——Of course, there is no bloody plot where the original heroine received a high-end dress from the hero in the lounge and became famous from then on.

After all, the so-called haute couture is high-end customization. Usually, it takes a long time just to measure the body and make the pattern for a dress, and then wait for half a year for the production. How can it be possible for the male protagonist to just pay for a dress and have it fit the body perfectly?

Unless the male protagonist is a pervert, he would already know the female protagonist's figure very well.

After changing into his own dress, Gou An was still hesitating the second before stepping out of the cabin, wondering whether he should get in the way of the male protagonist, so he wandered around the room and dawdled for a while.

She rushed to the jewelry box again and hung the necklace given by He Jinxing back as if it were a golden medal of immunity from death.

Even after I had finished everything, I still didn’t want to go out until my phone lit up.

[HJX: Does it take so long to change clothes? ]

The King of Hell is urging her to die again, and is anxious to call her back to be slaughtered.

Maybe it was to make an example of him, to warn all the young masters and young ladies who still wanted to make trouble that they could make trouble but just don't dirty his carpet and piano.

Gou An thought more and more outrageous, and didn't want to pay attention to WeChat, until the fat cat in her mind raised its tail and licked its paws to remind her -

[Jiao Jiao: Is it really okay not to go back? Lu Wan is still in the banquet hall, staying alone with He Jinxing under the same roof. ]

Gou An: “Oh.”

Gou An opened the cabin door with an expressionless face and stepped over the threshold with his head held high.

【Jiao Jiao: ……】

[Jiao Jiao: You are like a dog guarding its food. ]

[Jiao Jiao: Will you dig a hole in the corner of your own yard one day and carefully bury He Jinxing in it? Sneeze from the Ji family next door likes to do this, so stupid.]

"Sneezes from the Ji family next door" was an Akita dog. Jiaojiao's favorite thing to do when he was alive was to cross mountains and rivers to run to other people's homes to fight with the dog. Then he would come back with a paw full of dog hair and a few grains of dog food as trophies in his mouth.

"What do you know?" Gou An said, "I ruined a plot point. I have to see how it can develop even more outrageously."

【Jiao Jiao: You'd better not set a flag for yourself. 】

Gou An: "Don't be afraid, as long as I don't drug the heroine, the world will always remain peaceful."

[Jiao Jiao: You don’t know how to drug me? ]

Gou An (firm): "I won't."

Gou An rushed back to the banquet hall, but was unable to use her own hands to pull apart the male and female protagonists who were probably chatting happily, because she was stopped at the door by the annoying person.

As far as Gou An could remember, she hadn't seen Xu Ke cry so miserably for a long time. Her nose and eyes were red and swollen, and she hid behind her brother weakly.

The idiot from the Xu family, whose name Gou An still didn't know, stared at her with flickering eyes. After a few seconds, he lowered his head like a defeated rooster and said, "I'm sorry, we shouldn't do this."

"What?" Gou An was at a loss, "Shamelessly flirting with a little girl?"

This matter was brought up in public, and the face of the second-generation heir of the Xu family, who was considered to be able to call the wind and rain outside, changed. He looked very aggrieved and said after a while: "I won't do it next time."

"Save this for Lu Wan—oh, that is, the goddess of Olympus you teased?" Gou An had a hard time controlling herself from being mean, so even when she looked confused, she still used impolite words. "Why are you telling me this?"

She soon knew the answer.

Xu Ke seemed to be frightened, and cried out, her tears washing away the foundation on her face. At the same time, she did not forget to frantically pull at her brother's clothes.

The Xu family idiot could only stammer, "Can you talk to Mr. He and ask him to be flexible and not kick us off the boat?"

Gou An: “…”

Drive off the boat? Gou An used to laugh at the coming-of-age ceremony banquet as a large-scale Gu breeding site.

All the second-generation rich people of all ages in Jiangcheng were put on a boat, one by one, until the density was as high as a pile of seabird poop falling from the sky, enough to hit a few celebrity heirs.

Then on the boat, they rolled up their education, their clothes, their relationship history and the identity of their significant other, their looks, their specialties, the number of certificates they had passed, their power...

Roll up everything that can be rolled up.

All the hypocritical politeness of the past year has been accumulated and will be displayed during the three days of the coming-of-age ceremony. Even before leaving the house, parents do not forget to remind you: Be well-behaved during these three days and don't embarrass yourself.

In this kind of situation, if you fart quietly in public, you may be played with the Werewolf style "Guess Who Farted" for the next year, and the suspects will be updated in real time based on the current popularity...

Because they were afraid that such a bad thing would happen and cause a small social death, everyone was very cautious, fearing that they would lose their manners in front of the emperor.

Being kicked off a ship has never happened before. If it really happened, it would probably be as terrible as an earth-shattering earthquake, enough to kill someone.

It never happened because all the major families were equal in the past. Although the He family was actually the only one in power, the He family had never had a young person in power. The uncles who were actually the same age as my parents were all very tolerant.

Until He Jinxing appeared.

This man has a strange personality and is said to be surly, but if you ask any servant on the ship, you will most likely get a sincere answer like "I can't find a more approachable and fair customer than Mr. He"; it is said that he is really as good as the servant said... These adjectives used by the servant and the three words "He Jinxing" seem ridiculous when put together.

It seems that he has never known what "whitewashing" means in his life.

Naturally, everyone's peaceful days came to an end.

"He... Uncle said he wants you to get off the boat?" Gou An blinked, a little bit unbelievable about the man's willfulness, "This--"

"Gou An, please help me!" Xu Ke rubbed the edge of her skirt, looking so crying. "We don't know why Mr. He was so angry, and we don't know if it was because of Miss Lu, but he didn't say a word... He just said he was in a bad mood. My brother is not presentable, your skirt is dirty, and we are in trouble - we can compensate for the skirt! Please help persuade him, we can't get off the boat! If we are kicked off at this time, my mom and dad will beat us to death!"

She spoke incoherently and choked several times.

But when Gou An heard "We are in danger", she was already in a state of confusion, thinking that person really dared to say such outrageous things? She hesitated for a moment, and then found that she couldn't figure out any reason to help the two people in front of her -

First of all, they are really annoying.

Secondly, they really deserve it.

The momentary hesitation was because they were crying so miserably.

Gou An made a decision immediately after sorting out the logic: "Why do you think I can convince Mr. He... Although I call him uncle, He Ran and I are no longer in that relationship. Now we are just neighbors at best."

…………Yes, when necessary, he can be the neighbor next door.

In order to make his words more convincing, Gou An nodded seriously and emphasized: "It's really just the neighbor next door."

The Xu siblings' faces turned pale instantly.

At this time, a security guard came out to remind the two siblings that the speedboat to pick them up was waiting under the ship and asked them to leave now.

The luggage will be delivered to their homes later, so there is no need to worry about property loss.

The security guard was respectful and polite, and when he made a "please" gesture, Gou An was stunned for a moment, but then she forced herself not to laugh out loud: it seemed that the lucky chance to be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks tonight did not fall on her.

The corners of her lips curled up subtly, and her face was cautious: "Then I'll go in first. The neighbor next door is still waiting for me to apologize. After all, the dirty piano is very expensive-"

Perhaps being reminded of the alcohol, Xu Ke suddenly raised his head and glared at her with his eyes that were swollen like light bulbs!

Gou An immediately stopped talking, not daring to be complacent. She knew that people on the verge of death had infinite power...

However, the idiot from the Xu family stopped his sister from rushing up to attack her. After turning around to comfort his sister, he turned back to the banquet hall's bar alone. While the bartender was stunned, he snatched his job, stared at her with his slightly red eyes, and mixed a wine-red cocktail as quickly as possible.

He took the wine, returned to Gou An, and handed it to her: "Here, consider it as an apology for the glass of red wine."

Gou An: “?”

The Xu family idiot smiled at her: "My sister shouldn't have splashed your wine on you... Is your bodyguard okay?"

“…I can’t die.”

It was a chaotic time just now, who would be able to find an air traffic controller or bodyguard? Indeed, a glass of red wine is not concentrated sulfuric acid. You can just go back and change your clothes. What could happen?

"I'm really sorry for what happened today." The Xu family idiot pressed his reluctant sister's head and forced himself to bend towards Gou An. "I won't do this again in the future. Please accept this cocktail as compensation."

Gou An was completely confused as to why the brother and sister suddenly became polite at the last moment and he reflexively took the glass of wine.

Of course, she wasn't prepared to drink it, as she actually doesn't like cocktails that much.

The Xu siblings got off the boat in a grand manner amidst the shocked onlookers. Their parents were invisible throughout the entire process and no one knew whether they got off the boat in the end.

Gou An returned to the banquet hall holding the cocktail that the idiot from the Xu family had given him. He looked at the special gradient color and found it quite nice, so he didn't put it down immediately. He held it in his hand as a decoration.

Anyway, most people hold a wine glass in their hands.

Her eyes had been wandering around the banquet hall, and not surprisingly she discovered that the dirty antique Steinway had been immediately surrounded, with a team of repairmen in place...

Most of the people who work in this industry love pianos, so they curse in pain while cleaning the keys and checking for water seepage.

It’s Lu Wan and He Jinxing.

At this time, the heroine of the original novel was unharmed, except that she was a little drunk. Her fair and beautiful face was flushed with drunkenness.

Her eyes were a little hazy, and she held a light yellow wine glass in her hand and raised it in the direction of He Jinxing: "Thank you Mr. He for your timely action. This glass of wine--"

Before she finished her words, a hand reached out from the side and gently took the wine she handed to He Jinxing.

"Ms. Lu doesn't look like she can handle the alcohol."

A smiling voice sounded in his ears. Lu Wan turned his head in a daze and saw a magnified smiling face next to him.

Gou Anshen, who had already changed into new clothes, appeared out of nowhere without anyone noticing. With her makeup complete, her manners appropriate, and her words quite gently, she took the wine from Lu Wan's hand.

Putting it aside calmly, Miss Gou took the opportunity and forcefully stuffed the wine in her hand into He Jinxing's hand.

The man who was originally leaning against the railing and daydreaming had now come to his senses. He was slightly stunned and a little unable to react. He looked down at the red liquid in his hand.

"Ye Lang, take Miss Lu to rest." Gou An called to the bodyguard behind him.

No one moved for a long while. She turned around and saw the bodyguard looking at her warily. In the past, she might have thought that Ye Lang was on guard against her bullying Lu Wan and thus became furious, but now she understood that he was just afraid that she would say the opposite again and then pick a fight with him.

He looks like a worker who has been bitten by a snake.

Gou An held his forehead with a headache and said, "I'm telling the truth. Take her to a rest room to rest. Can't you see that Miss Lu can't even stand steadily?"

After a long time, Ye Lang finally said "Oh".

Things had come to this, so of course Lu Wan couldn't just shout "I won't leave". She bit her lip and looked at Ye Lang, only to find that the latter's attention was not on her at all.

Before Lu Wan was taken away by Ye Lang, she frequently turned back to look at Gou An, who quickly took her place and stood in front of He Jinxing.

When he turned around one time, he was still within earshot of the conversation. He saw the girl in the dress push the wine glass in the man's hand with a finger and asked, "Why don't you drink the wine I gave you?"

Ninety percent curiosity and three percent unspeakable emotions.

Lu Wan was confused for a moment.

The farce half an hour ago destroyed the antique piano. When He Jinxing admitted that he was unhappy, everyone was terrified and no one dared to speak nonsense. At that time, Gou An was trembling like everyone else...

But now.

The Xu siblings were driven off the boat. Everyone in the banquet hall was afraid that He Jinxing's anger would spread to them and wanted to avoid him. Obviously, his influence was still there. Lu Wan also mustered up the courage and brought wine to thank him for asking the unreasonable Xu siblings to leave and to uphold justice.

She was still afraid as she spoke, an involuntary fear of the person in a higher position.

But at this moment, Gou An dared to force wine on him and then poked the wine glass in his hand. A sense of oppression descended at the same time. It was clearly divided equally among everyone present...

Gou An was the first one to recover.

He Jinxing had not originally planned to drink tonight, but he had been drinking for two days in a row, and even a god could not bear it.

While he was organizing his words to gently reject the person in front of him and the wine she had pushed at him without explanation, she picked up the wine that Lu Wan had placed next to her and observed carefully -

"What's wrong? Why don't you drink it? Is it because it doesn't look as good as the one Lu Wan brought?"

He looked like he was really troubled by this matter.

It can't be considered as being clever, but rather a blatant provocation.

From He Jinxing's perspective, he could see Miss Gou's almond-shaped eyes flickering as she observed the wine. In fact, her eyes were full of petty calculations and cunning.

He Jinxing didn't like people who were clever. After all, in his opinion, most people's cleverness was just obvious stupidity.

No one likes dealing with stupid people.

However, if it is such undisguised poor acting and sarcastic remarks that vent "I am very dissatisfied and I hope you know it", it does not seem to be intolerable.

He Jinxing shook the cocktail that was forced into his hand and chuckled, "Stop acting. If you hadn't come just now, I would have refused her drink too."

Upon hearing this, Gou An really stopped acting, put down the glass of wine that was nothing to study with an expressionless face, and said "Oh" as if he was slow to react.

The two fell into silence for a moment.

Gou An realized it later and felt a little bit of desire to survive, so he asked, "Uncle, are you angry?"

I just thought of asking now, I'm so angry.

"When did you say that? When this farce was just going on? Or now?"

“…”

What! Two more accounts to settle?

Is it too late to say goodbye now? Just as Gou pretended to be deaf and dumb and turned on mute mode, he heard the man slowly but seriously say, "Nothing."

“…”

He really loves to scare people.

Gou An breathed a sigh of relief and raised her eyelashes. Her long eyelashes were like the fluttering wings of a butterfly. She tilted her head slightly to look at the person in front of her.

"Then why didn't she drink it? She had every reason to thank me, and I had every reason to apologize. It's such a pity for that Steinway."

A bit stubborn indeed.

The stubbornness flickering in his eyes probably can't be quelled by just a few words.

He Jinxing was helpless and was not going to argue with his junior about this. Wanting to live a peaceful life, he finally compromised and brought the goblet in his hand to his lips, but suddenly paused.

It seemed a little difficult to determine, so he sniffed again.

Afterwards, the wine, which was clearly at his lips, did not touch him at all, and the edge of the glass moved away from his thin lips. He Jinxing looked at Gou An in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Gou An frowned, "Don't you like it?"

She stared straight into his dark eyes, but unfortunately she did not understand the complex emotions hidden beneath them at this moment, and just thought that he was disgusted with something.

This made her even more irritated.

His eyes lingered on the little girl's increasingly impatient face. He Jinxing hesitated several times and finally gave a bitter smile: "An An, being too impatient won't do you any good."

"What does this have to do with an impatient personality?"

"Let me put it another way. Before you do anything, you need to keep a clear mind and know what you are doing. That's it."

Who wants to listen to your philosophy of life class at a time like this!

"I didn't drink today, and I'm sober now." Thinking the man was talking about something else, Gou An frowned even tighter in impatience, "I know exactly what I'm doing now."

“…”

"I'm inviting you to drink this drink."

The pair of eyes looking at him were bright enough to captivate the heart.

The voice was just as firm and stubborn.

He Jinxing was silent for a while.

In the end, all the words turned into a brief sigh.

"An An, you can't be so clingy."

What's wrong? Does interrupting a beautiful lady's toast to you count as being clingy? "Oh." She raised her chin, "You can scold me."

Then, under her provocative gaze, He Jinxing drank the cocktail in one gulp.

The pale lips were stained with light red wine. The man exhaled a hot breath with the sweetness of cherry mixed with alcohol. He raised his eyes and asked her -

"Are you satisfied?"

Physically and mentally relaxed.

More than satisfied.

(End of this chapter)