Group Pet Eldest Lady, She Just Wants To Be A Salted Fish

Chapter 15 – In the Gu family, fan affiliation is very important

Luo Ze stared at everything on the forum, feeling a gnawing pain in his stomach.

Nothing good had happened to him lately.

After compensating 800,000 yuan to Ruan Yōu for the car crash, his dad found out and gave him a scolding. He had his bank card and car keys taken away. His family had given him two million three days ago, thinking it would be enough for him to enjoy himself for a while, but who would have thought he had used that money to buy stocks.

He didn’t even have the courage to sell the stocks and get his money back. He had been staying at his childhood friend’s place in Mary Sue City, waiting for the economic exchange conference in a few days.

“Why are you still looking at these?” his friend handed him a glass of wine. “Cheer up, you haven’t lost much.”

Luo Ze was at a gathering with his friends. Some people who he rarely interacted with noticed that he was sitting in the corner, looking gloomy and not drinking. They approached him with a smile and asked, “What’s wrong today?”

Luo Ze didn’t even lift his eyelids.

Everyone at the gathering was either rich or from a wealthy family. Luo Ze came from a relatively well-off family, and the young masters who actively talked to him also came from wealthy families, wanting to make friends. However, they were met with coldness and a sour face. One of them made a displeased sound and went to sit somewhere else.

Luo Ze was in no mood to respond.

Today’s game was organized by Luo Ze’s childhood friend’s group, and both sides were his childhood friend’s friends. No matter whether it’s Luo Ze or his other friends he offended, it would be a loss of face for Luo Ze’s childhood friend.

“We’re all friends, don’t act like this when we’re out having fun.”

Luo Ze didn’t want to stay here at all. His friend’s consolation was of no use to him, it only made him feel embarrassed and his inner anger had nowhere to go.

It was all because he had spoken too much.

A few days ago, he told his friend about the forum incident as a joke, laughing and mocking how stupid the two people were for trying to confront him.

He felt proud at the time, but now he felt ashamed. He had been staying with his friend in a hotel these past few days, and today was his friend’s birthday. They had organized a game from morning until night.

Last night, he agreed without hesitation.

At 9:00 am, more people arrived. Some played games, others played chess, while he chatted with his friends. As they talked, his friend brought up the forum incident, and he laughed and mocked it again. However, as soon as he finished speaking, someone scrolling through Weibo announced that it was trending on the site.

Everyone around them was silent, awkwardly laughing before quickly dispersing.

Everyone knows that Luo Ze cares about his face. When someone says something that embarrasses him in front of him, some people may feel happy inside, but they dare not show it.

Luo Ze wishes he could kick everyone out in a rage. If he didn’t think it would be even more embarrassing to leave, he would have left long ago.

“Stop talking,” Luo Ze replied coldly.

His friend had no patience and no interest in sticking around. He put down a glass of wine in front of Luo Ze and left.

Luo Ze was left alone in the corner.

Just now, a young man who came over to strike up a conversation, for some reason had heard about the forum incident. He chuckled twice from two to three meters away, looking at Luo Ze with a mocking look in his eyes.

“He hasn’t even fought against a newcomer.” The young man chuckled lightly amidst the crowd.

Others quickly changed the subject to move on.

Luo Ze vaguely heard it. When he looked up, the group of people surrounding the young man had already disappeared, probably because they were afraid of a fight breaking out and hurriedly took the young man to another place.

The war was resolved invisibly. However, the light and frivolous sarcasm made Luo Ze’s emotions suppressed to the extreme, and he couldn’t vent it to anyone. That feeling was so irritating.

Luo Ze was suspicious and his face was unpleasant. He always felt that the eyes of others were subtly focused on him, making him very uncomfortable, like being pricked by a needle.

Unable to bear it, he left directly.

After he left, the conversation at the party became louder.

“The opportunity to get rich is gone, he must be very uncomfortable.”

“He would rather suffer than lose face.”

“He has been in the forum for so long, but is not as good as a newcomer.”

…

The crowd laughed together while Luo Ze’s childhood friend stood at the door with a slightly stiff expression.

After some consideration, the friend sent him a message: “Don’t overthink it.”

But how could Luo Ze just let it go? When he returned to the hotel and logged into the forum to start his questioning, Duan Dai sent him a message.

[Are you okay?]
[Auntie said that because of the issue with the car the other day, Uncle suspended your card. If only they didn’t ask you to come and pick them up that day.]

Suppressing his anger, Luo Ze replied,

[It’s none of your business. It’s all because of Ruan Yōu’s problem. She insisted on making a big deal out of it.]

After a long pause without a new message, Luo Ze didn’t have time to speculate on Duan Dai’s thoughts, as all his thoughts were focused on the forum.

Countless Camels : [Puxiong stocks haven’t fallen, so it doesn’t count as a loss. Everyone makes judgments based on past experiences, and errors are inevitable. I admire the initial user who expressed new ideas contrary to the norm, but there are many people who share similar thoughts with him, right? How could he be so convinced that Shirui would rise? Is he an employee of the company?”

The spearhead was once again pointed at Ruan Yōu.

Before waiting for a reply from Ruan Yōu, a few investment experts on the forum came out to speak up.

[There’s no need to make things so tense. Maybe we still know each other in real life. Whether it’s buying Shirui or Puxiong, neither stock has lost money.]

[I asked a friend of mine who works at Shirui, only the core technical team knows these things, and they also signed a confidentiality agreement, so it’s unlikely that such a small issue would be leaked.]

[Let’s all take a step back. There will be many opportunities for mutual communication in the future.]

[Let the management come out and mediate. The recent hostility is too strong.]

[Standing up for the newbies, there weren’t so many people supporting them when they first joined.]

…

Despite all the talking, the argument started again.

Ruan Yōu’s head was hurting from watching, afraid that Lu Ming would come back and start arguing again. Under “Countless Camels”, she replied with a sentence:

[Not an insider of Shirui, not an expert, just blindly guessing, let’s disperse.]

With one sentence, “Countless Camels” that make the theory so aggressive became the unreasonable one.

Initially, she didn’t care about Camels. He was the one who acted arrogantly and got slapped in the face. He was the one who insisted on saving face, arguing with fallacies and wanting to save face. He wanted to save face, but Ruan Yōu couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, so she lightly gave him the answer he wanted.

Luo Ze was completely confused.

How could he continue to argue now?

He was like a thug who solves problems with force charging towards his opponent, wanting to throw punches from both sides, brutally beating his opponent into apologizing. But before he could throw a punch, the opponent just lightly apologized.

It was more annoying than not saying anything.

Observant people can tell that User4388320 didn’t care about this matter at all. Only Countless Camels and other users in the forum jumped around like clowns. Others just watched the spectacle like a joke.

Countless Camels got stuck in the mud.

He didn’t regain the face he wanted, and instead, his remarks gave the crowd another opportunity to mock him.

Losing is not shameful; what is shameful is losing and then denying that you lost.

Gnashing his teeth, Luo Ze closed the forum.

A new message came in on WeChat, sent by Duan Dai just a minute ago.

[Although I don’t like Ruan Yōu, what she said that day was not wrong. We crashed into her car and didn’t know the real price. We thought we could solve it by paying a little money, but reality taught us a lesson. At first, I was very angry. I had always treated her as an enemy for no reason and used some means that I myself found disgusting. But she’s not as bad as I thought.

[That day, I thought she would take the opportunity to humiliate me, but she didn’t. Ruan Yōu didn’t take it seriously, and we took it too seriously.]

Being bullied on the forum and then taught a lesson offline.

Unable to bear it anymore, Luo Ze clenched his phone and slammed it against the wall corner.

The screen shattered instantly.

After venting his endless anger, Luo Ze regained his rationality and realized one thing:

D*mn, he doesn’t have the money to buy a new phone right now.

When Ruan Yōu arrived at the dining room, she confirmed repeatedly that the matter on the forum had been resolved, and Lu Ming didn’t have a chance to battle with anyone wasting her precious time for the postgraduate entrance examination, so Ruan Yōu was ready to go offline.

As she was about to go offline, a small red dot appeared on her private messages.

It was the second person who purchased her answer, and bought Shirui’s stock based on her advice, “Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich”.

She sent a few messages in a row: [Big boss, you’re so amazing, please teach me]

Ruan Yōu replied: [It’s just luck]

[Luck is also a part of strength. You underestimate yourself too much. My brother praised you for being the first to send out these messages. You definitely have extraordinary abilities. Let’s make big money together!]

Ruan Yōu was surprised : [Does it take so much money to chase star?]

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [Hehehe, I’ve decided to start my own business, not be controlled by my family, and make a lot of money so I don’t have to ask my brother for it anymore.]

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [Beautiful sister, please help me, please please please]

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [I’ll give you my brother as a husband when the time comes. He’s handsome and knows how to make money. Besides being a fan, he has no other bad habits. He’s the dream husband of thousands of young girls, and he won’t deceive you.]

Ruan Yōu : [How do you know I’m a girl?]

There are more male users on the forum, and now most people refer to her using “initial user” or “he”.

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [You seem very gentle in your words]

Ruan Yōu scrolled back through the chat log.

Did she have some misunderstanding about “gentle”?

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [When can we make money together? You can invest in whatever you want, and I’ll provide the capital. We’ll split the profits 60-40. Is that okay with you?

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [You provide the brain, I provide the money.]

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich : [Whatever amount you need, I can find a way.]

Ruan Yōu felt confused.

Was it really a good idea to name herself “Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich”? Saying such things like a wealthy and powerful person, doesn’t it hurt her conscience?

She felt like criticizing and condemning someone.

Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich continued to urge her, using various ways to act cute.

Ruan Yōu didn’t directly refuse.

The invitation from Xuanxuan Wants To Get Rich can perfectly solve her dilemma of not being able to appear easily.

She won’t just invest in stocks all her life. There are thousands of investments in the industry, and there is a lot of money waiting to be made. There will always be times when she needs to come forward to negotiate and solve problems.

This is a very good opportunity.

Ruan Yōu didn’t rush to accept and wanted to test the other party’s seriousness.

The other party seems to be contradicting themselves, sometimes saying that they urgently need to make money for their brother’s star chasing, and other times saying that their brother is very wealthy and is the dream lover of millions of girls, making it difficult to understand.

Overall, their family background should be quite good, and they speak with confidence. They are probably a little princess who had a conflict with their family and came out to earn some living expenses. They tasted success for the first time and their head got hot, seeking further cooperation.

This can easily turn into a temporary whim of being active only occasionally.

[Let’s talk about it later]

Ruan Yōu replied, put down her phone and enjoyed her lunch.

The dining table in the second-floor main dining room was replaced with a slightly larger rectangular one.

It really was just a little bit bigger.

It’s not the same concept as the “slightly larger garden than others,” “slightly larger garage,” and “slightly larger hat room” in Wei Wen’s mouth.

This top wealthy family wants everything to be big, but the dining table in the main restaurant is pitifully small. The dining table in her seventh-floor dining room is twice as big as this one.

This family is a bit peculiar.

Ruan Yōu mentioned it once and never again.

She doesn’t eat in the main dining room often, only when Gu Fuchen is at home. She has only had two meals here in the five days since she returned.

It’s not a big deal to have a smaller table.

When Ruan Yōu sat down in the dining room, Gu Fuchen asked for the food to be served.

During the process, he secretly glanced at his poor little sister, making sure that Ruanruan’s mood had improved and she was in normal condition, so he was silently relieved in his heart.

Just now, Ruanruan was stuttering as she spoke about everything related to investment.

Unable to understand investment books, she bowed her head and blamed herself, saying that she was stupid and didn’t know anything. Even though the best examples in the industry were in front of her, she dared not ask and only dared to ask random people in forums…

Later, when Ruanruan said that she was not suitable for investment and would never read books on investment again, Gu Fuchen was briefly disappointed.

He was disappointed to miss the opportunity to share the same interest with Ruanruan, but he respected and trusted her more.

It was not until Ruanruan said—

“I love money, but only for spending.”

At that moment, Gu Fuchen felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

So it was all a lie.

His sister had deceived him!

Deceived him viciously!!

She would rather fabricate a lie about “liking money” than bother anyone to help her enter the world of investment!!

Ruanruan likes it, but lacks confidence in herself, so she only dares to secretly learn in places where he can’t see her, and occasionally she beats herself up over it.

Gu Fuchen burst into tears on the spot.

It’s okay.

The matter of investment will come slowly.

If Ruanruan lacks confidence, then he will create confidence for her!

Recently, Mary Sue City will hold a large economic forum, and many scions of wealthy families and noble ladies who will inherit family businesses will participate. This is a good opportunity to accumulate connections. Moreover, the four major companies of the top wealthy families which are Bozhan, Lu’s, Fu’s, and Jiang’s will send outstanding talents to the scene for exchange.

It can be said that there will be many industry leaders at the event.

Ruanruan can go there to accumulate experience and pave the way for her future investment career. Even if she only wants to play and learn some knowledge, it is very valuable and different from the small fuss of answering questions on the forum.

In addition to this, Gu Fuchen has other plans.

Since the previous generation, Lu Jin’s family has had a private study course. It takes place twice a week, starting at 8 pm every night, and lasts for two hours each time. Industry experts and big shots come to teach.

In Lu Jin’s generation, there are six family successors participating: Gu Fuchen, Lu Jin, Fu Jiazhan, Jiang Huai, Qi Zhiyan, and Wen Juxi. It is said to be teaching, but it is more like experience exchange between successors.

Many CEOs and executives of Fortune 500 companies also come to exchange insights.

Each lesson is taught by a different person.

This is a private customized exchange course that only top wealthy family members are eligible to participate in.

The six major families belong to different fields, and even if there is overlap in investment, it is a benign cooperation. The family relationships from the previous generations have continued until now, and the relationships have been good for several generations, which has something to do with their close relationships since childhood.

It is not difficult to let Ruanruan join this course, but what worries Gu Fuchen is whether Ruanruan is willing to deal with these people outside.

Ruanruan sleeps until ten o’clock every day. She used to go out shopping when she first came home, but now she doesn’t even step out of the door and seems to be a bit passive and negative.

Gu Fuchen let out a long sigh in his heart and asked the head butler to bring a bottle of red wine from the cellar.

He wanted to drown his sorrows in wine.

Due to the small size of the rectangular table, the family’s chef only prepared eight dishes, one soup, and one dessert for each meal, served on glazed printed plates with delicate portions and presentation.

The butler poured wine for Gu Fuchen and Ruan Yōu.

The deep red wine in the transparent high-footed glass swayed gently, exuding a rich fragrance in an elegant manner.

Ruan Yōu didn’t think too much and took a sip of the wine, focusing on her meal.

She preferred Chinese cuisine.

There are many different types of Chinese cuisine, and one can never get tired of eating them.

Sui Xiang sesame chicken is eaten with the skin and meat together, paired with a sweet and sour dipping sauce, it is fragrant and tender; the stir-fried shrimp is light and delicate, sliding down the throat; the lion head meatballs with crab roe are soft, tender and fresh, with the aroma of crab filling the entire palate, and Ruan Yōu can eat three of them at once.

Ruan Yōu eats comfortably, and Gu Fuchen, who has little appetite, eats more because of her influence.

The dessert is almond pudding and osmanthus cake, which are Ruan Yōu’s favorites.

The almonds are peeled and filtered, then cooked with milk and agar, and refrigerated in the refrigerator. After setting, they are cut into small tofu-shaped cubes, which look like smooth and tender tofu from a distance, with a crispy exterior and a soft interior that melts in the mouth.

Gu Fuchen glanced at her empty plate and asked, “Do you want another serving?”

“No.”

She wasn’t a pig after all.

However, she had the same post-meal hobby as pigs, getting sleepy after eating too much (TヘTo).

She was sure she had gained weight during these past two days.

Ruan Yōu immediately stood up and said, “I’m going for a walk.”

Gu Fuchen wanted to accompany Ruanruan for a walk, but he had a more important task at hand and needed to plan how to enhance Ruanruan’s confidence.

“Let the head butler take you for a stroll around the mansion.”

Gu Fuchen hesitated for a moment, then said again after a while, “How about we play games together tomorrow night?”

He still needs to continue practicing his technical skills today.

Ruan Yōu moved his head and asked, “What time?”

This time, Gu Fuchen did not hesitate at all and replied, “Seven o’clock.”

After Ruan Yōu left the main dining room, Gu Fuchen thoughtfully took the elevator back to his study on the sixth floor. By the time he reached the sixth floor, he had already made all the plans in his mind.

The economic forum in four days would be a great place for Ruanruan to enhance her investment confidence. Once Ruanruan had established the most basic confidence, he could then take her to attend investment courses. Everything would be just right.

The four days of free time would allow him to handle issues related to investment courses and Lu Jin1.

The internal members of the investment course were chosen early on, and there was never a precedent for adding people midway. The decision-making power was in the hands of Father Lu, whom he had a good relationship with and would not become an obstacle. However, Lu Jin, who was a crazy fan, was a restless presence.

When Lu Jin was obsessed with a celebrity, he was not afraid of anyone, not even the Emperor. Ruan Yōu was a former celebrity, and she had dealt with many colleagues in the industry. As far as he knew, Ruan Yōu had once had a disagreement with a male celebrity whom Lu Jin was a fan of.

In his mind, Ruan Yōu’s impression score would decrease. More importantly, Gu Fuchen didn’t know who Lu Jin’s current favorite celebrity was. If it was Ruan Yōu’s rival, and his sister smoothly joined the investment course, she would also be “targeted” by Lu Jin.

First of all, he needed to know who Lu Jin’s favorite celebrity was.

If he asked too directly over the phone, he would be too obvious. He needed to make Lu Jin say it out voluntarily.

Tomorrow’s daytime game time is a good opportunity.

With this settled, Gu Fuchen checked off the investment class on his list and shifted his attention to the Economic Forum.

The invitation letter was easy to handle, he just needed to have the organizer write one, but the key was who would accompany Ruan Yōu to the event.

To avoid exposing Ruan Yōu’s identity, he could not appear in public for the time being.

Gu Fuchen focused his attention on Gu Zexi, who had recently been playing games with him.

They are all are members of the Gu family and he will eventually meet Ruanruan; at the same time, not many people outside of the family know him, his career is neither high nor low, which can give some face to his sister without making her the center of attention.

Gu Fuchen sent the name to Song Wen to investigate, and one minute later, he received a reply.

[Mr. Gu, you probably won’t like this person.]

[ ? ]

[He is a hater of Miss Ruan.]

When Song Wen investigated the information of all the descendants of the Gu family half a year ago, he was impressed by Gu Zexi, who had been a fan of a celebrity.

A few days ago, when Miss Ruan came home, he had forgotten about this matter. When Gu Fuchen mentioned the name, Song Wen vaguely remembered the incident and looked up the information to confirm that he was indeed a black fan of Ruan Yōu.

And he has been one for three whole days.

Young people, they can really go down the wrong path.

Gu Fuchen : ?

We, the Gu family, have a black fan of Ruanruan?

Ah.

[Investigate the fandoms of all members of the Gu family]

Song Wen: …

Are we trying to make the black fans turn into fans?

Gu Fuchen : [Ask Gu Zexi to come see me tomorrow]

Song Wen just dodged a bullet there, what was that all about?: [Understood.]

Later, Song Wen called Gu Zexi, who thought he had gained trust by performing well in playing games with Gu Fuchen, and eagerly nodded along.

Song Wen couldn’t help giving him some advice: “You’re still young, you can’t go down the wrong path.”

“Don’t get involved with pornography, gambling or drugs, be a model young person.”

After a moment of silence, Song Wen emphasized seriously, “In the Gu family, fan affiliation is very important.”

Gu Zexi: ” ? “

It seemed like he understood, yet didn’t.

Just dodged a bullet there, what was that all about?

Could it be that Gu Fuchen is chasing stars recently?

Gu Zexi immediately checked Gu Fuchen’s Weibo, Moments, and Instagram.

They were all work-related posts, and the only thing related to daily life was a picture of a chubby cat posted three days ago.

The cat seemed to belong to Jiang Huai’s family. He saw Jiang’s butler carrying it at the gathering he attended before.

Gu Zexi spent the entire night contemplating at home and struggled to get out of bed at midnight.

After scrolling through Bozhan Group’s response at a small and shabby e-sports club a few days ago, he finally understood.

Bozhan Group’s response was to protect a user named “Fat Cat Who Tries Hard To Spend Money”.

—Jiang Huai’s cat is about to make its debut. Tomorrow, Gu Fuchen will ask him to come over to test whether he can promote a cat as the new top streamer in the entertainment industry.

The pet industry is rapidly developing, and its annual sales are growing exponentially. It is not surprising that Gu Fuchen and Jiang Huai are breaking into the pet industry together.

As the major shareholder of three entertainment companies, Gu Zexi smiled confidently.

The Weibo account of the chubby cat has been opened, and the extravagant character of “trying hard to spend money” has also been established. What is impossible?

From now on, he unilaterally declares that “Fat Cat Who Tries Hard To Spend Money” will become the coolest newcomer in the entertainment industry!!

The next morning, Ruan Yōu looked at the skyrocketing million fans and remained silent for a long time.

What the hell is going on?

1 the raw says Jiang Huai, but I’m pretty sure that Lu Jin makes more sense here…