“Brother!” Gu Wanning threw herself into Gu Zihao’s arms in anguish. “Sister, she’s gone too far. Bullying me last night wasn’t enough, she even had someone post it online to humiliate me!”
She knew perfectly well that Gu Wanshi hadn’t been the one to leak the news. After all, her following Gu Wanshi to the restaurant last night had been a spur-of-the-moment thing, how could Gu Wanshi possibly have prepared something like that in advance?
But as long as she said it this way in front of Gu Zihao, he would believe her.
Sure enough, a flash of coldness crossed Gu Zihao’s face. “Hmph, I knew she was calculating. Pushing you into the water on purpose last night, and now stirring up something like this… Wanning, don’t worry, I’ll make sure she gets a good lesson.”
In fact, last night it had been a gossip reporter who, hearing that several celebrities had recently taken a liking to eating at “Drunken Sea and Clouds,” had gritted his teeth against the expense, ordered a dish at the restaurant, and sat there all night hoping to catch a photo of a celebrity.
He hadn’t caught a celebrity, but he had caught the two Gu family daughters.
“Brother, don’t.” Gu Wanning wiped her tears and said, “No matter what, she’s still our family. I’m sure she was just confused for a moment. Please don’t hurt sister.”
“Wanning, you’re just too kind. What family? I don’t recognize her as such. In my heart, I only have you as my sister.”
“Brother is so good to me.”
Gu Wanning hooked her arm through Gu Zihao’s, a flicker of triumph flashing in her eyes.
“Ding! Current main quest activated: spend ten million within one day. Aside from the rebate, four lottery draws can be earned. Side quest triggered: spend two hundred thousand within one hour to earn a rebate. Timer starting!”
Gu Wanshi had just left the hotel when she heard the system announce a new quest.
Right across the street was a large shopping mall.
Gu Wanshi took off running straight into it.
The main quest had a full day to complete, that could wait.
She had to spend the two hundred thousand for the side quest first.
With only an hour, the moment Gu Wanshi entered the mall, she headed straight for the floor with the luxury goods.
She had already spotted it from the entrance, this mall had a floor set aside entirely for luxury goods, up on the top level, lined with stores selling jewelry, bags, clothes, shoes, and more.
Gu Wanshi had already decided, she’d buy herself a few outfits first.
What she was wearing right now belonged to the original owner, cheap stall goods.
Actually, Gu Wanshi didn’t mind that too much. The real problem was… the style was just too tacky!
Gu Wanshi went up to the top floor, saw a clothing store, and walked in.
The store was large, with several sales staff inside.
All kinds of dresses, suits, T-shirts, and jeans, it had everything.
The styles and fabrics were all quite good, and of course, the prices were correspondingly steep.
When several of the sales staff saw Gu Wanshi, they frowned and were unwilling to come attend to her.
Working in a luxury store as they did, their eyes were sharp, one glance was enough to tell that the clothes on Gu Wanshi were cheap.
They figured someone like this was probably just here to browse out of curiosity and would never actually buy anything, so attending to her would be a waste of time.
Only one new employee walked over and smiled. “Hello, what kind of clothes are you looking for? Tell me, and I’ll help you find something.”
Gu Wanshi checked the time, forty minutes left.
“I want to buy a dress,” Gu Wanshi said. “Recommend me something on the pricier side, around two hundred thousand or so, or even more expensive is fine.”
She’d finish the side quest first, then browse at leisure, save herself the aggravation.
“T-two hundred thousand?” The new sales employee was startled. “Are you sure?”
Although she hadn’t looked down on Gu Wanshi, she could tell Gu Wanshi was dressed very plainly.
“Why are you still wasting your breath on her?” another sales employee said impatiently. “Does she look like she can afford it? Hurry up and get her to leave, stop wasting time!”
The other sales staff didn’t say anything, but their faces all carried mocking smiles.
“This isn’t quite right…” the new employee said awkwardly.
“Just give me your recommendation,” Gu Wanshi said flatly. “If I like it, I’ll buy it.”
Just then, a heavily made-up woman walked in.
The clothes on her body carried no recognizable brand, but the bag she carried was from a luxury label.
She was also holding the arm of a tall, handsome man, the two of them looked very intimate.
The moment Gu Wanshi saw him, her chest suddenly ached.
She was stunned for a moment before she realized, that must be a lingering reaction from the original owner’s body.
She searched through the original owner’s memories and realized this man was the original owner’s ex-boyfriend, the total scumbag Duan Huan!
Duan Huan and the original owner had met a year ago. Tall, handsome, and fairly wealthy, he had pursued her fiercely, how could the original owner have resisted? So the two of them got together quickly.
But unexpectedly, right after the original owner returned to the Gu family, Duan Huan dumped her with lightning speed and latched onto Gu Wanning instead!
The original owner could never understand why. She had cried, she had begged, but Duan Huan, who had once been endlessly gentle with her, seemed to have become a different person, extremely cold and disgusted with her.
Thinking of this, Gu Wanshi sneered coldly.
The original owner didn’t understand the reason, but Gu Wanshi, who had read the novel, knew exactly why.
Over a year ago, the entire Gu family had undergone a full physical examination, and it was discovered by chance that Gu Wanning wasn’t their biological daughter. So they put out word and began searching everywhere for the Gu family’s real daughter.
The Duan family, though considered fairly wealthy themselves, was nowhere near the Gu family’s level, and had never really been able to get in a word with the Gu family.
In order to build a connection with the Gu family, the Duan family also joined in the search.
Blind luck struck, and they actually managed to find her.
But Duan Huan had ulterior motives.
He didn’t immediately let the original owner reunite with the Gu family, nor did he tell her she was the Gu family’s young lady. Instead, he pursued the original owner fanatically, thinking that once they were together and she was devoted to him, he could bring her back to the Gu family himself, that way he could smoothly become the Gu family’s favored son-in-law.
But after the original owner returned to the Gu family, she wasn’t valued at all, and Duan Huan deeply regretted it.
By that point he was already able to talk with the Gu family, and seeing that the fake young lady Gu Wanning was the favored one, he schemed by every means to latch onto Gu Wanning instead.
In the end, he really did succeed, and it seemed Gu Wanning quite liked him too.
Except… the woman Duan Huan had brought out shopping this time wasn’t Gu Wanning.
He really was a pure-blooded scumbag.
And yet the original owner and Gu Wanning had both treated him like a treasure.
Gu Wanshi felt disgusted just looking at him, and wanted to quickly buy a dress and go browse somewhere else. But just then, Duan Huan spotted her.
Duan Huan froze. “You, you’re Gu Wanshi?”
He used to think Gu Wanshi wasn’t very good-looking, but looking at her now, she was actually quite pretty… how had he ever thought otherwise?
The woman beside him, hearing this, looked Gu Wanshi up and down and said mockingly, “So this is your ex-girlfriend? She’s way too tacky!”