He Jinxing’s order was given.

It successfully plunged the corridor into dead silence.

He Ran was obviously stunned by this outrageous order, but Gou An simply felt that the area on her waist that had just been touched by the man’s hand was hot—as if it had blistered.

Goosebumps spread from the place where she was touched through clothes all the way up her back. The young miss with the now numb scalp almost immediately broke away from the domineering male surrounding her with his presence and all but bounced away.

In that vivid and three-dimensional nightmare about her life in tears behind bars, He Jinxing was probably the one with the fewest lines in the audience…

But unfortunately, Gou An had become highly allergic to this person.

She remembered that he hated her, but she didn’t remember what she had done for him to harbor such hate.

So in order to save her life—

She wanted to stay away from him.

Like now.

Gou An’s overly obvious avoidance of him made He Jinxing look at her a second time.

It was just supposed to be a glance but—

The young miss in front of him had her head lowered and was pressing her whole body against the wall. From his angle, he could only see a few unruly hairs on top of her head and her wildly trembling eyelashes…

He Jinxing naturally thought that she was going to cry because of He Ran.

“She’s going to cry,” He Jinxing kindly reminded He Ran, his tone suggesting that he not seek death.

“With this behavior, I doubt you’ll be able to get a wife,” he added appropriately.

Gou An was indeed about to cry, but it was not because she was angry at He Ran—she was frightened by He Jinxing! After all, if anyone who was full of scheming and deliberately fell into someone’s arms should open their eyes to find that the person who caught them was the King of the Underworld himself… Anyone would be scared to tears—

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Lord Yama just touched my waist! ! !

… that kind of fright.

Now that she has heard He Jinxing talking, Gou An’s legs felt weak.

“I’m really not sure who will be my wife in the future.”

He Ran showed his loyalty to Lu Wan at the critical moment. He calmed down the mania he had felt when facing Gou An just now, lowered his eyebrows and said coldly, “Young Uncle, please stop saying words that can easily be misunderstood.”

“Who else besides her?”

He Jinxing retracted his gaze from the young miss’ long eyelashes and glanced at He Ran with a meaningful look. Apparently he was too lazy to talk nonsense to him, “Apologise.”

He Ran pursed his lips in resistance.

Gou An suddenly said, “It doesn’t matter.”

Her tone had suddenly softened eight degrees and attracted the attention of the two other people in the corridor at the same time. He Ran raised his eyebrows and looked at her, but He Jinxing didn’t have much expression and only seemed a little curious.

“Forget it, it’s okay, He… Mr. He.”

Gou An swallowed and unconsciously pressed her hand against the wall behind her, moving away from the two of them. She looked completely different from the one who had just put her hands on her hips and scolded He Ran for being a bitch.

The snarling wild cat had turned into the cutest little bunny in the world. She blinked and said, “I’m not angry. I’m sorry. I shouted too loud just now. Did I disturb you?”

He Ran: “…”

Gou An’s well-behaved attitude at this moment probably never appeared again after she graduated from kindergarten and was old enough to know more words.

Just like that evening when it was raining heavily, she was still very arrogant even as she apologized to him.

He Jinxing didn’t know this, but He Ran grew up with Gou An. Young Master He knew her virtues very well. He gaped at her for a long time, as if he was looking at some monster—

“Gou An, what are you talking about?”

Facing his Young Uncle, the sweetness in Miss Gou’s words suddenly couldn’t be measured?

Gou An simply ignored him.

She plucked up the courage to look up at the favorability level above He Jinxing’s head and sincerely hoped that it wouldn’t fall any further.

At this time, she saw the display [Favorability: 10] on the top of He Jinxing’s head flicker and turn into [Favorability: 13].

Gou An: “?”

The Holy Flame shone on the earth.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the favorability level has suddenly become higher. Although I don’t know why, it may be because he is sick, but the favorability suddenly became ‘+3’! ! ! !

Throw flowers! ! ! !

Celebrate! ! ! !

Embrace my lovable self! ! ! !

[Jiaojiao:…]

[Jiaojiao: Since He Jinxing’s appearance, your total record against him is -5 and +3. Tell me loudly what that is?]

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Probably wanting to give the young couple some time to themselves, He Jinxing took the initiative to go downstairs first.

Once again, only Gou An and He Ran were left in the corridor.

Gou An originally wanted to chase after He Jinxing and try to flatter him more and maybe try to improve her record (or at least return it to what it originally was), but as soon as she took half a step, someone grabbed her by the back of the neck, and a cold voice sounded above her head, “Where are you going?”

“What? Going downstairs to eat.”

Gou An’s eyes were still following the direction where He Jinxing left.

He Ran’s eyes darkened, “Who were you pretending to be pitiful to just now?”

His questioning was full of momentum, but it immediately deflated under Gou An’s cold glare after she came back to her senses. The young miss’ voice, which was soft and well-behaved a second ago, returned to normal at this moment, “Who is pretending to be pitiful? What I said is true, I don’t need your apology—why would I want something worthless like that?”

Gou An fiercely slapped away the big hand holding onto her collar.

There was a sharp ‘bap’ sound, very loud in the otherwise empty corridor.

The back of He Ran’s hand turned red almost immediately. He frowned. 

After thinking about it, he held back making trouble and didn’t ask her about her change in attitude. He just said in a stiff and awkward tone, “Okay, today’s matter is my fault. I just saw them using unpleasant words to say that about Lu Wan and got a little anxious, so I said those words to clarify our relationship without consulting you… But this is my decision alone, don’t get angry at Lu Wan because of this again.”

Question: Are the men in Domineering CEO novels all like this one, speaking sincerely, not afraid that the lines they say would  piss readers off?

Gou An stared at him, “Are you worried that I will be angry at Lu Wan?”

“I already apologized.”

“And what a bullshit apology it was—forget it. Are you afraid that I will be angry at Lu Wan?” she asked again.

“She is just an ordinary girl, living in Zhaipu District.” He Ran paused, “I don’t know why, but I think she is a little afraid of you.”

Zhaipu District. Gou An knew that the old town of Jiangcheng also had a rough and rundown area where people lived. It was full of tube buildings and resettlement houses, which were old and mottled, and seemed to be out of touch with the rapidly developing, modern side of Jiangcheng.

Gou An smiled at He Ran and repeated, “And she is afraid of me?”

“Yeah.”

“Because of what you said in the school group chat, everyone now regards her as the person you really like. I am the one who was betrayed and shamed in public. It seemed that I was also the one who was laughed at by the people in the group chat… Yet she is afraid of me, what exactly is she afraid of?”

I am the one who fears her, after all, she is the one who will have everything in the end.

It’s not a grievance to live in Zhaipu District now. In the future, she could even sit side by side with your Young Uncle, sitting on the top floor of Gou’s Building, in the office that should rightfully belong to my father.

This matter could be called a great revenge.

Her heart was beating violently, but Gou An smiled—because the absurdness of this novel was: as long as it was to serve the heroine, all logic could be ignored.

What a pity, but she was a living person with her own will.

From The Day The Engagement Was Broken translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 8.2 — Reluctant
Chapter 9.1 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 9.2 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 9.3 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 9.4 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 10.1 — Don’t Use Honorifics
Chapter 10.2 — Don’t Use Honorifics
Chapter 10.3 — Don’t Use Honorifics
Chapter 11.1 — Young Uncle
Chapter 11.2 — Young Uncle
Chapter 11.3 — Young Uncle
Chapter 12.1 — Conflict During the Welcome Speech
Chapter 12.2 — Conflict During the Welcome Speech
Chapter 13.1 — He Ran Makes an Official Announcement on Weibo
Chapter 13.2 — He Ran Makes an Official Announcement on Weibo
Chapter 14.1 — The Gears of Fate Rumbles
Chapter 14.2 — The Gears of Fate Rumbles