Night Fire Lingering

"Quick, oxygen masks!"

"Blood pressure monitor!"

"Get the hospital ready for surgery!"

……

Wen Yan was in a daze the whole way, constantly hearing the sounds around her, but her eyelids were too heavy to open.

She doesn't remember how she was taken away or when she arrived at the hospital.

When he finally regained full consciousness, he was already lying in a hospital bed.

"Yanyan!"

Luo Beiqing, who was guarding the bedside, noticed that Wen Yan had opened her eyes and stood up in surprise.

"How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you? You almost scared me to death!" Luo Beiqing said. "Your wound on your hand got infected, and you caught a chill, so you've had a fever for almost two days."

Wen Yan shook her head, her whole body ached.

She looked around.

Luo Beiqing immediately understood her intention and said, "Gu Yanci is in the next ward. His surgery was very successful. His leg will not be disabled. He had minor internal bleeding, but he is out of danger. He is in good health. He woke up once before you did."

Wen Yan opened her mouth.

Luo Beiqing immediately fetched some warm water and fed it to Wen Yan to moisten her throat.

"Thank you, Bei Qing." Wen Yan looked up, her eyes following Luo Bei Qing's movements. "Ever since my mother passed away, you've been the one to take care of me whenever I get injured."

Luo Beiqing laughed, exasperated, "Then you should take good care of yourself."

Recalling her injury, Wen Yan immediately said, "Zheng Wenguang kidnapped me."

“I know. He’s dead, blown to pieces.” Luo Beiqing’s face was grim. “The entire Zheng family is now apologizing to Old Master Gu, saying they know nothing about this.”

Wen Yan remained noncommittal.

The Zheng family might actually be unaware, but Wen Muzhi might not be!

"Where is Wen Muzhi?" Wen Yan asked.

“You should be kept in sight by Gu Yanci’s men.” Luo Beiqing sat down next to Wen Yan, scrutinizing him and exposing his strange behavior. “Why didn’t you ask about Gu Yanci after you woke up? He was the one who saved you single-handedly this time, and he even got injured because of you.”

Wen Yan lowered her eyes and remained silent for several seconds.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Luo Beiqing changed the subject and asked, "Do you want to go next door to see him?"

Wen Yan shook her head, then said to Luo Beiqing, "Beiqing, I have some guesses, but I'm not sure."

“If you’re not sure, you don’t have to tell me for now.” Luo Beiqing guessed it was about Gu Yanci. “However, Gu Yanci will probably come back to see you soon. He was stopped by Old Madam Gu this morning.”

Wen Yan looked down at the bandage that had been re-bandaged on her wrist, her voice somewhat indifferent: "Let him rest and recover properly, don't cause him any trouble."

The subtext is: don't come to see her anymore.

Luo Beiqing said that it might be impossible to stop them.

Wen Yan was already unconscious when she entered the hospital, but Gu Yanci was not. Despite the severity of her injury, he persevered until Wen Yan finished her examination and was diagnosed with only an external infection and fever, and that there was nothing seriously wrong, before cooperating with her to go into the operating room.

Doctors and nurses filed in to examine Wen Yan and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her; she just needed to rest.

When Gu Jinzhi came in, she saw Wen Yan sitting quietly on the hospital bed watching a boring West African documentary. A bunch of gibberish came from the TV, and she was actually watching it very attentively!

After the young girl came in and asked about Wen Yan's well-being, she began to observe Wen Yan's expression.

After hesitating several times, he couldn't help but ask Wen Yan, "Wen Yan, my brother seems to really like you, really! Why don't you not get a divorce?"

When Wen Yan heard "My brother probably likes you quite a bit," she felt nothing.

This information had passed through her mind countless times in the past few days.

Wen Yan asked, "Are you here again as a mediator?"

Gu Jinzhi gave him a look that said, "How do you know everything?" and then played the victim, saying, "I just feel sorry for my brother. He's lying in a hospital bed all alone with no one to comfort him. He's all alone."

Wen Yan wasn't fooled: "Your Gu family is large and prosperous, you're not short of people."

Nobody would believe that no one cared about Gu Yanci.

"But he just wants to see you!" Gu Jinzhi couldn't understand. "What exactly happened between you and him? Shouldn't it be a case of 'true love is revealed in times of trouble,' and all the past is wiped clean? What's that called, the 'effect'..."

"The suspension bridge effect," Wen Yan added.

At this moment, Gu Jinzhi truly felt a sense of powerlessness, thinking, "It's so good to be educated."

Wen Yan said, "Jinzhi, the suspension bridge effect is a psychological deception. You come from a wealthy family, so you should be wary of this kind of scumbag in the future."

Gu Jinzhi: "..."

No, how could her perfectly good third brother be a scumbag?

Luo Beiqing remained silent throughout. She knew Wen Yan well; Wen Yan's unwillingness to see Gu Yanci must mean that Gu Yanci had done something excessive.

Luo Beiqing had been working very hard taking care of Wen Yan, but after such an incident, she was hesitant to hire a caregiver. Wen Yan had to persuade her to go to the hotel next door to rest for the night.

As soon as Luo Beiqing left, there was a knock on the ward door.

Wen Yan ignored it, pretending not to hear it.

Less than a minute later, the ward door was opened from the outside.

"Young Madam, I... I had no choice..."

The maid pushed the wheelchair in, her face full of pain and dilemma.

Gu Yanci sat in a wheelchair, an IV drip still attached to his left hand, the drip hanging from the wheelchair's support. His face was still as pale as paper, but his phoenix eyes were dark and deep, showing no signs of weariness, staring straight at her.

Seeing this, Wen Yan instinctively walked over, but forcibly held back, gritting her teeth and saying, "You really are courting death!"

Gu Yanci glanced at the servant, who quickly slipped away from the ward.

"Wait!" Wen Yan called out to the maid, pointing at Gu Yanci, "Get him back to his bed!"

“I can lie on your bed,” Gu Yanci said to Wen Yan.

The maid stood there awkwardly: "..."

Young master, you and young mistress are getting a divorce. Listen to what you're saying! Is that even reasonable?!

Wen Yan gave the maid a look, instructing her to do as Gu Yanci said.

Anyway, she's going to be discharged from the hospital, so he can sleep all he wants!

Aside from the ever-present smell of disinfectant in the hospital, the bedding still carried Wen Yan's unique fragrance. Gu Yanci made no attempt to hide it, holding the blanket Wen Yan had used, and took a deep breath.

Wen Yan: “…” Gritting her teeth.

abnormal!

"Zhizhi, you're angry but still willing to see me?" Gu Yanci's eyes held a smile.

When Luo Beiqing was in the ward, let alone if someone wanted to visit Wen Yan, even if the Gu family sent in an extra bowl of nourishing soup, Luo Beiqing had to nod first.

Wen Yan told Luo Beiqing to go and rest, which was a tacit signal that she was willing to communicate with Gu Yanci.

"Shouldn't I be angry?" Wen Yan looked at the man again. "Gu Yanci, do you think I'm stupid? Is it fun to toy with me?"

The man stared at her without saying a word.

Neither deny nor defend.

He knew she was intelligent and would figure it out soon.

"I should have known better. The heir of the prestigious Gu family wouldn't leave himself no backup plan. If he doesn't have a cell phone, surely he has a GPS tracker?"