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

Chapter 6 – Elder brother’s “pain”

The 270° panoramic office with three high walls provided a broad view.

Song Wen came in to report on tomorrow’s arrangements, plus there was a small problem with Country Y’s1 publishing project that needed urgent attention.

Glancing at him, Gu Fuchen continued to type on his phone, “Speak.”

Song Wen stepped forward to report, “In the entertainment industry, the sales of games in this quarter decreased by 0.5% compared to the same period last month…”

Listening attentively, Gu Fuchen continued to type on his phone without pause.

“The overall strategy is fine. It’s a painful transition period. Increase the promotional expenses for this quarter by 3.5%.”

“Yes, sir.”

Song Wen reported item by item, and although Gu Fuchen seemed to be listening casually, he could accurately give advice and direction, pointing out a few small problems during the subsidiary’s bottleneck period in a relaxed manner.

Song Wen admired Gu Fuchen’s natural self-confidence and pride, and didn’t blame that there were rumors in the industry that Gu Fuchen was a legend.

Gu Fuchen pursues efficiency to the extreme, and in the principle that time is money, he would make a phone call rather than send a text message if possible.

Song Wen was curious about which heavyweight figure Gu was discussing cooperation matters with.

Since he was being cautious enough to type slowly and make sure that every word was accurate, it must be about discussing an acquisition project with Country M2.

Cooperating on a project worth billions of dollars indeed requires more caution than usual.

Song Wen carefully arranged the documents that Gu Fuchen needed to review in order of importance. While observing Gu Fuchen’s reaction, he felt delighted inside.

He also learned a business tip – when encountering negotiations with uncertain outcomes, online communication can be used as a solution.

“Now, Gu Fuchen’s chat interface looks like this:

G: [Ruanruan is buying, buying, buying!]

Fu Jiazhan: [Why did you change your profile picture and name to something simpler?]

G: [Preparing for my little sister to add me on WeChat.]

Fu Jiazhan: […]

G: [Those who don’t have a little sister don’t understand the good intentions of being an elder brother. We have nothing to talk about. Goodbye.]

Fu Jiazhan: […?]

Gu Fuchen clicked his tongue a couple of times, feeling no sense of accomplishment as he showed off to someone who doesn’t have a little sister.

He shifted his attention to Song Wen.

“I heard you have a little sister?” he asked.

Song Wen’s speech function faltered for a moment. Who was so bored as to spread rumors that he had a little sister? And to make matters worse, it had reached the boss’s ears?

“Mr. Gu, I don’t have a little sister,” Song Wen replied truthfully.

Gu Fuchen nodded slightly apologetically, a faint smile tugging at the corners of his lips. “Oh, I have.”

Song Wen: ?

Gu Fuchen suppressed the urge to grin and casually added, “She’s using my card to go shopping.”

Song Wen: ??

The truth had finally come to light – it was Mr. Gu who had been spreading rumors.

In just two short days, Song Wen had gained a new understanding of the term “sister fanatic”.

Sister fanatic: a type of supreme being with exceptional intelligence and ability to easily defeat all kinds of monsters and demons before meeting a little sister. Once meeting a little sister, they become possessed and all their IQ was completely crushed to the ground.3

To say it was crushed to the ground is an understatement. Based on Mr. Gu’s childish level, his brain should have been thrown into the depths of the sea, two kilometers below.

Gu Fuchen didn’t care about his image in front of his assistant. He just wanted to know what Ruan Yōu was buying and whether she was happy. Although Wei Wen had initially wanted to report to him, Gu Fuchen restrained himself and refused. Knowing that Ruan Yōu was out shopping today and willing to spend money with the black card, he was already satisfied.

After knowing her location, he got a bit excited and asked for more details at that moment.

But he respected his sister’s personal life and privacy, so he found it strange to have every single detail of her actions reported to others, even family members.

Gu Fuchen gave another two messages to Wei Wen.

[You don’t have to tell me about these things in the future.]
[Give Ruanruan enough personal space. If she doesn’t want the bodyguard to follow, then don’t.]

Before their parents returned to China, apart from the Fu family, the Gu family did not disclose any information about Ruan Yōu to any wealthy families. The family rarely deals with media reporters, and the public is unlikely to know about this matter.

Ruanruan is very safe, and it is a burden to have someone following her.

Wei Wen: [Yes, sir.]

Gu Fuchen held his phone, caught in a long wait.

There was no information about the black card’s spending on the screen.

Ruanruan hadn’t started spending yet.

Gu Fuchen sat in his luxurious office with three panoramic views, feeling a little melancholy. He inexplicably envied the butler and the bodyguards, who could accompany Ruan Yōu all day long. He unconsciously muttered, “Give this position back to Dad, and it wouldn’t be a bad choice for me to switch jobs.”

Song Wen finished organizing the materials and was about to leave when he heard the words, he stopped and asked, “What are you going to do?”

He quickly ran through the recent careers and businesses with promising prospects in his mind.

Gu Fuchen spoke solemnly:

“My sister’s personal butler.”

“?”

Song Wen let out a long sigh, “I wish you a successful job application and a pleasant job transition.”

“Thank you, I accept your blessings.”

“…”

In the shopping mall.

Wei Wen quickly understood Gu Fuchen’s meaning.

The core was just one sentence: she only had one employer, who is Miss, and in the future, she must absolutely serve Miss.

Even if Young Master Gu’s wishes conflicted with Miss’, she should unconditionally stand on Miss’ side.

After confirming this rule, Wei Wen’s work became much easier.

Upon considering the high moral qualities of low-keyness and the disregard for money that Ruan Yōu has demonstrated over the past few days, Wei Wen made an excuse to wait in the parking lot with the bodyguards.

Ruan Yōu nodded repeatedly and suggested, “Have some coffee and take a break.”

Wei Wen and the big bodyguards’ respectful attitude made her uneasy. After they left, Ruan Yōu finally regained her usual shopping state.

However, after about ten minutes of shopping, she realized for the first time that spending money could be so difficult.

This shopping mall is one of the largest in the country, with hundreds of brands and a huge scale, making it a shopper’s paradise.

It’s not far from B University4, and during her freshman year, almost 90% of the female students came here to indulge in window shopping, unable to afford to buy anything. Everyone dreamed of being able to splurge here, ignoring prices and quantities, and whenever they found something they liked, they would just buy it without hesitation.

Ruan Yōu used to be one of them, and this was an essential part of her planned retirement life.

She went straight to the luxury goods area on the seventh floor and went through dozens of big brands one by one. To her “sadness”, she found that the things she liked had all been moved by Wei Wen into the closet.

Even the new season’s items that were not yet available in stores, Wei Wen had them.

Wei Wen really understands her so well!!

The skincare and makeup products were all high-end products carefully selected by professionals based on her skin condition, and they are currently being shipped over.

As for jewelry, she doesn’t have much interest, and the ones she slightly likes in the brand stores are also in the walk-in closet.

—The dangers of having a walk-in closet that’s too big.

Thinking about the anticipation and excitement in Wei Wen’s eyes when she reminded her to spend money, Ruan Yōu felt a headache about not spending money. She didn’t plan on buying things she didn’t like just to spend money. After thinking carefully, she decided to go to the basement to buy some food before going back up to continue shopping.

She couldn’t find the clothing brand that Lu Ming liked for the time being, she would look for it later. The demand is there, and there is always a place to spend money.

No need to panic!

There were many chain snack shops on the basement floor.

As soon as she got downstairs, the fragrance of egg waffles filled the air, and Ruan Yōu felt a little hungry.

“One mango egg waffle, please.”

“Okay.”

Ruan Yōu fumbled for her phone in her big coat, but her pockets were empty.

Her hand stopped.

She had put her phone in her bag after paying for the hotpot earlier, and she had felt that the small bag was troublesome, so she left it behind when she got off the car.

She had completely forgotten about her phone being in the bag.

“Miss?” The shop assistant who was about to make the egg waffle looked at her with confusion.

Ruan You’s cheeks were blushing under the mask.

Wei Wen and the bodyguards are not around.

Her left hand groped for something in her pocket.

“Can I pay by card?” she asked.

“Of course.”

The shopkeeper reached out to accept the card while typing for the receipt.

A fair and slender hand appeared in her line of sight, with translucent and shining fingernails. The thumb and index finger were pinching a completely black card.

The cashier casually took the card and swiped it on the machine. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the card’s appearance. Her hand shook and almost pressed several zeros by mistake.

The black card was low-key and steady, adorned with eight eights5 embellished in gold.

How mysterious and wealthy!

It was the first time she had ever seen an eldest lady using a black card to buy egg waffles.

Well, it made sense.

Of course, what else could an eldest lady use to buy egg waffles if not a black card?

Without eight bodyguards guarding her, and without the respectful introduction of the mall owner, paying with a black card is already low-key enough, isn’t it!

Looking up and seeing the beautiful eldest lady in front of her, she felt that the lady was radiating golden light from head to toe. The novels about wealthy families are not deceiving her. The entrance of the wealthy young lady comes with its own background music. Standing in the crowd, she can easily catch everyone’s attention.

The cashier held back her envy and returned the card with both hands after swiping it.

“There’s still one person ahead of you, please wait about five minutes.”

At this moment, Gu Fuchen sat in his office chair, hands clasped, staring blankly at his phone placed at the center of his desk.

Ding~

The sound of a message rang out.

Gu Fuchen quickly picked up his phone.

The first bill had come.

How much money, how much money, how much had been spent!

Gu Fuchen’s mouth was filled with a brilliant smile.

He looked down at his phone—

…

…

The expense was only 20 yuan.

He looked at it again, making sure there was only one zero.

Gradually, Gu Fuchen’s smile disappeared, his fingers weakened, and the phone fell on the desk with a snap.

He, who had waited so eagerly for the first bill, seemed like a clown.

Gu Fuchen leaned back on the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling, his facial features twisted with distress.

Did his little sister really not know how to spend money!

The phone vibrated a few times, and Gu Fuchen opened it wearily.

New messages kept popping up in the WeChat group named “Successors Who Don’t Want to Be Successors (4)”.

Lu Jin：[Why is life so full of troubles!]

Gu Fuchen perked up.

G：[Tell us about it, it might make you feel better.]

Lu Jin：[I heard your sister went home? Then you must understand me.]

Gu Fuchen sat up straight, intending to have a heartfelt conversation with Lu Jin about being “fellow wanderers in this world, so we should know each other”6.

A new message popped up in the group chat.

Lu Jin: [My sister Lu Xuan’s credit card was cut off by our dad, and she keeps asking me to pay for her shopping and pick her up afterwards. So annoying.]

G: [ . ]

Get lost!

Lu Jin then proceeded to do a long stand-up comedy routine in the group chat, complaining about his sister using him as a chauffeur, and then ranting about how he unfollowed a certain A-list male and female celebrity and became a fan of a new one.

He didn’t talk about the specific details of his new idol, only said that it’s hard to be her fan.

In the group chat, Gu Fuchen, Fu Jiazhan, and Jiang Huai couldn’t be bothered to respond to him.

Lu Jin’s only hobby is star-chasing, a secret known only to his three friends in the group chat.

In the world of the wealthy families, nine out of ten people don’t pay attention to the entertainment industry. Lu Jin’s parents think that this circle is too superficial. When Lu Jin’s sister, Lu Xuan, wanted to enter the entertainment industry to have some fun, she was severely criticized by their parents. Naturally, Lu Jin kept his hobby of chasing stars a secret.

It’s funny to talk about it.

As the heir of a leading company in the IT industry, he had to be a freeloading fan and couldn’t spend a penny on it. In public, he had to pretend to be aloof when accidentally meeting his idols, so as not to be discovered by his parents or family.

Poor guy.

But Gu Fuchen would never admit that he envied Lu Jin now.

How did he not know that Lu Xuan was so ambitious that she made her brother carry her bags, swipe his card, and provide her with exclusive car services every day? Just thinking about it made him envious.

Gu Fuchen was deeply affected and decided to rush into the shopping mall to show his little sister what it means to “spend money.”

As he walked to the assistant’s office area, Song Wen instinctively followed and reported some good news with a smile, “The fund manager said that your recent private wealth management business has earned a total of 1.2 billion.”

Gu Fu Chen’s footsteps paused, and in slow motion, like a scene from a movie, he turned his head to look at Song Wen with a hint of pain in his dark eyes.

He had earned 1.2 billion, but his sister had only used 20 yuan.

Good.

Really good!

Gu Fu Chen gritted his teeth and said, “Don’t tell me about these things in the future.”

Song Wen : “?”

After saying “Don’t follow me, I’m handling personal matters,” Gu Fuchen left the office with heavy footsteps and drove straight to the shopping mall.

This trip to the shopping mall was of great importance to him.

Ruanruan, who didn’t care about money, finally agreed to spend some, but only spent twenty yuan. This action made Gu Fuchen both afraid and heartbroken.

He was afraid that the Gu family wouldn’t be able to keep his noble-minded sister, and he was heartbroken that his sister’s first expenditure was only twenty yuan. Presumably, she had gone through many such days before, which was painful to think about.

He had to “correct” her attitude towards money.

If his sister couldn’t buy it, then he would do it!

When the car stopped in the shopping mall parking lot, Gu Fuchen received a very important call一 from his parents who were far away overseas.

A glint of light flashed in his pitch-black eyes, and Gu Fuchen quickly answered the call.

It was time to let his parents teach his sister how to buy buy buy.

1 I forgot to put a note for it when this Country Y appeared before, so I’ll put it here. In Chinese novels, Country Y usually refers to England, but this is not definite depending on the author. It could also be a completely fictive country.

2 same with 1 but Country M usually refers to America

3 basically, it means his IQ dropped so much that he became stupid

4 same concept with 1. This is my own assumption, but B University might refer to Peking University, and A University that appeared previously might refer to Tsinghua University.

5 for those who are confused like me, this is saying that the card number is 8888 8888

6 I don’t know what’s this supposed to mean, but I assume Gu Fuchen is talking about having the same pain as an elder brother, so they should understand each other.