Chapter 4: Engagement Canceled

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Realizing that the Xu Family had tricked her into coming back, Xu Lan left angrily.

Just as she reached the corridor, someone grabbed her wrist from behind and pulled her back into an embrace. She then slammed into the wall.

Before she could get a better look, Yan Si had braced her against the wall, holding her protectively in his embrace.

Xu Lan looked up. He grabbed her chin and kissed her.

Without any warning, she was completely caught off guard.

Xu Lan struggled and punched him. However, this man did not care about his image at all in front of everyone. Instead, he kissed her passionately. From the light kiss at the start, he forcefully pried open her mouth. His tongue was like a small snake as it entered her mouth.

After a while, Xu Lan could no longer hold her breath. Just as she was about to suffocate, he finally let her go.

However, she slapped him hard.

“Shameless hooligan!”

Although her first kiss had been stolen long ago, that time had been an accident, and she had only saved him out of goodwill. But now, he had repeated the same mistake and pushed his luck again.

Yan Si tilted his face. After a moment, he slowly turned around and smiled instead of being angry. At the same time, he withdrew his arm from the wall and stood up straight. With one hand in his pocket, he thought for a moment before extending his hand toward her.

Xu Lan had just let her guard down, and she asked suspiciously again, “What are you doing?”

Looking at her expression, a wicked smile appeared on his cold face. “Little girl, that’s not something you can play with.”

Xu Lan saw his sloppy appearance and looked seriously at him. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

She had never thought of returning that gun!

Xu Lan did not want to stay any longer. She pushed him away and strode away.

Yan Si was about to go after her when his phone rang.

…

When Xu Lan returned home, she found out that her engagement with the Yan Family had been canceled.

As soon as she stepped onto the porch, she felt the heavy presence inside the house.

She just walked past the hallway, when Father Xu, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, called out, “Xu Lan!”

Xu Lan turned sideways and looked at him. She also glanced at Li Meixiang and her daughter, who were both sitting on the sofa.

“The Yan Family has canceled the engagement because of you!”

Xu Yan suddenly roared at her.

Xu Lan looked at her coldly in disdain. She took two steps toward them and said calmly, “The engagement is your business. I only helped you because of my grandmother. Now that the other party has canceled the engagement, it has nothing to do with me.”

“Why isn’t it because of you?”

Father Xu interrupted.

Xu Lan looked away. The last trace of warmth was gone.

Her father did not have any good intentions in bringing her back. He was ridiculously biased.

“If you hadn’t left at the last minute, why would Yan Si leave? Why would the Yan Family say that there’s something wrong with the Xu Family?”

“Ha!”

Xu Lan was amused by Father Xu’s unreasonable explanation. Just as she was about to explain herself, Li Meixiang’s slightly sobbing voice sounded, “As an elder sister, not only did you not think for your younger sister, you even wanted to ruin her marriage. I originally wanted to tell your father that after Yan’er’s matter is settled, I’ll find you a suitable husband. But I never expected that you…”

At the end of her sentence, she almost could not continue. That aggrieved look on her face made people want to rush over and smash Xu Lan’s head.

Xu Lan glared at him. After enduring for a while, she turned to Father Xu.

“If it’s really hers, no one can take it away. Since it has been canceled, you should find the reason yourself. Don’t push everything onto others. Trash!”

With that, she turned around swiftly and went upstairs.

“You!”

Father Xu angrily covered his chest and sat down on the sofa.

Xu Yan glared at the figure at the end of the stairs and gritted her teeth. “How dare she call me trash? I think she’s tired of living!”

As Father Xu listened, he lifted his head slightly. He thought it was just to relieve some of her anger, so he did not take it seriously.

However, that night, Xu Yan sneaked into Xu Lan’s bedroom and wanted to strangle her to death. Unexpectedly, she was too weak. Xu Lan struggled free and kicked her off the bed. Her head hit the corner of the bedside cabinet and blood flowed out instantly.

“Ah!”

Her scream woke the entire Xu Family up.

Xu Lan turned on the light and looked at Xu Yan, whose face was covered in blood. She endured the discomfort and sat up calmly.

At that moment, Father Xu and Li Meixiang rushed in. When they saw the injured Xu Yan, their hearts ached.

“What’s going on…”

As soon as Li Meixiang spoke, she did not even look at Xu Lan. She quickly helped Xu Yan up and Father Xu took care of her as they left the room.

Everyone treated her as if she did not exist.

Xu Lan went to the balcony and saw an ambulance parked downstairs.

Seeing the Xu Family busying themselves with Xu Yan, her heart turned cold.

She had thought that her father, who was still alive, would be her only support in this world. Unexpectedly, ever since she stepped into this family, she had not felt any warmth from her family.