He Ran remained in a stalemate, unwilling to leave immediately or say anything more, with his head hung, like a defeated dog in the water - and in fact, he really was - lost and bloody.

He couldn't remember how old he was the last time he cried in front of others.

It was really embarrassing, but I couldn't stop crying, like a floodgate was opened. When the first tear fell, the rest seemed to become very simple...

My mind kept repeating "Gou An was originally my fiancée" as if it was brainwashing myself, but every time I repeated it, my heart would beat slower than the previous second, until I started to suspect that it might be broken.

Tears as big as beans fell down and hit the surface of his shoes.

Gou An was shocked by the scene before her. She had never seen He Ran cry, let alone cry like this. If a third person saw him in this state, it would be enough to destroy his dignity forever.

He reached out and pulled He Jinxing's sleeve.

The man turned around to look at her. The little girl was standing back, not knowing what to do. Her shoes were rubbing against the ground, almost digging a hole in the garden. She whispered, "I didn't bully him. He cried on his own."

It's just like when you get into a fight at school and make your classmate cry, then go home and complain to your parents with a wronged look on your face.

"Well, it's not your fault." The parent who happened to be accused also turned a blind eye and waved his hand tolerantly, "It should be my fault."

"Ah, why?"

Because I took you away.

The man had a smile on his lips, but he said nothing.

I have to say this situation is a bit funny. The person involved is still crying like a tiger, and before he can catch his breath, he hears the person who caused his misery whispering in front of him, as if they are very affectionate -

The tone in which He Jinxing spoke to Gou An was perhaps something the younger generations of the He family had never heard in their lives. It was not the kindness and tolerance that they pretended to have, but a real soft and gentle voice.

He Ran hesitated between continuing to lose his temper and honestly apologizing to his elders.

He opened his mouth and uttered weak monosyllables, successfully drawing the other two's attention back to himself.

"You go back first."

It was still raining outside, so when He Jinxing talked to Gou An, he bent down slightly to make sure that she would not be disturbed by the sound of the rain and could hear every word he said.

Gou An paused, looked at He Ran over the man's shoulder, then quickly fled from this outrageous scene without looking back.

Only He's uncle and nephew were left in the yard. Looking at the younger generation with tears in their eyes and the indecisive look, He Jinxing raised his eyebrows, without any expression of joy or relief of victory.

Compared to the gradually fading anger at He Ran's deviant behavior, he was more confused as to why he acted so uselessly -

It's okay for him to jump up and refute him, as if he has more backbone and people don't look down on him so much.

The red eyes and the calm black eyes looked at each other for a moment.

He Jinxing tilted his head towards the front door and asked, "Come in and talk?"

The tone is quite mild.

This gave He Ran a momentary illusion. In fact, he was not angry. Faced with his newly announced fiancée being dragged by a younger generation, he chose to be tolerant of the younger generation...

It’s hard to say why this narrow-minded guess made He Ran feel a little better.

"Don't go into the house. My mom and the others are all here," He Ran shook his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Right here."

As expected, He Jinxing did not comment and stayed as he wished. He Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

See, he really doesn't care that much.

And there's actually nothing to talk about.

He Ran just wanted to ask when it started.

"After you break off the engagement."

The elder's tone was just like the countless times he had analyzed the A-share market or the trivial affairs of the He's Company with him, objective and without any ups and downs...but it sounded a little different from when he spoke to Gou An just now.

"Before this, I did treat An An as a younger generation who was about to join our family. I might be a little biased, but that's also because there are relatively few girls in the He family. I think I might need to be more careful and patient when treating girls."

His voice was calm. He Ran was silent for a moment, recalling the past. In fact, just as He Jinxing said, their contact was normal before the cancellation of the engagement.

The first time He Jinxing got angry with him was during the Ye Weiyang incident. Lu Wan was still content with answering the multiple-choice question with two choices. He submitted the wrong answer.

"I reminded you later not to look at both what's in the bowl and what's in the pot."

He did remind him that time in the police station, "but you didn't seem to take my words too seriously."

"I took it to heart!"

"That day on the boat, when An An was caught up in rumors because of He Yuan, and those people almost stabbed her in the back in front of her, it should have been your last chance."

He Jinxing sat down casually on a chair in the yard, crossed his long legs, and said lazily, "I waited for the first dance plus ten minutes of free time, and you just stood there and watched without taking any action."

He Ran opened his eyes wide in shock——

He never thought about...

He Jinxing raised his fingertips and rubbed his brows: "Although I am not very good at pursuing girls, I at least know that your situation is not right... I heard that you have had many relationships, why haven't you made any progress?"

Being pointed out by an elder in public, He Ran felt that it was not much different from a hospital male doctor announcing with regret that "you are not good enough" -

Now, in addition to being depressed, He Ran just felt ashamed.

"Then you shouldn't have just..."

He Ran paused. Out of politeness and upbringing, he knew he should swallow the descriptive words that followed, but he tried to hold it back, but he couldn't.

"Unmediated adultery."

These four words made the elders of the He family laugh out loud.

He wasn't being sarcastic, but he really thought the word was very interesting. He didn't feel any guilt or shame at all.

It's as if he has no morals at all, and trying to restrain him with morality is itself very stupid.

“That day, we did nothing.”

He Jinxing's legs were still stretched out in a relaxed manner, and he even leaned towards the backrest.

"An An knew I was drugged and was terrified. She came to me to make sure I was okay. When she found me in the lounge, you guys were knocking on the door. I asked her to hide to avoid unnecessary trouble and explanation, which led to the excuse later."

He Ran didn't know if he was lying, but he looked very calm.

As he was carefully weighing the credibility of his elders' words, he heard a slight "click" sound.

He Jinxing lowered his crossed legs and sat up straight. He rested one elbow on the stone table next to him, his palm resting on the side of his face. He looked at the junior in front of him lazily and asked, "Okay, curious baby, are you done asking questions now?"

The tone was teasing and playful.

He Ran was silent.

He Jinxing narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a smile that everyone was familiar with every day, the kind of smile that was cold even when bathed in the sun.

"Now that we've finished asking questions, it's my uncle's turn, okay?"

"What?"

"Among Japan, Germany and the United States, which one do you prefer? I suggest Germany, because there are highways with no speed limit. If you feel like speeding when you are in a bad mood, it is indeed more suitable there."

"?"

There was a blank look on He Ran's face for three seconds.

"We agreed on that." He Jinxing's smile didn't change at all. "You won't ignore what I said, right?"

That night, in the police station’s detention room, we agreed on it.

"What you should consider is, what if you find out that no matter how hard you try, you can't get Gou An back, and you get angry and embarrassed?"

"Do it again? And then make a fool of yourself like tonight."

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

"Maybe I will send you away regardless of Big Brother's wishes."

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

so.

He wasn't angry at all.

Just like a large cat that is the leader of a grassland, when an alien invader steps into the forbidden area and even repeatedly tries to do something beyond the rules, the natural superior cannot just ignore it with tolerance.

They are holding back, most likely just waiting for an opportunity to kill with one strike...

At that time, he would bite off the attacker's neck without hesitation.

Gou An had no idea what the final outcome of the conversation between uncle and nephew was. When he got home, he was held down and interrogated by Gou Yu, who was almost going crazy.

He couldn't understand why his daughter, who was clearly resisting yesterday, suddenly gave in today. In the afternoon, his secretary shouted "Mr. Gou, something bad has happened." He thought something had happened, so he took the phone and looked at it...

That is indeed a bad thing.

He called the bastard He Jinxing on the spot, but was dismissed by him with a few words "I'm in an important meeting". He was so angry that he went home.

Finally, Jiang Yuan said, "Announcement to the media immediately can be considered as an act of responsibility." Gou Yu said that this statement was a typical example of people's worldview being influenced by their appearance. He was extremely desperate about this world where appearance is everything.

Jiang Yuan: "But many of your behaviors when you were in school, if you ignore your face, are worth me sending you to the police station many times, right?"

Gou Yu was speechless and could only choose to criticize his daughter.

Just as Gou An was being taken to the sofa for a thorough education, the culprit called again.

Gou An hesitated whether to answer the call or not. The corners of his lips twitched as he looked at his indecisive daughter. Gou Yu was annoyed and said, "Answer it. If you don't answer it, he will come knocking on the door again. What's the difference?"

Jiang Yuan took her furious husband to dinner and left Gou An behind to give her some personal space.

There was a delay, so the phone rang several times before it was picked up. The person on the other end seemed to be extremely patient waiting for every busy tone, until a soft "Hello" came from the little girl on the other end of the phone.

The man was silent for a few seconds on the phone.

"Stay away next time."

"Oh." Gou An's index finger gently stroked the back of the phone, "What do you mean by 'avoid it next time'? Shouldn't you promise me that there won't be a next time?"

Hearing the unhappiness in her tone, He Jinxing chuckled at her sarcastic little complaint, "Are you angry?"

"He wants to kiss me." Gou An pursed his lips. "He didn't even let me hold your hand before, but now he wants to force a kiss on me. Isn't that annoying enough? What do you think of me as, someone you can summon and dismiss at will?"

She was also very angry in a weird way.

"What's wrong? Are you going to exercise your rights? I just promised you that this morning."

If you are really engaged, always protect it.

Instead of thinking about education.

Be unconditional and have no bottom line.

Probably imagining it, the man's eyes curved and the corners of his lips curled up in a familiar arc.

"Sure."

Here it is again.

Gou An held the phone tightly.

"Um."

"'Um'?!!!"

"I am indeed considering this matter. Publicly, what he did today was not very decent." He Jinxing said, "Privately, I am also a normal man. I don't think it is a happy thing to let a younger person of the right age covet my fiancée."

His tone was nonchalant, as if he was objectively discussing how today's weather was a bit unpleasant.

The three casual words "fiancée" still made Gou An blush from his face to his neck.

For a long time, she still couldn't find her voice.

She barely distracted herself from the low, chatting voice of the man on the other end of the phone, and used her other ear to respond to Gou Yu who was looking to see when her call would end. The two looked at each other, and Gou Yu looked at his daughter's blushing face and made an earth-shaking smacking sound.

When leaving, he muttered, "Mencius' mother moved three times, I understand that very well," and he really wanted to move out overnight.

When his father's back disappeared again, Gou An curled up in the corner of the sofa and heard the other end of the phone ask, "What happened to my father-in-law?"

"…lost his temper." Gou An said dryly, "Because you called him that."

The man on the other end of the phone laughed, and was eager to try it again in person tomorrow.

Hearing him laugh, it seemed that he was not completely angry. Gou An was a little dazed again, and forced the topic back on track: "Does it come to the point of driving He Ran away? It seems a bit unreasonable."

After all, you're not that angry, are you? "But it shouldn't be driven away, it should be 'sent away.'" He Jinxing said calmly, "Be careful with your words. If you make a mistake, my brother might fight me to death."

"…Are you kidding me?"

"Hmm? I don't know. I need some time to think about it. Just treat it as a casual remark."

The tone was totally different.

Gou An was stunned, and once again fell silent because he wondered if he had guessed wrongly whether he was angry or not...

The latter seemed to find her stupid reaction very amusing, or it seemed to greatly satisfy the feedback he hoped to get when he made this suggestion, and he let her remain speechless.

Until he hung up the phone, Gou An didn't know whether He Jinxing was joking about sending He Ran away.

After all, his words are always so unpredictable.

After dinner, Gou An finished washing up and threw himself back into bed, finally getting some time to himself to catch his breath.

A lot of things happened on this day. The matter between Gou An and He Jinxing was settled. For the original storyline, this change was probably earth-shaking, so much so that she had new insights and confusions.

Bury yourself in the quilt and start a girlish chat with the stupid system cat.

“How strange.”

【Jiao Jiao: What? 】

"Last time I tried to twist the plot with the drugging, the original author immediately gave me a loud slap in the face... Why is there no response this time?"

As the original storyline, the only sense of Gou An's existence today is that after she tried to reject He Jinxing's marriage invitation several times, he showed her a passage that should be very far from the original storyline with a great attitude of "you don't know how to be polite" and "you dislike my male lead, haha, think about it again"...

Judging from how outrageous the plot is, it may not even exist in the original novel.

"Why did He Jinxing propose to me, a vicious female supporting character, in the original storyline?"

The heroine has given birth to her children. According to the rhythm of the domineering president's novel, the abuse can only be in the early stage. After having the child, it will be sweet all the way to the finale.

Even if some misunderstandings occur, it is impossible for the domineering president to suddenly file for divorce and turn around to be with the supporting actress.

【Jiao Jiao: Because he is a pervert. 】

[Jiao Jiao: There is a misunderstanding on my part about the plot here. I have always told you that no matter he was drunk or drugged, he just walked into the wrong lounge and accidentally ran into Lu Wan who was in your lounge...]

[Jiao Jiao: Now I have a question. He Jinxing is a very foolproof person. Could he really go wrong? ]

“…”

Gou An turned on the flashlight on his phone and looked at his arm.

"Ah, I got goose bumps."

[Jiao Jiao: In the original storyline, he may have wanted the vicious female supporting role from the beginning. Of course, it was not because of any tender love, but just pure desire. ]

【Jiao Jiao: This is the only way to explain why he came back and went to the prison to rescue people: he had to get what he wanted. 】

“…”

My goose bumps have connected into a whole piece, and even the hairs on my back are standing up.

Gou An pulled the quilt together and wrapped himself tightly.

"Is this really a bloody domineering boss romance? Why do I feel like something is wrong? If he wanted to create a vicious female supporting role from the beginning, why did He Jinxing marry Lu Wan in the original novel? Why did they divorce? Is Lu Wan's child really not He Jinxing's? Then whose is it? Someone like He Jinxing doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would willingly get cuckolded before thinking about divorce. I always feel that his divorce is not because of this child. If he wants to send He Ran away today when he didn't even touch me—"

【Jiao Jiao: There are too many questions. 】

[Jiao Jiao: The coy tone of the last sentence is so disgusting. I can replay it. This function is still available... Do you want me to replay it for you so that you can listen to it carefully? ]

Why are there so many useless functions in this system?

"Can you answer my question? What's the use of you?"

【Jiao Jiao: I said a few words to you and you got angry. 】

[Jiao Jiao: Are you finally starting to worry about the hero's life or death? ]

"……I don't!"

[Jiao Jiao: Oh my god, the vicious female supporting role didn’t care about the male protagonist before, but now she starts to care about the male protagonist. Meow meow meow, she carefully went around in circles, asking the innocent system kitten whether the male protagonist was defiled by the female protagonist in the original story, and whether he was pure in body and mind! ]

“…”

This stupid cat is really annoying.

In my mind, a kitten lying there with its paws tucked in its tummy stretches out a furry paw——

【Jiao Jiao: Of course. 】

"?"

[Jiao Jiao: I said I would watch the plot or something, that's fine. ]

“……………………Fuck, what I meant by the question mark is, please don’t talk like He Jinxing!”

[Jiao Jiao: Meow hahahahahahahahaha! ]

The kitten rolled around on the ground with joy, its fat belly turned over and shook towards the sky, and its short legs, which seemed very short due to being too fat, kicked back and forth happily.

In Gou An's rage, he showed her a section of the plot that was developed along the timeline. In fact, she could have looked it up a long time ago, but she didn't even ask for the plot she wanted to see.

That was the coming-of-age ceremony banquet in the original novel. It was what happened when Lu Wan and He Jinxing woke up the next morning after being drugged and spending the night alone together .

When Lu Wan woke up in the morning, he had a splitting headache. He recalled what happened last night, but found that he could not remember anything. He only remembered that he drank a glass of wine and then was sent to a dark room. He felt extremely uncomfortable all over.

"Awake? Good morning."

The male voice that sounded from behind was extremely hoarse, yet carried a hint of laziness.

Startled by the sudden sound, Lu turned around abruptly and saw He Jinxing sitting leisurely on another sofa in the room.

This man who appeared out of nowhere didn't look very good. His handsome face was a little pale from a hangover, and his hair was a little messy...

Those eyes, which were usually as calm as the ocean, were now filled with bloodshot, symbolizing that he did not get enough rest last night.

Mr. He helped her many times, but to Lu Wan, he was a relatively unfamiliar man.

Why is he here? In an instant, her head exploded. Lu Wan nervously lowered her head to check herself and found that her clothes were still in good order. Except for the collar buttons of her dress that she had torn open, the rest of her underwear was well worn...

But this scene reminded her of the extremely embarrassing experience last night when she felt so uncomfortable all over that she had to pull open her collar to comfort herself.

Without having to think too hard, Lu Wan gradually understood that her abnormal behavior last night was because someone had given her a low-level drug.

Being at peace.

"How are you? Are you back to normal? Can you walk?"

On the sofa, the man didn't seem to care and didn't think it was offensive that the person in front of him was nervously checking the neatness of his clothes.

In fact, from beginning to end, his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, without any emotional fluctuations.

"If you can leave, leave now. It's daybreak now, and someone will probably come to clean the lounge soon."

By then, the news that they were alone in the same room, a man and a woman, and even wearing yesterday's clothes, would be known to everyone, which meant that they not only stayed in the same room but even spent the night together.

Once he realized this, Lu Wan gradually became angry.

This anger was of course directed at Gou An. She couldn't believe it—

vicious!

So vicious!

As a person of the same age, how could Gou An be so vicious as to give her such a vile drug and want to ruin her life——

If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet He Jinxing who protected her all night, what would have happened last night would have been unimaginable!

"Mr. He, I was drugged."

Lu Wan said.

"I know."

The smile on He Jinxing's face was like a mask, hanging on his face tightly, and then he uttered a light, sneer and sigh.

"How pitiful."

Lu Wan's face was pale. The aftereffects of the drug made her headache worse, like the worst hangover. She couldn't think too much.

I only thought that she appeared in Gou An's lounge because Gou An had drugged her and arranged a more terrifying follow-up...

It was just a coincidence or some other reason that she managed to escape.

And this escape from desperate situation was most likely due to the man sitting on the other sofa at that moment.

After shakily standing up and steadying herself, she looked at He Jinxing: "Thank you for preventing any major disturbance last night."

He Jinxing raised the corners of his lips lazily, without explaining why he sat there all night without doing anything, and asked Lu Wan to leave quickly the next day to avoid being seen.

In Lu Wan's view, it means protection.

She took a deep breath. Her palm-sized face belonged to the downtown area but was unusually beautiful, like a white flower struggling to grow among the ruins, swaying in the wind, yet unusually stubborn and strong.

"I will take legal action to protect myself and will make Gou An pay the price he deserves."

The sound landed.

Lu Wan thought that He Jinxing would support her and give her some verbal reminders or help as before.

Unexpectedly, what she got was silence.

She raised her head and saw that the elegant and noble man not far away finally showed a hint of emotional change on his face. He raised his eyebrows and looked at her with an incredible expression.

(End of this chapter)