Night Fire Lingering

Wen Yan walked over, snatched the camera from the blond-haired companion, pulled out the memory card, broke it in half, and put it back into the toilet. With a fierce flick of her wrist, she smashed the camera to pieces.

The violent aesthetics made the restrained blond man tremble with fear.

"Where's the photo backup?" Wen Yan asked, reaching out her hand.

The blond-haired man shook his head violently: "No, no backup!"

How could I possibly back it up in time?!

Now that she was safe, Gu Jinzhi snorted: "Even if there are photos, who can prove that the person in the photos is me and not photoshopped?"

Wen Yan: "..."

Huang Mao and the others: "..."

Damn it, this woman is really not in her head!

Gu Jinzhi exclaimed, "Wen Yan, you're so handsome!"

Wen Yan didn't want to talk to the troublemakers right now and planned to send them to the police station, but Huang Mao and the others kept begging for mercy.

"Wen Yan, let it go?" Gu Jinzhi tugged at Wen Yan's sleeve. "I was wrong to sell fake cigars, and... I don't want my family to know."

The key point is the sentence following 'moreover'.

"late."

A male voice burst in.

Gu Yanci strode over, and perhaps because he walked too fast, his neatly styled hair became slightly disheveled, making him look like the cold wind of the night, carrying a chill and austere air.

"Wen Yan, she's caused trouble. Do you even know if she's committed murder or arson? And you dare to handle this all by yourself?"

Gu Yan reprimanded Wen Yan, who didn't react much. Instead, Gu Jinzhi, who was next to her, trembled with fear and shrank behind Wen Yan, peeking her head out from behind her shoulder.

"How could I possibly kill someone or commit arson..." Gu Jinzhi muttered indignantly.

"If I dare to come, I'm confident I can solve this." Wen Yan said calmly.

After the group fight, Luo Beiqing will probably need to bail her out, and she'll need to explain to these people why she's such a good fighter, which will be quite troublesome.

Gu Yanci frowned in anger at Wen Yan. Just as he was about to say something, Wen Yan said, "Mr. Gu, you don't have nothing better to do than meddle with your ex-wife, do you?"

Ex-wife?

Gu Yanci took a breath without making a sound, and turned his sharp gaze to Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi keenly sensed that her third brother's gaze was even more terrifying than before, and her mood worsened. She immediately began to groan in despair:

"Brother, I was wrong..."

Gu Yanci said coldly, "Go back and apologize to your mother."

"Brother! Please don't do this..."

Gu Yanci didn't even look at her.

Wen Yanzhe recalled seeing Gu Jinzhi working as a waitress at a tea restaurant before and asked her, "Are you doing a part-time job? Are you short of money?"

Logically speaking, a daughter who takes care of the family shouldn't lack money.

"My mom won't let me be a fan of celebrities, saying I'm going crazy from it, and she's limiting my allowance." Gu Jinzhi clenched her fist, indignantly saying, "If she hadn't limited my allowance, would I have had to come out to work? If I hadn't come out to work, would I have encountered all these terrible things?"

"Isn't the root of the problem your idol worship?" Wen Yan tried to reason with her.

Gu Jinzhi shook her finger, indicating, "Following celebrities is my source of happiness; people can't live without pursuing happiness!"

Gu Yanci pulled Wen Yan to his side: "Don't talk to her."

Gu Jinzhi felt that her cousin's disdainful tone made it seem as if Wen Yan would become stupid if she talked to her a few more times!

Gu Jinzhi was very dissatisfied: "No, does this world not allow people like me who pursue simple happiness to exist?"

"Excuse me, where is Jiang Xue—Young Master Jiang?" Wen Yan asked the staff member next to her, feeling that she should thank Jiang Huaixu in person.

When Gu Yanci heard the name 'Jiang Xue', he immediately looked at Wen Yan, and then heard the name 'Young Master Jiang', confirming the other party's identity: Jiang Huaixu!

The owner behind this club is surnamed Jiang!

One of the staff members said, "Young Master Jiang received the news and is on his way."

Wen Yan asked in surprise, "He's not here? Then how...did you recognize me so accurately?"

And they even came to help her.

The other party laughed and said, "Every staff member here has seen your photo. Young Master Jiang said that you have absolute priority here!"

"Wow!" Gu Jinzhi's eyes lit up. "Wen Yan, is this Young Master Jiang your suitor? Your suitor is so good at pursuing people!"

Before he could finish speaking, a chilling gaze shot over; it was Gu Yanci.

Gu Jinzhi covered her mouth in fear and hid to the side, pretending to be a quail.

"Gu Jinzhi, don't talk nonsense," Wen Yan said to Gu Jinzhi.

The staff members exchanged glances:

Nonsense? What nonsense are you talking about? Which sentence is nonsense?

"Master."

"Master."

Suddenly, several respectful greetings came from afar, growing louder as they approached.

Jiang Huaixu strode over, saw Wen Yan in the distance, their eyes met, and he smiled slightly, warm and sunny.

He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, with a white lab coat still draped over his shoulders, giving him the look of a student who hadn't yet stepped out of a laboratory—a blend of youthful energy and mature elegance.

Jiang Huaixu seemed to have only eyes for Wen Yan. He walked directly up to her and asked in a gentle voice, "Have you been bullied?"

Jiang Huaixu had already been informed of Wen Yan's situation by his subordinates on the way here, but he still couldn't help asking Wen Yan in person.

Wen Yan shook her head. Only at this moment did she truly realize that this approachable, gentle, and kind senior who would even peel crayfish for her was the only son of the wealthy Jiang family in Nancheng!

"Thank you, senior." Wen Yan felt a little awkward because of what the staff member had said: "Everyone here knows you."

Wen Yan wanted to know why this was special.

Jiang Huaixu smiled, as if it were just a trivial matter. He nodded and smiled at Gu Jinzhi beside him, then looked at Gu Yanci.

"Young Master Gu, you're quite composed," Jiang Huaixu said with a half-smile, politely extending his hand.

When he spoke to Gu Yanci, his aura was completely different, making people realize that at this moment he was Jiang Huaixu, the heir of the Jiang family, not Jiang Huaixu, the student at the Imperial University.

Gu Yanci smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes. He politely shook hands with her and said, "Of course."

Since he and Wen Yan hadn't officially gone through divorce proceedings, he could naturally remain calm.

That handshake wasn't a friendly gesture; it was more like a declaration of war.

"Young Master Jiang is so considerate. I thank you on behalf of my sister and Yan Yan." With one sentence, Gu Yanci drew Wen Yan into his intimate web.

“I understand Mr. Gu thanking me on behalf of Miss Gu. But you thanking me on behalf of your junior? What kind of relationship is that?” Jiang Huaixu chuckled. “I was just protecting my junior; it has nothing to do with you.”

Don't even think about trying to get close to Wen Yan under any pretense of identity. I won't admit it!

The atmosphere in the air seemed to freeze, tense and ready to explode at any moment.

The two looked at each other calmly, but undercurrents were surging, and they were locked in a fierce battle.

Just then, the two men spoke at the same time:

"Wen Zhizhi, let's go."

"Junior, what would you like to eat?"