After Transmigrating as the Villain’s Cannon Fodder Fake Sister - Chapter 20

At that moment, she burst out with all the energy in her body. At a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, she flew toward Jiang Cen’s side.

“Sister, be careful!!! Hurry and get away from there!”

Gu Ruanruan’s voice was very loud. As she reminded Jiang Cen, she charged over fiercely.

Her voice alerted the people standing nearby, and some reacted quickly, immediately leaving where they were.

Everyone else was relatively far away, so as long as they dodged, they would be fine. Only Jiang Cen stood right in the center and had no time to react.

Gu Ruanruan was so panicked her whole body was trembling. Her heart pounded wildly, as if it were about to leap out of her throat.

The moment she threw herself at Jiang Cen, Gu Ruanruan used her own body to firmly wrap Jiang Cen up. Then, like pulling a radish from the ground, she lifted Jiang Cen from where she stood with a “whoosh.”

The instant her body left the ground, Jiang Cen was stunned for a moment.

How had Gu Ruanruan’s petite, delicate body accumulated such tremendous strength?

The people in the banquet hall were clearly shocked by Gu Ruanruan’s outrageous move as well. Quite a few of them opened their mouths wide.

The scene before them was very dangerous, but also somehow strange and bizarre!

Holding “the radish” Jiang Cen, Gu Ruanruan lowered her head and ran several steps, afraid that if she were one second late, they would lose their lives.

Behind them, the crystal chandelier on the ceiling finally could not bear the strain. With a loud crash, it fell heavily to the ground.

The fragments smashed against the smooth marble floor and shattered in all directions. Some separated strings of beads bounced everywhere, making several dinging sounds before scattering to who knew where.

Gu Ruanruan, who had run far away while holding “the radish” Jiang Cen, let out a breath of relief.

The chandelier had fallen, so the crisis was resolved.

Because of Gu Ruanruan’s warning, no one at the scene was injured or killed. That was a blessing amid misfortune.

Gu Ruanruan set Jiang Cen down and had just been about to say something when she felt a burning pain on her back. Her forehead also throbbed, as if it had been struck by some unknown hard object.

Standing in front of Jiang Cen, she smiled pale and fragilely. “Sister… It’s really good that you’re all right… You scared me to death…”

As she was speaking, something warm slowly flowed down her cheek.

“Oh my god! Blood… She’s bleeding…” someone exclaimed.

Gu Ruanruan wiped the warmth from her face, and her palm was covered in red blood.

Damn! Blood… She was bleeding!!!

Gu Ruanruan was still badly shaken, and her feet were a little unsteady. Seeing her hand covered in blood, she felt as if her life was already gone and was immediately frightened.

Her legs went soft. Weak and trembling, she muttered, “Ay, my dear mother,” then rolled her eyes and fainted.

Jiang Cen’s expression was complicated. There was anxiety in her eyes that even she herself did not notice. She stepped forward and caught the softly falling girl in her arms.

When Gu Ruanruan woke up, she was inside a private car moving slowly.

The Jiang family’s private car had excellent performance, and the driver was very professional. The speed was even, and there had never been any jolting.

Gu Ruanruan opened her eyes and stared at the top of the car for quite a while before finally confirming where she was.

She touched her head. A ring of gauze had been wrapped around it, and it was no longer bleeding.

Actually, it had not been very serious to begin with.

After the accident, the Shen family had also handled things very promptly and directly called a doctor to the scene.

The Shen family’s family doctor had checked Gu Ruanruan over once. There was nothing major. It was just that a small string of beads from the chandelier had accidentally struck Gu Ruanruan’s head and scraped her forehead.

Gu Ruanruan had a constitution that bled easily. Such a small wound had bled nonstop. Fortunately, after applying some medicine later, it had stopped.

Whether there was anything wrong with her body was still unknown, because the Shen family’s family doctor was a man, and his female assistant happened to have asked for leave today and was absent. It was inconvenient for him to lift Gu Ruanruan’s clothes to examine her.

The Shen family also had not expected that a banquet held by their family could turn into this. The two Jiang sisters had both suffered one after another. They repeatedly expressed their apologies and insisted that no matter what, they would pay a visit tomorrow.

After Old Master Jiang learned of this matter, he immediately notified the Jiang family’s family doctor to stand by and told Jiang Cen to bring Gu Ruanruan back. Now, the doctor was already waiting at the Jiang family’s old residence.

A dim yellow light was lit above the car roof, reflecting Jiang Cen’s cold, jade-white side profile.

Gu Ruanruan still had lingering fear. Afraid that this was her final burst of life before death, she tightly clutched Jiang Cen’s suit sleeve and said weakly, “Sister, wuwuwuwu, am I going to die? Am I seeing you in my last moment before death, wuwuwuwu…”

Jiang Cen did not pull her sleeve away. She only pulled up the thin blanket that had slipped down from Gu Ruanruan’s body.

She touched Gu Ruanruan’s soft hair. Very unusually, she did not mock her. Her voice held a rare gentleness. “Don’t talk nonsense. You’ll be fine. If you’re tired, sleep a little longer.”

The moment Gu Ruanruan had fainted to the ground, Jiang Cen had felt as if her heart were being clenched by an invisible hand. In that instant, she had been like a drowning person unable to find driftwood, unable to breathe.

She did not know why her heart had felt such a deep stabbing pain and such extreme panic that something was about to disappear, as if she had once lost something because of this.

Fortunately, Gu Ruanruan was fine.

Fortunately…

How could Gu Ruanruan possibly sleep? She thought Jiang Cen was comforting her and whimpered quietly, “Sister, don’t lie to me… How many days do I have left to live? Just tell me! I can take it, wuwuwuwu…”

Although her young life was about to end here, in this short time, she had gained both family affection and friendship. It was worth it! This wave was not a loss!

Fine! Life was impermanent! She accepted it!

Jiang Cen really wanted to knock Gu Ruanruan’s not-very-smart little head and see what exactly she was thinking, but in the end, when her fingers landed on her head, she only rubbed Gu Ruanruan’s hair whorl again and said gently, “The doctor already checked. There’s nothing wrong with you. Your forehead was just bumped. It’s a small injury.”

Gu Ruanruan digested this for a while before understanding the information Jiang Cen had revealed.

Ah… So there really was nothing wrong…

That was wonderful!!!

Gu Ruanruan cried tears of joy. She quickly turned her head and continued using Jiang Cen’s sleeve to wipe her tears. “Wuwuwu, Sister, I’m so happy. I can see you every day again…”

Jiang Cen: “……” As soon as she woke up, she started talking nonsense. She might as well have kept sleeping.

When Gu Ruanruan quietly closed her eyes and slept, she looked somewhat obedient and likable.

Jiang Cen thought, how wonderful it would be if Gu Ruanruan could always be this obedient.

With Jiang Cen’s confirmation, Gu Ruanruan immediately felt that her waist no longer hurt and her legs were no longer sore! She could climb twelve floors in one breath without effort!

Gu Ruanruan suddenly remembered something very important. “Then… then why did I suddenly faint… Did… did my brain get smashed and something went wrong!”

Jiang Cen: “……”

Had Gu Ruanruan never realized that there had always been something wrong with her brain?

Gu Ruanruan always had this ability. No matter how serious the matter was, once it was placed on her, only absurdity and bizarreness remained, full of comedic color.

Considering that Gu Ruanruan could now be counted as half a patient, Jiang Cen had a little more patience and explained, “The doctor said you were just overly frightened. There’s no problem.”

The second half of the Shen family private doctor’s words had been—this young lady only hasn’t been resting very well recently, so she hasn’t woken up yet…

In short, after Gu Ruanruan was frightened, she had simply slept for a while and caught up on rest…

After confirming that her IQ was still intact, Gu Ruanruan broke into a smile through her tears and accidentally blew a small snot bubble.

Gu Ruanruan tugged at Jiang Cen’s sleeve, which Jiang Cen still had not pulled away, and pretended to wipe her tears.

Jiang Cen felt slightly tired. “Gu Ruanruan, stop using my sleeve to wipe your snot and tears.”

This outfit could no longer be kept.

Ah… She had been discovered…

Gu Ruanruan’s claws subconsciously tightened around Jiang Cen’s sleeve. “I… I-I-I was helping Sister test the quality of your clothes!”

Jiang Cen: “Heh.”

In the end, though, she still did not rescue her poor sleeve, which had been pulled into a strip of pickled vegetable, from disaster.

Although the driver drove steadily, he was not slow. They returned to the Jiang family’s old residence in half the time it had taken them to go out.

Jiang Cen helped Gu Ruanruan out of the car.

“Sister… I feel like I don’t have much strength…” Gu Ruanruan really was a little weak. When she got out of the car, she swayed twice.

Jiang Cen silently placed an arm around Gu Ruanruan’s back and passed one hand through her right arm, easily supporting the little girl.

Just now, when danger had come and Gu Ruanruan had picked her up, her strength had been so great, yet her body was so light.

Jiang Cen crouched down and was just about to pass her other hand beneath the bend of Gu Ruanruan’s knees when, from far away, someone shouted, “My Little Ruanruan!!!”

Old Master Jiang shouted for his precious granddaughter as if his heart were being torn apart.

Behind him ran Nicholas Fugui’er at an extremely fast speed. Behind the cat, several silly assistants in white coats carried a stretcher and jogged over with hey-ho sounds.

Old Master Jiang was being extremely dramatic. With great fanfare, he had arranged a stretcher to carry Gu Ruanruan.

For an instant, Gu Ruanruan had the illusion that she was about to become paralyzed…

When the assistants saw Gu Ruanruan, they did not give her a chance to explain and immediately pulled her out of Jiang Cen’s hands. With two swift movements, they lifted her onto the stretcher.

Gu Ruanruan: “……Thank you. Please turn me over…” Lying in this position made her back hurt even more!

The Jiang family’s old residence living room, which usually had few people, was now filled with many people. They had all been called over by Old Master Jiang, and everyone was bustling about.

Even the big celebrity Jiang Xia’an had asked for leave from the film crew in the neighboring city and was rushing back.

When Gu Ruanruan was not around, the Jiang family was always cold and quiet. If Gu Ruanruan was home, she could always bring laughter and joy to the whole house.

Although it was noisy, at least it finally had the lively warmth of ordinary life.

The silly assistants carried Gu Ruanruan to her room. The Jiang family’s family doctor had already prepared professional examination equipment and tools.

Doctor Su was an unsmiling woman in her thirties. She wore silver-rimmed glasses, which made her seem even more professional and cold.

When she spoke, her wording was precise. She was stingy with even one unnecessary word. Gu Ruanruan felt that she was like a cool older sister of few words, and she was a little afraid.

During the examination, Gu Ruanruan buried her head in the soft pillow, cooperating obediently like a little chick that had been plucked bald.

After the examination was finished, Doctor Su turned off the equipment, removed her gloves, and turned to leave the room. She called her assistants in to clean up, while she went to report the situation to Jiang Cen and Old Master Jiang.

Jiang Xia’an, who had just rushed back from the film crew, anxiously burst through the door.

Gu Ruanruan had not had time to tidy herself up yet. The moment Jiang Xia’an entered, what she saw was the fragile scene of Gu Ruanruan “weakly” burying her face in the pillow.

Jiang Xia’an instantly felt heartache. She threw herself to Gu Ruanruan’s bedside like she was acting in a tragic drama, her face full of sorrow. “Little Ruanruan! I didn’t expect I would still be able to see you alive. You really scared Second Sister to death…”

At this moment, only Jiang Xia’an and Gu Ruanruan were in the room. The silly assistants had quickly retreated after finishing cleaning up.

Gu Ruanruan’s eyes turned, and a plan came to mind.

She kept her face buried in the pillow and did not come out. With a choked nasal voice, she spoke intermittently. “Second Sister… Did you come to see me one last time… Wuwuwuwu… Am I going to die…”

Jiang Xia’an was infected by her sadness, and tears welled in her eyes. “Why is my cute Third Sister’s life so bitter! Is there still any justice in the world! Don’t worry. Second Sister won’t let the Grim Reaper take you away! Whatever you want, Second Sister will get it for you!”

Gu Ruanruan’s tone began to become subtle. She dragged out her voice and asked, “Oh?! Rea~lly~?”

Jiang Xia’an promised firmly, “You don’t believe Second Sister’s words? Second Sister will definitely make you healthy, white, and chubby! Tell me, what wish do you have now? Second Sister will satisfy all of them!”

Everyone in the entertainment industry knew that Jiang Xia’an’s promises were worth gold. Anything she agreed to, she would definitely do.

Being able to receive Jiang Xia’an’s promise was no different from winning the lottery.

Jiang Xia’an touched the back of Gu Ruanruan’s head and said with heartache, “Good sister, hurry and let Second Sister look at you.”

She had heard about her little sister’s heroic act of saving Eldest Sister and had been deeply moved.

Gu Ruanruan turned her head over. Her little face was a mixture of red and white. Weakly, she voiced her humble request. “Second Sister… In the final moments of my life, can I still have some simple allowance…”

Not much. Two hundred yuan would be enough. She wanted to eat a meal of old-style Northeast guobaorou at the newly opened restaurant beside the school…

Jiang Xia’an’s heart was gripped by this younger sister. “Silly child, is your wish only this little bit of allowance?”

Ten seconds later, a ding sounded from WeChat transfer.

With a grand wave of her hand, Jiang Xia’an said, “I transferred you one million. Buy whatever you want!”

Gu Ruanruan was so frightened she almost jumped off the bed. “Second… Second Sister, I don’t need that much. Two hundred yuan is enough…”

Jiang Xia’an pressed her down and said lightly, “It’s just a little money. You’re a little hero. If I give it to you, just take it. Tell me, what else do you want? Second Sister will satisfy everything!”

Gu Ruanruan stretched out her fingers and began counting one by one. “Second Sister… I’m so weak. I also want to eat the roast duck from Furuizhai, Wenxiangji’s hawthorn guokui, Luyi’s preserved-vegetable meat pies, Huangshanghuang’s sugar-fried chestnuts, Youyouji’s spicy crayfish and garlic crayfish, and the old-style guobaorou from the new restaurant beside school…”

“What’s hard about that? Second Sister will buy them for you!!! I’ll buy them tomorrow!!!”

Oh yeah!!!

She did not dare touch that one million! Her Second Sister was too generous!!! So generous it was scary! In both of Gu Ruanruan’s lives, she had never seen this much money!

Jiang Xia’an felt that her younger sister’s requests were ridiculously simple. She wished she could move everything Gu Ruanruan wanted over in one go.

“My hands hurt so much… I also want someone to peel durian for me, peel shrimp shells, and peel pomelo to feed me…”

Before Jiang Xia’an could speak, a soft “dong” sounded as the door was pushed open.

Jiang Cen walked in.

Seeing Jiang Xia’an and Gu Ruanruan acting out this emotional scene of holding hands and shedding tears, she was rather speechless.

Jiang Cen: “What are you two doing?”

Jiang Xia’an carefully asked, “Sister, how exactly is Little Ruanruan? Is she…” She could not bear to say the words that followed.

Jiang Cen: “Doctor Su said she is blessed with great fortune and a strong life. She only scraped her skin. It’s a minor external injury. Applying medicine for a few days will be enough.”

Gu Ruanruan: “……” Oh no, exposed.

She hurriedly tried to fix it. “Oh, hehe, aiya~ I feel that after seeing Eldest Sister, my body is light as a swallow! My whole illness suddenly got better!”

Jiang Xia’an: “……” Why did she feel like she had been tricked?

Doctor Su’s examination was very detailed and comprehensive. Gu Ruanruan was extremely lucky. Such a large chandelier had fallen, but because she dodged in time, she had no internal injuries.

However, unavoidably, her back had brushed against an edge of the chandelier and been bumped once, leaving several bloody scratches that needed medicine.

The injury on her head was also not a big deal. Applying medicine for a few days would heal it.

Usually, if she cooperated by taking some medicine, her problem of bleeding nonstop could also be improved.

At the time, Gu Ruanruan’s bleeding had looked shocking. Jiang Cen could not forget the heart-palpitating fear and lingering panic of that moment.

Doctor Su had given them two jars of ointment. One bottle was for her back, and one bottle was for her forehead.

The injury on her back needed someone else to help apply medicine.

“You go out first.” Jiang Cen glanced lightly at Jiang Xia’an.

“Oh.” Jiang Xia’an was still thinking about whether she had been tricked. She nodded and walked out with her arms and legs moving on the same side.

Why did it feel like something about Little Sister’s words just now was wrong?

After Jiang Xia’an left, only two people remained in the bedroom.

Gu Ruanruan inexplicably felt that there was an unspeakable, suffocating pressure in the bedroom.

“Sister…” Gu Ruanruan called Jiang Cen somewhat guiltily.

Jiang Cen sat down beside Gu Ruanruan’s bed, holding a tube of ointment.

“Don’t move,” she said softly.

Gu Ruanruan: “Oh…”

Jiang Cen reached out and slowly lifted the thin blanket covering Gu Ruanruan’s back.