The next day, they have the engagement dissolution dinner appointment with the He family.
Gou An, who hadn’t slept well the previous night, got into Gou Yu’s Bentley angrily. When she turned her head, she was caught off guard, seeing Ye Lang—who had changed into a bodyguard’s suit—bending down to pull open the door of Audi A6 behind them.
Several of Gou Yu’s trusted bodyguards, including Uncle Wang, had already gotten into the car before him, and they actually allowed this guy of unknown origin to join their team openly!
She was speechless for a short time due to shock.
Gou An turned her head back, hugged Gou Yu’s arm and shook it, turning on nagging mode “Dad, why is that person still here! Didn’t you hear it last night! I don’t want him! Nya!1“
“Can you learn to speak properly at the age of twenty?”
Gou Yu pulled his arm out from her grasp. “Why are you being so picky? Do you know how expensive he is?”
“That’s great, I’m saving you money.”
“I’d be very grateful if he could keep you from getting into trouble. Saving money for me is not necessary. I just want to live a few more years.”
“…”
Gou An looked at Gou Yu unhappily, and the latter looked straight ahead, looking more difficult to talk to than ever before.
She thought about it and tried to save the situation in a roundabout way, “This bodyguard is so handsome, aren’t you afraid that I will fall in love with him and give you a bloody drama of a rich young lady eloping with a bodyguard?”
“Don’t worry. He said his son is already three years old.”
… This liar!
“Honestly, Dad, didn’t you do a background check before hiring a bodyguard? He doesn’t tell a single truth! Does he look like he has a son?!” Gou An said, “He’s really not good enough. He’s not a person who can keep silent. He’s a gangster from Zhaipu District—“
“An’an.”
“He is also Lu Wan’s neighbor!”
“They are just neighbors. Will everyone in Zhaipu District who happens to know Lu Wan be sentenced to death?”
“He might harm me for Lu Wan!”
“Let’s not even talk if he would have the guts,” Gou Yu interrupted her, “but think about what good will harming you ever do for him. Is he too bored? They’re just neighbors.”
He turned around and looked at his daughter more seriously than ever before, “No matter if he was the culprit who caused the disturbance in Endless Night as you said, or if he’s Lu Wan’s neighbor, or if he’s just someone you hate—a small person like him, who only does things for money, makes things less complicated. He’s just a simple machine that takes money to do things… And now, he is taking money from our Gou family.”
“…”
“What you need to know is that I spent the entire afternoon yesterday assessing him, and I have confirmed that he has simple ideas and is only here for the money. He is capable of ensuring your safety… and this is what I am most concerned about right now. The rest is not important.”
What was also unimportant was Gou An’s inexplicable resistance to him.
Gou An moved her lips but suddenly became speechless. As a bodyguard, Ye Lang was very good at fighting and didn’t talk much, so of course he was qualified in every aspect…
The only thing he was not qualified for was the role of holding a ticket to the Titanic.
So people who couldn’t see the future would of course think that she was being unreasonable.
What could she do? Fraud that has not yet occurred could not be grounds for conviction for deportation.
She had been too stupid in the past; she coveted beauty and deserved to be cheated.
After figuring out the problem, Gou An suddenly felt very discouraged. She threw away her father’s sleeve and shrank into the corner, becoming a silent ball.
… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
[Jiao Jiao: There is no need for this. Compared to the unknown plot where you were completely deceived by Ye Lang, this is already a visible trap before you… It was of course scary when you didn’t know it, but now that you have seen it, are you still afraid that you would step on it? ]
[Jiao Jiao: And he is a major plot character.]
[Jiao Jiao: If you reject him here, the plot may go a more outrageous way that you can’t prevent. He will always show up.]
Gou An stared at her feet and said nothing.
She didn’t know how to explain to a cat that it became difficult for her to breathe when she saw Ye Lang.
… …
Miss Gou resisted the new bodyguard with all her heart.
The Bentley had barely stopped in front of the restaurant when the door was opened from the inside. The little miss jumped out of the car, holding her skirt up. Her eagerness to avoid the plague god was obvious.
She was in a hurry with a serious look on her face, which silenced the bodyguards in the Audi A6 who could barely catch up to her.
Bodyguard commander Uncle Wang: “What happened to An’an?”
Bodyguard A: “It feels like she ate dynamite.”
Bodyguard B: “Let me stand farther away for a while. I’m afraid I’ll be affected by the explosives.”
Ye Lang: “It’s okay.”
The bodyguards all turned their heads.
Ye Lang: “It seems like she just hates me.”
Bodyguards: “…”
… …
In addition to the confused faces of the bodyguards in the Audi A6, He Ran who was guarding the door certainly didn’t know why Gou An was so anxious.
What concerned him more was that the little miss in front of him, walking quickly with her long skirt in hand, looked straight ahead and ignored him who had been waiting for her at the entrance of the restaurant.
At this moment, he was leaning on a crutch, with his head wrapped like a mummy, looking so miserable that everyone who passed by him at the door of the restaurant couldn’t help but turn back to look at him twice.
However, Gou An was able to simply ignore him.
When she was about to pass him by, He Ran didn’t even bother with his crutches anymore; he threw them away and tried to grab her arm.
However, his fingers had barely touched her sleeve when a large hand reached out from the side and firmly grasped his wrist.
His fingertips brushed across the fabric of Gou An’s clothes, and he watched her take two steps forward. Then she seemed to come to her senses, slammed on the brakes, and turned back expressionlessly.
—He Ran, who looked even worse now with his face all bruised than the day before, was standing next to a cold-faced man taller than him. The cheap suit that the man wore as a uniform nevertheless showed off his good figure with broad shoulders and narrow waist…
In an ordinary environment, He Ran was already very tall.
But Ye Lang was even taller and stronger than him.
“Who are you?! Let go! An’an!”
Young Master He kept cursing in a restless state.
Ye Lang didn’t even bother to look at him, he just held his arm tightly to prevent him from getting close to Gou An. No matter how He Ran struggled, he seemed unable to break free from his hold.
The bodyguard seemed to not be trying at all. His fair and pretty face was expressionless. He briefly gazed at Miss Gou, who had a cold face.
He asked, “Do you think you need a bodyguard now, Miss?”
“…” Gou An’s eyes switched back and forth between these two men who were caught in a tense atmosphere. After a while, she said, “If I want to see a dog-eat-dog fight, I’ll go to the Colosseum myself.”
She thought her mouth was mean enough.
Even if this taciturn guy was not angered to death, it could still make him feel depressed for a while.
Unexpectedly, Ye Lang just remained silent for a moment, then corrected her, “What you said before was that I am a wolf guarding against dogs.”
“?”
“So I’m not a dog.”
“…”
From the Day the Engagement was Broken translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
The Author has something to say:
Ye Lang: Don’t demote people casually.
… …
T/N: The Audi A6 is an executive sedan priced at a nifty US$58,000. But it’s nowhere near a Bentley which starts at US$215,000.
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FOOTNOTE:
- The sound she actually makes here is ‘ying!’ which is a cross between baby-talk and coquettish sob. She’s just acting spoiled to her dad 😂 ↩︎
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