If Gou An was so shocked that her mind went blank, then what shocked her even more was that He Jinxing, who was standing next to her, seemed to be even more shocked than her.

Of course, it wasn't an exaggerated expression. In fact, there was no expression on his face at all. The reason why you could tell that something was wrong with his emotions was because his hand remained in mid-air in the posture of handing out the nut tower.

The two looked at each other briefly for a second. This time, it was He Jinxing who looked away first.

At the same time, his index finger bent somewhat unnaturally.

Then it fell to one side of the body, and uncontrollably, he used his thumb to gently rub the tip of his index finger that had just been touched by the soft lips.

This action was caught by Gou An, and her face almost immediately turned red. She could hear the loud noise caused by the increased strength of her heartbeat, so loud that she was worried that the person involved would hear it -

Fortunately, at this moment, Mr. He called out He Jinxing from a distance, probably scolding him for not doing his work and instead running to some corner to slack off.

“…”

He Jinxing glanced at her, thought for a moment, and asked.

"More?"

The nut tart was actually still in her mouth and she hadn't had time to chew or swallow it. The tip of her tongue touched the fragile sugar coating of the dessert in her mouth, and the part that wrapped the nuts had a light salty taste.

Gou An shook his head.

"Um."

He paused.

"I'm leaving."

Gou An nodded.

He Jinxing turned and left, his steps seemingly faster than usual.

Gou An watched him return to the group of adults who were chatting and greeting each other. Gou Yu and Jiang Yi were among them, but Chen Jinli was not there.

After he stood over there, he didn't join the conversation naturally like he usually does, but stood aside for a while with a blank expression...

For a long time, when people spoke to him, he either nodded or shook his head, with absent-mindedness clearly written on his face.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Yi asked He Jinxing, "What were you doing hanging around the dessert counter just now? Were you checking whether Gou Yu's work was in place?"

Gou Yu was still resentful of He Jinxing for smilingly inviting him to call him "Ajinzi" just now, and his emotionless eyes fell on the latter's face——

He Jinxing glanced back at him indifferently: "Do you have to care where I stand?"

"I just don't want to care," Jiang Yi shrugged, "If it wasn't for my little nephew grabbing me and asking, 'Uncle, why can that uncle take the things on the dessert table before the banquet starts'!"

He laughed as he spoke, "You are so rude!"

At this time, the man's face didn't show much expression, probably rolling his eyes in his heart. Gou Yu felt strange and raised his eyebrows: "Do you still like to eat this kind of sweet things?"

He Jinxing turned his head away and looked around: "Where's Chen Jinli?"

Gou Yu: "This is too abrupt to change the subject."

Seeing that he couldn't escape, He Jinxing could only turn his head back and said simply: "I'm not going to eat it, I'm giving it to others."

Gou Yu: "Who? Your youngest He Yuan is already eighteen years old, and he's still a boy."

He Jinxing's expressionless face finally moved. He paused for a moment and finally smiled at Gou Yu: "Don't be so curious. I'll tell you later."

Gou Yu had no idea what this person was up to, and thought he was just trying to please him. Of course, he had no interest in knowing what kind of flowers the He Jinxing iron tree bloomed, so he just replied perfunctorily, "I'm too lazy to know."

They returned to the topic they were about to discuss. Gou Yuzheng and Jiang Yi argued that the location of Jiang Yi's casino was too close to the location of the aquarium...

Jiang replied to him nonchalantly: "My casino has all the necessary documents and is open for legitimate business. There are no bunny girls in bikinis standing at the door. Besides, your daughter is already 20 years old. Why are you talking to me about corrupting the child?"

The two of them were arguing in a chaotic manner, and He Jinxing was reminded by a certain key word. His brain, which had become a little dull just now, finally came to life at this moment.

She slowly turned her head and glanced at the twenty-year-old bunny girl who couldn't see through a bikini.

Her face was no longer puffed up because of the whole nut tower like before. She was also talking to her friends. However, besides her usual group of rich girls, He Yuan had also joined them at some point. Standing among the group of girls, he looked like he didn't feel out of place...

Probably all the guests had arrived and the security work at the door was basically finished, so Ye Lang returned to her side and stood not far behind her with a blank face like a door god.

She yawned, paused halfway, and turned her head as if she had realized something.

Across the crowd, the two people's eyes met vaguely in mid-air.

All this happened in silence.

He Jinxing took out his cell phone, with a nonchalant expression on his face, and pressed a few times on the lit screen.

Ten seconds later, Gou An's phone screen lit up because of a new WeChat message push. She was not surprised at all.

【HJX: There are so many people, it’s really lively. 】

Such a mean face.

Gou An: “…”

"Congratulations."

Next to Gou An, Zhou Yutong's voice was so calm that it seemed decisive.

"Three months ago, everyone thought you would marry the first prince of Jiangcheng; three months later, you won the God of Jiangcheng."

The people around him laughed in a mess. Gou An was too lazy to pay attention to their nonsense. He raised his hand to scratch his head, and subconsciously turned his head to look -

The bodyguard stood behind her with a numb face. After hearing what Zhou Yutong said, his eyes flickered, and he came back to his senses from not knowing what he was thinking and looked at her.

He moved his lips, pretending to have something to say.

Gou An rolled his eyes slightly and turned his head away in refusal to cooperate.

It was still early after the birthday party, and the next day was the weekend.

Although Zhou Yutong kept talking and flattering everyone throughout the banquet, Gou An could still see that she was in a bad mood, so he asked her if she wanted to go to the bar to have fun.

Nine times out of ten gatherings, Gou An would not take the initiative to suggest going to the bar. This was the only time left, and Zhou Yutong opened her mouth so wide that an egg could fit in it. She thought about the fact that she had become an adult more than half a month ago and could go to the bar openly, so there was really no reason for her to disagree.

A group of people rushed to the newly opened place of the Jiang family. As soon as they arrived, Gou An was told that her father was in the VIP room upstairs from her.

Gou An had no choice but to go upstairs and say hello—

As soon as the door opened, I saw a room full of uncles. There were no irrelevant people in the room. He Jinxing was sitting closest to the door.

He raised his head the moment he opened the door, and their eyes met briefly, then both looked away without a trace. Gou An saw out of the corner of his eye that He Jinxing threw a few pieces of ice into the wine glass.

Jiang Yi raised his hand to say hello, and said with a smile: "Hey, An An seems to be here to check on me. Don't worry, Dad is very well behaved here, there are no strange women."

The tone of coaxing a child made everyone in the room laugh. He Jinxing raised his head and drank the liquid in the glass in one gulp, humming a low laugh.

Gou Yu kicked Jiang Yi.

It was almost midnight and three rounds of drinks had passed.

Zhou Yutong looks unreliable on weekdays, but she is actually very capable. She knows her alcohol tolerance very well. She stops drinking when she is a little unsteady on her feet but still conscious. She shakes her finger and says, "The best state of drinking is to go home and fall asleep on the bed."

Then he said he was going to the toilet.

There was a toilet in the box but it was occupied, so she had to go outside. Gou An wanted to follow her, but she shook her head and refused.

Looking at the girl's red eyes, not knowing whether it was because she was drunk or sad, Gou An still did not insist on going with her.

She kicked the bodyguard who was standing next to her. The latter looked down at her slowly, and after a while he realized what she meant and shook his head, "No."

It sounded as if she would die if she left him even half a step. Gou An waved his hand impatiently, "If the same thing happened to Ye Weiyang again, I'll go buy a lottery ticket."

This is not a flag. After the chaotic events of National Day, the night is gradually quiet today. The Jiang family's place is almost the only one in the world. No one dares to cause trouble in their territory. Even if there is a fight, they will turn left and go to the alley to resolve it.

Ye Lang still insisted, Gou An was getting fed up with him. At this moment, the tall boy who was said to be his childhood sweetheart but was sentenced to death by Zhou Yutong stood up. After a moment of silence, he said, "I'll just watch her."

Gou An looked him up and down. This man's surname was Li. It was said that his family's business was not in Jiangcheng, but he was the only one present besides Gou An who was followed by bodyguards.

There were only three Rolls-Royces in the parking lot of Mr. He's birthday party, one from He Jinxing and the other from Hou Yuning. No one knew who the remaining silver-gray car belonged to until the birthday party ended and Li Du got out of the car.

I don't know this person Gou An very well. I heard that he was not in Jiangcheng during the coming-of-age ceremony. I have never met him before...

However, after hesitating for a moment, thinking of the fact that he was Zhou Yutong's childhood sweetheart who had been admitted by herself, and looking at the groundhog standing beside him in a daze, he nodded reluctantly.

After Zhou Yutong and Li Du left, Gou An waited patiently in the box for twenty minutes.

Twenty minutes later, Zhou Yutong still hadn't returned. Although Li Du was with her, she was still a little worried. After all, men seemed to be born with the ability to embezzle.

Gou An stood up and opened the door of the box. The bodyguard who was kicked out and was standing there as punishment immediately turned his gaze from the door back to her, "Going to the bathroom?"

She ignored him completely.

I hurried to the bathroom, and then encountered a melodrama for the second time tonight.

There were two people standing in the corridor, this time they were Chen Jinli and Li Du. Two big men of almost the same height stood at the door of the ladies' restroom. It was unknown how many years different there was between them, but Li Du didn't seem to lose in terms of momentum.

"She's drunk." Li Du stood at the door of the ladies' restroom. His tone was different from when he was talking to Zhou Yutong. He sounded a little lazy. "But I'm just letting you know. It has nothing to do with you after all."

Chen Jinli raised his hand and loosened his collar. "Well done. Half a month ago, we had the coming-of-age ceremony, and half a month later, we were getting drunk at the bar. Today's newly-promoted adults really have their way."

You can't tell much emotion from his face.

But it's hard to say that this tone is not full of sarcasm.

Li Du just smiled and said, "It's okay. When she's drunk, she'll be much less aggressive, which isn't necessarily a bad thing... She'll even be more curious. She just asked me if I know how to kiss."

Chen Jinli's eyes changed, and then he suddenly took a step forward and pushed away the person blocking his way.

"Get out of the way. I'll take her home."

Li Duheng stood there motionless, Chen Jinli grabbed his collar——

The latter raised his hands, said "ouch", and moved away.

Chen Jinli didn't even look at him. He kicked open the door of the ladies' restroom next to him and walked in.

The tall boy who was thrown against the wall hit his back loudly, seemingly quite hard, but he didn't even frown. He leaned against the wall with his hands in his pockets and stared at the ceiling for a while...

He turned his head and looked at Gou An.

He smiled and said, "Let Zhou Yutong treat me to a meal tomorrow."

After saying that, he turned and walked out. The shadow he cast was stretched out in the dim light of the corridor, and was bent and reflected on the wall of the corridor.

Gou An reflexively took two steps after her. At this moment, he heard Zhou Yutong's voice in the bathroom. He paused and turned around.

I saw Zhou Yutong and Chen Jinli standing close to each other in the bathroom. They had probably quarreled for a few words. The girl lowered her head and rubbed her red eyes, saying, "It has nothing to do with you. You told me not to bother you, and I never took the initiative to look for you again... Hou Xiangqin is back, you got what you wanted, and don't bother me in the future."

She pushed Chen Jinli away and walked out, but after taking two steps, she was grabbed by the wrist and pulled back.

Her shoulder unexpectedly hit the chest of the person behind her, and the sudden pain made her frown.

"Don't fall in love too early."

"Chen Jinli, you might be sick." Zhou Yutong laughed sharply, "I'm an adult, it's not a premature love affair! Li Du is not some nobody, my mom said why don't I get engaged to Li Du first, he doesn't object, what's wrong with me trying it out with him, sooner or later anyway-"

Before she could finish her words, she was picked up and thrown onto the sink.

She probably never thought that this man who had only been accompanied by documents and laboratories all his life could have such great strength. She was stunned and raised her head, and the next second her breath was robbed.

Her eyes widened in shock. The person biting her lips had a familiar scent, mixed with a faint smell of tobacco like the remnants of incense burning in a temple, and it seemed to be damp with the sea water. It was hard to describe -

He hadn't drunk any alcohol, but his breath tasted of cigarettes.

The reason why her breath was taken away at first was probably because the other party wanted her to shut up. After that, Chen Jinli quickly let her go.

However, Professor Chen, who was loved by his students every day and was known for his elegance and grace, had no expression on his face. Facing the girl's stunned face, his tone was cold.

"Don't you want to know?"

He reached out and lifted her chin.

"I'll tell you."

The cold kiss fell for the second time. It had nothing to do with the heart-pounding and gentle kiss in the TV series. It was like a violent storm. The tip of the tongue easily opened the teeth that were slightly open due to the daze. After entering the mouth, it was overwhelming and crushing at the same time, invading forcefully.

Zhou Yutong was trapped between the man's chest and the sink, her pale face gradually turning red.

There was no way to break free.

Even if he kicked and kicked, the person in front of him remained motionless.

Because she had never had any experience, she didn't know how to breathe while kissing. Her breathing became disordered and gradually heavier. Her hands started pushing the shoulders of the person on top of her, and finally they seemed to lose strength and gradually softened. As she struggled and kissed him more deeply, she finally closed her red eyes and clung to the broad shoulders of the person in front of her.

Hesitated.

She clutched tightly his shirt, which was originally wrinkle-free and meticulously done.

Gou An closed the bathroom door the first second their lips touched.

At this moment, he was standing at the door, his cheeks flushed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Probably it is an auspicious day to write down what a good day today is.

It was like some kind of incredible chain reaction. Obviously, more than one thing was exploding tonight. It was as if all the theoretically outrageous relationships in Jiangcheng would be exposed on this night.

In the VIP box on the top floor, someone first asked where Chen Jinli had gone.

He Jinxing, who had been hiding in a corner playing with his phone, said without even looking up, "It's downstairs."

After he finished speaking, he looked up and everyone was looking at him. He raised his eyelids for some inexplicable reason, as if to say, what are you looking at?

Jiang Yi asked curiously, "When did Chen Jinli learn to report his itinerary to you?"

"Not him."

Of course it wasn’t Chen Jinli who said that, it was Gou An.

This little girl, who would never take the initiative to send him a WeChat message in a thousand years, took the initiative today. Just now, she asked him in an extremely humble and fearful tone if she could come down to the lower floor and bring his friend back.

The tone was very much like the innocent victim who later asked the Tathagata Buddha, why didn't your Five Finger Mountain suppress Sun Wukong, but let him go and make him crazy? He Jinxing thought about who was downstairs and guessed what happened. He kindly told her not to meddle in other people's business and just go back to her own box and sit down.

【HJX: Chen Jinli will not eat her. 】

【Don’t be afraid of me winning: ………………………eat it. 】

【HJX:……】

【HJX: Don’t watch this, it’s not suitable for children. 】

Gou An replied him with a ".", the disdain and sarcasm in which only the two of them could understand.

He Jinxing smiled at the phone screen.

Jiang Yi: "Laughing at your phone, tsk tsk tsk, you used to be the type who hardly touched your phone at parties."

Gou Yu: "It seems to be going smoothly."

I looked down at the chat interface on my phone and saw that the other party had already started typing furiously, with each word politely expressing "What use do I have to you?"

Giving her enough time to express her anger, He Jinxing did not comment on her friend's words. After thinking for a while, he said, "I've only started to not be so afraid of me recently. It's really going well."

Everyone sighed.

Across the table, Gou Yu suddenly asked, "You've been single so long that everyone thinks you like men, and then Hou Xiangqin shows up and you don't like her... So who is she?"

Hearing "Hou Xiangqin", Jiang Yi's eyelids twitched: "Shh, don't talk nonsense, Hou Xiangqin is Professor Chen's white moonlight. They fell in love at first sight during military training in high school. They were in love with each other... They were deskmates for three years and only separated when they went to college. I heard that the Hou family came to Jiangcheng recently to cooperate with the He Group, and the two of them reunited naturally. Strictly speaking, Ajin should be considered their marriage sign."

Gou Yu looked at He Jinxing curiously. He had just put down his phone. He didn't know what the person on the other end of the phone had said. He rested his elbows on his legs, tilted his head slightly, supported his chin with his hand, and covered his lips with his slender fingertips...

Only the faint smile at the corner of his eyes showed that he was absent-minded.

Jiang Yi didn't get a response, so he kicked him.

He then said "Oh" in a calm tone: "This matter has nothing to do with me, don't go out and spread it randomly - what white moonlight, it's just too heavily filtered... It can occasionally flash a light in memory, but if you really want to dig it out again, in most cases you will find that it is tasteless and a pity to throw it away."

Jiang Yi: “Tsk tsk.”

Gou Yu: "Someone who has been here before?"

He Jinxing chuckled and shook his head: "There is no such thing, don't talk nonsense."

The topic of Hou Xiangqin ended here. Jiang Yi only mentioned the Hou family. He asked a few more questions about the cooperation, and then mentioned that the He family had made a lot of moves in Europe and the United States and bought a lot of land. Inevitably, they finally talked about what He Jinxing had seen and heard during the half month he was hiding from his love debts abroad.

He visited many places, but Switzerland was the place where he stayed the longest.

"I went to a friend's farm in Switzerland." He Jinxing thought for a moment. "Because there were too many rabbits in the strawberry fields, he raised a lot of hawks and minks. He first let the minks drive the rabbits out of the rabbit holes, and the hawks would chase them on the ground. These animals are very interesting. Obviously, they don't have high IQs and are not of the same species, but his minks and hawks work in pairs. Different combinations have different ways of collaboration, as if it was tacitly accepted."

He Jinxing was indeed interested in this and stayed on the farm for a few more days until almost all the hundreds of rabbits in a strawberry field were cleared away.

When I left, I even asked how I could bring back a baby mink to raise for fun.

So when he said these things, his tone was normal and even fond.

But I don’t know that the words he used, such as "beast", etc., naturally carry a sense of mockery and coldness, which makes people not know what to say after hearing them.

At this time, different listeners have different ideas.

Jiang Yi was also playful. When he stretched his neck and asked He Jinxing, "Why haven't you posted any videos or photos?", Gou Yu fell into a brief silence.

I always feel that the keywords "strawberry field", "rabbit" and "eagle" trigger some memories.

When He Jinxing lazily said, "Yes, I may have forgotten to send it to you," Gou Yu took out his mobile phone and clicked on Gou An's WeChat avatar as if to confirm something.

Scrolling down the Moments, I saw a group of Moments she posted a few days ago——

Figure 1:

The rabbit in the strawberry field.

Figure 2:

A rabbit caught by an eagle.

The blue sky, white clouds and snow-capped mountains in the background look exactly like what Switzerland should look like in our memory.

Gou Yu's mind went blank for a few seconds, he sat up a little from the sofa, hesitated, and then asked under the confused gaze of everyone else in the box: "He Jinxing, you and my An An——"

On the other side of the box, the man raised his head and looked at him.

Any "surprise", "confusion" or just a simple frown that Gou Yu imagined would appear...

Any expression that might indicate denial did not appear.

He Jinxing had a calm expression and even opened his mouth without hesitation, but before he could say a word, Gou Yu's brain exploded.

As everyone stared in amazement, Gou Yu's body and brain were quicker than his own and he took the lead in choosing the shortest straight line distance between two points. He climbed directly onto the table, kicked away all the miscellaneous items on the table, and pounced to the other end of the table.

With lightning speed, he grabbed He Jinxing by the collar and punched him hard.

The stunned state of the crowd turned into another state——

It was hard to tell what it was, after all, it was the first time in their lives that they had seen anyone dare to touch He Jinxing.

However, compared to their shock, the man who seemed dignified and elegant in their eyes was actually the calmest one among them.

The last time He Jinxing was beaten was probably when he was a teenager, when he was like a wild dog, fighting for territory with his equally energetic classmates with his fists.

Although it was meaningless to fight for those titles, from then on, those arrogant white or black people in the football team would avoid him when they saw him, and he had established a firm foothold in his territory.

But he would also be injured at that time, although usually this would only happen when he was facing about three people alone.

The pain brought him back to his senses.

He took the first punch from Gou Yu head-on. Gou Yu used 100% of his strength in this punch. He Jinxing heard a loud bang from the collision of his bones.

None of the people present were kindhearted. They were all people who had experienced hardships when they were young, so after a brief moment of shock, they rushed forward and held Gou Yu with all their might.

"No, no, no, what's going on! No, Ajin, you..."

Jiang Yi remembered Gou Yu's question from the previous second, and was shocked. He put Gou Yu in his shoes and loosened his grip on him. The latter immediately pounced on him again! This time he failed to succeed. His fist was aimed at the bridge of his nose but was caught accurately.

"Not here."

It will break.

"If it breaks, it will be disfigured."

The corners of his thin lips, which were quickly bruised, curled up. The man who usually gave people a gentle and calm feeling finally exposed his unruly and bad nature at this moment.

"Since this is the only face of mine that An An can even slightly appreciate, I'm sorry, but I may not be able to disfigure myself for the time being."

As he finished speaking with a smile, everyone was afraid that he would call Gou Yu "father-in-law" the next second, because he really had that aura.

So Jiang Yi stopped Gou Yu again, and heard the oldest friend among them choke for two seconds, utter a swear word, and when he was being dragged back by someone, he raised his foot and kicked He Jinxing again.

The scene fell into chaos again.

"She treats you like an elder!"

"It's not true."

"You have always treated her as a junior and taken care of her—"

“That’s not necessarily true.”

“…”

"Where have you come to——"

He Jinxing was silent for a moment. Seeing him like that, Gou Yu was furious again. He had let a wolf into the house. If Jiang Yuan knew that his friend was showing off his affection outside, publishing in newspapers, and talking to his daughter every day...

He was labeled as someone who "invited a wolf into the house", and it was only a matter of time before he was implicated and kicked out of the house.

The veins on his forehead throbbed and he raised his fist again.

He Jinxing then said slowly: "It hasn't come to that. Didn't I just say that An An is a little afraid of me, so I dare not act rashly. Your daughter is too timid——"

“…Shut up!”

"But maybe it's because you protected me so well... I probably need to thank you for that."

“…”

Gou Yu broke free from Jiang Yi.

"Hey, I told you not to hit me in the face, didn't I?"

(End of this chapter)