That night, in the lounge of Dihao Hotel in S City, Xia Wanwan stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the brightly lit city below, with the reflection of herself in a white cocktail dress on the huge glass window. The expression on Xia Wanwan's face was ambiguous.
Click.
The crisp sound of a door opening was heard, and in came her good friend Yao Qin.
"Wanwan, happy wedding!"
As Xia Wanwan turned around, a faint smile had already formed on her lips, "Thank you, but I have to correct you; for now, you can only wish me happy engagement."
"It'll be soon enough, isn't even the wedding date set?" Yao Qin spoke, and as if something occurred to her, her face took on a somewhat serious expression, "But really, Wanwan, are you… truly going to marry Gu Junhan?"
The question from her friend made Xia Wanwan pause for a moment. Before she could reply, the door to the room was pushed open again.
The person who entered was none other than the man at the center of the question.
Gu Junhan, in a black fitted suit, looked even more distinguished than usual. However, his face showed no hint of the joy that one might expect at his own engagement party that evening. Seeing Yao Qin, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
"Xia Wanwan, I need to talk to you."
Xia Wanwan quietly watched him, the faint smile still present, "The engagement party will start in half an hour. Whatever it is, let's talk after the party ends."
The calm smile on her face seemed to Gu Junhan an immense irony. What he hated the most was her ability to remain composed, no matter what happened.
As if she didn't care about anything, as if nothing could touch her.
This anger made him disregard Yao Qin in the room, and he threw an envelope down in front of Xia Wanwan, "Xia Wanwan, you've known all along, you know everything, yet you still insist on this engagement?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Xia Wanwan smiled at the envelope on the table without moving a muscle, because she knew too well what was inside.
Yao Qin, who was completely unprepared for the engaged couple to argue at this time, picked up the envelope in confusion.
The envelope was filled with photos of Gu Junhan and another woman. From their actions and expressions, their intimacy was unmistakable, making Yao Qin shockingly incredulous.
Not only because Gu Junhan was this close with another woman, but because the woman in the photos was Xia Wanwan's own younger sister, Xia An'an.
This twist in the plot was too melodramatic! Although Yao Qin had long known that Gu Junhan never liked Xia Wanwan, she had never imagined that he would get involved with his fiancée's own sister!
"I say, Gu Junhan! Have you got it all wrong? You cheat on your fiancée with her younger sister before the wedding, and you still have the nerve to come here and confront your bride-to-be?"
Yao Qin looked at Gu Junhan furiously, but he simply ignored her,
Gu Junhan scoffed, "Xia Wanwan, stop pretending. It's clear your name is on the return address of the envelope. What are you trying to say? Not only have you had someone follow me, you're also threatening An'an? You've known all along that I love An'an, and you're fully aware that we have mutual feelings for each other. Yet you persist in our engagement over and over again!"
He had thought she was just aloof and proud by nature, yet it never crossed his mind that Xia Wanwan could be someone who would arrogantly snatch someone else's love, and that person was her own sister who shared her bloodline!
The thought of the gentle Xia An'an fueled Gu Junhan's anger even more, "An'an is your sister. By sabotaging us, don't you feel that you're incredibly despicable?"
"Sabotage? I'm merely giving her a reminder."
A reminder not to covet what doesn't belong to her.
Xia Wanwan looked at Gu Junhan in front of her, her smile fading, "Besides, Junhan, aren't you misusing the word 'sabotage'? Our engagement was set sixteen years ago, when Xia An'an was only seven years old. Are you trying to tell me that you were already together with her back then?"
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Just as Gu Junhan was about to retort, Xia An'an entered in a pale pink cocktail dress, tugging at Gu Junhan with a troubled look, "Brother Junhan, don't say anything more, it's all my fault, has nothing to do with sister…" She then turned to Xia Wanwan with a guilty expression, "Sister, I'm sorry, don't be mad, your engagement party with Brother Junhan is about to start. I don't want you two to argue because of me... I... I already told Brother Junhan that we should break up yesterday..."
Yao Qin could barely stand it any longer, as Xia Wanwan's friend for many years. Although she did not understand why Xia Wanwan so disliked her own younger sister, she had never been fond of Xia An'an's coquettish demeanor. It was just dislike before, but today she finally understood why Xia Wanwan detested her so much!
"Of course it's your fault. It seems to me… the word 'sabotage' that Gu Junhan just used applies to you more accurately!"
She had never met a woman who played the innocent so well!
"Aqin, you go out first and wait for me." She didn't want Yao Qin to get involved in this matter, especially since the Yao Family had been looking to cooperate with the Gu Family, and once she and Gu Junhan got engaged, Old Master Gu would hand over the CEO position of Gu Family to Gu Junhan.
"Wanwan, I'll stay with you!" She knew of Xia Wanwan's concerns, but she didn't care at all! If Gu Junhan dared to bully her Wanwan, she'd have her father cancel the cooperation with the Gu Family!
"Trust me, I can handle it. After all, it's a matter between the three of us."