Chapter 97: Why would I care whether he’s dead or alive?

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“Put him in the basement! I refuse to believe this! No way that Gu brat wouldn’t care about his husband like this!”

The basement…

Upon hearing that he was going to be put in the basement, Wen Niannan’s face instantly turned pale. Despite his injuries, he tried to run for the door, but was kicked to the ground by Sun Qi.

“Ouch…”

Wen Niannan curled up in pain for a moment, gripping his stomach with no movement.

“Brother Sun, maybe that Gu brat hasn’t seen the video yet, let’s wait a while? We’re kinda hungry.”

Sun Qi looked at Wen Niannan curled up on the ground and sneered, “We’ll give him another hour, let’s go grab something to eat first.”

…

Shen Luoan sat in Gu Yansheng’s room and didn’t leave. He was worried that if Wen Niannan called Gu Yansheng, or if those people contacted Gu Yansheng, then he’d be exposed.

Ding…

The phone buzzed, signaling a new message. Shen Luoan’s expression changed as he quickly reached out for it.

When he saw Wen Niannan with a bloody and painful expression in the video, his eyes showed an immeasurable craziness, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

Raising his hand, he pressed the delete button. After removing the video from the phone, Shen Luoan walked to the sofa next to the balcony and sat down. His eyes seemed to be glowing under the dim lights.

…

Wen Niannan tried to get up, but even breathing was painful for him. He fell back to the ground one more time. Lying on the ground, he held the ring in his hand.

Gu Yansheng, is it true… you don’t care about me anymore in the slightest…?

He held the ring tightly, and the ring fragments made the wound on the palm of his hand start to bleed again, staining the clothes while rolling through his fingers.

Wen Niannan looked at the red blood staining. The pain was the same as that year. He grabbed his head and cried.

Save me… someone… please save me…

Wen Niannan didn’t know how long he cried before he passed out. When he gained consciousness again, it was because he was being caught by his hair. As soon as he opened his eyes in pain, he saw Sun Qi in front of him.

Even though the pain on his body was killing him, he still struggled to avoid him, “Let me go! Don’t touch me…

Sun Qi squatted down with his phone in his hand while staring at him cruelly.

“You seem to be afraid of me? Did we know each other before?”

A little startled, Wen Niannan lowered his head dodging to look at him.

“No…”

Sun Qi raised the phone in his hand, shaking in front of Wen Niannan. He gave a vicious smile, “It seems that Gu Yansheng is really going to play deaf. Our only choice now is to call him and see if he will accept our request.”

When Wen Niannan heard that he was going to call him, his eyes flickered slightly.

Early in the morning, Sun Qi asked for Gu Yansheng’s number from Qin Qibai. Looking at Wen Niannan on the ground condescendingly, he dialed the number.

Beep… beep… beep…

Each sound seemed to be an extremely heavy stone pressing on Wen Niannan’s heart. He held his breath, wanting to hear the other end of the phone clearly.

“Hello?”

The call was answered, and a muffled voice from Gu Yansheng came.

Wen Niannan quickly opened his mouth to call for help, but someone on the side had already covered his mouth before he could do so and pulled him aside.

Sun Qi said with a grim look, “Mr. Gu, have you watched the video?”

“What video?”

“Mr. Gu, is there still a point in pretending like this? Of course, I’m talking about your darling lover who accompanied you to the party today. He’s in my hands now. If you want him back safely, give up the project with Jiang. Otherwise, I won’t guarantee his safety.”

“Lover?”

There was a pause over the cell phone for a long time, without hearing any reply, Wen Niannan’s eyes flickered again while staring at the phone closely.

“I don’t care, why would I care whether he’s dead or alive, don’t bother me again.”

The phone was hung up…

Wen Niannan’s eyes widened while he watched the phone screen dimming down. His heart felt as if it was pierced, as if the last ray of light in his eyes had died out.

Tears mixed with the blood slowly slipped down his face. His eyes were filled with incredibility, a feeling of despair spread to his whole body in an instant.

Unexpectedly, Wen Niannan suddenly raised his head and burst into laughter. But although he was laughing, his eyes were full of tears. “Hahahaha, you don’t care? He doesn’t care! Did you hear that! He doesn’t care about my life at all! Did you hear that!?”

It turned out that with Shen Luoan by his side, he wouldn’t even care about his life or death. It turned out that he really couldn’t care less about him…

Hearing him say “I don’t care” made his heart hurt as if being cut by a blade. It hurt more than all of the wounds on him combined, by tenfold, by hundred-fold.

Wen Niannan lowered his head bitterly and effortfully opened his bloody hand. There, the ring was still sitting there peacefully.

The blood coming from the palm dyed the ring red. The design was already submerged by blood, exposing an unusual beauty.

It seemed as if something had suddenly disappeared and couldn’t be seen or caught, but Wen Niannan understood…it had disappeared…

“The ring will be a witness of our marriage. I would like you to be my love from now on and on, whether it is good or hard times, wealth or poverty, health or illness, happiness or sorrow, I will love you and protect you, and be faithful to you forever and ever.”

“Regardless of wealth or poverty, regardless of health or illness, regardless of happiness or sorrow, when he needs you the most, you’ll be with him and accompany him forever. Are you willing?”

Wen Niannan looked at the ring. His eyes gradually relaxed, his eyelids became particularly heavy, and a bitter and sad smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, “No… I’m not.”

Looking at the blood-stained ring in his hand, he gradually fainted.

…

In his sleep, Gu Yansheng’s throat felt dry and sore. He opened his eyes drowsily, trying to grab the glass on the table, but because of his drunkenness, he laid down on the table.

“Uhm…water…”

All of a sudden, the cell phone rang. Gu Yansheng dumbly heard the sound and felt noisy. He frowned, not seeing where the sound was coming from.

It took a long time to find and reach the phone on the table and press the accept button.

“Hello.”

Gu Yansheng went back to the bed, putting the phone to his ear, he closed his eyes and frowned because of the headache.

“What video?”

“Lover?”

His head was dizzy and his voice also staggered in between.

When Gu Yansheng heard the person who accompanied him to the party, he thought it was Shen Luoan. But he turned his head, and saw the man sleeping on the couch.

Shen Luoan is here, why is he saying Shen Luoan’s with him?

Gu Yansheng thought it was a scam phone call and wanted to hang up. His headache was getting worse. He leaned on the bed and replied dizzily, “I don’t care, why would I care whether he’s dead or alive, don’t bother me again.”

After that, he hung up the phone.

Shen Luoan was already awake when the phone rang. Hearing Gu Yansheng answer the phone, he clenched his hands, fearing that his secret would come to light.

However, he found that Gu Yansheng wasn’t sober at all and only answered mechanically. Then he didn’t continue to pretend to be asleep, because he knew that Gu Yansheng would forget everything the next day. Regarding the call, it would be the same…

…

The next day, in the huge room, the man on the bed suddenly opened his eyes. Sitting up, he was sweating on his forehead.

Surprised, Gu Yansheng turned his head, looking at Shen Luoan by the bed.

Why is Shen Luoan there?

He quickly got up, opened the door, and walked out. As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Uncle Xu standing at the door looking around.

“Uncle Xu, how did I come back yesterday? Why is Luoan here?”

“Yesterday, Mr. Shen brought you back, saying that you told him to stay. I think it was getting late and you were so drunk that you let him help you.”

“I asked him to stay?”

Gu Yansheng didn’t remember if he had said that. The day before, he drank way too much.  Thinking that he must’ve said it after he was drunk, he didn’t give it too much thought. He walked to the couch and sat down with his eyes closed.

Rubbing his temples, he opened his eyes, then he saw Uncle Xu still looking at the door. Keeping his gaze there, he asked, “What are you looking at, Uncle Xu?”

Uncle Xu walked over and said with an anxious expression on his face, “Sir, Wen Niannan didn’t come back last night, nor did he call and explain why he wasn’t back. I’m a little worried…”

Hearing a slight pause in his words, Gu Yansheng’s eyes darkened.

Wen Niannan didn’t come back last night…

Suddenly he remembered the night before the silhouette of Wen Niannan leaving the hall with Tang Lunxuan. His face became gloomy and ugly.

There was another feeling of discomfort in his chest. He held tight his chest, raising his eyes with coldness, and said, “What can happen when Zhou Yuanfeng went with him? What’s more, he’s like on top of the world now. Even the vice president of Gu Corp will lower his head down for him.”

Uncle Xu said with a perplexed face, “But… even with Master Yuanfeng, he didn’t come back? It’s unthinkable for him to stay out all night without calling and saying anything, could it be…”

Uncle Xu’s face changed suddenly, then he asked, “Did he go to the hospital like last time? Was he sick again?”

Gu Yansheng took a sip of the water on the table, tapping rhythmically his fingers on the couch, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

It was simply impossible for Wen Niannan to make a call at home. He broke his phone the day before when he threw it from upstairs, how could he make a call?

But it was indeed unusual that he didn’t come back all night. Maybe Yuanfeng took him back to Zhou’s house?

Uncle Xu was suddenly reminded by him and quickly said, “Oh yes, he went out with Master Yuanfeng last night. I should call Master Yuanfeng.”

After that, he quickly took out his phone, dialing Zhou Yuanfeng’s number.

“Hello, Master Yuanfeng, Wen Niannan with you?”

Gu Yansheng lowered the glass of water in his hand, patting on the sofa rhythmically with his fingers. Then he stopped, turning his head slightly.

“What? Okay, please come quick.”

After seeing Uncle Xu’s face change instantly, he asked in a deep voice, “What’s wrong? Wen Niannan is at Zhou’s house?”

“Master Yuanfeng said… said that he hadn’t seen your husband since he separated from him before going on stage last night. He thought you brought him home already…”

After hearing him, his eyes flickered slightly, but he turned his head on the couch without speaking.

Uncle Xu stood at the door anxiously waiting for Zhou Yuanfeng to come. He then took a glance at Gu Yansheng on the sofa, who was in a daze. Disappointment flashed in his eyes.

After a while, Zhou Yuanfeng arrived, Uncle Xu asked him some questions, but he ignored him and went straight to Gu Yansheng.

Zhou Yuanfeng stood in front of Gu Yansheng, looked at him with cold eyes, and said in a profound voice, “What were you thinking?”

“What do you mean?”

“Didn’t you know that Wen Niannan hadn’t come back all night? He doesn’t know anyone at the party, and his mood was unstable yesterday. I was afraid that he would have an accident that night and that’s why I stayed by his side the whole time. I wouldn’t have left him if it wasn’t to answer all those stupid questions for you!”