Chapter 2: We Are Not Compatible, Let’s Cancel the Engagement

“Dad, Mom, Uncle Gu, Aunt Qin.”

Suddenly, Qiao Shuyi’s voice rang out, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.

“Shuyi?”

“Let’s cancel the engagement.” Qiao Shuyi walked forward slowly, speaking each word distinctly.

Her expression was calm, but her voice was exceptionally clear and firm.

Everyone was stunned.

Qin Shuang was the first to recover. She stepped forward, affectionately taking Qiao Shuyi’s hand, and said softly, “Shuyi, don’t worry. We’ve already sent someone out to look for Linchuan. We should have news soon.”

Qiao Shuyi smiled politely at her, withdrawing her hand subtly. “Aunt Qin, I’m not in a hurry.”

Qin Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, just as she was about to speak again, she heard Qiao Shuyi say, “But I’ve thought it through. Gu Linchuan and I are not compatible. It’s a good thing he’s absent from today’s engagement party. We might as well just cancel it.”

The room fell silent for a moment.

“Shuyi, don’t say things you don’t mean. When that stinky boy comes back, I’ll definitely give him a good scolding and make him kneel down and apologize to you!”

The speaker was Gu Linchuan’s father, Gu Mingcheng. Like Qin Shuang，he thought Qiao Shuyi was just angry about Gu Linchuan’s sudden disappearance and was just saying things out of anger.

Qiao Shuyi didn’t bother explaining to them. She raised her eyes to look at her parents, Qiao Jianye and Tang Jingwan, “Dad, Mom, let’s cancel the engagement.”

“Shuyi…” Tang Jingwan’s gaze hesitated, her expression seemed to want to say something.

In contrast, Qiao Jianye’s reaction was much more composed. He didn’t say much, but simply asked, “Shuyi, have you thought this through?”

“Yes.” Qiao Shuyi nodded seriously.

“Alright.”

Soon, Qiao Jianye took Tang Jingwan downstairs to announce the cancellation of the engagement. Gu Mingcheng and Qin Shuang tried to stop them, but to no avail. They could only follow them downstairs.

The spacious lounge was soon left with only Qiao Shuyi.

She slowly sat back on the sofa, and the man’s handsome and indifferent face involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

She didn’t expect that the man who had always been aloof and distant would rush into the fire to save her at the last minute.

How did he know that Gu Linchuan would set fire to kill her?

She was already dead, so what about him? Was he saved?

Or did he, like her, die in the fire…

At the thought of this possibility, Qiao Shuyi felt her heart uncontrollably ache.

In her previous life, her eyes were filled with Gu Linchuan, her childhood sweetheart she had been in love with for years, and she ignored the affections of other men.

Among them was Sheng Yu.

However, compared to others, his love was hidden and heavy.

Just when he finally gathered the courage to confess his feelings to her, he was met with her rejection and avoidance.

Yet, it was this man who was rejected by her who risked his life to save her from the fire.

She didn’t understand what he was thinking.

She also didn’t understand how she deserved such…

“Knock, knock!”

The door of the lounge was suddenly knocked on.

Before Qiao Shuyi could speak, the door was pushed open from the outside.

A familiar and beautiful face appeared at the entrance: “Qiao Qiao, I heard from Aunt Tang that the engagement is cancelled. What happened?”

Seeing the person, Qiao Shuyi was stunned.

Sheng Tang.

Her best friend, and also… Sheng Yu’s sister.

From junior high school, their relationship had always been very good.

They were so good that they had slept in the same bed, covered themselves with the same quilt, drank the same cup of milk tea, tore the scumbag apart for each other, punched the green tea girl, and knew all of each other’s experiences and secrets.

They could have been best friends for life, but because she insisted on being with Gu Linchuan, the two of them gradually drifted apart…

Even so, when she married Gu Linchuan, Sheng Tang still came and brought her a heavy gift.

During the wedding procession, she even stood in front of Gu Linchuan, warning him with a bad tone: “Gu Linchuan, treat Qiao Qiao well. If you dare do anything wrong to her, I will definitely not let you off!”

Gu Linchuan, dressed as a groom, smiled and nodded, saying yes.

But who would have thought that on the night of their wedding, she was burned alive by Gu Linchuan in their newlywed villa.

If she knew about her death, she would be very, very sad.

This girl, always tough-mouthed but soft-hearted, I don’t know how she would cry…

Coming back to her senses, Qiao Shuyi smiled at Sheng Tang: “It’s nothing major. Gu Linchuan can’t be found, so the engagement can only be cancelled for now.”

“He’s crazy?!”

Sheng Tang couldn’t believe it: “On such an important day, where did he go? What could be more important than your engagement?!”

Before Qiao Shuyi could speak, Sheng Tang suddenly thought of something and said with certainty: “Is it related to that little girl from his elementary school again?”

Qiao Shuyi thought for a moment and nodded: “It should be, unless something unexpected happens.”

“I knew it! This bastard! I’ll make him pay!”

“It doesn’t matter anymore. I don’t want to get engaged to him anyway.” Qiao Shuyi smiled and reached out to pinch her cheek, silently sighing in her heart, “So tender.”

“Really? Didn’t you seem very happy this morning? You even said… From tomorrow, I’ll be Linchuan’s fiancée~”

Sheng Tang deliberately put on a high-pitched voice, imitating her tone from this morning, and couldn’t help but “yue” after finishing.

“…”

Qiao Shuyi was silent for a moment;

Was she that disgusting before?

“Tangtang.”

Qiao Shuyi suddenly said, her voice a little dry: “Your brother… is he doing okay lately?”

“He’s doing fine. But he’s on a business trip abroad. I haven’t seen him for a few days either.” Sheng Tang casually said: “Why? Why are you suddenly concerned about my brother?”

“Nothing. I didn’t see him today, so I thought you guys would come together.”

“He hasn’t come back yet.”

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