After Transmigrating as the Villain’s Cannon Fodder Fake Sister - Chapter 6

“Three, two, one! The match… begins!” At the male student acting as referee’s command, Gu Ruanruan and Song Jing immediately entered battle mode.

Everyone held their breath and waited for this moment!

In that instant, there were more than a hundred people standing inside and outside the classroom, yet they somehow achieved four words—so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Before everyone could even start worrying for Gu Ruanruan, the battle ended easily within three seconds!

Everyone looked at each other, all receiving the same two words from one another’s eyes—confusion.

Just now… what had happened?

Everyone turned their gazes toward the decisive-battle table at the same time.

!!!

This… what were they seeing!!!

The arm that had been pressed hard against the soft cushion and could not move was… Song Jing’s?

Were they blind, or was there something wrong with this world!

At this moment, Song Jing himself was also dumbfounded.

His memory only remained at the first second after the arm-wrestling match had started. When he touched the other person’s seemingly soft, boneless hand, he had felt delighted, thinking he could win without lifting a finger.

But… how had things become like this?!

He had not been ready!

He was… not ready to accept that he would lose…

Her hand was so soft. How could she possibly beat him? Just now must have been an accident!

Right, it was an accident!

But even if he lost, Song Jing believed he was not the kind of person who would shamelessly throw a tantrum and refuse to admit defeat.

That would be far too embarrassing for himself and the Song family.

If his dad found out, he would definitely kick him out of the house.

Losing was not scary. What was scary was refusing to acknowledge defeat after losing.

He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. “You won this round!”

“One more round!”

Gu Ruanruan was fine either way. No matter how many more rounds they had, the result would not change.

When it came to arm wrestling, she had never lost before.

When she had been so poor she had no money, she had even gone to the park and set up a stall to arm wrestle people. Five yuan per match. She could earn quite a lot in a single day.

She had never lost even against adult men, let alone a pampered young master like Song Jing.

She smiled faintly. “Then you already owe me three calls of Grandpa.”

Song Jing: “……”

He was a man, after all. In front of so many people, he could not do something like going back on his word.

“Don’t worry. I won’t deny it. One more round, same bet as before.”

Gu Ruanruan confirmed, “Oh? Then that’ll be six calls of Grandpa?”

Song Jing’s face flushed the color of pig liver. “Cut the crap. Again!”

This time, he did not provoke Gu Ruanruan again.

“Okay.” Gu Ruanruan readily went along with it and fixed her posture, waiting for the referee to start.

The sweat-wiping lackeys got into character and ran to the two of them, pretending to wipe the nonexistent sweat from their foreheads.

They even thoughtfully prepared mineral water.

There were also people beating their backs, massaging them, and taking extremely considerate care of them.

It was just arm wrestling, yet these drama kings had somehow performed it like a showdown between gods of gamblers.

This time, the people around them had learned their lesson. They all took out their phones to record this historic moment!

Sure enough, this round was even faster than the last. There was no tense process of the two sides pushing and pulling against each other at all. Gu Ruanruan ended the match easily.

Everyone only saw Song Jing like a powerless sponge, being one-sidedly beaten down.

Before Song Jing could hold back and unleash some ultimate move—or rather, before Song Jing had any chance to exert strength at all—he was once again pressed onto the table by Gu Ruanruan.

The surroundings froze in silence for a full five seconds before the solidified air was finally broken by someone.

Someone said weakly, “Double kill.”

Everyone suddenly came back to their senses, and exclamations erupted one after another.

“Oh my god, Pinru is way too amazing!!!”

“Pinru~ You are our pride~~~” the boy who had first cheered her on shouted hoarsely.

Gu Ruanruan: “……”

The students of Senior Year Class Thirteen were unhappy.

“Hey, kid, don’t flatter yourself. Pinru isn’t your pride. She belongs to our class! Don’t try to cling to her, okay!”

At this moment, the students of Senior Year Class Thirteen seemed to have reached a consensus: protect their Pinru and do not let other classes abduct her!

Their whole class only had this one combat-capable representative of their image. They had to keep watch over her!

At the same time, the people who had bet on Song Jing were slapping their thighs in regret.

If they had known earlier… they would have followed the class monitor’s leadership!

When Song Shuyu placed her bet on Gu Ruanruan, she had only wanted to encourage Gu Ruanruan. It would have been too cruel if not a single person supported her. She had never thought that Gu Ruanruan would actually win.

Even less had she expected to make a huge profit…

Gambling had a magical quality that made people addicted.

After failing twice, Song Jing’s expression became even uglier.

But even so, he still had not given up. He was still holding on to the last tiny bit of hope.

The greatest illusion at the gambling table—I can make a comeback.

Young Master Song was still too young to understand this principle. He was simply very unwilling.

Extremely unwilling.

He had actually lost twice to a poor, shabby top student. Song Jing could not swallow this anger.

One more time. This time, he definitely would not be careless!

But Gu Ruanruan had lost some interest.

Song Jing’s strength was too small. There was no challenge at all. It always ended before it had even begun, and he could not even last three seconds.

After winning two rounds, she planned to quit while she was ahead.

Her original idea had only been to make Song Jing stop targeting top students and indirectly save the female lead.

Now that she had achieved her goal, there was no need to continue.

Just as Gu Ruanruan wanted to stand and leave her seat, Song Jing suddenly pressed down on her hand.

His voice was hoarse. “Best two out of three. For the last round, if you still win, I’ll be your lackey for a year and let you order me around. How about it?”

Oh!!!

Gu Ruanruan quickly sat back down. Her clear black-and-white eyes sparkled, revealing a sly smile. “Sure.”

Seeing that the battle had not ended, the sweat-wiping lackeys immediately returned to their positions and skillfully took responsibility for their parts.

Someone even really started playing the God of Gamblers BGM!!!

Aside from the two people involved, whose excitement level was average, all the other students had already started getting high.

This was one person’s pain exchanged for a crowd’s carnival.

Gu Ruanruan flung away the coat Lackey A had draped over her and took a lollipop Lackey B had respectfully offered. Heroically, she said, “How about I give you five seconds?”

Song Jing crunched the lollipop in his mouth, precisely tossed the stick into the trash can, stiffened his neck, and said in a very manly, firm voice, “No need. If I lose, I’ll accept the punishment. If I win, everything from before is written off.”

Gu Ruanruan looked at stubborn Young Master Song with affection. “Betting with me is your misfortune.” (Note 1)

Song Jing let out a heh. “This round, I have to bet. Betting doesn’t mean I’ll definitely win, but if I don’t bet, I’ll definitely lose.” (Note 1)

Accompanied by the magical God of Gamblers BGM, the last two clear-headed people involved also… fell.

The third round.

Gu Ruanruan secretly went easy on him for three seconds, but Song Jing was truly—mud that could not be helped onto the wall.

With a “pa,” Song Jing’s arm had its final intimate contact with his own desk. Gu Ruanruan still won without any suspense.

The table they had dueled on was Song Jing’s own desk.

It had witnessed Song Jing’s only Waterloo in life, as well as the darkest three consecutive defeats of his life.

Someone could not wait and shouted, “Triple kill!”

“Wow! Pinru is awesome!” Thunderous applause like a mountain roar and tsunami echoed for a long time in Senior Year Class Thirteen.

The students looked at Gu Ruanruan with starry-eyed worship, as if they were looking at a god.

If not for Gu Ruanruan firmly refusing, the students absolutely could have lifted her up and thrown her to the ceiling.

The students who had lost money did not feel regret anymore either. Being able to see such a brilliant and boring grand showdown of the century had added a lot of conversational material to their dull lives.

When a simple matter was witnessed by countless people and then retold to those who had not seen it, the teller’s own will would always be added unconsciously.

Commonly known as: embellishment.

Senior Year Class Thirteen had always been the most watched gossip-spreading place in all of Shengshuilan. This time was no exception. Rumors spread like a virus to every corner of Shengshuilan.

“Hey, have you heard? Lin Pinru from Senior Year Class Thirteen beat Song Jing in arm wrestling! I was there. Song Jing’s eyes were red when he said he’d be her lackey from now on!”

“Holy crap, Song Jing was pinned to the ground and beaten three times by Lin Pinru from his class. He cried on the spot. It was tragic beyond words!”

“Oh, I can hardly believe it. You absolutely must not tell anyone else. Yesterday, I personally witnessed that Lin Pinru from the forum break Song Jing’s wrist when he confessed to her. Song Jing cried on the spot and called her boss.”

The final version that spread in the end was this—

“Oh my god, Song Jing failed to win Lin Pinru’s love, then bullied her instead. Pinru could no longer tolerate it and secretly learned martial arts. In the end, she succeeded in revenge and beat Song Jing so badly that he cried and went home to look for his mother?”

For a time, Lin Pinru became thoroughly famous at Shengshuilan Noble Academy.

Perhaps they had not known this person at all before, but after this battle, Lin Pinru’s position in Shengshuilan’s underworld was officially established.

From now on, in the hearts of all Shengshuilan students, Lin Pinru was a—mysterious Easterner. (Note 2)

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Three o’clock in the afternoon, Jiang Corporation headquarters.

Twenty-sixth floor, president’s office.

Jiang Cen tiredly rubbed the space between her brows. Her gaze unintentionally swept over the box placed in the corner of her office desk.

The box was not big. It was exquisitely packaged, with a purple silk ribbon tied into a bow on top.

It was what Gu Ruanruan had shoved into her hands that morning.

Thinking of that troublesome person at home, her eyes darkened for a moment.

That girl had far too many little schemes, but unfortunately, she was very good at making Grandpa happy. Jiang Cen could not scold her, touch her, hit her, or curse her, because Grandpa protected her too tightly.

Recently, her personality had changed greatly, as if she had become a different person. The absurdity and hostility she had before were gone, and she had become much more obedient and well-behaved. It could also be seen that she now had some sincerity toward Grandpa.

If she could continue like this… that would not be bad.

In the past, whenever Gu Ruanruan gave her these messy things, she would throw them away without hesitation. Today, for some unknown reason, she had brought it up with her as if possessed by ghosts and gods.

She opened the packaging of the box. Inside lay a beautiful, delicate strawberry cake. Beside it was also a heart-shaped piece of white chocolate drizzled with cocoa sauce, with a few cute little words written on it—Sister, take a break if you’re tired.

Jiang Cen wiped her hands, took the spoon beside the box, and scooped up a piece of cake.

She really should rest for a bit.

The rich, fragrant flavor of cream melted in her mouth. The bright, juicy strawberries were sweet and sour, balancing out the sweetness of the cream itself. The taste was just right, with an ice-cream-like texture that melted on the tongue, sweet but not greasy.

After eating the small cake, the fatigue of the past few days seemed to really be swept away. She gathered her energy again and handled the mountain of documents piled before her.

She wondered whether Gu Ruanruan had caused any trouble on her first day at school. When she got off work later, it would not be impossible to go to the school to take a look and pick her up on the way home.

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Shengshuilan’s school day ended.

Under the eager farewell gazes of her classmates, Gu Ruanruan left the classroom.

As she walked through the school, the people she met could not help opening their mouths wide into an O-shape when they saw her.

At this moment, Gu Ruanruan, who still did not know that she had become a legendary figure in Shengshuilan and the final version of countless rumors in only one day, felt her heart thumping a little.

She kept feeling that these students’ behavior and the way they looked at her were all strangely weird.

Only after leaving the school did those strange gazes disappear.

A new milk tea shop had opened at the corner of the snack street beside the school. Gu Ruanruan bought things all along the street, eating as she walked. Finally, when she passed the milk tea shop, she ordered a cup of taro paste boba milk tea.

Just as she inserted the straw into the milk tea, she heard what seemed to be the sound of an argument coming from the small alley beside her.

She walked over quietly and saw three delinquent boys with differently colored hair blocking a girl inside the alley.

The girl pressed herself tightly against the wall and said in a soft, delicate voice, “I… I really don’t have any money left. I gave it all to you…”

The three delinquent boys exchanged glances.

One of them asked, “You really don’t have any left?”

He had half a cigarette in his mouth and was flipping through a pink Pink Panther wallet. He took out a few scattered small bills and one hundred-yuan note from inside, his expression rather disdainful.

“Damn. One hundred eighty-five yuan and sixty cents. Are you messing with us?”

The girl was about to cry. “But I really only have this much money… If you… if you don’t want it, you can give it back to me…”

The green-haired delinquent boy’s voice became vicious. “A Shengshuilan student would only have this little money on her? Talk. Where did you hide the rest?”

He began threatening the girl. “Make a call and have your family send ten thousand yuan over. Us brothers will let you go today. Otherwise…”

The red-haired delinquent boy threateningly waved the wooden stick in his hand.

The girl finally started crying. “I… I’m only a top student at Shengshuilan. How could my family possibly have that much money… What you took is money I earned from part-time work. It’s my food money for an entire week. I really only have this much!”

Toward the end, her crying became a little louder.

Gu Ruanruan quietly walked behind the delinquent boy holding the wooden stick. Catching him off guard, her eyes sharp and hands quick, she shoved both him and his stick against the wall.

With her free hand, she tapped the numb point on the arm of the smoking green-haired boy. Caught unaware, his hand loosened, and the wallet in his hand fell steadily into Gu Ruanruan’s hand.

Gu Ruanruan smiled. “Thanks, bro.”

“You’re looking for death!” The green-haired delinquent boy threw away his cigarette butt, grabbed another stick, and came over with a fierce gaze.

The three of them surrounded her together.

Gu Ruanruan moved extremely fast. In the span of a few breaths, she dealt with all three of them. They did not even see her movements clearly and had no idea how they had been stacked together by Gu Ruanruan like Tetris blocks.

She clearly had a soft, weak, innocent little-white-flower face, but when she fought, she was clean and decisive—steady, accurate, and ruthless.

There was no fixed method, but every strike hit a vital point, and her strength was extremely great.

Under the suppression of her strength, the three of them could not move at all.

The delinquent boys were full of anger and said hatefully, “Who the hell are you!”

Gu Ruanruan chuckled twice. “I’m your daddy!”

She casually tossed the wallet, and it drew a perfect arc through the air before landing in front of the girl.

“Your money. Hold onto it. Don’t walk through quiet little roads by yourself in the future.”

The girl was so moved that tears filled her eyes. “Thank you, wuwuwu.”

Ten minutes later.

Gu Ruanruan herded the three delinquent boys into the corner like ducks.

The three of them huddled together, trembling pitifully.

“Don’t lean against the wall! Stand properly for me!”

The delinquent boys: So fierce QAQ

The three big boys, each almost 1.8 meters tall, were as obedient as little daughters-in-law in front of the 1.65-meter Gu Ruanruan.

“What school are you from!”

“T-Twenty-First High.”

It was not far from Shengshuilan. It was an ordinary high school.

“Are you adults yet!”

The delinquent boys were aggrieved. “N-no…”

Gu Ruanruan ruffled their multicolored heads one by one.

“So young and already not learning properly? Smoking, drinking, dyeing your hair, perming your hair? Blocking roads and robbing people? What do you want to do in the future?”

In the face of her absolute combat power, the delinquent boys were dusty and disheveled, their bodies all turned into dirty little raccoons.

“Learn the socialist core values with me! Until you can recite them!”

Little Green Hair unwillingly protested, “You… you’re forcing good people into prostitution!”

Gu Ruanruan grew even angrier. “You haven’t even learned Chinese properly. Can that phrase be used like that!”

It should be forcing prostitutes to become good!

Emmm, that phrase did not seem right either.

Forget it. Not important.

“Raise your hands! Make fists!” Gu Ruanruan led by example, clenching her right fist and holding it beside her temple in the standard posture used when reading the Party oath.

The purple-haired one, who had not spoken all this time, weakly protested, “So… so embarrassing.”

Gu Ruanruan ground her teeth. “Why didn’t you think it was embarrassing when three grown men bullied one girl? Do you even know how to write the word shame!”

How novel. If they knew shame, they would not have blocked a girl halfway and robbed her.

“Any more objections!!!”

The boys were about to become teary-eyed too. “N-no…”

They did not dare. They did not dare.

Gu Ruanruan led the little hoodlums in loudly reading word by word.

“Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, friendship!”

The little hoodlums dragged out their voices listlessly. “Prosperity… democracy…”

Gu Ruanruan casually picked up the wooden stick by the wall and lightly tapped the ground. “Each and every one of you, drooping your heads like wilted eggplants! Did you not eat? Where did your momentum from cursing people earlier go!”

“Awoo!” She had only picked up the wooden stick to enhance her presence, but unexpectedly, one of them was frightened into letting out an awoo and timidly took a step back.

The other two were also infected by his nervousness, and the three squeezed even more tightly together.

“Stand like you’re standing, sit like you’re sitting. Stand in military posture!” Gu Ruanruan swept her gaze over the three of them.

“Fists. Clench them tighter for me!”

“Voices loud! Did you hear me!”

This time, they truly did not dare act rashly or muddle through anymore. Each one shouted louder than the last. “We heard you!”

After reciting the socialist core values five times, Green Hair, Purple Hair, and Red Hair had completely lost their sense of shame.

A sense of shame was something that, once abandoned, no longer had a bottom line.

They even started shouting along with Gu Ruanruan with a little spontaneously arising sense of pride.

As if they were now good students living under the sunlight!

Gu Ruanruan also got into the mood and continued excitedly leading the delinquent boys in shouting slogans.

“If I smoke again, I’m a puppy!!!”

“If I bully girls again, I’m not human!!!”

“If I don’t study properly again, I’m the stupidest dumb pig in the whole world!!!”

“Don’t litter! Don’t damage the public environment! Be civilized citizens of Hua Nation!”

The slogans grew louder and louder, and the enthusiasm of the masses continued to rise. At last, Gu Ruanruan let out a shout from the depths of her soul!

“Reform the heartless, immoral, capitalist dark-evil forces led by Jiang Cen! Be good citizens of equality and lawfulness!!!”

Purple Hair, Green Hair, and Red Hair felt a tiny bit confused. Who was Jiang Cen?!

Forget it. Not important!

The three of them followed Gu Ruanruan and shouted this slogan at the highest volume.

“Reform the heartless, immoral, capitalist dark-evil forces led by Jiang Cen! Be good citizens of equality and lawfulness!!!”

Fifty meters away.

A low-key luxury car polished so cleanly it could be used as a mirror quietly stopped by the roadside.

“Heh.”

Inside the silent car, a cold laugh suddenly sounded.

The temperature inside the car was comparable to minus-twenty-degree Northeast China.

The driver did not dare speak at all.

Whether it was Jiang Corporation employees or the Jiang family servants, they all knew one principle: when Eldest Miss Jiang’s mood was unpredictable, one must absolutely not rush into the line of fire.

“E-Eldest Miss… Are we still… still going over to pick up Little Miss?” The driver wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and risked his life to break the stagnant air.

Jiang Cen raised the car window, her voice containing traces of chill. “No need. Capitalist dark-evil forces have no morals.”