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

Chapter 44 一 The Heavenly Chosen Sign-In Person and The Heavenly Chosen Worker.

The room quieted for a while.

Ruan Yōu lowered her head, her shiny clear apricot eyes rolled twice, wandering back and forth between Gu Fuchen and the check-in page on his phone. She hesitated to speak, and after a long while, she asked a deep and serious question:

“This can even be ranked first?”

The corners of Gu Fuchen’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up, a little proud: “Fans of the super topic all praise me as the ‘Heavenly Chosen Sign-In Person.'”

Ruan Yōu: ?

“And you’re still proud?”

一 As the president of Bozhan group and the heir of Gu family, getting caught, shouldn’t you feel a little ashamed instead of proud??

Gu Fuchen straightened his mouth, placed his hands flat on the table, and sat upright: “Not really 一 too proud.”

Just a little bit of pride.

But that’s not something you can say.

Ruan Yōu picked up Gu Fuchen’s phone from the table and carefully scrolled through the super topics on his phone.

It was lively and bustling in the comments section of the latest check-in post.

【Why isn’t The Only Brother showing off? Could it be that he didn’t come first this time?】

【Our heavenly chosen sign-in person never makes mistakes!】

【The Only Brother was born to be the first to sign in. How could he inexplicably lose the first place?】

【Who is it! Who took away our only immortal glory? Come out 一 I’ll give you a thumbs-up (dog head emoji).】

. . . . .

It can be seen that The Only Brother has become the backbone of Ruan Yōu’s topic. Everyone knows him, and no one is praising him seriously; they are all teasing him.

It shows how approachable The Only Brother is in ordinary times.

If the fans of the topic knew that the person they tease every day is the person in charge of Bozhan Group, they would probably go crazy one by one.

Outside the window, everything is quiet. The study on the sixth floor is extremely quiet, occasionally hearing the sound of bubbles when scrolling to the next page on Weibo.

Ruan Yōu’s action of brushing the topic doesn’t stop, and the more she brushes, the more anxious Gu Fuchen becomes.

She doesn’t say a word, just diligently scrolls back and forth here.

Gu Fuchen sits at his desk, resembling a student caught by the teacher for daydreaming during class.

Nervous, weak, and helpless.

Before today, Ruan Yōu still naively believed that The Only Brother was Lu Jin, and even asked him to change his name in the afternoon.

When Gu Fuchen received the news, he was very happy, but when he saw his sister, he felt extremely nervous. Now that the lie has been exposed, the situation is critical. The just-repaired sibling relationship cannot be broken like this.

But when it comes to explaining, he doesn’t know where to start.

Gu Fuchen cleared his throat and said, “The super topic are very interesting. You can look at them when you’re bored.”

Ruan Yōu noticed that he was clearly avoiding the topic and unwilling to tell the truth. She didn’t ask why the person they had met last time was Lu Jin, but simply indicated the time for him to see.

“Midnight, it’s midnight now!” Ruan Yōu emphasized, “Don’t participate in such activities anymore in the future. Mom always tells you to finish your work and rest early after dinner. There’s no need to stay up late for no reasons!”

Gu Fuchen hesitated to speak, but Ruan Yōu added suddenly, “If you say that participating in this childish first sign-in competition is important, I’ll announce it on the Weibo tomorrow that The Only Brother is the president of Bozhan Group! Right! Now!”

Gu Fuchen: …

Ruan Yōu handed the phone back to Gu Fuchen, still not understanding, with a frowning face: “Brother, you are Bozhan’s heir, a business legend in the public, an idol to countless people, and the recognized overbearing president of thousands of girls. Didn’t you feel even a hint of embarrassment when you participated in the first sign-in competition?”

Gu Fuchen: “Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?”

“Of course, the truth!”

Gu Fuchen answered straightforwardly, “No.”

Ruan Yōu: Grandpa on the subway looks at his phone.jpg

If Gu Fuchen hesitated for two seconds, she could deceive herself and say, “My brother is not childish enough to be at the level of an elementary school student.”

Since her sister had discovered everything, Gu Fuchen didn’t want to continue pretending in front of her.

However, seeing Ruan Yōu’s complex expression and her difficulty in speaking, it was obvious that she couldn’t accept his image yet. Gu Fuchen couldn’t help but drag Lu Jin into this, using him as a shield to maintain his own image.

“It’s not just me who participated in the first sign-in competition, Lu Jin did too. Not only did he participate, but his performance was also poor.”

The implied meaning is:

Compared to Lu Jin, who is incapable in every aspect, he is already outstanding enough.

Ruan Yōu remained silent for two seconds, feeling that her brother showed no remorse. As he continued speaking, he even started to feel proud rather than ashamed. Her heart was filled with complexity, extreme complexity.

Her brother’s fervent protection of herself in the super topic naturally moved her. However, couldn’t he use a bit of a normal person’s thinking process or approach?

It was too late for her to dwell on it anymore. She spoke earnestly, “Brother, take a rest.”

Before leaving, Ruan Yōu reminded him again, “Tomorrow, I don’t want to see you in the first sign-in competition.”

Gu Fuchen behaved obediently, with his hands folded like an elementary school student, nodding as if pecking at grains like a little chicken.

After Ruan Yōu left, he sighed with despair.

Opening the super topic, Gu Fuchen posted a melancholic message:

【@The Only Brother: Starting from tomorrow, I won’t participate in the first sign-in competition anymore.】

As soon as this statement came out, the entire trending topic exploded.

【? ? ?】

【I haven’t looked at the super topic for three minutes, and our family is gone?】

【The Only Brother, are you going to abandon Ruan Yōu! !】

【No! You! Can’t! You are Ruan Yōu’s only true male fan (desperately shouting)】

【Did you climb the wall? Where did you run off to?】

. . . . .

Gu Fuchen explained in the comments section:

【I’ll still be a fan, just not participating anymore】

【Then why? If you have any difficulties, speak up and let’s discuss together (except for money)】

【Since the first sign-in competition, the activity level of our fan group has been gradually increasing. So awesome, plus!】

【The only one who has made outstanding contributions must not leave!】

【@The Only Brother: No, my sister doesn’t allow me to stay up late.】

. . . . .

The fan group was quiet for two seconds, and after two seconds, it exploded.

【? ? ? Showcasing your sister, right?】

【I thought something happened to you just now (like the inheritance dispute in a melodramatic rich family novel, or your parents scolding you for spending too much time chasing stars, or some problem at work), but now that I see your reply, it turns out that I was the clown all along.】

【After all the fuss, you’re here to show off your sibling relationship. Damn it, you’re making it sound like I don’t have any siblings. Now I’m going home to cry with my brothers and sisters (well, actually I don’t have any).】

【Does everyone still remember why The Only Brother doesn’t allow people to call him “brother” as an abbreviation? (dog head emoji)】

【I know the answer to this one. It’s because he said he only has one sister and doesn’t want others to call him “brother”.】

【Oh, I see. So The Only Brother is a sister-con. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you.】

【Bring your sister here for us to see, let her join the competition for being the first to check in together. Problem solved.】

【Hehehe, I want to see your sister +1】

. . . . .

After this battle, The Only Brother left the first sign-in competition.

There were some who felt regretful, and some who lamented, as the glory of Ruan Yōu’s sign-in competition was about to become history. However, many people were secretly gossiping about the identity of The Only Brother‘s sister.

As they were chatting, someone mentioned something:

Ruan Yōu’s brother, Ruan Chenchen, is also very good and an excellent brother!!

【I have a bold guess, The Only Brother is Ruan Chenchen…】

This guess is indeed bold, without evidence, yet it involuntarily makes people want to believe.

At three in the morning, #RuanChenchenTheOnlyBrother# briefly made it to the back of the entertainment hot search list, although it was only in the thirties, it shows that the discussion level is not low.

Gu Fuchen, Ruan Yōu, and Song Wen, who always helps Gu Fuchen handle these things, have fallen asleep, and no one noticed this matter.

The next morning, Ruan Yōu slept until nine o’clock. When she woke up, Lu Xuan had already finished washing up and was wandering aimlessly in the manor. After a lap, she returned to the seventh floor and saw Ruan Yōu just starting to eat breakfast. Surprised, she said, “Sister Yōuyōu, do you wake up at this time every day?”

Ruan Yōu nodded.

What a perfect salted fish life, without pressure, and free to do as one pleases~

“Has no one mentioned it to you?”

“No~”

Lu Xuan felt envious.

She used to have the habit of being lazy and staying in bed, but under the guidance of Mother Lu, the family’s housekeeper forcefully wakes her up, and now she has developed the uncomfortable habit of getting up at 7:30 in the morning.

Lu Xuan sat down across from Ruan Yōu with boredom and asked, “What are we going to do today?”

Ruan Yōu already had a plan.

“Let’s go see some paintings.”

Lu Xuan perked up and her eyes sparkled, “An art exhibition?”

“No, let’s go to the sixth floor.”

“?”

. . . . .

Shortly after returning home, when the old butler took Ruan Yōu to the sixth floor for the first time, she happened to see the neatly hung crayon drawings in the living room, the kind of children’s drawings that many kids in kindergarten would make.

Ruan Yōu had also drawn similar ones when she was in the orphanage.

What a family portrait and dreams, these are the things they would draw.

It is said that Ruan Yōu wants to see the things from Gu Fuchen’s childhood. Ruan Liuyu happily took her and Lu Xuan to the sixth floor. When they pulled back the off-white curtain, Ruan Liuyu introduced, “These are all drawings your brother made when he was five or six years old.”

In the first year after Little Yōuyōu went missing, Little Gu Fuchen didn’t speak much and counseling from a psychologist didn’t help. He resisted and refused to listen when spoken to. Gu Youqian and Ruan Liuyu could only follow the doctor’s advice and stay by their son’s side all day, while also sending people to search for their daughter, feeling exhausted.

Following the doctor’s recommendation, Gu Fuchen’s mood gradually improved. Ruan Liuyu had a psychologist guide him in drawing and providing psychological counseling. These are the drawings from that time.

Lifting the veil, the crooked crayon drawings covered almost half of the wall.

When Ruan Yōu first came to the sixth floor, the old butler invited her to see these artworks, but she refused at that time.

She didn’t want to see the scenes of “Mom, Dad, and him” painted by her brother, depicting a happy family.

Now, she saw every crayon drawing on the wall.

Outside the window, the sky was cloudless and beautifully blue. The piercing sunlight was warm and poured in through the French window, illuminating Ruan Yōu standing in front of the window and the crayon drawings on the wall.

A few rays of sunlight fell on the wall.

In the center of the drawing, the crooked little figures lined up. The father in a black suit and the mother in a red dress stood tall, while the little boy in the middle wore a blue outfit, tears streaming down his face. Next to him, there was a little girl wearing a pink dress, holding a lollipop.

Ruan Yōu felt a twinge in her nose.

In each painting related to the family portrait, there are four people.

Dad, mom, brother, and her.

Her brother has never left her behind, not even in the painting.

They are all waiting for her to come home.

At noon, Ruan Yōu held three paintings of her brother’s childhood in the study, while Lu Xuan rode her bicycle around the estate. There was only her in the study.

One family portrait; two background paintings neatly placed on the white desk.

In the two background paintings, there was only Gu Fuchen sitting alone in front of a blue background, looking somewhat lonely and desolate.

Not only that, in little Gu Fuchen’s artwork, whenever he drew himself and drew his own front-facing appearance, his face was always tearful and crying.

Little Gu Fuchen really liked the color blue. He always wore blue clothes, and the background was always a large expanse of deep blue.

“Why are you looking so serious?”

Suddenly, a gentle voice echoed in the study.

Ruan Yōu quickly put away the three paintings and as she placed them in a folder, she looked up and called out, “Mom.”

Ruan Liuyu personally brought her a fruit plate and milk, saying, “You ate too little for lunch.”

She glanced at the folder Ruan Yōu just closed, and brought her daughter to sit in front of the sofa, saying, “Have something to eat.”

Ruan Yōu took a bright red cream strawberry and took a small bite. It was sweet with a hint of sourness, not greasy, and very delicious. After taking a few bites, she couldn’t help but say: “I noticed when I was looking at the painting just now, it seems like my brother wasn’t very happy in the painting.”

Ruan Liuyu was taken aback for a moment, then said after a pause: “You were missing for over a year back then, how could he be happy.”

Ruan Yōu shook her head slightly.

Emotions come and go quickly for children at the age of five or six, and they are not affected by the same thing for a whole year.

Even for adults, sadness should have weakened after a year, let alone a “carefree” child.

Children never hold grudges, they are always innocent, and they don’t bury things deep in their hearts like adults do. It’s not normal for my brother to be upset for so long.

She didn’t pursue this topic any further.

“It seems like my brother really likes blue?”

At this point, Ruan Liuyu noticeably perked up.

“Your older brother’s childhood dream was to become an astrophysicist, researching space and the universe. However, it seems like he matured overnight and never mentioned this dream again. He wholeheartedly followed your father and focused on inheriting and managing Bozhan. He was only nine years old at that time.”

Ruan Yōu: “Nine years old? Dreams can change in just a couple of years…”

Ruan Liuyu advised her to rest well and not think too much, then left the study after a few instructions.

Ruan Yōu stared at the brightly colored organic strawberries grown in their own garden, lost in thought.

Ten minutes later, a phone call interrupted her contemplation.

“Cousin, a big shot is joining your team as a jungler.”

Ruan Yōu responded nonchalantly, “How big can it be?”

It was probably just some former champion or e-sports player worth a couple of million yuan, which she could afford.

After living in the wealthy household for a month, Ruan Yōu had developed an indifferent and carefree attitude towards money, like that of Versailles.

Gu Zexi said, “Qi Nuo, the youngest son of the Qi family, has been playing in the league for two seasons. You probably don’t know him, right? He’s become a free agent this season and is joining the RG team as a jungler, without asking for any money.”

“So, cousin, your team now has a young master who will start working for you for free.”

Ruan Yōu: ?

Thinking of the 100 million yuan that Elder Qi gave, Ruan Yōu’s head throbs.

She hasn’t done anything to Qi Zhiyan yet, and the task arranged by Elder Qi hasn’t even started, but she has received 100 million yuan plus a member of a prestigious family.

Her phone vibrates, she looks down, and Qi Nuo sends her a text message.

【Hey, Sister Yōuyōu, my name is Qi Nuo, and I’m Qi Zhiyan’s younger brother. This year, I became a free agent and have been considering leaving the team. When I saw that your team is recruiting a jungler, I wanted to join your team to learn and serve. My jungling rhythm is excellent, but I didn’t get along well with the support and top laner in my previous team. I hope you can agree. I will definitely work hard. I don’t want money, insurance, or benefits. I don’t want anything except staying in the RG team to compete in e-sports.】

This…

Ruan Yōu takes a deep breath.

Is this ‘The Heavenly Chosen Worker’ that the boss likes so much?

Qi Nuo, you are the perfect employee!