armyinform Chapter 235 Are you sure Gu Yanci really loves you?
Chapter 235 Are you sure Gu Yanci really loves you?
It was probably Wen Yan's words, "You refuted me for your daughter without any investigation or research, so what are you talking about making amends for?" that made her feel guilty. Or perhaps it was Wen Yan's resolute departure that subconsciously tipped the scales in her heart a little towards Wen Yan's side.
"W-What did you say?" Nan Zhiyi's mind went blank for a moment. "No, Mommy, I had no idea she had been in a mental hospital!"
"Zhizhi said that Gu Yanci doesn't like you. What does that mean?" Nan Yun looked at her daughter, with whom she had spent more than ten years, with suspicion.
Nan Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, but she shook her head on the surface: "I don't know either, Mommy..."
Nan Zhiyi doesn't think she's wrong to pursue true love, just like her mother gave up Wen Yan and Wen Yan's father and chose her and her father.
Everyone has the right to pursue true love.
However, she dared not admit it.
Nan Yun had a fleeting suspicion, but subconsciously she was unwilling to delve into it—she didn't want to believe that her youngest daughter, whom she had watched grow up, had revealed a depraved side.
"Wait here for me, I need to talk to your sister." Nan Yun was still unwilling to give up and chased after Wen Yan.
Wen Yan has a problem with her. She finally got to see Wen Yan once, and she can't just give up like this!
……
"Wen Yan!"
The boy stood under the willow tree, waving to Wen Yan from afar.
Wen Yan was surprised and delighted: "Junming, what are you doing here?"
Just after asking, Wen Yan suddenly remembered: "You didn't have class today? You skipped class?"
Wen Junming did not do well in the college entrance examination. His family spent money to send him to a university under the 2+2 system, and he barely got into a first-tier university.
Wen Junming's smug smile froze instantly. He tossed the beautifully wrapped box to Wen Yan and said, "Wen Yan, can't you speak properly? I came to give you a birthday present, and you're asking me if I skipped class?"
Wen Yan understood; they had skipped class to come.
However, seeing the boy standing outside waiting for her in the sweltering heat of over thirty degrees Celsius, with sweat beading on his forehead and a gift box in his hands, Wen Yan didn't say anything more.
Adults should always be more tolerant of college students' studies; after all, he's not studying medicine and won't harm anyone.
"Wow, you have great taste! I really like it!" Wen Yan opened the gift box and saw a pair of antique official kiln teacups.
Wen Junming raised his chin, his expression practically screaming "Of course it's good!"
"You've been so well-behaved lately, you haven't dyed your hair anymore?" Wen Yan had already noticed that Wen Junming's hair had turned a neat black.
“Black hair makes it harder to be caught skipping class…wait, huh?” Wen Junming was only halfway through his sentence when his gaze passed over Wen Yan’s shoulder and looked behind her, a puzzled and thoughtful look on his face.
Wen Yan turned her head and saw Nan Yun rushing towards her, her face full of anxiety, as if afraid that she would leave.
Wen Yan's smile faded.
Nan Yun was breathing heavily, about to say something to Wen Yan, when she heard a puzzled male voice beside her:
"Wen Yan, she looks just like... she looks just like your mother." Wen Junming wondered if he had remembered wrong or misread.
Nan Yun immediately touched her face in alarm, only then realizing that she had rushed out without wearing a mask or hat!
She hadn't run into any acquaintances in China during this time, so she let her guard down for a while.
She looked at the boy in front of her warily, feeling that he looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
"Really?" Wen Yan glanced at the flustered Nan Yun, then stepped aside to block Wen Junming's view of Nan Yun. "Let's go, I'll treat you to lunch."
Wen Junming glanced at Wen Yan strangely, then wanted to look at Nan Yun, but Nan Yun had already turned around.
"Oh, then I want to eat at that newly opened Michelin restaurant. Wen Yan, I bought you a birthday present. I'm so poor."
"Okay, you can eat whatever you want."
……
Nan Yun only breathed a sigh of relief when the sound behind her completely disappeared.
She couldn't hear any of the sounds around her; it was as if she could only hear the rapid beating of her own heart.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"Mommy, where's Yan? Mommy?" Nan Zhiyi chased after her and only saw Nan Yun standing nervously by the roadside with her head down. She called several times before Nan Yun responded.
Nan Yun pursed her lips: "Zhiyi, just now... just now someone almost recognized me."
Nan Zhiyi disagreed, "So what? Mommy, you and Uncle Wen had an agreement back then, you didn't do anything wrong by leaving."
Nan Yun shook her head: "You don't understand. If this gets out, your sister will be criticized."
Nan Zhiyi tilted her head, as if she didn't understand the reasoning behind those words.
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For the next few days, Nan Zhiyi did not appear again.
Wen Yan learned from other classmates that Nan Zhiyi had returned to the main campus in Europe to handle some matters. However, the very next day, Wen Yan saw Nan Zhiyi at the Gu family's old residence.
Nan Zhiyi came to visit Ji Chang, but unexpectedly ran into Wen Yan, who had returned to visit Old Madam Gu.
"My daughter is the best. She knows to come back and visit the elderly living alone, unlike my brat who hasn't come back to see me for over a month!" Old Madam Gu held Wen Yan's hand and happily instructed the servants to take all kinds of ginseng and bird's nest supplements back to Wen Yan.
Nan Zhiyi sat next to him, feeling somewhat awkward.
She originally thought that Old Madam Gu treated her gently and was very nice, but now, compared with Wen Yan, she realized what mere superficiality meant.
Even so, Madam Gu was still worried and went to her private treasury to check, afraid that she might have forgotten what she had given to Wen Yan.
“No wonder you don’t want Mommy anymore,” Nan Zhiyi said softly.
Wen Yan looked at her with a "Are you crazy?" expression.
Did she not want Nan Yun?
From beginning to end, it was Nan Yun who rejected her first.
This person really knows how to turn the tables.
“But Yan, only Mommy and I are your blood relatives. If you weren’t Mr. Gu’s wife, Mrs. Gu wouldn’t love you.”
Wen Yan ignored her.
With no servants around, Nan Zhiyi leaned towards Wen Yan and said slowly, "I heard that Mr. Gu had a deceased older brother who was very favored. In matters of the heart, Mr. Gu never won over his brother. And you, you had a very good relationship with that brother. Yan, are you sure Gu Yanci really loves you? Did he marry you because he loves you?"