Night Fire Lingering

“Young Master Gu, how can you speak like that? We are all your elders!” Zhong Xue was the first to jump out, very dissatisfied.

Ultimately, the reason Wen Yan could persuade Luo Beiqing to divorce her son while pregnant with their He family's grandson was because she had Gu Yanci's support.

“I haven’t said anything about my grandson, but you, Xiao Zhong, are quick to speak.” Upon hearing the news, Old Madam Gu walked over slowly and deliberately, showing extreme protectiveness.

"You're so talkative!" Father He glared at his wife.

Zhong Xue looked embarrassed.

“Mom, it’s definitely Xiaoyan’s fault. After all, Ayun is the mother who gave her life,” Ji Chang said.

The other guests nodded in agreement.

"Shut up!" Old Madam Gu shouted sternly.

Ji Chang stared in shock at her mother-in-law. Since her husband's death, she had been a widow and had always been highly respected in the Gu family. How could her mother-in-law yell at her now?!

Just for Wen Yan?

Ji Chang felt uneasy the more she thought about it.

The atmosphere was stiff and oppressive. Nan Zhi said to Wen Yan, "Yan, Mommy missed you so much that she came back from Spain. She came back this time so that she can openly care for and take care of you from now on!"

"Zhizhi, Mommy has been dreaming about you a lot these past few years, and I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about you so much that I can't fall back asleep..."

Nan Yun was still crying. She looked at Wen Yan with a wronged yet expectant expression. Anyone present would have thought that Nan Yun loved her daughter Wen Yan very much.

Wen Yan took a shallow breath and felt a chill for no reason.

So, she couldn't even be a familiar stranger to Nan Yun?

Does it really have to escalate to this point?

"Did you come back to see her?" Gu Yanci asked abruptly.

Nan Yun was taken aback.

There was a moment of awkwardness in the atmosphere.

“No, you didn’t.” Wen Yan didn’t want Gu Yanci to play the villain for her sake, so she picked up on Gu Yanci’s words, “If you had come back to China to see me even once, you would know that I live a very cautious life in the Wen family, and you would have seen me often secretly going to the airport alone to watch planes because I want to go back to Hong Kong. Since you miss me, you must feel guilty towards me. So, did you dream that I was not doing well? If you had come back a couple more times, you would have found that I was indeed not doing well.”

Wen Yan's words reminded everyone of a past event that had been subconsciously overlooked—after Nan Yun's 'death,' Wen Yonghai quickly married a new wife. Wen Yan was falsely accused by her stepsister, branded with the infamy of malicious assault, and thrown into a mental hospital by her stepmother, where she suffered greatly.

If Nan Yun truly loves Wen Yan, could she abandon him and ignore him completely?

The mothers present, who all had daughters, asked themselves honestly, "No!"

Not only can't I, but I even feel like killing the culprit whenever I think about it!

“Yan, it’s not that Mommy doesn’t want to come back, but… but that she can’t come back,” Nan Zhiyi said. “The situation was very complicated back then.”

"Oh, how complicated?" Sunlight shone on Wen Yan's face, her smile somewhat fragile. "It's simply that you're sick and need her company. I think we should add another point: how can someone who's 'dead' reappear? Returning to the capital, the risk of being recognized by acquaintances is high. If people find out she didn't commit suicide, what will be the meaning of everyone's scorn for Wen Yonghai back then? A joke? And if they find out she's still with your father, what will they think? What will she suffer?"

What would you think?

The anger of being made a fool of and used as a tool!

That's right. Nan Yun's suicide attempt caused quite a stir back then, with everyone in the industry criticizing Wen Yonghai for driving his wife to suicide for his mistress. But in the end, his wife wasn't dead at all; instead, she was living happily ever after with another man!

They were completely fooled by this family, just like idiots!

Oh, Wen Yan was also deceived.

Thinking about it this way, everyone looked at Wen Yan with extra sympathy. Having such a mother and father, sigh!

Wen Yan's outburst left Nan Yun stunned. She was speechless, as if struck by a great blow, so stunned that she forgot to shed tears, and just looked at Wen Yan with a pained expression.

Wen Yan met her gaze with a clear conscience: "You pursue your love and freedom, you don't want to be stigmatized, you want to come back with your own identity and dignity, you even want to pick up the daughter you abandoned when you were young, how can you have such a good thing?"

From now on, she will never have any expectations of Nan Yun again!

Nan Zhiyi looked around helplessly, not understanding why the situation had changed so much in just a few minutes.

Shouldn't Wen Yan admit her stubbornness under public pressure and reconcile with her mother? That way, her mother would remember her encouragement and her kindness.

Why has it turned out this way?

"Ah Chang, take your guests and leave," Old Madam Gu ordered them to leave.

Since public opinion has already sided with Wen Yan, there's no need to continue the discussion, lest her beloved granddaughter-in-law be hurt again.

"Madam Gu!" Nan Yun didn't want to leave.

She had a vague feeling that after this, she would really lose her daughter.

“Miss Nan, you know best whether you chose to come back for Xiao Yan or for yourself. I don’t want to make things worse for you.” Old Madam Gu’s voice was gentle yet authoritative.

Madam Gu then looked at Nan Zhiyi, her eyes devoid of any emotion, and said, "Young lady, the plagiarism scandal at Imperial University hasn't been over for long. I thought you should go back to your own school and study diligently, instead of stirring up trouble in my house."

Nan Zhiyi gritted her teeth, not daring to speak again.

……

Ji Chang slunk away with He Nanyun and Nan Zhiyi.

She originally thought that Nan Yun and Wen Yan would reconcile, and that Nan Yun would persuade Wen Yan to get a divorce. Nan Zhiyi was interested in her son, and would definitely do her best to help.

I never expected these two to be so useless; there's no need to associate with them anymore!

After the two left, Ji Chang asked the servant to call Gu Yanci over.

"Aci, you've seen it yourself. Wen Yan doesn't even acknowledge her own mother. She's a cold-blooded and ruthless person at heart. Are you sure you want to spend the rest of your life with a woman like that?"

Gu Yanci looked at Ji Chang with a mocking smile: "Then aren't we a perfect match?"

Ji Chang's face turned deathly pale.