Chapter 102: Anyway, She Had That Beauty

The second move in the handbook of seduction: physical contact, especially casual, accidental contact, is what stirs the heart the most.

Ruan Cha’s mind filled with all the times she and Gu Zhenzhi had touched.

Princess carry = a lifting motion.

A simple hug = human nature drives people toward warmer places.

Hah. Wouldn’t it be great if Gu Zhenzhi were just an ordinary man?

She kept reading.

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The eighteenth move in the handbook of seduction: if all else fails, then seduce him. After all, you have the looks for it.

Ruan Cha: “?”

Why did this feel like she was being looked down on?

Was she really that hopeless?

Ridiculous.

After finishing the entire handbook, Ruan Cha silently stuffed it back into her backpack.

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When Ruan Cha got home, the villa was quiet and empty.

Outside the window, scattered neon lights cast broken reflections across the floor. Following the dim glow, Ruan Cha made her way to her bedroom door.

As she passed Gu Zhenzhi’s room, she deliberately glanced at it once.

But there was no light.

It was pitch-black.

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Ruan Cha gently pressed down the cold metal doorknob and stepped into her bedroom. After setting down her backpack, she went first to the bathroom to run the bath, then returned to the mirror in her room and took off her coat and socks.

Her bare, pale toes touched the floor, delicate and pretty.

After briefly combing through her hair, she found clean clothes and sleepwear in the wardrobe.

Once she was ready, she walked to the bathroom barefoot.

The water in the tub had already been adjusted to a comfortable temperature.

Ruan Cha stood beside the bathtub, removed the clothes on her body, and took a bottle of bath oil from the shelf. The bottle had no packaging, only the simple words bath oil on it.

The moment she poured the oil into the tub, the clear water instantly turned pink.

A soft, fresh scent of sweet cream drifted out.

Ruan Cha stepped into the bath...

When she had soaked for a while, the water in the tub gradually faded back to its normal color. Under the bathroom light, her skin looked even more tender and fair.

A faint, sweet fragrance lingered all over her.

The handbook had said so: a girl should smell nice, and then a man would never be able to resist her.

Ruan Cha climbed out of the tub, turned on the shower, and quickly rinsed off the bath oil on her body.

Just as she was about to wash her hair, the faint sound of footsteps outside the door made her stiffen.

Ruan Cha immediately stopped what she was doing and listened carefully to the movement beyond the bathroom.

So late at night—who would come to her room?

Could it be Gu Zhenzhi?

Impossible. Gu Zhenzhi never came into her bedroom under normal circumstances.

Could it be... a burglar?

The thought turned her gaze cold. She quickly grabbed her bathrobe, wrapped herself up from head to toe, and tied it securely.

Once she had sorted herself out, Ruan Cha tiptoed inch by inch to the door. The shower was still running, water hissing onto the floor.

She carefully pressed her ear to the door.

The footsteps outside were still coming.

One step, then another.

Closer and closer.

Ruan Cha’s breathing caught.

The bathroom doorknob was gripped, pushed downward, and pressed open.

Hiding inside, Ruan Cha’s heart leapt into her throat.

In the next instant, the moment she saw a tall figure enter the bathroom, she lifted her foot without hesitation and kicked hard at the person’s thigh.

But she was still too late.

A slender ankle was seized at once by the newcomer.

Ruan Cha lost her balance and plunged downward.

The bathroom floor was slick with water. As she fell, the person gripping her ankle was dragged down as well, crashing heavily to the ground.