Night Fire Lingering

Gu Yanci's voice suddenly turned cold, as if he was trying his best to suppress something.

Even though he was expressionless, he still exuded such a powerful aura that people dared not look him in the eye.

But Wen Yan wasn't afraid of him.

She tilted her head and chuckled, "What, is Mr. Gu so domineering that he won't allow the contractor's employees to seek medical treatment? Or is he forbidding his current wife from seeking medical treatment?"

Gu Yanci took a deep breath and, out of consideration for her injury, controlled his emotions.

"Wen Yan, I'll take you to see the best doctor." Gu Yanci felt a little flustered and added, "Let's go now."

Wen Yan took a step back and shook her head: "Gu Yanci, don't you understand? From the moment you chose to hold onto Wen Muzhi, I decided not to go with you anymore."

Just like you chose to pull up your pants and leave to take care of Wen Muzhi, I chose to divorce you!

Wen Yan's extremely disappointed expression stung Gu Yanci's eyes, and he felt a suffocating pain in his heart.

Gu Yanci wanted to explain that Wen Yan happened to be in his blind spot, which was why he was only focused on protecting Wen Muzhi. If he had seen Wen Yan at all...

He really didn't... he didn't mean it.

-

Wen Yan's burns were not serious.

The soup wasn't scalding hot, and although ice was applied to cool it down, several blisters still formed. The doctor popped them, applied medication, and bandaged the wound, instructing the patient to change the dressing in a week.

Meng Shuo became unusually silent, a stark contrast to his usual spirited demeanor.

"Senior, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you. My situation with Gu Yanci is rather complicated... I'm really sorry to have dragged you into this."

Wen Yan felt that since they were about to get divorced, there was no need to announce their marital relationship to the outside world. Who would have thought that this mess would happen today.

Meng Shuo forced a smile, his eyes filled with pity as he looked at Wen Yan: "Junior, don't say that. It's my fault. I was too presumptuous before."

Meng Shuo looked at Wen Yan intently, hesitated several times before finally asking, "Junior, are you... alright?"

"what?"

Wen Yan paused for a moment, surprised that Meng Shuo was still concerned about her. Her heart ached with a bittersweet warmth.

She smiled and nodded: "That's great, senior. Thank you. You're such a kind person!"

Meng Shuo didn't ask why, if Wen Yan was Gu Yanci's wife, the person standing next to Gu Yanci was Wen Muzhi. Why was everyone aware of the rumors between Gu Yanci and Wen Muzhi? Why were Gu Yanci and Wen Muzhi behaving so intimately?

The secrets of a wealthy family are not to be revealed to outsiders, and Meng Shuo did not want to embarrass Wen Yan.

-

Upon learning that Wen Yan had injured her hand, Luo Beiqing rushed to the Gu Group to pick her up.

After completing her work handover, Wen Yan left work early.

Luo Bei held Wen Yan's bandaged hand, feeling heartbroken. Standing under the Gu Group building, he berated Gu Yanci for half an hour, his voice loud and clear, naming names, which even attracted the attention of security personnel.

"Gu Yanci actually let you go to the hospital with another man. Is he even a man?" Luo Beiqing said indignantly.

"He was unwilling at first, but Wen Muzhi seemed to have gone too far. Her left hand suddenly twitched a few times, which scared her so much that her face turned pale. She immediately cried and begged Gu Yanci to take her to the hospital." Wen Yanqing said gleefully.

"And then he took Wen Muzhi to the hospital?" Luo Beiqing was both shocked and angry.

He then cursed Gu Yanci for another ten minutes.

Wen Yan sighed, "It's a pity I have to bring these hands, which look like pig's trotters, to the auction tomorrow."

Tomorrow is the quarterly auction of the Imperial Capital Auction House, and the jade beaded necklace that Wen Muzhi and her daughter sold will be auctioned off live tomorrow night.

"So what if it's a pig's trotter? It's still the prettiest little pig's trotter!" Luo Beiqing snorted. "This young lady will make you the most beautiful person in the room, outshining everyone else!"

-

Gu Yanci returned to the Gu Group building from the hospital and went straight to the conference room where the legal team was located. He was carrying a large bag of burn medicine, which startled Sun Xingbai and the others inside, who all stood up.

Although President Gu usually has no expression, he used to have a polite smile on his face, but now even that fake smile is gone, and all he looks at is cold indifference that keeps people at a distance.

"Mr. Gu, what are your instructions?" Sun Xingbai asked tremblingly.

Gu Yanci's gaze swept over everyone, but he didn't see the person he was looking for.

Upon hearing the news, the general counsel immediately understood his superior's intention and asked Sun Xingbo, "Where is Attorney Wen?"

Sun Xingbo broke out in a cold sweat instantly, thinking, "No way! We just left Wen Yan, and the client is already here!"

He forced a smile and said, "You mean Wen Yan? She's a newcomer. Our law firm attaches great importance to this cooperation with your company and to the Mingke acquisition case. Therefore, we plan to have someone more experienced participate in the project."

"Because she was injured, you kicked her out of the project team?" Gu Yanci's gaze swept over her like a knife.

Sun Xingbo was full of questions.

What kind of injury?

He didn't even notice Wen Yan. Where was she injured?

Sun Xingbo keenly sensed danger and immediately said, "No, no! It was Xiao Wen who voluntarily applied to withdraw. She mentioned it to me last night."

To withdraw before getting injured...

Because she wanted to avoid him, she gave up the internship opportunity she had been longing for.

Gu Yanci's face was really ugly. Without saying a word, he turned around and left, leaving behind a group of law firm team members and legal director looking at each other anxiously.

“President Chen, this…” Sun Xingbo began hesitantly.

"You'd better get that pretty intern back right away!" the legal director sighed as he caught up with Gu Yanci.

This job is really shortening my lifespan!

-

The atmosphere in the president's office was extremely oppressive.

The marketing director submitted a proposal to the president's office. The document was originally a sure thing and there were no problems, but it was rejected by his superiors.

And then he threw out the line: "You're just throwing all sorts of trash in front of me?"

In the short two hours before the end of the workday, everyone from the marketing department to the finance department and the sales department was reprimanded by the CEO.

A group of senior executives came to Zhou Qi to inquire about the situation, wondering who had offended President Gu.

Zhou Qi shrugged, indicating that it was difficult to say and he couldn't say.

Who provoked them?

She's the CEO's wife!

"Go find out where Wen Yan went." Gu Yanci irritably threw the documents aside and canceled his evening schedule.

He ran around dragging his injured hand!

Zhou Qi was glad he had prepared in advance: "Miss Luo came to pick up Madam this afternoon so she could go to her place."

I also scolded you for almost half an hour.

Gu Yanci muttered a curse under his breath.

Damn it, can't that guy surnamed He come back and take care of his woman?!