Chapter 94: That Unforgettable White Figure

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Shen Luoan briefly cleaned the stains up by the sink. Fortunately, the wine stains weren’t that obvious. He took out a handkerchief to dry his hands.

“Hello, is it Mr. Gu?”

An unfamiliar voice suddenly could be heard behind him. Shen Luoan turned around, and looked at him suspiciously. The person was dressed in a purple suit, and was looking at him with a smile.

“Huh? Is there anything wrong?”

“President Gu asked me to come for you, and said that there was something urgent he needed to tell you.”

“Come for me? Wasn’t he going to talk about the project with Mr. Jiang? Why did he suddenly show up asking me to go over?”

The smile on the man’s face grew, as he said respectfully, “I’m not sure, but he is waiting for you in the backyard. He told me that there is a gift that he wanted to give you as soon as possible.”

“Ok, lead the way,” Shen Luoan said, while his eyes lit up.

Wen Niannan sat on the ground in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows alone on the second floor. His arms were around his legs, and his face was pale. Looking at the lights downstairs, he could vaguely hear some voices. It was already dark outside. Wen Niannan wanted to take his cellphone to see the time. But he remembered that the phone was already broken when he reached for it in his pocket.

Gently shaking the glass in his hand, and staring at the red blood-like color, he involuntarily rose the glass to his mouth. But the wine glass in his hand was suddenly taken away.

Zhou Yuanfeng took a glass of juice, and handed it to him instead. He said with a frown, “Niannan, did you forget you can’t drink?”

“If everyone can drink it, why can’t I drink it? Ah, my body is so weak that I might’ve died that day…”

“What are you talking about?”

“Nothing, nothing at all.”

Zhou Yuanfeng sighed softly. He knew that although Wen Niannan claimed that he didn’t care about Gu Yansheng, at the bottom of his heart, it wasn’t like that. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be like this just by seeing Shen Luoan.

Zhou Yuanfeng, the vice-president of the Gu Corp, should have to go attend the project meeting as well. But he was afraid that leaving Wen Niannan alone would cause trouble.

The lights on the second floor were very dim, and Zhou Yuanfeng feared that he would be emotionally unstable at that moment. He said quietly, “Niannan, let me take you down. It’s too dark here, okay?”

“Okay.”

Wen Niannan followed Zhou Yuanfeng down the stairs, passing the crowd, and suddenly heard someone calling him behind him.

“Mr. Wen.”

Wen Niannan stopped and turned to look over, Tang Lunxuan approached from the corner, with a simple and polite smile on his face.

“Long time no see, Mr. Wen.”

“Oh, hello, Mr. Tang.”

When Zhou Yuanfeng saw Tang Lunxuan, he paused, stepping forward and saying in a somewhat alienated tone, “Mr. Tang, is something the matter? If not, he still has to…”

Tang Lunxuan interrupted him and immediately replied, “Yes, something is going on.”

There was a clapping sound behind him. Zhou Yuanfeng turned to see what was going on. Gu Yansheng was on the stage answering something with an unhappy face, and Zhou Yuanfeng, who knew him very well, realized that Gu Yansheng was about to get angry.

Wen Niannan followed his gaze, finally seeing Gu Yansheng.

“Yuanfeng, go, don’t worry about me, I can just wait on the side. It also seems that Mr. Tang needs to tell me something. “

“Okay then.”

Zhou Yuanfeng looked deeply at Tang Lunxuan, hiding the feelings in his eyes. Finally, he turned and left.

Looking at Zhou Yuanfeng’s back, Tang Luanxuan took a sip of wine from the glass, and said softly: “Mr. Wen, can I talk to you a bit outside, in the pavilion?”

Wen Niannan raised his gaze to look at the somber Gu Yansheng on the stage, turned around, and nodded lightly as the two walked outside the building.

Because of yesterday’s hangover, Gu Yansheng’s headache was still there. He was trying to listen to the ambiguous questions from the people who weren’t convinced why Gu took the project. He became more and more irritated.

Zhou Yuanfeng approached him, pushed the crowd away, and stepped onto the stage. He stood behind him, and started to answer those questions for him.

Gu Yansheng had a terrible headache, and while glancing at the audience randomly, he saw Wen Niannan and Tang Lunxuan standing in the distance. He frowned and his eyes flickered slightly.

The two chatted as they left the hall and out the door.

Is Tang Shuo here too?

The back of the figure wearing the white suit was a lot thinner than before. While looking at his back drifting away, it seemed as if he had seen it somewhere.

Gu Yansheng looked at the familiar white figure in a daze. It  seemed too familiar to him, where did he see it?

Wen Niannan’s height wasn’t that short, but his body type was small and slender. His face was somewhat childish, making him appear younger than he really was.

The soft shiny hair, slightly long, hung down, making the whole man look more refined.

Gu Yansheng knew Wen Niannan, who appeared to be weak and well-behaved, wasn’t as weak as he looked. He had been stubborn from the beginning.

There was another feeling of dreary discomfort appearing again in his chest. Gu Yansheng pressed his chest firmly but it was of no use. He raised his hand, and the waiter handed a glass of wine to him.

Which he drained in a second.

Zhou Yuanfeng got off the stage and came over. He looked at him, “What’s wrong with you again? Your headache was so bad yesterday, and now you’re drinking wine again.”

“What does it have to do with you?”

…

The two men walked through the corridor to the garden. Wen Niannan walked to the pavilion in the garden, stopped, then sat on the steps and turned to look at Tang Lunxuan.

“Mr. Tang, what do you want to tell me?”

Tang Lunxuan seemed to spend some effort looking for words. After hesitant again and again, he finally said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Wen. I know I shouldn’t say it, but Tang Shuo has been locking himself in his room since meeting you that day, refusing to go out. I told my mother to go in and give him food, even if he doesn’t want to eat. He just sits in front of the piano, not talking at all, and not listening to anyone.”

When Wen Niannan heard Tang Shuo shut himself in the room, he remembered his old self, and a touch of pity flashed in his eyes, “What…what can I do?”

“You don’t need  to do anything, just let me bring him a few words from you to stop him from continuing like this.”

“When you go back, tell him to not forget the agreement he has with me. I’m taking care of him in the shadows, he’ll understand.”

“All right…thank you very much, Mr. Wen. Sorry for the trouble.”

Tang Lunxuan nodded politely, and he turned around. But when he was about to leave, out of the blue, Wen Niannan’s trembling voice came from behind him.

“I’m sorry…”

Tang Lunxuan stopped, and his eyes flickered slightly under the glasses, “Why… why sy sorry all of a sudden?”

Wen Niannan tensed his lips and whispered, “I already know, you don’t have to hide it. I know my mother’s way of doing things. You must be forced to do it because you have no other choice. I’m sorry, I’m giving the Tang family some trouble, sorry… “

“It’s okay, we can’t blame you. Tang Shuo was too reckless and gave you trouble as well. You don’t have to feel guilty.”

Wen Niannan lowered his head and didn’t speak. After apologizing, Tang Lunxuan before he got up and left, leaving only Wen Niannan in the garden.

The cold wind of the evening was particularly bitter, the lights of the pavilion were flickered by the wind. A touch of fear flashed in Wen Niannan’s eyes.

Outside, the wind was a bit strong, and the lights on the road were being all blown by the wind. Wen Niannan slowly stood up, walking towards the building from the vine corridor in the back garden where the lights were still lit.

As soon as Shen Luoan walked into the backyard, he noticed something was wrong. There was no one there in the darkness.

“I forgot my phone, I’ll go to the bathroom to grab it.”

The man in the purple suit suddenly stepped forward, blocking his way. With a strange smile on his face, “Huh? Mr. Gu, since you’re out, don’t even think about going back.”

Shen Luoan was shocked by his sudden change of expression. He turned around, running back fast.

The man swept his legs, kicking Shen Luoan to the ground. He covered his mouth while dragging him to the backyard.

Shen Luoan fought fiercely and struggled with fear. He suddenly caught the sight of a person passing by not far away with something in his hand. Shen Luoan broke free, yelling, “Help!”

His mouth was covered again, the purple-clothed man’s strength became greater as he held him. Shen Luoan stared at the person in front of him with wide-open eyes in horror.

When the man not far away heard his voice, he looked over, but only looked at him indifferently, he stood still.

Shen Luoan recognized that man. It was the waiter whom he had just made to kneel to apologize.

The purple-clothed man looked at the waiter, shaking his somewhat sore arm. Them he gave him a dark smile, and put his finger on the center of his mouth, making a shushing gesture, “Shh”

The waiter turned away his gaze, leaving the place. The man in purple let out a sneer, “Interesting, it seems that you’ve done some pretty bad things. He’s not even willing to help.”

The purple-clothed man suddenly threw the man to the ground with an intense force, took out his phone, and made a call to someone. Soon, a few others arrived.

Walking in front, the man’s leg looked a bit lame. His face was full of fierceness, and a snake tattoo went across his palm to the neck. In his face, there was a scar from his brow to the corner of his eye.

“Holy shit, Xiao Qihao, did it go that smoothly?”

The purple-clothed man spread out his hands, “Tsk tsk, for this kind of IQ, the young master still asked me to handle him. Sun Qi, I’ll leave him to you, I will go back and report to the young master first.”

Whistling, he left without looking back.

“This is the husband of the brat of Gu’s family? You look pitiful , but your face, haha.”

“Hurry up and tie him up to take him away.”

After hearing this, Shen Luoan cried out, “You can’t take me, I’m with Gu Yansheng, and you dare to grab me?”

“Heh, that’s the precise reason we came for you. I advise you to accept your fate, otherwise you will suffer even more.”

“Let me go, I have money… I have a lot of money to give you all. Or you can go kidnap Gu Yansheng, I’ll lure him here to you, but please don’t take me…I’m not the husband of the Gu Corp, I’m not…I was just lying!”

Sun Qi slapped him, stepping forward and stepping on Shen Luoan’s chest.

“Do you think I believe you? That Gu Yansheng brat got away that year, and made one of my legs beaten. Now that his husband has fallen into my hands, you think I’ll let you go?”