Night Fire Lingering

Gu Jinzhi had never seen her third brother like this before.

His face was ashen and his expression frightening; his entire being was tense, as if he could explode at any moment. He stared intently at Wen Yan, as if afraid she would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Wen Yan's cheeks and neck were abnormally red. Gu Yanci lifted her sleeve and saw red rashes on her arm.

"Prepare the car! Call a doctor!" Gu Yanci picked Wen Yan up and carried her horizontally.

"She actually concealed her illness and married into the Gu family, my God! Luckily, our family broke off the engagement..." Before Aunt Gu could finish muttering, Gu Yanci shot her a sharp glare.

Aunt Gu immediately shut her mouth and took a step back in fear.

"Investigate everyone who approached Wen Yan and this glass of water!" Gu Yanci ordered the servants, then picked up Wen Yan and ran out immediately.

"Wen Yan! Wen Yan, wake up!"

The Maybach sped towards the hospital, and Gu Yanci held the woman in his arms, calling out to her repeatedly.

Wen Yan is a picky eater, and she's been busy with her internship lately, so she's lost even more weight. When Gu Yanci holds her in his arms, she feels so light, as if he can't hold onto anything.

The family doctor accompanied them, intending to examine Wen Yan, but Gu Yanci refused.

"She has a severe acute allergy; she experienced acute anaphylactic shock as a child. Contact the hospital to prepare medication!"

The family doctor readily agreed.

He didn't even know what allergies the Third Young Mistress had, yet the Third Young Master knew so much about them? And recognized her immediately?

Wasn't it said that the couple had a very bad relationship?

No, could it be like this if it weren't true love?

"Wen Yan, Wen Yan, don't sleep." Gu Yanci tried to tighten his arms and hug her even tighter, but her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and she was already having trouble breathing, so how could he dare to use any more force?

Wen Yan was awakened by the noise. She opened her eyes a little with difficulty and saw the person above her.

"Gu Yan"

She had difficulty speaking each word.

"I'm here."

Gu Yanci leaned down and put his ear to Wen Yan's mouth.

"Disaster--"

But no more words were heard. Wen Yan's eyes were closed, swollen, and she looked both aggrieved and pitiful.

Gu Yanci's heart clenched into a knot.

He knew what she was going to say.

She wanted to say, "I feel terrible."

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Wen Yan suffered acute shock due to an allergic reaction to raw peanuts.

When Madam Gu finished her afternoon nap, she heard that Wen Yan had been admitted to the hospital, and she was so anxious that she stamped her feet on the spot. Only after learning that Wen Yan had been safely discharged from the emergency room was she persuaded not to come to the hospital herself.

When Wen Yan regained consciousness, her first sensation was a sore throat and a tight neck.

She instinctively reached out to scratch, but her hand was immediately pressed down by someone.

"Don't move." Gu Yanci gently placed his large hand on her hand, which was receiving an IV drip.

Wen Yan looked at him in the direction of the voice, her eyes filled with the bewilderment of someone just waking up, and a hint of confusion.

As her sense of smell gradually returned, she smelled disinfectant and looked around to confirm that she was in a hospital.

Wen Yan wanted to speak, but her throat felt blocked by something, and she felt uncomfortable whenever she moved.

"Wait until the IV drip is finished." Gu Yanci glanced at the IV bag; there was still about an hour left.

"What... happened to me?" Wen Yan still wanted to ask.

"Shock caused by an allergic reaction to raw peanuts." Gu Yanci touched Wen Yan's hand, which was a little cold, and put it under the blanket. "Don't talk."

Wen Yan blinked.

When she was nine years old, she accidentally ate raw peanuts while playing in the capital. It was Gu Yanci who took her to the hospital at that time. By then, she had already noticed that Wen Yonghai and Wen Muzhi and Wan Ying, mother and daughter, had an unusually close relationship. Wen Yonghai used work as an excuse to stay away, and from the time she had the accident until she was hospitalized, only Gu Yanci was with her. Later, her mother rushed over from Hong Kong and took her home.

She used to genuinely believe that Gu Yanci was very, very good to her.

Thinking of the past, Wen Yan's already swollen eyes became even more sore.

She turned her head to the other side, and a tear uncontrollably slid from the corner of her eye into the pillow.

"Knock knock knock!"

It was Zhou Qi who knocked on the door.

"Mr. Gu, Madam, your second and third uncles' families are on their way to visit you, and your sister, Miss Wen Muzhi, is also with you."

The second and third wives were right next to Wen Yan at the time. No matter what their ulterior motives were, they couldn't possibly remain indifferent and not come to visit her.

Wen Yan frowned, clearly not wanting to see him.

"Is it already on its way?" Gu Yanci asked.

Zhou Qi nodded.

Gu Yanci sat down on the sofa: "Just wait outside when you get here."

Wen Yan looked at him in surprise; it was clear he was going to give her a hard time.

Does he not want to see him either?

Or did he realize that she didn't want to see him?

Wen Yan's eyes, still swollen, were wide open, making her look both pitiful and funny.

A smile flashed in Gu Yanci's eyes as he sat down on the sofa next to him.

As Wen Yan looked at the screen, she suddenly remembered something. She saw her phone on the bedside table, picked it up with the hand that wasn't on an IV drip, and opened the front camera. She saw that her face was still swollen like a dough ball!

Gu Yanci was actually making fun of her just now?!

Enraged, Wen Yan grabbed a pillow and threw it at the person on the sofa, her eyes wide with fury.

She has allergies, but who is responsible for it?!

It's all because I went to his house to celebrate his birthday!

Laugh? What's so funny?!

Gu Yanci easily caught the pillow with a wave of his hand, casually placed it aside, and stopped looking at Wen Yan.

Wen Yan seriously suspected that he was afraid he would want to laugh if he looked at her again!

Twenty minutes later.

The second and third branches of the Gu family, along with Wen Muzhi, waited outside the ward. However, Gu Yanci showed no intention of seeing them, and they dared not knock on the door rashly—Zhou Qi, Gu Yanci's most trusted confidant, was sitting right outside!

The afterglow of the setting sun streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the man in a golden light.

Wen Yan's throat felt better, and she was able to speak again.

"Gu Yanci." Her voice was slightly soft as she hadn't spoken for a while. "Why didn't you call them in?"

Gu Yanci put down the documents in his hand: "This is your hospital room."

Wen Yan lowered her eyes, her heart softening, and said nothing more.

It turns out he really was waiting for her permission.

A while later, Gu Yanci's phone rang.

"Hey, Mu Zhi."

The moment he spoke, Wen Yan looked at him.

The room doors in the private hospital were very soundproof, so Wen Yan couldn't hear any noise from outside.

She could only watch Gu Yanci quietly and passively, waiting for his reaction to Wen Muzhi.