After Transmigrating as the Villain’s Cannon Fodder Fake Sister - Chapter 18

“Boss, why are you here too?!” Song Jing looked as if he had discovered a new continent, carrying the excitement of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

Gu Ruanruan was not particularly surprised to see him. After all, the Song family was also a moderately wealthy family. She answered, “I came with my sister.”

Song Jing nodded and let out an “oh.”

He really still knew nothing about Gu Ruanruan’s family background, but he no longer cared about those things. He pulled Gu Ruanruan along excitedly. “Come on, let’s go play!”

Gu Ruanruan had also lost interest in her own gossip, so she stood and followed Song Jing away from her seat.

She tried hard to wave at Jiang Cen. After Jiang Cen noticed her, she gestured that she was going to get up and walk around, but would not go far.

Jiang Cen gave a faint nod of permission.

Beautiful, pleasant piano music drifted out from the center of the hall. At the hour, the banquet officially began.

An elderly man gave a few brief remarks onstage. Once the guests finished echoing him, the banquet guests began moving about freely.

Gu Ruanruan and Song Jing walked over to the place where the piano was set up and discovered that the person playing was also an old acquaintance—it was Shen Wenlan.

Good heavens. Their three-person squad had actually reunited again.

Song Jing was as happy as if it were New Year’s. “Wow, Top Student is here too. Are you working part-time? Come to my family’s banquet next time too.”

Shen Wenlan was rather speechless. “This banquet is hosted by my family.”

Song Jing and Gu Ruanruan instantly revealed expressions that said, “You’re really awesome.”

“Wow! Pinru! You’re here too!” From afar, Song Shuyu held a glass of fruit wine and greeted Gu Ruanruan.

Her voice was too loud, causing many people to turn around. Gu Ruanruan immediately pretended it had nothing to do with her.

Pinru or whatever! Anyway, outside Shengshuilan, no one knew that name!

Song Shuyu walked up to them. “What a coincidence that we met here!”

The group exchanged greetings for a while. Looking at the CEOs and bosses on the floor mingling with glasses in hand, they all felt bored.

This wealthy banquet was not that interesting after all. She had eaten gossip about herself and gained several relatives.

Clearly, the others thought the same.

Song Shuyu and Song Jing were already so bored that they were about to stretch their devil claws toward Shen Wenlan’s piano.

Gu Ruanruan saved Shen Wenlan in time. From somewhere, she pulled out a deck of playing cards and asked, “Want to play Fight the Landlord?”

The other two immediately agreed loudly. “Yes!!!”

Shen Wenlan: “Don’t play here…”

But no one cared about her opinion. The three beside her had already set up a table and even prepared… lots of white paper strips.

Gu Ruanruan: “Paper strips! Whoever loses gets a strip stuck on their face!”

Song Jing rolled up his sleeves. “Today, I’ll slaughter all of you until not even a piece of armor remains! Hahaha!”

Song Shuyu refused to back down. “Come at me! Oh right, Pinru, what’s Fight the Landlord?”

Song Jing chimed in, “How do you play?”

Gu Ruanruan: “……” She wanted to be the landlord! These two did not seem very smart!

Relying on the fact that this was a corner, and with Shen Wenlan acting as cover, the few of them began playing as if no one else were around.

After several rounds, Shen Wenlan was somewhat broken. “Can you not play cards beside me?”

When she played the piano, her mind was full of four twos with two jokers!

Gu Ruanruan expressed her firm belief. “No! But next round, we can bring you in! The two of us will be landlords and carry you to victory!”

Looking across the whole venue, there was no better spot than this!

This place was not far from Jiang Cen, so Jiang Cen could see her as long as she turned her head, and it was also hidden enough that few people would notice.

Song Jing said, “Aren’t we just afraid you’ll feel too sad if you don’t get to play?”

Shen Wenlan: “I’m not sad.” Having a group of idiots beside me makes me sadder!

Gu Ruanruan gave her a comforting look. “Don’t be sad. We landlord class are about to win. Your spirit is with me!”

Shen Wenlan: “……”

“Top Student, play us a Fight the Landlord tune to liven things up.”

Shen Wenlan really wanted to strangle these people. Her hand trembled, and she played one wrong note.

Very few people noticed this little episode.

After more than twenty rounds, Gu Ruanruan’s luck was very good. Not a single paper strip had been stuck to her, while Song Jing had the most strips on his face. Song Shuyu also had a few on hers.

Song Jing gathered his cards and hid them so Gu Ruanruan could not see how many he had left.

Song Shuyu also learned her lesson and hid her cards well.

Gu Ruanruan: “……” The apprentice had learned enough to starve the master!

The war entered a white-hot stage. Gu Ruanruan had a long sequence in her hand, a bomb, and one three.

Just as she was frowning in worry, a gorgeous, melodious female voice, elegant in texture like a violin, sounded by her ear with a faint smile. It whispered, “Don’t play the three.”

Half of Gu Ruanruan’s ear was numbed by that faintly “immortal” breath.

The woman carried a citrus fragrance. At first sniff, it was a little sour and astringent, but the base note was the sweet freshness of finally biting into the fruit flesh.

Gu Ruanruan’s head was muddled by that scent. Slowly, she played the only single three.

She snorted and said stubbornly, refusing to believe in fate, “My fate is decided by me, not the heavens! Stubborn!”

“Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! We won!!!”

Song Jing threw the single four remaining in his hand onto the card table and burst into loud laughter, celebrating his first victory with Song Shuyu.

The woman raised her phone, winked at Gu Ruanruan, and said with a smile, “Little friend, want to add me on WeChat?”

She wore a high-end purple evening gown. Her chestnut-brown, big wavy curls scattered over her shoulders, bright, noble, and glamorous. Every movement of her eyes and brows carried gentle charm.

Not far away, someone whispered, “I-I-I-I… I didn’t see wrong, right!!! That’s Su Su Su Su Su… President Su???”

“Why is President Su together with that adopted daughter from the Jiang family! Did I miss some exciting plot again!!!”

Gu Ruanruan did not hear these discussions, because her attention had been caught by another sound.

“Dong… dong… dong…”

The sound of high heels striking the marble floor was especially clear at this moment.

The woman and Gu Ruanruan turned back together.

Jiang Cen was walking toward them from not far away, step by step, and every step seemed wrapped in cold air.

It was clearly still that expressionless face that had never changed in ten thousand years, yet Gu Ruanruan instinctively sensed a little dangerous aura.

Jiang Cen stopped a few steps away from them and looked at the two people standing extremely close together with an unreadable expression.

“Gu Ruanruan, come here.”