Night Fire Lingering

Wen Yan's words were so sarcastic that the room fell silent for a moment.

Gu Yanci wasn't angry. Instead, he chuckled softly, a chuckle tinged with smugness and a shameless sense of "what can you do to me?"

Wen Junming thought he must be crazy, he must be having a hallucination. Why would Young Master Gu react like this?

Then I looked at Wen Yan.

Wen Yan sneered, as if she had expected his reaction.

Wen Junming felt he shouldn't be there; he wasn't smart enough.

When Wen Yonghai and Wan Ying came in, Gu Yanci had just gone to the restroom.

"Marrying Gu Yanci really changes your true identity; there are even bodyguards guarding the ward." Wan Ying's face was extremely pale, practically screaming sarcasm. "What, are you worried we'll call the police and have you arrested?"

After Wen Yan finished her rapid-fire speech, she quietly asked, "How is Wen Muzhi?"

"How dare you ask? Wen Yan, if Mu Zhi's hand really... really..." Wan Ying couldn't finish her sentence, glaring fiercely at Wen Yan, "I will ruin your reputation and make you go to jail!"

"I told you, I didn't push her."

Before Wen Yan could finish speaking, Wan Ying's anger surged, and she strode over.

"You still say you didn't! Someone who's about to be dumped by Gu Yanci, let's see who can protect you!" As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped him down.

Wen Yan's hands were wounded and tightly bandaged, so she couldn't exert any strength. She wanted to block Wan Ying's slap, but she didn't have enough strength in her arms and it was too late.

As the slap drew closer, Wen Yan stiffened her neck and closed her eyes.

She took the slap and was just waiting for her hand to heal before getting her revenge!

"mom!"

Wen Junming, who was playing a game nearby, suddenly realized what was happening, dropped his phone, and pounced on the attacker.

At the same time, the bodyguards outside heard the noise and rushed in—

Instead of feeling pain, Wen Yan heard Wen Yonghai's panicked voice: "My...my husband..."

When she opened her eyes, she saw Wan Ying's hand being blocked in mid-air by Gu Yanci.

Wen Junming rushed over and blocked her bedside.

“Miss Wen?” one of the bodyguards asked.

Wen Yan came to her senses, feeling a warm feeling in her heart, and said to the bodyguard, "I'm fine, you can go out now."

She still couldn't bear to let others see these messy things.

"Yanci, when did you get here... were you in the bathroom?" Wan Ying's face was full of astonishment and panic. She wanted to laugh, but her laughter looked worse than crying.

"I can't protect her?" Gu Yanci's voice was indifferent, but his eyes were exceptionally cold, sending chills down one's spine.

Just as Gu Yanci was about to open the bathroom door, he heard Wan Ying storm in and taunt him.

Wen Yan looked at Gu Yanci in astonishment.

Gu Yanci looked at Wen Yonghai: "President Wen, I thought you weren't here."

Otherwise, how could he just stand by and watch his stepmother bully his daughter?

Wen Yonghai sensed Gu Yanci's sarcasm and broke out in a cold sweat. He cursed Wan Ying in his heart, but said with a forced smile, "Xianxu, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding... It's your aunt who was too worried about Muzhi's hand injury!"

Wen Yonghai was somewhat intimidated by Gu Yanci and dared not presume to call Wan Ying Gu Yanci's mother-in-law.

Not wanting to offend Gu Yanci, Wan Ying immediately said, "Yes, Yanci, it was Wen Yan who hurt Mu Zhi. You don't even know, after you left, Mu Zhi cried so much from the pain, he couldn't stop crying, poor thing! It's all because of Wen Yan!"

Wan Ying looked at Wen Yan, her eyes filled with vicious hatred: "Wen Yan, why are you bullying Mu Zhi like this? You ruined her future as a pianist back then, and now you want to take her hand too?"

"Mom!" Wen Junming didn't know what had happened, but he didn't think Wen Yan would do anything to intentionally hurt Wen Muzhi.

"Shut up!" Wan Ying scolded her son, who was siding with outsiders.

Wen Yan didn't speak, leaning against the bed, watching Gu Yanci with a leisurely air, as if she wasn't the one being criticized, as if the matter being discussed had nothing to do with her.

She was simply curious about how Gu Yanci would react.

Wen Yonghai sighed: "My dear son, Yan Yan hurt Mu Zhi, it's my fault, I didn't teach her properly—"

Before he could even utter the word "good," Gu Yanci asked, "Are you sure it was Wen Yan who injured him?"

The tense atmosphere in the ward froze.

Wen Yan looked at Gu Yanci in astonishment.

Wen Yonghai and the others were all shocked.

Gu Yanci sat down next to Wen Yan, and even sitting down, his aura was no less imposing than that of Wen Yonghai and Wan Ying, who were standing.

He said, "Wen Yan said that she did not push Wen Muzhi."

Wen Yan stared intently at Gu Yanci, as if she didn't recognize him.

He actually spoke up for her?

Wan Ying's face turned somewhat ugly: "Yan Ci, we all saw it with our own eyes! Wen Yan deliberately hurt people, of course she won't admit it!"

Gu Yanci asked Wen Yonghai, "You saw it with your own eyes too? Are you sure you saw Wen Yan push Wen Muzhi?"

Wen Yonghai opened his mouth, but under Gu Yanci's extremely oppressive gaze, he dared not speak definitely.

“I…I didn’t see Yan Yan push Mu Zhi, but Yan Yan was definitely the only one next to Mu Zhi at the time. It couldn’t have been Mu Zhi alone…” Wen Yonghai subconsciously defended Wen Mu Zhi, “She wouldn’t joke around with her own hand.”

—At that time, only Yan Yan was beside Mu Zhi; it couldn't have been Mu Zhi alone. It's the same story again, exactly like back then!

Gu Yanci glanced at Wen Yan's hands: "So Wen Yan would joke about her hands?"

Wan Ying scoffed and said dismissively, "It's just an external injury, what's the big deal!"

"Nothing serious?" Wen Junming was furious upon hearing this. "Mom, Wen Yan almost died in our villa!"

Wan Ying was slightly surprised, then regretful: Why didn't he just die!

Wen Yonghai looked at his daughter in surprise, "Yan Yan..."

Wen Yan didn't even bother to look at him, finding it unlucky.

"But Mu Zhi's hand was genuinely seriously injured. Does that mean she deserved it?" Wan Ying persisted. "You let Wen Yan off the hook once back then, which is why she dared to attack Mu Zhi again! Wen Yan, you shouldn't have been sent to a mental hospital when you injured Mu Zhi. You should have been arrested long ago!"

"Is that so?" Wen Yan's expression immediately turned gloomy when she mentioned being forced to go to a mental hospital back then.

Gu Yanci noticed Wen Yan's emotions and reminded Wan Ying, "Madam Wen, I am now Wen Yan's guardian."

Wan Ying rarely interacted with Gu Yanci before, and even when she did, she always treated him with respect and deference. This time, for the sake of her daughter, she spoke to Gu Yanci like this for the first time. In a moment of impulsiveness, she said, "Yanci, don't you even think about Muzhi?"

Gu Yanci asked as if he had heard a joke: "How do you want me to consider this?"

Wan Ying said, "Naturally, it's because I admire her—"

"Are you attacking me because of Wen Muzhi?" Wen Yan laughed. "Auntie, I'm still here. Your wishful thinking is so cunning. If word gets out that the Wen family has two women serving one husband, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

Wen Yan looked at Gu Yanci: "Young Master Gu, don't you think so?"