Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback!

Chapter 168: Chapter 168 Gu Family in the Capital

Su Yinwan spoke those words with a pitiable expression, then lowered her head.

The next second, a crisp notification sound rang in her Divine Sense, informing her that the male lead’s affinity had climbed back up.

Su Yinwan’s downcast eyes betrayed a hint of triumph.

Indeed, men still fell for this act.

Upon hearing her words, Shang Shaojing’s expression did indeed soften quite a bit, and the suspicion lingering in his heart dissipated completely.

“Yinwan, thank you for trusting me so much. Rest assured, once we reach Chixia Village, I will definitely protect you well.”

As if to prove his words, he placed his hand on top of Su Yinwan’s.

A blush crept across her face, causing Shang Shaojing’s gaze to linger even more.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, they each returned to their own seats to rest.

The smile on Shang Shaojing’s face gradually faded after Su Yinwan left, soon replaced by a tinge of worry.

In his ears echoed the words of Young Master Gu, which he had inadvertently overheard during a recent visit to the Gu Family—”You’re such a useless thing. If you can’t even get one strand of hair, what use do I have for you?!”

Whatever was said on the phone seemed to infuriate Young Master Gu even further.

“What’s the damn point of asking? What business is it of yours what identity that person has? What matters is getting their DNA in my hands!”

“I don’t care about any live broadcast or not; if someone else finds out about this, you’re going to be in for it!”

“Chixia Village is such a godforsaken place; if you can’t make your move there, don’t even dream about coming back to the Capital to work for me!”

“Also, stop calling me all the time. If my grandfather finds out, I’ll open your head up!”

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Shang Shaojing didn’t know the rest, but he gleaned a very important piece of information from these fragments—

That was, Gu Yu was in the so-called Chixia Village for a very important person.

And this person was a significant threat to him.

The Gu Family was one of the top aristocratic families in the Capital, tracing its lineage back through the four major clans over thousands of years. Its branches and offshoots spanned the Capital, with financial and influential power that was not to be underestimated.

It could be said that in the Capital, you could offend anyone but those surnamed Gu.

His family had also developed to its current status thanks to ties by marriage with the Gu Family.

Unfortunately, the direct line of the Gu Family now rested solely on Gu Yu, and so the Gu Family’s Matriarch and Old Master Gu naturally held him in the palm of their hands, fearing he might fall, and kept him in their mouths, fearing he might dissolve.

However, there were also rumors that the current Young Master Gu was not Old Master Gu’s biological grandson. After all, the plane crash that year resulted in the deaths of Young Master Gu and his wife. Their child was just a baby; how could he have survived a plane crash?

Initially, he’d taken this rumor as nothing more than a joke.

The Gu family was a clan that valued pure blood ties above all else; there was no way they’d let someone with no blood ties to the Gu Family become the direct grandson.

But ever since he overheard that conversation, he had begun to doubt the authenticity of that rumor.

Although the current Gu Yu bore a resemblance to Young Master Gu in appearance, his character was unruly and despicable, sly and cunning—nothing like the genteel and elegant Young Master Gu of the past.

The Gu Family had strict family education; even if Gu Yu was the only heir left, Old Master Gu had no reason to tolerate his misbehavior.

Unless there was more to the story.

During this period, He Yun had been commissioning people to investigate the minutiae of the plane crash that claimed the lives of the Gu Family’s eldest son and his wife, but the more he probed, the more suspicious he became of Gu Yu’s identity.

Before everything came to light and grabbed more public attention,

he knew he had to make a trip to Chixia Village.

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Three people swung their hoes in the drenching mud all morning and finally managed to repair the nearly waterlogged test field as noon approached.

They all returned home, dragging their weary bodies, no longer caring about their disheveled appearances.

Just after cleaning up, they received a devastating task from Director Sun—

They needed to prepare lunch for two arriving flight guests in Chixia Village!

Director Sun’s reasoning was grandiose.

“After all, it’s their first visit. As hosts, shouldn’t you entertain them properly?”

“Don’t worry, the production team has prepared the ingredients for you, you just need to collect ten good scores to exchange for them.”

Jiang Yan was displeased right away.

“What kind of people deserve our ten points to entertain with food? No way, no exchange, your production team is too ruthless! I’ve worked so hard for so many days and haven’t even earned ten points.”

[Why is Jiang Yan so irritable? It’s just costing him two points, as if it’s eating him up.]

[Two flight guests together only gave him one point, and now they’re asking for two points for hospitality. Anyone would be unhappy, let alone the Young Master.]

[Exactly, the Young Master is straightforward and speaks his mind on the spot, unlike some who clearly are upset but still pretend to be all nice, it’s disgusting.]

[Jiang Yan still doesn’t know that Su Yinwan is among the arriving guests, right? If he knew, he would definitely regret it.]

[That’s right. Isn’t Jiang Yan Wenwen’s fanboy? Forget two points, he’d probably scrape together twenty if needed.]

[So annoying, the Young Master has never mentioned Su Yinwan from beginning to end, and you fans of Su Yinwan are jumping at shadows, really thinking that all the men in the world revolve around your sister?]

[Well said, sister upstairs! I’ve wanted to say this for a while now. I feel like Su Yinwan is the biggest pretender in the entertainment industry, always portraying herself as some pure goddess. How many people in the entertainment business are truly innocent?]

Wen Jiaojiao was also somewhat unhappy.

She had toiled all morning, not getting any rest, and now she had to cook for other guests.

She would only cook for Jiang Li, how could she possibly do so for others?

Even the usually reticent He Yun spoke up, “Do we have to follow the menu directed by the production team? We’re all tired from the morning, and there’s little time left for a lunch break. Can we manage something so complicated?”

“Mr. He is right,” Jiang Li’s voice emerged out of nowhere, “It’s already past twelve o’clock, the guests should be arriving in an hour, and within this hour, we would have to wash vegetables and cook, there’s simply no time. Moreover, the rain hasn’t stopped yet, making everything inconvenient.”

“In my opinion, the production team shouldn’t intervene, we’ll naturally entertain the guests when they arrive.”

“There are still a lot of ingredients left over from the villagers in the kitchen, and a lot of food was left over from yesterday’s banquet. It may not be appropriate to serve to guests, but that’s all we can do under the circumstances, especially since we must conserve food, right?”

A series of questions left Director Sun in a bind.

Forcing them to use the ingredients prepared by the production team was indeed a waste of resources.

On the other hand, if he let them use their own, he would miss the opportunity to benefit from Jiang Li.

After much contemplation, he decided on a compromise—

“Okay, if you want to use your own ingredients, you can. But this time, for lunch, Jiang Li cannot help, the rest of you must complete it on your own!”