Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 182 Zhizhi, are you planning to use your beauty to exchange for it?

Wen Yan woke up the next day to find a text message from Song Yudie: "[You made my senior sick; even his heart isn't good.]"

Wen Yan's pupils suddenly contracted—her heart!

Without Song Yudie explaining in detail, Wen Yan almost immediately recalled what happened in the cafeteria that day.

She reviewed her words and actions and found nothing excessive. However, considering the premise that "Jiang Huaixu might like her," it seemed reasonable that he was made sick by her.

It's also possible that she wasn't angry at all, but that doesn't matter.

Importantly, Jiang Huaixu was hospitalized.

Wen Yan looked at the hospital address that Song Yudie had sent, and it turned out to be the same high-end private hospital where Ji Chang was staying. This wasn't unexpected, as that private hospital was famous for its cardiac surgery.

Wen Yan was frowning as she looked at it when her face suddenly warmed.

Gu Yanci kissed her.

"Why didn't you make a sound! You scared me!" Wen Yan was startled and slapped his arm.

"I walked in normally," Gu Yanci said, expressing his innocence.

Wen Yan could even see the accusation in the man's eyes... accusation that she didn't care about him at all, otherwise how could she not have noticed him?

Wen Yan was shocked by her own guess; she must be seeing things!

"Why didn't you go to work?" Wen Yan asked.

Today is not a rest day.

"Working from home." Bosses can be capricious.

Gu Yanci sat down on the edge of the bed, wanting to kiss Wen Yan's lips, but she blocked him.

In a woman's eyes, it's all rejection.

Gu Yanci remembered that she hadn't brushed her teeth and wouldn't let him kiss her.

He didn't mind at all, so I have no idea what she was complaining about.

Gu Yanci had no choice but to settle for a kiss on her cheek.

The phone screen went dark and locked because no one had used it for a long time.

Wen Yan's thoughts returned, and she looked at Gu Yanci, tentatively saying, "Gu Yanci, I want to discuss something with you."

The man raised an eyebrow, signaling her to speak.

"Jiang is sick, and I'd like to visit him. If you'd like, you can come with me."

Actually, the last sentence was to give him a choice.

Although Jiang Xuechang might not want to see Gu Yanci, Wen Yan felt it was necessary to make her stance clear—her stance as a married man, and her stance as someone who cares about him because of his friends.

Wen Yan noticed that the longing in his eyes had visibly faded.

"What would it mean if I went along?" Gu Yanci asked cryptically, his fingertips tracing Wen Yan's cheek.

Wen Yan sensed danger, but still said truthfully, "If you're worried, you can come with me. I think even a regular friend should visit someone who's in the hospital."

“But when I went, I wasn’t happy.”

Wen Yan thought for a moment and sincerely offered her suggestion: "Then how about I make you happy later?"

Gu Yanci snorted coldly, his expression saying: Ha, you know how to make people happy?

"How will I know if you don't give me a chance to try?" Wen Yan raised her chin. "Were you happy last time? Dare you say you weren't?"

Gu Yanci gritted his teeth and said, "Wen Yan, don't tell me you're planning to use your beauty to get me to accompany you to the hospital to visit another man!"

"I don't!"

Wen Yan answered immediately, looking at Gu Yanci with a somewhat aggrieved expression.

She's already trying to find a way to balance this!

The spacious master bedroom was completely silent.

The atmosphere was somewhat stiff.

A few seconds later, Gu Yanci coldly reminded, "Wen Zhizhi, Jiang Huaixu doesn't want to see me."

Gu Yanci was still stating a fact; as a man himself, he was well aware of Jiang Huaixu's thoughts.

Wen Yan sat up and asked, "Are you going?"

-

After one hour.

The two of them appeared at the hospital together.

Several servants were guarding outside the ward, clearly more on high alert than Ji Chang's side.

After Wen Yan explained her purpose, the bodyguard went into the ward to announce her arrival and quickly came out to invite Wen Yan in.

Jiang Huaixu sat leaning against the hospital bed, his face somewhat pale.

"Yan Yan, what brings you here?" Jiang Huaixu's smile froze when he saw Gu Yanci following Wen Yan in.

Gu Yanci skillfully placed the tonic down: "Young Master Jiang, it's been a long time. I wish you good health."

Jiang Huaixu quickly returned to normal, nodded with a gentle smile, and looked at Wen Yan again, not giving Gu Yanci a single extra glance.

"Not many people probably know I'm sick, you..." Jiang Huaixu said, then thought of someone and asked, "Did Song Yudie tell you?"

Wen Yan was somewhat surprised by Jiang Huaixu's keen observation. She nodded truthfully and asked, "Senior, are you feeling better now? Was it serious?"

"Much better, it's not serious," Jiang Huaixu said casually, making no mention of the fact that he had been admitted to the ICU on the day of his hospitalization.

"Were you feeling unwell at school that day?" Wen Yan asked.

Jiang Huaixu glanced at Gu Yanci and hummed in agreement: "I felt a little palpitation while eating in the cafeteria, but it wasn't serious."

Gu Yanci narrowed his eyes.

Eating in the cafeteria?

So the two of them even ate together in the cafeteria!

Wen Yan noticed something was wrong and subconsciously glanced at Gu Yanci.

However, Gu Yanci was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Young Master Jiang, if you are not feeling well, it would be more appropriate to eat the food sent from home."

Stop trying to have a chance encounter in the cafeteria!

Jiang Huaixu glanced at Gu Yanci, but didn't respond to him. He then spoke to Wen Yan again.

The conversation between Wen Yan and Jiang Huaixu was just normal friendly chat and concern.

Gu Yanci listened absentmindedly, finding it only an eyesore and a nuisance. His expression appeared normal, but upon closer inspection, a hint of coldness lingered in his eyes. This coldness was particularly striking when his gaze met Jiang Huaixu's.

Look at him, he's still very generous, accompanying his wife to visit his rival in the hospital.

Gu Yanci sat idly to the side, then suddenly his gaze stopped!

A delicate incense burner sat beside Jiang Huaixu's bed, and a very faint fragrance emanated from it.

And this incense burner is exactly the same as the one Gu Jingzhou used when he was sick!

Gu Jingzhou disliked the smell of hospital disinfectant, so he developed a habit of burning light incense while hospitalized. He used the same incense burner, a fact known only to a few of his close relatives.

"Senior, we'll be leaving now, so as not to disturb your rest." After saying goodbye, Wen Yan turned her head and saw the man staring intently at a certain spot with a serious expression, seemingly lost in thought.

"Gu Yanci?" Wen Yan called him softly, finding Gu Yanci somewhat strange.

Gu Yanci snapped out of her daze and looked at Jiang Huaixu with a complicated expression.

"Does Young Master Gu have something to say to me?" Jiang Huaixu asked directly.

Gu Yanci lowered his gaze and returned to normal.

He took Wen Yan's hand and said, "Take care, Young Master Jiang. My wife and I are leaving now."

Jiang Huaixu looked at the two people's hands, his eyes darkening.

As soon as Gu Yanci left the ward, he sent a message to the housekeeper of the old house, asking him to verify the whereabouts of the incense burner that Gu Jingzhou liked the most when he was alive.

The answer we received was that the incense burner was taken away by Ji Chang when Gu Jingzhou passed away, and its whereabouts are unknown.