Gou Xun obviously found Gou An's expulsion ridiculous - although he still felt a little guilty three seconds ago. He only knew that Lu Wan accidentally killed Gou An's cat, but didn't know that she and He Ran were in a relationship.

Those people in the same circle (a group of second-generation rich kids) who hang out together have always followed He Ran's lead. Plus, since this man is nominally his brother-in-law, they always play basketball together, so Gou Xun and He Ran have always had a good relationship.

Sometimes, he would go home and quarrel with Gou An. When the quarrel reached its climax, he even felt that his sister, with her hot temper, was not worthy of He Ran.

But the final blow proved that He Ran actually cheated...

He found it quite subtle.

While I was struggling, I was asked to leave.

Gou Xun was an invincible little bully in school. He didn't agree to this. He frowned and was about to shout, "I don't know anything about Lu Wan and He Ran. Why do you want me to get out?" But considering that Lu Wan was already standing at the door...

He stood up suddenly with a gloomy face.

The chair scraped loudly behind him.

"I'll go ask her."

After saying this, Gou Xun turned around and ran towards the entrance.

Gou Xun went to find Lu Wan.

Gou Yu and Jiang Yuan were left sitting at the table with Gou An. Jiang Yuan sighed, raised his hand and touched his daughter's hair: "You should have told Dad and Mom earlier... We don't have to get married. The He family owed your grandfather a favor. Why should you suffer so much injustice?"

"I told you, I thought I could handle it." Gou An pouted and lowered his head, "Who knew I couldn't handle it, and even got involved with Gou Xun, and now he's here."

Gou Yu pointed at her and said, "You are so stubborn."

"Dad, I'm already very sad," Gou An kicked her father under the table, "Can't you say something nice?"

Gou Yu snorted, "Why didn't I see that you were sad?"

Sad.

But it’s not because of He Ran.

But because of another person.

Gou An's head almost dropped to her chest. Seeing her aggrieved look, Gou Yu stopped talking. It was obvious that he had no idea what to do in this complicated situation.

There was no such thing in their time.

Why not tell He Jinxing and see if he wants to cancel the engagement or something? If he feels guilty, he can just give An An a piece of the Jinshan Wharf project as a dowry. Anyway, the Gou family will definitely not want He Ran as their son-in-law.

Gou Yu was still thinking about this in his mind when footsteps were heard coming from the entrance. It was Gou Xun who dragged Lu Wan in.

Lu Wan was quite polite. No matter how Gou Xun pressed her shoulders to get her to sit down, she refused until the real owners of the house, Gou An's parents, came out of the dining room and sat down on the sofa.

Jiang Yuan's usual smile was rarely restrained at this time. After all, how could she still smile in front of the bad guy who "bullied" her daughter? From beginning to end, she just said "Miss Lu, please sit down", and then sat down on the sofa, looking very impressive like a competent and prestigious rich lady.

Lu Wan twisted his hands together and sat down with a pale face.

Sitting opposite her was Gou An, who was playing with his phone with an expressionless face.

In fact, I wasn’t playing. I was just aimlessly exiting and entering the WeChat interface and mechanically refreshing my Moments.

In fact, my mind is blank.

Jiang Yuan first thanked Lu Wan politely, because her son was just as his sister described, with a bad character and some brain stem deficiency. He was never good at studying, and the family was considering letting him pursue a career in professional basketball...

But even if he is involved in sports, it doesn't mean he can be illiterate, right?

So since he made progress in his studies and suddenly became willing to learn, Jiang Yuan still gave some recognition to Lu Wan, the "little teacher".

But that's all. In Jiang Yuan's eyes, apart from helping Gou Xun learn and improve, everything else about Lu Wan is bad.

Even as she stood up trembling, she solemnly said to Gou An, "I apologize to you for the cat. Although I know that an apology is useless and can't bring it back to life, this is all I can do... I'm sure you won't want financial compensation. I came here today to sincerely say sorry to you."

Gou An didn't say anything, so Gou Xun kicked her.

Gou An raised her eyelids lazily. It wasn’t that she ignored Lu Wan, but she really didn’t know how to respond to this.

It was impossible to forgive her. If possible, she would like to ask Lu Wan to go to jail first.

But murdering someone else's pet won't result in jail time, and taking it to court would just mean paying compensation. So what's the point?

So she just became mute.

Jiang Yuan took over the conversation: "We also heard about what happened on the cruise ship last month. At that time, we just thought that you were peers and you should solve the problem in your own way. At that time, my daughter also did something that was considered extreme...punishment, so the adults stopped asking about this matter."

She paused, her voice still soft, "I didn't expect so many things to happen later. If I remember correctly, there were some problems with the freshman speech a few days ago... Miss Lu, look at how much my daughter has suffered from you during the time we let you handle it on your own."

Gou An: “…”

Gou An: Useless me.JPG.

"In the end, it could even affect the marriages of the previous generations of the Gou and He families."

Jiang Yuan seemed to be very regretful.

Only Gou Yu knew that his wife might have become a movie queen by now - at home, if one had to choose someone who raised the highest hand to oppose arranged marriages, it would not even be Gou An, but Jiang Yuan.

She didn't feel any regrets. She was just angry that someone bullied her daughter. Apart from that, she was just excited and ready to send He Ran away.

But this did not affect her at all. She frowned and sighed, looking at Lu Wan with regret: "Ms. Lu, although it has not been officially registered, An An and the young master of the He family are in a confirmed engagement. You also know that it is immoral to destroy other people's feelings... Miss Lu is so beautiful, she should have a very beautiful life. You can't use your beautiful face for such things, right?"

Gou An: “…”

Now, Gou An sat up completely and couldn't help but tilt his head to look at his mother.

[Jiao Jiao: Oh, you are not even one tenth as good at scolding as Mommy. If she gets the script, it might be a true supporting actress turning into the heroine—]

【Jiao Jiao: Watch carefully and learn well. 】

[Jiao Jiao: Stop yelling like a machine gun all day long. What does the volume have to do with the lethality? ]

This was the first time Gou An did not refute this stupid cat.

She saw Lu Wan's pupils trembling. Being accused of interfering in other people's feelings in a roundabout way, which young girl with a sense of shame could bear it?

"I, I didn't know about this at first," her lips trembled slightly as she tried hard to suppress her tears, "He Ran told me that he and Gou An were not on good terms, and that the engagement had already been agreed to be cancelled, so I--"

Lu Wan paused.

"Then on the day of the freshman speech at the beginning of the school year, He Ran officially announced that he was dating Gou An, and I never contacted him again."

She rubbed her pale face and looked extremely nervous.

"It was purely an accidental encounter that day at Ye Weiyang. I was in urgent need of money for medical treatment, so I used my friend's relationship to take a temporary job... I didn't know He Ran was celebrating his birthday at Ye Weiyang that day."

What Lu Wan said was true, but she kept calling He Ran, but who actually cares about He Ran?

Gou An keenly caught the word "friend" she mentioned.

——Yelang, is that so?

It felt like a thorn was stabbing my heart, and I suddenly didn't want to listen anymore.

So Gou An sneered loudly and interrupted Lu Wan: "I also apologize for impersonating you to save He Ran. I'm sorry, I was bewildered and thought it was something good that was worth lying about... Then are you done? You can leave now."

Including Lu Wan, everyone in the living room was a little slow to react.

No one expected that Miss Gou had taken the wrong medicine, or that some word had hit her so hard that she suddenly went crazy, with her eyes as cold as ice chips.

Lu Wan looked at her blankly, biting his lower lip, looking a little at a loss.

In the original novel, the heroine is so beautiful that she becomes lucky or unlucky again and again because of her beauty, which goes back and forth over more than one million words and thousands of chapters.

But to Gou An, this meant nothing. She stood up coldly and said, "Ade, show him away."

The fat maid in a maid outfit responded with a "hey". She watched Gou An grow up, and she knew clearly that during the days when the fat cat died, Gou An did nothing but sleep and cry, as if he had lost his soul...

Just now , she had heard all the subsequent events from the side, and she was already stunned without having to know the whole story. Her mind was full of thoughts, this Miss Lu Wan was too bad, why would there be such a person in the world, as if she was born to go against our An An? At this time, she received the command of "Send the guest away", and Ah De hurriedly responded and rushed forward, but before she could touch Lu Wan, Gou Xun shouted to stop——

"Wait, what are you doing? Bullying people together? You've apologized, and you've explained He Ran's matter clearly." Gou Xun sat on the sofa, tilting his head, looking coldly at his sister who seemed to be making trouble. "What else do you want? Gou An, if you keep making things difficult for Lu Wan, the cat will not survive."

"I'm embarrassing her?"

"Yeah, I don't even know why you're so obsessed with this!"

"We picked up Jiao Jiao together. Gou Xun, you found it! You took it out of the torn cardboard box, you said you would be good to it, you told it in person that it would have a home from now on!" Gou An raised his voice, choking a bit, but he didn't cry, "Hasn't it rubbed against you, crawled into your bed, or eaten the canned food you fed it with your own hands?! Am I making things difficult for her?!"

"Gou An——"

"Okay."

Gou An suddenly waved her hand to stop Gou Xun from continuing. As Jiang Yuan anxiously told Gou Xun to apologize to her sister and that he couldn't talk like that, she lowered her head and looked at her brother...

The face in front of me is both familiar and unfamiliar.

She suddenly remembered, oh, yes, Gou Xun was also in that nightmare.

He stood with Ye Lang and watched her being taken away by the police.

Gou An became more silent, and Gou Xun, who was looking at her, was stunned.

For most of the past, their relationship as siblings was not good, and there was always chaos and confusion, but from beginning to end, they never really did anything serious: for example, when Gou An scolded him just now, he also called him an "idiot".

If it were someone else, the words might not be so elegant.

Gou An seemed to never look at him like this before—

Contempt, disgust, and even a little tiredness.

Those almond-shaped pupils didn't seem to have much majesty, but at this moment they made his heart skip a beat.

Gou Xun looked at those eyes, and suddenly turned around, avoiding those eyes while grabbing Lu Wan's arm: "Anyway, you have already apologized for your mistake, and the rest is not your fault. You didn't mean to... to steal my love!"

"Axun." Jiang Yuan called his son's name warningly.

"That's enough, Mom!" Gou Xun waved his hands impatiently, "This matter ends here, we are all even now!"

Gou Yu made a "tsk" sound, as if he couldn't stand his son's stupidity: "Why are you acting as a referee here? Your sister hasn't said anything yet."

Gou An: "I told him to get out - if he doesn't get out, I'll get out."

Jiang Yuan turned to Gou Xun and said, "Then you should go away first."

Gou Xun loudly retorted, "No way! What right does she have to act as a judge in such a condescending manner? Didn't she do anything wrong from the beginning to the end? If you don't have time to take care of the cat, just leave it at home. You insisted on taking it on the cruise ship, but you couldn't take care of it yourself. Now you know how to blame others when it dies!"

As he said this, he turned around and suddenly saw the blood quickly draining from his sister's face who was standing behind him. He suddenly stopped talking at that moment.

He hardened his heart and turned away.

Jiang Yuan was almost dumbfounded. She took one look at her daughter's distraught look, reached out and hugged her. She looked like she wanted to find a feather duster and hit her brainless son.

In the midst of this chaos, Gou Xun said, "Little teacher, let's go," and carried Lu Wan out. As he walked, he turned around and shouted to the people in the room, "Anyway, I will invite Lu Wan to the coming-of-age ceremony next week. If you are unhappy, it's your business. You will still meet her when you are supposed to—"

"Oh, then hold your coming-of-age ceremony at KFC!" Gou An struggled to get out of Jiang Yuan's arms like a zombie, grabbed an apple and threw it at him, "What a shame!"

Only when she heard the sound of Gou Xun and others getting into the car and leaving outside the door did she stand up, panting, and break away from her mother's comforting arms.

It was afternoon outside, but the sunshine disappeared at some point. The sky was covered with dark clouds and a drizzle began to fall. As autumn was approaching, the scent of the rain was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus.

Autumn has really arrived, and the tuberose flowers have all wilted.

Gou An took an umbrella from the porch, walked into the yard, and looked around in a daze.

The fat cat stretched out his paws, wagged his tail uncomfortably, and said firmly: [Don't cry. ]

[Although you are stupid and noisy, you can be a bit mean sometimes. ]

[But don’t cry. You should cry only if you’ve done something bad. You didn’t—]

"Banana."

The person standing in the rain suddenly called the cat's name, interrupting its chattering.

【Meow?】

"I took you on board just to let you see the sea, that's all."

【……】

[I know.]

A fat cat, as yellow as a banana, rolled around meowing.

[The sea is beautiful. Jiaojiao is one of the few kittens in the world who has seen the sea! Meow, Kaka! ]

Fat Cat stopped rolling.

[Jiao Jiao has never blamed you. ]

After a pause of a few seconds, the fat cat added firmly, with its big tail hidden under its fat belly.

【Not even a second.】

The big tail is pointed and raised.

So, you are not allowed to cry.

Under the transparent plastic umbrella, Gou An said "Oh" slowly, raised his hand and wiped his face, "I didn't cry, stupid cat, are you blind?"

Gou An stood in the yard, holding an umbrella in his hand and was in a daze for a while. The door of his house behind him was opened carefully from the inside, and after a few seconds, it was closed again with worry.

She didn't look back, and as always, she took the lead in comforting those who were worried about her, telling them that she was fine.

It's a lie.

She has something to do.

Until the small fence in the yard of the villa was pushed open from the outside.

The man who changed into sports casual clothes probably took a nap. His hair was no longer neat and tidy. One disobedient hair even stood up...

Through the rain, he looked at her with a black umbrella in hand.

Looking at her red eyes and tightly pursed lips, his gaze remained as calm as ever. After a while, he sneered with an ambiguous tone.

"I'm here to give Miss Gou a business card."

The man's voice was calm.

"It seems that Miss Gou really needs it. After all, it's only been a nap time and she seems to be bullied by someone again."

(End of this chapter)