Feeling the low pressure coming from the side, Gou Xun glanced at his sister whose forehead was almost blue with anger, sneered, then turned to Lu Wan and said gently, “Young Teacher, you try it!”
Before Lu Wan could say anything, she heard ‘tapping’ sounds coming from Gou An’s side.
Turning around, she saw Miss Gou, tapping the glass counter with her fingers. Her long eyelashes trembled and slowly drooped as she said in a quiet voice, “Gou Xun, didn’t I tell you not to mess with me?”
Seeing that she was pretending to be strong even though her eyes were about to spit fire, Gou Xun suddenly felt the desire to fight. “Oh, now it seems like I accidentally did it, what are you gonna do?”
Gou An paused. Seeing that he was ready to face off with her, she didn’t bother to beat around the bush, “Where did you get the money to borrow high-end dresses and high-end jewelry?”
Gou Xun straightened his back and said, “I worked in a bar with my own efforts. Are you satisfied? I didn’t use a single yuan from the family.”
“Yeah, you have guts,” Gou An nodded. “But I’m not talking about the rental fee—I’m talking about the deposit.”
For a family like theirs, such rental fees for high end dresses and jewelry—it wasn’t expensive. He might really be able to scrape together the money from the salary he earned working part-time for a few days plus his leftover pocket money.
However, when renting these kinds of items, in addition to the rental fee, the required deposit was the real big expense.
The deposit and the purchase price were the same. Let’s not talk about how much it would cost to rent that dress, just for this set of jewelry, a deposit of over 100,000 yuan would definitely be required.
Gou Xun froze immediately.
Gou An smiled at him, picked up the phone directly, dialed someone on WeChat, pressed the hands-free button, and the exclusive WeChat ringback tone ‘What’s your Daddy’s name, Daddy’s name…’ sounded.
Two seconds later, before the ringback tone could even sing the next line, the call was picked up.
“I’m in a meeting,” Gou Yu’s voice came from the other end of the call. “You’d better have something urgent to tell me.”
“Daddy, guess who I met at VE Jewelry Store?” Gou An said, pinching her throat. She paused and then instantly returned to normal, “Oh, no more nonsense— Dad, did you lie to me? You didn’t actually suspend Gou Xun’s credit card, did you?”
As she spoke, three meters away, under the spotlight of the jewelry counter, Gou Xun’s face had begun to turn pale.
“Am I so bored that I would trick you on this. I called the bank right in front of you. Did you forget?” Gou Yu said on the other end of the line. “What’s going on? Is your brother giving you trouble again?”
“Well, he got Lu Wan a set of jewelry that I couldn’t even buy, saying he’s renting it. He even showed it off in front of me… How could he have paid the deposit of over 100,000 yuan when he doesn’t have a credit card?”
There was silence on the other end of the line for a few seconds. Analyzing the impending storm from his daughter’s words, Gou Yu didn’t hesitate to pass the blame, “Then ask him where the deposit came from, and then go find that person and cause trouble for them—it’s not me anyway. I’m hanging up.”
After saying that, he really did hang up the call.
Gou An put down her phone and stared at Gou Xun. “I’m very democratic. Do you want me to give you three minutes to discuss the escape plan with He Ran?”
Gou Xun was caught off guard and sweat almost broke out on his forehead when he heard the name ‘He Ran’.
“It’s not He Ran, don’t talk nonsense!”
“Why are you so nervous? I have nothing to do with him.”
Gou Xun’s face was as ugly as it could be. He turned around and said to Lu Wan, “Wait a minute,” then took out his phone and started typing away.
The person he contacted was indeed He Ran, who has not appeared for a long time.
[XUN: I met my sister at the mall when I was picking up jewelry and a dress for Young Teacher.]
He didn’t know if He Ran had set some keywords on notification, but he replied to the WeChat message instantly.
[HRAN: Take a detour.]
[HRAN: Don’t mess with her.]
[XUN: I didn’t leave.]
[XUN: Now she’s asking me where I got the money for the deposit.]
[HRAN: …………………………]
[HRAN: You.]
[HRAN: Why did I agree to lend you the money? You said you’d handle this yourself, you can’t betray me no matter what!]
[HRAN: If you hadn’t insisted that Lu Wan had saved me before and asked me to repay her kindness, I wouldn’t have gotten involved in this mess!]
[HRAN: I promised my young uncle not to interfere in Lu Wan’s affairs, and I really don’t want to. If Gou An finds out, I’m doomed!]
[HRAN: Don’t drag me into this!]
Gou Xun has never seen He Ran type so fast before. He could almost see the person on the other side wanting to jump through the screen.
[XUN: It’s too late.]
[HRAN: What’s too late?!]
[XUN: She guessed it was you in just three seconds using one toe.]
Amidst a long string of ellipsis messages coming from the other side, Gou Xun closed his phone.
He looked at Gou An, who was standing not far away with an expressionless face.
Gou An gave him another half-smile. “Have you finished communicating? Believe it or not, if you can take this set of jewelry away today, from now on, my name, Gou An, will be written backwards.”
Gou Xun was too lazy to play along with her. “You want He Ran to stop? Tsk tsk, he said you guys were done just a second ago, why don’t you see if he will help you——”
Gou Xun was just talking.
He Ran really will help Gou An.
All his brothers have seen He Ran acting like a walking corpse these days. If Gou An called him now and asked him to jump into the sea—he would do it.
Gou Xun was just bluffing.
However, Gou An didn’t buy his trick at all. She said, “Don’t worry, I won’t call He Ran even if the earth explodes tomorrow,” and turned to walk out of the jewelry store.
Gou Xun stared at her back, watched her walk to the mall corridor, picked up her cell phone and make a second call.
… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
Dozens of kilometers away, on the top floor of the He Building.
He Jinxing’s phone, that had been quiet for an eternity, suddenly started shrieking as it lay on top of the desk, startling everyone in the office.
Chen Jinli, Gou Yu, Jiang Yi, and others, all turned their heads to stare at the man and the mobile phone in his hand.
They had been discussing matters intensely, so naturally everyone thought that He Jinxing—this workaholic—would hang up the phone; or answer the phone, get furious at the person on other end, and then hang up.
Unexpectedly, after he stared at the screen for a while, his face, which always had a hypocritical and gentle expression, showed hesitation for a moment, and then he picked up the call.
Instead of cursing, he made a ‘hmm’ sound through his nasal cavity to indicate that the other person could start talking.
In He’s office, the remaining people looked at each other in confusion as if they had seen a ghost.
Jiang Yi mouthed to Chen Jinli: ‘See, I told you!’
No one knew what was said on the other end of the phone. He Jinxing paused for a few seconds and chuckled.
“What’s up?”
…
“Oh.”
…
“That’s it?”
…
“Is this what I gave you my WeChat for?”
…
“Got it.”
After receiving the man’s simple promise, the other party hung up the call neatly. He Jinxing threw the phone back on the table and looked up to find three pairs of eyes staring at him intently.
He Jinxing: “…”
Turning to Gou Yu, the man said calmly with a blank expression, “Don’t look at me like that, it’s An’an.”
“An’an? Which An’an?”
“How many An’ans do you know?”
“Gou An? My daughter Gou An?! My daughter actually has your WeChat— No, why would my daughter call you on WeChat?!”
“Why did your daughter call you on WeChat just now?”
Gou Yu was bewildered, “To complain.”
He Jinxing smiled and answered Gou Yu’s previous question, “To complain.”
Gou Yu: “…”
This complaining little miss!
… …
Ten minutes later.
Inside the VE jewelry store.
Gou Xun’s phone screen, which had been turned off, lit up again.
Three messages popped up quickly in succession:
[HRAN: Great, my credit card has also been suspended.]
[HRAN: This is fucking awesome.]
[HRAN: I told you not to mess with her!]
From the Day the Engagement was Broken translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
T/N: Hahahahaha everyone has a barometer for Gou An’s temper.
‘To complain’ here isn’t like you don’t like your food or the weather is too hot. It’s going to your teacher/parent/boss and saying ‘I’m suffering injustice here and you must fix this for me!’ 😂
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Chapter 36.1 — I Didn’t Give You A Gift On Your First Birthday
Chapter 36.2 — I Didn’t Give You A Gift On Your First Birthday
Chapter 37.1 — She Can’t Be Quiet For Even 3 Seconds
Chapter 37.2 — She Can’t Be Quiet For Even 3 Seconds
Chapter 37.3 — She Can’t Be Quiet For Even 3 Seconds
Chapter 38.1 — Uncle Perky Butt
Chapter 38.2 — Uncle Perky Butt
Chapter 38.3 — Uncle Perky Butt
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