As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to realize she overreacted, then forced a smile and said, "You ran away from the wedding yesterday; it's normal for Commander Lu to be a bit angry."
"After all, no man can tolerate such a thing happening, and Commander Lu is no exception."
It would've been better if she hadn't mentioned the runaway, but as soon as she did, Su Ruan recalled that this matter of elopement was largely due to Shen Shi's incitement.
Su Ruan's eyes flickered slightly, her tone light, "He was really quite mad."
Shen Shi's face lit up with joy. She knew that Commander Lu didn't like Su Ruan.
"He's afraid I'll leave him," Su Ruan feigned a helpless look, "so last night, hmm..."
She leaned forward slightly, revealing a faint red mark.
Shen Shi spotted the unsightly red mark at once, her fingers digging into her palms forcefully, yet she pretended not to notice.
"That's good, very good," she said insincerely.
She sat straight beside Su Ruan, intentionally looking around, then lowered her voice and said, "Next week there will be a graduation party at home, you can use the opportunity to..."
She gave a meaningful look, making her implication obvious.
Su Ruan naturally understood the deeper meaning in her words, which was no more than urging her to run away again.
If it were her past self, she'd certainly be eager to seize this opportunity.
But now...
"Your graduation party, huh?" Su Ruan curled her lips, "Getting into the Logistics Department of Federation University is indeed worth congratulating."
The Logistics Department of Federation University was notorious for being a haven for slackers, a place where wealthy families would send their kids who failed to get into the Federation University, simply to buy a degree.
Shen Shi, faced with such sarcasm, turned pale again and couldn't help but retort, "But that's Federation University."
"And what university did you get into, Su Ruan?"
Su Ruan: ...
In her past life, all she thought about was eloping and never considered studying, so she randomly applied to a school, something like the Second Military University, another infamous slackers' school on the Central Star.
Though it indeed couldn't compare to Federation University, Su Ruan feigned a look of heartache on the surface, "My dear sister, you don't even know which university I got into? It truly breaks my heart."
Su Ruan rarely addressed Shen Shi as "sister," considering the matter of their being switched in the nursery and not discovered until adulthood was not a glorious story for either the Shen Family or Shen Shi herself.
Although she was Mr. Shen's biological daughter, the Shen family, holding onto their eighteen years of emotional ties, refused to send Shen Shi back to her biological parents, continued treating her as their treasured daughter, while Su Ruan was destined to be swapped for eighteen years, still living as an "adopted daughter" under the Shen family.
But when you think about it, the Su Family now only had three missing brothers, how could the Shen Family bear to let Shen Shi go back?
In her past life, she was filled with unwillingness and resentment, but now it just seemed funny and ironic.
Seeing Shen Shi remain silent, Su Ruan casually lifted her gaze, "I will attend next week's graduation party."
As for what to do...
She curled her lips, a trace of mischief gleaming in her eyes.
Shen Shi, seeing her aim achieved, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure to create opportunities for you," she whispered, already plotting how to make Su Ruan suffer a great embarrassment.
Su Ruan glanced at Shen Shi with a half-smile and replied, "Then you better really help me out."
Who knows who will be embarrassed in the end.