They all want to control me!

Chapter 50: So Spicy! I Can't Take the Spicy Heat!

Lin Ran admitted that he had underestimated the power of the lucky charm.

"Holy crap, Qiaozi, this fish's mouth is really firmly attached, I can't pull it off!"

"..."

Seeing his flustered state, Jiang Qiaoqiao suddenly felt that being bitten by a fish's mouth wasn't such a scary thing after all.

No matter how terrible it is, it's not like a 1.8-meter-tall man is being tormented helplessly and ridiculously by a 30-centimeter-long little fish.

"Qiaozi, look into my eyes, you know what I mean, right?"

Lin Ran looked at her with 'deep affection'.

Jiang Qiaoqiao turned her head away, bit her lip, and tried her best to suppress her laughter, then nodded.

Lin Ran counted to three, and the two of them bumped the fish that were holding their fingers together.

The two koi seemed to find the sight too cute, and in a daze, they opened their mouths, spun around, and sank to the bottom of the pond.

Lin Ran breathed a sigh of relief, raised her hand, and saw that the tip of her index finger was red but not broken, so there was no need to worry about infection.

On the other side, Jiang Qiaoqiao's fingers were the same.

The two looked at each other.

"Pfft~"

"Are you laughing at me?!"

Lin Ran smiled too.

A dignified reincarnated person, a chosen one with a system, was actually tricked into crying for help by a fish.

I feel so ashamed!

[Teamwork +2]

[Compatibility with Jiang Qiaoqiao: 50]

【Ding! 】

[The required synergy level has been reached for the hidden mission. A second controller can be added. Would you like to search?]

"yes."

[Search begins, timeframe: 24 hours]

System, if you don't show up and make your presence known, I'll start to think you're gone.

"Big pot."

"Call me 'brother,' not 'big brother,' that's a cursed term."

As a seasoned anime fan who had watched "Fullmetal Alchemist," Lin Ran got goosebumps all over his body, and developed post-traumatic stress disorder.

He turned around and saw a little girl with her hands behind her back, her face slightly red, looking up at him with a shy expression.

Could it be that I'm so charming that I can even attract little girls?

Yamete! No way! This kind of thing... No! This is a death sentence!

"Big...oh, brother," the little girl said obediently, having taken Lin Ran's words to heart, "Thank you for picking up the soccer ball for me last time. I think you look really cool when you play soccer!"

"Playing football? Oh, it's you."

Lin Ran remembered that last week, when he went on a date with Tao Zhiyao, Jiang Qiaoqiao was controlling her body and saw a ball in the neighborhood. She jumped up and kicked it to show off.

"Big brother, you still remember me!" The little girl's eyes lit up, her face flushed even more, and she took out her hands from behind her back, holding a rose in them. "Mom said that this flower is for the person I like, so I'm giving it to you."

"Uh... does this mean I've been confessed to?"

Lin Ran scratched his cheek. Although he had received many invitations from girls when he graduated from high school and when he first entered college, this was the first time he had ever received such a strong expression of affection from a child so young.

"Go on, I'm watching and recording. Every word you say will be used as evidence in court."

Jiang Qiaoqiao held up her phone, the camera pointed directly at Lin Ran's face. The streetlights cast a shadow over her, making her look like a hero in the dark.

Lin Ran smirked, "How many times has this happened? You've turned recording with your phone into your secret weapon, haven't you?"

He looked around and saw the little girl's mother standing under the tree, smiling and waving at him.

Madam, you don't want me to run away with your daughter, do you?

Lin Ran pressed down on the little girl's shoulder, brought his face close to hers, pointed at the girl in the wheelchair, and whispered:

"See that woman? Let me tell you, it wasn't me who was playing soccer that day, it was that woman. We have superpowers, we can control each other's bodies, so you should give the roses to that woman, not me."

"I don't believe you! I'm eight years old, not a little kid!" The little girl blinked, then suddenly a thought struck her. "Could it be that my brother is going to confess his feelings to that older sister, which is why...that's why he made me give her the roses?"

"..."

Everything's in chaos!

Lin Ran didn't want to cause trouble. Given Jiang Qiaoqiao's personality, if she caught him red-handed, he would have no good days ahead.

"...I'll take it. Go back and do your homework. You still have...the college entrance exam is in 10 years. Don't you know how tight the time is?"

"Big brother is a good person!"

"???"

I don't mind if you call me a scumbag, a brat, or a war god on Tieba, but what does it mean to give me the "friend zone" card?

Insulting me, huh? See you on Little Red Book!

Just kidding. Lin Ran realized that the little girl was happy because he had accepted the roses. She covered her flushed face and ran back to her mother.

Ah, children are such little angels~

"Go on, there's a specific set of regulations in our country's criminal law regarding your actions, ranging from a minimum of ten years to the maximum death penalty. I'll bring you a boxed lunch to visit you in prison."

"No, please don't. I want engine oil."

Lin Ran stood up and patted the wrinkles in her clothes.

Jiang Qiaoqiao waved the latest model of her chrysanthemum-shaped phone: "Beg me, and I'll delete the video."

"Absolutely not."

Lin Ran has never asked anyone for anything in his life except for once when he begged his mother for spicy snacks in elementary school.

Qiaozi, you're not qualified~ (Lin Zonghui, Uncle Hui's tone)

Now the question is, what should we do with this rose?

This rose looks like it was just picked; it has protective petals and feels firm when you squeeze it. When you run your fingers from the stem to the petal tip, there's no loosening or petal falling off. Finally, look at the cut surface; it's green with a hint of white.

It's confirmed. It's fresh. I estimate it can be kept alive for more than ten days if soaked in water.

stare--!

Lin felt a chill run down his spine and suddenly looked up.

Jiang Qiaoqiao took pictures of the koi in the pond. Oh, and she also tidied her hair up, as she had messed it up by turning her head too quickly earlier.

"You want it?"

"What do you want?"

"Rose."

"I would accept it if you gave it to me."

"No need to see me out."

Little brat, trying to act all high and mighty with me? You think I'll indulge you?

Lin Ran put the rose tea in his pocket and pushed Jiang Qiaoqiao's wheelchair back.

The two wandered around outside for almost an hour, and it was about time to go back.

On the way, Lin Ran bought a bottle of mineral water at a convenience store, unscrewed the cap, took a few sips, and put the roses in.

"Is it pretty?" He held up the small vase he had made and placed it in front of Jiang Qiaoqiao, whose face was pale.

"It doesn't look good."

"It's fine if it doesn't look good, anyway I wasn't planning on giving it to you."

"..."

Jiang Qiaoqiao's chest heaved violently; she was almost laughing in anger.

He's good at stirring up emotions.

She ignored Lin Ran and steered her wheelchair back.

Lin Ran followed slowly behind, speaking in the tone of a Tianjin old man performing a crosstalk routine: "Someone, he's two-faced. Hey, guess what this is called? This is called a loser. Typical characteristics are golden retrievers, bad temper, not frank. If I just list a few, they're like a herd of immortals~"

Jiang Qiaoqiao's wheelchair suddenly stopped.

Lin Ran also stopped.

She turned her wheelchair around so that she was facing Lin Ran.

Lin Ran was puzzled. What was going on?

Are you going to drive your wheelchair into me and die together, so that we can be reborn as siblings who fight every day in our next life?

A long wait.

The girl took a deep breath, her shoulders slightly relaxed, and a blush rose to her pretty face, clearly visible in the streetlight. She clasped her hands together in front of her chest, glanced at him, then quickly looked down. A moment later, she mustered her courage and looked up, her eyes already brimming with tears. She opened her trembling lips and whispered:

"I want that rose, can I have it?"