"You're not allowed to participate in these kinds of variety shows. You're not a celebrity; you'll only make a fool of yourself."

The message has been sent, but was rejected by the recipient.

The other party has enabled friend verification; you should still consider them a friend...

Zhuang Yan actually blocked and deleted her?

Unable to believe it, Xia Wan called Zhuang Yan again, only to be told by the system that the other party was on another call.

They even blocked my phone number.

All the confidence I had built up crumbled instantly.

But at this very moment, people still keep asking her: Is it true that she and Zhuang Yan broke off their engagement? Is Zhuang Yan really going to participate in a dating show like the rumors on the internet say?

Xia Wan was so angry that her scalp tingled. She grabbed an ornament from the bedside table and threw it on the ground. Only after smashing it did she realize that it was an old photo of her and Gu Qian.

After Gu Qian went abroad, she kept this photo very well and always kept it on her bedside table.

The photos, which had been stored for five years, were smashed to pieces by Zhuang Yan out of anger.

The glass protecting the photo shattered into pieces. Xia Wan's outburst of anger seemed completely unprovoked, and the loud noise attracted the attention of those outside.

The maid knocked cautiously on the door: "Miss, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, don't worry about me." Xia Wan suppressed her anger, her face dark as she looked at the shards of glass on the ground.

After a while, footsteps were heard outside. This time, it was Xia Qingshan who called Xia Wan.

"Wanwan, Aunt Zhang said you made a lot of noise in your room. Open the door, I'll go in and see..."

Xia Wan said impatiently, "I'm really fine!"

"Open the door."

Xia Qingshan's tone became more forceful and left no room for refusal. Faced with her father, Xia Wan reluctantly opened the door.

As soon as Xia Qingshan entered, he saw the broken glass on the floor. He frowned and instructed the servants to clean the room.

"When did you get back? Have you eaten?"

"I came back in the afternoon and ate something." She came back after meeting with Zhuang Yan. She had insomnia last night and went to bed in her bedroom after returning to the Xia family home.

I woke up at eight o'clock, drank a bowl of porridge, but had no appetite and couldn't muster any energy.

She was planning to go back to her room and go back to sleep when her friend called to ask about Zhuang Yan's annulment of the engagement and whether she had handled it well.

She felt ashamed, so she didn't tell the truth.

Now her dad is asking her too.

Have you met Zhuang Yan?

Her father wasn't so easily fooled. Xia Wan lowered her head and said, "I've met him."

"What was his attitude like?"

"That's it."

"They've already made up?" Xia Qingshan's thinking was simple: as long as Xia Wan coaxed him a little and gave him a way out, given the relationship between the two families, Zhuang Yan had no reason to break off the engagement.

Xia Wan remained silent.

Seeing this, Xia Qingshan frowned and tentatively asked, "You haven't made up yet? What did you say when you met?"

"I've said everything I needed to say. I know I was wrong, and I've admitted it. I've also said I would make it up to him. He's petty and selfish, and he deliberately made a big scene to embarrass me. He wants to break off the engagement and sever ties with me. Now he's even blocked my contact information!" She was so ashamed that she couldn't even bring herself to talk about Zhuang Yan's participation in the dating reality show.

Xia Qingshan's face darkened after hearing this: "Does he think he can just decide this marriage and cancel it whenever he wants? You don't need to pay attention to him anymore. Leave him alone for a few days, and he'll give in once he's thought it through." His tone was extremely disdainful.

Is that really the case? But she felt that Zhuang Yan wouldn't back down this time.

"Dad, what did the dealers say?"

"He called me at noon to apologize, saying he would bring Zhuang Yan to the Xia family to apologize. For the sake of both families' reputation, I was thinking of letting it go, since you were in the wrong first, and it's normal for him to be angry. But now... he won't even give me a way out, so there's no point in giving him one! Even if the Zhuang family comes to apologize, don't give in easily. We're not even married yet, and Zhuang Yan dares to be so disrespectful. What will happen when you're pregnant and have a child? You'll have to put up with his attitude."

Xia Qingshan's words did not comfort Xia Wan. She asked, "Dad, what if Zhuang Yan cuts ties with his parents to break off our engagement..."

Xia Qingshan sneered, "How could that be?"

Why not? Zhuang Yan only makes concessions when he cares about them, but what if he doesn't care anymore... After all, his parents aren't good to him.

Xia Qingshan understood Xia Wan's concerns: "If you're worried, I'll call the dealer."

Xia Wan really wanted to know the current attitude of the dealers, as well as Zhuang Yan's situation.

Xia Qingshan took out his phone in front of Xia Wan, found Zhuang Zhongming's number, and dialed it.

The waiting process was extremely agonizing. Xia Wan was a little nervous, afraid of hearing the result she didn't want to hear.

The call connected, and the other party answered. Zhuang Zhongming's slightly ingratiating voice came through: "President Xia, what brings you here so late?"

"I just want to ask what's going on with Zhuang Yan right now. Is he still making a fuss about breaking off the engagement?"

This is not a difficult question. At least in Xia Qingshan's view, Zhuang Yan has no reason to break off the engagement. It would be a thankless task, so why make a rash decision and end up with nothing?

Such an easy question to answer, yet the other person remained silent.

Even the slow-witted Xia Qingshan sensed something was wrong: "What's going on? Does he really want to break up with my daughter?"

"President Xia, as you know, parents can't interfere in matters of the heart. It's up to the two children to resolve themselves. Zhuang Yan is grown up, and he's very single-minded. I've already talked to him and scolded him..."

Xia Qingshan scoffed: "So you mean you want to call off the engagement?"

Zhuang Zhongming had a bitter pill to swallow.

"It's fine to call off the engagement, but please return the money as well. My daughter is outstanding; she can find any man she wants. It's her good fortune that she's interested in Zhuang Yan. If she doesn't appreciate it, plenty of others will. Does she really think that without your family, my daughter can't get married? If my daughter wants to, she can find any man she wants."

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