The Cannon Fodder Crazy Beauty Has Awakened [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 57.2

She put away her phone and hailed a taxi.

System No. 031 was puzzled.

[Host, why are you going to Gu Lanqiu’s company?]

Surely, she couldn’t actually be missing Gu Lanqiu, right?

They had only been apart for a few hours!

Jiang Mengyu remained silent.

No. 031 flipped through the original novel again and suddenly noticed a detail today, the female lead was supposed to have a face-slapping scene, which apparently took place at Gu Lanqiu’s company.

Calculating the timeline, it seemed today was the day!

No. 031 instantly went on high alert: [Host, you’re not planning to go there and kick her while she’s down, are you?]

Please, no!!

They had already offended the female lead enough her favorability couldn’t drop any further!

Jiang Mengyu turned to gaze out the car window. The sunlight felt warm against her skin, and she narrowed her eyes slightly, ignoring the system’s wails.

Gu Lanqiu must have given prior instructions, because when Jiang Mengyu arrived downstairs, the receptionist didn’t stop her.

She stepped into the employee elevator. The person beside her was also heading to the eighth floor. Standing in the corner, Jiang Mengyu quietly watched the numbers slowly climb, her dark eyes calm and unreadable.

The two other people in the elevator couldn’t help but steal glances at her out of the corners of their eyes.

This girl was stunning, she didn’t look like an employee. Was she a family member of someone who worked here?

Seeing that she was also getting off on the eighth floor, they couldn’t help but speculate about her identity.

Jiang Mengyu had only taken a few steps forward when she caught a glimpse of Zhou Xinying’s figure in the distance. The other woman was talking to someone.

Originally, today’s plot was supposed to be a highlight moment where the male and female leads’ relationship deepened.

The female lead, suffering from a sudden bout of low blood sugar, would accidentally spill coffee on her clothes. A colleague secretly infatuated with the male lead would then mock her relentlessly. At the critical moment, the male lead would appear, whisking the female lead away and completing the classic hero-saves-the-beauty scenario.

But now, Xu Zeyan was lying in bed, beaten up by Jiang Mengyu to the point where he couldn’t even get up. Whether he could make it in time to play the hero was anyone’s guess.

Jiang Mengyu walked past a row of workstations. Perhaps because her demeanor was so composed and unhurried, no one stopped her.

Zhou Xinying felt her head spinning.

A buzzing filled her ears, and the surrounding voices suddenly seemed to fade into the distance.

Instinctively, she reached into her pocket, only to find it empty. It was then that Zhou Xinying remembered, she had been in such a rush this morning that she’d forgotten to bring any candy with her.

She was usually so careful about this. She had no idea why, today of all days, she’d made such a huge mistake.

Before the client arrived, Zhou Xinying abruptly stood up. She remembered that the break room was right next to this office, there should be some food there.

A cold sweat broke out on her hands and feet. Zhou Xinying was already struggling to stand steady, but she forced herself to keep walking forward. A colleague called out to her from behind, but seeing that she didn’t respond, they simply let her go.

Her vision was a blur of white. Zhou Xinying was moving purely on instinct, taking deep, labored breaths. Just as she felt she was about to reach her destination, her foot bumped into something. Her body swayed, as if she might collapse at any moment.

At the critical moment, someone grabbed her arm to steady her.

Who?!

Zhou Xinying squinted, straining to make out the figure beside her. Through her hazy vision, she vaguely recognized a familiar face.

Jiang Mengyu half-dragged, half-supported Zhou Xinying into the break room, settling her onto the small sofa before casually handing over the dessert she had been carrying.

Turning away, Jiang Mengyu poured a cup of hot cocoa. By the time she returned, the dessert bag had already been opened, and Zhou Xinying was taking small, deliberate bites.

Jiang Mengyu passed her the hot cocoa. Without a word, Zhou Xinying accepted it and drank.

Only when she saw Zhou Xinying gradually recovering did Jiang Mengyu relax, leaning back into the sofa with an indifferent expression. “A few days apart, and you’ve already reduced yourself to this state?”

Her tone sounded mocking, but as Zhou Xinying stared at the coffee cup in her hands, a complicated emotion flickered in her eyes.

“Why?” she asked softly.

Didn’t Jiang Mengyu despise her?

Shouldn’t she have been reveling in her humiliation? Why help her?

“If you make a scene here, it’s my reputation that suffers,” Jiang Mengyu replied, glancing down at her phone.

Secretary Zhao had personally come down to fetch her but couldn’t find her and was now messaging to ask where she was.

Jiang Mengyu stood up. “With such poor judgment, it makes me wonder if I’ve been too lenient with you in the past.”

Zhou Xinying hadn’t forgotten to bring food someone who knew about her condition had deliberately taken it from her.

Without waiting for Zhou Xinying to respond, Jiang Mengyu turned and walked out, replying to Secretary Zhao’s message as she went. Her figure soon disappeared from Zhou Xinying’s sight.

Zhou Xinying tightened her grip on the cup. The cake in front of her still exuded a sweet aroma, a constant reminder that Jiang Mengyu had indeed helped her just now.

What exactly did Jiang Mengyu mean by this?

[Ding! Target Zhou Xinying’s favorability +5. Current total favorability: 177.]

The system notification chimed just as Jiang Mengyu met up with Secretary Zhao.

Secretary Zhao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. “Miss Jiang, President Gu just finished his meeting and is waiting for you in his office.”

He didn’t ask where she had been earlier.

Jiang Mengyu followed Secretary Zhao into the elevator, riding it up to the eighteenth floor. After exiting, they passed through the lounge and office area before finally arriving at Gu Lanqiu’s office.

Hearing the commotion, Gu Lanqiu looked up at the two of them.

Secretary Zhao nodded at her before closing the door, leaving the two alone.

Gu Lanqiu gave Jiang Mengyu a once-over. “Where did you go?”

Jiang Mengyu: “Mistook the floor and got off on the eighth.”

Gu Lanqiu: “And then?”

“Ran into Zhou Xinying. We chatted for a bit.”

Zhou Xinying?

Gu Lanqiu hardly believed their relationship was amicable enough for casual conversation.

Jiang Mengyu seemed oblivious to his skepticism. She stepped toward Gu Lanqiu.

Gu Lanqiu’s gaze swept back and forth across Jiang Mengyu’s face, then suddenly noticed something amiss. Hadn’t Jiang Mengyu said she bought a cake?

Yet now her hands were empty.

Perhaps sensing Gu Lanqiu’s eyes lingering on her hands, Jiang Mengyu paused before explaining, “Zhou Xinying had a hypoglycemic episode. I gave the cake to her.”

Gu Lanqiu studied her for a long moment, fingers lightly tapping the armrest of her chair. “You care about Miss Zhou that much?”

Her tone gave no hint of emotion.

Jiang Mengyu pressed her lips together.

For some reason, Gu Lanqiu suddenly recalled Jiang Mengyu’s words from earlier that morning when she met with Madam Jiang,

Zhou Xinying isn’t our enemy.

Gu Lanqiu had always assumed Jiang Mengyu disliked Zhou Xinying. She had never hidden her distaste for her in front of Gu Lanqiu. But judging by Jiang Mengyu’s actions today, that didn’t seem to be the case.

Would she really care about someone she disliked?

Gu Lanqiu’s eyes darkened. She stared at Jiang Mengyu for a long while before abruptly asking, “You knew all along, didn’t you?”

Jiang Mengyu’s lashes fluttered slightly. “Knew what?”

Her reaction only confirmed Gu Lanqiu’s suspicions, Jiang Mengyu must have known something would happen today.

So her sudden desire to go out wasn’t entirely to see Madam Jiang, and coming to the company wasn’t because she missed Gu Lanqiu. It was purely to help Zhou Xinying?

The air around Gu Lanqiu instantly turned icy. Even from a distance, Jiang Mengyu could feel the sharpness of her gaze, cutting like a blade.

Silence settled over the office.

After a long pause, Jiang Mengyu finally heard Gu Lanqiu speak in an ambiguous tone, “You two sisters really are… close.”

“No,” Jiang Mengyu replied softly. “Helping her was incidental.”

“Just consider it a momentary act of kindness.”

Gu Lanqiu smirked faintly. “So you can be this kind to anyone, is that it?”

An inexplicable thought flashed through Gu Lanqiu’s mind Zhou Xinying was only Jiang Mengyu’s stepsister. They weren’t even related by blood…

Her voice turned particularly cold. “Do you actually dislike Zhou Xinying?”

By then, Jiang Mengyu had already stepped in front of Gu Lanqiu. She looked down at her and asked, “Lanqiu, are you really that concerned about this?”

[Is Lanqiu jealous?]

[How adorable.]

Gu Lanqiu’s tapping fingers stilled for a second. “Why would I be concerned?”

Jealous?

That was even more impossible.

Jiang Mengyu suddenly leaned in closer, the delicate scent of jasmine enveloping Gu Lanqiu, making her body stiffen involuntarily.

“Zhou Xinying is just an insignificant side character to me.”

Jiang Mengyu’s fingertips brushed against Gu Lanqiu’s face, gently massaging her temples. “It’s just that if she causes trouble, it might drag me into it again.”

“I don’t want to be entangled with Xu Zeyan anymore.”

[How could she compare to Lanqiu?]

Gu Lanqiu didn’t know whether to believe her or not.

She stared at Jiang Mengyu for a long moment before slowly closing her eyes.

Jiang Mengyu smoothed the faint crease between Gu Lanqiu’s brows with her thumb, her voice soft and unhurried. “Lanqiu, whether in our past life or this one, you’re the only person I’ve ever loved.”

“You’re the only one who’s ever been special to me.”

“Everyone else is dull and meaningless in comparison.”

Jiang Mengyu’s tone was solemn. Gu Lanqiu couldn’t hear any of her inner thoughts, yet she inexplicably felt that Jiang Mengyu wasn’t lying.

[Ding! Mission target Gu Lanqiu’s favorability +5. Current total favorability: 182]

There was no visible reaction on Gu Lanqiu’s face. If not for System 031’s reminder about the increased favorability, Jiang Mengyu would never have guessed that Gu Lanqiu actually responded well to this approach.

The cake Jiang Mengyu bought would have to wait. Fortunately, Gu Lanqiu wasn’t particularly craving sweets anyway. Since she got off work relatively early today and saw that Jiang Mengyu had waited for her all afternoon, Gu Lanqiu decided to take her out for dinner.

She chose a private kitchen restaurant she frequented.

Noticing Jiang Mengyu had some difficulty getting out of the car, Gu Lanqiu reached out to give her a hand.

Jiang Mengyu was momentarily stunned, a glimmer of light flickering in her dark eyes. “Thank you, Lanqiu.”

Gu Lanqiu subtly withdrew her fingertips. “Mhm.”

Just as the two reached the entrance of the restaurant, a familiar voice suddenly called out from behind.

“Lanqiu!”

Both Gu Lanqiu and Jiang Mengyu turned to see Wen Lingyi striding toward them.

Wen Lingyi’s gaze darted back and forth between Jiang Mengyu and Gu Lanqiu. “What a coincidence! You two here for dinner too?”

What else would people come to a restaurant for?

Gu Lanqiu frowned. “Do you need something?”

Wen Lingyi choked was this any way to treat a friend?

She rubbed her chin, keenly noticing the subtle discomfort on Gu Lanqiu’s face.

The person beside Gu Lanqiu, if she remembered correctly was Xu Zeyan’s ex-fiancée, wasn’t she?

Hadn’t they already publicly announced their breakup?

Why was Gu Lanqiu walking around with her nephew’s ex-girlfriend?

And the atmosphere between these two seemed far more familiar than she had imagined.

A sudden realization struck Wen Lingyi, and her eyes widened in shock.

No way…

Gu Lanqiu, she—

Support