The Transmigration Missions Are Not Scientific Ch.15

Chapter 15-Campus novel (14)

Originally, Gu Anran thought she would pass her vacation peacefully, but didn’t expect to receive two invitations issued by the Shangguan family.

Gu Anran glanced through the contents roughly. It was for the official engagement ceremony between Duan Hongwu and Shangguan Qing. Not to say that it wasn’t official before, but this time it was to announce the news to the outside world, so all kinds of people would be invited. 

Among those invited, as part of the younger generation of future leaders, Gu Anran and Hong Qingyi were participating and Mu Qingli and Chi Mengyan were invited as Duang Hongwu’s friends. However, Gu Anran had an ominous feeling in her heart. It was reasonable to assume that for this type of formal event, Mu Qingli and Chi Mengyan would not be invited, so did that mean Duan Hongwu forcibly asked for these invitations to be sent? However, she didn’t hear anything from him recently. Was this really just a simple congratulations party? Maybe she’s just being too sensitive? 

Looking at the two invitations in her hands with thought, one was for her and the other for Mu Qingli. Probably because Mu Qingli is her friend, they sent it directly to Gu Anran.

Knock. Knock. Hong Qingyi walked in. 

“What do you think the Shangguan family is up to this time?” Hong Qingyi shook the two invitation cards in her hands. 

“I don’t know. Recently, the Shangguan family has been suppressed by many companies and their stocks have been falling. Maybe they want to use the Duan family as a momentary shield.” Gu Anran quickly tapped her keyboard. Immediately, various information about the Shangguan family, including their latest commercial exchanges, the flow of funds, their stocks and whatnot were displayed on the screen. 

In the past three days, the stocks of the Shangguan family had fallen by almost fifty percent. It didn’t require any brains for one to tell that another party was causing trouble behind the scenes. However, there were no increase in fortune or stocks in the other companies, so it was hard to determine the culprit. 

“Aren’t you going to investigate?”  Hong Qingyi poured two glasses of water , sat next to Gu Anran, crossing her legs and then handed a glass to Gu Anran.

“No need, just continue monitoring. We’ll decide what to do after tomorrow. After all, it is not difficult to bring down the Shangguan family, it is just a matter of time.” Gu Anran lightly stated, taking a sip of water, as if she was discussing the weather and not the downfall of a major power. 

“Alright, then I’ll notify Yan Yan and little Qing first.” Hong Qingyi shrugged.

“En.” Gu Anran nodded, and then they both separately called to inform Mu Qingli and Chi Mengyan of the situation and since the party was tomorrow, they’ll need dresses. It’ll be impossible to ask Mu Qingli and Chi Mengyan’s family to drive out and find a dress in one night and they would be mocked if they came in ordinary clothes, so the both of them picked out one of their dresses, asked their people to change the size, and sent it to the two. 

On Saturday night, Gu Anran asked the driver to drive to Mu Qingli’s house to pick her up. Watching the Mu Qingli who wore light makeup and a beautiful white gown coming down the stairs, it was like watching an angel descend, causing Gu Anran to freeze at first sight.

“Little Ran? Is something wrong? Does it look weird on me?” This was her first time wearing something like this, making Mu Qingli feel nervous. But Little Ran is sooooooo cute!! That little purple dress makes her look even more beautiful!! I really want to push her down right now!!!

“Ah…no…it looks good.” She looked away, the ears underneath her hair turning red and her heartbeat racing at mach speed. 

“Uh, let’s go, the ceremony is about to begin.” In order to hind her awkwardness, Gu Anran coughed and quickly changed the subject.

“Yes.” Mu Qingli nodded and smiled as she entered the car. Gu Anran took a deep breath first, and then stepped into her car. 

The car ride was quick, after 20 minutes they arrived at the scene.

Before one entered the place, one could tell how enormous the entire place is. Gorgeous lights illuminated the darkness outside while there was a vermillion carpet laid out across the aisle, lined with reporters on both sides of the carpet. It seems like that this kind of high society event was something extensively covered by the media. 

The driver opened the door, Gu Anran calmly stepped out of the car, and immediately the camera began to shutter continuously. She felt like a movie star, but as a regular citizen, Gu Anran knew very well that the camera was looking for her flaws or some gossip to write about. 

However, I still feel a bit nervous. Gu Anran thought then turned around and reached out a hand to Mu Qingli, who was still in the car.

Meanwhile, Mu Qingli froze. The scene outside was something she would only see in a movie. She felt quite out of place here but after seeing the smiling Gu Anran and the hand reaching out to her, she suddenly felt that the commotion outside wasn’t as important anymore. 

With a smile, she put a hand in Gu Anran’s palm and then with Gu Anran’s help, stepped out of the car.

For a moment, everything stopped and it was quiet for three seconds before the camera shuttering and flashing lights erupted into a chaotic frenzy.

Of course Gu Anran knew how stunning Mu Qingli looked today, but she didn’t think it would cause this big of a reaction. This made her feel uncomfortable and she suddenly wanted to hide Mu Qingli somewhere only she would know.

Holding Mu Qingli’s hand, they entered the venue. Many of the VIPs have already arrived, but the adults were separated in one group and the younger generation in another, which was further separated into many smaller groups. 

Mu Qingli and Gu Anran walked over to the younger generation’s group. In front of them, they saw Hong Qingyi waving at them. She was wearing a crimson dress while Chi Mengyan was wearing a teal gown.

“You’re finally here!” Hong Qingyi smiled, holding a plate of food in her hands.

“Little Yi, little Yan, how are you!” Mu Qingli greeted the two. 

“Nice to see you here.” Chi Mengyan greeted with a smile.

“In reality, the crowd here are the same as usual.” Gu Anran looked around. They were all classmates from their school, they had only changed their clothes, that’s all.

“Would you like to grab something to eat?” Chi Mengyan pointed to the buffet with a wide range of dishes not far away.

“Yeah, little Qing, let’s go eat something.” Gu Anran nodded.

“En.” 

“Then we go to the sofa over there and wait for you.” Hong Qingyi said.

“En.” x2

As she walked over to the buffet, Gu Anran couldn’t help but sigh. The wealthy will always act like the wealthy. To them, all the food here cost virtually no money at all. There was a large table stacked to the top with seafood dishes, there were people hired to fry and cook the food, with freshly baked pizza, hand crushed orange juice, and steaks grilled on the spot. There was even a bartender! The price of each bottle of wine was in the thousands! What a luxury! 

Nevertheless, Gu Anran nonchalantly stackd her plate with food. Free top-quality food! If you don’t take the opportunity, then your head must be stuck in a door or something!

Afterwards, Gu Anran took a plate full of food and Mu Qingli to the sofa, where Song Wenyan in a blue suit was also sitting.

“Hey, Wenyan.” Gu Anran greeted.

“En, hello.” Song Wenyan barely squeezed out a bitter smile, then looked at the lounge near the table not far away with a sad face.

Aiya! Aiya! Gu Anran and Hong Qingyi glanced at each other, laughing in their hearts. 

Duan Hongwu currently has a good rating of 85 towards the supporting male lead, but the supporting male lead had a rating of 80 towards Duan Hongwu. The supporting male lead’s rating was considered very high, in the realm of a true comrade or lover. And although Duan Hongwu held such high romantic affection towards the supporting male lead and very low affection towards that vicious woman, so how come he agreed to this party?

Because of family pressure and for the sake of his parents’ reputations. 

Gu Anran ate her food and decided not to dwell on it. After all, if even the supporting male lead isn’t doing anything, then she wouldn’t worry either. 

“Little Qing, do you want to drink some juice?” Gu Anran swallowed the food in her mouth and asked Mu Qingli, who was sitting beside her.

“Yes!” 

Gu Anran nodded to show that she understood, and then  stopped the waiter passing by and taking two glasses of juice from his tray.

As for how did one know that it was juice? Since most of the people on this side were underaged boys and girls, naturally it was all juice. Unless you went over to the adult’s side, or went to the bar to get it yourself, no waiter will deliver alcoholic drinks over here.

Handing a cup over to Mu Qingli, Gu Anran took a sip, hmm…it was indeed orange juice. The freshly squeezed kind that tasted delicious!

At that moment, the lights dimmed, and the lights on the stage were lit, attracting the attention of everyone present. On the stage is a middle-aged man. He is the president of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Yi, and also the father of Shangguan Qing, the female villain, and Shangguan Ying, the male villain. 

“Thank you all for attending my daughter’s engagement ceremony today! Now, I would like to invite the beautiful couple to come up and say a few words!” Shang Guanyi held up the microphone and said. 

Whether they were trying to declare, with this engagement party, that their daughter’s status above Duan Hongwu or that their Shangguan family was as strong as ever, everything relied on the Duan family. 

Still wearing that ridiculous makeup with an even more ridiculous flamboyant dress, Shangguan Qing walked up with Duan Hongwu who was dressed in a sharp black suit. One wore a bright (bloody) smile and the other had a cold and frosty expression. 

As soon as he stood on the stage, Gu Anran noticed that Duan Hongwu’s sight swept the entire venue, and finally stopped on them, no … precisely on Song Wenyan.

Gu Anran felt the Song Wenyan, who was sitting next to her, tremble, then turn away, causing a hint of loneliness to flash on Duan Hongwu’s face. 

Eh…what happened between these two? Seems interesting! Gu Anran glanced back and forth between them.

The boring show continued on the stage, and other than the camera shutters, everyone else was quiet. The VIPs below all looked like gods, maintaining their regal bearing. However, one wouldn’t know if these gods were actually paying attention or not. 

When the ceremony was finally over, the banquet continued. For although this was an engagement party, it was actually a chance for the families to compete and gain information. 

Although she was part of the younger generation, and the heir of a company, Gu Anran had no interest in these petty battles. Of course, Hong Qingyi felt the same, so their area was actually one of the peaceful and carefree zones. However, this peace was interrupted by the arrival of one person….the male villain: Shangguan Ying.

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