Night Fire Lingering

"First kill!"

"Double kill!"

The only sound in the office was Wen Junming playing games, making the surrounding silence even more eerily quiet.

Wen Muzhi stared intently at Wen Yan, wishing he could bore a hole through her with his gaze.

"Five minutes are up, please leave!" Wen Muzhi suddenly gave the order to leave.

Wen Yan's calm eyes held a hint of mockery: "Wen Muzhi, I am not speaking to you as an intern at Jinhe Law Firm, but as Wen Yan, Gu Yanci's wife who has not yet completed the divorce proceedings."

When Wen Muzhi heard the words "Gu Yanci's wife," his pupils contracted sharply as if he had been stimulated by something.

Wen Yan leaned back on the sofa, leisurely speculating wildly: "Could it be that you and Gu Yanci had a showdown, but Gu Yanci has found someone new and doesn't want you anymore?"

Wen Muzhi clenched his fists tightly, realizing that Wen Yan was half right!

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?" Wen Muzhi observed Wen Yan's reaction and noticed that Wen Yan's pupils trembled slightly when she said "So what if it is?"

It's obvious that she cares a lot!

Wen Muzhi's smile was malicious: "Wen Yan, no matter what happens between Gu Yanci and me, it doesn't change the fact that Gu Yanci doesn't like you."

Wen Yan acted as if she had heard a joke: "I was the one who brought up the divorce. Do you think I still care whether Gu Yanci likes me or not? I just heard you cried and simply wanted to hear a joke."

"Wen Yan, you—!"

"Game Over!"

The game announcements were somewhat jarring.

Seeing Wen Yan leave, Wen Junming immediately gave chase.

"Wen Junming!" Wen Muzhi shouted angrily, "I'm your older sister, what are you doing!"

Wen Junming looked at Wen Muzhi speechlessly: "No, Wen Muzhi, can't you just find someone to marry? You're trying to sow discord between Wen Yan and Gu Yanci, are you trying to become a mistress? Besides, you and I have the same mother, and Wen Yan and I have the same father, you two are equally bad."

"What do you mean 'even if we're even'! We're the real family—" Wen Muzhi's indignant words were cut short as he swallowed them back.

As soon as Wen Yan opened the door, she heard this abruptly cut-off sentence, and a thought inexplicably popped into her mind: We are the ones who are actually related—what? Our older sister?

Yes!

Wan Ying was Wen Yonghai's first love, and Wen Muzhi was two years older than her. It was entirely possible that Wan Ying gave birth to Wen Yonghai's daughter before her mother was pregnant with her! This also explains why Wen Muzhi was close to Wen Yonghai from a young age and later changed her surname from her mother's 'Wan' to 'Wen'!

This guess sent a chill down Wen Yan's spine.

If Wen Yonghai never broke off contact with Wan Ying, then what was the point of her mother's years of infatuation? A joke?

After Wen Junming chased after him, the office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Wen Muzhi's heart was still pounding, still shaken by the slip of the tongue he had just let slip.

Fortunately, she stopped talking in time. She didn't understand Wen Yan's footsteps at all, probably because she didn't hear them. It was really a blessing!

She would rather have the reputation of being a "daughter from a second marriage" than the reputation of being "Wen Yonghai's illegitimate daughter".

The latter is too offensive; she will become a laughingstock and an object of contempt!

Whether it was psychological or not, Wen Muzhi covered his left wrist with his right hand, feeling that the pain in his wrist had become more pronounced and frequent recently.

……

"What's wrong with you?" Wen Junming followed Wen Yan out and asked when he saw that she was acting strangely.

Wen Yan carefully examined Wen Junming and then realized that Wen Junming and Wen Muzhi looked very similar, especially their ears and eyebrows!

Wen Junming and Wen Muzhi looked like siblings, while she and Wen Junming only resembled each other in the corners of their eyes and lips.

“Wen Junming, you and Wen Muzhi look quite alike,” Wen Yan couldn’t help but say.

Wen Junming seemed greatly insulted and took two steps back: "Who are you calling a liar! I'm not like her, I'm genuine and straightforward!"

“…” Wen Yan said, “I meant appearance.”

Wen Junming, like a puppy that had been calmed down, ruffled his blue fur and said smugly, "I'm much more handsome than her!"

Wen Yan wasn't in the mood for banter; her mind was preoccupied with her earlier guess.

Wen Junming wanted to persuade Wen Yan not to impulsively dump a high-quality long-term meal ticket, but Wen Yan stopped him with a look.

Wen Yan said, "If you try to persuade me to make peace in English, I think I can listen to it."

Wen Junming: "...Then I think we should respect your personal will."

Speaking English? Impossible, never in my entire life!

-

When Wen Yan returned home, she took out photos of Wen Muzhi and Wen Yonghai and compared them repeatedly.

The more I look at them, the more alike they seem!

Compared to Wen Junming, Wen Muzhi looks more like Wen Yonghai, while Wen Junming looks more like Wan Ying. Therefore, Wen Yan never realized that Wen Muzhi and Wen Junming might be siblings with the same father and mother!

She needs to find time to return to the Wen family villa and obtain the biological samples of Wen Yonghai and Wen Muzhi.

She wants to get a paternity test!

As for whether Wen Muzhi cried because of Gu Yanci, and whether Gu Yanci actually likes Wen Muzhi...

Wen Yan pursed her lips, suppressing the restlessness in her heart, and stopped thinking about it.

-

"Wen Yan, what exactly did you do? We've received a customer complaint!"

The next morning, Wen Yan had just arrived at the company when she was stopped by Wu Lu, the project manager who had delivered the documents the day before.

Ye Sisi, holding a cup of coffee, stopped as if passing by and said, "Wen Yan, this client is known in the industry for his good temper. Now he's complaining that we're unprofessional and impolite. It's an undeserved disaster for our law firm. You'd better apologize and get his forgiveness."

Customer complaints would affect the project manager's performance evaluation, so Wu Lu immediately said, "Wen Yan, you must apologize to me today!"

The office colleagues all turned to look at the work in their hands.

Why is this intern named Wen Yan causing trouble every other day?!

Wen Yan placed her backpack on her workstation and said calmly, "Attorney Wu, I'm an intern in the International Mergers and Acquisitions Economics Group, not in your Celebrity Management Economics Group. I understand that you knew about my relationship with your client, Wen Muzhi, and were prepared to accept the consequences when you asked me to deliver documents. Faced with Wen Muzhi's deliberate obstruction, I patiently stood outside her office for nearly two hours, remaining polite and courteous to her. I believe I did my job perfectly professionally. If you don't believe me, you can check the security footage."

Wen Yan's words were reasonable and well-founded, and did not seem like a lie.

Wu Lu caught the key information: "What is your relationship with Wen Muzhi?"

Wen Yan replied, "Wen Muzhi is my stepmother's daughter."

"Wen Yan and Wen Muzhi are actually family?"

"Isn't Wen Muzhi from a wealthy family? Then Wen Yan is also...?"

"My goodness! Wen Yan is so low-key!"

Ignoring the shocked gasps around her, Wen Yan looked at Ye Sisi: "Ye Sisi, when did you find out about my relationship with Wen Muzhi? You knew all along, yet you still suggested that I deliver the documents. What were your intentions?"