Look?
The video of Gou An angrily scolding Xu Ke in order to win the championship quickly spread across major social media platforms and WeChat groups.
People who hate her call her “what a shrew”; people who like her mock her “Hahahaha, have you been drunk and are acting in some cliché drama?”
Tang Xinjiu was timid, and when He Yuan was chatting with someone else, he pulled Gou An aside and asked, "Is it worth it to vent your anger on someone you just met today, who will be going back abroad tomorrow, and who you may not see again in this life?"
"It's not a question of whether it's worth it or not," Gou An said. "The focus of this farce is not on He Yuan herself. She came for me."
Her tone was righteous and awe-inspiring. Tang Xinjiu was silent for a few seconds and then gave her two thumbs up.
Here, Gou An noticed that people around her were grinning foolishly at their phones while talking, and looking up at her from their phone screens while laughing. She opened her phone absentmindedly and took a look.
It was not surprising to find that He Ran had posted all her heroic deeds on WeChat Moments.
The words are sour to the sky——
[History always repeats itself crazily, it's so fierce, so scary.]
When I clicked on the video, she was shaking the champagne, and with a look of "Go to hell" written on her face, she smashed the cork into Xu Ke's face. The latter screamed in fear and covered his face. Then she went even further and sprayed half the bottle of wine on the daughter of the Xu family.
Gou An: “…”
It's really interesting to see yourself from a third person perspective.
There is a kind of beauty that is desperate and crazy (not).
The following mutual friend's comments are also outrageous -
[Daniel Zhou: Wattma is so funny, pouring wine: The ship is a must! ]
[Shy Groundhog: I was standing next to you with a confused and terrified look on my face, like an idiot, can you please blur it out? It's so uncivilized to post it like this! ]
【Person A: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! 】
【Pedestrian B: It’s over, it’s over, it’s over. Brother Ran, you were laid off so quickly, and were quickly replaced by your younger brother! 】
[Passerby C: So who is the curly-haired guy that Gou An is protecting behind? I’m so angry. I have a competition in Vienna this week and I missed this big show! (covering my mouth and crying.JPG)]
The most amazing thing is that at the same time when Gou An left the comment "Delete it for me" with an expressionless face, a person with a Crayon Shin-chan avatar liked this post.
Gou An felt a headache. Even though he knew it was that person, he still couldn't accept the reality. He went in to take a look. [HJX] He didn't change his name. He changed his surname.
How could this person be so idle! Then Gou An’s reply to He Ran’s comment quickly received countless replies, “The real owner has appeared”, “I’m dying of laughter”, “Hahahahahahahahahahaha”, “Dare to take responsibility for your actions, Miss, delete what you want and you are not allowed to delete it” quickly filled the screen, and in a short period of time, it was filled with more than thirty “hahahahaha” replies…
Fortunately, no one accused her of bullying. Compared to Lu Wan, Xu Ke’s popularity was even worse than hers.
Amidst all the “Hahahahaha”s, Gou An saw a reply with “…”. This speechless message was too telepathic. She took a special look at the avatar, and it was the disarming Nohara Shinnosuke eating bread again.
Looking up, I found He Jinxing accurately in a corner of the banquet hall. While all the uncles and aunts were taking advantage of this celebrity gathering to socialize crazily, trying to get some useful business value from the wasted time, this big guy was leaning against a window and lazing around, looking lazy.
There was a woman in an evening gown standing in front of him. I wonder which warrior thought he could snatch the heroine's man away. From the back, it seemed that she was having a great chat with the man.
He Jinxing did not pretend to hold the wine like the others. Instead, he held his mobile phone in his hand. The black phone had no fancy phone case and no pendant to attract wealth. It was as boring and stiff as he was.
God knows how he can appear gentle and polite when talking to others, yet be perfunctory enough to like and reply to posts on WeChat Moments.
While talking to the person in front of him, he occasionally lowered his head to glance at his phone, and when he looked up again, the smile on his face became three times more sincere.
It's hard not to guess what makes him happy.
Once people reach a certain level of shame, they will no longer have any fear.
Gou An's head swelled and he clicked on the avatar.
[Don’t be afraid, I can win: Don’t laugh! ! ! ! ! ]
This was the most emotional sentence she said in her private WeChat chat with He Jinxing.
She originally thought he wouldn't reply.
Unexpectedly, the man seemed to be extremely good at multitasking. Almost at the same moment when she successfully sent the message, he lowered his eyes and noticed the lit up phone screen, and paused what he was saying...
After taking another look, he raised his hand lazily to signal a pause in the conversation, then he openly read the messages on his phone with no expression on his face.
Ten seconds later.
[HJX: It's my own fault, why are you angry with me? ]
Gou An held the phone in his hand in silence. The person in charge of the He family seemed to be angry.
This realization brought her back to her senses a little. She was just about to type to her elders to explain that she didn't lose her temper, but just had a few more exclamation marks, which were mainly to express her excitement.
A few more lines of words popped up over there.
[HJX: Still not feeling relieved after spilling the wine? ]
【HJX: Should we kick her off the boat? 】
Gou An: “…”
Not sure if it's a taunt, let's see.
【HJX: We can do it. 】
[HJX: After all, it's my ship, I can be willful sometimes. ]
I don't know why, but the interjections of this person inexplicably carry a serious and murderous flavor, just like the ancient tyrant emperor who said: No problem, I can light beacons to trick the princes, I won't die for a little trick.
It's not a mockery.
Gou An was a little shocked.
The elders of the He family have been very responsive to He Ran's requests recently, and even He Jinxing has been affected. He has become very cheerful and seems to be very easy to talk to.
So much so that sometimes Gou An feels like he has two dads——
The last time I heard a similar conversation was when Gou Yu took back his credit card. When he heard that Gou An bought a small dress worth 120,000 yuan, he didn't react much, just smiled and said: You can buy it, why not? Dad works hard to make money for An An.
The tone is exactly the same.
It gives people the illusion that "you can be as outrageous as you want."
Gou An knew when to quit, so he sent He Jinxing an emoticon of a cat rolling over and hugging the thigh of another cat with a "big boss" logo on its head, and then quietly put away his phone.
Not daring to look at He Jinxing's reaction when he saw her emoticon, she turned around and went to the dessert table to eat something. When she came back, she found that the man who had been communicating with her happily on WeChat had become alone and was leaning against the window.
At this moment, he seemed to have become a small world of his own, with a barrier around him that no one could get close to. He was concentrating on staring at the reflection of the moon on the sea outside the window, and the strand of hair that had been blown off on the deck before was softly brushed between his eyebrows without being dealt with...
His handsome profile is invincible.
The lady who was standing in front of him and trying to talk to him was somehow sent away with just a few words.
As the dinner was about to start, the annoying people were crawling to change their clothes and put on makeup. As the winner, Gou An only told He Yuan twenty minutes in advance that she was going to touch up her makeup.
He Yuan seemed to want to accompany her, but Gou An refused.
The result was that when she came out of the lounge, she was blocked by someone - it was none other than Gou Xun, who had not spoken a word to her tonight.
At this time, Gou Xun was wearing a white shirt and a dark blue suit. The little brat who rarely wore formal clothes finally looked mature after dressing up like this. If they were not arguing, Gou An would have been able to compliment him and said he looked good.
But now she walked past him expressionlessly, even her eyes did not change.
It was Gou Xun who reached out and grabbed her elbow.
The boy followed He Ran and the others and spent every day on the basketball court. His hands were always hot. Gou An frowned slightly, stopped and looked back: "What's the matter?"
The voice was cold and distant.
Gou Xun's pupils shrank for no reason. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the person who was about to leave. He pulled her again, a bit like the usual action he made when they quarreled and he wanted to apologize but couldn't say it.
"Are you going to have the opening dance with that He Yuan tonight?"
His voice was a little low, and it sounded like he was in a bad mood.
"What else?" Gou An raised his eyebrows, "Dancing with you?"
"Um."
"..." Gou An slapped his hand away and frowned, "Are you sick?"
"Don't you know how badly some people are saying this? They say you just accepted the scraps that the He family stuffed in. You don't know how many levels are different from He Ran to He Yuan," Gou Xun said with a frown, "You even got Xu Ke for him in public. Now everyone thinks you fell in love with this inexplicable He Yuan at first sight and locked him in."
"Who said he is not as good as He Ran?" Gou An interrupted him, his tone inexplicable, "How did you judge him?"
She was very good at grasping the main point, and even skipped the part that attacked her, and was concerned about He Yuan's reputation...
This subconscious behavior of protecting one's own child makes people feel uncomfortable.
Gou Xun moved his lips and frowned even more: "Why do you care about these things? Can't you just take care of your own reputation? Anyway, don't dance the opening dance with him. If you want to dance, follow me--"
Gou An retreated to a place where he could not catch him and shook his head.
"What's so special about an opening dance? Who told you that I came here just to dance? Besides, He Yuan is pretty good. What do you mean he can dance with you if he wants to? Is there anything that makes him inferior to you?"
“…”
"He Yuan has a lovely personality and is not a waste. You people should stop being so mean all the time. Is the coming-of-age ceremony just a formality? Shouldn't you be more mature after tonight?"
Gou Xun opened his mouth, looking at the cold-eyed person in front of him, and thought of Gou An who had just patiently fixed He Yuan's bow tie. At that time, she clearly didn't have the same expression as now...
He accidentally remembered that in the past, when he gave a speech or had some important event, he needed to wear formal clothes. The first time he tied a bow tie, the adults were not at home, and he was in a hurry backstage. It turned out that Gou An, who came to watch his speech, taught him -
He still uses the simplest bow tie style.
His throat was choked, and he had an inexplicable feeling, as if his things had been stolen. He had kept these things there before, and he felt that they would never be lost. "Sister."
"Don't call me."
"Are you still angry about Lu Wan?"
"When you brought Lu Wan home, I thought you were stupid at best, believing what others said to apologize and bringing her home; but when you spoke to me without thinking for an inexplicable tutor, I felt not angry but disappointed... Family members are meant to be trusted unconditionally, not to be hurt without limits - you believed her, but not me."
The last six words were enough to make Gou Xun's face turn pale.
Gou An added calmly, "If you really know you are wrong, you shouldn't bring her here tonight. If she hadn't shown up, I might have rejected the He family and danced that opening dance with you."
At this point, Gou An paused, looked tired of the topic, and turned away.
Behind her, Gou Xun only had time to say the first three words of his sentence, "I'm sorry, I won't dance with her, and you don't have to dance with anyone else."
Because at this time, He Yuan appeared with his hands in his pockets.
He just happened to meet Gou An who was about to leave with a gloomy face. Gou An looked up at him and asked, "Why are you here?"
Facing Miss Gou's somewhat stiff tone, He Yuan looked down at her without caring at all, and said with a smile, "I'll pick you up."
Just one sentence made Gou Xun's face change again.
But he seemed not to see it at all.
"I thought my sister was going to run away."
It seemed like he was actually relieved.
"How come?"
Ignoring the burning gaze behind him that could spit fire, Gou An expressionlessly took He Yuan's arm to express his firm determination.
There was a heavy weight on his bent arm, and He Yuan chuckled. Just like that, the scrap took his sister away right under Gou Xun's nose.
Back at the banquet hall, the little sheep's eyes curved into crescent makeup again, and she seemed to be in a good mood, "Thank you, sister."
"You spoke for me and fought for me." The little sheep answered without hesitation, "Just now, Gou Xun looked at me with murderous eyes. Before that, I heard him pestering He Ran to ask if our He family didn't have a sister—"
Gou An was originally feeling depressed, but when he heard him say that, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
He Yuan said slowly: "Well, really not, so I have always wanted to have a sister."
Gou An patted his arm.
"You have a sister but you don't know how to cherish her." He Yuan said, "I was just thinking, if you waver, I will rush out and drag you away. I don't want to give my sister back to him."
"Young man, if you are possessive of someone you have just met, you will look very perverted."
"Young people are all like this. If you are afraid, you may have to marry an old man in the future."
"...No, old men are scarier."
The first part of the banquet was the opening dance, in which all the celebrities in Jiangcheng who came of age that year came on stage one by one.
There are some rules for the order of appearance. For example, in the year when Gou An came of age, there was no one from a more powerful family to have a coming-of-age ceremony, so she was the first to appear on stage the moment the music started, and she danced through the entire song.
This year I came with He Yuan, and this cruise was all He Jin's, so naturally I was number one again.
——Even in the eyes of others, He Yuan, the nephew, is not as well-positioned as He Ran in the He family. He is a slightly better-than-expected but not particularly amazing piece of scraps.
He Yuan is a character with very low reputation and influence in the factory mode. His character setting is quite suitable to be the male protagonist in the kind of cool novel where the female supporting role counterattacks and ends up with the villain...
Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be.
No villain would say with a smile: "I'm sorry, I heard that many people did laugh at you for accepting the scraps from the He family after you broke off your engagement with my cousin."
The dance steps are steady and the waist is flexible.
She fell into the boy's arms to the beat of the music, and separated from him the next second to the beat of the music.
I haven't danced for a long time. Before, I just wanted to please the people sent by the He family, so I didn't review at all... But because I was trained hard when I was a child, some things are engraved in my bones, and they can be revived when the music starts, so I am not afraid of making a fool of myself at all.
She may not be able to amaze everyone like Lu Wan, but at least she is decent.
"I'm sorry too," Gou An said, "People in Jiangcheng are just so idle. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
This time, He Yuan did laugh.
While the two were chatting, someone took a big dance step and bumped into He Yuan's back from behind.
He supported Gou An and did not fall down. He just took a wrong step and stood steadily. When he looked up, he saw Gou Xun dancing with Lu Wan with an expressionless face, passing by them.
With a spin, Lu Wan's long black hair drew a perfect arc under the lights of the banquet hall.
Thanks to Lu Wan, most people's attention was not on this pair of "rag-picking Kapoks". As the heroine of the original book, Lu Wan, who changed into a little dress, looked like Cinderella wearing crystal shoes when she appeared on the stage.
The moment she stepped into the spotlight holding Gou Xun's hand, many people's eyes were focused on her.
Gou Xun did not look proud or have any other emotions. He kept a slight frown on his face and a serious expression throughout. Occasionally, he would hear laughter coming from someone chatting happily nearby, but he would force himself to restrain himself from turning around to look, even though that annoying voice was calling someone else's sister in a disgusting way.
Gou Xun guided Lu Wan, who had been forced to learn dancing for a few days and was not very familiar with it.
Lu Wan's dance steps were awkward, but she had a certain grace and ease that a beginner didn't have, which made her awkwardness endearing.
Sometimes when Gou An danced past the edge of the crowd, she heard people discussing who she was. With such a beautiful female companion, it was no wonder that Gou Xun gave up the opening dance with Gou An...
It is no wonder that Gou An hastily accepted the scraps given by the He family.
After a dance, Gou An watched coldly as her stupid brother and the smiling Lu Wanban embraced each other and became the most eye-catching couple. Perhaps this was the only highlight of the whole book, for Gou Xun, a character who was not even a stepping stone.
It is a ticket that brings the heroine into the upper class for the first time with a decent identity.
Gou An doesn't bother to care.
She withdrew her gaze, performed the final gesture of greeting with He Yuan, held the hem of her skirt, and let out a long sigh amid all kinds of looks from the people around her.
"take a break."
Dancing is a physical activity, and dancing a song seriously is quite tiring. Although He Yuan looked like nothing happened, Gou An was a little out of breath.
The boy politely released his big hand that was pressing on her waist, and Gou An went to the bathroom.
There was no more inexplicable person sniping at the door of the bathroom, but Gou An personally experienced in the cubicle that what Gou Xun said was not a malicious rumor.
People were indeed very interested in the fact that she and He Yuan appeared together and immediately showed that they were united. They were so interested that they didn't forget to gossip even when they were answering the call of nature in the bathroom.
"What's going on between Gou An and that He Yuan?"
"What's going on? You saw it, dancing! It shouldn't be just dancing at this juncture. After Gou An and He Ran broke off their engagement, there should be someone to take over the engagement between the two families, right? - If not He Ran, then someone else. Didn't you say that before?"
"Ah, but He Ran became this person! Gou An is so competitive, can he swallow this?"
"What can we do? Her words don't count. We have to swallow our anger even if it means breaking our teeth and bleeding."
Sitting on the toilet seat in the cubicle while holding her skirt, Gou An touched the tip of her nose and thought, the whole process of acceptance is not as bloody as you imagine——
Quite pleasant in fact.
"But that He Yuan... I've never heard of him before."
"Who says it's not?"
"Now Miss Gou's status is going to plummet."
"Who told her to accept everything? She should at least resist... She asked for it."
Ah, what you said, I am still living in peace even though my status has plummeted, so how come if I retire, my parents can still become your parents and let you take over in turn?
"She probably can't stand being wronged by these rumors."
It's good that you know you are "gossip".
"If she is with He Yuan, she should go abroad, right? After all, He Yuan has been abroad all the time."
"Um?"
"What do you mean?"
"She even had to go abroad. She really shouldn't have accepted that He Yuan."
ha?!
Going abroad?! Who arranged this for me?! "Huh?"
"Hey, after so many years of quarreling, if she really leaves, and there's no one to quarrel with, I feel a little reluctant - if you think about it carefully, she's not that annoying. Wasn't she pretty cool when she made great efforts to arrange Xu Ke for that brat He Yuan?"
"…………No, didn't you hate her to death before? Do you have Stockholm syndrome?"
"Oh, yes. In comparison, I think the woman Gou Xun brought is more annoying. She always looks at you with cautious eyes, as if you can bully her if you speak louder. She is sick."
Gou An almost went crazy after hearing this. He didn't know which two rich girls out there had turned hatred into love for her, and actually imagined that she was leaving Jiangcheng and was reluctant to let her go...
She was just dancing with He Yuan! Why did these people imagine that she married abroad——
Would you think too much?
Gou An came back from the bathroom, looking around for where He Yuan had gone. He planned to rest for a while and then dance with him for two more songs.
It's not that I'm stubborn and go through a rebellious period.
Anyway, bad things have been said about me, I have been mocked, and all kinds of guesses have been made. If I act reluctant and try to avoid suspicion and separate immediately, it will play into the hands of those bored people.
Gou An thought very clearly, so when the music was changing, he quickly and smoothly moved through the crowd towards the dessert table, ready to replenish his physical strength and then fight to the end.
As she was about to reach the dessert table, she set her eyes on a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice with ice that was placed there.
Before he could reach out his hand, someone grabbed his arm from behind and dragged him backwards without any explanation.
Oh, it’s He Yuan.
This kid is really clingy.
"Good boy, little brother, sister will catch her breath for a while before--"
Gou An turned around as she spoke, and found that the height of the person who caught her seemed a little off.
Originally, He Yuan was only a head taller than her, but now the person standing behind her was like a door panel, and the shadow he cast covered her tightly.
The surroundings suddenly became eerily quiet.
Gou An raised his head and looked blankly at the man's perfectly curved jaw, with his usual smile hanging on his thin lips.
Even though he knew that everyone around him was looking at him at this moment, his smile did not change at all.
His lips were unable to close due to shock, and he was dragged back to the center of the dance floor with a dazed expression.
ah.
no--
Huh? Gou An turned around and looked in the direction of the dessert table.
Her chin was touched. The man's fingers had calluses on them, probably from years of holding pens, which were different from those of a teenager. He just fiddled with them casually and easily turned her face back.
"Look?"
He Jinxing's voice sounded close above his head, his voice calm.
"Orange juice……"
When the music started and his waist was grabbed, Gou An's mind went blank.
"Um."
The man responded, lowered his eyes, and glanced at the girl who subconsciously leaned into his arms because of the hand on her lower back.
"After you finish this dance, I'll let you go back and you can drink anything you want."
A new dance music started again, but the person in his arms almost stepped on his foot because she was distracted. He Jinxing had to pick her up and let her go. This secret effort actually brought the distracted person back to pay attention.
Gou An looked up again and felt as if the roof of the entire banquet hall was spinning.
Her waist was held in He Jinxing's hand, and she was dancing with He Jinxing——
The plot development is too magical.
Everything loses its sense of reality.
Swallowing her saliva, she regained her ability to organize her language.
"that."
"Um."
"Can I ask you what you are doing?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
The voice coming from above was still calm and gentle.
The corners of his lips always maintain the most perfect curve, even though what he said at this moment had nothing to do with such a gentle expression.
"To make those people shut up."
(End of this chapter)