After Transmigrating as the Villain’s Cannon Fodder Fake Sister - Chapter 15

Gu Ruanruan eagerly served Shen Wenlan the last bowl of noodles.

Song Jing, who was one step too late, could only stare helplessly at the bottom of the pot, where not even soup was left.

“Boss~” His eyes were teary.

Like she was guarding against a thief, Gu Ruanruan coldly and ruthlessly picked up her own bowl and slurped the noodles inside clean in a few quick moves.

Then she held up her empty bowl and spread her hands along with Song Jing.

Song Jing sighed and could only pick up his own bowl, cherishing the tiny bit of soup left inside as he drank it.

Gu Ruanruan: “……” She really could not understand the tastes of these wealthy people.

It was just… cooked instant noodles. Was this necessary?

Could it be that they were so used to delicacies from land and sea that eating a little commoner food felt novel?

Gu Ruanruan had actually guessed right by accident. Song Jing and Shen Wenlan really were eating cooked instant noodles for the first time in their lives.

“Was it good?” Gu Ruanruan looked at Shen Wenlan with a sparkling smile.

Shen Wenlan’s sharp instincts told her this was not a good question.

She coughed lightly. “It was… all right.”

After the meal, Gu Ruanruan waved her hand grandly and assigned the task of cleaning the battlefield to Song Jing.

“People who freeload meals should have the self-awareness of freeloaders!”

The pampered Young Master Song experienced washing dishes for the first time in his life.

Shen Wenlan and Gu Ruanruan continued researching their new creation.

Gu Ruanruan seemed to have a new idea. While writing and drawing on paper, she discussed it with Shen Wenlan.

After finishing the cleanup, Song Jing returned and could not help speaking up. “You still don’t understand? A two-person creation with three elements—this is clearly hinting that you can invite outside help other than teachers. Adding a supporting performer is totally fine~”

One of the school leaders was Song Jing’s second uncle, so he knew all these little loopholes very clearly.

Many of the car-crash scenes from previous years had been stuck at this point. Since two people could only handle two instruments, they would either be too frantic to manage a third element, or the third element would be forced in too stiffly.

In reality, although Shengshuilan stipulated that teachers could not be invited to guide them, it did not say they could not invite outside help.

Song Jing rubbed his chin. “In my opinion, with only a few days left, you won’t be able to come up with anything big. Might as well just go for it.”

Gu Ruanruan had been holding this idea in her heart for several days. Hearing this, her eyes lit up. “I have a great idea! Do you want to join us?”

Song Jing bargained. “Then the debt of calling you Grandpa six times is written off!”

Gu Ruanruan thought about it and held up three fingers. “It can only cancel three calls.”

Song Jing agreed tearfully. “Deal!”

Then the two of them turned their heads in unison to look at Shen Wenlan, like the Calabash Brothers.

Shen Wenlan: “……” The expressions on those two people’s faces were as determined as if they were about to blow up a bunker. She froze for a moment, then silently nodded.

For things to somehow develop to this point, the uneasy premonition in Shen Wenlan’s heart grew stronger.

Many times afterward, Shen Wenlan would think that if heaven gave her another chance to do it over, she absolutely would not eat that poisonous bowl of instant noodles from Gu Ruanruan…

However, at this moment, she was still too innocent and did not understand the dangers of society…

Song Jing and Gu Ruanruan both belonged to the category of people who lacked a sense of shame, so their compatibility was extremely high. When Gu Ruanruan asked Song Jing to perform, Song Jing agreed without another word and only raised one condition.

Dinner had to be included.

Once Wolong and Fengchu hit it off, their efficiency was naturally different. Before long, the program had taken shape.

Then the final step became convincing Shen Wenlan.

Shen Wenlan: “……” To be honest, she had the urge to turn around and run.

Sure enough, Gu Ruanruan began speaking at the top of her lungs.

“Lanlan ah~~~”

Shen Wenlan felt all the hair on her body stand up.

A crack appeared on her eternally indifferent face.

Gu Ruanruan let out a long “ai~” and began singing in the same tone she had once used to force Jiang Xia’an into retreat. “Tomorrow ah~ do you still want to eat delicious~ fragrant~ Chef Gu’s exclusive secret-recipe private meal~”

Shen Wenlan: “……” She did not dare eat it. She did not dare.

At some point, Song Jing had taken out a piece of paper and shook it open like a little eunuch.

Shen Wenlan lowered her head and looked.

On it were three large words: Letter of Guarantee—

I solemnly promise that I am willing to exchange decision-making power over the performance program for a spot to eat instant noodles! I also will not flee before battle, nor will I abandon the task halfway. Once signed, I will never go back on my word!!! Whoever goes back on their word is a puppy for one hundred years!

Shen Wenlan: “……” Was this not too obvious?

Had they already started openly calling it a “performance-chaos program”?!

“This is too absurd. Impossible!” Shen Wenlan refused with a dark face.

Song Jing began acting shamelessly. “Fine, then we’ll use a voting system now. Raise hands to vote!”

“Those who agree with Boss’s opinion, raise your hand!”

Gu Ruanruan and Song Jing happily raised their hands.

“Good. There are three of us in total. Two people agree. That’s 66.7%, more than half. Oh yeah!” Song Jing cheered and high-fived Gu Ruanruan.

Song Jing, the frontline peace negotiator, earnestly persuaded her. “The situation is exactly this situation. Even if you don’t agree, you’ll be overruled, right? So why not sign this guarantee? At least then we can get a meal out of it! Boss’s cooked noodles are fragrant, aren’t they? Think about it!”

The main reason was that Gu Ruanruan feared Shen Wenlan would go back on a verbal agreement, so she resorted to drastic measures and tricked Shen Wenlan into signing a written guarantee in black and white.

Shen Wenlan was slightly shaken.

That… that tomato noodle soup really… really tasted pretty… pretty good.

No! That was not the point!

What finally made her decide was Song Jing’s last sentence. “With only these two days left, we won’t be able to cobble together anything big. We report the program on Monday. If we can’t make anything, we’re done for.”

That was true. No matter how absurd and ridiculous Song Jing and Gu Ruanruan were, how ridiculous could they possibly get?

Just as they themselves had said, they could not cobble together anything big. At most, it would just be some wild, imaginative nonsense.

She no longer asked for anything. Having these two people as teammates was probably a hardship she had to endure on the road of life. She had no hope of winning an award at the performance. As long as… it was not embarrassing, that would be enough.

Shen Wenlan, who had won awards since childhood until her hands went soft and had permanently occupied first place, never imagined that one day, her bottom line would drop again and again.

“Our program idea is like this—”

Gu Ruanruan smiled as she introduced to Shen Wenlan the absolutely! brilliant! idea! that she and Song Jing had reached an agreement on in less than twenty minutes.

As Gu Ruanruan spoke, Song Jing stood to the side with shining eyes, nodding in agreement.

After Shen Wenlan finished listening, she instantly withdrew every thought she had had before.

She had been wrong. Terribly wrong. It turned out that she was the one who had been most outrageously wrong!

“I. Do. Not. Agree.” Shen Wenlan gritted her teeth and squeezed these four words out one by one.

“Heh. Righteous young hero, it’s already too late~”

Gu Ruanruan used her killer move. She shook the paper in her hand and held it like some treasure, speaking in a righteous and solemn tone. “But you signed the guarantee. You can’t go back on your word!”

Shen Wenlan gave a cold snort. “Look carefully again. The name I signed is Lin Pinru!”

Gu Ruanruan: Damn! She had not expected her to have kept a trick up her sleeve!

After the three of them—no, after two people unified their opinions and failed to forcibly unify the third person’s—by then, it was already very late.

At least they had somehow created a program. Today’s task could barely be considered complete, and they could finally call it a day.

Since tomorrow was the weekend, Shengshuilan’s students had gone home very early today.

During the first two months of senior year, Shengshuilan’s senior students could still normally enjoy weekends off.

The first and second years had normal days off.

Since the students were not at school, Gu Ruanruan and the other two agreed to come rehearse and refine the program over the weekend.

Even the senior students who needed to rehearse did not stay as late as Gu Ruanruan’s group.

Half an hour earlier, Song Jing had informed the Song family’s driver to come pick him up. Since their homes were not far from each other, Gu Ruanruan would conveniently hitch a ride in Song Jing’s car, so she did not call the Jiang family driver to pick her up.

In the entire cultural comprehensive building, their classroom was the last one with the lights on.

When they reached the second floor, a thin, delicate “meow” suddenly came from the depths of the corridor.

“A cat?” Shen Wenlan frowned.

Gu Ruanruan and Song Jing turned on their phone flashlights to illuminate the way ahead. “Let’s go take a look.”

The farther inside they walked, the closer the cat’s meowing became, accompanied by the sharp sound of claws scratching against a door.

In the end, they stopped in front of the innermost classroom on the second floor.

The door was locked from the outside. It was the storage room that every floor of the school had.

But the little cat’s cries clearly came from inside.

Someone inside patted the door.

A girl’s voice called out in surprise, “Is someone outside?”

Gu Ruanruan and the others were startled. They had not expected there to actually be a person inside.

After exchanging a few words, they finally understood that the girl had been accidentally locked inside by a classmate while chasing the cat.

Song Jing went downstairs, found the security guard of the building, got the key, and opened the door.

With a “pa,” Gu Ruanruan turned on the light in the storage room.

When the little cat saw the door open, it did not leave. Instead, it changed from scratching the door to scratching at a person, tugging on Gu Ruanruan’s pant leg and refusing to let go.

Gu Ruanruan lowered her head and saw a little fat cat with a plump body blinking amber eyes and meowing.

Ah, this… With such a clingy and cute cry, she had thought it was a tiny kitten…

The girl was delicate and pretty, but she looked somewhat disheveled, as if she had been bullied.

Song Jing pointed at the girl and shouted in surprise, “Ah! Aren’t you that top student from Class Five who’s second in the grade!”

The moment Gu Ruanruan heard the words “top student,” her radar immediately activated. She instantly narrowed her eyes and looked at Song Jing, who had a certain “excellent bloodline” in this regard.

Song Jing understood and raised both hands to swear. “I-I-I absolutely never bullied her! Boss, don’t worry. I really washed my hands of all that! I haven’t touched anyone recently! I’ve been very obedient!”

Under the bright light, the girl clearly saw their appearances and looked at Gu Ruanruan in surprise. “It’s you. You’re the person who saved me in the alley that day!”

If she had not said it, Gu Ruanruan would not have remembered. So the girl she had casually saved from being robbed in the alley that day was her.

“I’ve always wanted to find a chance to thank you. Thank you so much for that day!” The girl bowed to Gu Ruanruan with emotion.

Gu Ruanruan waved her hand. “No need to thank me. You should… be more careful.”

The girl’s face suspiciously reddened. Her gaze then turned to Shen Wenlan. “Shen… Student Shen, also… thank you. Last time, you helped me out.”

Shen Wenlan coldly said “Oh.” She could not even remember who this girl was.

The girl pointed at the little… oh no, fat cat, and said quietly, “One of its legs is injured. I already gave it some simple treatment.” She rubbed the corner of her clothes, her face slightly red as she asked, “I don’t have money to send it to the hospital. Would any of you be willing to… adopt it?”

Song Jing swiftly took a step back. “My dad is already very tired raising a rebellious son like me.”

Her gaze moved toward Gu Ruanruan, but the girl’s eyes did not stop on her.

Shen Wenlan’s expression did not change. “I’m allergic to cat fur.”

The girl’s expression dimmed, but no one noticed.

Gu Ruanruan: “……” So it was being left to her!!!

The final result of their discussion was that Shen Wenlan would send the girl home, while Song Jing and Gu Ruanruan would take the cat to the hospital.

The involved party, Shen Wenlan’s refusal, was ruthlessly overruled.

The little fat pig… oh no, little fat cat was not seriously injured. It would be fine after changing medicine for two days.

Most of the dried blood on its leg was not its own either. The little thing was still very agile when moving. Although it had a small injury, it did not affect its mobility.

And after a full checkup, this fellow’s body was incredibly healthy. It ate well, was strong enough to climb to the heavens in one breath without difficulty.

This little fellow seemed to naturally have that social-butterfly cat syndrome and remained steady as Mount Tai in any environment.

Gu Ruanruan conveniently had it receive the first dose of the feline triple vaccine.

Recently, the temperature had dropped, and feline panleukopenia was widespread. There was a risk of bacterial infection if the cat stayed at the hospital, so the doctor suggested it was best to take it home.

In the end, Gu Ruanruan bought a pile of cat supplies and brought the little cat back.

After all that, Gu Ruanruan’s pockets were cleaner than her face.

The small private stash she had left was completely spent, without a single cent remaining.

As soon as she returned home, hot dishes were placed on the table. Dinner had already been made and was only waiting for Gu Ruanruan to come home.

Auntie Jiang warmly called Gu Ruanruan over to eat.

Gu Ruanruan put the huge pile of pet supplies back in her bedroom, and the little cat also ran out behind her.

After washing her hands, Gu Ruanruan sat at the dining table.

Tonight, both Old Master Jiang and Jiang Cen were there.

Jiang Xia’an had an interview and seemed like she would only return around midnight.

At the dining table, the three members of the Jiang family launched into an intense discussion about whether they could keep a cat.

Old Master Jiang was the first to blow his beard, glare, and slam the table in opposition.

“No cats allowed! It’s too ugly! No, absolutely not. In this house, either it stays or I stay. There can only be one of us!”

Jiang Cen looked at the little fat cat running around the living room without the slightest fear. In the end, it twisted its butt and shoved half its body under the sofa. She chuckled. “Do you think our house is a pig farm?”

Ah!!! She was actually implying something about her! Gu Ruanruan understood again! She did not want to talk to her next week either!

It looked like there was no need to vote. Gu Ruanruan raised the white flag.

Even if Jiang Xia’an agreed, it would be two against two. As the two people at the bottom of the food chain in this household, she and Second Sister had no decision-making power.

Sigh.

This little cat was very clingy. On the way back, it had kept acting spoiled and cute toward Gu Ruanruan, very afraid of wandering again. That pitiful little appearance had poked Gu Ruanruan’s heart.

She promised that in a few days, after finding a suitable adopter for the little cat, she would take it away.

Finding it was fate. She had to find it a good home so it would not have to wander again.

It seemed this adorable little piggy-cat was destined not to belong to her.

Thinking this, Gu Ruanruan was quickly slapped in the face by herself.

In the middle of the night, the “mobility-impaired” little fat cat quietly used its little paws to pry open the door to Gu Ruanruan’s bedroom.

The next morning.

As soon as Gu Ruanruan woke up, she discovered that the little fat cat in her room had disappeared.

She searched for a long time but did not see a single cat hair in the room.

Just when she was so anxious she could barely stand it, she heard Old Master Jiang’s bell-like, hearty laughter coming from the living room downstairs.

Gu Ruanruan gripped the staircase and looked down.

“Ay? You little thing, come here, come here to Grandpa. Let Grandpa take a look.”

The little fat cat shook its tail and meowed twice, “Meow, meow~” Then it trotted over to Old Master Jiang.

After that, it lay down properly, exposing its soft little belly and posing as if it were allowing itself to be ravaged.

Old Master Jiang examined it carefully and muttered to himself, “Seems like it’s not that ugly either. It’s passable.”

The old man rubbed the cat’s soft belly, flipped it over, and said with some disdain, “Aiyo, why are you so fat, Dabao?”

“Wuwawa, wuwawa~” The little cat cried out aggrievedly.

It was plump, but its cry was as sweet and soft as a little child acting spoiled. After hearing it twice, Old Master Jiang could not resist anymore.

“Aiyo, this little thing can even understand human speech. Say two things and it’s unhappy. Not fat, not fat, okay? Good grandchild isn’t fat~” The old man’s heart felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey.

The little cat seemed to understand. It licked Old Master Jiang’s palm, then nestled into his arms.

In just this short while, the little fat pig successfully infiltrated the Jiang family and was promoted to the cutest good grandchild in Old Master Jiang’s heart.

At this moment, Jiang Cen, who had just gotten up, happened to pass by.

Grandpa Jiang hurriedly showed off his new follower to Jiang Cen. “Eldest, look at this little thing. Wherever I go, it follows. It’s only close to me, and it can even understand human speech.”

It was much more obedient than his eldest granddaughter!

Jiang Cen glanced at Old Master Jiang, who had been coaxed into floating with joy.

Without a word, she tore open a cat treat that Gu Ruanruan had left in the living room yesterday.

The little fat cat leapt out of Grandpa Jiang’s arms in one dive, pounced in front of Jiang Cen, hugged it with both paws, and started licking the cat treat.

Jiang Cen said meaningfully, “Your good grandchild’s ability to betray others and act cute is unmatched.”

She stretched out her hand and gently rubbed the cat’s head.

To think Gu Ruanruan could even pick up a stupid cat with exactly the same personality.