Night Fire Lingering

Wen Yan didn't ask any more questions and looked out the window.

All the way to the villa.

Wen Yan entered the room, bent down to change her shoes, and the next second she was pushed against the wall by a force. Before she could react, a scorching heat assaulted her.

Wen Yan was pinned against the wall and kissed.

The man's kiss carried a sense of urgency and punishment; whether it was the physiological or psychological stimulation, it made Wen Yan feel somewhat suffocated.

She gasped for breath, grabbed the man's hand, and stopped him from doing anything further.

"Gu Yanci, what do you mean by this?" Wen Yan's eyes reddened.

The man's eyes were deep, and his expression was unreadable. He seemed shrouded in shadow, making him impossible to fathom.

"Wen Yan, why bring this up?" Gu Yanci was clever and quickly guessed. "Who told you what?"

"Never mind who it is, Gu Yanci, I just want to know the answer." Wen Yan looked at the man with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

His unusual attitude is, in fact, an answer.

His feelings for her weren't pure; they were related to his brother Jingzhou!

"Then why did you bring up Gu Jingzhou? Hmm?" Gu Yanci kissed her tenderly, like a wild dog displaying its possessiveness in its territory. "Wen Yan, you miss him? You still miss him after all these years."

The man sneered, "Do you want Jiang Huaixu to replace me?"

"Gu Yanci!" Wen Yan raised her voice, "Jingzhou is Jingzhou, and Jiang Huaixu is Jiang Huaixu. They are not the same!"

"Then why do you treat Jiang Huaixu differently because of a heart?"

As the man finished speaking, only silence and the sound of breathing filled the vast villa hall.

Wen Yan and Gu Yanci were standing very close to each other, staring intently at one another, an inexplicable tension filling the air.

"When...did you find out?"

Several seconds later, Wen Yan regained her voice, her voice and almond-shaped eyes unable to conceal her shock.

No wonder, no wonder Gu Yanci's attitude towards Jiang Huaixu changed subtly some time ago!

"How long have you been hiding this from me?" Gu Yanci stroked Wen Yan's face. "Wen Zhizhi, do you not trust me, or... am I also a substitute for my brother?"

The accusations gradually turned into a contest between the two sides.

Wen Yan was momentarily at a loss for words. "W-what nonsense are you talking about?"

Gu Yanci wasn't sure if her surprise was because he had guessed her thoughts correctly, or because of something else. He only felt a dense, dull pain in his heart, not obvious, but numbing to his nerves.

Wen Yan took a deep breath and reasoned with him: "Gu Yanci, I just want to know the truth."

She didn't want to be deceived.

In matters of the heart, she had been deceived enough and was afraid of being deceived again.

Nan Yun gave birth to her and raised her, yet she still abandoned her for so-called true love, and gave her up for Nan Zhiyi.

What about Gu Yanci?

Wen Yan feared that her sincere feelings were a self-deceiving joke.

I fear that her words to Nan Yun, "I have him who loves me now, and that's enough," will ultimately prove to be nothing but emptiness!

"Wen Zhizhi, you are my Mrs. Gu, I love you very much, that's the most important thing."

The whole truth about how they got married was that he used dishonest means, and he couldn't let her know.

When Wen Yan heard the words "I love you," her heart skipped a beat.

She scrutinized the man before her, feeling a tightness in her chest.

Even though there were still ambiguous marks on Wen Yan's neck, the tender and beautiful atmosphere was completely gone.

"Wen Yan, is Gu Jingzhou that important?" Gu Yanci chuckled lightly.

"Yes."

One cannot live in ignorance, especially when it comes to emotions.

She couldn't distinguish Gu Yanci's feelings for her and Wen Muzhi before, and now Jingzhou-gege has appeared—Wen Yan is very clear about Gu Jingzhou's influence on Gu Yanci.

You can't be confused about matters of the heart!

Gu Yanci's face turned cold. He released Wen Yan, picked up his car keys, and walked out.

Wen Yan relaxed completely. She stepped barefoot onto the floor tiles, the cold touch traveling from the soles of her feet to her cerebral cortex, forcing herself to calm down.

Gu Yanci took a few steps outside, but the image of Wen Yan walking barefoot on the floor tiles flashed through his mind, and he suddenly strode back.

Wen Yan was walking towards the sofa.

Suddenly, she felt light as Gu Yanci lifted her up by the waist, walked over in a few steps and placed her on the sofa, then took some slippers and put them at Wen Yan's feet.

The man kept a cold expression throughout and didn't say a word.

Wen Yan opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to call out to him, but the man had already left the villa without looking back.

Wen Yan looked at the chandelier on the ceiling and closed her eyes.

……

"Weren't you two all lovey-dovey just a couple of days ago, how did you end up arguing?"

After finishing her prenatal checkup, Luo Beiqing came to Wen Yan to share the good news that her child was healthy, but unexpectedly, she encountered her child's godmother and godfather arguing.

Wen Yan glanced at Luo Beiqing's very obvious pregnant belly and wanted to remind her best friend to pay attention to prenatal education and not be so lewd, but then she thought better of it.

Every step of marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth involves pornography.

Wen Yan briefly explained the reason for her argument with Gu Yanci.

Luo Beiqing listened attentively and asked, "Has your child's godfather been to your liking lately?"

Wen Yan: What do you think?

If it weren't exactly to her liking, would she risk getting pregnant to let Gu Yanci have that thing inside her?

Luo Beiqing rested her chin on her hand, appearing even more languid after her pregnancy. She looked up at Wen Yan, her eyes filled with a seductive allure she herself hadn't realized she possessed.

"Yan Yan, what happened yesterday cannot be undone," Luo Beiqing said with a smile. "When you asked me, I already had the answer in my heart."

Wen Yan pursed her lips.

Luo Beiqing knows her too well, just as well as she knows Luo Beiqing.

Wen Yan knew what answer she would get if she discussed this matter with Luo Beiqing, and Luo Beiqing also knew her inner inclinations. Luo Beiqing never made choices for Wen Yan; she would only unconditionally affirm Wen Yan's choices.

Wen Yan's gloomy mood gradually brightened. "Okay! I understand!"

"Shall we go find someone now?" Luo Beiqing stood up, looking as if to say, "I can get ready to go home now."

Wen Yan pulled her best friend back, "No rush, no rush, let's wait until he comes back."

"I'm in a hurry. My child's godfather is quite sought after, so godmother, you'd better keep a close eye on him," Luo Beiqing joked.

She didn't want to affect Wen Yan and Gu Yanci because of herself.

Wen Yan planned to take Luo Beiqing home first, but as soon as she stepped out, she saw an unfamiliar Cullinan parked outside the villa.

The car window rolled down, revealing He Tingchuan's arrogant and handsome face.

Wen Yan raised an eyebrow slightly, her lips barely moving, and whispered to the pregnant woman beside her, "What's going on?"

Even after being divorced for so long, her ex-husband is still so proactive.

One instance of being proactive can be excused as being idle, two instances of being proactive can be attributed to the child, but three or four instances of personally taking charge are intriguing.

Luo Beiqing told Wen Yan expressionlessly, "The person who brought me here was his driver."

“Oh—” Wen Yan drew out a long, meaningful sound.

Now the driver is none other than Young Master He himself.

Luo Beiqing made no attempt to hide her annoyance as she described her ex-husband to Wen Yan: "He's been acting like a dog lately, the kind that has something wrong with its head."

Dogs love to stick close to their owners.