Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 205 He Loves You More, Wen Zhizhi

Wen Yan's anger seemed to be extinguished by a bucket of cold water. She quickly glanced around and, seeing that no one else had noticed their intimacy in public, let out a long sigh of relief.

"What's wrong with you? What did your aunt say to you? Did she scold you?"

Wen Yan felt this shouldn't be the case. With Gu Yanci's personality, let alone Ji Chang, his mother who hadn't been close to him since childhood, scolding him, even if it was Grandpa Gu scolding him, he would just let it go in one ear and out the other. He had enough confidence in his own value judgment.

Since there was no one around, Gu Yanci didn't bother to go around. He simply used his hands to flip himself over and sat down in the empty seat next to Wen Yan.

Gu Yanci looked at Wen Yan for several seconds before asking, "If you have nothing to do, why didn't you go find Jiang Huaixu?"

Wen Yan rolled her eyes in annoyance: "If I go back to my senior, won't some people be even more unhappy?"

It goes without saying who 'some people' are.

Wen Yan is now intentionally maintaining a polite social distance from Jiang Huaixu to avoid giving him any bad ideas.

Gu Yanci chuckled, it was unclear whether he was laughing at her for not going to find Jiang Huaixu, or at her for thinking that he would be unhappy.

"Let's go home." Gu Yanci pulled Wen Yan up.

"Aren't you going to see Auntie off?" Wen Yan still remembered the purpose of her visit today.

"No need to see me out." Gu Yanci felt that his presence here today was enough. "There's been progress on Jiang Xing's father's side. Lou Qi's people have already gone abroad to negotiate."

Wen Yan's eyes lit up.

Wen Yan originally planned to call Jiang Xing immediately to tell him the good news, but Gu Yanci told her that Lou Qi had already told Jiang Xing the news right away.

"They..." Wen Yan asked Gu Yanci suspiciously and tentatively, "Could Lou Qi have done this on purpose?"

Lou Qi immediately informed Jiang Xing, the person involved, about the progress of the matter, which was perfectly fine. However, considering Lou Qi's strange words and actions towards Jiang Xing, and the fact that Lou Qi was not a patient or helpful person, one could see the suspicious and eerie aspects of it.

“Male courtship behavior.” Gu Yanci did not deny it, but added, “This is not something you or I can control.”

Wen Yan pursed her lips. Since Jiang Xing hadn't spoken to her about it, it was indeed inappropriate for her to interfere.

Wen Yan suddenly remembered something from the past: "By the way, has the matter of Brother Jingzhou being kidnapped back then been investigated?"

"No." Gu Yanci's expression darkened.

Ji Chang's words were extreme, but she was right about one thing—Gu Yanci's life was saved by Gu Jingzhou.

Gu Jingzhou was fourteen years old when he was kidnapped. However, what the outside world didn't know was that the kidnappers originally intended to abduct Gu Yanci, and it was Gu Jingzhou who used himself as bait to allow Gu Yanci to escape. Gu Jingzhou was tortured by the kidnappers for half a month before being rescued, and his health deteriorated further afterward, eventually leading to his untimely death.

The Gu family has been searching for the reason why the kidnappers targeted Gu Yanci in the first place—after all, the kidnappers did not initially want a ransom and only wanted to kill him. It was only after the Gu family offered an exorbitant ransom that the kidnappers changed their minds.

If people are willing to pay ransom, then it's not a revenge killing.

So why did the kidnappers only want to kill the hostage in the first place?

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midnight.

Gu Yanci woke up from a nightmare with a start, sitting up abruptly. The noise was so loud that it disturbed Wen Yan beside him.

"What's wrong?" Wen Yan opened her eyes groggily, but was too sleepy and closed them again the next second.

"I dreamt of Gu Jingzhou." In the dim light, Gu Yanci stared at the silhouette of the woman beside him, his gaze unfathomable.

Wen Yan regained a little consciousness and asked, "What did Brother Jingzhou say to you?"

Shouldn't dreaming about my brother be a sweet dream?

If it's her, I hope this beautiful dream continues until tomorrow.

"He didn't say anything...maybe he's dissatisfied with me." Gu Yanci's voice was hoarse, clearly indicating that this dream was not a good one.

However, he has a strong sense of self, so he doesn't feel any lingering fear.

Moreover, he didn't believe in the idea of ​​the deceased appearing in dreams; at most, it was just a matter of what one thinks about during the day and then dreaming about it at night.

"How could that be?" Wen Yan's hand reached out from under the covers, and she patted the man reassuringly, not knowing where it touched. "Brother Jingzhou loves you very much and won't be dissatisfied with you."

These words did not comfort Gu Yanci; instead, they sounded like sarcasm to him.

Everyone knows that Gu Jingzhou is a good older brother; Ji Chang knows, Wen Yan knows, and he himself knows.

However, despite being such a good brother, he did not extend his affection to the organs his brother left behind.

Gu Yanci looked at the little hand that had landed on his arm, took it in his hand, and put it back in the quilt to keep her from catching a cold.

“He loves you more, Wen Zhizhi.”

Wen Yan subconsciously moved closer to him, rubbing her face against him without saying a word.

Because Jingzhou really dotes on her and treats her very well.

Gu Yanci gently brushed aside the soft hair that was covering Wen Yan's face, lowered his eyes and asked her, "Gu Jingzhou likes you very much, Wen Zhizhi, do you know that?"

Wen Yan was half-asleep when her hand finally touched the man's abs, a feel she liked.

Gu Yanci's body had become accustomed to her intimacy, and he also enjoyed it mentally, letting her touch him as she pleased.

"Wen Zhizhi..."

Wen Yan's mind had slowed considerably; the last vestiges of reason made her mumble a response: "No...it's..."

No?

Gu Yanci neither agreed nor disagreed.

He lay back down and held Wen Yan tightly in his arms.

The next day.

Wen Yan was extremely sleepy when her alarm clock woke her up, but she had to get up early to go to school because of a group meeting early this morning.

Wen Yan felt a little angry because Gu Yanci had suddenly woken up and talked to her last night, which disturbed her sleep, but she couldn't quite bring herself to be angry.

It seems... it seems Gu Yanci was in a bad mood last night?

"Gu Yanci, did you say something to me last night?" Wen Yan asked, biting her spoon, unable to recall.

"..." Gu Yanci, "No."

She has this habit of forgetting things as soon as she wakes up.

Wen Yan tilted her head, trying hard to recall: "Really? You seem to have mentioned Brother Jingzhou."

Gu Yanci looked at her with a half-smile, a hint of coldness in his smile: "Wen Zhizhi, you only remember Gu Jingzhou, right?"