Chapter 98: A white suit dyed in red

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Gu Yansheng’s eyes darkened. He suddenly stood up and roared, “So it’s my fault he didn’t come home? How can you be sure that he was in an accident and not running to have an affair with someone!”

“Yansheng, what’s the matter?” Shen Luoan’s voice came from behind. Zhou Yuanfeng was surprised when he heard him, and his face became even darker.

“Gu Yansheng, you dare to bring him here! Are you aware that no one even knows where your husband is right now? I must call the cops right now.”

Seeing Zhou Yuanfeng about to call, Shen Luoan’s eyes flashed and said quickly, “I…I saw Niannan talking to Tang Lunxuan in the corridor yesterday. They left together. I think I saw Tang Shuo there as well…”

Zhou Yuanfeng’s expression changed once he heard him. He shouted, “Shut up! Who the hell do you think you are? Making shit up about the husband of the Gu Family!”

Gu Yansheng glanced at Zhou Yuanfeng, sneered, and said with a deep voice, “Can you say that Wen Niannan didn’t leave with Tang Lunxuan yesterday? I saw them go out with my own eyes, and they never came back after going out. Oh yes, if he went to meet Tang Shuo, of course he won’t come back.”

Zhou Yuanfeng was stunned for a second after hearing that. In fact, he wasn’t sure if Wen Niannan had left with Tang Lunxuan. But that night, he could see from Tang Lunxuan’s eyes that something wasn’t right.

With a frown of irritability, a touch of complicated feelings flashed Gu Yansheng’s eyes.

Gu Yansheng didn’t know what was wrong with him. Recently, in his chest, there had been an indescribable pain.

Seeing Zhou Yuanfeng no longer talking, Gu Yansheng lightly pressed his chest, saying coldly, “He will come back naturally if he wants to come back. But what if he doesn’t? Tie him up and drag him back?”

Looking down at his watch, he went upstairs to the study without looking back. With some files in his hands, he left the house and drove for the company.

Zhou Yuanfeng turned around, walked to Shen Luoan’s side, and said with a cold voice, “Shen Luoan, you better be telling the truth, or else I’ll kill you!!” Then he turned and left.

Shen Luoan’s eyes flickered slightly and sat down on the sofa with his fists clenched.

In the evening, there still was no sign of Wen Niannan. Aunt Lan and Uncle Xu couldn’t be more worried.

Zhou Yuanfeng looked at the data presented on his computer but couldn’t focus at all. He looked out the door with a frown.

Technically, it should only take a phone call to find out where Wen Niannan is. But Gu Yansheng insisted that he was with Tang Shuo and that he shouldn’t interfere.

In the study, Gu Yansheng stood in front of the window looking at the dark courtyard outside. Gazing nonchalantly at the flower bed with a disoriented look, mixed emotions flickered in his eyes.

It was already the next day, and Wen Niannan still hadn’t returned yet…

The memory of the white back that he saw at the party flooded his mind, and the indescribable feeling returned in his chest.

“Yansheng.” Shen Luoan suddenly opened the door, entered the room, and looked at him with excitement.

“I won, I won first place in the piano competition, I’m so happy!”

Gu Yansheng looked at Shen Luoan’s happy expression. He didn’t feel the same sense of joy, and with an absent mind, he replied simply, “Oh, congratulations, let’s go out and celebrate tomorrow.”

“I want to celebrate at home, can we stay at home?”

“Home?”

It felt very abrupt to hear the word “home” coming from Shen Luoan’s mouth. Perhaps it was because that was the home of him and Wen Niannan after marrying. Hearing it from Shen Luoan gave a different feeling.

“It’s getting late, you should rest now.”

“Yansheng, what about you? Aren’t you going with me?”

Gu Yansheng was startled, and tried to avoid his eyes, “Uncle Xu said that the guest room is quite clean. You should sleep there today, I still have some business to finish.”

Shen Luoan was stunned when he was told to go to the guest room, but still didn’t say anything and left obediently.

It was already one o’clock in the morning when Gu Yansheng finished handling the company’s affairs. He rubbed his shoulders, stood up, and went back to his room. After a brief wash, he lay down on the bed. Looking at the lamp on the side of the bed, his eyes gleamed slightly.

“Don’t sleep…don’t sleep…you won’t wake up if you fall asleep…”

“Don’t sleep…”

Gu Yansheng heard that voice that he had dreamed of countless times. The man whose face he couldn’t see was whispering to him, telling him not to sleep, holding onto the glittering musical note necklace…

As in his previous dreams, the man turned and walked towards the end of the alley. Every time in his previous dreams, the scene ended here. He yelled, “Don’t go…can I take a look at you…”

Suddenly the man stopped. The white silhouette suddenly turned his head, then he finally saw his face.

It was Wen Niannan!

Gu Yansheng woke up abruptly, he sat down, exhaling hard, his eyes full of panic and disbelief.

Why? Why did he have Wen Niannan’s face? Why did he connect that white back with Wen Niannan?

Suddenly, he remembered the back of Wen Niannan and Tang Lunxuan when they left the party.  How could  Wen Niannan’s back be so similar to that one…

Gu Yansheng stood up, looked through the window, and pressed his temples. He turned and looked at the flower bed downstairs. He did not feel sleepy at all and stayed up all night.

Wen Niannan…

Day three, there still wasn’t any news of Wen Niannan.

Zhou Yuanfeng was sitting in the living room frowning while calling someone. Gu Yansheng walked downstairs. Looking at the door, a strange color flashed in his eyes. He sat on one side, lit a cigarette, and his eyes were red with blood, appearing exhausted.

“Didn’t you say that you want to find Wen Niannan? Then find him.”

Zhou Yuanfeng glanced at him while talking to the person on the other end of the phone: “Okay, I understand, excuse me.”

“Tang Lunxuan said he left yesterday after talking to Niannan, Niannan isn’t with him.”

The cigarette in Gu Yansheng’s hand fell to the ground. With some dismay in his eyes, he said “Wh…what? How can it be?”

That meant…Wen Niannan was really missing…

Zhou Yuanfeng did not make a comment about his surprised expression. He stood up and walked towards the door.

When he reached the door, he paused and turned to look at the person behind him. He said coldly, “Gu Yansheng, if something happens to Niannan, aunt and I both won’t forgive you. You will pay the price, since you have no clue what you have lost…”

Gu Yansheng watched Zhou Yuanfeng as he drove away. Then his eyes sank and he quickly called a number, “Send some people to help Zhou Yuanfeng, the more the better.”

After hanging up, he raised his hands to cover his eyes. He didn’t know what to think.

…

Shen Luoan walked downstairs, sat to his side, and said: “I’m going to get the ingredients ready, shall we celebrate together at night?”

When Gu Yansheng looked up at Shen Luoan in some confusion, out of the blue, Wen Niannan’s face, which he had dreamed of the day before, popped up. He turned his face and lowered his head, “Sure, I’ll go up for now, you can go ahead.”

With that, Gu Yansheng went up to the piano room in some panic and quickly closed the door behind him.

He walked to the shelf, opened the box with the necklace inside, and stroked the music note to calm his emotions.

Why was it that he saw Wen Niannan’s face when that person turned around? For so many years, he had never seen that person’s face, how did it end up to be Wen Niannan? His eyes flickering while looking at the necklace.

“It shouldn’t be like this…it shouldn’t be like this, why have I been thinking about Wen Niannan’s face? How could it be him…”

Gu Yansheng guessed that it must be because he was drinking too much recently, and that was why his dream was unusual this time.

“It’s because I saw Wen Niannan’s white suit at the party, it’s because of the white suit… because of the white suit…”

A strange feeling came from his chest. Gu Yansheng looked at the necklace in his hand and squeezed it tightly. Perhaps he should have returned it to the original owner…

At night, Gu Yansheng walked out of the piano room. Shen Luoan was sitting at the table with red wine and beef knives ready. When he saw him down, he stood up, looking at him with a smile.

“Yansheng, come and sit down.”

Shen Luoan turned around and went to the kitchen to grab the food. Gu Yansheng looked at his back and went into a slight daze, then shook his head lightly, thinking that his thoughts were somewhat ridiculous.

What are you thinking about, are you crazy?

The person in front of him was the one who had saved his life, he was the one who told him not to sleep before he fell unconscious, he was the owner of that necklace…it was Shen Luoan.

Shen Luoan walked to the table, sat down, and looked at him with bright eyes. Gu Yansheng exhaled softly, hiding the feeling in his eyes. Raising his gaze, he smiled at Shen Luoan, and handed him the box he had in his hand.

“Congratulations, Luoan, for winning first place in the piano competition.”

“What is this, my gift?”

In a trance, Gu Yansheng looked at the box, slowly saying: “Mm, your gift, it’s something very important to me, very important.”

Shen Luoan opened the box, took out the necklace inside, and looked at it. Then he lifted the necklace to the light, showing a brilliant smile.

“Looks beautiful, which brand is this? I like it so much, thank you, Yansheng.”

After hearing Shen Luoan’s words, Gu Yansheng’s face changed instantly. The smile on the corners of his mouth froze immediately. He stood up abruptly and looked at Shen Luoan with skepticism.

“You…you don’t recognize this necklace? Don’t you remember?”

“What?”

Looking at the puzzled expression on Shen Luoan’s face, Gu Yansheng became shocked. How?

“This necklace was with the one you gave when you saved…”

Knock knock.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Gu Yansheng turned his head and looked over. Is Wen Niannan back?

Uncle Xu quickly walked over and opened the door.  When he saw who was at the door, he cried out in surprise.

“Mister!”

“You’re back! You’re back! You’re finally…”

Uncle Xu stopped suddenly, his eyes slowly moved down, and looked at Wen Niannan’s white suit covered in blood with astonishment.

“Sir, you…you are…”

At the sight of Wen Niannan’s blood-covered appearance, Gu Yansheng was just as shocked. The wine glass in his hand fell to the ground.

The originally spotless white suit was now stained red with blood. His face was also covered with blood, and there were bloody footprints on the floor behind Wen Niannan.

Gu Yansheng lowered his head to look at his feet, only to find that Wen Niannan wasn’t wearing shoes. His feet were full of blood and wounds.

“How did you…”

Gu Yansheng looked up at Wen Niannan with dismay but found that the other person was staring straight at him. This gave Gu Yansheng a shiver down his spine.