Night Fire Lingering

"Beep-beep-beep-"

The mechanical sound of the call being disconnected came through the receiver.

Gu Yanci gripped his phone so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

“Brother Ci…” Wen Muzhi followed Gu Yanci over, looking at the empty ward and seeing Gu Yanci’s extremely unpleasant expression.

Knowing that Wen Yan was at this hospital, she pretended that her hand was uncomfortable and came here specifically for a checkup.

Seeing Gu Yanci leave Wen Yan to accompany her for the check-up, she was not surprised at all, and her heart was filled with sweetness.

However, she did not expect that Gu Yanci would leave immediately after learning that her hand was not seriously injured!

"Didn't I tell you to watch over him?" Gu Yanci ignored Wen Muzhi and looked coldly at Zhou Qi.

"My wife said she wanted to drink milk tea, so I went to buy it, and then..." Zhou Qi lowered his head in shame, "It was my fault for not being careful enough. I just asked the nurse, and it should have been Miss Luo who came to pick up my wife."

"Brother Ci, Yan Yan and Miss Luo are on good terms. Miss Luo has taken Yan Yan away, so you don't need to worry too much," Wen Muzhi said with a forced smile.

Gu Yanci's concern for Wen Yan has exceeded her expectations.

Wen Muzhi continued, "Yan Yan has had her own ideas since she was little. When she doesn't want to listen, no one can control her."

The implication is that Wen Yan is disobedient, inconsiderate of others, and self-centered.

After Wen Muzhi finished speaking, he observed Gu Yanci's expression. The man stared intently at Wen Yan's empty hospital bed, and Wen Muzhi suspected that he hadn't listened to what he was saying at all.

"Muzhi, I'll have someone take you back." Gu Yanci said, giving Zhou Qi a look.

Zhou Qi immediately contacted the driver.

"Brother Ci, you haven't had dinner yet, have you? How about I treat you to dinner?" Wen Muzhi saw the barely touched food in the room. "I haven't eaten either."

She didn't want to leave immediately.

Gu Yanci glanced at Zhou Qi.

“Miss Wen, this way please.” Zhou Qi gestured to Wen Muzhi to indicate that this was the best option.

Wen Muzhi's eyes stung with tears, feeling extremely wronged.

She had just lost face at the auction and at Old Madam Gu's birthday banquet, and now she was being ignored by Gu Yanci. The reason Gu Yanci ignored her was because of Wen Yan, and she had lost face before because of Wen Yan!

Wen Muzhi felt an indescribable anger rising within him.

It's one thing for Gu Yanci to refuse, but even Zhou Qi didn't personally see her off.

Follow Zhou Qi downstairs, where the driver is already waiting.

“Assistant Zhou, I’m not familiar with the others, why don’t you personally escort me?” Wen Muzhi’s rationality told her that she shouldn’t be so willful, but she couldn’t control her impulse.

Zhou Qi was taken aback for a moment, but quickly recovered and said in a humble yet assertive manner, "Ms. Wen, my work revolves around President Gu. President Gu is still in the hospital, so it's not convenient for me to take you there."

Wen Muzhi's hands, hanging at his sides, clenched unconsciously as he asked, "What if the person you're supposed to deliver this to today is Wen Yan?"

Zhou Qi smiled and said, "Miss Wen, as far as your status is concerned, your wife has the right to order me around."

Wen Muzhi blushed immediately upon hearing this, feeling both ashamed and indignant.

Compared to Wen Yan, she only lacks the title of Mrs. Gu!

No, she absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die!

As Zhou Qi watched the car carrying Wen Muzhi leave, the signature smile on his face vanished.

He used to think Wen Mu was a decent person. Although she was a bit arrogant at heart, she was still nice to people on the surface. But now it seems that she can't keep up the act anymore!

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Wen Yan's burn wound is scabbing over. This time, after soaking in water, it was disinfected and bandaged again.

The doctor repeatedly warned her not to get it wet again.

Wen Yan obediently agreed, but Luo Beiqing was still worried and decided not to go home for the next few days to stay with Wen Yan.

"It's really okay. If you keep staying out all night, Young Master He will probably have something to say." Wen Yan felt that she was really disturbing Luo Beiqing and his wife's married life.

"He didn't say a word to me for three or four months while he was away from home at night, so what right does he have to criticize me?" Luo Beiqing said nonchalantly.

Is it too much for a couple in a "plastic" relationship to try to control each other's lives?

The two returned to Wen Yan's apartment close to midnight.

"Ding-dong-"

The elevator door opens.

Wen Yan smelled a strong tobacco scent in the corridor. She was talking to Luo Beiqing when she suddenly stopped.

Gu Yanci stood at her door, a cigarette between his right fingers. He was tall and imposing.

The man's gaze lingered on Wen Yan for two seconds, then he glanced at Luo Beiqing before returning to Wen Yan.

This property management company is so incompetent; they let unauthorized people in all the time!

Wen Yan wanted to report it.

She didn't want to talk to Gu Yanci, but the man was leaning against her door, and she couldn't even open the lock!

The two people stared at each other, separated by only a few meters.

When Wen Yanren couldn't stand the smell of smoke anymore and coughed twice, the man extinguished the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can.

He strode over: "Yan Yan, let's talk."

Wen Yan's attitude was very resistant: "I only want to talk to your lawyer."

Just as Gu Yanci was about to reach Wen Yan, Luo Beiqing stepped forward and blocked Wen Yan's way.

Luo Beiqing gave a forced smile: "President Gu, didn't you hear me? Why are you making things difficult for me?"

"Miss Luo likes to meddle in other people's marital affairs?" Gu Yanci was usually quite polite to Luo Beiqing, but today was an exception.

He only glanced at Luo Beiqing twice while speaking, and kept his eyes on Wen Yan the rest of the time.

Luo Beiqing crossed his arms and said with a smile, "How could that be? I only like to get involved in Yan Yan's affairs. It just so happens that you are her husband now. If you weren't her husband, how could my involvement affect you?"

If you don't want to get involved, you can get a divorce!

Gu Yanci gritted his teeth.

Tsk, doesn't He Tingchuan care that his wife is never home?!

"Young Master Gu, make way, we're going home," Luo Beiqing urged impatiently.

Wen Yan felt the man staring at her, so she looked at him again and said, "Gu Yanci, I don't think we have anything to talk about until your lawyer shows up."

"Wen Yan, you'd better stay in the hospital for observation for another two days." Gu Yanci extended his hand to Wen Yan, appearing very easygoing. "Once you've fully recovered, if you want to come back here, I'll send you back."

Wen Yan's forearm wound was still throbbing slightly.

She looked at him calmly, her voice devoid of warmth: "I know my own body, I know how to take care of myself, you don't need to worry about me."

You must take care of Wen Muzhi yourself!

Gu Yanci was so angry that he laughed, and the aura around him became fierce.

"Wen Yan, then what were we last night?"

"Does sleeping together as an adult mean one of us has to be responsible for the other?" Wen Yan laughed. "Young Master Gu, even if we put it another way, it was consensual, there was no financial relationship, and we were still married. What was wrong with us last night?"