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

Chapter 5 – “Please, please spend some money quickly.”

As expected by Wei Wen, Ruan Yōu calmly refused the transfer agreement worth several hundred billion yuan.

Ruan Yōu remained expressionless and stiff.

She never expected to receive such a hot potato on the second day of her return home.

Ruan Yōu does like money.

But she was afraid of trouble.

Accepting this inheritance means that she will be truly bound to the top wealthy family, and she, as someone who avoids trouble, does not want to deal with the potential crises that come with it, such as power struggles for inheritance rights or potential threats from uncles and aunts.

Apart from avoiding trouble, there is also a deeper reason.

Ruan Yōu has not fully integrated into the family yet, so she cannot persuade herself to accept this “ill-gotten wealth”.

“Well, you can have me sign a document rejecting the gift of property,” Ruan Ruan said softly.

This also shows her attitude of not intending to compete for the family’s assets with her powerful and dominant CEO brother.

Gu Fuchen happily works for the group; she’s happy being a salted fish.

Truly a mutual happiness.

While, Wei Wen is on the verge of tears.

Young Master Gu tasked her with trying to lead Miss into the bad habit of worshipping money, but the Miss is completely unmoved.

Suppressing her inner pain, Wei Wen maintains a polite smile on her face and says, “Miss, would you accept this black card? It can be used to purchase products anywhere in the world.”

Apart from purchasing properties worth hundreds of millions or cars, yachts, and the like, which Young Master Gu is currently preparing for Miss, the problem is not the products themselves but how to deliver them.

Documents and black cards need to be delivered, so that Wei Wen can report back.

Ruan Yōu misunderstood and thought this was a “little reward” given by Gu Fuchen after she refused to sign the document. Seeing Wei Wen’s insistence, Ruan Yōu took it and casually put it in her coat pocket.

It was almost time for lunch with her best friend Lu Ming.

Whether it was Ruan Yōu’s illusion or not, the car she was driving, with four circles as its logo, was just as comfortable as yesterday’s Phantom, with spacious interior and a super smooth ride.

Ruan Yōu and Lu Ming are meeting at a self-service hotpot restaurant near B University.

Today, Ruan Yōu is wearing a oversized retro deep brown jacket with a milky white collared puff sleeve sweater underneath, and black wide-leg pants that perfectly show off her supermodel-like long legs and slender waist. Her simple elegance is mixed with a hint of playfulness.

Ruan Yōu didn’t wear the expensive watch and jewelry recommended by Wei Wen, only choosing black and white contrasting pearl earrings.

Lu Ming has always known that Ruan Yōu is very beautiful. Now, she looks like a lazy young lady out on the street, understated but still catching everyone’s attention.

Outside the hotpot restaurant, Lu Ming waved to Ruan Yōu and ran over.

“Beautiful lady, let me touch your waist.”

Ruan Yōu smiled and dodged her “lecherous hand”. Finally, she let her guard down, and after touching her waist twice, Lu Ming asked, “Are you cold?”

“It’s alright.”

After being a celebrity for three years, her ability to resist the cold had increased day by day.

Lu Ming laughed and tightened her brown coat, and at the same time, she hugged Ruan Yōu’s waist and led her into the hot pot restaurant.

While Lu Ming scanned the QR code to order, she said, “I was busy with my mentor all day yesterday. I went back to the dormitory and slept at twelve o’clock at night. I found out that you quit the entertainment industry when my classmates were discussing about you in class this morning.”

“Your execution is really fast. You quit the industry as soon as you said you would. It’s impressive to avoid the struggle of working hard for 400,000 RMB1 at such a young age!”

Ruan Yo was slightly stunned and asked, “Didn’t you watch the live stream yesterday?”

“No, my mentor was annoying,” Lu Ming couldn’t help but complain, “You have no idea how tired I was yesterday. Mentor Li is a perfectionist. I spent the whole day in the library looking for papers, helping him fill out forms. I had no time to watch live streams.”

“Never mind about those miserable things. Take off your mask now. This restaurant is not crowded.”

Because Ruan Yōu is a celebrity, Lu Ming came early to occupy a corner seat.

Having a celebrity best friend, Lu Ming had considered it very thoughtfully.

Ruan Yōu twisted her beautiful eyebrows.

Yesterday, when she hung up on Gu Fuchen’s phone call regarding her retirement from the industry, she received a call from Lu Ming.

It’s just that after she left the live broadcast room, the call was hung up.

She believed that Lu Ming wouldn’t lie to her.

Ruan Yo asked, “Did you lend your phone to someone yesterday?”

“I was too busy yesterday to remember. Duan Dai seemed to have lost her phone in the library and came to borrow my phone to make a call.”

Lu Ming was so busy at that time that she didn’t even notice this matter.

“Why do you ask?”

Ruan Yōu snapped back to reality, “It’s nothing. I received your call yesterday afternoon and thought you needed me for something.”

Lu Ming didn’t pay much attention and kept putting meat into the hotpot, saying, “She probably dialed the wrong number. Come on, let’s eat hotpot and work hard!”

Ruan Yōu nodded and suddenly spoke up, “Don’t have any contact with her in the future.”

Duan Dai was her roommate when she was a freshman and hadn’t debuted yet.

A definite Bai Fu Mei2.

However, her relationship with Duan Dai had never been good. During military training, Duan Dai slandered her for stealing her high-end perfume, spreading rumors with ease. During that time, Ruan You fought hard to clear her name.

After that incident, she understood that most people aren’t looking for the truth, they only believe what they want to believe.

Belatedly, Lu Ming remembered the incident during their freshman year of military training and expressed remorse: “I was wrong, I was wrong. I was too busy at the time and didn’t pay attention to who was talking to me. I just brushed her off. I won’t do it again next time. We are the indestructible good friends. Rich woman, I’m still waiting for you to get rich and support me, take me to the island for a happy retirement life.”

Ruan You lightly laughed: “I’ll try my best. By the way, can you recommend some professional finance books for me? I want to learn finance again.”

Ruan Yōu was a quick learner from a young age. If she hadn’t been discovered by a talent scout and entered the entertainment industry, she would definitely have been known as the top student in the finance department of A University today, with a chance at offers from the top four or five hundred companies in China.

Lu Ming admired Ruan Yōu very much.

Since her school days, Ruan Yōu has been an extremely planned and disciplined person. Once she sets her mind on something, no matter how difficult it is, she will complete it.

After entering the entertainment industry, she learned acting, maintained her figure, and studied dubbing. She mastered all the necessary skills to become an excellent actress, and went further and further along that path. Unexpectedly, she decided to retire and didn’t look back.

Now, netizens are still clamoring for her to come back.

Lu Ming : “Okay, I’ll make a reading list for you when we get back.”

The two of them started to enjoy their hotpot meal, but as they ate, Lu Ming started to feel that something was wrong.

Four big men and a woman at the next table kept looking over at them from time to time.

Lu Ming became alert and whispered, “Ruanruan, we should call the police.”

“Hmm?”

“The men and woman at that table are all staring at you, I’m scared,” said Lu Ming.

Ruan Yōu looked over.

Wei Wen respectfully nodded and smiled at her.

The dishes on their table were hardly touched, and the four bodyguards picked up their chopsticks from time to time to take a few bites, but they didn’t really eat.

Perhaps it was a rule?

Ruan Yōu tilted her head and thought for a moment, then sent a message to Wei Wen: [Don’t waste the food, I’ll treat you to this meal.]

Wei Wen: …

[Yes.]

The four bodyguards obediently and excitedly continued to eat their food.

Lu Ming: ???

Ruan Yōu doesn’t plan to hide anything, and she needs her longtime friend to help her with her troubles.

“My biological parents found me yesterday. They are abroad and can’t come back for now, but I met my elder brother.”

Lu Ming pursed her lips, her expression serious.

Family affection is the only soft spot and weakness of Ruan Yōu. The pain caused by the family she grew up with has accompanied her for many years, but she has always dealt with it well.

“Are they very rich?”

She saw Ruan Yōu’s new car today.

“Yeah.”

“What level?”

Ruan Yōu paused and said honestly, “Four bodyguards and a personal butler, they came in two Rolls-Royce Phantoms.”

Lu Ming : …..

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ming said, “Let me calm down for a moment, I know what you are struggling with.”

When Ruan Yōu decided to retire and start her “true passion” in life, no one could hold her back. However, the appearance of family members at this time would become a psychological barrier she could not overcome.

Ruan Yōu’s feelings towards her family are like the two ex-boyfriends that Lu Ming has encountered.

The first one dumped her, and the second one cheated on her, causing Lu Ming’s heart to be broken. Once bitten, twice shy. In the two years since then, Lu Ming has not dated anyone.

Ruan Yōu’s symptoms are more severe than hers.

She was with the first family during her childhood, then she was with the second family for seven or eight years, but both results were not good. The walls that Ruan Yōu built in her heart are much higher than Lu Ming’s.

Generally, when faced with this kind of trauma, one can either slowly heal, running away as Lu Ming did, or use alcohol to numb the pain and find someone else.

Lu Ming didn’t have the courage.

It was too painful to know the truth.

When she heard that Ruan Yōu was going to stay at home for half a month to wait for her parents to come back, Lu Ming was surprised.

She understands Ruan Yōu.

Staying for half a month largely means that Ruan Yōu is reconciling with her past and compromising with her family, but she hasn’t fully expressed it.

Ruanruan has given herself a deadline of half a month, which is her armor of self-protection. If her parents and brother are like her two previous adoptive parents, she will leave without hesitation.

As for what was said earlier about “her brother may value the family property,” it’s just a superficial excuse.

Even having such a brother could provide emotional buffering for Ruan Yōu.

If it had been warm care and love from the beginning, Ruan Yōu would not have been able to resist and would feel awkward, even scared.

The walls around her heart need to be slowly broken down.

As for the so-called family property drama, it’s not even a thing. Who would drag someone who’s just lying flat like a salted fish into the center of a fight?

What, invite the salted fish in to watch the show and eat melon seeds?

Ruan Yōu poked at the seaweed in her bowl and asked, “Do you think this is the right thing to do?”

Lu Ming nodded, her voice gentle and sincere, “Ruan Yōu, I don’t think you should question yourself. You have always known what you want, pursued it with determination, and have been a role model for me.”
“Actually, taking a step back, your brother is a good match for you,” she continued.

Ruan Yōu understood instantly.

“Your brother values power and influence, which you don’t like. But every time he tries to push you out of the inheritance battle, you end up achieving what you wanted, and it’s a win-win situation for both of you,” said Lu Ming, suddenly smiling. “If he was a lazy person who just wanted you to inherit the family property, you would be in big trouble.”

Thinking of that scenario, Ruan Yōu shuddered.

“Let’s not talk about horror scenarios,” Ruan Yōu said.

“I think you can relax and accept everything now. At worst, you can just take a few hundred million from them and go live on that island.” Lu Ming paused for a moment, then added, “Oh, don’t forget to take me with you.”
“When we are rich and prosperous, we must not forget our friends.”

Ruan Yōu’s expression relaxed as she nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Sometimes, those who are in the midst of things cannot see things as clearly as those who are on the sidelines.

At first, the ending of the novel made people feel uneasy, but now, thinking about it, having a workaholic brother like Gu Fuchen is really lucky.

Working hard to make money and contributing so much to the family, what’s wrong with having some power and status?

It’s what Gu Fuchen deserves!

From now on, she will be Gu Fuchen’s career fan. If he’s a salted fish, she’ll immediately get anxious.

Lu Ming’s comfort was very helpful. After finishing the hotpot, she still had to hurry back to assist her mentor.

Before leaving, while fiddling with Ruan Yōu’s coat, Lu Ming reminded her again and again, “Remember to take care of me when you get rich.”

Ruan You nodded repeatedly and sent Lu Ming back to school.

When she was a freshman, Ruan Yōu switched majors and studied at the film and television academy of A University because she wanted to enter the entertainment industry. During her freshman and sophomore years, she studied professional courses and made films at the same time, and after earning enough credits, she got through those tough days.

After this trip, Ruan Yōu didn’t hurry back. She wanted to go shopping at the mall and buy some clothes, one set for herself and one set for her best friend Lu Ming.

Just as she got on the car, Lu Ming sent her a message : [Ruanruan, don’t be afraid. If you fall this time, come to me quickly, and I’ll take you to eat and drink well! Before you fall, please enjoy the life of the wealthy family. This kind of experience is rare in the world, and I’m getting sour like a lemon3!]

Lu Ming : [Whatever the rich lady wants me to do, I’ll do it!]

As she was speaking, Wei Wen came over and Ruan Yōu asked, “Can you help me investigate someone?”

She wasn’t generous enough to let Duan Dai continue to cause trouble behind the scenes, and more importantly, she might still have a problem by being sarcastic to Lu Ming. This was also one of the issues she had to deal with when leaving the entertainment industry.

Ruan Yōu’s current focus was on three tasks: reading and studying finance, dealing with small issues after leaving the industry, and continuing to maintain her “salted fish” lifestyle while subtly expressing her attitude of not competing for family assets with Gu Fuchen.

Wei Wen frowned and said, “Miss, please try to use more appropriate language.”

Ruan Yōu hesitated for a while and rubbed her forehead, “Help me investigate a person.”

Wei Wen smiled, “Sure, please tell me.”

In accordance with Ruan Yōu’s request to investigate Duan Dai, Wei Wen also did not forget the task assigned by Young Master Gu.

“Miss, do you need to go to a department store, 4S shop, sales center, auction house, or antique collector house?”
“Or, should I find 28 male models to hold a private fashion show for you?”

Wei Wen smiled politely, but her face was full of urgency that said “please, please spend some money quickly”.

Ruan You : …..

“Forget about the male models, just go to the mall,” she said.

Wei Wen : !!!

She immediately forwarded the good news to Young Master Gu.

Gu Fuchen was looking at some documents when he received this news. He almost wanted to rush to Ruan Yōu’s side with a group of people to carry her shopping bags.

He wanted to see which mall was lucky enough to be favored by his little sister.

As long as she didn’t go to the mall owned by Shen Muming, who had been at odds with him since childhood and had years of grievances with him, it would be fine.

He had already exhausted all his patience by not throwing Shen Muming out of the Gu’s banquet the last time. If his little sister went shopping at his mall…

Hmph.

Fifteen minutes later…

[Miss Ruan has arrived at the largest shopping mall under the Shen family.]

Gu Fuchen : [ . ]

Oh.

He forgave Shen Muming.

1 RMB equals to yuan (CNY). Previously, Ruan Yōu said that she has 4 mil yuan deposit. I don’t know if one of the two nominal is typo by the author, or if Lu Ming is talking about something else. Just for reference, 400k CNY is almost 58k USD, so 4 mil CNY is almost 580k USD.

2 白富美 (Bái fùměi) is a Chinese slang term used to describe a woman who is beautiful, wealthy, and has a privileged upbringing.

3 jealous