Chapter 75 Part 1 一 Minmin Guild Retreated.
Ruan Yōu’s experience of playing in the snow left a deep impression, with the cold ice and snow randomly hitting her face, mixing with warm tears.
As the saying goes, revenge is never too late for a gentleman.
Now, isn’t this the perfect opportunity?
The improved version of the Screaming Chicken’s mouth spat out golden corn candy like a machine gun, rhythmically and precisely, like the plants shooting green balls in Plants vs. Zombies.
Gu Fuchen instinctively dodged but was caught by Lu Jin’s grip on his fate before he could turn aside.
Lu Jin tightly grasped Gu Fuchen’s shoulders, making it impossible for him to evade, inexplicably becoming the despised zombie from Plants vs. Zombies.
Gu Fuchen:…
“This is a gift given to you by your guardian angel, treat it well,” Lu Jin said innocently, but his actions carried a ruthless “life or death” tone.
Gu Fuchen: “Fine, I’ll accept this blessing.”
At most, he just wanted to startle Lu Jin with the gift, but his guardian angel seemed to want his life.
Ruan Yōu, Fu Jiazhan, and others watching from the side couldn’t help but smile.
Thirty seconds later, the Screaming Chicken finally finished spitting out the corn candy. Gu Fuchen was covered in golden plastic-wrapped corn candy, looking extremely disheveled.
Jiang Huai chuckled maliciously, “Gu Fuchen, it’s clear that your guardian angel seized the opportunity to go after you. You two don’t seem to get along well.”
Gu Fuchen couldn’t help but look at his sister.
His narrow and long eyes with deep emotions, tinged with a hint of faint resentment.
Ruan Yōu continued to smile, her eyes curved like stars. “It’s not me, brother, you usually have a lot of enemies, you know~”
“This guardian angel’s gift was wrapped so delicately. Lu Xuan doesn’t have this kind of intelligence, and neither do Jiang Huai, Lu Jin, Fu Jiazhan, or Qi Nuo. Qi Zhiyan is even less likely.”
Ruan Yōu never expected that a small piece of wrapping paper would become a clue to expose her identities.
But at times like this, they definitely couldn’t admit their identities.
Besides, they had agreed to end the guardian angel game on the first day of spring. It’s only the first day of the Lunar New Year now, so it wouldn’t be fun to expose themselves so soon.
There were many more gifts to come in the future.
“Everyone here put a lot of effort into preparing gifts as guardian angels,” Ruan Yōu said crisply. “Brother, the gift you prepared for Lu Jin also had exquisite wrapping.”
Fu Jiazhan leaned on the sofa, listening to Ruan Yōu’s explanations with a slight smile. His long eyelashes concealed the clarity in his eyes.
He was wearing a low-saturation brown coat, with soft facial contours. He spoke with a hint of amusement, “Gu Fuchen, the reason for such exquisite wrapping may not be due to meticulousness.”
Gu Fuchen raised an eyebrow.
“This probably means that the other person is very serious about messing with you.”
Gu Fuchen: ?
I appreciate your help.
Jiang Huai burst into laughter.
Seeing Gu Fuchen in distress made him strangely happy.
Gu Fuchen pursued triumphantly and asked, “Is it you?”
He was asking Fu Jiazhan.
Fu Jiazhan had always been meticulous in his work.
Lu Xuan suddenly chimed in, “Okay, okay, let’s leave it up to each other to guess who’s whose guardian angel. But saying it outright here is no fun, we should secretly observe.”
Ruan Yōu remained tactfully silent to avoid diverting everyone’s attention to her.
Gu Fuchen’s list of suspected individuals expanded to include Ruan Yōu, Jiang Huai, and Fu Jiazhan.
Mainly, he had forgotten the fatal mistake he made during the snowball fight, thinking Ruan Yōu had no reason to seek revenge through the opportunity of being a guardian angel.
. . . . .
Ruan Liuyu called, urging them to come downstairs for breakfast.
On the coffee table, the Screaming Chickens stood neatly arranged in the gift box like a row of soldiers, giving Gu Fuchen a headache.
Everyone teased him, but they also helped him gather the scattered candy from the sofa, placing them back in the box. Ruan Yōu picked up the gift box and placed it in Gu Fuchen’s arms with a playful smile, saying, “Brother, this is your New Year’s gift from your guardian angel. Just by looking at the packaging, you can tell they’re quite serious about it. You should keep it safe.”
Gu Fuchen felt tired.
This wasn’t his guardian angel, this was his ancestor.
They were deliberately teasing him, and he had to be grateful and accept the gift from his ancestor!
The 2nd floor dining room was crowded with people.
Ruan Liuyu and Gu Youqian beckoned Ruan Yōu and Gu Fuchen to come over.
Ruan Yōu instantly understood.
She stood in front of her parents, her eyes curved, and began to say auspicious New Year greetings.
“Wishing Mom and Dad a Happy New Year, may everything go well, and good health.”
Ruan Liuyu smiled and gave her a small bag filled with various red envelopes.
“Your New Year red envelopes are all here.”
Gu Fuchen said as usual.
Ruan Yōu noticed that Ruan Liuyu and Gu Youqian had only given her brother a red envelope about the size of a palm.
Gu Fuchen had one, and she had a pile.
Gu Fuchen put the red envelopes with New Year’s money into his coat pocket, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ruan Yōu staring at him motionlessly. From his right pocket, he handed her a prepared red envelope.
“New Year’s money, a good omen.”
She lifted the red envelope bag a little, “I have plenty.”
Gu Fuchen: “Those were the New Year’s money I wanted to give you from before. This one is a gift from me this year.”
After saying that, he placed the red envelope in Ruan Yōu’s palm.
The youngest child in the family always a little more fortunate, and the older brother would also give her “New Year’s money.”
Regardless of how much New Year’s money you receive, it carries good fortune and heartfelt wishes.
She has gained so much in this new year, and the coming year will be smooth and happy!
During breakfast, the old butler reminded them that there was a thick layer of snow on the small square with a music fountain at the entrance.
Last night, heavy snowflakes filled the sky and fell all night, leaving the estate covered in a vast expanse of white.
“Shall we build snowmen later?” Lu Xuan suggested.
The last time on the variety show in H city, they had a fun snowball fight, and now there were no expectations for another snowball fight, but they hadn’t yet made snowmen, which are a must for winter snowflakes.
Later, each of them will build a snowman, and they’ll take a group photo!
Even during the lively Spring Festival, there should be lively snowmen.
Qi Nuo nodded, “I have nothing planned for today, so I can participate.”
“Sure, after eating, I’ll change into different clothes and join in,” Ruan Yōu added after some thought, “We can even hold a snowman beauty contest. Each person draws a name, and whoever they draw has to build a snowman that looks exactly like the other person. Let’s see who can do it better.”
Gu Fuchen: “Is there a reward and punishment system?”
Ruan Yōu sipped down most of her milk while contemplating, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes turning twice.
Since it’s a competition, adding some penalties can indeed motivate everyone better.
Ruan Yōu had a bright idea, put down her milk cup, and quickly wiped away the milk stain at the corner of her mouth, saying, “As a punishment, if you lose, you have to change your in-game name to ‘I’m a team bully.'”
Lu Jin: …
Jiang Huai smiled and immediately raised his hands in agreement.
“I agree, this idea is good. To uphold the honor and status of the group, let’s all work hard and return the glory that belongs to Lu Jin to him.”
Lu Jin sat expressionless in his original spot, ignoring their laughter and mockery.
Qi Zhiyan’s eyes revealed a faint smile.
This Spring Festival is indeed different from the past.
. . . . .
Half an hour later, they gathered downstairs.
Ruan Yōu wrapped herself up tightly, wearing thick leather gloves and struggling to take a small piece of paper from a wooden box.
Lu Xuan explained the rules, “No one can say who the snowman they made. After making them, we’ll guess one by one. The person who guessed correctly wins, while those who don’t are eliminated. In the end, we’ll choose the person who made the best-looking one from the winners. If we don’t have enough props to build the snowmen, we can find the corresponding props. Just make sure they resemble the characters on the paper, so people can guess them at a glance. You can do anything you want.”
Lu Jin chuckled, “It’s easiest if we draw Jiang Huai, just build the snowman hold a banknote in its arms and wear a small sign that says ‘This is my life.'”
Jiang Huai made a snowball and threw it at him, “Lu Jin, you should keep quiet.”
After a little playfulness, everyone started building snowmen in earnest.
All eight of them were building snowmen in front of the music fountain to ensure that their snowmen would be together in the end.
They lined up in order according to the drawing. Ruan Yōu stood in the middle, with Fu Jiazhan on the left and Lu Xuan on the right, and further over was Gu Fuchen.
Ruan Yōu rolled a big round snowball first, with a round head. Judging by the body shape of the two heads, it looked a lot like a panda.
She quickly fetched a set of colored pens used for drawing from the study.
There was only forty-five minutes to build the snowman, and Ruan Yōu ran back and forth twice before getting all the things she needed.
Ruan Yōu drew a cute smiley face on the snowman’s head, with a high curve to the smile, and the corners of the mouth almost reaching the snowman’s eyes.
Just as Gu Fuchen returned from the room with props, he casually glanced and couldn’t help commenting, “Yōuyōu, are you making Lu Xuan? She looks like a little fool.”
Lu Xuan went back to the room to get props, she wasn’t here.
She wasn’t here, but her brother Lu Jin, was here.
Lu Jin was busy building the snowman’s arm and, upon hearing the comment, he was very displeased and criticized firmly, “Gu Fuchen, how can you say that about your friend’s sister? Is my sister a fool?”
Pausing for a moment, he emphasized each word, “Even if she is, you can’t say it in front of the little fool’s brother!”
Ruan Yōu: …
What a pitiful little princess.
As Lu Jin finished speaking, Lu Xuan appeared in his line of sight.
Lu Xuan angrily picked up the carefully crafted long arm, using it as a snow stick, and struck him on the head with a couple of “clangs.”
The moment the cold snow touched his hair, Lu Jin shivered, and snowflakes scattered around his head.
“Lu Jin! I’ll settle the score with you after I finish building the snowman!”
Lu Jin quickly shifted the blame, “It was Gu Fuchen who said you looked like a little fool. At most, I was an accomplice. He’s the mastermind. Sister, here, I’ll lend you the snowman’s other arm. You can use the same method on him.”
It wouldn’t be fair for him, as an accomplice, to get hit with snow while the mastermind continued building the snowman, right?
This world can’t be so unfair, right?
However…
The arrogant little princess dared only to sulk, feeling like stomping her feet, saying, “I don’t dare to beat him.”
No matter how naive Gu Fuchen was, he was still the heir to Bo Zhan and the overlord in everyone’s eyes. Lu Xuan was always a little afraid of him in her heart.
Gu Fuchen smiled at Lu Jin.
Just as he was feeling smug, whoosh…
Two hands holding large snowballs slapped against his face.
A chilling sensation ran through him, and snow scattered all over his body.
Gu Fuchen shuddered subconsciously.
Ruan Yōu, with a smile on her face, said, “Little princess, I dare! I’ve avenged you, hurry back and build a snowman.”
Gu Fuchen:…
He felt so wronged.
In other people’s families, siblings helped each other and stood together against outsiders, but his sister spent her days trying to make him miserable and suppressing him unilaterally.
Ruan Chenchen had such a tough time QAQ