Rong Lan raised an eyebrow. Was this an agreement already? She had only had a sudden whim to trick Bai Rongran casually, but she never expected Bai Rongran not to find an excuse to decline!
Her wedding with Chu Hengyuan? It might be postponed for who knew how many years.
Bai Rongran was furious. When she finally got a chance to be alone with Rong Lan, she confronted her with a dark face. "Bai Ronglan! You did it on purpose, didn't you?!"
Rong Lan blinked innocently. "I thought you'd find an excuse to decline."
Bai Rongran was extremely angry, but still remained rational. Afraid of being overheard, she lowered her voice. "Mom said that! What excuse could I find?!"
Rong Lan glanced at Bai Rongran's belly and continued to smile innocently. "Don't be angry. Getting angry is bad for the baby in your belly. As for excuses, there are plenty. For example, there's an exhibition in Country F next week. You want to go to the exhibition personally to pick a wedding gift for me. Isn't that a good excuse?"
Even a fox like her who had only been here for a few days could come up with such an excuse. Why couldn't Bai Rongran?
She always felt that since Bai Rongran knew she was pregnant, she had become a bit silly.
It even made this fox feel a strange sense of pity for her.
Bai Rongran's mind went blank, and the words she was about to use to confront Rong Lan got stuck in her throat.
She actually thought the excuse Rong Lan came up with was perfect, but she hadn't been able to think of it at that time.
"However, it doesn't matter. You can use this excuse anytime. After a week, if you can't wait anymore, tell Mom this excuse, and she'll let you go." Rong Lan shrugged.
Bai Rongran: "..."
It seemed so. Then why was she arguing with Rong Lan? Was she just bored?
Bai Rongran snorted. "Bai Ronglan, what do you want to do with all that money? You're not going to do something bad, are you?"
Rong Lan shook her head with a smile. "Of course not. I want to open a store, but I just don't want Mom and Dad to know."
"Humph! You're really bored." After saying that, Bai Rongran turned around and left, not wanting to say another word to Rong Lan.
Rong Lan was too lazy to explain to Bai Rongran. She was opening a store so that she could live a better life after marrying Chu Hengyuan. Chu Hengyuan had neither money nor power. In the future, the heavy responsibility of making money to support the family would probably fall on her shoulders. Didn't she have to make preparations in advance?
She had already checked. In this era, fortune - telling could earn a lot of money. She was going to resume her old business and apply all the knowledge she had learned from her aunt to practice. She would open a fortune - telling store.
It only took one day for Mrs. Bai to successfully persuade the wife of the current head of the Chu family. The object of the arranged marriage was changed from the younger daughter of the Bai family to the elder daughter.
Rong Lan hadn't even had the chance to hear about this from Mrs. Bai when Chu Hengyuan sent her a message first.
—I heard from my mother that you like me?
God knows how shocked Chu Hengyuan was when he heard this from his mother.
The bride was changed, but he, the groom - to - be, wasn't the first to know.
The most absurd thing was that due to the sudden change, the photos and recordings he had finally obtained were useless. All his efforts were in vain.
Rong Lan was equally shocked.
Her reputation in this circle was extremely bad now. Weren't the Chu family insisting that Bai Rongran marry into their family? Why did they agree so quickly when the Bai family said they wanted to replace her, the fake daughter, to marry in?
This was completely different from the rumors she had heard!
—I made a deal with Ranran.
After sending this head - less and tail - less message, Chu Hengyuan immediately understood what Rong Lan meant. Because she had made a deal with Bai Rongran, she had agreed to marry him in Bai Rongran's place. But saying she liked him was just a perfect excuse for her sudden agreement.
—Is Miss Bai free tomorrow night? If you have time, would you do me the honor of having dinner with me?
Seeing that it was impossible to explain clearly through messages, Chu Hengyuan simply and neatly made an invitation.
Rong Lan glanced at the schedule she had planned for herself and then replied to the message.
—Okay.
After replying to Chu Hengyuan's message, she scrolled through the chat list a few times, opened a chat box, and sent a message to that person, asking to advance the agreed - upon date to tomorrow.
Mrs. Bai's actions were faster than she had expected. She had no choice but to move forward the schedule she had roughly arranged.
In the end, Bai Rongran didn't dare to stay in the country any longer. At dinner time, after hearing from Mrs. Bai that the Chu family had agreed to the replacement, she immediately used the excuse Rong Lan had mentioned and even booked a plane ticket for the next day.
Although Mrs. Bai didn't quite agree with Rongran going abroad in such a hurry, after her newly - found daughter's coquetry, she had no choice but to reluctantly let her go.
As a result, Rong Lan, who only needed to go out around 5 p.m. the next day to have dinner with Chu Hengyuan, was dragged to the airport by Bai Rongran at 3 p.m.
Rong Lan, who had stayed up all night the previous night, was dragging a suitcase and covering her mouth to yawn. "Ranran, you're already so old. Can't you go to the airport by yourself?"
Bai Rongran gritted her teeth. "As my good sister, can't you see me off?"
Rong Lan shook her head. "I don't really want to see you off. Mom is busy with company matters today and can't come. I thought we didn't need to act like loving sisters."
Bai Rongran forced a smile. "If we're acting, we should act the whole thing. Bai Ronglan, remember to go abroad with me during the New Year."
Rong Lan raised an eyebrow. This high - and - mighty attitude was far less effective than Bai Rongran coquettishly talking to her. She was more likely to agree when someone was coquettish. "We'll talk about it later. Have you arranged your accommodation abroad? And the person who will pick you up?"
Bai Rongran snorted. "You don't need to worry about this. Someone will naturally arrange it for me."
When Rong Lan saw the smile on the other person's face, she knew who had arranged the accommodation for her good sister. However, since Chu Chuan could even ask Bai Rongran to have an abortion, would he be so kind as to arrange accommodation for her?
Looking at Bai Rongran's happy and secretly smiling face, Rong Lan finally didn't say anything to remind her.
If Chu Chuan calculated against Bai Rongran again and played a trick on her, Rong Lan would probably be very happy. After all, it would mean that without much effort, she was one step closer to fulfilling the wish of the ghost Bai Ronglan.
"It's almost time, Ranran. You should go in." Rong Lan glanced at the flight information on the electronic screen and handed the plane ticket in her hand to Bai Rongran.
Hearing this, Bai Rongran also looked at the electronic screen. Seeing that the time was really almost up, she took the ticket and pulled the suitcase placed beside Rong Lan.
Rong Lan stared at the little girl whose mood suddenly became low with a smile. On a sudden whim, she reached out and tucked the long hair that had fallen on Bai Rongran's chest behind her back. "Does Ranran want a hug? After this separation, we don't know when we'll meet again."