After ending the call, she stood at the end of the corridor in despair, thinking of the kind teacher in the Department who had earnestly reminded her that the results of this opening exam was related to giving the freshmen’s welcome speech and how they hoped that she would try hard to get first place…

After all, she didn’t join the Student Union in her freshman year, so this thing could not be credited to her, but from now on, the various merit evaluations and awards given by the Department would put her under the teacher’s nose every day and would give her an advantage.

But she messed up.

Gou An’s calm profile as she yawned and stood up to hand in the exam paper with time to spare kept appearing in her mind—

In the end, tears blurred her vision.

Lu Wan found an empty staircase and hid there secretly to cry. She huddled up in a corner and buried her head in her arms.

She cried until she was suddenly covered by a shadow, and she heard the metallic flick of a lighter.

She originally thought that He Ran was here, but when she looked up blankly, tears in her eyes, what she saw was a well-tailored suit.

A handsome man in his late twenties was leaning against the emergency passage door with a cigarette in his lips and a puff of smoke partially hiding his expression. He looked like some big shot. She didn’t know why he appeared on the university campus and chose to hide in the emergency passage to take some time off.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, the red embers at the tip of the cigarette flickering on and off. Puffing on the cigarette the entire time, the man waited patiently for her to stop sobbing, until she had calmed down to slight sniffles.

He glanced at the girl. She had been crying her eyes out but he could still see how charming she looked, and he said calmly, “Why are you crying?”

His voice was low and magnetic.

Lu Wan was a little confused, as if she hadn’t expected this man to take the initiative to talk to her. She just felt that he seemed far away from her and unattainable. That pair of priceless leather shoes were spotless before her downcast eyes.

She forgot to ask him who he was or how come he appeared here in this stairwell, and instinctively replied in a slow and hoarse voice, “I failed the exam.”

He Jinxing thought to himself, Crying like this for this reason. Were all college students so idle?

Lu Wan raised her hand to wipe her tears and added, “I was aiming to take first place.”

He Jinxing was originally here to discuss a business project with a certain professional expert who taught in this university. However, like most other academic experts, this person had a somewhat complex personality. When He Jinxing got tired of their endless chatting, he left the mess to his team and took a break to have a smoke.

Unexpectedly, he accidentally listened to a thesis about the inexplicable ambitions of an undergraduate student.

He looked at the tear-stained face of the girl in front of him, and his eyes swept over her beautiful cheeks that were flushed due to the illness. His heart was calm and without any ripple. Finally, his gaze stopped at her tear-stained eyelashes…

He had no idea why, but somehow, he thought of the young miss that day, standing in the corridor in front of the study on the fourth floor of the He’s house. Her head was lowered, and she obviously wanted to cry but bit her lip to hold on, with only her eyelashes trembling like crazy.

The man suddenly smiled without warning.

Lu Wan was startled and looked at him with wide eyes.

He Jinxing put out his cigarette and slowly straightened up. “You’re sick?”

Lu Wan could only blurt out, “Huh?”

Mr. He showed great mercy and did his one good deed today. “Get up. I’ll take you to the hospital.”

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Gou An saw He Jinxing’s car at the school gate. The Maybach with Jiangcheng plate number had often been parked in the garage of the He’s house ever since He Jinxing officially returned to China.

She was still considering whether to go up to say ‘hello’ and make her presence felt when the car lowered its window.

Lu Wan’s profile was slowly revealed behind the car window.

She seemed to be in a bad state, holding her schoolbag awkwardly and nervously. She was looking at the man who was sitting next to her with his head down while processing documents, fear on her face.

The fair cheeks looked pale and sickly, and the eyes and lips were flushed due to heat…

She was simply beautiful on a whole new level.

Gou An: “?”

Have I gone blind?

Why is Lu Wan riding in He Jinxing’s car?

[Jiaojiao: Good news, you are number one in the Department’s opening of school exam.]

[Jiaojiao: Bad news, because of your unremitting efforts, the plot point involving the encounter between the hero and heroine has changed, and the encounter has actually been moved ahead of schedule.]

Gou An: “??”

Gou An: “Can this still happen?”

Gou An: “We agreed that the hero admired top students. Even the previous third placer is now in second  place, so she can’t be considered a top student anymore, right?”

Gou An: “Then why the hell have I been staying up late these days? I’ve been  studying hard just so the heroine can get into the hero’s Maybach in advance? I thought knowing how the future will unfold meant I can change my fate? Why the f*ck was it the heroine’s fate that changed?”

[Jiaojiao: Don’t curse.]

Gou An: “Of course I wouldn’t curse if I can hold it in!!!!”

[Jiaojiao: The wheels of fate finally rolled all over your face.]

Gou An: “…”

Ahh, bleep. (She couldn’t bear to curse again with swear words).

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

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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 Rumble
Chapter 14.2 — The Gears of Fate Rumble