Working on a holiday like National Day would pay someone three times the salary, so the next day, while her peers were staying at home to catch up on sleep or taking all sorts of transportation to travel around, Lu Wan had already started her day’s work at the milk tea shop.

The part-time job at the milk tea shop was day shift. After the shift ended at eight o’clock in the evening, Lu Wan rushed to Endless Night non-stop to report. She would just be a waiter, selling some drinks and getting a commission if she could. 

Strictly speaking, she was not even a private box princess¹, but a private box waitress.

Lu Wan has her own bottom line.

The person she reported to in Endless Night was named Lingzi. She looked to be in her early forties, with ‘Vicissitudes of Life’ written on her face. The red of her curly hair was the same color as the high heels on her feet. Lu Wan still staggered around while walking in five centimeter high heels. Lingzi could run wildly down the corridor even though she was wearing 12cm stiletto heels.

“I’m just doing this to give Wolf ge some face.”

Lingzi lowered her gaze and looked at the green bean sprout in front of her. She was indeed beautiful but much too tender.

She said without much sympathy, “Don’t make trouble for me.”

The ‘Wolf ge‘ that Lingzi mentioned was Lu Wan’s neighbor.

They live on the upper and lower floors of the same tube building. Compared to Lu Wan who pursued higher education learning, he started working very early and seemed quite content to be living in the third district of the Lower City.

Because a character in his name has a similar sound, people outside gave him face and called him ‘Wolf ge’.²

Over the years, Lu Wan has always heard neighbors whisper that Wolf ge was now a well-known figure in Jiangcheng underground. He has earned a lot of money, but no one knew where the money went. He has been living in the same dilapidated tube building for years and has not moved out.

If it weren’t for him, Lu Wan wouldn’t have the courage to go to Endless Night to make money.

But with Endless Night’s security and order being under Wolf ge’s nose, with him here, she was assured that nothing would happen to her.

After receiving her work clothes, Lu Wan saw that the style was not very revealing. It was an ordinary black and white official maid outfit, and the skirt itself was not too short. Lu Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

……

He Ran was born on National Day, but it was a pity that such a majestic red and righteous festival could not suppress his unlearned evil spirit³.

For National Day, Young Master He booked a private room on the third floor of Endless Night to celebrate his birthday. While the third floor only held ordinary private rooms, this was still considered a big deal.

On the surface, Gou An mocked him for celebrating his birthday in such a high-profile way—does he think he might die before he reaches sixty? (a superstitious saying)—but in fact she knew that Young Master He was just looking for an outlet to vent his bad mood: because he Lu Wan deleted him as a WeChat friend.

He Ran’s appearance of pretending that nothing was wrong and showing that he was strong was quite annoying to Gou An, and the thought that this was just part of the heroine’s sadomasochism routine was even more disturbing. 

However, it couldn’t be helped that He Ran made an official announcement on his Weibo, and all the elders have seen it posted on his circle of friends—

When Gou An’s parents saw her that night, they were hesitant to speak, but they acquiesced that she and He Ran had really reconciled.

… what could she say, she dug the pit herself. Between her idiot self and this fool of a second male lead, Gou An was so upset that she didn’t know who to complain to.

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On the day of He Ran’s birthday party, as soon as it got dark, she dutifully showed up at Endless Night’s doors, holding in her hand the birthday gift she had bought for Young Master He earlier that afternoon.

Tonight, Gou An was wearing a little black dress with a scooped back and a bow tied around her neck trailing down to cover the exposed white skin on her back.

Half of her hair was pulled up with a simple black hairpin. Her whole outfit was fashionably black.

The weather had been cloudy and sunny during the day, but it suddenly turned windy in the evening. As soon as her over-the-knee boots stepped on Endless Night’s steps, making an audible ‘click, clack’ sound, she heard the sound of a powerful car engine pulling in.

Gou An turned around reflexively and saw a snow-white Rolls-Royce roll to a stop behind her.

The driver got out of the car and opened the back seat door. A long leg stepped out from the back seat of the car. As the unmistakable profile of a dignified and mature man appeared from behind the door, Gou An choked—

The aura of the newcomer was so strong that it made her breathless.

She froze in the middle of the stairs. It was impossible for anyone entering Endless Night to miss her standing on the steps, so when He Jinxing raised his eyes slightly, his gaze ran into those almond-shaped eyes, as frightened as a small bird fluttering in a cage.

He Jinxing paused for a moment, a little confused. His elders always praised him for his stable attitude. Yet every time this little miss saw him, it was like she was meeting the Lord of Hell. Why?

“Young Uncle.”

During He Jinxing’s contemplative silence, Gou An politely greeted him, but her voice was noticeably tight, “Are you here to have fun too?”

Once she finished speaking—before He Jinxing could even answer—she looked like she wanted to slap herself.

“…”

Gou Yu’s daughter was really a little too timid.

He looked at the young lady in front of him from top to bottom, and his gaze stayed for a second longer on the part of her back that was exposed when she turned sideways. The tail of the bow trembled slightly with her breathing, sweeping across the shadow between the shoulder blades…

His eyes slid away without leaving any trace.

The man’s attention was finally fixed on the motorcycle helmet box she was holding in her hand.

Only then did he remember that today was his little nephew’s birthday.

It then made sense for Gou An to appear here.

The fingertips hanging by his side moved silently. When He Jinxing spoke, his tone was gentler, “Here to talk about business.”

This could be regarded as an answer to Gou An’s rather impertinent question.

When he walked up the steps, Gou An stepped aside. The moment he passed by, He Jinxing smelled the same sweet fragrance on her body as last time.

——When her hands reached out from the car window, hovering in front of his nose, and she asked him for his dirtied suit jacket, he could smell the sweetness keenly.

Perhaps it was because He Jinxing’s car didn’t have many other women riding in it, but the sweet fragrance that was extremely inconsistent with his image seemed to linger in the car even through the next days… 

So on the third day, by some strange combination of circumstances, He Jinxing… switched to the white Rolls-Royce as his current means of transportation.

At this time, the familiar scent once again awakened his memory, and he paused as he stepped up the steps. At this time, he happened to be standing on the same step as Gou An.

With a height of 1.87 meters, he felt oppressive standing in front of this little miss who was only about 1.6 meters tall. He turned slightly sideways to her and said calmly, “The wind is blowing, aren’t you cold?”

Wearing so little.

But Gou An was caught in a sluggish state.

Half a minute later, the man who had not received her answer had already left, leaving her on the steps. The driver got out of the white Rolls-Royce, trotted forward and handed her a black suit jacket—

It looked brand new, just taken out of the car. It was probably kept by He Jinxing in the car as a spare.

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

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Author’s Note:

Young Uncle: The car smells too fragrant. I don’t like it.
Gou An: Go on, act some more.

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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

FOOTNOTE:

1. A private room princess has the 3 duties of escorting a guest to ‘eat, drink, and play’. They’re not prostitutes, but they do get ‘pinched’ and ‘touched’ a few times so part of their skill is to dissuade drunk clients without offending them. ↩︎
2. 狼 or lang means ‘wolf’ and it’s a homonym for the first name of Lu Wan’s neighbor. If you recall, the Lu in Lu Wan’s name also sounds like ‘deer’. ↩︎
3. National Day is October 1, the founding day of the People’s Republic of China. It is usually celebrated as an extended holiday, counting the nearby days and nearest weekend. ↩︎