After all, I can't always predict what will happen.

It is well known that in various WeChat groups of sister groups, whenever some male creatures around them are mentioned, everyone will definitely not honestly use their names -

There are endless nicknames based on certain characteristics or outrageous events, such as "Scorpio", "1.82 meters tall", "American hamburger", "□□", "big-breasted brother", "Volkswagen Passat", "Porsche", "KFC (because I treated someone to KFC when I first met them)" and so on.

What is a perky-ass uncle!!! It’s just that I can’t admit this to my stunningly handsome, yet terrifying face.

Zhou Yutong was silent for three seconds on the phone before hanging up without hesitation, like an ostrich in the desert that wanted to bury its head into the center of the earth.

So the ostrich keeper was left standing there awkwardly, staring at the phone in front of him, racking his brains to come up with a good excuse.

She became mute, but He Jinxing was not. In such an outrageous situation, he had to be praised as worthy of being the superior. No matter how turbulent the world is, he remains as unmoved as a mountain. It is amazing that the man can still maintain the nonchalant smile he had at the beginning. He returned the phone to Gou An.

Zhou Yutong's nickname in her mobile phone was "Shy Groundhog". Although the nickname was also embarrassing, thanks to this outrageous nickname, Gou An didn't think He Jinxing could hold anyone responsible for this.

She put away her phone, and just as she was about to let it go, she heard a calm voice from above her head: "Zhou Chu's little daughter?"

Gou An: “…”

Zhou Chu is the name of Zhou Yanji and Zhou Yutong's father.

Gou An couldn't imagine how they dared to give a nickname to someone who could call him dad by his full name -

She realized belatedly that she was shocked by their lawlessness. Perhaps her wide, round black eyes clearly showed panic and confusion. He Jinxing then realized that he seemed to have scared her again.

Obviously didn't say anything.

I originally wanted to say a few words to comfort her.

But the person in front of him almost asked, "How did you know the nicknames I used?" He Jinxing thought for a moment and decided to satisfy her curiosity first... He retracted his gaze and turned around to walk forward. When the person behind him stumbled and caught up with him, he told her, "I saw it at the Yima racetrack that day."

So the five seconds of eye contact was not Gou An’s illusion.

He actually heard someone commenting on a part of his body and turned his head.

"..." Gou An's scalp tingled, fearing that he would mention even a word of "qiao". After thinking for a while, he asked worriedly, "Will the Zhou family go bankrupt tomorrow?"

She asked in a somewhat serious tone, causing the man walking in front of her to laugh genuinely.

He turned his head slightly, lowered his eyes and glanced at her, with a smile on his lips: "Read less messy novels."

At this time, the sun was setting, and the afterglow of the sun was falling on the sparkling sea like an orange falling into mint soda...

The soft light reflected on the man's angular jaw. Half of his face was hidden in the shadows, but he looked gentler than ever before.

Gou An's gaze was fixed on a tiny spot of light refracted from somewhere on his chin, and he was a little distracted.

"Why are you so afraid of me?"

The man walking in front suddenly asked without any warning.

Gou An's mind went blank for two seconds. He turned his head to look at the sea and thought that it would be better to jump in. It might be more painful to feed the sharks.

"Because he's my elder," she said dryly, "other than that, there's no other reason. Don't speculate too much."

"Oh." He Jinxing seemed to believe it and raised his hand to touch his chin. "When you were doing the "Zhuazhou" ceremony, your uncle was only in the second grade of elementary school."

This is directly using what she said.

Also, even if you delete the three scary words in front, don't use the word "uncle", thank you.

Please.

“…”

"Not really that old, huh?"

He turned around and looked at her with a half-smile, and his eyes seemed to really care about this matter, inevitably tinged with a bit of seriousness.

The man in front of me had one hand in his pocket. When he turned his head, a strand of hair fell down from his meticulously combed hair...

At least at this moment, he was indeed far from the image of the man in the top-floor office of the He's Building, who was ruthless and ruthless and staged the real version of Tianliang Wangpo every day.

He is certainly not old.

It just feels hard to get close to.

Gou An felt that this was a ridiculous question that would get her killed no matter how she answered it. When she was trying to think of an answer that would not deduct too many points and was almost walking at a loss, the bodyguard behind her suddenly sneered.

The two people walking in front of him both turned their heads to look at him. He turned his head away with disdain, "You are already seven or eight years older, why are you pretending to be young?"

The bodyguard, who usually kept silent and seemed not to resist no matter how outrageous the request was, but occasionally loved to rebel, made a sincere evaluation and directly ended all the meaningless conversations.

Gou Xun did not stay with Lu Wan all the time. After all, he was still young and could not stay there. The ship was full of people of his age and from the same family background. They had endless topics to talk about and endless jokes to make, so not long after getting on the ship, he was called away by Zhou Yanji and others.

Ever since the accident at Yima track, the entire track was closed and subsequent competitions were not held. Gou Xun had to go back to school for classes, so this was the first time he saw Young Master He in person after the wedding banquet that broke off the engagement.

"Is your leg okay?"

He raised his chin at him.

He Ran responded, and Gou Xun said, "Last time I saw you wrapped up like a pig's head, I thought you were going to die... Are you really okay? Then why do you look thinner now?"

After he finished speaking, people around him started laughing. Zhou Yanji patted the shoulder of the youngest brother who spoke very innocently, and said, "When you grow up and experience the double blow of a broken heart and having your credit card suspended, you will understand the suffering your brother Ran is going through today... what it means to be hungry and cold."

Gou Xun looked at He Ran speechlessly: "Did my sister make you so miserable?"

This expression made him sound as if he was a completely innocent person.

Whose stupidity caused my credit card to be suspended? Now all the elders in our family are listening to your sister out of guilt.

For a moment, He Ran wanted to say, "Stop using such a calm tone, you might be the next one to be punished." He opened his mouth, then remembered that he was his blood brother, even though he had been kicked out of the house and his credit card was suspended for the time being.

But you can't just say you were thrown away like you did to yourself.

He Ran had a lot of pain but couldn't express it.

Glancing at Lu Wan, who was standing by the side of the boat not far away after feeding the last bit of bread crumbs in her hand, he casually moved his gaze back, "You really brought her here."

The tone was calm, as if he was talking to a stranger.

"I brought it, because I couldn't understand why I couldn't bring it."

The answer is justified.

“…”

Yes, your sister will go crazy when she sees Lu Wan. Who knows what she will do when she goes crazy?

He Ran really didn't know how to persuade him not to commit suicide, so he could only curl the corners of his lips sadly and asked, "What I mean is, you won't dance the opening dance with Gou An tonight?"

Gou Xun paused, clearly showing a moment of hesitation, probably worried that Gou An would be angry if he knew that they really didn't dance together at the opening...

You might be angry, after all, in everyone's eyes, this behavior seems a bit like betrayal.

But he did bring Lu Wan on board as a dancing partner.

The young master of a wealthy family was somewhat naive, and he could not help but imagine himself as a knight who crossed the class barrier to save Cinderella, even though he did not necessarily have any such feelings towards her...

But that day at home, when I saw the invited guests being attacked by the family members, I subconsciously reacted with resistance.

As a result, I accidentally did this.

But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back.

"Who cares about her?" Gou Xun said coldly, "Let her make a fuss. I won't dance the opening dance with her anyway."

Half an hour later, Gou Xun realized that his guess was indeed a bit redundant.

Gou An certainly didn't get angry just to get a chance to dance the opening dance with him.

Because when she reappeared on the deck, her arm was hanging from the elbow of a little boy who appeared from nowhere.

The child who looked like a mixed-race was definitely about the same age as Gou Xun. He had baby fat on his face and looked very childish.

He was wearing a well-fitting light brown tailor-made suit, and a pair of matching leather shoes that matched perfectly. His young face was not handsome but gave people a lively feeling, and there were cute freckles under his eyes...

She has natural curls and is as docile as a 1.8-meter-tall lamb. She tilts her head and chats happily with the people around her, calling everyone "sister".

While talking to him, Gou An straightened his slightly crooked bow tie. With his eyes downcast, he was gentler and more friendly than Gou Xun had ever seen before.

"Who is that?"

"He Yuan."

"Ha, that He family substitute player?"

"Hey, it seems to be better than I thought... I'm telling you, didn't I say before that you were a short, ugly loser?"

"What's the use? He's still far behind He Ran, just a discarded pawn. Look at him, he's not that good looking, he just looks good because of the clothes—"

"Gou An is so miserable. It's her turn to be with someone like this. This person won't replace He Ran to complete the final marriage... If I were her, I would rather dance the opening dance with Gou Xun. It's so embarrassing."

"——Sister, they are all looking at me."

Gou An gently pulled the collar of the child who was leaning forward to let him adjust his bow tie, and forced him to turn back his swaying body as he looked around.

"Ignore them. They don't hate you or think you're bad. They just want to laugh at me... Don't move."

The little sheep in front of him is He Ran’s cousin, He Yuan.

Gou An was a little surprised when he first saw He Yuan in the lounge, because he looked quite different from the photo.

I originally thought that I was about to dance politely with an ordinary kid and then disperse on the spot, but I didn't expect that the person who came in from outside the lounge and called He Jinxing "Uncle" was some weird foreign sweet kid.

As we all know, foreign desserts contain excessive sugar.

She is dressed appropriately and has just the right amount of youthfulness. Her eyes are watery when she looks at people, her eyelashes are very long and thick, and the freckles under her eyes make her look like a large doll.

He is not as good looking as He Ran or He Jinxing, and because he went abroad too early, his Chinese is not so fluent, but most of the time, he is smiling and looking at others with his big, blinking eyes...

He definitely fits the role of the "younger brother" in everyone's dreams.

When he saw Gou An, he didn't call her name or exchange hypocritical greetings. Perhaps because he had lived abroad for a long time, his habits had changed. He came up and gave Gou An a polite hug, then said in Chinese, which was halting but not strange in pronunciation, "Thank you for taking care of me tonight, sister."

“…”

Gou An's eyes were filled with tears, and he thought that the marriage could be postponed. How about exchanging Gou Xun and you for He Yuan? Who wouldn't like a child who would obediently call her "sister"?

Because the child was too polite and the sugar content was too high, Gou An changed from being perfunctory at the beginning to really wanting to take care of him, so he took He Yuan around and introduced him to some people in his social circle who were familiar with him.

The members of the Qianjin Group were naturally shocked. It was rumored that He Yuan was ordinary and no taller than 1.74 meters. Who was this cute little guy in front of them who was obviously over 1.8 meters tall? After talking to him, they found that this little brother was not the abandoned straw bag as rumored. In fact, no matter what everyone was talking about, he could always keep up the conversation, and when he took over the topic, he spoke naturally, without exaggeration or extension, and the degree was just right...

It is obvious that the knowledge and education received abroad are not inferior.

"Are you going back home this time?"

"I applied to several universities a year in advance. If no one wants me, I'll come back." He Yuan raised his hand and rubbed his short hair, which he didn't take good care of but looked very soft. He sighed and changed the subject, "But someone should want me, because I have won some awards."

He spoke incoherently but answered seriously enough, which only aroused the sisters' love and affection. They all smiled and praised him for being great. Zhou Yutong, as a talkative person of the same age, asked him about the awards he had won, and then made a series of "wow" and "wow" sounds based on his answers.

"You are really good then. Hasn't the equestrian award always been won by Europeans?"

"Hey, it's okay!"

Xu Ke took it out from somewhere and took Gou An's arm as if they were on good terms: "An An, are you dressed up like this tonight just to dance the opening dance with this new little brother?"

The tone is hard to describe as anything but odd.

Gou An was stunned at first, thinking that this person usually tried to avoid him when he saw him, so why did he suddenly come up to him like a sticky candy today?

Then I realized that she mentioned something about "dressing up", probably because she came to seek revenge for her brother who had just been rejected.

Goose bumps appeared on the places where Xu Ke touched. Gou An silently pulled his arm back and resisted the urge to wipe it with something.

Xu Ke smiled and stretched out his hand towards He Yuan: "Hello, I'm Xu Ke."

He Yuan did not respond immediately - although he had been very polite tonight, at this moment he stared at the hand stretched out in front of him, but he immediately looked up at Gou An who was standing next to him.

It's like a puppy waiting for its owner's command to shake hands with a stranger.

The boy who knew which side to stand on quickly and decisively seemed to be very well behaved.

Gou An smiled: "He Yuan, what's wrong? People are greeting you."

The little lamb seemed to have heard the instruction, and his eyes flickered with "I don't like it". He stretched out his hand - it looked like a handshake, but in fact, his fingertips just touched the other person quickly and then moved away immediately.

Xu Ke sensed it, and it was hard for her to remain calm and retract her hand, and asked Gou An, "Would you like to introduce yourself?"

"He Yuan." The person standing next to him said the name himself.

"Oh, I know you." Xu Ke said, "He Ran's cousin."

As expected, as soon as the words fell, the young man in front of him frowned.

Teenagers of this age have strong independence and self-esteem. No one likes to be mentioned in the format of "so-and-so's so-and-so". Even "He Jinxing's nephew" will make him feel uncomfortable, not to mention his inexplicable cousin.

Xu Ke continued, "I've heard of you before. Because you didn't study well in school, you were sent abroad in elementary school and never came back? Oh, I understand. Haha, my father is also worried that I won't be able to get into a good graduate school, so he's considering spending some money to buy me a place in a prestigious university in the UK..."

"Xu Ke."

Gou An interrupted her expressionlessly, "He didn't provoke you, so why do you have to pick on him?"

Such a straightforward conversation made everyone around look at each other in confusion, and Zhou Yutong stuck out her tongue.

Xu Ke slowly opened his eyes and said, "I'm not looking for trouble!"

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, I just think that we haven't seen new faces in Jiangcheng for a long time, it's very fresh!" Xu Ke nodded, "Although if He Ran is in China, he may have to go back to his original place soon, but if he and you are settled, maybe he won't have to leave?"

Gou An was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that everyone knew that the He family had intentionally or unintentionally given her a person of similar age.

Even if Mr. He didn't mean that, and really just wanted to ask Gou An to let his grandson have a good opening dance for the coming-of-age ceremony—

Suspicion kept arising.

"We have a second party after dinner tonight, at the bar below the deck. Do you want to come?" Xu Ke turned to He Yuan, "You can ask An An to bring you in, so you don't have to worry about them not recognizing you and stopping you from coming in."

As she spoke, she covered her mouth and laughed, as if she was a little proud of herself for indirectly mocking the unknown person in front of her, who was not in the mainstream at all, had no one in Jiangcheng's upper circle to know her, and could not gain a foothold.

He Yuan maintained a polite smile.

In a way, his personality looks more like his uncle -

The smile barely reached his hazel eyes.

I moved my lips and was about to refuse, when I suddenly heard the person next to me say, "Want to drink? Why not drink now?"

No one reacted to what happened. Gou An took the unopened champagne that was placed on the servant's tray next to him as a decoration.

Ye Lang behind him felt that this scene looked familiar and raised his eyebrows.

She shook it quickly and vigorously, then flicked her thumb.

The cork flew out and hit Xu Ke's face, leaving a red mark.

As she covered her face in astonishment and screamed in pain, the amber wine splashed with bubbles, all over her face and white dress!

The sudden commotion attracted everyone's attention. When everyone looked over in shock, Gou An "popped" the remaining half bottle of wine back into the tray of the stunned attendant: "It seems that drinking on the ship has become a regular activity for me."

"Gou An! You!"

Xu Ke peeled off his wet hair, feeling embarrassed and angry and speechless. He wanted to rush over and fight Gou An to death.

At this time, He Yuan and Ye Lang, who were standing next to them, moved at the same time, but Ye Lang deliberately slowed down after catching a glimpse of He Yuan's movements, allowing him to gently pull Gou An's wrist and put her behind him.

"Miss Xu, you'd better go and tidy up." He looked down at the watch on his hand, "The dinner will start soon. I believe you don't want to miss the opening dance, such an important moment."

His voice was light and his eyes fell on a few stunned servants not far away.

When that cold gaze swept over, the servants reacted almost immediately. They rushed forward and helped Xu Ke, who was in a dishevel and out of place, away.

After the commotion, the banquet hall fell into silence for a short time. Everyone was a worldly-wise person, and after a few seconds of calming down, the hall immediately returned to its original liveliness.

He Yuan gently held Gou An's wrist, tilted his head and asked her if she wanted to go to the bathroom to tidy up. Gou An gently shook her head.

"I'm sorry, you are so outstanding, but you are looked down upon by those who find fault with you."

This is the second time she's said something like this tonight -

It seems that Miss Gou is not very popular in Jiangcheng.

The boy's eyelashes trembled, then fell down to cover his light-colored pupils.

"No." The big sheep's eyes narrowed in laughter, like two crescent moons. "Things that objectively exist and cannot be changed will not disappear no matter what they say."

“What a great attitude.”

"As long as there is one happy thing happening in a day, it is a good day: today's happy thing has already happened, which is that I can dance with my sister in a while."

The sugar content is really excessive.

Gou An's eyes lit up immediately, "I'll dance with you until the party is over tonight."

"It's a deal."

The small group here is isolated and seems to be completely undisturbed by the outside world. The atmosphere is harmonious and everyone is chatting happily.

Another group not far from them fell into a strange silence.

"Who the hell is this?"

Staring at the child not far away who was handing Gou An a wet tissue and holding up her hair so that she could clean the few drops of wine that splashed on her body, Gou Xun finally broke the silence after being unable to endure it any longer.

"Out of nowhere, someone suddenly appeared and called someone else's sister 'sister'!"

As the only slightly mature person in the current group, Jiang Zaiye glanced at Gou Xun speechlessly, "What are you shouting about?"

Gou Xun didn't know what he was shouting -

Anyway, when he saw Gou An directly attack Xu Ke for a strange child, he was completely shocked... The child was obviously tall and strong, and standing behind her seemed to be well protected.

Then he came back to protect her...

If you don’t know, you might think they are close relatives! “They are going to dance the opening dance together! When was this decided? It’s inexplicable, why does my sister have to dance the opening dance with some random person from the He family!”

"Now you know to call me 'my sister' all the time." Zhou Yanji sneered.

Jiang Zaiye said expressionlessly, "You already have a dance partner, so it's understandable that your sister accompanies someone else. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Gou Xun choked.

Turning around, he found someone with an even uglier expression next to him: "What cats and dogs? This is my cousin, the son of my second uncle who was born in the He family mansion. His name is He Yuan... He was abroad before, why is he back?"

When Zhou Yanji heard that it was the He family, he immediately thought that although the engagement between He Ran and Gou An was cancelled, the engagement between the two families was still there, and alarm bells went off in his heart: "You didn't know he was back?"

He Ran shook his head with a sullen face, was silent for a moment, and cursed.

"Your cousin likes to recognize random sisters?" Gou Xun asked, "Don't you have a sister of your own?"

Indeed not.

What defense are you trying to break here? He Ran glanced at him in confusion, put the champagne in his hand into the hands of a waiter, pursed his lips, and said, "I'll go ask."

When He Ran found He Jinxing, he was chatting with a senior executive of a securities company. The man's eyes fell on his nephew in front of him, who had a very unhappy expression, and he almost immediately understood what was going on with him.

"Excuse me."

After politely sending away the person who was just chatting, he immediately heard the person in front of him speak straight to the point, "Don't tell me that He Yuan is the person you and Grandpa found to replace me."

When He Jinxing mentioned "He Yuan", he openly raised his eyelids and glanced at the young man and woman standing together not far away -

No one knew what they were talking about at this time, so Gou An exchanged the cake in his hand with He Yuan.

He Yuan accepted it with a smile without hesitation.

Retracting his gaze without leaving a trace, He Jinxing said, "It's just an opening dance."

Before He Ran could breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "Whether it's him or not, it has nothing to do with you. There's no need to resist."

He Ran choked for a long time. Although he knew that it was useless to say this to He Jinxing, he still blurted out in a rush: "What if Gou An really likes him!"

I thought I would be mocked by some cold words, but I didn't expect the man in front of me to slowly frown.

But soon his brows relaxed and he returned to his initial indifference.

But the gentleness on his face disappeared, the man's dark eyes were bottomless, and his tone became inexplicably cold and hard: "If they really like it, that's their business."

He Ran was speechless.

I was speechless for a long time, but still felt unconvinced.

"Anyone can do it, why He Yuan? You and Grandpa arranged He Yuan without telling me!"

“…Is there an obligation to inform you?”

As if he didn't care at all about the mocking smile of the person in front of him, He Ran was now in a state of uneasiness that he couldn't extricate himself from.

"During the summer vacations two years ago, he was less than 1.74 meters tall," He Ran said at a loss. "I don't have to worry about him maintaining this height. After all, 1.74 meters seems a little short anyway - but it's only been a short time. How tall is he now? 1.82 meters, right? He feels only a little shorter than me..."

The nephew kept muttering like Xianglin Sao whose child was taken away by a wolf.

He Jinxing said "hmm" with a headache.

His eyes uncontrollably slid to the two people behind the mumbling tall boy——

Not far away, the little boy, who had just met today and had grown eight centimeters taller in two years, unexpectedly passed a macaron from his cake to the lips of the much shorter sister in front of him, and she opened her mouth and took a bite.

"After all, I can't predict everything."

He Jinxing heard his own voice sounding calmly.

"So, stop talking nonsense and stop complaining."

(End of this chapter)