Fifteen minutes ago.

In the mall corridor, staring at the colorful balloons decorating the mall’s ceiling, Miss Gou felt that she was probably the most nervous person in the world at the moment.

“Hmm.”

The moment the phone was picked up, the monosyllable coming from the other end made her mind go completely blank.

To be honest, her brain, which had been overwhelmed by anger, seemed to have just begun working again with great difficulty. Then, it was as if someone was banging drums and gongs in her ears, reminding her in explosive terms: Congratulations, you called He Jinxing out of madness, and what’s even crazier is that he actually answered the phone!!

Damn it.

Gou An moved her lips, and found that she seemed to have lost her voice—

Although she was no longer as scared of the King of Hell as she had been when she first awakened, it did not mean that she had the courage to bother him with these trivial and childish things and make him hate her again.

She didn’t know how to start making such an outrageous request.

As for her silence, the person on the other end of the phone seemed surprisingly patient, playing the mute game with her while holding the phone.

Gou An even had auditory hallucinations, as if she heard a man’s gentle breathing coming from the phone.

After a few seconds, the other party seemed to have finally lost his patience.

“What’s up?”

She swallowed hard, and in the chaos of her brain exploding, she finally found her voice.

“Young Uncle, when you gave me your phone number last time, you said I could come to you if I ran into any trouble again.”

Start by morally blackmailing the person.

Perhaps sensing her excessive nervousness, the person on the other end of the line paused briefly, then chuckled with an ambiguous tone, followed by a noncommittal response, “Oh.”

……………… What the hell is this ‘Oh’!?

Gou An was complaining madly in her heart, but she didn’t dare to actually say a single word of complaint. She gripped the phone tightly in her hand.

“I’m in real trouble right now. To be honest, your nephew and my brother are trying to piss me off at VE Jewelry. I won’t go into details, and I don’t think you should bother listening. Anyway, could you please call the bank and temporarily suspend your nephew’s credit card? I know this sounds like something only someone with brainstem damage would suggest, but this is really the only solution I have… Just suspend it until after the coming-of-age ceremony next week, okay?”

Gou An thought for a moment and added:

“It’s only a few days. He won’t starve to death.”

She said it in one breath and almost bit her tongue in the process.

She was extremely nervous, but she didn’t expect the other party to reply with just two words.

“That’s it?”

“…” Gou An could only repeat dryly, “Yes, that’s it.”

“Is this what I gave you WeChat for?”

What’s wrong with this? Do I have to wait until the last second just before the ventilator tube is taken out in the ICU to call you to tell you my last words?

The main thing was that she probably wouldn’t have anything good to say to him before she died.

… She couldn’t think of any polite answer, so she just kept silent.

However, responding in silence didn’t seem to be a bad option at this time. Gou An didn’t know if He Jinxing on the other end of the phone laughed again. Anyway, after a while, the man phone agreed without hesitation.

“Got it.”

He still used the same nonchalant tone as when he answered the phone.

About ten minutes after hanging up the phone, Gou An sighed and returned to the store. 

As she was nervously wondering if He Jinxing was only trying to fool her and had actually forgotten what he promised her after putting the phone aside, Gou Xun looked at Gou An blankly and asked, “Who did you call to suspend He Ran’s card?”

“…”

Gou An found it difficult to control the corners of her lips from curling up.

At this moment, she has regained her arrogance.

Miss Gou raised her chin at her stupid brother who looked incredulous. “I warned you long ago not to follow me and not to provoke me, or I wouldn’t just ignore you. Why didn’t you listen?”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In fact, if this was a cool story about a female supporting character who traveled into a book and made an awesome comeback, Gou An should have swiped her card as a matter of course and taken away this set of new jewelry that originally belonged to the heroine of the original book. 

Besides, Gou An had really liked the design concept of this season.

Note: had.

Holding her chin up, she suddenly felt bored with the jewelry that she had admired so much a mere half an hour ago.

It was never her intention to steal Lu Wan’s things.

It was just that what she wanted, Lu Wan could get without any effort.

Unfortunately, when she seemed to have won a war and the spoils of victory were right in front of her, she no longer wanted them.

After Miss Gou caused such a commotion, she simply sat quietly by the side, waiting for Zhou Yutong and Tang Xinjiu to come find her. After the three of them reunited, she said calmly with an impeccable smile, “There’s nothing I particularly like. Let’s go look elsewhere.”

Under the blank gaze of Lu Wan and Gou Xun, Gou An straightened her back, raised her chin slightly, and prepared to walk out of the jewelry store. However, at this moment, a salesperson suddenly ran up from behind, grabbed Gou An’s hand, and whispered something in her ear.

Gou An was stopped by this sales lady.

When she turned back, the sales lady grabbed her hand and complained, “Why didn’t you tell me that you ordered haute couture from us? Our supervisor just told me that the item you wanted has been delivered. 

“Come inside and take a look— Wow, this is so exciting! This is my first time seeing a co-branded haute couture item, too.”

The so-called ‘inside’ was the VIP room, a small, well-appointed lounge on the side of the store. It was a place that only customers who buy millions of yuan worth of items each year or come to pick up exclusive high-end jewelry were eligible to enter.

Gou An has never been inside this lounge either and was led inside, completely bewildered. 

She didn’t even have time to react and refute: I don’t have the money to buy a co-branded high-end fashion item, you must have made a mistake.

Until the item was placed in front of her on a dark blue velvet tray.

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

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T/N: My translation work, Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You, is ending so I picked up a new translation work: Pearls and Jade Beside Me in the 80s.

Rebirth. Set in the 1980s. FL sees her husband cheating on her and somehow goes back in time. This time around, under the marriage agreement of the two families, she chooses her ex-husband’s uncle instead. 

Despite the dog-blood summary, it’s very good work. The love is epic; the career super interesting. Antique hunting. Porcelain, Jade, Bronze. Archeology. It’s a great way to peek into China’s different eras through the treasures they created. Check out the first chapter HERE.

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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