The Real Daughter Needs Saving by This Vicious Female Cannon Fodder? - Chapter 21

Her mind buzzing, Gu Xia stared at Ning Anran’s face, already unaware of what Ning Anran was saying to her.

“Ning Anran… you smell so nice… and you’re so soft…”

The night breeze was chilly. Gu Xia buried herself in Ning Anran’s embrace, answering with something completely unrelated.

“And so warm…”

So warm that she didn’t want to let go of her hold on Ning Anran.

“Gu Xia, you don’t have to be so attentive to me.”

“I should be the one attending to you.”

After saying this, Ning Anran decisively scooped Gu Xia up in her arms and carried her toward the Gu residence.

It was too cold outside. If they stood there any longer and the Second Miss Gu caught a cold, it would be her fault.

Suddenly weightless, Gu Xia barely had time to react before the world spun around her!

She was being carried in someone’s arms!

Ning Anran might look slender, but she had an inexhaustible strength—likely the result of years of grueling part-time jobs that had forged her incredible endurance.

Gazing at Ning Anran’s sharp jawline, Gu Xia giggled foolishly, her heart fluttering with ripples of emotion. She even began to hope—

If only she and Ning Anran could stay like this forever.

Then she wouldn’t die, wouldn’t be chopped into mincemeat.

And Ning Anran wouldn’t be deceived by that scumbag.

Wouldn’t end up with her family’s assets seized by him.

Drunk people really were clingy.

Ning Anran couldn’t bring herself to be harsh. Though she acted annoyed on the surface, she had to admit Gu Xia had been much better behaved these past few days.

Hearing noise at the door, Gu Lindong scolded irritably.

“Gu Xia, you little brat, where have you been running off to again? Didn’t I tell you to come home early at night—”

Before she could finish, Gu Lindong saw Ning Anran carrying a thoroughly drunk and unconscious Gu Xia inside.

“Miss Gu.”

Ning Anran greeted her coolly and was about to head upstairs when Gu Lindong spoke again.

“Gu Xia’s drunk…?”

Looking at her sister’s passed-out state, Gu Lindong reined in her anger, concern creeping into her voice.

“Yes, she was at a class gathering.”

In the past, whenever Gu Xia ordered Ning Anran around, Gu Lindong would intervene, and Gu Xia would always promise right then and there never to do it again.

Only to turn around and keep harassing Ning Anran.

She knew about it, but no matter how much she lectured or even disciplined Gu Xia—

Even freezing her bank account for months—the little brat remained stubbornly unchanged, still bossing others around!

With the company keeping her swamped, Gu Lindong often went weeks without returning home. She simply didn’t have the energy to keep an eye on her sister.

But Ning Anran was someone she trusted. Knowing she was there to look after Gu Xia put her mind at ease.

So sometimes, Gu Lindong would find excuses to have Ning Anran’s mother come over and help with household chores, always paying her far more than usual.

An abnormally large amount.

She knew Ning Anran was too proud to ask for help. If she personally went to Uncle Fu to borrow twenty thousand for tuition,

He would definitely give it.

But Ning Anran would rather work multiple jobs than ever open her mouth to ask. So, Gu Lindong didn’t plan to hand her the money directly.

Instead, she gave it to Ning Anran’s mother in a roundabout way.

She made sure to emphasize—this money wasn’t to be wasted on Ning Anran’s father’s gambling or drinking.

It was to be saved for Ning Anran’s tuition.

However, Gu Lindong had considered this possibility but never imagined that the saying “even a vicious tiger wouldn’t harm its own cub” didn’t apply to Ning Anran.

Ning Anran’s parents were so harsh on her because they were waiting for the current head of Yuanye Group to pass away.

Once their daughter inherited the chairman’s position, they could then come forward to claim their relationship.

What shameless cuckoos, seizing another’s nest!

By then, even if Ning Anran discovered the truth, what could she do? Her company would have already become theirs!

“I see. Then take her back to her room first.”

“Thanks for your trouble today.”

“My sister has always been quite a handful.”

When it came to Gu Xia’s cunning and mischievous nature, Gu Lindong believed he was probably the most qualified person in the world to speak on it—even more so than their parents.

“Alright.”

Ning Anran was sparing with her words, tightening her embrace around Gu Xia as if afraid she might slip from her arms.

Watching their somewhat intimate interaction, Gu Lindong swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue. She couldn’t shake the feeling that the atmosphere between them was different.

Since when had her sister ever been this quiet when drunk? At family gatherings, after drinking with their parents, Gu Xia would usually turn into a wild monkey, bouncing around and practically tearing the house apart!

Yet now, she lay quietly in Ning Anran’s arms, as docile as could be.

Gu Lindong felt she needed a new word to describe her—”ladylike.”

Could it be that Gu Xia had actually fallen for Ning Anran?

Mulling it over, Gu Lindong couldn’t decide whether it seemed likely or not.

But compared to that illegitimate son of the Cheng family, she’d much rather her sister fall for someone like Ning Anran—at least Ning Anran was clean and had no ill intentions.

If Gu Xia got involved with that Cheng family bastard, Gu Lindong feared she’d end up utterly ruined.

The Cheng family might not have much in terms of property or status, but they sure had no shortage of drama.

…

“Huff… huff… Ning Anran, thank goodness you were here today.”

“Otherwise, I’d have gotten another scolding from my sister.”

Gu Xia was gently placed on the bed by Ning Anran. Smiling brightly, she clung to Ning Anran like an octopus, her hands still wrapped around her even as she sat on the covers.

Compared to the overpowering smell of alcohol in the karaoke room, Gu Xia found herself inexplicably drawn to Ning Anran’s scent.

Tilting her head up, she gazed at Ning Anran’s face.

At that moment, Gu Xia suddenly wished the bedroom lights were brighter, illuminating Ning Anran’s features more clearly.

Mmm, she really is beautiful.

“Then next time, don’t drink so much and worry your sister.”

Ning Anran looked at her and continued,

“Can you still get up?”

“If you can, go take a shower.”

Sh… shower?!

Gu Xia shook her head, pinching her own cheeks before sighing.

Her brows furrowed slightly.

“Ah, forget it. I won’t shower.”

“I’m way too drunk—what if I pass out in the tub? Ning Anran, I’d just be troubling you again.”

The second young miss of the Gu family was still the second young miss, never shedding her spoiled princess attitude.

Ning Anran immediately understood. She took off her coat, set it aside, and rolled up her sleeves, revealing her fair arms.

“W-wait! System! System! Are you there?! Why is Ning Anran suddenly taking off her clothes?!”

“Could she be about to help me with that?!”

A vague suspicion crossed Gu Xia’s mind, making her blush furiously at the thought.

“It is quite troublesome.”

“But don’t you find the stench of alcohol on you unbearable?”

“Let me help you.”

Taking a step forward, Ning Anran’s slender fingers landed on Gu Xia’s body.

Even though the bedroom’s air conditioner had just been turned on, Gu Xia felt as if her entire body was burning up.

“No need… I can wash myself…”

Too drunk to even speak clearly, yet insisting on washing herself.

Ning Anran was speechless.

“We’re both women.”

“What is Second Miss Gu afraid of?”

“Host, this system agrees with the female lead. Research shows that bathing together, especially a ‘lovebird bath,’ can effectively stimulate human hormones, fostering mutual affection~ This is a golden opportunity for you to raise your favorability points!”

A lovebird bath?! What kind of term was that?!

They weren’t even remotely at that stage yet!

And where exactly was this research from? Was this system just making things up on the spot?!