The next second, everyone had surrounded her, all with serious expressions, staring intently at her as if interrogating a criminal.
"Tell me the truth! What exactly happened? When did you two meet? And when did you officially become a couple?"
"And another thing! How did you two meet? Where did you meet?!"
"He dares to come to our door again tomorrow! We'll see how I deal with him then!"
"......"
Jiang Ran swallowed hard. Under so many intense gazes, she could only brace herself and say, "We...we...are..."
She rolled her eyes, racking her brains to come up with an excuse: "We... fell in love at first sight!"
To everyone's surprise, their opposition became even stronger after hearing this.
"No way! Love at first sight is too unreliable! I think it's clearly lust at first sight!"
"Exactly! There's no such thing as love at first sight in this world. So-called love at first sight is either lust at first sight or a deliberate attempt to get close with ulterior motives! My silly sister, don't be fooled! You never used to believe in these things."
"I disagree too! It sounds so unreliable. I think you've reached the age where you start to fantasize about love. I have to wake you up, or you'll develop a love-struck brain!"
Jiang Ran frowned in distress, pushed them away, stood up, and assured them again, "Don't worry! I'm definitely not that stupid! Just think of it as... just think of it as me playing house, it's just an engagement, if it doesn't work out, we'll break up, so don't worry about me. When have I ever let myself suffer a loss?"
"How can you treat something as important as an engagement as a game?"
"Yes, Xiaoran, we won't stop you if you really want to be in a relationship, but getting engaged is too sudden, and what you said about love at first sight is too unreliable."
Jiang Huaijing mysteriously pulled her into a corner and coldly pressed her, "Tell me honestly, are you hiding something from us? I've been thinking about it carefully, and if you can fall in love at first sight, I'd rather believe pigs can fly!"
He knew Jiang Ran's personality well. Over the years, she had never cared about romantic relationships. She was always rational and decisive, and never dragged her feet in doing things. But now she suddenly said she wanted to get engaged, and she couldn't give a reason.
There's definitely something fishy going on here!
"Brother~" Jiang Ran pouted and grabbed his sleeve, shaking it: "Brother... just think of me as playing house. I promise you I will never let myself get hurt. Don't you know me? Would I be the kind of person to make myself suffer?"
"It seems this matter is not as simple as it appears. What exactly do you want?"
"Oh... I know you're the best, brother. You'll definitely help me persuade Mom and the others, right?"
Jiang Huaijing still had a sour face: "Don't try to flatter me, I'm not buying it."
"Brother... I beg you." Jiang Ran looked at him pitifully, shaking his sleeve incessantly.
"Alright, alright... I know." Jiang Huaijing couldn't do anything about her, but he still said with concern, "But you must promise me that no matter what you do, you can't gamble with your own happiness. It's not that I don't want you to date, get engaged, or even get married, I just hope you can always be happy."
"I knew my brother was the best!" Jiang Ran was overjoyed and immediately praised him again, saying, "I declare you to be the best brother in the world!"
"Alright, I'll see who this person is tomorrow!"
"Brother...you can't deliberately make things difficult for him tomorrow..."
She couldn't even imagine what tomorrow would bring. Her family all thought she had been deceived by a bad man and that they would definitely make things difficult for Huo Siyan tomorrow.
However, she couldn't tell them that it was just a pretense of engagement.
Huo Siyan... he should never have been bullied by anyone since he was a child, right?
Will he suddenly lose his temper tomorrow?
Then my family will definitely be even less likely to agree!
This is really a difficult task.
We shouldn't have agreed to let him come to our house tomorrow. We should have just gotten engaged and done it first, then asked for his consent. Our family would have had no choice but to agree.
And so, filled with worries about tomorrow, Jiang Ran fell asleep.
She got up early the next morning, having not slept well all night.
She had also warned her family beforehand, hoping they wouldn't make things too difficult for him, but everyone nodded reluctantly, which probably wasn't a good sign.
Never mind, we'll talk about it later.
Jiang Ran glanced at the time; it was almost nine o'clock, the time they had agreed upon. She then went to the gate of the Shen family's house to wait.
Soon, it was nine o'clock, but no cars were coming on the only road leading to the Shen family.
Jiang Ran pursed her lips, feeling her feet were a little sore from standing, so she sat down on the bench by the door.
But time quickly came to 9:30, half an hour before the agreed time.
Jiang Ran's beautiful eyebrows furrowed involuntarily. Could something have delayed her?
Okay, let's wait a bit longer...
However, it was already ten o'clock, and Huo Siyan was still nowhere to be seen.
Jiang Ran's expression turned rather unpleasant. It wasn't her who asked him to visit; he was the one who suggested coming at nine o'clock. Now he was breaking his promise, which was really going too far.
So what if he is the heir of the Huo family? His noble status has nothing to do with her. Why should she wait for him here for an hour for nothing?
Hmph! I'm not waiting anymore!
Whether he comes or not is up to her; she doesn't even want him to come. After all, she's just playing along with his act, so there's no need for him to come to visit.
She wouldn't have put up with this if she didn't owe him a favor.
Jiang Ran stood up and started walking inside. She had only taken a few steps back when she heard a loud screeching sound of tires rubbing against the ground.
She was startled by the voice. Who was that? Driving so fast? Weren't they afraid of causing an accident?
Jiang Ran turned around and saw Wen Qing hurriedly get out of the driver's seat and run to the other side to open the back door.
Huo Siyan stepped out of the car, his hand-tailored black shirt highlighting his lean and muscular physique. Today, he seemed to have deliberately let some loose strands of hair down, making him look less cold and aloof than usual, and more...approachable?
Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow in surprise: "President Huo looks quite different today."
Unlike usual, he wasn't cold and aloof, nor did he seem to keep people at arm's length.
"Sorry I'm late." Huo Siyan said with a hint of guilt.
Jiang Ran gave him a cold glance, showing him no respect: "It's good that you know."
She waited here for an hour for nothing. Do you think an apology can make it all go away?
She's not that magnanimous.
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