Ruan Qin put his luggage into the trunk, settled Ruan Yunhan in, and then turned around and boarded the plane to get his other luggage.
"Which of these things belong to her?"
Ruan Luo pointed to the four remaining boxes in the corner.
Ruan Qin made two trips. On the last trip, he stood at the door with Ruan Yunhan's suitcase in his hand, staring at Ruan Chen, and asked, "Do you think I'm incredibly stupid? She stabbed me in the back and ruined my future, and now I'm still going out of my way to serve her?"
To be honest, if Ruan Yunhan hadn't disliked Ruan Chen from the very first day she entered the house, perhaps she and Ruan Qin could have gotten along peacefully.
Ruan Chen shrugged noncommittally and sighed sincerely, "I can't quite understand the feelings between blood siblings."
She meant it from the bottom of her heart.
Ruan Yunhan and Ruan Qin are twin siblings.
Ruan Qin looked at the car parked not far away, where Ruan Yunhan was peering in his direction.
He chuckled self-deprecatingly, picked up his suitcase, and strode over.
No one noticed the way Ruan Luo looked at Ruan Chen.
He and Ruan Chen were also blood siblings, although they were half-siblings. In addition, Ruan Chen had only been back in the Ruan family for a few years, but what Ruan Chen said just now made Ruan Luo feel a little uncomfortable.
He recalled when he was still young and naive, when Ruan Chen had just returned. He wanted to team up with Ruan Yu'er to ostracize her, and he secretly tripped her up. He also used her identity to flaunt at Huating Public School and deliberately made things difficult for her.
However, Ruan Chen's feelings for herself, for Yu'er, and even for calling Ye Huanhuan "Mom" were all genuine.
Ruan Luo: I deserve to die.
He let go of Ruan Yu'er's hand, walked to Ruan Chen's side, and put his hand on her shoulder. "Come on, don't you girls like to go shopping? Pick whatever you like, I'll buy it for you."
Ruan Yu'er jumped up and down, "I want some too! I want some too!"
"...Go find your mom and see if she's been kidnapped by her group of girlfriends?" Ruan Luo shoved the mischievous girl away.
Ruan Yu'er wasn't annoyed. She giggled and ran towards a group of impeccably dressed women not far away, calling out as she ran, "Aunt Gong, Aunt Jiang, Aunt Zhu, Aunt Su, your little sweetheart is here~~"
Ruan Chen looked at her with a smile.
very nice.
Ruan Luo put his hand on her shoulder and said in a low voice, "Come on, let me introduce you to Mom's group of girlfriends. You have no idea how much Mom praises you in front of them."
Ruan Chen replied obediently, "Thank you, Brother Luo."
Ruan Luo's expression darkened. "Remove 'Luo' from it."
Ruan Chen froze for a few seconds, coughed, and said somewhat awkwardly, "Thank you, brother."
Ruan Luo: It still sounds so distant.
So he gave an unquestionable order: "Use reduplicated words."
Reduplicated characters?
Ruan Chen was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening. She dug her nails into her palms so hard that her toes were almost poked through by her shoes before she finally managed to say, "Thank you... brother."
I was drenched in sweat.
Ruan Luo: It's even more awkward now.
It must be because I haven't been caring enough towards Ruan Chen that she feels alienated.
It's all my fault.
Ruan Chen heard a melancholy sigh floating above her head.
Ruan Luo pulled Ruan Chen's hand and handed it to Ye Huanhuan, then got into the car to sort through the gifts her girlfriends had brought—searching for boxes amidst the mess of ribbons, balloons, and raffia.
"This must be Ruan Chen."
"Oh, Huanhuan, your eldest daughter is amazing! She's so beautiful. Let Auntie take a closer look."
"His grades are good, Huanhuan doesn't need to worry about him at all!"
"They're also very self-reliant. Didn't you hear Huanhuan say that other girls don't even want to live in the Ruan family's villa and moved out on their own? Our good-for-nothing son can't even do laundry or cook!"
"She still doesn't ask her family for money. The money Huanhuan gives her is all she has to do with it. She earns enough from her part-time jobs to live on. She's amazing!"
"Oh, this little girl is so lovely. She looks so clean and pretty. Huanhuan, you're so lucky! All three of your children are so capable and easy to take care of!"
Yu'er held Ruan Chen's hand, not minding the aunties praising Ruan Chen at all, and smiled smugly.
Ruan Chen had never handled such a situation before; her smile froze, and she kept saying, "Not at all," "Yu'er and my brother are also very capable," and "It's all because my mom knows how to raise children..."
Seeing Ruan Chen's distress, Ruan Yu'er came to her rescue, exclaiming, "Auntie, Auntie, let's go eat something delicious! The food on the plane was awful, and the turbulence made me feel nauseous so many times!"
The aunt surnamed Jiang looked feisty and straightforward. She bent down, picked up Ruan Yu'er, and rubbed against her, saying, "Come on, come on, let's take my darling Yu'er to eat. I'll fatten you up like a little pig!"
Inside the extended luxury car, Ruan Luo consciously sat in the passenger seat, leaving the back seats for a group of women.
"Oh my, Luo Bao has already helped Auntie distribute all the gifts to the little sisters? No wonder Huan Huan said Luo Bao has become much more sensible in the past few years."
Luo Bao?
Ruan Chen turned her head and smiled.
Ruan Luo said helplessly, "Aunt Su, I'm almost twenty."
"Wow, Luo Bao's really made something of herself, going for the aloof and cool look!"
"Isn't Luo Bao filming a movie? How about we aunties fund a drama about a domineering CEO for Luo Bao?"
Ruan Luo didn't want to say a word and silently rubbed her reddened ear tips.
"Come on, it's time to open the gifts!"
Aunt Zhu, with her long, silky waves, was the first to open her gift box. Ye Huanhuan immediately pushed it back, saying, "Pengpeng, this won't do. It's too expensive. They're both still young and don't understand these things."
Zhu Peng pretended to put on a stern face, "Every girl should have a piece of good jade. You were the one who picked out this piece for me back then. It was with this that I got my first loan from the bank and gained a foothold. Now I don't need this piece of jade for my confidence anymore, so I made two peace pendants to bless our children with peace and good fortune."
Inside the box were two jadeite pendants, each over a centimeter thick and about half the size of Ruan Chen's palm, set in gold.
Zhu Peng continued, "Originally, I wanted to give each of the two children a bracelet, but since our daughters will be in charge of the family property in the future, wearing bracelets would be too cumbersome, so I simply made name tags instead."
Ruan Yu'er had no idea that these two "no-trouble" pendants would fetch at least 50 million at auction. She simply exclaimed excitedly, "I don't like bracelets. They're so annoying to wear and make a racket when I write. These pendants are heavy, so if I encounter a bad guy, I can just smash them over his head!"
Ye Huanhuan pinched Ruan Yu'er's cheek helplessly, "Naughty."
Ruan Chen discovered that all the gifts were in duplicate. These people were Ye Huanhuan's best friends, so they naturally knew about her background. However, their words made it seem as if they completely regarded her as Ye Huanhuan's biological daughter.
Moreover, although Ye Huanhuan's group of girlfriends were all dressed in jewels, they did not have the temperament of pampered canaries or rich ladies. Instead, they all seemed like pragmatists, shrewd and capable.
Even Gong Xiaorou, with her long hair piled up, possessed a classical and elegant temperament, and her figure was delicately wrapped in a cheongsam. However, the occasional glint in her eyes was as sharp as a predatory bird, indicating that she was definitely not a kind person.
It seems my mom's group of girlfriends is quite something.
"Huanhuan, we've arrived at the hotel! We've booked the entire banquet hall for a big celebration!"
Ruan Chen jumped out of the car and happened to see Ruan Yunhan.
Ruan Qin checked in at the front desk, while Ruan Yunhan sat on the sofa in the VIP area, a reserved and elegant smile on her face, surrounded by a group of people, with Su Jin beside her.
The group was having a great time, and their voices reached Ruan Chen's ears.
"Yunhan, shall we go buy an outfit for our presentation? The street ahead has a lot of niche original design brands."
"Hey, the author of that TR Design Award a few years ago, I think his name is Yan, they have a new product."
“Sister Yunhan, I remember you have a few dresses designed by Yan that suit your style very well. Let’s go take a look.”
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