Gou Xun obviously found Gou An’s expulsion order ridiculous—even though he was still feeling a little guilty just three seconds ago. He had only known that Lu Wan accidentally killed Gou An’s cat, but he didn’t know that she and He Ran were in a relationship.

Those people in the same circle (a group of second-generation rich kids) who hang out together have always followed He Ran’s lead. Plus, since this man was nominally his brother-in-law and they often played basketball together, Gou Xun and He Ran have always had a good relationship.

Gou Xun would go home some days and naturally quarrel with Gou An. When the quarrel peaked, he sometimes even felt that his sister, with her hot temper, was not worthy of He Ran.

But ultimately, it was He Ran who actually cheated…

He was feeling quite complicated about it.

While he was still struggling, he was unceremoniously asked to leave.

It must be said that Gou Xun was an invincible little bully in school. Naturally he didn’t agree to this. He frowned and was about to shout, “I didn’t know anything about Lu Wan and He Ran. Why do you want me to get out??” But considering that Lu Wan was already standing at the door…

He stood up suddenly, his face all gloomy.

The chair scraped loudly behind him.

“I’ll go ask her.”

After saying this, Gou Xun turned around and ran towards the main door.

… …

Gou Xun went to find Lu Wan.

Gou Yu and Jiang Yuan were left sitting at the table with Gou An. 

Jiang Yuan sighed, raised her hand and touched her daughter’s hair, “You should have told Dad and Mom earlier… You don’t have to get married. It’s the He family that owes your grandfather a favor. Why should you suffer so much injustice?”

“I told you, I thought I could handle it.” Gou An pouted and lowered her head, “Who knew I couldn’t handle it, and she even got involved with Gou Xun, and now she’s here.”

Gou Yu pointed at her and said, “You were just trying to save face.”

“Dad, I’m already very sad,” Gou An kicked her father under the table, “Can’t you say something nice?”

Gou Yu snorted, “Why didn’t I see that you were sad?”

Of course she was sad.

But it wasn’t because of He Ran.

It’s because of another person.

Gou An’s head almost dropped to her chest. Seeing her aggrieved look, Gou Yu stopped talking. It was obvious that he had no idea what to do in this complicated situation.

There was no such thing in their time.

Isn’t it just a matter of talking to He Jinxing and seeing if he wanted to cancel the engagement or something? If he felt guilty, then he could just give An’an a piece of the Jinshan Wharf project as a dowry. Anyway, the Gou family definitely didn’t want He Ran as their son-in-law now.

Gou Yu was still thinking about this in his mind when footsteps were heard coming from the entrance. It was Gou Xun who dragged Lu Wan in.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Lu Wan was quite polite. No matter how Gou Xun pressed her shoulders to get her to sit down, she refused until the real owners of the house—Gou An’s parents—came out of the dining room and sat down on the sofa.

It was rare for Jiang Yuan not to have a smile on her face. But after all, how could she smile in front of this bad guy who ‘bullied’ her daughter?

From beginning to end, she just said, “Ms. Lu, please sit down,” and then she herself sat down on the sofa, looking like a competent, prestigious lady from a wealthy family.

Lu Wan twisted her hands together and sat down, her face pale.

Sitting across from her was Gou An, who was playing with her phone with an expressionless face.

In fact, she wasn’t playing at all. She was just aimlessly exiting and entering the WeChat interface and mechanically refreshing her Moments feed.

Her mind was blank.

Jiang Yuan first thanked Lu Wan politely because her son was really just as his sister described: with a bad personality and some brainstem-deficient stupidity, and the boy was never good at studying. The family was considering letting him pursue a career in professional basketball…

But even if he was involved in sports, it didn’t mean he could be illiterate, right?

So since he made progress in his studies and suddenly became willing to learn, Jiang Yuan still gave some recognition to Lu Wan, the ‘young teacher’.

But that was all. In Jiang Yuan’s eyes, apart from helping Gou Xun learn and improve his grades, everything else about Lu Wan was bad.

In the face of this, Lu Wan stood up trembling, and she solemnly said to Gou An, “I apologize to you for the cat. Although I know that apologies are useless and cannot bring it back to life, this is all I can do… I’m sure you won’t want financial compensation. I came here today to sincerely say ‘sorry’ to you.”

Gou An didn’t say anything, so Gou Xun kicked her.

Gou An raised her eyelids lazily. It wasn’t that she was ignoring Lu Wan, but she really didn’t know how to respond to this.

It was impossible to forgive her. If possible, she would like to ask Lu Wan to go to jail first.

But murdering someone’s pet won’t result in jail time, and taking matters to court would just mean paying compensation. So what would be the point?

So she just didn’t say anything.

Jiang Yuan took over the conversation, “We also heard about what happened on the cruise ship last month. At that time, we just thought that you were peers and you should solve the problem in your own way. At that time, my daughter also did something that could be considered extreme… punishment, so us adults stopped asking about this matter.”

She paused, her voice still soft, “I didn’t expect so many things to happen later. If I remember correctly, there were some problems with the freshman speech a few days ago… Miss Lu, look at how much my daughter has suffered because of you during the time we let you handle matters on your own.”

Gou An: “…”

Gou An: Useless me.JPG.

“In the end, this would even affect the marriage set down by the previous generations of the Gou and He families.”

Jiang Yuan seemed to be very regretful.

Only Gou Yu knew that his wife was a firm contender for a movie queen title by now—in this house, if one had to choose someone who was most opposed to this arranged marriage, it would not even be Gou An but Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan didn’t feel any regrets. She was just angry that someone bullied her daughter. Apart from that, she was excited and ready to send He Ran away.

But this did not affect her demeanor at all. She frowned and sighed, looking at Lu Wan with regret, “Ms. Lu, although it has not been officially registered, An’an and the young master of the He family are in a confirmed engagement. You also know that it is immoral to destroy other people’s feelings… Miss Lu is so beautiful, you should lead a very beautiful life. You can’t use your beautiful face for such things, right?”

Gou An: “…”

Now, Gou An sat up completely and couldn’t help but tilt her head to look at her mother.

[Jiao Jiao: Oh my, you are not even one tenth as good at scolding as Mommy. If she had gotten the script instead of you, it might be a true ‘supporting role turning into the heroine’ routine—]

[Jiao Jiao: Watch carefully and learn well.]

[Jiao Jiao: Stop yelling like a machine gun all day long. What does volume have to do with the lethality? ]

This was the first time that Gou An did not refute this stupid cat.

She saw Lu Wan’s pupils trembling. Being accused of interfering in other people’s feelings in a roundabout way—which young girl with a sense of shame could bear it?

“I— I didn’t know about this at first,” her lips trembled slightly as she tried hard to suppress her tears, “He Ran told me that he and Gou An were not on good terms, and that the engagement had already been agreed to be cancelled, so I–“

Lu Wan paused.

“Then on the day of the freshman speech at the beginning of the school year, He Ran officially announced that he was dating Gou An, and I never contacted him again.”

She rubbed her pale face and looked extremely nervous.

“It was purely an accidental encounter that day at Endless Night. I was in urgent need of money for medical treatment, so I used a friend’s relationship with the place to take a temporary job there… I didn’t know He Ran was celebrating his birthday at Endless Night that day.”

What Lu Wan said was true, but she kept saying He Ran—who actually cares about He Ran??

On the other hand, Gou An keenly caught the word ‘friend’ that she mentioned.

… Ye Lang, right?

It felt like a thorn was stabbing her heart, and she suddenly didn’t want to listen anymore.

So Gou An sneered loudly and interrupted Lu Wan, “I also apologize for impersonating you and saying I saved He Ran. I’m sorry, I was bewildered at the time and thought it was something good that was worth lying about… Okay, are you done? You can leave now.”

Including Lu Wan, everyone in the living room was a little slow to react.

No one expected that Miss Gou had taken the wrong medicine, or that some word had hit her so hard that she suddenly went crazy, her eyes now as cold as ice chips.

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

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T/N: Mommy Gou is the best 🥰

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Chapter 24.2 — Business Card
Chapter 25.1 — Once the Engagement Was Broken, It’s Back to ‘Mr. He’
Chapter 25.2 — Once the Engagement Was Broken, It’s Back to ‘Mr. He’
Chapter 26.1 — 3-Way Fight. A Midnight Gathering at the Police Station
Chapter 26.2 — 3-Way Fight. A Midnight Gathering at the Police Station