It will never get better.

As a result, when the dinner officially started, no one could resist taking out their phones to take a look secretly.

Including the event center himself.

With the fresh and hot engagement diamond ring on his hand, Gou An didn't even have time to be shy. He stepped off the main stage and, like a serious mobile phone addict, stretched out his hand to ask Zhou Yutong for her phone: "Give it to me quickly! Mobile phone, mobile phone! Let me check the hot search list!"

Zhou Yutong threw the phone to her with a frown on her face.

As Gou An expected, the series of events that happened half an hour ago were indeed on the top of the local hot search list.

[Breaking news! There was a commotion at the engagement banquet of the He and Gou families! ]

[Uncle and nephew quarrel, a wealthy family's marriage is in turmoil! ]

[He Ran makes a scene at the engagement party]

[He Zhizhang said: I have no way of educating the younger generation, sorry for the incompetence, I will pay more attention to them in the future]

[An insider revealed that the breakup of the engagement was not a pleasant process, and Miss Gou was suspected of being involved in an affair with a third party]

【Gou An】

【Gou'an Hejinxing】

【Uncle's Literature Shines into Reality】

【EV Mistletoe】

[How much is the wedding ring used by He Jinxing worth]

Gou An read the first few shocking headlines one by one, and her mind went blank for a few seconds. Even though her gossipy heart was burning, she didn't have the courage to click on any of the headlines at a glance.

She wasn't sure in which video she would see her face without any beautification, and she might even lose control of her facial expressions because she was too shocked.

The article "Uncle's Literature Shines into Reality" was so embarrassing that she wanted to lift the tablecloth and cover her face with it.

Putting down his phone, Gou An seriously thought about whether he should ask He Jinxing to spend some money to reduce the popularity...

It's just local news anyway, it won't cost much.

"that……"

Gou An turned and looked at the man beside him.

The latter then pulled up his sleeves and personally filled a bowl of bamboo fungus and black chicken soup for Mr. He, placed it in front of the old man, and reminded him that man is iron and rice is steel, and that they should talk about anything after the meal.

Mr. He sighed.

He Jinxing wanted to persuade her again, but when he heard Gou An's voice, he stopped talking, lowered his eyes and glanced at her, his face expressionless. Although he didn't say anything, Gou An could tell at a glance that he was in a bad mood...

However, even though there was a huge commotion outside, the man remained calm and looked at her patiently and said "hmm" in response.

"Should we reduce the heat of hot searches?" Gou An asked.

He Jinxing paused, reached out to make a bowl of soup for Gou An, but ultimately did not comment and simply ignored her suggestion.

This indifferent reaction made Gou An confused. Then he thought, did He Jinxing not know that there is a way to suppress the popularity of trending searches? Ah...

wrong.

Does he know what trending searches are?

The more Gou An thought about it, the more he became distracted, but he couldn't stop his hands.

I clicked my finger and switched from the local list to the comprehensive list, and then in the nationwide comprehensive hot searches, I saw that [The rich young master goes crazy, does he look like the Daomingsi you loved back then] was ranked in the middle of the hot search list.

Gou An: “…”

This trending title was quite shocking, and it might have hinted that the content was too bizarre, successfully attracting passers-by who didn't know what was going on to click in and see what was going on. So Gou An watched it soar in popularity on the trending search list like a rocket.

Who doesn’t want to see a real-life crazy Daomingsi?

It’s strange that I don’t know which god came up with such an attractive topic.

At this time, half an hour had passed since He Ran was dragged away and the dinner began.

He Ran has become an internet celebrity who can rely on his madness as a bargaining chip and his real strength without spending a penny to be listed alongside the core members of a first-line girl group in the airport outfit entries today.

Gou An: “…”

Finally, I couldn't help but click on the steadily rising hot search title, and not surprisingly found that the news under this topic was overwhelming, and the marketing accounts were reposting it with great pleasure. The video of He Ran being dragged away was still vivid in my mind, and the most cruel thing was that there was no mosaic at all -

Most of the onlookers below are not from Jiangcheng and do not know the truth.

“You know what, you really don’t know, this roaring guy does look pretty good, hahahahahahaha!”

"People from Jiangcheng, it's really magical to see local news on the hot search hhhhhhh"

"Social Death Scene"

"It's really a social failure, at least mosaic it..."

"I think the two brothers who are holding the crazy rich young master hostage are pretty good looking. The one on the left who is making a stinky face and telling him to shut up looks so young. Is he not yet an adult?"

"The little curly-haired one on the right is also very cute!"

"Good fellow, you guys were selected?"

"Hahahahahahahahahaha this is so funny, the young masters of rich families are so emotionally unstable, is it because they are too rich and have nothing to do? Unlike this old slave who is only worried about the pork price going up by another fifty cents today."

"Is there anyone in Jiangcheng who can show me what the groom looks like? How could he make the bride abandon this young master and make her so heartbroken!"

"I heard it was Uncle Wenxue. Damn, are there any friends from Jiangcheng who would like to share their thoughts? You guys in Jiangcheng are so trendy!"

The comments were still being refreshed, with all kinds of “hahahahaha” comments appearing one after another. People had no idea what was going on, but they thought the video was full of showmanship, and then they started asking each other what happened.

Someone from Jiangcheng kindly explained the love-hate relationship between the He family and the Gou family, and attached a photo of He Jinxing being interviewed...

This photo quickly gained tens of thousands of hits, and countless people called their friends to see God. Enthusiastic netizens said:

"Tell Jiangcheng Daomingsi not to lose his defense. It's not shameful to have your fiancée snatched away by a man like this."

During the popular science process, some people found that everyone could explore the in-depth gossip and speak freely, but any comments involving the female protagonist of the incident were quickly deleted. It was obvious that someone was controlling the comments...

But the video itself, which has been trending, has always been there.

One netizen commented: "Wow, the rich young master is getting socially dead, and the heroine is invisible the whole time and can't even be mentioned. In addition, the rich young master keeps shouting the heroine's (suspected to be his ex-fiancee's) name... Isn't this the crematorium scene where the heroine is controlling the comments and buying hot searches to get revenge on her scumbag ex-fiancee?"

Gou An: “???????”

I have that ability! Fortunately, this comment didn’t last more than three minutes.

As Gou An breathed a sigh of relief, he gradually sensed something was wrong.

At this time, He Jinxing had already calmed down most of the guests with an expression that showed he didn't care even if the sky fell. From beginning to end, he acted as if nothing had happened.

This look makes others embarrassed to say anything...

After all, the engagement party was not ruined, and the engagement ring was firmly on Gou An's middle finger.

After three rounds of drinks, when He Jinxing passed another table, someone grabbed him by the tie and pressed him against the wall.

Normally it would not be someone else's turn to do this to him, but today was different. When He Jinxing smelled the familiar sweet fragrance, he decided to let him do it.

"Did you do the trending search?"

"Huh?" The man, who had drunk a little too much tonight, leaned against the wall and denied without hesitation, "I don't understand what you are saying."

"Really? What a pity! I wanted to praise the person who made such a smart choice in person, but he didn't forget to protect my privacy when he was talking about He Ran's embarrassing deeds. He was just like a knight--"

"Oh, I did it."

“…”

He lowered his head, and the hot air from his nose sprayed on the back of his hand holding the tie.

The man's lips, which were a little cold from drinking, brushed across the back of her hand, fully awakening certain memories.

Her hands trembled and she wanted to let him go, but he lowered his head and followed her, wagging his tail like a large dog smelling meat.

The hand that was originally hanging by her side had been placed on her waist without her knowing when. With a slight force, she gasped and was caught off guard and fell into his arms.

The banquet hall was well heated, and Gou An changed out of her cumbersome wedding dress and wore a small dress that was suitable for her. The fabric was so thin that she even had the illusion that she could feel the lines on his palm.

People were coming and going outside the banquet hall separated by a wall. He Jinxing was holding the little girl in his arms. From the corner of his eye he could even see that the ring on her hand resting lightly on his shoulder was the one he had put on her not long ago. In his mind, the barrage of comments such as "legal, legal, legal" was clearly playing -

But perhaps because the comments from netizens were too brilliant, he developed an unspeakable, perverted pleasure of plundering.

It may indeed be unfair to He Ran.

If he hadn't been there to add fuel to the fire, someone with Gou An's personality might not have had the heart to break off the engagement with him.

——I am not a good person after all.

The man calmly concluded himself.

But the strength in his hand did not lighten at all, his eyes wandered on the ring on her finger, and he suddenly thought of the rumor about the mistletoe. Kissing under the mistletoe was such a lovely legend. He should have kissed her on the stage just now -

In front of everyone.

He Jinxing was about to (hypocritically) ask (notice) permission (sound) for this matter, when the person in his arms hit his chest with his head, "Have you had enough of the hot search and want to withdraw?"

I had to stop the bad intentions in my heart. The man raised his eyebrows.

"You are such a sneaky person who controls the comments. I'm sure you know that this is not just He Ran's fault. The entire He family has lost face along with him. The old man has to clean up his mess at his age."

Gou An said, "Some comments are getting harder and harder to control. You can cover up netizens' mouths, but nothing can control their curiosity. People who want to know the truth will always find a way to find out the truth."

The person above was silent for a few seconds.

"Are you speaking for He Ran?"

"...Do you really have to be so incapable of picking up the important points?"

"It sounds to me like you're speaking for him."

"He Jinxing, you'd better not be so childish."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was kissed on the forehead unexpectedly.

Gou An blinked, then looked up at him blankly - from her angle she could just see the jaw of the man leaning lazily against the wall, his face looked nonchalant, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Gou An had to raise her hand and rub his chin to remind him to focus on the conversation - although this action was done with fear - she just touched it and immediately retracted her hand.

He Jinxing laughed at her: "What are you afraid of? You dare to call me by my full name. What's wrong with you riding on my head and doing whatever you want?"

"..." Gou An heard the unhappiness in his tone, "Are you angry?"

"Yeah, but trying not to."

"Then there's nothing to discuss."

"perhaps."

Even as he said this, his hand on her waist showed no sign of taking it away.

He Jinxing looked down at her, wondering if she should push him away and lose her temper in the next second. What should he do then? It seemed that no matter how he argued about the quarrel on the day of the engagement, it would not be a good omen.

Just as he was worrying about this, he saw her raise her eyelids and glance at him: "Then can I persuade my fiancé? He may have a slightly better temper than Mr. He of the He Group."

“…”

The momentary silence above his head made Gou An think that he was still angry.

She sighed almost in frustration: "You know very well that I can't speak for He Ran, don't distort my meaning... That trending search is openly hanging, which does no one any good."

Although the He family has only been developing in Jiangcheng and has been very low-key in other cities, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a century-old wealthy family since the grandfather's generation made their fortune.

In the historical torrent in China, families like the He family can be counted on one hand.

Sometimes such families need to remain low-key and mysterious, which can make it easier for them to act.

"To put it simply, I once saw an argument on a social media platform that if super beauties are willing to come down to earth and publicly teach netizens how to become beautiful, starting with how to overcome blackheads, infiltrating the grassroots will make them very down-to-earth and popular in a short period of time, but in the long run, people will soon find that they are still the same person, but their beauty aura is inexplicably fading."

Now, not only He Ran, but also He Jinxing’s photos are everywhere on the Internet.

He is not a star who needs traffic, so this is definitely not a good thing.

Gou An didn't know why He Jinxing, who was usually sober, would do this, and it seemed that he couldn't be persuaded. The more she thought about it, the angrier she felt.

Although whether He’s stock price will fall tomorrow has nothing to do with her for the time being.

After explaining a lot, the person above me didn't react at all.

"Forget it, you are deaf! If you want to hang yourself on a tree, just hang yourself!"

She puffed up her cheeks and tried to leave his embrace, but the man laughed shamelessly and used his hand to fill up the hole that she had pulled apart.

After the man was firmly held again, he said calmly, "I'm not deaf."

"Um?"

In the process of trying to rub against each other and hide from each other, she heard him say: "The word 'fiancé' is too deafening, so I can't ignore every word that comes after it."

“…”

"It's easy to remove the trending search, it can be done in a minute, but I don't want to."

"Um?"

"He Ran probably thought that he could get whatever he wanted since he was a child, and there was always someone to clean up the mess after he got into trouble, so he thought that even if he made such a fuss, it would be just like fighting with others when he was in school. The worst that could happen was that he would be scolded, and then there would always be someone to clean up his mess."

He Ran is actually very smart.

He is indeed smarter than his peers.

But he was spoiled, and this became more and more obvious as he grew older, and it was not a good thing.

Even if he cannot take over the responsibility of leading the He family in the future, he will definitely develop in the He company and hold an important position. Even if he is just a senior executive of a branch company, any rash action will affect the jobs of thousands of people.

He Ran will not starve to death as he has the He family to clean up his mess, but the innocent people harmed by him may very likely end up on a path of no return.

The most terrifying thing is that he has none of the sense of responsibility and worries that a superior should have.

He Jinxing’s idea is to correct problems as soon as they are discovered.

"That's all."

"……oh."

"Can I have a kiss then?"

"I'm not in the mood right now."

"oh."

The topic about He Jinxing's educational ideas causing Young Master He to go crazy continued until the early hours of the next morning, and was only quietly removed from the third hot search.

But it was useless. The next day was Thursday. When the stock market opened, many of He's stocks plummeted. Mr. He was so angry that he slammed the table at breakfast.

"What are you doing? He Jinxing, tell me! The He family can't even find a connection on the social platform to reduce the popularity of a small celebrity, right? "Isn't it normal for stocks to fluctuate? It hasn't hit the limit yet, so watch your blood pressure."

“‘It didn’t hit the limit again’!!!!”

"yes."

"It's bullshit!"

The earth-shaking noise next door was so deafening that Gou An felt that the eggs on his table jumped three times.

After He Ran sobered up, he knelt at the door of the study for a long time.

I really knelt from ten in the morning until the afternoon without drinking a drop of water.

After breakfast, Mr. He was so anxious that he lay in bed to stabilize his blood pressure. He didn't care about his grandson at all. The man in the study was heartless. The door of the study was opened and closed, and people came and went. He sat behind the desk as if he didn't know that someone was kneeling outside the study. He didn't delay the meeting or reading documents at all...

The rest of the people in He's house didn't dare to say a word.

Everyone knew that He Jinxing was determined to discipline He Ran, otherwise he should have gone to work in the company today instead of staying busy in the study.

As for lunch, He Jinxing didn't eat it either. The hangover had dealt a heavy mental blow. He Ran was so hungry that his stomach was growling, but the man didn't even step out of the study.

Until the stock market closed in the afternoon, it was unknown what He Jinxing had done, but the stocks that had plummeted all morning finally showed a trend of recovery. Grandpa He calmed down a little and asked about the situation at home, only to find out that his beloved grandson was kneeling as punishment.

At this point, He Ran was helped up by the housekeeper——

By then his knees were so swollen that he could hardly walk.

As he staggered and held on to the wall of the corridor to steady himself, the door of the study opened and He Jinxing stood in front of him, looking at him expressionlessly.

There was no violent conflict or quarrel between the uncle and nephew as imagined, from beginning to end, and even the need for earnest exhortations was omitted. He Jinxing had never been a person who liked to talk nonsense.

"It's stupid to waste time dwelling on something that's already been settled."

He simply commented, "Don't do that next time."

He Ran’s mind was in turmoil.

In the end, she just nodded with red eyes.

Probably the day before the school anniversary, He Ran returned to school to withdraw from school.

It was dropping out of school, not taking a leave of absence, which meant there was absolutely no possibility for him to come back.

That was He Ran. There had never been a more talked-about person in Jiangcheng than Young Master He. He was the student union president over the years and had led the school basketball team to win the college league championship several times in a row...

In fact, compared to the average good-for-nothing dude, He Ran at least has some achievements and is quite popular.

The school's internal forum caused an uproar, and everyone speculated that this was the result of the incident at the engagement party that day. After being so arrogant for so many years, Young Master He finally touched the reverse scale that he shouldn't have touched.

Gou An suddenly became He Jinxing's little darling and Su Daji who disrupted the government in people's minds.

Friends and relatives were very angry about this statement - men's behavior has nothing to do with women, and they force themselves to lower their intelligence and blame others for being too charming. However, Gou An didn't care and ran to the forum to post -

[The little darling of Honga Tsuyoshi was just standing there with a ring on her finger from beginning to end, and there were men who wanted to die for me, but I didn't want that.]

This statement, which was not sure whether it was self-deprecating, sarcastic or arrogant, received countless "..." and "Awesome", and became the most popular post among the hot posts.

As a result, any idiot who feels sorry for He Ran’s departure and tries to put the blame on her will have passers-by copy and paste the above sentence in their faces.

Gou An himself was also very busy. Every day after class, he would go to the studio making butterfly cakes to keep an eye on them.

There are more than 40,000 butterfly cakes, and because there are no preservatives, it is impossible to start making them many days in advance, so more than a dozen stores across Jiangcheng are closed to prepare the stocks, and they are busy from eight in the morning to eight in the evening every day.

Gou An was so tired when he got home every day that he could hardly open his eyes. He would fall asleep on the bed after washing up.

The day before the school anniversary was also, coincidentally, the day before He Ran left.

It was still drizzling that day. The winter in Jiangcheng is life-threatening. When it rains, the temperature is minus one degree, which is comparable to minus 20 degrees in other areas. No matter how thick the socks are, they cannot prevent the toes from being frozen so much that they make people want to have them amputated.

Gou An returned home shivering and found someone squatting under the rose wall in her front yard smoking. If she hadn't sneezed when she smelled the smoke, she wouldn't have noticed there was someone.

I turned around and was startled. In winter, only the roses were bare of leaves. The person under the wall put out his cigarette and stood up.

With the help of the remaining faint light from the street lamps through the drizzling rain, Gou An saw He Ran's face clearly. It was better than he had imagined. At least he did not forget to shave or comb his hair at this time. Ignoring the pair of eyes that were so dim that they almost blended into the night, he was still the handsome young master He.

"My flight is tomorrow."

"I know."

"Are you here to see me off?"

"Tomorrow is the school celebration. I have to take care of the dessert table. I may not be able to leave... Remember, this crappy task was personally issued by you when you were in office."

"Oh. Shooting yourself in the foot."

After a brief silence, Gou An's cell phone rang. She glanced at the incoming call, but because she was too lazy to take off her gloves, she simply pressed the mute button and put the phone back in her pocket.

"I went to Germany and applied for a new school... My uncle owned the land there, so I went to help look after it."

"Sent to farm?"

He Ran laughed and said, "Yes."

“That’s too tragic.”

"It's not that tragic. No matter how outrageous it is, his last name is He... and he's a farmer if he farms."

"Oh, that makes sense."

The buzzing phone in Gou An's pocket finally quieted down after the mute button was pressed.

"Germany is a good place for you. When you go there, don't drive fast. Ride a bike to blend in with the locals."

"Yes. If you come to Germany next time, contact me and I'll treat you to a meal."

He Ran's words took Gou An a while to react, and he swallowed the words "You're not coming back?"

After the phone in his pocket was automatically disconnected after no one answered it the first time, it kept ringing for the second time. Gou An didn't have the courage to hang up the caller directly, so he could only continue to press the mute button with his thick gloves with an expressionless face.

He Ran saw her series of actions, but did not ask. He just looked up at the rainy day, thinking of the last time he pushed open the door and broke into the Gou family's yard and knocked on the door, it seemed to be a rainy day -

At that time, he had an agreement to cancel the engagement in his pocket and signed his name on it.

But until he left, he didn't take out the agreement and let her see it.

Thinking of this, He Ran changed his stance. When he reacted, he found himself digging a hole in the ground in Gou An's yard with the sole of his shoe.

He was stunned for a moment, not realizing when he had learned her strange habit...

The soles of the limited edition sneakers were dirty and covered in mud. He Ran was speechless for a long time, and finally remembered what he wanted to say: "I think I owe you an apology."

"No need. You were drunk that day anyway, and it's everyone's fault if we embarrass ourselves."

"Not this one," He Ran paused and corrected, "everything."

"ah?"

"You wanted to cancel the engagement from the beginning, but later you regretted it. It was because of Lu Wan that you didn't study for the first place in the exam, and it was because of Lu Wan that he left you in Ye Weiyang..."

As he spoke, there was a moment of blankness, and then he suddenly realized that he seemed to deserve to be dumped.

He raised his hand from his pocket and touched the tip of his nose. He smiled to himself, "I'm sorry."

Gou An didn't know how to answer, so he lowered his head and stared at his toes.

Faced with her silence, He Ran felt at ease, although he felt empty inside as if everything had been taken away.

This is Gou An.

When she doesn't feel that "it's okay", she won't say these three words to anyone hypocritically.

She may be spoiled, noisy, talkative, and pretentious, but she always has a sincere heart, which she will openly reveal to anyone she feels close to.

Joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all on it.

Even if she might be badly hurt by such straightforwardness, she would just keep her head down and remain silent. She would not become hysterical and entangled. In most cases, she would just walk away passively and embarrassedly.

But if I am lucky enough to be apologized to, I will never say "It's okay".

The rain keeps falling.

The little girl didn't bring an umbrella. Her long curly hair was wet by the rain, and her fluffy hair drooped down a little. She stomped her frozen feet lightly.

He Ran thought of the time when they had argued about winter clothing. "If you are so afraid of the cold, can't you wear thick socks?" "It's hot indoors?" "Are you never going out?" "Will you wear long johns when playing basketball?" "I don't know what's good for you." "You're such a troublemaker" -

He Ran laughed suddenly.

When the person in front of him cast a confused look at him, he raised his chin towards her and said, "I'm done, let's go back."

The little girl was stunned for a moment, and complained casually, "This apology is not sincere at all." She stomped her feet again because of the cold, and waved at him impatiently.

He Ran ignored her.

It was not until they passed each other and she turned her back to him that the boy, who had been staring blankly at the street lamp outside the yard, turned his head and stared at the little girl who was shrinking her head like a little turtle and rushing up the stairs in small steps.

She jumped up the stairs in two steps at a time, very nimbly.

However, it was raining and there was water on the marble steps, making them very slippery. The snow boots on her feet had no anti-slip function at all. He was frightened by her jumping around and was about to speak up to remind her to slow down, but then he found that she was on the phone.

The phone that had rang countless times and was hung up by her was finally taken out of her pocket.

At this moment, the little girl put her ear to the phone and complained to the other end of the phone, "Answer it, answer it, can you wait until I come in before calling again? You have to take off your gloves to answer the phone outside. Why don't you try it yourself to see how cold it is outside now?"...

The tone of her voice was so arrogant and intimate that she probably didn't even realize it.

So I swallowed the words I didn't say back into my stomach.

Under the withered branches of the rose wall, the people who have not yet spoken seem to have gotten used to it, and their eyes have returned to numbness after the sudden pain at the beginning.

Until she opened the door, hesitated, and turned around to look at the boy standing in the shadows behind her.

The warm orange light from the entrance illuminated half of her face. The tiny fluff and unruly strands of hair seemed to be clearly visible, deeply imprinted in He Ran's eyes.

"When you go to Germany, take care of yourself and be well."

"……Um."

"...Then, bye?" "Bye."

The door opened and closed.

Facing the winter night that fell into darkness again, He Ran just smiled.

I'll lie to you one last time.

He thought to himself.

It will never get better.

(End of this chapter)