Night Fire Lingering

Wen Yan rushed to the hospital, while Lou Qi stood outside smoking.

Where is Gu Yanci?

Lou Qi had just taken a drag of his cigarette when Wen Yan, unable to wait for him to speak, pushed open the ward door and went in.

There were one, two, three, four, five, six... people standing in a circle around the hospital bed, holding documents in their hands, seemingly giving a report.

Two of them were familiar faces to Wen Yan—the Marketing Director and Legal Director of the Gu Group.

"Ms. Wen?" The director of the legal department couldn't help but ask in surprise, and very considerately made room for Wen Yan to see Gu Yanci on the bed.

The man sat back on the hospital bed, looking very relaxed while working, with a detached expression. Even in a hospital gown, he couldn't hide his elite demeanor.

This doesn't look like someone who just fell and is about to die.

When Wen Yan was halfway there, she actually wondered if Lou Qi was lying to her.

Lou Qi's words are always a mixture of truth and falsehood.

However, even with such speculation, Wen Yan still returned.

Wen Yan turned her head to look back. Lou Qi, who had extinguished his cigarette, was leaning against the door frame, looking relaxed and with a slight smile on his lips.

"Sorry, I've gone to the wrong place. I'm sorry to bother you."

Wen Yan remained expressionless, turning to leave.

"Yan Yan!" Gu Yanci sat up straight.

"Ms. Wen!" The marketing director reacted quickly, stopping Wen Yan in a few steps. "No need to disturb us, no need to disturb us, we've just finished our report! We'll be leaving right away!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" the other executives echoed.

Lou Qi, not afraid of making things worse, added fuel to the fire, laughing and saying, "Sister-in-law, are you going back to continue your date?"

sister in law?!

One of the executives looked shocked and exchanged bewildered glances.

The woman that even the young master Lou calls "sister-in-law"... this law firm intern... is actually the president's legal wife?

What was the deal with Wen Muzhi before?

Wait, I shouldn't be thinking about Wen Muzhi now, what a sin!

The legal director glanced at Gu Yanci, and after receiving a signal from Gu Yanci, he quickly left with a group of senior executives.

"That intern, no, Miss Wen, really, is she with President Gu... ah?"

"What do you mean 'huh'? Didn't you see Young Master Lou's attitude?!"

"Holy crap! I've never yelled at her like that before, have I? No, right?"

"Could this be the respectable wife of a CEO? Mr. Gu seems to be wearing a ring on his ring finger..."

……

"Didn't expect Lou Qi to lie to you?" Gu Yanci smiled, feeling that this shouldn't be the case.

Wen Yan pursed her lips and remained silent.

She guessed it.

But it still came.

Wen Yan wanted to confront Lou Qi, but as soon as she stepped outside, the thief had already run away without a word.

She now deeply regrets having Lou Qi, that troublemaker, come and keep Gu Yanci company to pass the time!

"How was the meal?" Gu Yanci asked in a good mood, without mentioning that she had eaten with Jiang Huaixu.

Wen Yan rolled her eyes. "They left after eating only half of it, and they weren't even full!"

"That's perfect, have dinner with me."

Gu Yanci asked the caregiver to bring in dinner.

"I'm not hungry anymore." Wen Yan took a deep breath, not wanting to talk to him.

Gu Yanci wasn't angry at all; in fact, he was in a good mood and served her some soup.

Seeing that Wen Yan still ignored him, Gu Yanci spoke up: "Jiang Huaixu..."

Wen Yan looked at him.

Gu Yanci was unhappy.

Tsk, she reacted so strongly just by hearing Jiang Huaixu's name.

"Wen Yan, do you care about him that much?" Gu Yanci suppressed his sarcasm.

"Who?"

"Jianghuai Preface".

Wen Yan nodded subconsciously, but then felt that Gu Yanci's words were a bit strange.

She asked, puzzled, "Which one are you referring to as someone you care about?"

"You said you liked a senior before, and now that he asked you out, I ruined it. Aren't you disappointed?" Gu Yanci's question sounded increasingly sarcastic.

"Do not--"

Wen Yan wanted to say no, that Schrödinger's senior was not Jiang Huaixu at all.

However, this wasn't the first time Gu Yanci had linked Jiang Huaixu with the so-called "senior." She hadn't bothered to explain before, but now denying it seemed like she had deliberately lied before...

"I'm not telling you," Wen Yan snorted.

Gu Yanci raised his hand and gently stroked Wen Yan's cheek.

The movement was so gentle, yet it carried a hint of danger.

Wen Yan tried to back away, but the man grabbed her chin first, preventing her from moving away.

"What a pity." Gu Yanci leaned closer to her, chuckled softly, his voice low and tinged with a sinister undertone, "You're Mrs. Gu now, you don't have the chance to be picky anymore."

Wen Yan frowned, still wanting to back out.

This action only made Gu Yanci more unhappy. He quickly turned his hand, cupped the back of her head, and placed a kiss on her head.

Wen Yan was shocked and her eyes widened.

But she did not resist and let Gu Yanci do as he pleased.

He only reached out and pushed against Wen Yan's chest when she was having trouble breathing.

As Gu Yanci released her, he grasped Wen Yan's hand, examined it in his own hands to make sure he hadn't touched her injury, and then looked up at her.

Wen Yan saw that the man's eyes were dark and filled with greedy desire, as well as other hidden emotions.

"Why didn't it dodge? Why is it suddenly so obedient? Hmm?" In Gu Yanci's opinion, the cat shouldn't be this well-behaved.

Wen Yan steadied her breathing and met Gu Yanci's gaze: "Didn't you say you liked me? Aren't you happy to receive a little reward?"

like.

reward.

Each word is like a small hook, catching the tip of one's heart.

Gu Yanci was unaware that there was such a reward.

"Is this considered a reward?" Gu Yanci scoffed, dissatisfied. "Wen Zhizhi, what gave you the wrong impression that I was being so perfunctory?"

Wen Yan raised an eyebrow and retorted, "You let Lou Qi trick me into coming back, and I wasn't even angry with you. Isn't that a reward?"

The golden rays of the setting sun streamed through the French windows, enveloping Wen Yan in a soft, gentle glow, as if she were enveloped in boundless tenderness.

Gu Yanci chuckled, and his mood immediately improved.

"You knew we were lying to you, but you still came back."

"I forgot my brain when I went out today," Wen Yan scolded herself expressionlessly.

After she finished cursing, she noticed that Gu Yanci was still looking at her, his gaze intense, as if he could see right through her.

Just as Wen Yan was about to become angry and embarrassed, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a bright spot out of the corner of her eye.

"When...did you start wearing a ring?" Wen Yan's gaze fell on Gu Yanci's left ring finger, where there was a plain platinum men's ring.

Wen Yan also knew that the inner side of the ring was engraved with the initials of her name: WY.

These are their wedding rings.

"When are you going to put the wedding ring back on?" Gu Yanci always knew how to take the initiative.

Wen Yan subconsciously touched her smooth, bare ring finger, where she had worn a diamond ring for the past three years.

Wen Yan looked at him calmly: "Not for the time being."

Gu Yanci's expression stiffened slightly, and he felt a momentary panic.

"Ok?"

"You haven't been wearing it for the past three years, have you?"

When Wen Yan couldn't see him, Gu Yanci was always wearing his wedding ring on his hand.

During his year in the United States, the executives of the American branch all knew that the young master of the Gu family was married.