Chapter 9

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

An Ran buried her face in her mother’s embrace and forced out a few tears. She looked utterly heartbroken.

Her parents felt sorry for their daughter and kept consoling her.

Duan Qun had just got beaten up by An Ran’s father and slapped hard by An Ran. He looked comical and ridiculous. However, he still pretended to be remorseful and ran over to An Ran to explain.

An Ran had heard enough of Duan Qun’s nonsense, so she took out the contract that Duan Qun had signed that day from her bag.

“Duan Qun, you cheated, so I want to break off the engagement with you, and I won’t return the betrothal gift to you!”

When Duan Qun heard that his 200 million betrothal gift had gone down the drain, he seemed to have understood something, and his expression instantly became fierce and malicious.

From this moment, he could no longer care about his image. He shouted at An Ran with a ferocious look, “An Ran, you b*tch, how dare you set me up!”

“???” Everyone was shocked when Duan Qun lost his temper as he usually carried himself in a gentle and courteous manner.

Of course An Ran was not afraid of him, so she replied more forcefully, “Duan Qun, you’re the one who didn’t abide by the contract, and now you’re shouting like a mad dog.”

Duan Qun suddenly calmed down. Having realized that An Ran had schemed against him, he raised his hand and was about to hit An Ran.

“Thud!”

A black shadow flashed before her eyes, and someone was now holding An Ran in a protective embrace.

Huo Qing had kicked Duan Qun away, and now Duan Qun was moaning in pain while lying on the ground.

Before An Ran could understand what was going on, she heard a familiar voice.

“Are you courting death?!”

It was Huo Qing!

An Ran was stunned. Why was it him?!

Everyone else was shocked too. Why was President Huo Here?

“President Huo is here for the wedding? The An family sure is capable of having President Huo show up here personally.” Everyone was a lot more excited because of Huo Qing’s appearance.

The wedding drama was already exciting enough, and now they also had the chance to see the legendary President Huo at the wedding.

An Ran could not care about that now, as she had to break off the engagement first. She said to Duan Qun, who was lying on the ground, with a cold facial expression, “Duan Qun, you’ve embarrassed my family today, and worse, you fooled around with a servant. I must break off our engagement. Also, you’re the one who couldn’t control yourself and broke the contract. So, I won’t return the betrothal gift to you.”

Considering that there were so many people and he could not afford to offend Huo Qing, Duan Qun could only say to An Ran, “Just you wait!”

Duan Qun left in a comical manner. Huo Qing’s kick seemed quite strong…

Since the wedding had ended in such a manner before it had even begun, the guests started leaving after Duan Qun left.

Soon, An Ran, her parents, and Huo Qing were the only ones left in the venue.

An Ran’s father was also quite shocked by Huo Qing’s appearance today. Although he was very curious, he still said to Huo Qing respectfully, “President Huo, thank you very much for helping my daughter earlier. I’m very grateful for that.”

“You’re welcome, uncle.” Huo Qing replied to An Ran’s father with no emotion in his tone or any facial expression.

“Uncle”?!

An Ran suspected she might be hearing things. Huo Qing’s status was much higher than her family’s. Why was he so respectful to her parents?

Not to mention An Ran, even her parents suspected they might be hearing things.

An Ran thought Huo Qing might have come to the wedding because of the car crash. To avoid making her parents worry, An Ran asked them to wait in the car and told them she would explain later when she got home.

Only Huo Qing and An Ran were left now. It was a little awkward…

After all, it was a wedding venue, so there were beautiful decorations everywhere. Huo Qing had been wearing a suit in the first place. Whereas, An Ran had changed into a pretty outfit, even though she had come in a hurry.

Those who did not know what had happened would have thought that it was the two of them getting married today.

“Uh… Thank you for earlier.” In the end, it was An Ran who spoke first.

“Okay.”

…

Then it became awkward again.

After a while, Huo Qing said, “An Ran, have you not wanted to get married for some time?”

An Ran’s heart thumped. She wondered how he came to know about it.

“Why do you care if I want to get married or not? Also, how did you know I was here? Did you follow me?” An Ran did not answer. She even questioned Huo Qing to hide her panic.

Huo Qing could see that An Ran did not want to explain it to him, so he did not force her. He turned around and left.

“Hey…”

An Ran mumbled in fear and anger, “What kind of person are you? So what if you’re rich and powerful? Why bother pretending to be cold anyway…”

When she returned to the car, her parents were waiting for her.

An Ran’s father had noticed that she had changed when she had asked Duan Qun for the betrothal gift. However, he was still puzzled as to why she had changed.

Although he respected his daughter, she had changed too drastically. He could not help but say, “Ranran, didn’t you like Duan Qun before? You said that you would marry him no matter what.”

“Mom, Dad, that was the past. I’ve seen through him now. You don’t have to worry about me. I’ve already grown up.” An Ran leaned into her mother’s embrace after she said this.

Hearing this from An Ran, her parents were glad and did not say anything else.

“Sigh. Well, then.” Her father sighed.