Rong Lan raised an eyebrow and subtly took a step to the side, putting some distance between herself and Chu Chuan. "After all, he's Ran Ran's sweetheart and the biological father of my unborn niece or nephew. I remember Mr. Chu Chuan is quite normal."
Her intuition told her there was something wrong with Chu Chuan standing so close to her. Thinking about the methods Chu Hengyuan had used last time, it was very likely that photos of her and Chu Chuan standing together would reach Chu Hengyuan's hands within half a day. To avoid any misunderstandings from her fiancé, it was better for her to keep her distance from Chu Chuan.
Although Chu Chuan looked harmless, his innocent smile made him look like a little puppy. However, based on his conversation with Bai Rongran last time, it was obvious that he was not as harmless as he seemed.
When Chu Chuan heard Rong Lan mention Bai Rongran and the child, even though he was used to putting on an act, his face still stiffened for a moment.
Rong Lan's words disrupted all his original plans.
But... how did Bai Ronglan know about Bai Rongran's affairs? Bai Rongran would rather see Bai Ronglan in trouble and would never voluntarily tell her such a private matter.
Could it be... that Chu Hengyuan told her?
After much thought, Chu Chuan finally decided to continue acting. "I don't quite understand what Miss Rong Lan means. Speaking of which, since it's such a coincidence that Miss Rong Lan and I meet here, how about we go for lunch together?"
Rong Lan took a deep look at the karmic thread on Chu Chuan and imitated his acting style, smiling. "Sure. I'll send a message to Ran Ran first to let her know. She always says she's busy with work, but today she has time to have lunch with someone she rarely sees like me."
As she spoke, she lowered her head to look at her phone, seriously trying to find Bai Rongran's name in her contacts.
It was such a clumsy way of changing the subject. It wouldn't take her much effort to steer the conversation back to the direction she wanted.
None of the words Chu Chuan had prepared were useful. Every word on the tip of his tongue was choked back by Rong Lan's counterattack. His expression gradually turned cold. "Miss Rong Lan knows too many things. I wonder if Miss Rong Lan has heard a saying. The more a person knows, the faster they die."
At the end, there was a chilling tone in Chu Chuan's voice.
Rong Lan turned off her phone screen and looked at Chu Chuan leisurely. "I've heard what you said. I've also heard another saying. I wonder if Mr. Chu Chuan has heard it. - If you do too many bad things, the ghosts will come knocking on your door."
Just by looking at Chu Chuan's karmic thread, she knew this person was sick, probably seriously so.
She was too lazy to count all the bad things he had done one by one.
But if he insisted on showing off in front of her, she wouldn't mind counting all the things he had done over the years.
Chu Chuan was silent for a while. "Miss Rong Lan is really... extremely intelligent... I don't quite understand. Since Miss Rong Lan is so smart, how could you be bullied by your younger sister?"
Rong Lan gave Chu Chuan a disdainful look. "I'm just playing with Ran Ran. Does Mr. Chu Chuan really think I'm a fool? I'm willing to play with Ran Ran, but I'm not willing to play with other cats and dogs. If Mr. Chu Chuan has free time, he might as well spend more time with Ran Ran. There's no need to waste his time on me."
Chu Chuan's face completely turned cold. The meaning of Rong Lan's words was too obvious. She was saying he was a cat or a dog.
But he couldn't fall out with Rong Lan. He still needed to get what he wanted from her. Even the smartest people would become fools in the face of love. He didn't believe Rong Lan was an exception. When he... when he made Rong Lan fall in love with him, he would pay her back double for the face she had lost.
Thinking of this, Chu Chuan softened his expression and smiled again. "I think Miss Rong Lan may have some misunderstandings about me. It's a misunderstanding that can't be explained clearly for a while. No matter what I say now, Miss Rong Lan won't believe me. I'll save the words I most want to say to Miss Rong Lan for later."
Hearing Chu Chuan's pretentious words of deep affection, Rong Lan raised her hand to rub her arms, trying to rub off the goosebumps.
She took another step to the side, showing her disgust for Chu Chuan clearly. "I don't think it's a misunderstanding."
Chu Chuan smiled. "How could it not be a misunderstanding? Miss Rong Lan must have heard some bad rumors about me. But rumors are just rumors. When I have the opportunity in the future, I'll let Miss Rong Lan get to know what the real me is like. I won't bother Miss Rong Lan anymore today. I should go back to work."
Rong Lan really wanted to tell Chu Chuan that she had already seen what the real him was like through the karmic thread on him.
But she didn't want to cause any trouble for herself and was too lazy to say too much to Chu Chuan. She just nodded indifferently and then lowered her head to look at her phone, not planning to talk to him anymore.
Chu Chuan knew that staying here would only make him look stupid. After standing there for a while, he turned around and left.
When she finally realized there was no one beside her, Rong Lan opened the ride-hailing app.
She originally planned to go home and continue to plan for the ghost Bai Ronglan's wish. But Chu Chuan's sudden appearance made her change her mind.
She decisively chose a fitness club closest to the Bai family as her destination.
She suddenly remembered that this body was just a delicate young lady who was powerless. Without any magical powers at present, she couldn't be too weak.
She decided that from today on, she would exercise well. If she encountered any danger in the future, at least she would have the strength to fight. If a person with a wrong heart like Chu Chuan wanted to attack her, she would never be in a helpless state.
So, Rong Lan went to the gym for several days in a row. Then Mrs. Bai tearfully grabbed her hand. "Lan Lan must be looking forward to this wedding, right? No matter how I persuaded you before, you didn't want to go to the gym. But now you can go every day. Is it because you want to look beautiful in your wedding dress?"
Rong Lan looked at the hand that was being grabbed and gave an embarrassed but polite smile. "I didn't expect Mom to notice this..."
After living in the Bai family for so many days, she deeply understood how important it was to go along with the elders' words. Just like now, if she said she wasn't preparing for the wedding, Mrs. Bai would definitely overthink. Maybe she would think that Rong Lan wanted to subdue Chu Hengyuan after marriage and that's why she insisted on going to the gym.
"It's a good thing that Lan Lan is willing to exercise more, but don't be picky about your food. It won't look good in a wedding dress if you're too thin." Mrs. Bai said meaningfully.
Hearing the word "picky", Rong Lan felt extremely guilty. She had been more and more unrestrained recently. She would eat chicken whenever she could and avoid vegetables as much as possible. Sure enough, it was noticeable. "I know."