Ruan Chen casually folded the takoyaki box, stuffed it into the side pocket of her backpack, and walked over quickly.
She saw Fu Jianzhi's small body being cornered against the wall by two much taller older students, his eyes filled with panic.
She recognized the two as being from the third year of junior high school, sitting in the row in front of and behind Ruan Luo during recess.
Just as Ruan Chen was about to walk over and pull Fu Jianzhi out, she saw someone come out of the internet cafe in the alley and walk towards Fu Jianzhi.
It is Ruan Luo.
He was carrying a schoolbag in one hand, his school uniform draped over his shoulder, yawning, and even had a cigarette between his fingers!
Ruan Chen had no doubt that if Ruan Zhengde knew that his carefully groomed successor was like this, he would not hesitate to break Ruan Luo's legs and then drag Ye Huanhuan to practice the trumpet.
From Ruan Chen's perspective, she saw Ruan Luo walk straight towards Fu Jianzhi, and then she heard Fu Jianzhi pleading, "Brother Ruan Luo, I really don't have any money left, can I give it to you tomorrow?"
Fu Jianzhi trembled with fear.
Just then, a clear, bright female voice angrily rebuked, "Ruan Luo, have I been giving you too much face these past two months?"
She kicked one of the boys holding Fu Jianzhi in the leg. With a clear cracking sound and a scream, she nimbly dodged another boy's outstretched hand and kicked him hard in the back of the knee, dislocating his shoulder joint.
This is all thanks to her training with Ruan Wenlou over the past two months.
Seeing that Ruan Chen was no pushover, the two didn't dare to say a word and staggered away, supporting each other.
Only Ruan Luo remained, with a cigarette between his fingers.
Ruan Chen didn't bother to say a word to him. For Ye Huanhuan's sake, she didn't want to fight with Ruan Luo. She took Fu Jianzhi's hand and said, "I'll take you home."
Fu Jianzhi looked up at her, his eyes filled with admiration and joy. "Sister, I knew you would save me."
Ruan Luo finally came to her senses, "Hey, whose kid is this? I don't recognize him at all!"
Ruan Chen gave him a disappointed look. "Ruan Luo, if you dared to admit it, I might think more highly of you, but look at the state you've become! You should have an elective class at this hour, right? What are you doing? Smoking, skipping class, surfing the internet..."
"It really wasn't me! Do you think I'd need money to ask such a brat for it!"
"Who knows you?" Ruan Chen smiled dismissively. "Ruan Luo, you'd better think about how you're going to explain this to your parents when you get back."
Seeing that Ruan Chen was about to turn and leave without listening to his explanation, Ruan Luo got really anxious and went up to grab Ruan Chen's shoulder.
Ruan Chen shielded Fu Jianzhi, crouching down to dodge. Ruan Luo missed her target, and Ruan Chen swept her leg, causing Ruan Luo to lose her balance.
By the time he scrambled to his feet, Ruan Chen had already led Fu Jianzhi away from the alley.
Ruan Chen took out the takoyaki she had left over and handed it to Fu Jianzhi, then asked, "Are you hungry? What would you like to eat? It's my treat."
Fu Jianzhi wolfed down his food, saying, "This is enough."
"How are you doing at the Fu family's?"
"That's good, my brother hasn't bullied me lately."
"Shall I take you home?"
"No need, sister. My car is parked at the intersection ahead, someone will pick me up."
The two had clearly not seen each other for a long time, but they still seemed very familiar and in sync.
After parting ways with Ruan Chen, Fu Jianzhi slowly walked in another direction.
The two boys who had just been injured came to his side.
"Young Master".
"You handled things very well today, keeping your mouth shut, you know?" Fu Jianzhi's dark eyes held a mockery that Ruan Chen had never seen before. "How could the Ruan family raise such a good-for-nothing? I was worried about my sister before, but it seems there was no need for that."
Ruan Luo hesitated for a long time at the entrance of the villa on the hillside before daring to go in.
The atmosphere inside the room was gloomy. All the servants had returned to their rooms, leaving only Ye Huanhuan and Ruan Zhengde in the living room.
To be honest, if it weren't for Ye Huanhuan's sake, Ruan Chen wouldn't care at all about the state Ruan Luo was in.
The sounds of slapping and crying came from downstairs. Ruan Yu'er ran into Ruan Chen's room with her textbooks in her arms. "Sister, brother is being beaten. I'm scared."
Ever since discovering that her older sister was much better at studying than her brother, Ruan Yu'er began to blindly worship Ruan Chen.
In her mind, Ruan Chen was not only beautiful but also smart. The two took dance classes together, and the teacher often called Ruan Chen up to demonstrate for everyone.
Ruan Yu'er could never perform the movements correctly, while Ruan Chen could do them with extreme elegance with ease. Ruan Zhengde also valued her more and more.
"Don't be afraid," Ruan Chen casually reassured him, then focused on revising his design.
She participated in the global tR Design Awards, one of the top three design awards in the world, and all participants are world-class designers.
Ruan Chen didn't care about reputation; she was only after the first prize of one million US dollars.
She's a money-grubber now. Ever since she found out that her scumbag father was planning to groom her into a wealthy family's daughter-in-law and send her away, she's been ready to leave the Ruan family and run away at any time.
At this time, she had just made it into the semi-finals and had no idea that her casually chosen nickname "Chen" had already caused a huge uproar on the other side of the ocean.
A newcomer who has never appeared on screen before, possessing exceptional talent and boundless charisma.
She had just clicked the submit button on her design draft when the German judging panel, which is six hours behind China, immediately accepted her semi-final entry.
Ruan Chen leaned against the headboard, comfortably looking at her high school physics textbook, unaware that thousands of miles away, a group of people were holding their submitted works with tears in their eyes.
Ruan Luo's hysterical roar startled Ruan Chen, who was engrossed in his book.
"I have no desire to inherit your family fortune! You can kill me all you want! Why doesn't my sister have to learn these boring things!"
"I just don't like it! You can leave your fortune to whomever you want!"
"Have you ever thought about why I skipped class? When you planned my future, did you consider my feelings?"
Ruan Yu'er was carefully reviewing the notes Ruan Chen had summarized for her when she heard her brother's cries. She said sympathetically, "I would like to learn what my brother is learning, but Dad won't let me."
Ruan Chen's heart skipped a beat, and she closed the book. "What do you want to learn?"
"My brother studies all sorts of math and statistics," Ruan Yu'er tilted her head, counting on her chubby little fingers, "and finance, currency..."
"You like it?"
Ruan Yu'er nodded like a rattle drum, "Yes, yes, let me tell you a secret, sister. I don't want to get married at all. I want to help Dad manage the company well and make our Ruan family the most powerful in the world!"
Her eyes shone brightly, full of longing and anticipation.
Ruan Chen chuckled softly. Ruan Zhengde was indeed a complete scumbag father, as if his child was a commodity to be arbitrarily shaped according to his own will, hoping to sell him for a good price in the future.
She refused to let him have his way.
"Yu'er, I haven't looked into the courses you mentioned in detail, so I can't give you any advice. But what I want to tell you is that as long as it's something you truly love, then do everything you can to pursue it. No one can stop you from moving forward."
She stopped there, hoping that Ruan Yu'er would understand what to do.
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