him: "You'll see when you come over."

"..."

The speed at which your relationship has changed is making me want to die.

Lin Ran walked over and looked at Jiang Qiaoqiao, pointing to a contact in WeChat. The profile picture was of Kirino Kousaka, and the nickname was "Unnie is the best." Her Moments also contained many everyday landscape photos, some of which were exactly the same as the interior decoration of Lin Ran's rented apartment.

"Who is this?" Jiang Qiaoqiao asked.

"Who is it? Who is it?" Su Lingle pressed.

"..." Lin Ran remained silent for a long time before saying, "It's me..."

Question marks appeared above Jiang Qiaoqiao's and Su Lingle's heads.

Even Ruan Xue, who was engrossed in writing her novel, looked up in shock.

Lin Ran smirked: "It was too hard to rank up in King of Glory before, so I pretended to be a girl and hooked up with a few pro players to team up with. I even used a voice changer to trick them into helping me rank up... When you're young, you always have to do a few outrageous things, right?"

"Pfft." Jiang Qiaoqiao turned her head, her shoulders trembling.

Su Lingle patted Jiang Qiaoqiao's shoulder hard, laughing heartily without any regard for Lin Ran's feelings.

Ruan Xue lowered her head again, a slight smile playing on her lips. She slowed down her typing, and to more accurately capture the situation, she took a picture of the three of them with her phone as material.

Looking at the three women's varying reactions, Lin Ran sighed inwardly, "I've taken the blame for everything."

…………

On the fourth day of the National Day holiday, Wang Jiahao, who had gone home to take care of his mother, returned. Lin Ran, Xiao Nan, and Wang Jiahao had a meal together at their usual barbecue restaurant outside the school.

Lin Ran noticed that Wang Jiahao was carrying large and small bags and was asking Xiao Nan for help. The barbecue skewers had already been served, and there were three bottles of beer on the table.

"What are you two doing?" Lin Ran asked as she sat down, picked up a skewer of grilled meat, and ate it.

"Brother Ran, save me! Brother Hao is back and insists on giving me a gift. I don't want it, but he insists!" Xiao Nan cried for help.

Lin Ran glanced at it and recognized it as a specialty from Wang Jiahao's hometown, so he took a bag that was neither too big nor too small:

"Take it. It's not a valuable item. If you don't take it, Wang Jiahao will keep bothering you."

"Well... alright then." Xiao Nan had no choice but to accept it.

Wang Jiahao took a deep breath, looked at Lin Ran, and pounded his chest with both hands: "Brother Ran, my good brother, I'll always remember you! Thank you both, godfathers, for sponsoring my ticket home. I can't thank you enough. If I have to go through fire and water in the future, I will definitely..."

"Ran-ge, give me a blowjob."

"Hey, little virgin, you seem to be having a great day?"

"Hehe, my relationship with Yan Yan progressed a lot yesterday... She kissed me, right here, on my left cheek, 13.4 centimeters from my nose, for 3.5 seconds." Xiao Nan kept grinning foolishly.

"...I think you're a pervert." Lin Ran clinked glasses with him.

Lin Ran didn't feel much about kissing.

Lin Ran had kissed Tao Zhiyao, kissed Jiang Qiaoqiao, kissed Su Lingle... Although it really felt like she had won, that's what Lin Ran truly thought.

Wang Jiahao was shocked: "Damn it, Brother Virgin is doing well too. He's already hooked up with someone after just half a month."

Xiao Nan tilted his head back, his chin so sharp it seemed it could fly into outer space, and said smugly, "Absolutely! I'm not bragging, but you guys should learn my girl-chasing skills!"

"Come on, let's have a drink!" Wang Jiahao raised the bottle.

"Cheers!" Xiao Nan clinked glasses with him, and the two chug the bottles together.

Wang Jiahao turned to Lin Ran and raised his wine bottle as well.

"Ran-ge, now we're on the same side. That Virgo guy is dishonest, he's betrayed the revolution! But don't panic, with our excellent looks, finding a partner should be a piece of cake, right? The reason I don't have a partner is simply because I don't want to, haha!"

"I have no problem with Ran's appearance, but you... you black devil, stop pretending to be a turtle!" Xiao Nan laughed heartily.

Lin Ran smiled without saying a word.

ding dong~

WeChat notification sound.

Lin Ran took out her phone and typed a reply.

After replying, he looked up and saw that Xiao Nan and Wang Jiahao were both looking at him.

"Tao Zhiyao sent me a message asking me to go out tomorrow," Lin Ran said.

Lin Ran had just finished speaking when his phone suddenly rang again.

Lin Ran answered the call, and Su Lingle's loud voice came through:

"Lin Ran! Is the chicken in the fridge still edible? I'm starving! Where did you go when I woke up?"

"We'll talk about it when we get back. I'm having dinner with someone outside."

"Holy crap, I'm starving and you're out there... beep beep beep~"

Lin Ran hung up the phone, and the two brothers on the other end, who looked embarrassed, smiled:

"Never mind the green plums from my childhood, let's keep eating them."

Sizzle—!

A sudden screech of brakes.

The jet-black Cullinan displayed its wild curves under the streetlights. The rear window rolled down, revealing a stunningly beautiful face with cool, aloof eyes that looked at Lin Ran.

"I need to get in the car."

Lin Ran: "?"

Xiao Nan: "..."

Wang Jiahao: "..."