5: 5.
Infuriating, what an annoying man!
5: 5.
Infuriating, what an annoying man!
The Leng Family Estate## Second-Floor Study [Holding hands with your pure love spouse: +1 point.] [Continuing to hold hands with your pure love spouse: +2 points.] [Continuously holding hands with your pure love spouse: +3 points.] System notifications were flashing frantically in Gu Yan’s mind.
Watching his points skyrocket, he felt completely elated.
He couldn’t help but grin.
Not bad, not bad at all.
If I hold my dear Qingqiu’s jade-like hand for twenty-four hours straight, won’t I rake in several thousand, or even tens of thousands of points?
If I do this every day, I’ll be able to empty out the entire System Shop in no time!
Gu Yan firmly believed that a man had to have dreams—after all, what if they actually came true?
— Meanwhile, Leng Qingqiu had her own thoughts.
She already had a few plans brewing in her mind, but before she could execute them…
“I’m going to start reading now, Gu Yan.
Can you loosen your grip a bit?” Leng Qingqiu asked, forcing a smile.
Although she had superficially agreed to be with Gu Yan, it was purely to use him—or rather, to leverage the massive Gu Corporate Group backing him.
In her eyes, Gu Yan was nothing more than a hopeless romantic and a pure-love idiot.
He would be incredibly easy to manipulate.
Because of this, she wanted to avoid physical contact as much as possible.
In truth, after she accepted his proposal, she hadn’t expected this shameless man to stubbornly refuse to leave.
He had even insisted on coming upstairs to see what she did in her spare time.
Leng Qingqiu was highly skilled in the art of manipulation.
She knew it would be unwise to drive him away immediately after agreeing to his proposal, so she allowed him into her study as a show of sincerity.
Of course, Gu Yan hadn’t missed a single opportunity to touch her along the way.
His excuse?
“I’m afraid you can’t see the path, let me guide you a bit.” Tch!
Do I need a clown like you to tell me whether I can see or not?!
she thought bitterly.
Hearing her request, Gu Yan hesitated.
He hadn’t milked enough points out of the System yet, so how could he willingly let go?
At the same time, he was terrified that if he pushed her too far, she might give him the silent treatment, which would be a massive setback.
Reluctantly, he released her hand.
“Oh, alright.” Feeling the physical contact break, Leng Qingqiu finally breathed a small sigh of relief.
She took her usual seat at the desk, where several Braille books were neatly laid out.
This study was her exclusive sanctuary—the one place where she could understand the outside world and better herself.
It was also a strict no-entry zone for anyone without her express permission.
With a cold, composed expression, she began mapping out her future strategies.
“Leng-Leng~~” First, I’ll exploit Gu Yan’s infatuation to gradually seize control of the Gu Corporate Group using my own methods…
“Qing-Qing~~” Meanwhile, I’ll secretly amass power to track down the mastermind behind the incident that happened all those years ago…
“Qiu-Qiu~~” Tch!!
This damned man!
Leng Qingqiu’s train of thought was completely shattered.
She snapped her head toward the direction of the voice.
Even though she was blind, she felt as though she could vividly see his intensely annoying face right next to her.
Seeing her finally turn toward him, Gu Yan was overjoyed.
Fantastic!
That book I read in my past life—’Why Does the Domineering CEO Like an Ordinary Girl Like Me?
It Turns Out It’s Because I’m Very Annoying: Workplace Romance Starts Now!
❤❤❤’—didn’t lie to me!
According to the dating advice in that web novel, if you just keep pestering and annoying them, you will inevitably catch the CEO’s attention.
Since it worked in the novel, it had to work here too!
After all, this place was technically a novel world anyway.
“Qingqiu, I wanted to ask you…
between Leng-Leng, Qing-Qing, and Qiu-Qiu, which nickname do you prefer me to call you?” Gu Yan blinked innocently as he looked at her.
Admittedly, while he had approached Leng Qingqiu solely to farm points and survive, he had to confess that her personality and striking looks hit every single one of his preferences.
He couldn’t resist the urge to have a genuine, pure romance with her.
“…” Leng Qingqiu was utterly speechless.
What kind of ridiculous, embarrassing nicknames are those?!
I hate all of them!!
Just hurry up and get out!
“Why aren’t you saying anything?” Gu Yan asked, finding her silence strange.
A second later, a realization hit him.
Ah, she must not like any of those options.
“Then…” Gu Yan recalled another nickname from a novel he read in his previous life.
He grinned mischievously.
“How about I call you ‘Wifey-Baby’?” ?!
Ugh!!!
Hearing that absurdly intimate title, Leng Qingqiu’s heart violently skipped a beat.
She abruptly averted her face, terrified that Gu Yan would notice her sudden loss of composure.
Tch!
Damn it!
What kind of cheesy, nauseating nonsense is this dog of a man spouting?!
Leng Qingqiu felt her face burning up.
How could anyone say something so shamelessly sickening with a straight face?
In all her years, she had never heard such cringe-inducing, mushy words.
“I…
I don’t like any of them.
Just call me Qingqiu!” unable to bear his intense, lingering gaze any longer, she finally snapped.
Gu Yan let out a sigh of relief.
He had genuinely thought she was furious given her explosive reaction earlier.
But looking at her now, while she was definitely flustered, it wasn’t as bad as he had feared.
“Alright, Qingqiu.
Do you have any plans right now?
Why don’t we go out for a walk?” Gu Yan looked at her expectantly.
To be honest, it was going to be incredibly difficult to make any physical moves if she just sat in this study all day.
Leng Qingqiu’s heart jolted slightly at his suggestion.
Go out for a walk?
Ever since she had lost her sight, she had never stepped foot outside the Leng Family estate.
Instead, she spent almost her entire day cooped up in this tiny study.
Come to think of it, it had been a very, very long time since she had seen the outside world.
After all, her mind had been entirely consumed by revenge.
Still, going out for a stroll or playing around was a complete waste of time.
And for her, time was the most precious commodity.
“I’m busy.
I don’t have time,” she replied coldly.
“I’m going to read now.
Please be quiet.” With that, she turned away and opened her Braille book right in front of him.
Gu Yan wasn’t discouraged in the slightest.
She was currently blind and destined to become a ruthless, main antagonist in the future storyline; it was unrealistic to expect her to genuinely like or trust him overnight.
But he had time.
Plenty of time to slowly grind her favourability levels.
“Alright, I’ll just sit here quietly and watch you, Qingqiu.
You have no idea, but just looking at you makes my heart—” Before he could finish his cheesy line, Leng Qingqiu whipped her head around, glaring in his direction with sheer hostility.
Gu Yan took the hint instantly and zipped his lips.
This insufferable man!!
Leng Qingqiu rubbed her temples, fighting off a mounting headache.
How can someone be this irritating?
— The minutes ticked by.
Gu Yan sat right next to Leng Qingqiu, idly flipping through books.
Of course, he couldn’t read a single word since they were all written in Braille.
He shifted his gaze back to Leng Qingqiu, watching her slender fingers gently trace the raised dots on the page.
Has she really spent all these years living like this?
Constantly absorbing knowledge to grow stronger, quietly amassing power in the dark, only to eventually emerge as the world’s supreme villain?
She really is incredible…
as expected of my Pure Love Spouse.