Chapter 161 — Bewitchingly Alluring

Gu Beicheng’s heart jolted. Could Ranran hear his thoughts?

Mind reading?

Could it be that Gu Yan’s mind-reading ability...

His pupils trembled as his searching gaze settled on Mu Ran’s ravishing little face.

She was different from before.

Her lively, foxlike eyes were filled with ambiguity, and her alluring expression was worlds apart from her former demeanor.

“Beibei? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Mu Ran curved her lips into a seductive smile. With enchanting grace, she lifted her other hand, her delicate fingernails gliding over the man’s features.

Her smile was wicked and uninhibited.

“Say something.”

“You’re beautiful, Ranran.”

Gu Beicheng caught her small hand in his broad palm and kissed it twice, his lingering breath brushing against her.

“Beibei, I can read minds now.”

Mu Ran withdrew her hand and narrowed her charming eyes. Propping an elbow against the sofa, she rested her chin on her palm.

“I saw your heart.”

“What did you see?” A smile touched the corners of Gu Beicheng’s eyes. He rose, caught her hand, and drew her into his arms.

“Ah…”

The woman gave a coquettish little cry.

Her delicate hand pressed against his powerful chest. When her fingers moved ever so slightly and curled, the man let out a muffled groan and seized her misbehaving hand.

“Well? Ranran? What did you see?”

The woman tugged at his clothes and pulled him toward the bed.

“Me. You.”

“What?”

The man was puzzled.

Standing beside the bed, Gu Beicheng sat down and patted the place beside him, inviting her to sit.

“You love me.”

Mu Ran smiled brightly. Her alluring smile made a faint blush rise over Gu Beicheng’s usually composed face.

“Are you blushing, Beibei?”

Mu Ran teased him without restraint. Standing before him, she bent slightly at the waist, and her sensual red dress nearly slipped down.

“Ranran, don’t tease me. We can’t do this—we’re in a hospital.”

The man pressed his lips together and restrained his hurried breathing. His chest rose and fell violently, his hands clenched into fists as he turned his head away, refusing to look at the scene before him.

“So what if we’re in a hospital?”

Mu Ran cupped his handsome face in both hands, leaned close, and placed a moist kiss at the corner of his lips.

Feeling the stiffness in his body, she pressed her advantage and straddled his thigh.

“Hmph. You won’t look at me!”

Her slender arms wound around his neck, her unique fragrance enveloping him.

“Beibei…”

Mu Ran’s voice curled and lingered, as though laced with a love potion, teasing his heart until it itched unbearably.

She shifted her body slightly, and the man immediately gave a muffled groan.

His voice was hoarse with desire. “Ranran, don’t move around.”

Gu Beicheng’s Adam’s apple bobbed as his chest heaved.

He had no defense against this little woman.

All he could do was indulge her and pamper her.

This was a hospital. He had to endure it. He could not hurt her.

“Gu Beicheng! How could you ever hurt me?”

Mu Ran’s voice rose, a thread of coldness slipping through its seductive warmth.

“Smack.”

The woman lowered her head and kissed his Adam’s apple.

“Smack.”

Then she kissed him again.

The man’s stiff hands did not dare touch her slender waist. He braced himself behind his body with both hands.

“Trying to hide?”

Mu Ran curved her lips. Mist gathered in her foxlike eyes as her small hand reached for his broad palm.

With his hands no longer supporting him, Gu Beicheng toppled backward onto the bed.

Mu Ran gave a triumphant little laugh and climbed onto his body.

“I haven’t kissed you enough.”

She muttered softly, placing one hand over his chest.

“Beibei, all of Gu Yan’s abilities have transferred to me. But I don’t want them.”

The man stroked her slightly disheveled hair and rubbed her little ear. Raising his head slightly, he looked at the tiny creature only inches away.

“How did you do it?”

His Ranran was no ordinary woman.

Even after that bastard Gu Yan hypnotized her for so long, she had still been able to break free of it herself.

Her willpower was almost inconceivably strong.

“Kiss me, and I’ll tell you.”

Mu Ran smiled like a flower in bloom and lifted her head toward him. Her smiling eyes met his deep, probing gaze.

In those dark eyes, she saw her own reflection. And in his heart, she saw herself as well.

“Ranran, I…”

The veins at the man’s temples throbbed.

The setting was wrong. The timing was wrong. His desire could only be extinguished.

“Smack.”

Gu Beicheng tilted back his neck, cupped the back of her head, and kissed the delicate tip of her nose.

“I’m not satisfied!”

Mu Ran patted his chest.

She did not want a kiss on the nose!

Completely giving herself over to impulse, Mu Ran suddenly lowered her head and kissed his pale, thin lips.

After kissing him for a while, she ran out of strength.

Her technique was terrible.

But…

Just as she began to pull away, Gu Beicheng’s powerful hand covered her back and pressed her down with a little force.

“Ah!”

The woman’s soft body collapsed beneath him.

Like a beast, the man launched his attack. He captured her moist, glistening lips, caressing and kissing them again and again for a long while.

Only when Mu Ran had no strength left and whimpered with a sob in her voice did he finally stop.

“Are you satisfied now?”

Gu Beicheng’s mature, mintlike scent filled the woman’s nose.

She opened her dazed eyes and moved her lips faintly. They had already gone numb.

Shy and flushed, Mu Ran nodded, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip.

“Rest for a while before we talk.”

His voice was hoarse, but it carried both domineering force and tenderness.

Mu Ran, utterly like a spoiled little woman, lay down on him again.

The sight of her panting stirred the heart that had once been so indifferent.

At that moment, everything felt so beautiful to him.

After resting for a while, she said, “After I lost consciousness, my mind was still awake. At the same time, I recovered my memories and remembered everything Gu Yan had done to me. My hypnosis also broke on its own.”

“Ranran, he said that the more you thought about me, the sooner your memories of me would disappear.”

A vicious edge threaded through Gu Beicheng’s voice.

“Yes, that’s right. But by the time Gu Yan woke up, I had already forgotten everything about you. I don’t know why, but the moment I woke up, all our memories came rushing back into my mind.”

Mu Ran obediently lay against him, her voice soft and delicate, stirring a wave of tenderness in the man.

“Ranran, does your head still hurt?”

Mu Ran shook her head. “Yes, it hurts terribly. I need a kiss.”

“All right.”

Gu Beicheng saw through her little ploy, but he still indulged her spoiled behavior. He lifted his head and kissed the tattoo at her temple.

“You know hypnosis?”

Mu Ran nodded. “After he hypnotized me so many times, of course I learned it.”

She had not merely learned it. She had also mastered it without a teacher, studying forms of hypnosis that were deeper and far more difficult to break.

“I hypnotized him and made him die!”

At the moment Mu Ran hypnotized Gu Yan, she had acquired his ability to read minds and had seen the demon within his heart.

Gu Yan had once hurt her Beibei.

He had tormented Gu Beicheng for so long, even controlling Beibei and forcing him to kill people!

“Ranran?”

Noticing that something was wrong with her expression, Gu Beicheng grew uneasy.

He rubbed her slender waist and called to her softly. “Where does it hurt?”

“Nowhere. It’s just…” She hesitated, then let it go. “Forget it. Beibei, I’ll protect you from now on! I won’t let anyone hurt you ever again!”

The woman’s slender, fragrant arms wound around his neck, her soft body pressed against Gu Beicheng.

“I’ll protect you. Don’t be afraid.”

Gu Beicheng chuckled softly.

His baby wanted to protect him?

His Ranran was so adorable.

“All right, Ranran. You’ll protect me from now on.”

“Beibei, Gu Yan is dead. No one will ever make you worry again.”

Mu Ran pouted, her seductive face darkening for a moment before returning to normal.

“Ranran, I’m sorry. I failed to protect you. I should have gone with you.”

Gu Beicheng held the woman in his arms as though she were a priceless treasure. He did not dare let go, afraid she might disappear.

She had suffered too much.

And if something had happened to that plane—if it had gone down—his Ranran might have…

The thought alone filled Gu Beicheng with lingering terror.

“It’s all right.”

Mu Ran’s small hand traced the contours of his abdominal muscles, sliding up and down with unmistakable desire.

Gu Beicheng gave a muffled groan, helpless amusement coloring his eyes.

“You’re starting again…”

“What am I starting again?”

Mu Ran increased the pressure, her hand moving lower.

She looked exactly like a seductive forest enchantress.

“Ranran, you can’t. Not now.”

The man seized her slender wrist, rolled over, and pinned the woman beneath him.

“Be patient.”

One by one, Gu Beicheng’s tender, lingering kisses fell upon her forehead, her eyes, her nose, and her lips.

“Mmm…”

Mu Ran felt every sensation.

She could not explain the change in her temperament.

She had always been cold and detached. Yet whenever she faced Gu Beicheng, she could abandon herself completely and become a soft, pampered little woman.

But now she realized that she had changed.

She had become seductive, alluring. She even wanted to draw endlessly closer to the man before her…

Being spoiled was not enough.

She wanted to tempt him.

She wanted to seduce him.