Night Fire Lingering

Gu Yanci glanced at the purple jade bracelet on her left wrist, said nothing, but that look made Wen Yan feel inexplicably guilty.

It's rather unethical of her to use other people's gifts as bets on them.

But what's the point of talking about kindness with Gu Yanci?

"I'd be even happier if Young Master Gu hadn't come." Wen Yan pretended not to notice Gu Yanci's gaze. "Young Master Gu, have fun."

Gu Yanci was so angry at her that he laughed, a hint of gloom in his eyes.

Play?

Have fun!

Because of Gu Yanci's appearance, Wen Yan received more attention than Luo Beiqing at Luo Beiqing's birthday banquet.

Unfortunately, despite everyone's careful observation, they did not see Gu Yanci and Wen Yan interact again, much to their disappointment!

The birthday party was in its second half.

Wen Yan suddenly received a phone call.

Gu Jinzhi's sobbing voice came through the receiver, very low: "Wen... Wen Yan, save me... save me..."

"What's wrong?" Wen Yan's relaxed nerves snapped back to reality. "Gu Jinzhi, where are you?"

"First, a club... Please, please don't tell my family, okay?"

After hanging up the phone, Wen Yan looked around and, not seeing Gu Yanci, said goodbye to Luo Beiqing and left.

"What's the emergency? Should I go with you?" Luo Beiqing asked, worried about Wen Yan's anxious expression.

"You're the birthday girl, why are you with me? Gu Jinzhi has something to do, it shouldn't be a bother." Wen Yan gave her a hug, "Happy birthday, my Bei Qing!"

Wen Yan jogged away, and faint whispers could be heard behind her:

"Wen Yan has left?"

"It's Luo Beiqing's birthday! She left early. Could it be that Gu Yanci scolded her and drove her away?"

"Of course! They're getting a divorce anyway. Gu Yanci wouldn't want to stay under the same roof with her anymore. If the He family had to choose between Gu Yanci and Wen Yan, they would definitely choose Gu Yanci!"

Wen Yan: "..."

So this is how rumors spread!

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Gu Jinzhi provided the name of the club as a notorious den of iniquity in the capital.

Wen Yan went straight up to the second floor where the VIP rooms were located.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they were stopped by two male bodyguards dressed in black suits.

"My sister is inside," Wen Yan said with a polite smile.

The bodyguard not only refused to move, but completely blocked the door to V999, and shouted sternly, "There's no such person here, get out of here!"

Wen Yan's smile turned cold: "Who are you? Do you know whose family that little girl inside belongs to?"

The bodyguard chuckled dismissively: "Another one bluffing. If you don't get out of here soon, I'll beat you up—ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Wen Yan had already thrown the man to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw and quickly dislocated one of his arms.

Upon seeing this, the other person immediately pounced on him.

Wen Yan nimbly dodged and kicked the man in the groin!

When the other party cried out in pain, he did the same thing again and dislocated the other party's arm. The whole action was smooth and effortless.

Wen Yan gave them a disgruntled look and pushed the door open to enter.

In the dim light, Gu Jinzhi was pinned down on the sofa by a young man with dyed yellow hair, who was groping her. Her clothes had been stripped off, leaving her only in her bra, and she was in a very disheveled state.

A few men and women sat in twos and threes nearby, and they chuckled at the sight of this forced scene. One of them held up a camera and took a picture of Gu Jinzhi.

"Let me go! I'll pay you back! I really have the money to pay you back! Don't film me!" Gu Jinzhi cried.

The chaotic scene stung Wen Yan's eyes with tears.

She strode over and shoved the blond young man aside.

Caught off guard, the other person was pushed to the ground, stunned, and after a few seconds shouted angrily: "Where the hell did you come from, you bitch—beauty!"

When she said the last two words, her expression had changed from anger to infatuation.

"Hey, another one!" someone nearby exclaimed excitedly. "This one's beautiful! Even prettier than the celebrity we played with last week!"

Wen Yan took off her coat and covered Gu Jinzhi with it, pulling her into her arms protectively: "How are you?"

"I'm fine... Waaah..." Gu Jinzhi looked aggrieved, tears streaming down her face, "Sister-in-law..."

When there's nothing wrong, it's Wenyan; when there's trouble, it's Sister-in-law.

"Young Master Chen, this woman... this woman is a bit too much!" The bodyguard got up, crookedly holding his dislocated arm, and said fiercely.

Gu Jinzhi never expected that Wen Yan would be such a formidable fighter!

She immediately stopped crying and pointed at the blond-haired man: "Third sister-in-law, beat them up!"

Wen Yan: "..."

They are not strong in combat, but they are very vengeful.

"Who do you think we should fight? Hahahaha!" The blond-haired man laughed loudly, sizing up Wen Yan. "Beautiful lady, you can take on two people, but can you take on all of us? With your skinny arms and legs, you probably won't be enough for us brothers to play with for a whole night, right?"

"Hahahahaha!"

The others joined in the laughter and stood up.

The malice came rushing in as if it were real.

Wen Yan looked at them expressionlessly: "If you can get into the VIP room of this club, you must have heard of the Gu family, right?"

"Trying to say you're from the Gu family again? This pretty girl already said that!" the blond-haired guy scoffed. "The Gu family has its own club, what are they doing here? Don't even use your brains to brag!"

Wen Yan glared at Gu Jinzhi with annoyance: "Doesn't your Gu family have any clubs for you to go to? Why did you have to come to this strange and godforsaken place!"

Gu Jinzhi shrank back, feeling guilty and not daring to look at Wen Yan.

"Get them! Take care of these two right here!" the blond-haired man ordered.

Several men's eyes lit up, while several female escorts automatically stepped aside.

"Gu Jinzhi, I'll deal with you later!" Wen Yan picked up the wine bottle next to her.

Just as they were about to make their move, another group of staff members in black rushed in!

Wen Yan knew something was wrong. Just as she was about to call Luo Beiqing, several black-clad staff members grabbed Huang Mao and his men!

Wen Yan: "?"

"Miss Wen, are you alright?" one of the bodyguards asked Wen Yan.

Wen Yan was stunned for a moment, "Who are you—?"

"Our boss's surname is Jiang, and he is currently your senior from school."

"Jiang Huaixu?" Wen Yan immediately realized, "This is a property of the Jiang family?"

"Yes."

Wen Yan breathed a sigh of relief and put down the wine bottle in her hand.

She was almost prepared to go to the police station and wait for Luo Beiqing to bail her out!

Huang Mao and the others looked at Wen Yan and Gu Jinzhi in horror: "You, you can't really be from the Gu family, can you? It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

They were very aggrieved: "No way, the Gu family is such a wealthy family, how could anyone from the Gu family come to someone else's club to sell fake cigarettes?! And they even said that voting for her idol would get you a discount, are they crazy?!"

The last sentence almost made Wen Yan's mind go blank, and she looked at Gu Jinzhi in disbelief.

Gu Jinzhi felt wronged: "I didn't know the cigarettes were fake! And wouldn't it have been better to give you a discount? Do you have too much money to burn? Besides, I already said I'd pay ten times the price back if it was fake, but you weren't willing to accept that!"

Wen Yan didn't want to listen anymore: "Alright, shut up!"