The whispers of a couple of girls behind her were a bit loud and penetrated Lu Wan’s ears——

“What is she here for?”

“I don’t know. Maybe she came here to watch Gou An’s awarding ceremony. She must be unwilling to give up, right?”

“…Huh? What is she not willing to give up, the scholarship or the man?”

Then there were snickers all around, bright with sarcasm.

Lu Wan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and found herself looking into the eyes of two strangers. She was sure that she did not recognize these two girls. They still had the badges of student union officers hanging on their chests——

Caught off guard, their eyes met across this short distance, and everyone was stunned.

The one with the short hair came back to her senses first. She blushed and really was a little embarrassed, but she was unwilling to lose like this. She stiffened her neck and said, “What are you looking at? Do you want to pretend to be pitiful again? Gou An has already suffered so much like this because of your actions before. Your silence caused a big uproar on the Internet, shouldn’t you apologize? Don’t tell me you don’t know what happened!”

Lu Wan has never been scolded to her face like this before. Her head was buzzing and the corners of her lips trembled, “I didn’t—”

Didn’t what?

Didn’t deliberately let things ferment?

Didn’t have any selfish thoughts as she looked on indifferently?

There wasn’t the slightest bit of resentment against Gou An for taking He Ran away?

Of course there was some.

Otherwise, why was she crying on the bus last night?

“You should apologize to Gou An, Lu Wan. She got scolded a lot because of you. Everyone thought that she was bullying you because of He Ran.” The short-haired girl became more and more agitated as she spoke, “This is not the first time. There was also the matter of the pouring of the red wine. You could have clarified with just one sentence that the glass of red wine was poured on your head because you accidentally killed Gou An’s cat…”

“Holy crap, if someone ever kills my cat, seriously, I could smash a bottle of wine on her head!”

“In the end, you didn’t say anything and cried so hard over a glass of red wine… Gou An was right about what she said yesterday. It was a glass of red wine, not sulfuric acid, so why cry!”

“Yes, yes, is it so difficult to explain this matter? Are you mute?”

“Who would believe it if you said you didn’t intentionally leave that impression!”

“—It’s fine now. He Ran should have seen her true face clearly and doesn’t want her anymore.”

The last sentence was like a burst of needles pricking into Lu Wan’s mind.

Her stomach roiled, and the breakfast she had eaten in the morning was surging, the urge to vomit strong. She opened her mouth weakly and made a retching sound, raising her hand to cover her mouth.

Then she backed away in embarrassment, turned around, and ran away.

She heard a familiar voice behind her—

“What are you guys doing?”

That pampered tone that had habit of rising up towards the end.

Lu Wan didn’t even have the strength to look at the person who arrived at the scene, she just ran away in embarrassment.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The cat thing was just an accident.

It was He Ran who clarified in the group chat that day that he didn’t have a girlfriend—she didn’t force him to do it.

The rumor spread on the Internet that the scholarship award was won by a rich second generation who was not short of money. She did not comment a single word on this matter.

… It was obviously thousands of passers-by who attacked Gou An, but in the end they blamed her for everything.

And He Ran, he met her every day in every corner of the campus, talked to her, walked with her, told her jokes, and he was the first to stand up and clarify when others questioned if she was interfering with his engagement——

She was moved.

And in the end, last night, he inexplicably announced Gou An as his fiancée.

Hiding in the corner of the emergency stairs, Lu Wan hugged her knees and cried her heart out. She didn’t know why everyone was so malicious. Right now, everything felt like it was pressing down on her, and she felt as if her shoulders were being crushed by the weight.

She sobbed horrible gasping sobs until the tip of her nose was red, and she could hardly breathe.

At this time, she heard a ‘clink’, and the sound of a lighter striking.

Lu Wan’s sobs came to an abrupt end.

She heard the elegant ‘tap-tap’ sound of the soles of leather shoes stepping on the passageway, and soon trouser legs that had been ironed to perfection appeared in front of her eyes.

—It was like history repeating itself.

The man appeared in front of her as if he had fallen from the sky, and the shadow cast by his tall figure covered her.

“Why are you hiding here and crying again?”

The man’s voice was smooth and low.

“For He Ran?”

Lu Wan’s eyes were red, and she raised her face still wet with tears. She looked up at the man standing in front of her.

In her silence, He Jinxing put one hand in his trousers pocket and chuckled.

“It’s not necessary. He and the little miss from the Gou family will not end up together.”

… …

Lu Wan thought his voice was really nice.

Every word seemed to carry a warm spring breeze.

It sounded so gentle and considerate.

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

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Chapter 16.1 — The Dog Blood Drama is Never Absent
Chapter 16.2 — The Dog Blood Drama is Never Absent
Chapter 17.1 — Mr. He, Please Take Me Away
Chapter 17.2 — Mr. He, Please Take Me Away