“Wah, Uncle Fu, you… don’t come any closer, my foot is really fine.”
Ji Ran had no idea what Fu Jingyuan was thinking. At this moment, all she wanted was to escape.
If she couldn’t outplay this big bad guy, couldn’t she at least run away?
With a snap, she dashed back to her room and locked the door behind her.
“Um, Uncle Fu, Ranran won’t trouble you to take care of her. There are other rooms over there, so you can find one to sleep in tonight.”
After closing the door, Ji Ran inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
Now the big bad guy couldn’t bully her anymore.
But before her bottom even touched the bed, she heard a click—the sound of a key turning in the lock.
She looked up.
There stood Fu Jingyuan, perfectly calm, holding a hairdryer in one hand and a cup of warm milk in the other.
He came in??
Ji Ran was instantly furious. She put her hands on her hips and glared fiercely. “Uncle Fu, how could you enter my room without my permission? I have a right to privacy too!”
She was already his! What right to privacy did she have?
Fu Jingyuan raised an eyebrow and handed the cup of warm milk to Ji Ran, his tone leaving no room for argument. “Be good, Ranran. You haven’t had your milk today.”
Because Ji Ran was still growing, she had to drink a glass of milk before bed every night.
She never used to do this at home. It was only after staying at Fu Jingyuan’s place that she was forced into this habit.
There was no other way. Her own parents couldn’t control her, but Fu Jingyuan—he always managed to keep her in line.
Looking at the steaming milk the man handed her, she wanted to resist. “Hmph, I don’t even like drinking it, yet you make me drink it every single day, every single day…”
But the next moment, when Fu Jingyuan lifted his eyes and gave her a stern, icy glare, she immediately lowered her head and obediently drank it.
“That’s my good girl.” Seeing Ranran so obedient, Fu Jingyuan’s lips began to curl upward.
He grew even more convinced that Ji Ran liked him. After all, who would willingly drink something they disliked?
When he spoke again, his tone was gentle and doting.
“Ranran, come here. Uncle Fu will dry your hair for you.”
“No!” Even though sleeping with wet hair could easily lead to a cold, the thought of being in close contact with Fu Jingyuan made Ji Ran throw a little tantrum and refuse.
“I don’t want it dried!”
“I want to sleep, right now! Uncle Fu, you—get out!”
After saying this, Ji Ran really did lie straight down on the bed.
Fu Jingyuan’s expression instantly darkened. “Good girl, don’t be willful.”
“I will be willful! I just don’t want it dried!”
Ji Ran huffed, feeling inexplicably rebellious toward Fu Jingyuan today.
She angrily turned her head to the other side, presenting only the back of her little head to Fu Jingyuan.
“Ranran! Behave!”
This time, Fu Jingyuan’s tone shifted directly to scolding!
The little girl trembled all over in fright, jolting upright on the bed with a start.
She backed down again, but clenched her small fists in defiance. “Hmph, fine, I’ll dry it then. Why do you have to be so fierce? Such a fierce big bad guy won’t find a wife in the future.”
“What did Ranran say?”
By now, Fu Jingyuan had already grasped a section of Ji Ran’s damp hair with his large, well-defined hand.
His tone was cold and displeased.
“N-nothing, I didn’t say anything.”
Ji Ran mumbled, not daring to repeat it. This little coward instantly switched to a flattering smile.
“Uncle Fu, Ranran meant that you’re so gentle, your future wife will definitely like you.”
“Then does Ranran like me?”
Fu Jingyuan’s immediate counter-question made Ji Ran’s mind go blank for a moment.
Of course she didn’t like this big bad guy who loved controlling and bullying her!
But the next moment, meeting Fu Jingyuan’s dangerous gaze, this dog of a man actually sneered threateningly: “Ranran better think carefully—what punishment will come from denying it!”
What punishment?
Watching as his large, controlling hand slowly slid toward her throat…
Ji Ran was instantly frightened into swallowing a mouthful of saliva—how could she dare deny it now!
She shook her head like a rattle-drum: “I like it! Ranran likes Uncle Fu the most!”
Ji Ran felt so spineless, giving in just like that.
But Fu Jingyuan was very pleased. He withdrew his hand from Ji Ran’s neck, couldn’t help but pat Ranran’s little head, and his lips practically curled up to the sky.
“Ranran is so good. Uncle Fu loves it when Ranran tells the truth.”
Ji Ran: “…”
So infuriating!