About half an hour later, He Jinxing accepted Gou An’s friend request.

But he didn’t say a word.

The Circle of Friends was also empty, except for the weird avatar, which was Crayon Shin-chan.

… She suspected this person’s WeChat account was not only just for show—it may not even have been registered by him at all.

Gou An threw her phone to the side, speechless.

… …

That night, Old Mr. He found out about the cancellation of the engagement and was so angry that he scolded He Jinxing who had acted on his own initiative… 

Later, it was unknown how this powerful Mr. He managed to convince Old Mr. He, but in the end, the old man himself came to the Gou family in person to apologize to them, saying that the He family had failed to discipline their younger generation properly.

After seeing off Old Mr. He, the Gou family received the latest news: Gou Xun, who had been scolded badly today, had checked into a hotel owned by the Gou Group that night. It seemed that he really didn’t plan to go home.

… …

In response to this piece of news, the Gou family of three could not help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

Gou Yu: “If he’s so capable, why doesn’t he live in the city express?”

Jiang Yuan: “Call the hotel and kick him out. Let him sleep on the street.”

Gou An: “Oh, that’s great. Just follow the normal process and confiscate his pocket money!”

Gou Yu: “I have already suspended his credit card.”

Gou An: “Is this true?”

Gou Yu: “I just called the bank.”

Jiang Yuan sighed and complained, “I really don’t know where that Lu Wan girl came from. She was able to cause such chaos in our Gou and He families all by herself.”

Gou An: “Ha ha ha.”

She’s the heroine, I tell you. The heroine!

This world exists for her and He Jinxing, so everyone must make way for her!

Thinking of the heroine, Gou An couldn’t help but be concerned a little about the hero. She checked on WeChat. The Crayon Shin-chan avatar she just added today was still as quiet as a chicken, as if interpreting the most trendy term in the most retro way: lying down.

Gou An: “…”

Whatever.

… …

At this point, the chaotic day finally came to an end.

So many strange things happened today that Gou An didn’t even have time to wallow in her sadness born from her tragic love aboard the Titanic—which was simply full of tragedy, deception, and cruelty.

On the night she broke off her engagement with He Ran, Gou An slept more soundly than she had since she ‘awakened’ that rainy night.

… …

In the next few days, the vicious female supporting character got a chance to catch her breath and lived a peaceful life for about four or five days. He Ran was probably put under surveillance by the He family and didn’t appear in front of her to be an eyesore again.

Before the National Day holidays were over, the news that Gou An and He Ran’s engagement had been cancelled spread throughout their small circle and finally became known to everyone, causing quite a small earthquake.

After all, He Ran had just officially announced Gou An as his fiancee. According to everyone’s fixed impression, Gou An had always been the one pampering Young Master He, acting like a clingy person. With this announcement, it should be that the clouds have cleared and the moon was visible, so why would she suddenly cancel the engagement?

Following this fixed line of thinking, everyone speculated that He Ran must have changed his mind and did not want to marry Gou An after all.

At this time, Zhou Yanji jumped out to remind everyone in the midst of the enthusiastic gossip, “Hey, who doesn’t want who? That night when Endless Night got into trouble, the person He Ran wanted to take away was Lu Wan, not Gou An… 

“Later, he regretted it so much that he wanted to go back in and look for her, but was stopped by his young uncle, so in the end, he didn’t find her.

“And the finale?

“It seems that He Jinxing immediately found someone and settled the chaos before going in himself to look for Gou An, but by that time she had already run away on her own.”

Everyone had a sudden realization and figured out that something different was going on. They also suddenly realized that it seemed that Miss Gou has not shown any behavior akin to ‘spoiling Young Master He’ for quite a while now.

Zhou Yutong was Zhou Yanji’s sister. She was a senior in high school this year and was the youngest one present. She took a sip of orange juice and said in a shocked voice, “Oh, wow. Two-timing. He Ran deserves to be dumped!”

Tang Xinjiu agreed, “I’ve already said it before, it’s our An’an who doesn’t want Young Master He, but you guys kept insisting that I have a thick filter! Isn’t that right, Zhou Yanji!”

Zhou Yanji glanced at Gou An’s two good sisters who had immediately and very actively joined the fight and said in a cold tone, “How should I know?”

But he still turned his head and cast a serious look at the person who was sitting in the corner who hadn’t said a word so far.

“Our personalities simply don’t match, and we couldn’t create sparks between us even after 20 years of trying to get along, so it’s only natural that we broke up. There’s no mysterious plot to guess at.”

Her calm voice was finally heard, and her tone was quite casual. Gou An took a sip of the milky white cocktail in her hand.

Today was Gou An’s celebration party for her return to being single. Everyone forced her to have it—

In the circle, except for He Ran and a few second-generation rich people who relied on the He family and dared not offend them, everyone else—both familiar and unfamiliar—were all present.

The National Day riots were still fresh in their minds, so they no longer wanted to go to chaotic places like Endless Night. Instead, they found a bar to sit down in and drink and chat. Suddenly, they became like a group of normal college students out to have some fun.

In fact, people only briefly discussed the cancellation of Gou An’s engagement.

Generally, this kind of gathering was not to reminisce about the past.

It was to look forward to the future.

“So what are you going to do next, An’an jie?” Zhou Yutong held her face and said with a smile, “Our school’s men’s volleyball team has some very good resources. Do you want me to introduce them to you—”

Tang Xinjiu exclaimed, “High school students? That’s breaking the law! Even if it’s not illegal, I strongly condemn it from a moral perspective… So let me do this immoral thing in Gou An’s stead! Quick, send them to me on WeChat!”

Zhou Yutong very generously took out her phone and threw it to her. “Those who are on the volleyball team are all labelled. Please forward the business cards yourself.”

Tang Xinjiu went to work.

“You don’t like younger guys?” Zhou Yutong looked at the silent Gou An and nudged her with her shoulder. “Ever since you played that great hand to my mother at the mahjong table, she has liked you very much. She keeps saying that she gets along well with you… How about you become my sister-in-law, ok?”

Gou An didn’t say anything.

Zhou Yanji stood up and stuffed a handful of shrimp chips into his sister’s mouth.

“What’s the hurry, isn’t being single good?”

Coincidentally, he expressed exactly what Gou An was thinking.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

After three rounds of drinks, Gou An heard the people at the bar outside arranging for the night shift, and she knew it was almost midnight.

After drinking a bellyful of water, she stood up and said she was going to the bathroom. She was stopped by Zhou Yanji on the way back.

She didn’t know when he left the booth. At the moment, he was leaning against the wall in the corridor, looking at her silently.

In fact, in the past, Gou An had not paid much attention to this person—

He was just the unreliable second-generation young master of the Zhou family who had always followed He Ran.

She didn’t know if he drank too much today or what, but the young master of the Zhou family was much quieter than usual. He stared at Gou An for a long time with a gloomy face and suddenly said, “Is He Ran crazy?”

Gou An smiled at him and said shamelessly, “Thank you, I also think I am better than Lu Wan.”

Zhou Yanji couldn’t help laughing.

When Gou An passed by him, he still didn’t move. He called out “Hey”. She turned her head, looked at him sideways, and waited for him to speak.

“When you don’t want to be alone anymore,” Zhou Yanji thought for a moment, “I’ll get in line?”

The tone was quite casual, just like the time when he discussed her with that group of second-generation rich kids in the student union office. But Gou An remembered that at that time, all those people laughed at her—except Zhou Yanji.

At the moment, he was not as relaxed as he looked on the surface. At least, his tense jaw and obviously rolling Adam’s apple betrayed his nervousness.

Gou An blinked and said with a smile, “Okay.”

He relaxed almost instantly, opened his mouth, and seemed to want to say something—

At this moment, the door of the box closest to them was suddenly slammed open from the inside. Before Gou An could react, Zhou Yanji was pushed heavily against the wall!

“Damn you!”

He Ran threw that punch with full force!

There was an extremely loud sound of flesh and bones colliding. This sudden conflict frightened Gou An. She didn’t even say any nonsense like ‘stop fighting’. She stood firm and rushed forward, stood on tiptoes to grab the back of He Ran’s collar and dragged him back.

He Ran struggled against her hold.

But perhaps because he had been drinking, his eyes were red and his face looked ferocious. He tried hard to move but was still pulled away from Zhou Yanji by Gou An!

“I treat you as a brother, and you’re trying to steal my girl?!”

He was still cursing and wanted to leap forward and throw two more punches, but Gou An held him back, holding onto his waist tightly, and he could only stretch out one arm trying to grab Zhou Yanji.

At this time, Zhou Yanji had already gotten up from the ground. His nose had taken the full brunt of the punch, and it was visibly blue and red. He raised his hand to touch his nose, then smiled and glanced at the crazy He Ran who was almost frothing at the mouth. 

“Didn’t I tell you earlier?”

He did say it—more than once. It was He Ran himself who hadn’t cared.

He Ran was so pissed off by him that he was about to pounce on him again. However, this time Zhou Yanji was fully prepared and, of course, he would not be beaten by him. He stood up straight and even hooked his finger at He Ran provocatively.

“Zhou Yanji, fuck you!”

“What are you yelling for? Come on if you want to fuck with me.”

Zhou Yan was busy provoking him when suddenly, something flashed in his peripheral vision and he saw Gou An holding He Ran like a kite. He frowned, “Gou An, let go—“

His words haven’t even finished yet—

“Don’t you fucking talk to her!”

And He Ran exploded.

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

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T/N: Is Zhou Yanji cool or what?

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Chapter 26.2 — 3-Way Fight. A Midnight Gathering at the Police Station
Chapter 27.1 — Use Lu Wan to Exchange for Gou An
Chapter 27.2 — Use Lu Wan to Exchange for Gou An
Chapter 27.3 — Use Lu Wan to Exchange for Gou An