Night Fire Lingering

Wen Yan's hand froze in mid-air.

She looked up and met the man's gaze. Ruifeng's eyes held a hint of mockery. The man looked haggard and his lips were pale. His illness did not affect his good looks; on the contrary, it made people feel sorry for him.

Wen Yan took a deep breath, seemingly ignoring his words, and rolled up the man's trouser leg, but her hand was held down.

"Call the doctor," Gu Yanci said.

Wen Yan thought it made sense, so she turned around and pressed the call button.

A short while later, a group of medical staff filed in.

Gu Yanci added, "Zhou Qi brought breakfast, go get it."

Wen Yan said "Oh," assuming he was hungry, and walked out of the ward.

Outside.

The middle-aged men from the Gu family had already left. I don't know if they were sensible or if they wanted to cut their losses in time. Not getting a good night's rest is bad for both the mind and body.

In an instant, a thought flashed through Wen Yan's mind. Just as she was about to turn around and go back to the ward, she found that the ward door had already been closed.

Without hesitation, Wen Yan turned around and went straight into the room.

Gu Yanci was helped back to his hospital bed and his hospital pants were removed, exposing his left leg to the air. Also exposed to the air was the bloody bullet wound and the blood that kept gushing out, a gruesome and terrifying sight that was painful to look at.

"Mr. Gu, I told you before, you should ask someone to help you if you need to go to the toilet. How could you get out of bed by yourself?" The doctor said helplessly. "Look, your wound had finally started to heal a little, and now all that progress has been wasted! You also had internal bleeding, and I told you to rest in bed. Why did you sit on the sofa? How can this get better—"

The doctor was halfway through speaking when he realized that the disobedient patient wasn't listening at all; his attention was focused on... what was behind him?

Several doctors and nurses seemed to sense something and turned around at the same time, seeing Wen Yan who had walked in at some point, pursing her lips and frowning as she stared at Gu Yanci's injury.

Wen Yan's gaze sharpened, and upon closer inspection, she noticed a hint of red in her eyes.

"Gu Yanci, you deliberately sent me away." Wen Yan looked at Gu Yanci, not asking a question, but stating it, with a hint of accusation.

"I don't want to affect your appetite." Gu Yanci sighed silently.

He did want to get Wen Yan away, not wanting her to see his wounds, and even less wanting her to know that his injuries had worsened because of last night.

Wen Yan stopped talking and just watched as the doctor treated Gu Yanci's injuries.

After the doctor re-bandaged him, Wen Yan said, "Let's prepare a pair of shorts for him."

His wound was a few centimeters above his knee, and since he was wearing long pants, it would be difficult to detect if the wound reopened.

The doctor looked at Gu Yanci questioningly. They had originally intended to provide him with shorts and hospital gowns, but Gu Yanci refused—it would damage his image.

Wen Yan crossed her arms and said, "I'm his wife. He can either wear shorts or go bare-legged, it's fine either way."

Gu Yanci was amused by her adorable, somewhat arrogant demeanor, but felt a surge of joy in his heart.

five minutes later.

The disobedient patient put on a blue and white striped shorts hospital gown and had his daily dose of anti-inflammatory IV drip attached.

After the doctors and nurses left the ward, the ward instantly became spacious and quiet.

Wen Yan walked to the man's side, looked down at a certain part of his body, and her expression seemed to say: I touched your pants, why didn't you react?

Wen Yan thought to herself, but didn't say anything, her small face cold, clearly unhappy.

When they're unhappy, they start bringing up old grievances.

"Zhou Qi is outside, go and have breakfast first," Gu Yanci said to Wen Yan.

Wen Yan picked up her phone. "No need, I'm going home."

Daylight broke, the doctor had come, and Gu Yanci's fever had subsided, so there was no need for her to stay here any longer.

"Wen Yan!" Gu Yanci called out to her.

Wen Yan turned to look at him, giving him a "get to the point" look.

The man paused for two seconds, then spoke again, "Stay here."

Gu Yanci was a few years older than her and was intelligent and precocious. From childhood to adulthood, he had often spoken to her in a commanding or dictatorial tone. However, now, although it was still a command, there was a subtle, almost imperceptible plea in those four words.

He wanted her to stay.

Wen Yan glanced at him, then smiled slightly: "I'm a sleepwalker, and taking up Young Master Gu's bed would affect his recovery, so let's forget it!"

Gu Yanci's teasing remark turned out to be a self-inflicted wound.

They both knew perfectly well that the only reason Wen Yan would end up in the hospital bed was because Gu Yanci carried her there; there was no other possibility.

“I originally planned to sleep in the same bed as you,” Gu Yanci said helplessly, “but Zhizhi, you know, if we lie together, I won’t be able to resist.”

In the third year after Wen Yan and Gu Yanci got married, the two returned to China together. Whenever they lived together, Gu Yanci would want her every night. Her only day off was her period.

"Am I angry because we don't share a bed? You injured your leg, how can you still do this?" Wen Yan's voice was gentle, but with restrained anger. "Gu Yanci, you tested me the night after the explosion, playing with your own body, and you're still like this now?"

She was furious that he wasn't taking proper care of his injury!

Gu Yanci raised an eyebrow, seizing the key phrase: "Try it and you'll see."

"Know what?" Wen Yan asked, puzzled.

"Can I do it?"

"..."

Wen Yan really didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she turned and left.

Just as they were about to reach the ward door, the man behind them suddenly said:

"You refused my calls before because I got burned, so let's call it even this time?"

Can this matter be settled like this?

She doesn't need him to repay her like this!

Wen Yan was amused by his words and walked back: "So you've made me angry because of Wen Muzhi for the past few years, does that mean I can find a man to make you angry? Gu Yanci, that's what you call even!"

The man, who had been relaxed, suddenly froze.

Looking for a man?

Wen Yan doesn't need to go looking for men; she has plenty of men around her to provoke her. For example, Jiang Huaixu is just waiting for her.

What Wen Yan didn't know was that Jiang Huaixu had been coming to the hospital every day for the past few days, but he was stopped by Gu Yanci's people.

A phone call broke the deadlock.

Wen Yan glanced at the incoming call and answered it indifferently.

"Wen Yan, are you really going to be this cruel? If Mu Zhi really goes to jail, you'll still have the surname Wen, and it won't look good for you either!"

After Gu Yanci and Wen Yan were rescued, the Gu family immediately called the police. Wen Yan was taken away from downstairs at the hospital. Wen Muzhi had asked Wen Yan to go to the hospital, so Wen Muzhi was naturally also suspected and investigated. Wen Yan provided some more clues, and the police quickly identified Wen Muzhi as the suspect.

However, there are currently no direct clues to identify Wen Muzhi, so Wen Yan's attitude is very important.

"I thought you came to negotiate with me, but you've come to talk nonsense." Wen Yan's tone was cold and impatient. "If you don't have anything else I want to hear, I'm hanging up."

"Wait!" Wan Ying took a deep breath. "I want to talk to you in person!"

"I don't listen to news that isn't worthwhile."

"About your mother, Nan Yun."