God of Racing

Chapter 514 - 501

In the hospital.

An Zihao is out of the danger period and has been moved from the intensive care unit to a regular ward.

Since there is still a need for rehearsal before the formal Cowes show, Yu Sangwan has been quite busy these past few days. But no matter how busy she is, she goes to the hospital every day. After all, her father and An Zihao are both here. Is there any reason for her not to come?

Mrs. An’s emotions have slightly stabilized, but she still looks haggard and sorrowful.

Seeing Yu Sangwan, her gaze is full of pity.

"Wanwan is here."

Yu Sangwan knows what she means. With An Zihao like this, perhaps in the future... Mrs. An hopes she can stay by her son’s side!

"Auntie." Yu Sangwan nods and takes the towel from Mrs. An’s hand, "Let me do it."

"You..." Mrs. An is slightly surprised, "It’s better if I do it, you are a young girl."

"It’s okay." Yu Sangwan says to reassure her and make herself feel better, "Auntie, Zi Hao’s injury happened because of me, I won’t just leave him."

As expected, Mrs. An sighs in relief after hearing this, "Ah... that’s good, that’s good. Auntie knows, you are a good girl."

Yu Sangwan uses the towel to wipe An Zihao’s body. He hasn’t woken up yet. But the doctor said it’s not an issue, there is hope that An Zihao will wake up. However, his lower body... it may never stand up again.

With him injured so badly, Yu Sangwan cannot forgive herself. If An Zihao wakes up and needs her, she can’t think of any way to refuse.

In life, one should not owe others, right?

...

Although the Cowes show has its investors, because it is held in Donghua, the Lu Family gave face to the Gong Family and undertook the entire event.

The venue was also provided by Donghua, located at the Holiday Hotel.

These past few days, Yu Sangwan has been rehearsing in this place. The model she was wearing now is a replica, the genuine piece, which is invaluable, would only be brought out for the actual show.

During a break, the makeup artist was doing touch-ups for Yu Sangwan.

"Vivian."

"Vivian."

As greetings echoed warmly ahead, Yu Sangwan heard them and looked up. The name was familiar to her, having worn her ears out over the past few days... It was none other than the Cowes chief jewelry designer and founder.

Mrs. Gong smiled warmly, with very elegant demeanor.

Unlike Mrs. Lu’s overwhelming nobility, she appeared particularly gentle and easily approachable.

"Hello everyone, you’ve all worked hard..." Mrs. Gong’s voice was as gentle as her appearance, "I’ve ordered some food and drinks, they will be delivered soon. Busy as you are, remember to take care of your health!"

Yu Sangwan watched her from a distance, gaining more admiration for her humble nature.

Mrs. Gong slowly walked over, accompanied by her manager, pointing at Yu Sangwan, "This is Yu Sangwan, she will be wearing your latest creation on the runway."

"Oh?" Mrs. Gong shifted her gaze over, briefly scanning Yu Sangwan’s features, and then focused on her neck and wrists, nodding with satisfaction, "Hmm, very nice... this young girl has a natural frame for jewelry."

Yu Sangwan’s heartbeat quickened as she smiled modestly, "Thank you, you flatter me."

Mrs. Gong smiled lightly, "Don’t be nervous. On the day of the show, just treat the genuine pieces as replicas, apart from being slightly heavier... there’s no difference."

"Hehe..."

"Haha."

Everyone laughed, and Yu Sangwan also laughed. This Vivian was indeed amiable.

Suddenly, Mrs. Gong stopped smiling, taking a longer look at Yu Sangwan. "What’s your name?"

"Uh..." Yu Sangwan hurriedly responded, "I’m Yu Sangwan."

"Yu Sangwan?" Mrs. Gong repeated with a smile, "Late yet still beautiful... a good name. I suppose your parents cherish you very much."

"..." Yu Sangwan’s smile stiffened, is that so?

For some reason, when Mrs. Gong saw Yu Sangwan, she seemed to have many emotions.

"When I was young, who hasn’t gone through hardships? Although you’re just modeling today, who can say what the future holds?"

Yu Sangwan was slightly startled and couldn’t help but ask, "Did you also endure many hardships in your youth?"

"..." Mrs. Gong’s eyes grew dim as she smoothed her hair, "Yes. When I was young, I was only a design assistant. My designs were seen as worthless by those masters. I could only DIY some things, giving them..."

She paused suddenly, looking a bit lost before continuing, "Giving them to my family to play with."

"...Oh." Yu Sangwan didn’t know how to respond, gazing blankly.

Mrs. Gong, however, laughed, "Even though it’s the first time meeting you, I feel a connection with you. So..."

Mrs. Gong twisted her wrist, slid off a thin bracelet, and handed it to Yu Sangwan, "I made this myself, it’s for you."

"Ah!" Yu Sangwan was startled, quickly shaking her head to refuse, "No, it’s too valuable."

"Ah." Mrs. Gong laughed, "Child, it’s just ordinary material, take it... you might as well have it."

She looked Yu Sangwan up and down, "I’m counting on you to make my jewelry shine during the show!"

With that said, Yu Sangwan couldn’t refuse anymore. She bent slightly and solemnly accepted it, "Then I’ll accept it, thank you."

"Mm." Mrs. Gong smiled, giving her a final look, "Prepare well, I look forward to you dazzling the entire audience!"

"...Yes." Yu Sangwan held the bracelet and watched Mrs. Gong leave.

The bracelet in her palm was indeed made of ordinary material. Pure silver, not even pure gold. The style was simple, somewhat like intertwining petals and leaves...what petals and leaves? Yu Sangwan couldn’t tell, she didn’t recognize them.

However, since it was handmade by Vivian, with ’Vivian Handmade’ engraved inside, its value naturally was different.

After the rehearsal, as she stepped out the door, she happened to run into Mrs. Gong again.

Yu Sangwan instinctively took two steps back, because this time, Mrs. Gong wasn’t alone. Accompanying her were Gong Xueyan and... Lu Jinxuan.

Why were they together? Although Lu Jinxuan still seemed indifferent, just having him patiently waiting alongside...was quite a rare occurrence.

Not wanting any conflict with them, Yu Sangwan hid in a corner, intending to leave once they were far away.

Gong Xueyan hugged Mrs. Gong’s arm, "Mom, this brooch looks nice."

"Really?" Mrs. Gong smiled, "This style is a bit old-fashioned. I’ll design one that’s suitable for you later."

She remembered something and looked at Lu Jinxuan, "By the way, Jinxuan... Your birthday is coming up, do you want anything as a gift? I’m here for a while and haven’t given you a meeting gift yet, it’s just right."

Birthday gift? Lu Jinxuan wasn’t very interested. "Mrs. Gong, it’s not necessary..."

"Hey." Gong Xueyan hurriedly interrupted him, "What do you mean not necessary? Jinxuan, let me tell you, it’s not easy to get my mom to make a gift herself. Mom, I’ll choose for him... Men’s cufflinks, cufflinks are the most suitable."

Mrs. Gong felt her daughter’s temper was too strong, tugged her, "Xueyan, you can’t do this, you should ask Jinxuan’s opinion first."

"Jinxuan... Don’t mind her, Xueyan is still young and doesn’t understand."

Still young? Doesn’t understand? Lu Jinxuan obviously found such reasoning hard to accept; could she be younger than Yu Sangwan?

"Well then, thank you, Mrs. Gong." Lu Jinxuan was indifferent, he agreed casually.

Mrs. Gong’s phone rang, she took a look, "I need to take a call, wait for me here."

"Okay."

As soon as Mrs. Gong walked away, the faint hint of Lu Jinxuan’s perfunctory attitude vanished completely.

"What do you mean?" Gong Xueyan complained, "Do you have to change your attitude so quickly?"

Lu Jinxuan seemed jokingly indifferent, "You asked for it."

"What?" Gong Xueyan was puzzled. "Lu Jinxuan, since you are placating my mother, that implies agreement to the engagement, doesn’t it? Thus, I am your fiancée! How did I ask for it?"

"Ha!" Lu Jinxuan sneered, "So, the family alliance always had its own objectives, didn’t you object initially because you fancied me?"

"..."

Initially, that wasn’t the case, but how could Gong Xueyan admit that? She raised her chin, "Yes! I do fancy you!"

"Tch." Lu Jinxuan showed disdain, step by step forcing Gong Xueyan against a pillar.

His tall figure completely overshadowed Gong Xueyan; it was a pose that would surely make a woman’s heart race and blush. Unfortunately, Lu Jinxuan himself was unaware.

Gong Xueyan’s face turned red, she stammered, "Wh-what do you want?"

"What do you think I want?" Lu Jinxuan slanted his lips into a smile, leaning down close to her ear as if intimating, but his words were venomous, "Don’t be nervous, I have absolutely no interest in you...rest assured, you will be Lu Jinxuan’s fiancée, but you need to have the awareness of maintaining a widow’s chastity!"

This was undeniably a severe humiliation!

Gong Xueyan’s face turned as white as a sheet, she raised her hand to hit him but was instantly restrained.

"Want to hit me? That’s laughable..."

From a distance, they seemed like a pair of lovers, flirting without a care for others.

Yu Sangwan felt profoundly embarrassed, though more was the unspeakable feeling... Although she was unwilling to admit it, she felt sad. Turns out, forgetting an ex-boyfriend wasn’t as simple as imagined.

"Yu Sangwan!"

Ironically, someone was calling her name.

Yu Sangwan had no place to hide, she had no choice but to turn around with a smile, "Hello."

It was a photographer she worked with—a young, trendy man.

"Why haven’t you left yet? I saw you come out a while ago!" The photographer smiled, "Leaving or not?"

Yu Sangwan already sensed the gaze aimed at her, she had to steel herself, "I’m going."

"Let’s go together!"

"Sure."

Lu Jinxuan’s face immediately turned cold, this girl had completely given up... Forgetting her ex-boyfriend, moving on, she really was adept!

His heart was filled with indescribable irritation, he released Gong Xueyan and pulled out his phone, "Hello, are you home? Wait, I’m coming over soon."

These words were heard clearly by both Gong Xueyan and Yu Sangwan. He did it intentionally!

Yu Sangwan merely lowered her head and quickened her steps to leave.

What attitude was that? Lu Jinxuan was utterly vexed, he stepped forward to leave.

"Where are you going?" Gong Xueyan grabbed him, "You’re not allowed to go to Mu Qinglan’s place, today you need to accompany my mom!"

Lu Jinxuan glanced at her, "Move aside, don’t provoke me! I don’t feel like accommodating right now!"

He briskly bypassed Gong Xueyan and descended the steps urgently, but Yu Sangwan had already walked far away.