Gou An's mother, Jiang Yuan, is only in her early forties now. She was originally the eldest daughter of the Jiang family in Ningcheng. She and Gou An's father, Gou Yu, fell in love when they were in school. They got married after graduation. They have been pampered for many years and now look only in her thirties.

Completely different from the dried rose in the nightmare at first, Jiang Yuan had black hair, delicate skin, and always had a faint smile on his lips.

At this moment, she was sitting on the sofa in her home clothes, reading a magazine. From time to time, she looked up and pointed at the colors of the two ties her husband was choosing in his hands. Suddenly, a furry thing appeared in her arms.

Jiang Yuan stopped talking, raised his hand and rubbed his daughter's hair, and said in a gentle voice: "Oh, what happened to my mama's girl?"

The thing in the arms didn't say anything, but silently tightened its arms around Mommy's waist.

Jiang Yuan felt a little pain from being strangled. When she looked up, she saw the maid Ade standing beside her, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She was about to ask, but the little girl in her arms seemed to have eyes on the back of her head: "Don't ask Ade - Ade, don't tell me!"

She struggled to get into Jiang Yuan's arms, her hair was messed up, and Gou Yu lifted her up by the collar.

Mr. Gou probably had a company meeting today, and he was wearing a formal white shirt.

But the dignity he had in the company was gone. With his somewhat messy collar open, the man looked completely relaxed, and half-warned his daughter: "If you have something to say, just say it nicely. What's the point of just hugging your mother and acting like a spoiled child? You're breaking your waist."

At critical moments, Gou An can also be a daddy's girl.

She kicked off her slippers and groaned before crawling onto her father again. "Dad, I don't want to be engaged to He Ran anymore. Go tell the He family that we're breaking off the engagement—"

"Nonsense."

His voice was serious, but the action of peeling his daughter off his neck was relatively gentle.

Gou An was thrown back onto the sofa.

"No nonsense, marry me if you want, I won't marry you anyway!"

"Gou An!"

Gou An whined and covered his ears, then rolled himself into Jiang Yuan's arms again.

Jiang Yuan didn't even bother to look at her handsome husband. She rubbed her daughter's hair with her soft fingertips. "Oh, so it turned out that our An An and He Ran had a quarrel? Was it because you lied to him about the incident when he met his savior after he was kidnapped?"

Gou An's silence meant that he agreed.

"Silly boy, why did you lie to He Ran for no reason? Even if you didn't lie to him, you two would still get married!" Jiang Yuan's voice was gentle, "You are just looking for a reason to quarrel for no reason."

Gou An buried his head deeper and made a "wuwuwu" sound.

Jiang Yuan then raised his eyelids and glanced at Gou Yu——

The latter felt a little uncomfortable being looked at. After all, he had always known that his wife was not very satisfied with He Ran, the future son-in-law. She always felt that he was not calm enough and did not pay enough attention to their daughter...

Every few days, I found some free time to discuss with him whether this engagement was a bit unreliable.

But whatever she said before was fooled by Gou Yu with just a few words.

After all, the Gou and He families have been in constant contact for a long time, and their aboveboard cooperation is a win-win relationship. And the two young people grew up together, knowing each other well and wearing the same crotchless pants...

Unlike other large families, the He family never takes the cultivation of the younger generation lightly nor indulges them. Therefore, although He Ran has a casual personality, he is indeed a leader among his peers in terms of hard power.

Gou Yu really felt that He Ran was the perfect son-in-law.

After his strong persuasion, Jiang Yuan reluctantly turned a blind eye and accepted the marriage proposal.

In the past, Gou An and He Ran had had some small quarrels in private, but they had never had such a thing that it came to them and Gou An took the initiative to say that he wanted to cancel the engagement.

Thinking of this, Gou Yu's eyes darkened. Although he had no idea what had happened, he was somewhat unhappy with He Ran, his junior.

Although it was the daughter who lied first, the Gou family never got any benefit from the He family because of this incident.

He raised his hand to fiddle with his open collar, and pretended to teach his daughter a lesson: "What are you talking about? Get up from your mother's arms, pack up, and if you have anything to say, just say it in front of the He family tonight."

Gou An was stunned: "What night?"

Jiang Yuan explained to her patiently: "He Jinxing is back. Mr. He intends to let him take over the entire He family. These days, we are preparing to invite everyone to a banquet. Our family will be the first one. Tonight, we will be at the He residence next door--"

Gou An: "What? I'm not going."

Gou Yu: "Gou An."

Gou An: "Mom, Dad scolded me!"

Jiang Yuan frowned: "Gou Yu."

Gou Yu was silent for a moment. He was used to this kind of "using the emperor to control the other lords" pattern at home. He flicked the buttons on his collar, made a "tsk" sound and said to Jiang Yuan, "Okay, you can just spoil her. She's become lawless and even wants to cancel the engagement with He Ran!"

Gou An didn't bother to pay attention to him and buried his face in Jiang Yuan's arms. Gou Yu threw away the tie he was about to choose.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan's brows relaxed and he smiled softly: "Don't you want to wear the tie?"

"No, it's not an important occasion." Gou Yu's tone was very annoyed. He lowered his head to look at his daughter who was still clinging to her mother desperately, "Gou An, you are an adult now, get off your mother, don't be disobedient, I'm going to beat you up."

Only then did Gou An get up with a sullen face.

Gou Yu kicked her calf and said, "Go change your clothes."

Gou An raised his eyebrows and wanted to refute, but Gou Yu reminded him: "It's okay if you don't want to pay attention to He Ran... You can ignore him for the time being, but he is not the protagonist tonight."

It’s He Jinxing.

Gou An remembered the man with cold eyes and brows under the black umbrella in the pouring rain that night.

Friendship level 10, the friendship indicator light is so black...

Tsk.

He hated her enough already.

Shivering silently, Gou An reluctantly went upstairs to change his clothes.

Although it was a banquet for various families, due to the relationship between the He family and the Gou family, tonight's party was more like a family dinner with a more relaxed atmosphere.

Just relax. Gou An changed her clothes and went to He's house. The elders had already gathered together happily. Old man He was sitting on the main seat on the sofa. When he saw Gou An, he waved with a smile, called her over, shook her hand and talked with her for a while.

I don’t know what kind of strange curse it is. Most of the younger generations in the He family are boys, and the girls are distant relatives from the side branches. Compared with them, Gou An is more like the granddaughter who grew up under the nose of Grandpa He, and his love for her is real.

At the moment, Grandpa He didn't know that his real grandson and Gou An were about to fall out. Patting the back of the little girl's hand, he said cheerfully: "He Ran is talking to his uncle in the study upstairs. Go upstairs to find him and save him. Don't let him be scolded for trivial matters again."

Mr. He didn't say a word about Gou An's impersonation.

Looking at the He family members around him - except for He Ran's mother who looked a little unnatural - the rest of the people's attitudes were all consistent with Mr. He, and no one thought this was a big deal. After all, as Jiang Yuan said, whether there was a "benefactor" or not, Gou An would marry He Ran...

As for the little girl named Lu, she will definitely not be left out from the compensation and thank-you gifts.

It’s just that no matter how much more there is, they just haven’t thought about it.

Gou An's mouth opened and closed like a goldfish, and finally, under Gou Yu's frequent warning glances, he gave up insisting on the marriage contract in front of all the elders.

She moved to the elevator, looking back every few steps, and took the elevator to the study on the fourth floor. As the elevator door opened and she took a step, Gou An found that someone was more anxious than her.

The door of the study was slammed open, and He Ran rushed out like a reckless bull, shouting to the people in the study behind him, "Don't forget that if it weren't for Lu Wan, I would have died long ago," "You forced me to be ungrateful," "I only treat Gou An as my sister, when did I lose the right to choose my own marriage?" When Gou An heard the word "Lu Wan", he fell silent.

Across the corridor, he was caught off guard and his eyes met with He Ran's red eyes. The latter was stunned and didn't react for a long time.

Until the "sister" he had mentioned in the last second curled her lips and smiled at him.

"...Gou An?"

He Ran was originally immersed in the anger of being coldly rebuked for confessing his guilt towards Lu Wan to He Jinxing, but he unexpectedly met another key figure in the whole incident at this time——

And judging from her expression, she must have heard what was said clearly.

For a moment, He Ran didn't know what was wrong with him, he just suddenly felt a little nervous.

As if he had done something dishonorable and was caught in the act, the color on his face gradually turned pale.

Gou An watched as the friendship level number above He Ran's head suddenly jumped from [35] to [40]. She was a little surprised and raised her eyebrows, then realized that the other party was probably embarrassed.

"It seems I came at the wrong time." She said in a calm voice.

He Ran moved his lips. He could have asked Gou An to get out.

But he didn't. He just stared at Gou An, "Why are you here?"

"Grandpa asked me to come up and save you from Mr. He." Gou An said, "If he knew what you were talking to Mr. He just now, I would probably come up to pass you the cane."

She had only met He Jinxing a few times, but she always called him "Mr. He" which was quite natural.

"Um?"

Did he notice that she left early?

Oh, no.

It was Lu Wan who reminded him later.

"Leaving early without telling me."

“…”

God, he's complaining.

Gou An really thinks that he has a pretty good temper.

It is totally unfair that this person who complained about her early exit with a clear conscience can still stand here without being kicked in the head by her and being called a vicious supporting actress.

"Young Master He, are you okay?" Gou An crossed his arms. "With the situation today, where else could I go if I didn't leave? Do you think I look like someone who can entertain the public? I was slapped in the face in public, and I could still stay there and show my sadness to my heart's content?"

He Ran pursed his lips, looking a little unnatural: "Who hit you in the face?"

“…”

Although He Ran was not very enthusiastic about Gou An, in most cases in the past, when Gou An made their relationship clear to his peers in social occasions, He Ran would not deny it.

But today he jumped out, in order to protect Lu Wan and prevent others from saying that Lu Wan was an intruder in other people's relationships, he put the blame on her -

Now everyone says that she is Miss Gou. She doesn't want to be the daughter of a wealthy family, but is self-indulgent and wants to stick to the He family. She is a girl who hates to get married.

The culprit even dared to ask her who slapped her in the face.

There was a cold flash in his eyes, and Gou An's fists stiffened.

He Ran stared at her face. The little girl didn't look cool and noble. She had been spoiled by her parents over the years and there was still a bit of childishness on her face... When she got angry, she was like a steamed bun, with her round and fair skin flushed with a light pink of anger.

He Ran couldn't help but look at him twice more, paused, realized what he was doing, and forced himself to look away: "Why are you staring at me? Are you angry about what I said in the group?"

"Do you think what you said is right? We are just casual friends now, right?"

Gou An said coldly, "You can think so, but correspondingly, I don't need to report to you in advance where I'm going."

Seeing Gou An's indifferent look, He Ran gradually frowned, and that familiar awkward feeling appeared again -

For many years, He Ran neither liked nor hated his fiancée, and probably ignored her most of the time.

But Gou An has been a little abnormal these days.

When she had nothing to do, she seemed to like looking at him with eyes like this, as if she wanted to turn around and run away. This made He Ran feel like he was a hornet's nest...

At the same time, he also felt that something was getting out of his control.

He took two steps forward. He was already half a head taller than Gou An. He frowned and lowered his head to let his shadow cover her. "Today, Zhou Yanji also left early."

"Oh, really? I didn't know that."

"What's going on between you and Zhou Yanji?"

"?"

"He can't. He's not suitable for you."

Gou An tried to find a trace of a joke on He Ran's face, but unfortunately there was none.

Instead, the person in front of her waited for a long time without any response from her, so he bent over anxiously, accidentally moved closer and suddenly inhaled the faint fragrance of the girl in front of him——

The two people's disordered breathing entangled into a vague mess.

Gou An frowned slightly, stretched out a finger and poked He Ran's chest, who was still approaching, "What's going on between me and Zhou Yanji is none of your business, it's not your turn... Hey, don't come close."

He Ran grabbed her fingers reflexively——

The fingertips that were so soft that they seemed boneless were held by his somewhat dry big hands...

The completely different touch made both of them stunned.

His Adam's apple rolled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Gou An, I advise you to be careful with your words. What do you mean by none of my business? Don't say that I am still your fiancé now. Even if the engagement is really cancelled one day, I am still your brother. I am fucking telling you that Zhou Yanji is not okay——"

He almost shouted at the end.

His pulling caused her white fingers to turn red and painful.

Gou An frowned fiercely and tried to grab her finger, but He Ran seemed to be twisting his arm against hers, grabbing it with force in the opposite direction -

"Let go! He Ran, you're hurting me!"

"You can let me go, but first you have to tell me where you went after you left early today! Just for a broken group chat record? It's just a group chat, what can those people do to you!"

"They laughed at me!"

"It's not like you'll die from making fun of her, so does Lu Wan deserve to be accused by them for no reason? Don't forget, you owe her a lot!"

"He Ran! Don't be so funny! I do owe Lu Wan, but isn't it because you are so gullible and blind that you can't even recognize your savior and believe everything others say? You deserve to be deceived to death! And Lu Wan was blamed because you were such a jerk that you insisted that Lu Wan pass you mineral water--"

[Jiao Jiao: If you don’t speak, no one will think you are dumb. The male supporting role will make you mad. ]

Gou An: Ahhhhh I can't hold it anymore! Why do you blame me for everything! Let me go, I want to fuck him! Gou An: "Go to hell! I hate you! Ever since you said that 'it was only a cat that died, but she was splashed with a glass of red wine', I've wanted to beat you up!"

He Ran: "What did you say!"

【Banana: ………………………………】

Gou An: "If you die, can you exchange your dog's life for my cat's life? Bah! Give me back my cat! That's my precious cat that I picked up from the roadside and raised with my cats!"

[Jiao Jiao: ☆A☆Master!!!]

He Ran: "What nonsense are you talking about again!"

Gou An: "Die!"

【Jiao Jiao: "At this moment, the heroine couldn't believe it and fell backwards in grief."】

Gou An: What the hell! [Jiao Jiao: Recite the original paragraph. ]

Gou An: Am I not a vicious female supporting role? [Jiao Jiao: Borrowing the heroine's plot for a while without paying her! Do you understand flexibility? Flexibility! Fall! Fuck it! There will be a miracle! ]

During the pushing and shoving, Gou An lost his balance and staggered backwards!

Seeing the person about to fall to the ground, He Ran was startled and wanted to reach out to pull her!

At the same time, perhaps because the noise they were arguing was too loud, the door of the study was opened, and a slender figure appeared behind the door. Just in time, he stretched out his long arms and embraced the waist of the person who "thumped" against the door -

I was caught off guard when my back hit a warm, solid chest.

The cologne on his body smelled very special, like a serial killer who went out on the street and slashed ten people before taking a bath in a barrel of honey. The rich, bloody scent mixed with the sweet masculine scent filled his nose.

Extremely aggressive.

Very strong presence.

"He Ran, did you take the wrong medicine tonight and act wild everywhere?"

The low, magnetic male voice reached deep into her five senses.

The voice was right above her head.

The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled up to his elbows, and his warm, broad hands were placed on her waist in a subtle and polite manner, supporting her so that she could stand firmly.

Then pull away.

The tone was as light as water, and the command was smooth and without ups and downs.

"Apologize to her."

(End of this chapter)