Knowing Ruan Chen's schedule, Ye Huanhuan arranged a separate room for her.
On the left is Ruan Luo, and on the right are Ye Huanhuan and Ruan Yu'er.
From the outside, these appear to be three separate rooms: 1306, 1307, and 1308. However, they are actually suites separated by two doors, allowing direct access between them.
Just as Ruan Chen finished packing, Ruan Luo called, "Pack your things, come downstairs for dinner."
Ruan Chen put down the half-torn cookie. "Okay, Brother Luo..."
Ruan Luo wanted to slap herself again.
"Dress up a bit," Ruan Luo instructed, "that person has booked the entire hall downstairs."
He was afraid that Ruan Chen would come downstairs wearing a loose and casual hoodie.
Ruan Chen stared at her disheveled appearance in the mirror and automatically interpreted the word "dress up" as "wash up".
At the entrance of 1307, Ruan Luo looked at Ruan Chen who was walking out and reflected on which sentence she had not said clearly.
"Ruan Yunhan and the others are also in a private room downstairs, right next to ours," he subtly reminded them.
Ruan Chen leaned against the door frame, bent down to pick up her shoes, and nodded, "I know."
As she bent over, her long, smooth, and lustrous hair slid down her shoulders, spreading out and releasing a faint woody scent into the air. She added, "I took a special shower before coming out."
Ruan Yu'er had also finished getting ready, and she bounced out as if she had springs on her feet, saying, "Brother means you should change into a pretty little dress."
She lifted her skirt and twirled around.
Ruan Chen simply changed into a beige sweatshirt, a size too big, and paired it with slim-fit jeans, which made her legs look long and straight.
The trousers were a bit short, revealing her smooth, jade-like ankles.
Her long hair cascaded down her shoulders, curling slightly at her waist, giving her a relaxed and carefree look.
"What's there to change?" Ye Huanhuan said with a smile as she locked the door and came out. "Let's just go downstairs for a quick meal and tidy up a bit. They're all my good friends of many years, so don't be shy. Luo'er, take your sisters downstairs and order whatever you want. I'm going to check on what your aunties are fussing about."
Ruan Luo put her arms around one of them and took the elevator down.
Ruan Yu'er had been here many times before, but she was still as excited as if it were her first time.
She lifted her skirt and skipped around on the soft blanket, looking at everything, when she bumped into Ruan Yunhan at the corner.
The smile on Ruan Yu'er's soft and cute face vanished instantly. She turned and ran to Ruan Luo, grabbing his hand, "Brother."
Ruan Yunhan had clearly put a lot of effort into her appearance, wearing a gorgeous tulle dress, her hair piled high, adorned with a full set of pearl jewelry, and holding a delicate bouquet of lilies of the valley in her arms. Surrounded by admirers, she looked like a proud swan.
Ruan Qin was about three steps behind her.
Among the judges of this global invention competition was a professor from a national university in country M. Ruan Qin used his connections to arrange a meeting between the professor and his sister beforehand.
Ruan Yunhan invited all her classmates and some friends she met in the US.
She enjoyed the feeling of everyone revolving around her.
Ruan Yu'er avoided her figure as if she were a plague, but Ruan Yunhan saw it clearly.
The smile on her face was still etched on her face. "Yu'er, aren't you happy to see your sister?"
Ruan Qin frowned and stepped forward to gently tug at Ruan Yunhan.
The judges he had invited were already waiting in the banquet hall, and Ruan Qin did not want to cause any more trouble.
But Ruan Yunhan seemed oblivious to her brother's implication, looking tenderly at Ruan Yu'er and Ruan Chen, and chided, "Look at you two, why are you pretending not to know your older sister? Even if we're competitors in the competition, there's no need to be so cold to me, is there?"
She had already told her team members that it was worth it for her two younger sisters, Ruan Yu'er and Ruan Chen, to also make it to the finals.
Without Ruan Yunhan saying much, some of the team members, eager to win, started to have ulterior motives outside the competition.
If you can disrupt the plans of other groups or force members of other groups to give up on the eve of the finals, your group's chances of winning a place will increase.
Ruan Yunhan was well aware of this, so she carefully arranged this chance encounter and deliberately announced their identities in public.
She didn't need to do the rest.
One of Ruan Yunhan's best friends had long known that Ruan Yunhan disliked her two younger sisters. In an attempt to curry favor with Ruan Yunhan, she was the first to speak up, directly targeting Ruan Chen, "Yunhan, isn't this country bumpkin your illegitimate sister? The one Uncle Ruan took home a few years ago?"
Ruan Chen, who was sending a message, innocently looked up.
Is Chun Chun sick?
Before she could speak, Ruan Yu'er spoke up crisply.
Ruan Yu'er timidly hid half of her body behind Ruan Luo, but her voice was not quiet, "Sister Yunhan, we visited your mother at the women's serious offender prison before we left. Your aunt told us not to disturb your competition, because she was afraid you would feel pressured."
Ruan Yu'er's voice was soft and sweet, but her pronunciation was clear.
Especially the seven characters "Women's Serious Offenders Prison".
The entire corridor was deathly silent.
Ruan Yunhan's mind went blank for a moment, and her delicate body trembled slightly with anger.
She never spoke ill of the Ruan family to anyone from the hospital who came to participate in the competition, and everyone assumed that she was the rightful eldest daughter of the Ruan family.
As for those who know Yu Wanqing, Ruan Yunhan replied that her mother has been traveling around recently, looking for creative materials and inspiration.
But she reacted quickly, even managing to suppress her laughter, "Yu'er, good children shouldn't gossip and spread rumors."
Ruan Yu'er said softly, sounding aggrieved, and shrank back timidly, "Yu'er didn't talk nonsense."
"Alright, Yu'er, Mom said we shouldn't talk about these things in the family outside. We should just keep it to ourselves." Ruan Chen's seemingly casual reprimand actually confirmed Ruan Yu'er's words.
The people on Ruan Yunhan's side exchanged glances.
Although no one speaks, suspicion, once planted in the heart, will naturally take root and sprout.
Moreover, there had already been rumors circulating about Yu Wanqing's situation.
The reputation of a murderer's daughter is far worse than that of an illegitimate child.
Ruan Yunhan was eager to get rid of the matter, so she forced a stiff smile and greeted her friends and classmates, "Let's go, the judges and professors should have arrived by now."
"Judges and professors?" Ruan Chen lazily put his phone back in his pocket, speaking in a cool tone, his eyes full of roguishness.
You think you can just run away after starting something? You're kidding.
"Dressed up like this for a casual meal, anyone who didn't know better would think our Miss Ruan is getting married today—planning to marry some random guy abroad without any proper status," Ruan Chen said bluntly, scrutinizing Ruan Yunhan from head to toe. "Look at you, you don't look like a student at all. This is a place to eat, not a runway or fashion show prepared for you."
"Oh my god, really? How can anyone dress like that to eat? Isn't it tiring to put on airs like that?" Ruan Yu'er had probably been watching too many short videos lately, and she muttered in agreement from behind Ruan Luo.
Before Ruan Chen and Ruan Yu'er spoke, everyone thought that Ruan Yunhan's outfit today was understated yet luxurious, elegant and unapproachable, befitting the eldest daughter of the Ruan family.
However, after being subtly and overtly mocked by the two, the group realized something was amiss. Even if the others were dressed up, they wore simple, light makeup and formal dresses. Ruan Yunhan's outfit today was indeed excessively luxurious and heavy.
It all seems ridiculously overdone.
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