Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 203 That Heart Belongs to Gu Jingzhou

"Why are you here?" Ji Chang asked Gu Yanci, but her tone wasn't very surprised, as if she had guessed that Gu Yanci was coming.

"What are you doing here?" Gu Yanci asked in return.

"What do you think?" Ji Chang pulled her wool shawl tighter around her shoulders, raised an eyebrow, and asked Gu Yanci.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two of them had inexplicably become a little stiff, Wen Yan took the initiative to speak up: "Auntie, would you like me and Brother Ci to take you home in a bit?"

Ji Chang then looked at Wen Yan, and after a few seconds, nodded arrogantly.

Jiang Huaixu was sunbathing on a terrace not far away when his bodyguard noticed Wen Yan and reminded him. Jiang Huaixu turned around and walked back, his gentle and handsome face revealing undisguised surprise.

"Yanyan!"

As for Gu Yanci standing next to him, he pretended not to see him.

"Senior, how's your recovery going lately?" Wen Yan asked with concern. "Did the doctor say when you can be discharged?"

If a discharge date has been set, then recovery will be quick.

Ji Chang looked at Jiang Huaixu almost simultaneously, while Gu Yanci looked at Ji Chang, observing her reaction discreetly.

Ji Chang's attention to Jiang Huaixu has gone beyond the ordinary.

"If all goes well, next week," Jiang Huaixu replied.

Wen Yan was very happy and relaxed. She couldn't help but tease Jiang Huaixu: "Didn't Song Yudie come to see you?"

Jiang Huaixu was both amused and exasperated. He subconsciously raised his hand, then lowered it again—resisting the urge to ruffle Wen Yan's hair.

"Yan Yan, you know I have no feelings for Song Yudie."

Wen Yan blinked and nodded, "Okay."

She actually wanted to test whether Jiang Huaixu and Song Yudie had developed feelings for each other over the past few days, but it seemed that they hadn't... She didn't want Jiang Huaixu to have any ulterior motives towards her.

Gu Yanci didn't give Wen Yan much time. After Wen Yan and Jiang Huaixu chatted for about ten minutes, he domineeringly reminded her, "It's time to go, Wen Zhizhi."

Then he turned to Jiang Huaixu and said, "Young Master Jiang, I'll come pick you up when you're discharged from the hospital."

Jiang Huaixu said indifferently, "Thank you, but no need."

Meanwhile, Ji Chang sat quietly to the side, watching Wen Yan and Jiang Huaixu talk.

In the elevator.

Wen Yan broke the silence and turned to ask Ji Chang, "Didn't Nan Zhiyi come to keep you company?"

"I told her to come later." Ji Chang said, looking at Gu Yanci through the reflection in the elevator car.

Gu Yanci's gaze grew even colder, and upon closer inspection, it even carried a hint of mockery.

Two seconds later, Ji Chang looked at Wen Yan and continued, "She has been keeping me company these past few days, and it's been very hard for her."

Wen Yan: "..."

The emotion is implied in her words!

If it were someone else, Wen Yan would have retorted, but Ji Chang meant something different to her.

Before she could even formulate her thoughts, Gu Yanci spoke first: "Are you implying that I should pay Nan Zhiyi a salary?"

Wen Yan: "…………"

She looked around, trying hard to suppress her laughter.

Gu Yanci has a really sharp tongue!

"You!" Ji Chang was so angry at Gu Yanci that her lips trembled.

Ji Chang took two deep breaths to control her emotions and said to Wen Yan, "Xiao Yan, I want to have a word with A Ci alone."

Wen Yan glanced at Gu Yanci and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll go downstairs for a walk."

Gu Yanci and Ji Chang got off the elevator on the floor where Ji Chang's room was located, while Wen Yan didn't get off the elevator at all and pressed the button for the first floor.

Gu Yanci only looked away when the elevator doors were completely closed and Wen Yan's figure had completely disappeared from sight.

"Look, Wen Yan doesn't care about you at all. She lets you leave as she pleases, and she doesn't care what I, her mother-in-law, and you, her husband, might say behind her back." Ji Chang's voice was tinged with mockery and laughter.

"Your attempts to sow discord are too clumsy," Gu Yanci said, unmoved.

Ji Chang didn't care about Gu Yanci's opinion and let Gu Yanci follow her back to the ward.

The VIP ward has spacious floor-to-ceiling windows, but today is not a good day; the sky outside is gloomy and overcast, lacking any bright blue light. Instead, it's filled with thick, oppressive dark clouds.

Ji Chang suddenly asked, "Do you know why I asked Zhiyi to come later?"

Gu Yanci chuckled abruptly, then asked Ji Chang with a half-smile, "Going up to see Jiang Huaixu, is it something shameful?"

She didn't want Nan Zhiyi to know that she was going to see Jiang Huaixu, but Nan Zhiyi had already noticed.

"You deliberately went upstairs to see him today, wasn't it because you wanted me to find out about this?"

"Yes."

Ji Chang did it on purpose—she guessed that Nan Zhiyi would tell Gu Yanci about her discharge from the hospital today, and Gu Yanci would most likely come to pick her up from the hospital today, because although her youngest son was not filial to her, he never gave people anything to say about matters of law and etiquette.

Gu Yanci's quick reaction was both unexpected and reasonable to her.

This youngest son, who had been favored by the old man since childhood, was very smart, but despite his intelligence, she felt no sense of accomplishment whatsoever.

Gu Yanci leaned back in the sofa chair, looked at Ji Chang frankly, and asked directly, "Is the beating heart in Jiang Huaixu's chest Gu Jingzhou's?"

Ji Chang froze: "You—"

How did you guess it so quickly?

"It really is."

Gu Yanci couldn't quite explain how she felt.

He hoped that the heart truly belonged to Gu Jingzhou, so that the part of his brother would continue to live in this world.

However, he didn't want Gu Jingzhou's hopes to be given to Jiang Huaixu, to Jiang Huaixu who was being given special care by Wen Yan, because that would become a hindrance to Wen Yan.

“Wen Yan also knows about this,” Ji Chang said again.

Gu Yanci suddenly looked up at Ji Chang, his eyes filled with shock, but even more so with coldness, like a deep pool frozen in ice.

He stared intently at Ji Chang, not as if he were looking at his own mother, but rather as if he were looking at a cunning schemer.

Ji Chang accepted her son's gaze calmly, sat down on the single sofa, and said with a smile, "I was the one who leaked the information to her."

“Since Jingzhou and Wenyan had a good relationship before he died, he probably liked to see Wenyan often.” Ji Chang’s smile became more and more obvious, revealing her satisfaction. “Wenyan did not disappoint me. She valued Jingzhou’s heart carrier very much.”

The only thing that displeased her was that Wen Yan married Gu Yanci.

"Aci, look, Jiang Huaixu only has your brother's heart, yet he receives Wen Yan's special care. In her heart, you will never be as good as your brother. Are you really willing to let such a woman be your wife for the rest of your life?"