Chapter 375: Engagement Canceled

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

People came and went at the banquet. Almost everyone was chatting happily, but only Huo Xiuyuan, who had a cold expression on his face, looked out of place.

He originally wanted to look for Huo Hong, but he didn’t expect to be stopped by Jiang Weiyang, who had appeared out of nowhere.

“You won’t forget what we agreed on before, right?” Jiang Weiyang reminded him.

Huo Xiuyuan pursed his lips and pulled away from her. “What do you mean?”

He frowned in frustration, unwilling to be too close to Jiang Weiyang. He glanced around from the corner of his eye, afraid that Ruan Ying would misunderstand.

“This is a critical moment. Don’t come and cause trouble for me.” He tried to send Jiang Weiyang away.

However, Jiang Weiyang was unwilling. “You want to burn the bridge after crossing it?”

She was not in a hurry and only exposed Huo Xiuyuan’s thoughts with one sentence. A cold smile appeared on her face.

“You can’t blame me for the screw up previously. It’s your own problem. You owe me this time.” Jiang Weiyang didn’t intend to say anything else to him.

Even if Huo Xiuyuan changed his target and was about to get engaged to Ruan Ying, Jiang Weiyang didn’t care about this.

She only wanted Huo Yichen.

Jiang Weiyang had a firm goal. It could even be said that ever since she fell in love with Huo Yichen at first sight, she couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to anything else.

However, Huo Xiuyuan only felt a headache coming on. “Even if we want to create an opportunity, it’s not now.”

His expression softened slightly. He wanted to reason with Jiang Weiyang and delay this matter.

No matter what, it was most important for Huo Xiuyuan to settle the engagement first.

“Don’t think that I can’t tell that you want to leave things unsettled.” Jiang Weiyang refused to give up.

Although the previous incident did not affect the Jiang family much, it still affected her Big Brother. Jiang Weiyang originally wanted to look for Huo Xiuyuan and ask him to help her get close to Huo Yichen, so she couldn’t blame him.

However, Huo Xiuyuan didn’t have that intention at all. Jiang Weiyang laughed when she saw how he wanted to cut ties with her.

Since he didn’t want to help her, Jiang Weiyang didn’t intend to let Huo Xiuyuan off easy.

From the corner of her eye, she saw Ruan Ying gradually approaching behind Huo Xiuyuan. Suddenly, she smiled so brightly that it made Huo Xiuyuan uneasy.

“Miss Feng even said that she wanted you to take responsibility for her. 1 was wondering why you abandoned her for no reason. So, it’s because you found a better target—” Jiang Weiyang said casually.

Ruan Ying, who had just walked over, heard her clearly.

Huo Xiuyuan was confused. He didn’t understand why Jiang Weiyang suddenly changed the topic.

“Huo Xiuyuan.” Ruan Ying’s voice sounded from behind him. “You lied to me.”

Huo Xiuyuan instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn’t be bothered to look at Jiang Weiyang’s gloating smile and turned to explain himself to Ruan Ying.

However, Ruan Ying asked again, “You’ve pursued Murong Qiao before.”

“You…” Huo Xiuyuan’s voice was hoa.r.s.e.

He originally wanted to explain to Ruan Ying, but the other party had the initiative. Before he could figure out how Ruan Ying knew about this, he heard her ask again.

“You just couldn’t get her, so you came to woo me, right?”

Ruan Ying stared fixedly at Huo Xiuyuan. She didn’t miss the guilty look that flashed across Huo Xiuyuan’s eyes when she said this.

“Yingying, listen to my explanation. I was forced by my family to pursue Murong Qiao. I had no choice at that time…” Huo Xiuyuan’s explanation was really pale and powerless compared to the flash of guilt that’d appeared just now.

However, that was not what Ruan Ying wanted. When she heard Huo Xiuyuan admit that he had pursued Murong Qiao, she could no longer listen.

When he confessed to her previously, he had clearly said that he had only pursued her.

Ruan Ying interrupted him. “Stop talking. It’s all lies anyway. It’s meaningless.”

“I was only afraid that you’ll think too much, so I didn’t tell you.” Huo Xiuyuan looked vexed.

However, Ruan Ying couldn’t be bothered to listen to this. After confirming that his love was not as pure as she imagined, she decisively sobered up and turned to walk towards the microphone.

“Yingying—” Huo Xiuyuan wanted to ask her to stay, but his voice was drowned out by the crowd.

Ruan Ying took a few steps to the stage and held the microphone in her hand. She tried the microphone and spoke.

“I announce that my engagement to Huo Xiuyuan is canceled.”

A single stone stirred up a thousand ripples.

Almost everyone heard Ruan Ying’s words and turned to look at her in surprise.

It was unknown where Ruan Ying’s courage came from, but for the first time, she held the microphone and did something impulsive but did not regret it.

Huo Xiuyuan’s face turned green. He never expected Ruan Ying, who he thought was the easiest to control, to do such a thing.

The smile on Huo Hong’s face froze, and the light in his eyes darkened.

“This…”

The others looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

Ruan Ying’s actions could be said to have slapped the Huo Family’s face.

Then, Huo Xiuyuan felt everyone’s gaze on him. He had no choice but to stop running forward to pull Ruan Ying down.

The countless sharp and probing gazes seemed to be watching a good show. They seemed to have turned into knives that stabbed into him, making it difficult for Huo Xiuyuan to move.

He could only force his expression and watch Ruan Ying announce this decision from afar. Then, he endured the disappointed gazes from Huo Hong.

It was almost a sure win situation, but it was overturned.

Ruan Ying’s announcement immediately attracted Mother Ruan’s attention.

“Why aren’t you getting engaged suddenly?” Mother Ruan hurriedly walked over.

She first turned off the microphone before asking her daughter softly.

Ruan Ying pouted. “Huo Xiuyuan doesn’t really like me at all.”

She had just mustered her courage to show her strength, but she was defeated in front of her mother. Her eyes turned red like a rabbit’s.

In the end, she was still used to being spoiled. She had never suffered such grievances before.

Mother Ruan hugged her daughter and sighed silently from an angle that Ruan Ying could not see.

Although she had the intention of teaching her daughter a lesson, at this point, her heart still ached unavoidably.

But the commotion was not over yet.

It happened so suddenly that before Huo Xiuyuan could stop her, he heard Ruan Ying call off the engagement and was called over by Huo Hong.

Huo Xiuyuan wanted to absolve himself. “I—”

PA.

An extremely loud sound made the surroundings quieten down.

“Trash!” Huo Hong spat out coldly.

He retracted his hand and didn’t give Huo Xiuyuan another look. He turned around and left.

The burning pain on his face stunned Huo Xiuyuan. He watched Huo Hong leave in a daze. He didn’t expect him to slap him in front of everyone.

The engagement banquet suddenly came to its end. Those who stayed were people who were happy to see it.

Murong Qiao stood on the second floor and saw everything that happened. The smile on her face had never decreased.

Huo Yichen suddenly appeared from behind and stood beside her. “Why are you so happy?”

Huo Hong had left in a fit of anger, and Huo Yichen took advantage of the chaos to walk to Murong Qiao’s side.

“No, I just didn’t expect Ruan Ying to be so… strong?” Murong Qiao used an inappropriate a.n.a.logy.

Her initial impression of Ruan Ying was more inclined to her being a soft lamb. Even if she was deceived, she would only be angry with red eyes. She didn’t expect the other party to do such a thing.

However, it was also because of this that Murong Qiao admired Ruan Ying more.

As for Huo Xiuyuan’s slap, it satisfied Murong Qiao. After all, he had pestered her at school a few times previously. This could be considered a small revenge.

Huo Yichen chuckled. “Huo Xiuyuan will probably have to behave himself this time..”