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But the first thing everyone who tried to chat her up said was, "I have a boyfriend."
As she spoke, Su Xiaoqiang would raise her hand to show everyone the ring on her finger.
She bought the ring herself and put it on. Many people saw the ring on her hand and assumed she was already engaged, so they all backed out.
However, a week after the start of the semester, news spread from Su Xiaoqiang's dormitory that her boyfriend was on the other side of the ocean.
So the naive college students thought they still had a chance and started to fawn over him again.
Su Xiaoqiang's reaction was even more direct; she posted Gu Ran's photos on her QQ space and the school forum.
"Please, guys, if you're not as handsome as my boyfriend, don't even try to chat me up, okay? I don't like ugly men!"
Gu Ran's photo was taken in South Korea; she was wearing makeup and a formal suit.
He had delicate features, a slender figure, strong muscles, and an outstanding temperament.
When the photos were released, the girls at the school went crazy. They thought he was even more handsome than a K-pop idol, so they left messages for Su Xiaoqiang, asking if she had any other photos.
Su Xiaoqiang generously posted several more swimsuit photos of Gu Ran, showing off his six-pack abs and excellent physique, though not as exaggerated as those bodybuilders who specifically train to build muscle.
His muscular physique attracted a lot of attention from girls.
As for the boys, they initially thought Su Xiaoqiang had hired a male model, but after verifying with other students at Shilan Middle School, they discovered that he wasn't a male model and that there really was someone that handsome.
As a result, the "ugly men" Su Xiaoqiang mentioned immediately broke down, believing that handsome men must be womanizers who have several girlfriends every day abroad and come back home with a host of diseases.
Su Xiaoqiang was furious, and she immediately unleashed her sharp tongue:
"Don't try to chat me up in English if you have an accent. My boyfriend and I both got perfect scores on the TOEFL."
"And please, stop flaunting your wealth in front of me, okay? Holding an iPhone 3 and wearing nouveau riche designer clothes, you think you're high society? My family owns a mine, do you even know what owning a mine means?"
"If you're not at least 1.8 meters tall, don't even bother trying to show off, okay? I can easily look down on you all even in 10-centimeter heels!"
After she had been looking down on those men for a while, she discovered that the men at the prestigious university had started making personal attacks and lewd jokes.
Su Xiaoqiang felt that arguing with them would be beneath her dignity.
Moreover, the more you pay attention to these people, the more sense of existence they gain, just like a masochist.
So later, Su Xiaoqiang completely ignored these people, but wrote down their IDs and sent them to her best friend Liu Miaomiao, who was in the same school, telling her that these people were idiots and that if they came to pursue her, she should never pay attention to them.
Liu Miaomiao had many suitors at school. She had a youthful appearance and didn't seem as domineering as Su Xiaoqiang. Instead, she seemed more like a noble but naive young lady.
Her behavior was still the same as in high school; she spoke softly and politely, and would also talk to others out of courtesy.
But when someone asks Liu Miaomiao out, she never responds. If she really can't get rid of those clingy people, she uses Gu Ran as a shield, saying that her aesthetic standards are the same as Su Xiaoqiang's.
As a result, all the handsome guys, rich kids, and top students at this school were defeated.
Two newly enrolled beauties, one a mature and sophisticated woman and the other a well-behaved girl, were both attracted to Gu Ran, which made a group of male students in the university feel frustrated.
They all went to find out who this Gu Ran was and listed him as an enemy of the male students in the school.
But Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao finally had some peace and quiet.
At least downstairs in the dormitory, no one is foolishly arranging candles in a heart shape anymore.
When Su Xiaoqiang told Gu Ran about these things, Gu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It seems that beautiful women attract controversy wherever they go.
"What about you? Does anyone pursue you at school?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.
"Yes, quite a few." Gu Ran lied. In fact, he had already marked on the Night Watchman's profile that he was not single, so no one had ever pursued him.
However, he has quite a few female friends who want to hang out with him, but he never goes on dates alone; they are always group activities.
"So...so you accepted their confessions? You change girlfriends every day?" Su Xiaoqiang was originally going to get angry, but she immediately understood his trick; he was definitely trying to make her angry.
She has already managed to avoid the traps.
Seeing that she wasn't falling for his trick, Gu Ran had no choice but to say, "I only have three girlfriends: my left hand, my right hand, and you. No matter which girlfriend I'm with, I'm always thinking about you."
“…You pervert!” Su Xiaoqiang blushed. Between couples, occasionally making suggestive remarks can add spice to the relationship.
However, every time she drove, she couldn't help but think back to the afternoon before their parting, when she had laid everything bare before him.
She remembered how shy she had been back then.
And the desire in my boyfriend's eyes at that time.
But her boyfriend controlled himself well; he watched but didn't touch her or make any further demands.
Afterwards, she would sometimes think that if he had really wanted it then, she probably wouldn't have refused.
Just as her mother had predicted, her boyfriend was more mature than she was.
……
The last day of September.
That morning, after Gu Ran finished his phone call with Su Xiaoqiang, he went fishing by the river in the valley.
These days, besides attending classes, exercising, practicing meditation, and meditating at the waterfall at the foot of Mount Myoboku, he spends the rest of his time trying to sense and absorb the power of nature.
Sometimes it's on the mountaintop, enjoying the breeze and soaking your feet in the cold spring water.
Sometimes it's by the riverbank in the valley, listening to the sound of the breeze rustling the reeds, watching the ripples on the water, and seeing the bikinis of the female students rowing...
Yeah, I just occasionally check out my senior classmates to relax.
However, more than a month has passed, and he has tried many methods, but he still can't sense where that damned natural force is!
Finally, he adopted a strategy—to let nature take its course.
Abbreviation: lying flat.
He really had no way to deal with Sage Mode; he could only wait for an opportunity.
Just then, there was a sound from the fishing rod, and Gu Ran immediately pulled up the rod.
Immediately, a violent tug came from the fishing rod, and Gu Ran almost dropped it. He immediately became alert.
Caught a big fish!
Chapter 106 Training in the Palm Cultivation Technique
Gu Ran used a high-strength carbon fiber fishing rod and had enough fishing line weight, which quickly tired the fish out and brought it ashore.
He caught a grass carp, also known as a silver carp...
Grass carp, common carp, silver carp, and bighead carp were originally introduced by Americans to clean up excessive algae.
Unexpectedly, these fish have an extremely strong ability to survive and reproduce, and soon they have proliferated in major water systems in the United States, turning into a biological invasion disaster.
There are countless fish in the water, while native fish are rarely seen.
Gu Ran grabbed the fish by its gills with both hands, dragged it ashore, and removed the hook.
The fish I caught today weighs about 20 pounds, making it the biggest fish I've caught in recent days.
There was a platform by the river, and Gu Ran put the fish on the platform.
Then, he gathered his chakra and beat the lively fish half to death...
When the fish was almost dead, he began to use his palm magic to heal the injured fish.
The Palm Immortal Technique requires a lot of practice experience. In the past, when he used the Palm Immortal Technique on people, it only caused minor injuries, and the injured parts were all on the limbs. He did not dare to use it on the internal organs.
This is because excessive chakra output can disrupt the patient's normal circulatory system.
During this period, he had been practicing with fish. At first, he was using too much chakra. Although many fish had their external injuries healed, they could not swim in the water. This was clearly due to excessive chakra, which caused them to fall into a coma.
Moreover, the amount of damage dealt varies depending on the size of the fish and the severity of the injury.
After a while, the fish, which had been on the verge of death, began to regain its vitality and started jumping around again.
Gu Ran used two fingers to deliver a cherry blossom punch to its head, instantly stunning the fish.
He then used a chakra scalpel to inflict more wounds on the fish's skin and flesh, and broke the belly bones on both sides of its body.
Then, begin treating it.
The big fish's eyes, which had been blurry, suddenly became bright again, and it came back to life, jumping around!
Gu Ran nodded in satisfaction.
That's good. He can treat most fractures, but he needs to assess the degree of healing.
Furthermore, bone restoration requires more chakra and more precise control.
"Let's see how long it takes to heal a broken spine!"
He gathered his chakra and, with a chakra scalpel, made a cut into the fish's tailbone.
Then it was cured...
Fish: ...I'm telling you, be kind! Just give me a quick death, okay?!
After bringing the fish to the brink of death several times, Gu Ran completely healed it, even healing the fishhook wound on its lip, before releasing it back into the wild.
Meeting Gu Ran today is its misfortune; there's nothing it can do about it.
Hopefully it won't be so greedy in the future.
……
It was already noon when we returned to the campus on the mountaintop.
I happened to run into Lu Mingfei when I went to the restaurant.
Lu Mingfei yawned, sporting dark circles under his eyes, clearly having stayed up all night playing games again last night.
Gu Ran ruffled his messy hair: "Oh, time to get up and have breakfast?"
"Hmm..." Lu Mingfei glanced at Gu Ran, still a little confused.
He just finished his first playthrough of "War of the Orchids" last night and is preparing to start a second playthrough and take a different route.
I'm a bit busy.
Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, Lu Mingfei seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Gu Ran, "Speaking of which, back in China, the National Day holiday should have started by now, right..."
"Yup!"