He Jinxing watched Gou An get on the car and go to He's hospital before he turned back to the police station to see his nephew who was being held in solitary confinement.

The moment the door opened and He Ran appeared, to be honest, even a "well-informed" person like He Jinxing couldn't help but be stunned. He stood by the door and paused for a while. He sincerely commented: "How miserable."

Fighting is one thing.

It’s another thing to fight and lose.

At this time, curled up on a stool in the corner, He Ran had calmed down. He tried to open his swollen eyes and looked at his uncle. The obvious mockery in the uncle's eyes made him feel even more frustrated.

He had heard a lot about his uncle's "glorious deeds" from his parents, and when it came to things like street dog fights, he might have some "experienced" authority to speak from a superior position.

But at this moment He Ran didn't want to compete with him in calculations. He was even too lazy to explain. It was the bastard Zhou Yanji who held him down, and Gou Xun who rode on him and attacked him... So it was not a three-way fight at all, but a pure two-on-one fight.

What kind of people can those two be? If they were taken out separately, they would be wild dog squad leaders who could occupy several trash cans by themselves.

Enduring the pain all over his body, He Ran changed his sitting position, and was only concerned about one question: "Where is Gou An?"

He Jinxing picked up a chair with his foot, hooked it in front of him, and sat down slowly: "Hospital."

He Ran raised his eyelids and shrank slightly as if he was punched by someone again.

This tiny movement did not escape He Jinxing's eyes. He raised his chin and said calmly, "It was just a collision. It's not a big problem... You regret it now? Tell me what you think?"

"I don't want to cancel the engagement." He Ran bent his legs and buried his face in his knees again. He sighed deeply and then said in a sad and helpless tone, "Do I need to say this?"

"It's too late."

The man's voice was extremely cold.

"What did you do earlier? Didn't I remind you that you can't have it all?"

He Ran frowned slightly, not very patient to listen to such sermons.

But He Jinxing obviously doesn't care about the feelings of Young Master He.

"In the time of danger, he abandoned Gou An and brought only Lu Wan out."

“…”

Got taught a lesson.

The stupid mistakes that I didn't want to mention were brought up.

I don't know why, but He Ran's thoughts were a little off track at this moment. When he heard the name "Lu Wan" being read out by He Jinxing, he had a very strange feeling.

——That ordinary young female college student from the lower class district who should have nothing to do with the person in power of the He family.

Her uncle took her to the hospital.

On the night when Ye Weiyang had the accident, I heard from my subordinates that they found Lu Wan in the SVIP lounge on the fourth floor. That night, my uncle was also in Ye Weiyang, on the fourth floor.

The scratches on my uncle's hands that I saw at He's that morning were obviously caused by a woman.

His whole body was in pain, but He Ran's brain had come to its senses from the alcoholic stupor. He asked a question: "Lu Wan, we found it on the fourth floor...was it brought to the fourth floor by my uncle?"

He Jinxing paused, as if he was not curious at all about why his nephew asked this question, and his expression remained calm: "Yes, she seemed to have encountered some trouble at that time."

He Ran was very curious at this time why He Jinxing was acting out of character and doing various good things for Lu Wan -

He even wanted to ask boldly, when he told him not to think about Gou An and contact Lu Wan, was he teaching him morality and responsibility, or...

Or is it simply because of the person "Lu Wan"?

He Ran's thoughts were a bit far-fetched, but such thoughts made him a little excited for no reason, as if he saw that there was still room for maneuver. He raised his face from his knees and looked at the man who was sitting leisurely not far away.

"Uncle, if I promise to never care about Lu Wan again and give her some money to settle the matter of her saving me, can you restore my engagement with Gou An?"

Maybe he lost his mind.

In fact, I have been wavering before.

But I probably just lost my mind.

After thinking about the possibility of He Jinxing and Lu Wan, I was not only no longer angry, but also felt relieved...

He immediately thought that if he was willing to compromise, could he use this as an exchange and get what he wanted from this elder who had a lot of weight in his words? He Ran was not a fool.

In contrast, he immediately realized that he might have been wavering in his interest in Lu Wan. She was pretty, good at studying, had a good personality, and had saved his life...

But don’t ask why, he just can’t let go of Gou An and wants the person who has been his fiancée for twenty years.

He Ran desperately wanted everything to get back on track.

"I mean, if you think it's enough for Lu Wan to just know you."

He looked at He Jinxing with hope. The hint was no longer a hint, it was so obvious that it almost had to be laid out on the table.

Just when he almost thought that the man would give him a symbolic lesson in a few words and then easily agree to his request, the other party paused.

After a while, He Jinxing's voice was heard again, without a trace of surprise or offense.

"Can I understand that what you said above is that you are trying to use Lu Wan to exchange for a chance to live in peace with me?"

Just a simple inquiry.

It's just that the statement is a bit strange.

But that’s exactly what he meant.

He Ran nodded honestly.

The light bulb in the solitary confinement room was old and too dim, or maybe he had been beaten to the point of being dizzy. In his blurry vision filled with a strong smell of blood, he seemed to see He Jinxing slowly revealing an ambiguous smile.

For a moment, He Ran's heart beat faster.

Just as he was trying to open his eyes wide, trying to see clearly what was going on with the expression on the man's face, he saw him slowly fold up and change his sitting position.

The leather texture of handmade leather shoes is still smooth and shiny under the dim light.

"How can a living person be exchanged for an opportunity... And I'm curious, why do you have such an idea?"

There was a note of indifference and relaxation in He Jinxing's voice. He was not angry at having his thoughts exposed. Instead, he smiled and asked He Ran why he thought he was interested in Lu Wan.

He Ran couldn't say anything, it was just his guess.

He Jinxing didn't ask any further questions.

"You could have had a chance to talk to Gou An. After all, to officially break off the engagement, you need an occasion."

He Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

My uncle still agreed.

Completely without resistance.

He Ran didn't have time to show a surprised expression.

"But you have to understand one thing. All of this conversation is based on a current situation: Gou Yu's daughter no longer belongs to you."

He Jinxing's voice was slow, and it was hard to tell whether it was a casual warning or a gentle reminder that didn't matter at all.

"You'd better restrain yourself and stop trying to do something that would embarrass both parents."

“…….”

The heart that was just hanging high in the air and jumping vigorously fell to the ground at this moment. A cold confusion spread in his heart. He Ran has always been the most outstanding one among the younger generations of the He family. He rarely showed such a confused expression at this moment——

My mind went blank.

This is a cruel warning for He Jinxing.

He tried to ask in a last-ditch effort: "What if I start pursuing her again?"

"..." He Jinxing seemed to have heard something interesting, "Then no one can stop you."

"You agree?"

"It doesn't matter whether I agree or not. What you should consider is, what if you find out that no matter how hard you try, you can't get Gou An back, and you get angry and embarrassed?"

“…”

"Again? Get angry at everyone around her?" He Jinxing asked, "And then embarrass yourself like you did tonight."

But He Ran no longer cares about his own face.

He knew that he was like a lost dog tonight. He had lost completely, and it was clearly his own problem, but he still tried to lose his temper with Zhou Yanji.

His lips moved, and after he quickly calmed down from the chaos, he couldn't help but ask, "What if what happened tonight really happens again?"

He Jinxing was sitting about three meters away from him.

At this moment, the man did not answer him immediately, but looked at him with a look of neither joy nor sorrow...

That cold gaze that looked so superior and as if completely detached from human affection made He Ran subconsciously frightened.

a long time.

He heard a man's voice.

"If you insist on making the same mistake over and over again, it means that there is indeed something wrong with the current education system in the He family. As elders, we have no choice but to take responsibility—"

He Jinxing maintained his proper amiable demeanor.

"Maybe I will send you away regardless of Big Brother's wishes, to the United States, Italy, Japan, or New Zealand... You will receive a more suitable education."

At this time, the man paused again, and then continued in his usual light tone:

"It's just that I can never come back."

As if explaining something insignificant.

The conversation that night was so confusing that when He Ran woke up the next morning, he realized that he didn't even understand what promise He Jinxing had given up on Lu Wan.

After all this time, it seemed that his uncle had not promised him anything except indirectly admitting that he had some different feelings for Lu Wan.

He Ran scratched his head in annoyance, but before he could come to his senses, he was informed that he had to hurry up, as they had agreed with the Gou family to have a family dinner on the theme of breaking off the engagement, which would be held the next day.

——It sounds like Gou An can’t wait to kick him out.

With a pig-like face, He Ran was in a bad mood. He took a quick shower and went downstairs. He Jinxing was sitting at the dining table eating breakfast and reading an old paper morning newspaper.

The person in charge of the He family seemed to be in a good mood today. Even though the newspapers did not say any good news about the A-share market, the corners of his lips remained raised as he read these bad news.

He Ran sat down next to him, and He Jinxing asked the servant to bring him a glass of orange juice, along with a handful of anti-swelling and anti-inflammatory drugs with various effects.

"Uncle." He Ran couldn't help it.

"Um?"

"That day at He's, the person in your office," He Ran pointed to his wrist, "was it Lu Wan?"

His curiosity overwhelmed everything.

He Jinxing raised his eyebrows and looked up from the newspaper, then showed a half-smile and stared at him for a long time.

He Ran was convinced that he was lying.

There is not much time left for He Ran.

After He Ran had breakfast, he heard that Gou An was selecting bodyguards through He’s security system, so he rushed over without stopping.

You could say he did it on purpose, but he didn't do much to clean up his rosy face. He even looked at his swollen face in the mirror downstairs of He's with satisfaction, and then confidently pressed the elevator to go upstairs.

He had been injured while playing a game before. When he was competing for a rebound with someone, his foot was tripped and he didn't stand firmly when he landed, so he sprained his leg. At that time, Gou An rushed up with an ice pack, and he was faster than the team doctor.

Thinking back to that time, he still thought she was in the way.

He Ran thought about it and pushed open the door of the office. He just heard the person inside impatiently: "Why not install an anti-lost dog tag on me? Let me choose a bodyguard. Will he follow me into the women's restroom? Oh, no, what if I get beaten or kidnapped in the women's restroom?"

The voice was dry and mumbling.

But it sounds unusually intimate.

He had already decided to start over, and he believed that Gou An would not ignore their twenty-year-old relationship... At this time, He Ran's mentality had completely changed. He found that he had developed tremendous patience for this person who he had once turned a blind eye to and was now about to lose.

Even her nonsense sounds nice.

Just think that he is really cheap. This is the nature of men. They only know how to cherish something after they lose it. There is nothing to be embarrassed about admitting.

When I opened the door, I saw Miss Gou, with her chin on her hand, flipping through a folder full of employee information with an impatient look on her face. Next to her was the WeChat phone number with Gou Yu.

When she heard the door open, she looked up and was shocked to see a bruised and swollen man behind the door: Damn it, is she the only one in the world who is afraid of going to jail? Aren’t Zhou Yanji and Gou Xun afraid? Why are they so cruel?

Perhaps it was the dazed look on Miss Gou's face that gave He Ran hope. He shouted in his heart: Come on, ask me, ask me what's wrong with my face.

However, Gou An did not. After the initial shock, her eyes immediately returned to normal. When she saw the young man sneaking in through the door, she simply threw away the folder in her hand, hung up the WeChat call, and then spoke to him calmly and calmly: "Why are you here?"

Her tone was calm. She didn't ignore him or get angry at him like she had in the past. She just spoke normally, as if she was talking to an ordinary acquaintance who she was not very familiar with.

This tone made He Ran feel a little sad.

If you can't care about his injury, then at least mention what happened yesterday. It's not common for someone to go to the police station in the middle of the night. Last night, there were hundreds of messages in the group teasing him and Zhou Yanji...

How could she not say a word? He Ran suppressed his disappointment, moved closer to Gou An, and said in a very good manner: "I came to see you, how is your waist?"

He Ran took the initiative to bring up the beating he got last night, which surprised Gou An a little. He stared at his pig-headed face for a while, but eventually lost interest in complaining to him. After a while, he twitched his lips and said, "It just hurts a little."

He Ran: “…”

Young Master He was stunned.

He had already brought up the topic, but she choked it back with a fierce blow from mid-air.

But when he heard her say it still hurt, he subconsciously stood up, stretched out his hand to Gou An, and muttered "Let me see" as if he was reaching out to pull her -

But before my hand touched her, I saw her brows furrowed in resistance.

His heart felt like it was hit by a hammer. He suddenly felt timid and retracted his hand as if he was burned by fire.

"I'm sorry," He Ran stared into her eyes, "I didn't expect you to be thrown out because of this twisted waist. If it still hurts, I'll accompany you to the hospital again, okay?"

"..." Gou An looked at him as if he were a monster, "I just went there last night, what are you doing there again?"

Bored or not? He Ran sat down next to Gou An, moved closer, and smelled the familiar scent on her body, which had existed in his nose countless times before.

He didn't know when he became so accustomed to it.

Gou An did not chase him away. He glanced at her cautiously and wanted to say something with a smile, but he pulled the wound at the corner of his lip and hissed.

Gou An turned her head and glanced at him because of the strange noise he made, but He Ran's mind was full of other things. For example, at such a close distance now, she could definitely see that he was seriously injured, so as a courtesy, shouldn't she also ask about his injury?

He was looking forward to it, but his expectations were once again dashed.

Gou An turned his head back and discussed the bodyguard in the folder in his hand with him in a natural tone.

This one is too fat and will get heat stroke in summer; this one is too thin and looks insecure; this one’s baldness is not contagious; this one doesn’t even look like a good person…

She chatted with him enthusiastically about all sorts of things.

But he didn't say a word about him.

No concern or complaint, as if nothing unexpected had ever happened last night.

At first, He Ran patiently sat beside her and talked to her for ten minutes. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore. He Ran got angry but couldn't scold her, "Why don't you care about me when you are worried about the bodyguard getting heatstroke?" He could only ask her in a roundabout way, "Don't you think you don't need a bodyguard?"

Gou An: “…”

Gou An: “I think.”

He Ran: “…”

I originally wanted to say, "You have me, I will protect you," but she didn't speak according to the routine.

The two stared at each other for a long time, one with innocent eyes and the other with fiery eyes. In the end, the one with the fiery eyes couldn't help but said these words: "It's enough for you to have me. As long as I'm here, I won't let you get hurt again."

Gou An stared at him for a few seconds. When He Ran almost thought that she would either scold him for being shameless (even if it was fine) or feel a little touched, the little girl sneered without warning -

He really laughed, his eyes curved, enjoying hearing something really interesting.

She slowly withdrew her gaze and muttered to herself quietly, "Now I suddenly feel that it's not a bad idea to have a bodyguard."

He Ran felt a vein popping up on his forehead.

He couldn't beat around the bush with this woman anymore. She was an expert at this and could even move things from Antarctica to the North Pole.

He Ran: "I'm not here to quarrel with you today, Gou An, I want to make peace with you, can we not quarrel? I will treat you well in the future and will no longer contact other women. I promise that there will only be you in the future, and I will only protect you-"

Gou An sighed: "No."

He Ran: “…”

Gou An slammed the folder shut and put on a reasonable tone: "He Ran, do you want to think carefully? When has my bad luck not been directly or indirectly related to you? Jiao Jiao was holding me well that day, but you insisted that I go and watch over your inexplicable champagne tower so that it wouldn't be knocked over. Otherwise, I would not have given it to Lu Wan..."

She paused.

"In the aftermath, there were all kinds of scandals and gossips. I was hung on the wall for three days and three nights because I was devoted to you and I was jealous of you for the scholarship. I was fucked during the freshman speech. I only went to the night club for your birthday. I was drinking in a bar last night, but I ended up in the police station and then in the hospital. Two injuries in a row—"

She counted them one by one.

He Ran was left speechless by her words.

"For Lu Wan, it was cool to smash a bottle and say harsh words in front of so many people," Gou An held up his chin, his tone as calm as if he was talking about someone else, "but you probably didn't think for a second about me sitting in the box at the same time - your fiancée - of course, that changed soon - anyway, it would be embarrassing for me to be there with others, watching you get mad for another woman."

Her voice didn't even sound angry at all, but rather calm, which made He Ran's heart sank and beat weakly with every punctuation mark she said, making him more and more desperate.

"Guess what they were thinking, how they were looking at me, and how they were silently laughing at me in their hearts?"

"No!"

He Ran could only refute loudly.

In fact, I couldn't even give any examples to convince her when I refuted her, and my rebuttal seemed powerless and empty.

Gou An seemed to not care at all whether he had an excuse or not, and had no interest at all.

She even smiled at him, using a speechless expression that said, "You had to talk about this," and said calmly after a while, "Oh, is that so? Okay, if you say it's not true, then it's not true."

Not at all serious.

Even perfunctory words were used four times in a row.

He Ran lost his voice once again, his hands fell to the sides of his body but he couldn't muster the courage to grab her hand that was so close to him, nor did he dare to force her to come in front of him like he did before and let her listen to him carefully -

[But you have to understand one thing, all the conversations are based on a current position: Gou Yu's daughter no longer belongs to you.]

It cannot be forced.

Don't be willful.

You can’t… touch.

He Ran's Adam's apple rolled with difficulty.

"That day at the end of the night, I didn't mean to abandon you. I didn't even know when you left the box. I always thought you left with Zhou Yanji and the others—"

"It doesn't matter." Gou An interrupted him without hesitation, "Anyway, I did come back safely, thank goodness."

The two people were standing together, but they seemed to be separated into two worlds by a barrier.

Miss Gou looked calm and composed, while Young Master He looked ashen.

They were still fine a month ago. She would smile and pull his sleeve and say, "At the coming-of-age ceremony party at the end of the year, do you want to dance with me at the opening dance?"

How did it become like this?

How did it come to this?

He Ran felt like he was punching cotton. No matter what he said, she seemed to be able to respond with a smile. That feeling of powerlessness turned into a heart full of resentment directed at someone unknown.

He told himself again and again that this was the last chance and he should have a good talk.

But her relaxed lips and nonchalant tone seemed to be telling He Ran all the time: It's too late, you are a complete idiot.

"Gou An, I——"

He Ran stood up suddenly, but felt dizzy from exerting too much force.

oh.

I think I went to the hospital for a check-up yesterday. I had a mild concussion. The doctor said I needed to rest recently, especially in terms of my emotions, and I shouldn’t get angry.

He closed his eyes, and his originally purple face turned visibly pale. He felt dizzy and seemed like he might fall down at any time.

He could only breathe heavily and sit back in the chair. Cold sweat broke out and dripped down his forehead. He suddenly felt that he might really be injured, more seriously than ever before.

At this time, He Ran felt Gou An poking him.

He opened his eyes suddenly.

He looked into a pair of dull almond-shaped eyes.

She blinked.

"He Ran, instead of talking nonsense here, if you are really free, can you go to Manxianglou in advance and tell them to add a candied taro to tomorrow's family dinner?" Gou An said, "I suddenly want to eat this, but I'm afraid they haven't prepared the taro in advance."

“…”

At this moment, He Ran suddenly felt a surge of despair that he was powerless to change the situation.

Look.

She really didn't care about him anymore.

Don't care at all.

(End of this chapter)