Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 167 I'm Waiting for My Wife

After the girl left, Wen Yan walked downstairs, puzzled.

"Do you know that girl from earlier?" Wen Yan asked Gu Yanci curiously.

"do not know."

Gu Yanci naturally took her shoulder bag. It was quite heavy in his hand. He casually opened it and looked inside. There was an iPad, a stack of printed materials, and a thick book on criminal law.

"Then what did she just do...?" Wen Yan asked, puzzled.

She asked me who I was waiting for.

"?"

"I said, wait for my wife."

Wen Yan's ears immediately turned slightly red, and she couldn't help but glare at Gu Yanci reproachfully.

Men usually refer to their wives as "太太" (tàitai), which has the same legal meaning as "老婆" (lǎopó), both referring to a spouse.

However, the term "太太" (tàitai, meaning "wife") leans more towards a status symbol, while "老婆" (lǎopó, meaning "wife") inexplicably carries a sense of intimacy and possessiveness with a down-to-earth feel.

"Are you unhappy with what I said?" Gu Yanci asked.

Wen Yan said, "Huh?" and looked at the ginkgo trees on campus: "No."

Upon hearing this, a smile flashed in Gu Yanci's eyes.

Today he was driving that very understated black Phaeton again.

The car drove all the way to a members-only restaurant.

The private room was already quite full, mostly second-generation elites from prominent families in the capital and their boyfriends or girlfriends.

Everyone came over to greet Wen Yan and Gu Yanci.

After the process was completed, Gu Yanci was pulled away by Lou Qi, and Wen Yan naturally sat down next to the women.

"Mrs. Gu, Miss Luo caused another woman to lose her baby, and you're still defending Miss Luo like this. Aren't you afraid your reputation will be affected?" a woman suddenly said.

The woman wore a Dior gown, a large diamond necklace, and exquisite makeup, while Wen Yan appeared bare-faced and looked like a student who hadn't fully matured. Perhaps that's why the woman looked at Wen Yan with confidence, even a hint of arrogance.

Wen Yan vaguely remembered her; her name was Gu Yueyue. Her family owned a newly listed company. She entered the entertainment industry two years ago, and her parents were willing to spend a lot of money on her. This year, she gained some fame and was considered a third or fourth-tier celebrity.

"Who do you think you are, talking about Luo Beiqing with me?" Wen Yan looked at the other person with a half-smile, not angry at all, but full of mockery.

The woman sensed Wen Yan's disdain and immediately became furious: "I'm Lou Qi's girlfriend!!"

Wen Yan glanced at Lou Qi.

The latter was talking to Gu Yanci while being forced to drink by the other second-generation rich kids, completely unaware of his girlfriend's presence.

Wen Yan recalled that when she met Lou Qi's girlfriend last month, it wasn't the one in front of her.

"You think you can challenge me just because you're Lou's ex-girlfriend?" Wen Yan leaned back lazily in her chair, finding it amusing.

Gu Yueyue raised her chin: "Mrs. Gu, I mean no harm, but my sister has recently been in contact with Young Master He, and I don't want you to interfere. I also hope you can advise your friend, Miss Luo Beiqing, that since she has chosen divorce, she should cut ties cleanly and not cling on relentlessly—"

"Snapped!"

Wen Yan stood up as she was speaking and slapped her, interrupting her.

The loud slap silenced the entire room.

Everyone, look this way.

Wen Yan had heard that Zhong Xue was choosing a new wife for He Tingchuan like a concubine selection. It turned out that the person in front of her was afraid that she would stop her sister from becoming someone's wife!

"You...you hit me?" Gu Yueyue covered her face in disbelief, and was about to fight back when she realized what was happening.

Just as he raised his arm, Wen Yan intercepted it.

"It seems you're still not familiar enough with this circle." Wen Yan smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes. "Ask them, who dares to say a bad word about Luo Beiqing in front of me?"

The girlfriends or socialites of the surrounding second-generation rich kids looked at each other silently.

Everyone knows that Wen Yan is usually very easy to talk to and a gentle person, but when it comes to protecting her own, she has absolutely no bottom line!

They even thought that even if Luo Beiqing cheated on her, Wen Yan would still do something to help cover it up!

"what happened?"

The men noticed the commotion and Gu Yanci rushed to Wen Yan's side immediately.

Wen Yan glanced at Lou Qi who was walking over, and then stopped.

"Brother Lou!" Gu Yueyue immediately stopped gritting her teeth and rushed towards Lou Qi, crying and looking pitiful as if she had been bullied. She said aggrievedly, "Miss Wen... Miss Wen hit me!"

"Oh." Lou Qi let her hug him and asked the woman in his arms, "What do you want?"

Seeing that Lou Qi's expression was normal, and there wasn't even a flicker of emotion in his eyes, Wen Yan already knew the outcome of the matter.

"She slapped me! I've never been slapped before in my entire life!" Gu Yueyue accused.

"Do you want to fight back?" Lou Qi asked in a gentle tone, but for some reason, it sent a chill down one's spine.

Gu Yueyue, oblivious to the fact that her boyfriend was going to stand up for her, pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Hitting someone is too much, I can't do it... I don't want to see her, okay?"

When asked the last question, she raised her head and looked at Lou Qi with hopeful eyes.

She knew that her face looked incredibly pitiful from this angle, which could arouse a man's protective instincts.

She was simply asking Wen Yan to leave, which wasn't unreasonable. And today was Lou Qi's birthday; surely Gu Yanci wouldn't want to put his good friend Lou Qi in a difficult position. As long as Wen Yan left today, everyone in the circle would know how important she was to Lou Qi!

“Okay,” Lou Qi said.

Gu Yueyue couldn't help but feel a surge of joy in her eyes.

Before he could even laugh, he heard Lou Qi say, "Then get lost."

"...W-What?"

Gu Yueyue was incredulous and didn't react immediately, wondering if she was hallucinating.

Lou Qi appeared languid, but his words were exceptionally ruthless: "I said, you, get out."

—You don't want to see Wen Yan? Then get lost!

"Pfft!"

Someone in the crowd burst out laughing.

No one was surprised by Lou Qi's reaction.

Lou Shao had been a womanizer, but none of them had ever truly caught his eye. All those women he'd had before were as docile as rabbits, and none of them lasted more than two or three months. This one in front of him, jumping around like a madman, was just too annoying for Lou Qi to bear!

Gu Yueyue looked at Wen Yan, but Wen Yan had already gone to the side to talk to someone else, completely ignoring her.

She immediately realized she had done something stupid, and cried as she begged Lou Qi to leave, but Lou Qi called security to take her away.

Lou Qi was annoyed that his birthday had been ruined by such an idiot, so he made an excuse to go outside for a smoke.

He had only taken two steps when a woman bumped into him.

His aura was even lower, and he looked over with a cold and sharp gaze, only to see a delicate and aloof face.

Her eyes were red, as if she had suffered a great injustice, but there was a determination and stubbornness in her eyes that drew people in at first glance.