There was a pause of about ten seconds.

It was long enough for Lu Wan to grab He Jinxing’s shirt and cry for a while.

She was crying pitifully, and her thin shoulders were shaking with sobs. The waiter’s black and white maid uniform had butterfly ruffles running along its shoulders and a big bow tied behind her back. The pattern waved and trembled with each sob and shaking of her chest.

However, He Jinxing’s gaze only stayed for a second then moved away without any trouble.

Someone could come down the corridor at any time.

He Jinxing had no intention of getting involved in any weird rumors. He had personally seen with his own eyes how good the people on University A’s intranet forum were at writing stories.

His broad hand fell on the crying girl’s left shoulder, touched it lightly, and then moved away, “I will arrange for someone to take you upstairs to rest.”

The man’s voice was flat, and he skillfully distanced himself from the unfamiliar scent in his arms. At the same time, he looked down at his shirt.

Dirty…

He took out his cell phone and gave instructions to Secretary Liu to send a female assistant down to take Lu Wan to freshen up.

After Lu Wan was led away—the girl looking back at him every few steps—He Jinxing stood there for a few seconds. Then, feeling quite deeply that he was being punished for his own abnormal behaviors, He Jinxing turned around and returned to the fourth floor without hesitation.

Tonight was really going against his usual instincts.

Now, he would rather go back and face the chattering Chen Jinli.

… …

It was about half an hour later that he received the report that Endless Night was facing troubles.

At that time, He Jinxing had just changed out of his stained shirt into a light blue shirt.

He really wanted to take a bath. Although Endless Night could provide a place that would meet his conditions, in the end he decided to just endure it.

Secretary Liu presented the same suit jacket to him with both hands. He Jinxing raised his eyebrows silently. 

Secretary Liu stammered, “There was originally a spare jacket that was black, it was given to Miss Gou earlier…”

He Jinxing’s eyebrows returned to their original position.

After a few seconds of silence, he didn’t say anything. He took the old suit jacket that was now obviously the wrong color to match with his new shirt and threw it on the sofa…

He Jinxing ignored the stupid look of relief on Secretary Liu’s face.

Not long after they all sat down again, Endless Night’s manager broke into He Jinxing’s private box without permission. Just as He Jinxing was beginning to reconsider whether he should renew his membership for next year given the poor service and problematic personnel in this entertainment venue, the manager reported news about the incident downstairs.

People from Hui’an Road had come looking for trouble. They smashed up Endless Night’s lobby and the entire dance floor in the basement. They were now heading up to the second floor.

He Jinxing raised his hand and rubbed his brows. His eyes darkened. He was helpless to change this sudden situation but didn’t feel any fear or panic.

One would would never see a wild dog that had once ruled the streets panic at the sight of a group of local pups fighting for territory… even if the wild dog was now well-dressed and well-fed, and has somehow packaged itself as never having put a single paw into the dark and dank alleys.

In the face of the restless atmosphere outside, Secretary Liu was filled with anxiety.

He Jinxing took his time and turned his head to look at the person next to him. Chen Jinli had a distinctly scholarly air about him with his gold-rimmed glasses and the look of ‘naturally I can’t fight and I can’t possibly protect myself’ written all over his face.

He Jinxing: “…”

Chen Jinli: “?”

“Should I remind you that the expression you have right now is quite rude?” Chen Jinli said. “If I’m going to hit someone, it would be you.”

He Jinxing sighed again and snapped his fingertips, “That’s all for tonight. Let’s meet again another time.”

Then he arranged for Secretary Liu to bring in several bodyguards and take Chen Jinli to evacuate through the passage at the back of the establishment.

A dozen bodyguards came up soon. He Jinxing randomly picked one to stay, and the rest were used to escort his friend to his car. After Chen Jinli was escorted away by a large crowd of people, he stood up from the sofa slowly.

He didn’t look anxious or afraid at all.

He picked up the suit jacket that he had thrown on the sofa and took two steps towards the door. He lowered his head and accidentally glanced at the suit jacket in his hand. He suddenly stopped as if he thought of something.

The bodyguard following behind him looked at his boss in puzzlement.

“When you came up, have all the brats on the third floor cleared out?”

“…yes?” The bodyguard asked blankly, “Are you talking about Young Master He Ran?”

“And his—”

He Jinxing paused abruptly.

After a few seconds, he swallowed back the title that had been about to come out of his mouth.

“And the little miss from the Gou family.”

There was a good reason for asking this question.

She was the future in-law of the He family.

Naturally he couldn’t just ignore her.

“When we came up, we happened to see the young master ordering people to search everywhere for someone. They were looking for a young lady. I’m guessing she is the one you mentioned… I heard that she has been found and evacuated safely.”

“I see.”

He Jinxing nodded coldly.

“Let’s go.”

…

So that was how things went.

Until this point.

Only now did He Jinxing realize that the person the bodyguard had mentioned Young Master He Ran was looking for was not Gou An but Lu Wan, whom he had casually placed in the lounge on the fourth floor.

Looking at the young man who only had a pair of eyes exposed under the safety helmet—eyes that were completely awash with panic—He Jinxing wanted to take two steps and stand him up on his head to see if all the space inside was full of water.

“Young Uncle…”

His voice was shaking.

He was really panicked.

He Ran immediately took out his cell phone and called Gou An—but as if what he was most afraid of had come true, the phone was turned off.

The cold mechanical voice prompt coming from the hands-free speaker was enough to push people into the abyss of despair… He took off the helmet, and the boy’s face gradually turned as pale as sheet under his messed up hair.

After standing there for a few seconds, he threw down the helmet and rushed back—

Sitting in the white limousine, the man’s eyebrows furrowed silently, as if he was impatient with the young man’s impulsive behavior or perhaps he was dissatisfied with something else.

His tone was cold, “Stop him.”

A large number of bodyguards immediately appeared outside the car to restrain He Ran.

He Ran was caught off guard and was easily blocked from rushing back to Endless Night. He kept struggling, pushing against the bodyguards like crazy, “Let me go! Let me go back and take a look! There are many people locked in there! I have to confirm that Gou An—”

When the name came to his lips, it was like a knife had completely cut through his throat. He choked; his throat clogged up and was unable to make a sound; his Adam’s apple rolled up and down; and his eyes to turned red.

He fell silent.

Behind him, the tall man bent down and got out of the car.

He Jinxing held the phone between his shoulder and ear, and walked towards Endless Night, rolling up his shirt sleeves slowly.

“Hello, Third Jiang?”

…

“Yeah, He Jinxing.”

…

“Ask your people to stop for ten minutes, open the door, and let me in— I will let Chen Jinli stop bothering you at the Jinshan Wharf for two days.”

The man passed the boy without looking back.

It’s early autumn and a gust of evening wind blew. While He Ran was staring blankly at the back of He Jinxing’s tall form, he heard him speak in a low voice so that the words were almost blown away by the wind—

“Well, the young lady has short legs and slow reflexes, so she was accidentally locked inside.”

…

“Uh-huh.”

…

“My girl.”

…

“Tsk, why are you laughing… I’m not a monk.”

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

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Author’s Note:

The old man has already begun to have double standards—

Someone else’s bow: X
An’an’s bow: Suitable
Shirt that has been touched by others: X (even wanted to take a shower)
Suit jacket that An’an has stepped on and worn: … Never mind, it can still be used

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T/N: The name of the person He Jinxing called on the phone is Jiang Yi. He is the third son of the Jiang family and is also called ‘Jiang San’—san being the #3.

He Jinxing actually says ‘my person’ but in this context the title can only have an ambiguous meaning, so I translated it more directly to ‘my girl’. Relationships and the language used to describe them is all about making a distinction between ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’ in relation to oneself. This time, the person was not his girlfriend, wife, fiance, or even someone he was chasing; not an employee, not a neighbor, not a junior from his family—but he called her ‘his person’. Considering the unruly background of Jiang Yi, he would of course jump to the ambiguous conclusion—and He Jinxing didn’t deny it 🤭 

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Chapter 20.1 — Why Did You Only Come Just Now?
Chapter 20.2 — Why Did You Only Come Just Now?
Chapter 21.1— Ye Lang: the Already Captivated Man
Chapter 21.2 — Ye Lang: the Already Captivated Man
Chapter 21.3 — Ye Lang: the Already Captivated Man