Night Fire Lingering

Luo Beiqing accompanied Wen Yan to the hospital to change her dressing.

The doctor prescribed a new ointment, and Luo Beiqing went downstairs to pay and pick up the medicine.

Wen Yan felt stuffy in the clinic, so she went to the platform in the corridor to get some fresh air.

As I tried to go back, I stepped back and bumped into someone—

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Halfway through her apology, Wen Yan turned around and saw Gu Yanci's face.

Wen Yan stopped abruptly, staring at him coldly with a questioning look on her face that seemed to say, "What are you doing here?"

"Come here to change the dressing?" Gu Yanci asked calmly.

Wen Yan looked at him warily, not wanting to speak, but Gu Yanci blocked her only way out, so she could only reluctantly say, "Mm."

"Why is no one with you?"

"Bei Qing went to pay the fees."

Wen Yan didn't want any misunderstanding that Luo Beiqing hadn't taken good care of her.

Gu Yanci held a cup of hot cocoa in his hand and asked Wen Yan, "Would you like some?"

Wen Yan likes hot cocoa, but doesn't want to drink Gu Yanci's.

"Young Master Gu, you're blocking my way." She cursed herself inwardly for coming out for a stroll; wouldn't it have been better to just sit quietly in the consultation room?

Gu Yanci seemed not to hear her words, and looked down at her hands.

Her two hands, wrapped tightly in blankets, were spread out in front of her, round and looking somewhat comical and cute.

Seeing him looking at her hands, Wen Yan suddenly remembered something and said, "The day I was injured, I went to the hospital. It was inconvenient to take off the purple jade bracelet you gave me. The doctor was worried that it would worsen my injury, so I asked them to break it. That bracelet was quite valuable. I'll consider it my share of the divorce settlement. That's enough. I don't need any other assets."

This is a reminder to Gu Yanci to quickly organize the documents and sign the divorce agreement.

That purple jade bracelet was just one of the gifts Gu Yanci gave to Wen Yan. It was only after she reminded him that Gu Yanci remembered that he had given her such a gift.

He didn't care about the value of the gift at all; he only felt a pang of pain in his heart when he heard Wen Yan say, "I had it smashed."

She really didn't care about the gift he gave her!

Gu Yanci couldn't help but wonder if she would have tried her best to keep the bracelet if it had been given to her by Gu Jingzhou.

“Zhizhi——”

"excuse me!"

Just as Gu Yanci was about to speak, Wen Yan suddenly saw a figure and, disregarding her injured hand, abruptly pushed Gu Yanci away. Fortunately, Gu Yanci reacted quickly and dodged in time, and in the blink of an eye, Wen Yan rushed out.

Wen Yan saw a familiar figure.

"Madam, please be careful!"

Wen Yan ran all the way, startling the nurse who quickly gave her instructions.

The woman not far away heard the sound and instinctively looked over.

When she saw Wen Yan, she raised an eyebrow in surprise. Gone was the embarrassment and dejection she had shown at the last banquet; instead, she exuded an air of smug arrogance.

"Wen Yan." Qiao Weiwei noticed Wen Yan's hands at a glance. "Oh, you're injured."

Wen Yan slowly stopped, panting slightly, her gaze undisguisedly fixed on the test results in Qiao Weiwei's hand.

This is a private hospital with four outpatient departments on one floor. Wen Yan just saw Qiao Weiwei walking out from the direction of the obstetrics and gynecology department!

Qiao Weiwei followed her gaze and looked at her own hand, as if holding some kind of trophy, and asked with a smile, "Want to see this?"

Qiao Weiwei deliberately turned the test report in her hand to a different angle so that Wen Yan could see two words: pregnancy.

"You know?" Qiao Weiwei asked curiously.

Wen Yan pursed her lips, remained silent, and looked at Qiao Weiwei with a cold gaze.

Qiao Weiwei touched her lower abdomen and chuckled softly, "Wen Yan, you should know very well that sleeping together isn't something I can do alone, just like Wen Muzhi and Gu Yan—"

Before Qiao Weiwei could utter the word "resignation," she suddenly saw a tall, long-legged man striding towards her, the hem of his long trench coat fluttering wildly with his rapid steps.

"Discuss me?" Gu Yanci seemed to be waiting for her to finish speaking, but Qiao Weiwei could see the intense indifference and intimidation in that simple look.

"No, no, Young Master Gu has misunderstood." Qiao Weiwei was stiff all over, not daring to even breathe.

Gu Yanci withdrew his gaze and frowned at Wen Yan, saying, "Why are you running? Don't you know you're a patient? What if you fall?"

Wen Yan ignored Gu Yanci and asked Qiao Weiwei, "He Tingchuan's?"

Qiao Weiwei took a deep breath, regaining some confidence, and touched her hair: "What else can I do? It's not even a month old yet, the baby is still very small."

Wen Yan stared at Qiao Weiwei's flat stomach and narrowed her eyes.

In that instant, her aura was truly frightening. Qiao Weiwei took a few steps back and protected her lower abdomen with both hands.

"Wen Yan, what are you trying to do? I'm warning you, the child in my belly is He Tingchuan's first child, and it's extremely precious!"

"Is that so?" Wen Yan smiled insincerely. "I didn't originally plan to do anything, but your words gave me an idea."

"Wen Yan!" Qiao Weiwei exclaimed, pointing at Wen Yan and saying to Gu Yanci, "Young Master Gu, you heard it! You heard what she said! If anything happens to me, it's Wen Yan's fault!"

Gu Yanci seemed not to hear what Qiao Weiwei was saying.

I don't know if I heard anything or not.

Wen Yan took two steps forward, startling Qiao Weiwei, who retreated repeatedly.

“Miss Qiao, I didn’t say anything. Don’t throw all sorts of accusations at me, your patient.” She paused, her smile fading. “But you should know how much illegitimate children are despised and criticized in this circle.”

Wen Yan wanted to advise her to stop.

Qiao Weiwei seemed to have heard something amusing: "Whether a child is an illegitimate child or not depends on whose father it is. I'm a little tired, Wen Yan, goodbye."

……

After paying the bill and getting the medicine, Luo Beiqing returned to find Wen Yan. He saw that Wen Yan's face looked terrible, and then he noticed that Gu Yanci was also there.

Luo Beiqing glanced at Wen Yan, then at Gu Yanci. Seeing that Wen Yan didn't chase Gu Yanci away, she didn't say anything and pretended not to see Gu Yanci. She would hold a grudge for the rest of her life against Gu Yanci for not rushing to save Wen Yan immediately after answering her call!

"Why are you unhappy?" Luo Beiqing asked Wen Yan gently.

Luo Beiqing thought Wen Yan was unhappy because of Gu Yanci's appearance, but the moment Wen Yan looked at her, she knew it wasn't that.

"Because of me?" Almost instantly, Luo Beiqing understood. "You saw Qiao Weiwei?"

Wen Muzhi stood up and said worriedly, "Bei Qing, you..."

"When I went to pay the fees, I saw her go into the obstetrics and gynecology department." Luo Beiqing's tone and expression revealed no emotion.

Before Wen Yan could offer any comfort, Luo Beiqing said with a carefree smile, "It's alright. If you can sleep with someone right under my nose, having a baby won't make much difference. You want a divorce, right? I'll go with you."

Gu Yanci had been looking at Wen Yan's medical records before he finally looked up at Luo Beiqing.