Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 184 Mr. Gu, you're quite the ladies' man!

Wen Yan's quick reaction was both unexpected and reasonable to Gu Yanci—she was a smart person, and it was normal for her to be quick-witted.

Wen Yan grabbed the man's collar, raised her chin slightly, gained the upper hand, and pressed on relentlessly: "Mr. Gu, say something."

She repeated his lines verbatim.

She didn't seem angry, but her expression was haughty and reproachful, as bright as a little sun.

A smile flickered in Gu Yanci's eyes. "Mrs. Gu wants to settle accounts?"

If you really want to calculate it, it's impossible to know for sure.

After all, judging from this text message, neither of them is 'clean'!

Wen Yan pouted.

Nan Zhiyi doesn't seem stupid, so why are her methods so low!

"Can I call her back?" Wen Yan asked the phone owner for her opinion.

"Mrs. Gu certainly has that right."

Gu Yanci leaned back slightly in his chair, one hand on Wen Yan's waist, looking at her with a leisurely air, his eyes full of indulgence.

Wen Yan used his phone to call back the text message right in front of him.

"Beep-beep-"

After two rings, the other party answered.

"Hello, Mr. Gu."

Wen Yan recognized the voice; it was indeed Nan Zhiyi's.

"Hello, Miss Nan," Wen Yan replied in a businesslike manner.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then someone said, "Yan, you have Mr. Gu's phone?"

"I took my man's phone, so what? You have a problem with that?"

"That was not what I meant."

Wen Yan cut to the chase: "You saw me at the hospital, why didn't you say hello?"

"Oh, you mean that text message?" Nan Zhiyi seemed to think there was nothing wrong with the text message and asked casually, "Could you tell me which ward that senior is staying in?"

Wen Yan chuckled lightly, then replied, seemingly unrelated, "Nan Zhiyi, when did you meet Song Yudie? Didn't Song Yudie tell you that I wasn't the only one visiting Senior Jiang; Gu Yanci was too?"

She said that Song Yudie had told her about Jiang Xuechang's hospitalization out of the blue, and it was obvious that she had been "instructed" by someone!

"W-what? Mr. Gu was with you?" Nan Zhiyi asked in shock and disbelief.

She could tell that Gu Yanci and Jiang Huaixu didn't get along, so why would Gu Yanci visit Jiang Huaixu? And why did he allow Wen Yan to visit Jiang Huaixu? Didn't Gu Yanci realize the ambiguous relationship between Wen Yan and Jiang Huaixu?

Nan Zhi couldn't understand.

What she couldn't understand even more was that Song Yudie had only told her that Wen Yan had gone to see Jiang Huaixu, but hadn't told her that Gu Yanci had gone too! What a muscle-bound, simple-minded art student!

Wen Yan chuckled softly: "Do you still want to ask about Senior Jiang's location? You can ask Song Yudie. I hope you won't bother my husband anymore."

Gu Yanci raised an eyebrow in satisfaction when he heard her say "my husband".

Nan Zhiyi remained silent; the receiver was eerily quiet, almost suffocating.

Wen Yan hung up the phone with satisfaction and returned it to Gu Yanci.

“Mr. Gu—” Wen Yan deliberately mimicked Nan Zhiyi’s way of addressing Gu Yanci, “You’re quite the ladies’ man!”

Gu Yanci put his phone aside, pinched Wen Yan's chin, and gave her a punishing kiss on the lips.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Gu Yanci couldn't possibly be unaware of Nan Zhiyi's thoughts.

He was born into the Gu family and was the head of the family, so many men and women were eyeing him.

However, none of these people were within his consideration.

Because I didn't care, I never paid attention to it.

"Zhizhi," Gu Yanci hugged her tightly, rested his chin on her shoulder, and whispered in her ear, "No matter who comes along, the person in my heart is you."

From beginning to end, it's always been you.

-

Three days later, Zhou Qi still hadn't sent any useful information.

Logically, top-tier wealthy families have small circles, but many people and complex relationships, so secrets are rare. However, Jiang Huaixu is an exception.

Jiang Huaixu had been in poor health since childhood, and the Jiang family protected him almost completely. The little information they had about him was only revealed after he successfully underwent a heart transplant four years ago.

Four years ago...

Gu Jingzhou passed away four years ago!

An absurd thought flashed through Gu Yanci's mind, so fast that he almost missed it, startling him so much that he instantly stood up from his chair.

"Mr. Gu?"

Zhou Qi was startled and quickly recalled what he had just said and done, wondering if he had upset Gu Yanci.

"I have to leave for two days." Gu Yanci picked up his phone and ID card and walked out of the office.

He wants to investigate this matter personally!

"President Gu, where are you going? What do you think of the work schedule for the next two days?" Zhou Qi hurriedly followed.

"Cancel them all. If Wen Yan asks, just say I'm on a business trip."

"...?"

All of them? Cancel them?

No, how do you push this? Where do you push it to?

Zhou Qi was inwardly groaning, but dared not disobey Gu Yanci.

He wouldn't even let his wife know. If he didn't know how Mr. Gu felt about his wife, he would have suspected that Mr. Gu was having an affair!

Wen Yan didn't pay much attention to the news that Gu Yanci was going on a business trip unexpectedly.

"Be good at home and don't go to see Jiang Huaixu without permission," Gu Yanci instructed.

Wen Yan: "..."

-

on Monday.

She went to the school for a group meeting as usual.

As if the text message incident had never happened, Nan Zhiyi acted as if she had lost her memory, still showing Wen Yan exceptional enthusiasm.

After the group meeting ended, Nan Zhiyi walked over to Wen Yan. The other classmates assumed that the two had a good relationship and consciously did not disturb them.

Just as Wen Yan was feeling nauseous, a voice came: "Yan Yan, I have something to tell you."

Wen Yan immediately walked over to Jiang Xing and left with him.

Nan Zhiyi stopped alone in the distance and pursed her lips.

Does Senior Sister Jiang also have such a strong preference for good looks?

"Senior, what's up?" Wen Yan asked.

"It's nothing," Jiang Xing said with a smile.

Wen Yan immediately realized that she had deliberately called her away.

"You can tell that my relationship with Nan Zhiyi isn't good anymore?" Wen Yan asked, somewhat surprised.

Jiang Xing was somewhat puzzled: "Isn't it obvious?"

Compared to these, she felt that some men were even harder to understand.