Ji Ran never expected Fu Jingyuan to appear here!
Didn’t this mean everything she had just said was heard by this man?
Oh no, she was dead.
Ji Ran’s first instinct was to run, but in her panic, her seven-centimeter high heels caused her to twist her ankle the moment she stood up.
“Ouch, it hurts, it really hurts!”
The pain nearly made Ji Ran stumble and fall to the ground.
But Fu Jingyuan’s strong hands swiftly wrapped around her waist, firmly placing her back into her seat.
Though the man was seething with anger, he still instructed Secretary Zhang to bring the best ointment for bruises.
“Serves you right for not listening and wearing high heels!”
Though his tone was far from gentle, the next moment, he condescended to kneel on one knee.
Carefully removing the girl’s high heels, he gently massaged her fair ankle with his calloused fingertips, applying the ointment.
Throughout this process, he attended to Ji Ran with meticulous care.
But the more Fu Jingyuan acted this way, the more frightened Ji Ran became.
It felt as though Fu Jingyuan wasn’t massaging her ankle but rather her constricted heart.
She couldn’t shake the overwhelming sense of oppressive tension, like a storm brewing.
“Um, Uncle Fu…”
Ji Ran stammered timidly, “Please, let me explain… I mean, clarify!”
“I was just talking nonsense earlier. You’re not like that in my mind at all. You’re great! Yes, Uncle Fu is as great as a father or an elder brother in Ranran’s heart!”
“Not only that, Uncle Fu is young and accomplished, handsome, full of virtues, not petty at all, not controlling, and he loves to smile! Yes!”
By the end, Ji Ran felt incredibly guilty. Even she blushed at such lies.
All she hoped for was that Fu Jingyuan would let her off.
But Fu Jingyuan remained silent, only lifting his head, his dark eyes filled with suppressed madness, staring intently at her.
Ji Ran felt as though the air around her had thinned. She shrank her little head, struggling to breathe.
“Uncle Fu, you… don’t look at me like that, I’m scared…”
“I admit I was wrong, okay? I’ll never speak ill of you again. From now on, I’ll respect you, just like I respect my parents…”
“Respect me?”
Fu Jingyuan finally spoke, but his voice was cold and tinged with madness.
“Yes, yes, respect! Uncle Fu, from now on, you’ll be the most respected elder in Ranran’s life!”
Ji Ran felt she had done her best to salvage the situation.
But she didn’t know that her words only made the man before her even angrier. Even his grip on her ankle tightened punishingly.
“Ranran, so in your heart, I’m just an elder?”
At this moment, Fu Jingyuan felt he was on the verge of losing control.
For so many years, the twisted, obsessive feelings he harbored for Ji Ran had been like a caged beast, almost uncontrollably trying to break free!
Ji Ran was terrified by the crimson in his eyes.
The girl shrank back repeatedly. “Uncle Fu, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me… I…”
Ji Ran’s panicked cries of “Uncle Fu” one after another pushed Fu Jingyuan’s madness to the brink!
If his Ranran only saw him as an elder and didn’t like him at all, then he had no choice but to take her by force!
“Come home with me.”
Suppressing his emotions, Fu Jingyuan uttered these words, then lifted Ji Ran in a princess carry and prepared to leave.
But Ji Ran, terrified, struggled fiercely in his arms.
She kicked and flailed her short little legs: “Uncle Fu, what are you doing? Let me go!”
“Don’t forget, you already agreed to let me live on my own! You can’t go back on your word!”
“Professor Huo, save me! Save Ranran!”
Huo Chubai had initially wanted to smooth things over: “Jingyuan, what are you doing? You’re scaring the child.”
But after receiving a murderously stern glare from Fu Jingyuan, he awkwardly rubbed his nose.
“Ahem, well, Student Ji Ran, just go home with your Uncle Fu without worry. I’ll help you request leave from school tomorrow!”
“You have quite a few issues to address. Go home and confess honestly—maybe honesty will earn you leniency!”