Chapter 96: A ring in his hand stained with blood

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In a trance, Gu Yansheng sat on the couch holding a wine glass, thinking about the familiar back when Wen Niannan left, and also pondering what Wen Niannan was talking with Tang Lunxuan about that was taking them so long.

Because of this, he was a bit absent-minded and didn’t refuse the glass that Shen Luoan gave to him

It didn’t take long for him to get a little drunk, and Shen Luoan took the opportunity to leave the party with Gu Yansheng.

Opening the door of the car and helping him in, he sat down. He looked at the person with frowning brows while pressing his head, his eyes filled with craziness.

“To No. XX, Yifeng Street.”

“Yes, Mr. Shen.”

After arriving in the Yifeng district, instead of letting the car in, Shen Luoan asked the driver to drive away outside the villa street. Then he took Gu Yansheng out of the car and helped him to the door.

“Open the door! Anyone there? Open the door!”

Aunt Lan heard his voice. Opening the door and seeing Gu Yansheng, she panicked, “Sir? How are you back? I thought…”

Her tone changed immediately when she saw Shen Luoan on the side, “Why did you come? Who asked you to come? You aren’t welcomed here.”

“How dare someone like you order me around? Gu Yansheng asked me to come. He was drunk and needed me to take care of him, and he told me that I should stay here with him. The car that brought us had already left, so hurry up and help and clean up a guest room for me to stay in.”

“You…you! After all, this is Gu’s house, you’re not welcome here as a home-wrecker!”

“What? You don’t want to arrange a room for me,” Shen Luoan sneered coldly, “Well, I don’t mind sharing one with Yansheng.”

Uncle Xu walked downstairs with the changed sheets in his hand, looking differently at Shen Luoan.

“There is a cleaned-up guest room, let him stay there, master is drunk, he needs to rest first.”

Shen Luoan helped Gu Yansheng to the room. Covering him with a blanket, he looked at the sleeping face with a sullen expression flashing in his eyes, “You are finally going to be mine…”

In the dilapidated and dark house, a man dressed in white clothes was lying on the cold floor. He was unconscious and isolated from the dilapidated surroundings, and the white suit was covered with numerous mud stains.

Sun Qi brought a bucket of water and made his subordinates dump it on the head of the unconscious man. The eyelashes of the person on the ground stirred slightly, opening slowly and waking up.

Wen Niannan opened his eyes painstakingly, rather confused. There was severe pain in the back of his head. Raising his hand, he touched it and felt blood.

When Wen Niannan saw blood staining his clothes, he remembered all that had happened before he passed out. He raised his eyes in horror, looking at the person in front of him, at the sight of the horrible face in his memory, his face instantly turned pale, and his body started to tremble violently.

“Wen Niannan, right? The husband of the Gu Corp, married Gu Yansheng three years ago. Yo, and you got quite some company shares in your name.”

Sun Qi looked at the information found on the phone and showed a very weird smile.

“Why do you look scared? I haven’t done anything to you yet. You can be scared after experiencing my ways.”

Sun Qi turned around to discuss something with the people behind him, then he left the room.

Seeing that they were all gone, Wen Niannan quickly touched his clothes to make a call. But he froze after reaching his pocket: the phone was broken by Gu Yansheng the day before.

In despair, Wen Niannan curled up and held his head in the corner, with bursts of pain coming from it. He looked at the blood dripping from the white suit. In a panic, he raised his hand to wipe it, but because of the blood on his hands, the stains worsened.

Wiping the tears that were rolling down, Wen Niannan stopped the movements of his hands, squeezing his eyes shut.

“Why…why Is it me…what on earth have I done wrong to have this happen to me…”

The door suddenly opened, and some people walked in. One of them was holding a cellphone.

Sun Qi walked over and knelt. He pulled on Wen Niannan’s hair and stared at him gloomily.

“Mr. Gu, we can’t help it. Who told you to provoke our master? But as long as Gu Yansheng agrees to leave the project and make a good apology, you will be free.”

“Don’t…touch me! Get off!”

As Sun Qi approached, Wen Niannan trembled more violently. Looking at the snake tattoo, he struggled fiercely.

“Hmm! I fucking told you, settle down and you’ll suffer less. But if you keep being restless like this, then don’t blame me…”

Sun Qi grabbed Wen Niannan by the neck, pulling him up from the ground, and trying to teach him a lesson. But unexpectedly, Wen Niannan suddenly grabbed his arm and bit down without mercy.

“Ah! You bitch!” Sun Qi kicked him with a hard hit, and Wen Niannan’s face changed in pain.

After breaking free of the restraints, Wen Niannan walked fast, taking the wine bottle on the table, and slamming it against the wall. Then he held the sharp wine bottle and pointed it at him, saying with a trembling voice, “Let me go!”

“Let you go? You fucking bit me and now you want me to let you go?”

Sun Qi gave eye contact with the person at the door. Then he stood still, sneered, and lit a cigarette.

The man at the door got closer with a light stick. Before Wen Niannan could notice him, he kicked him with a violent blow on his right leg. With a painful expression, Wen Niannan fell to the ground instantly.

With a tinkling sound, the ring fell into the fragments in the ground as the wine bottle did too. Wen Niannan looked at the ring on the ground, and his face became paler. Reaching out, he picked it up. He didn’t realize the ring wasn’t the only thing in his hand, there were fragments from it accompanying.

The cold sweat on his forehead rolled down to the ground. Wen Niannan tried to stand up, but the severe pain in his leg stopped him from doing so.

“What’s in your hand?”

Sun Qi saw what he took in his hand with a panicked expression. He thought it was a tracker or a receiver.

“Give it to me.”

A foot stepped on Wen Niannan’s body, trying to make him look up at him. But the man on the ground just curled up, motionless.

“I told you to give me what is in your hand! You heard me!”

“No!”

Sun Qi stretched out his hand to take it, but he was punched in the face by Wen Niannan’s struggle.

“Hiss…”

Sun Qi felt a sharp pain from his face, and he raised his hand to touch it. The ring on Wen Niannan’s hand had cut his face. When he looked at the blood in his hand, his eyes showed disgust.

“How the hell did you dare to scratch my face? Do you know what I did with the man who made this scar on my face? You want to try it too?”

Sun Qi stood up and kicked the man on the ground again and again. Wen Niannan curled up but still held the ring tightly in his hand, not letting it go.

The men at the door stepped forward, saying, “Brother Sun, it’s nearly enough. If you continue to kick him, it will be difficult to explain to the Gu Family. They cherish this person so much, if you accidentally…”

“So what? Do you think I’m afraid of the Gu Family? Back then, if that bastard of Gu Yansheng hadn’t been rescued, no one would have known where he even died!”

Sun Qi cursed in a low voice. He wiped the blood on his face with a tissue, then he fixed his eyes on the person holding the phone.

“Did you get it?”

“Yes, it’s all taken.”

“Good, come over and take a closer look, now we have to say hello to Mr. Gu.”

Wen Niannan’s hair was dripping with water, but the drops were pink. Mixed with the blood on his head, they rolled to the ground.

Sun Qi glanced at the curled-up man, stepped forward, and grabbed him by the hair.

Suddenly being pulled by his hair, Wen Niannan was forced to raise his head. A drop of blood slid from his head and rolled into his eyes. Wen Niannan blinked uncomfortably, and red blood came down from the corner of his eyes.

“Come on, Ms. Gu, look here, and say hello to your darling husband.”

Sun Qi laughed wildly, forcing Wen Niannan to raise his head to look at the camera.

“What are you going to do…”

Wen Niannan realized what he meant once he heard him, desperately trying to avoid the camera, but he was still being forced by the hold on his head.

“Brother Sun, it’s done.”

When Sun Qi heard what he said, he released his hold and threw Wen Niannan to the ground. He went up to hold the cellphone, pressed something, then approached one more time.

“Hey there, I sent the video I just shot to Gu Yansheng .”

As soon as he heard it, Wen Niannan’s body stiffened. He looked up at Sun Qi with a face full of incredulity.

“Do you think Gu Yansheng would choose you or the Jiang Family’s project? Tsk tsk, according to your importance to Gu Yansheng, I guess he will call my Little Master Qin at night after watching the video. Like a dog, he will beg on his knees and give up the project.”

Wen Niannan lowered his head with a strange feeling flashing in his eyes.

How could it be…how could Gu Yansheng abandon the project because of him… he knew the answer in his heart but still he wanted to have a glimmer of hope.

“Just wait here and see how Gu Yansheng will respond.”

Sun Qi went to the side of the sofa and sat down. He raised his legs, lit a cigarette, and started to smoke.

Wen Niannan was choked by the strong smell of smoke. He coughed a few times, but each time he coughed, blood came out. Each time he coughed, he could feel a sharp pain in his chest, the feeling of breathing was painful.

With blood coming from the hand holding the ring, Wen Niannan was surprised. He slowly opened his hand, only to find that when he picked up the ring, he also picked some of the fragments in his hand.

Wen Niannan seemed to feel no pain at all. He pulled out the fragments from his hands without expression.

Sun Qi finished smoking the cigarette in his hand. Looking down at Wen Niannan who was hiding in the corner, he frowned with impatience.

“What time is it?”

“Eleven o’clock, Brother Sun.”

There was some confusion in Sun Qi’s mind. Gu Yansheng should have just arrived home at eleven o’clock. It was impossible not to watch the video.

Or was it… he watched but purposefully didn’t reply?

Sun Qi’s face became gloomy and dreadful. Grabbing Wen Niannan’s neck, he yelled angrily,  “Fuck, I thought you will be of some fucking use. I thought Gu Yansheng loved you so much, but I didn’t expect this. Seems like you really are nothing! He is still pretending to be deaf and dumb for the benefit of the project, regardless of your life or death!”

Wen Niannan didn’t struggle, but smiled bitterly, “I told you, he doesn’t love me at all. He loves Shen Luoan, not me. Why would he give up on the project for me.”

This is the man that I saved… yet this is what he did. I should have known earlier…

Even though he had guessed this result a long time ago, it still felt like his heart was being pierced by a knife.