The man’s whole body was burning hot, except for his lips, which were icy cold.

When that soft, cool touch first landed behind her ear, Gou An unconsciously curled up into a ball like a quail…

This honest yet awkward reaction caused the mountain pressing down on her to pause slightly, and before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, her chin was pinched and lifted up slightly.

She gasped briefly, her head turning to the side to avoid his kiss.

And so, his cool lips, carrying the scent of a man, barely brushed against the corner of her soft lips.

“Hmm, not even a kiss?”

He even had the nerve to laugh out loud, “I was rejected?”

The man’s voice was hoarse, as if it had rolled through sand.

The miss clutching his shirt looked up blankly, glancing at him with her wet eyes, seemingly confused as to why this man was saying such strange things again…

Who would dare to look down on him?

This was why they always said the villainous female supporting character was incredibly stupid; she was so easily fooled, and her head, which had been hanging low, suddenly lifted up on its own.

Looking at him with those eyes, it was hard for He Jinxing not to lower his head and kiss her eyelashes.

As she made unconscious ‘uh’ sounds and tried to back away because it tickled, a burning kiss landed firmly on the flawless, delicate white skin behind her ear.

Gou An’s hands, which had been loosely resting on the man’s shoulders, tightened instinctively and silently at the sudden attack.

The itchy and painful sensation, along with the familiar scent that constantly reminded her of who was doing this to her, made her heart pound like a thunderbolt; she felt like she was on the verge of drowning.

Just outside the door, the few people who couldn’t find others suddenly seemed to have a sense of direction. After a moment of silence, Ye Lang’s voice suddenly said, “There’s a small lounge here.”

He Ran: “Where? Oh, it’s here.”

He Yuan: “She should have gone back to her cabin to rest, why would she hide in this small lounge?”

“You don’t understand Gou An’s thought process,” He Ran said irritably. “What wouldn’t she do?”

The doorknob was turned from the outside, and almost simultaneously, He Jinxing felt the person in his arms, who had just softened into a ball, tense up instantly—

Meanwhile, the rough-looking nephew outside muttered “It’s locked too,” then started pounding on the door, calling out the name “Gou An” and asking if she was inside.

She was there.

Of course she was.

However, at the moment, she was shaking like a sieve in his arms.

He Jinxing has never had much empathy. He lowered his head, his lips brushing against the downy hair on the top of her head, like a gentle kiss. He patted the trembling back of the person in his arms and said, “An’an, they are calling you.”

There was no one in the world more wicked than him.

Although she was still wearing her dress, it was already damp and wrinkled from being rubbed on by his body.

“Should we pay attention to them? As long as you speak, He Yuan will come in… Don’t you trust him a lot?”

The tip of her nose and the corners of her eyes were slightly red from a series of unfamiliar touches, and there were still tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, tears that had been forced out physiologically but were nevertheless about to fall.

“That bodyguard is here too.”

While teasing her maliciously, He Jinxing’s actions were completely opposite as he kissed away that crystal-clear tear. His eyes were lowered, revealing a calm surface, but beneath his seemingly gentle words, there was a concealed turbulent undercurrent…

The people outside were still relentlessly banging on the door.

He clicked his tongue, finally starting to get a little annoyed by the boys’ stubbornness.

He scooped her up from her position half-lying in his arms. She gasped and sat awkwardly in his embrace, wrapping her arms around his neck and shoulders to steady herself. He then placed her on the only high-backed, single sofa in the room, pulled over the bodyguard’s suit jacket hanging in the corner, and draped it over her.

Suddenly everything went black, and Gou An instinctively struggled.

The next second, a large hand pressed her head down and pushed her back behind the sofa. “Hide well, don’t move.”

A moment after uttering those four words, He Jinxing opened the door to the lounge.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Just as He Ran was raising his foot to prepare for a physical explosion outside the door, the door suddenly opened, and he almost missed a step and stumbled, nearly falling to the ground!

“Who the hell is that?!”

He looked up, cursing, and saw the head of the He family staring at him expressionlessly from behind the door of the lounge—a person who shouldn’t have been there.

At this moment, an indescribable scent filled the air, and there was clearly another person on the sofa behind him.

Completely hidden by the bodyguard’s suit jacket, a soft strand of black curly hair cascaded down one end of the sofa. Apart from that, all they could see was her foot softly resting on the armrest at the other end of the sofa.

Slender and fair-skinned.

It gave people the illusion that if she turned her own foot any harder, she would break it.

“What’s all the noise about?”

He Jinxing’s current condition certainly wasn’t good; his hair was disheveled and his clothes were somewhat wrinkled. He still stood in the shadows of the doorway, and the boys standing outside couldn’t see his abdomen and below—

All that’s clear was that his pants were definitely unbuttoned, the waistband hanging loosely around his waist, revealing his defined abs.

Those impatient eyes and slightly furrowed brows indicated that this face had lost its usual gentle smile, and a dark, surging crimson color was hidden beneath them…

Everything indicated that his good thing had been interrupted.

“Young Uncle.”

For a moment, He Ran was so nervous that she didn’t know where to look. “What are you doing in Gou An’s lounge—”

“I drank that spiked drink,” He Jinxing said expressionlessly. “It’s something you could easily find out by asking around, so why are you all making such a fuss?”

His words stunned everyone standing outside the door.

“Miss Gou knows she made a mistake and has offered the use of her lounge to try and clean up the mess.” He paused. “Do I need to tell you how the mess is being cleaned up?”

… How else could it be?

Not to mention how many young men and women on this ship were waiting for He Jinxing’s favor, even finding a respectable sex worker wouldn’t be difficult.

He Ran’s gaze unconsciously drifted to the person on the sofa behind He Jinxing. Perhaps sensing his gaze, the foot was pulled back sharply.

The person almost completely disappeared under the oversized suit jacket.

“And what about Gou An?”

“How should I know? Why ask me if you can’t find someone? Haven’t I been bothered enough by you energetic brats all night?”

Since He Jinxing had already said so, who dared to utter another word? As a fellow man, they knew how irritating it was to be interrupted while doing certain things, not to mention the potent effects of the drug—

The people on the deck dared not say anything more. Apart from Ye Lang, who frowned slightly and glanced a few more times at the person who was well hidden by He Jinxing, the other two boys walked away immediately with their faces flushed.

The door to the lounge was slammed shut again.

In the darkness, the man listened intently as the previously chaotic footsteps gradually faded into the distance, and remained silent for a long time.

Then, a mocking, indifferent expression appeared on his lips as he gazed at the moonlight, which had returned to tranquility.

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

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A note from the Author:

This chapter—
Male lead: From wavering and about to retreat, to being pulled back and now determined to be with her forever.
Female lead: Responsible, just a responsible character. Don’t ask anything else.

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T/N: My bad, I was traveling with family and missed the weekend posting.

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