Chapter 416: Chapter 390: I’m not yours, please take back your drunken words!
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Wen Nuan was startled, she frowned at Leng Ye, "You’re drunk."
"Nuannuan, come in and sit down, okay?" Although his tone was inquiring, Leng Ye was already pulling her inside without waiting for her response.
"It’s getting late, I should go back." Wen Nuan sat on the sofa in the living room, feeling tense under the look of affection in Leng Ye’s intoxicated eyes. She stood up to leave, but was pressed back by Leng Ye: "Nuannuan, can you keep me company for a chat?"
His eyes were almost pleading, his lips curled with a hint of bitterness: "Just sit with me for a while, there are things I must say today."
"Let’s talk tomorrow..." Wen Nuan became more tense as her words were cut off by Leng Ye: "Nuannuan, are you still thinking about getting back together with Leng Yan?"
"Reconcile?"
How could that be? Leng Yan’s decisions didn’t revolve around her.
"Why would you ask that?" Wen Nuan’s lips curled into a bitter smile: "There’s no possibility between us anymore. Don’t laugh at me, when I went to the airport, I still had fantasies. I hoped he was just momentarily confused. But when I gathered the courage to ask him if he would choose differently if given another chance, he directly denied it, and my heart..."
She paused, slowly lowered her head, and her voice drifted out from her lips, filled with endless solitude and sadness: "Had already died."
A heart dead as ashes...
"Nuannuan." Leng Ye called her, his voice filled with an emotion hard to express.
Both excitement and heartache.
Wen Nuan looked up, smiling at Leng Ye: "He told me he would take responsibility for Ji Wei and Ji Wei’s child. So, tell me, would I still hope to reconcile with him?"
"But now Ji Wei’s child is gone." Leng Ye looked at her, his eyes flickering with something unfathomable.
"How do you know?" Wen Nuan was shocked, then gently laughed: "Did Tan Qing tell you?"
It should be, after all, they are friends.
"No." Leng Ye shook his head, taking a box of cigarettes from the coffee table, he took one out and was about to light it but suddenly stopped: "Sorry, Nuannuan, I forgot you’re pregnant."
He put down the lighter and gently smelled the cigarette over his nose, saying quietly: "I went to the hospital today to get medicine for dad, it was a quiet time when I overheard a few nurses chatting, they said a woman had an induced labor who looked very much like Ji Wei, only with short hair."
"Yes, her child is gone." Wen Nuan admitted, talking about Tong Xi going to see Ji Wei, she let out a self-deprecating laugh: "Xixi went to prove it wasn’t our fault they lost their child, and specially sent the recording to Leng Yan. I thought he’d call me to confirm."
She shook her phone, eyes showing a hint of self-mockery: "It never rang from him. He didn’t even call me. Actually, this is good, when you’ve decided to let go, it should be clean. He did the right thing."
She didn’t want to guess what Leng Yan was thinking, what was the point to think about a man who didn’t love her anymore?
However, it was enough that Xixi proved they were blameless, so she wouldn’t have to live in guilt.
"As for Leng Yan and Ji Wei, whether they can be together after losing the child, it has nothing to do with me anymore." She smiled, her heart ached a bit, but she held back tears, thinking maybe this was the beginning of strength. Slowly, this pain would disappear, and she would become unbreakable, her heart wouldn’t be hurt by him again.
"But the child..." Leng Ye glanced at her abdomen and quickly withdrew his gaze, speaking earnestly: "Nuannuan, if Yan knew you were pregnant..."
"It’s none of his business!"
Wen Nuan laughed bleakly, glanced at the clock on the wall and stood up: "Joe, it’s really late, I need to go back."
Saying this, she picked up her bag, just as she stood, Leng Ye stood up almost simultaneously, and before Wen Nuan could react, she had already fallen into his arms, her waist caught by him.
"Joe?"
Wen Nuan’s body shook violently, trying to push him away, but was held tighter, his strong scent of alcohol hit her in the face, making her feel a little nauseous. Leng Ye gently cupped her face, eyes ablaze with intensity. Wen Nuan’s eyes showed panic: "Joe, you’re drunk."
"I’m not drunk." Leng Ye bit his lip, suppressing the urge to kiss her, pulling her into his embrace, holding her tightly to control her struggle, his chin resting on her head, his hands on her waist trembling slightly: "Nuannuan, do you know how much I long to hold you like this? It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read that book, some things are better said by me. Nuannuan, I like you, I love you..."
"Joe, it’s impossible for us!"
Wen Nuan was shocked, she pushed hard against Leng Ye, her hands tightly gripped by him, in panic she was pressed against the wall, enveloped by the heat of his body and his alcohol-infused breath. Leng Ye’s handsome face was full of restraint, pain, and adoration:
"Nuannuan, nothing is impossible. From the first time I saw you at the old house, I regretted it. That night after returning, I couldn’t sleep, only your image lingering in my mind. I really regret it, why did I break off the engagement?"
He murmured, looking at Wen Nuan, his voice filled with remorse: "Nuannuan, you should have been mine. You’re mine, not Leng Yan’s."
"I’m not yours." The feeling of humiliation silently approached Wen Nuan, she turned cold, glaring at him fiercely: "I belong to no one!"
She only belongs to herself!
"Nuannuan, if I hadn’t broken off the engagement, we should be together." Leng Ye grasped her hand with regret: "I’m an idiot, I was wrong! Nuannuan, I shouldn’t have broken off the engagement, shouldn’t have let you suffer so much with Leng Yan. How about being with me? I’ll spend my life cherishing you, won’t let you suffer a bit."
"You’re really drunk!" She struggled to pull her hand away, her skin reddened and painful from his grip, yet she couldn’t escape. Wen Nuan gritted her teeth: "Joe, I’m about to become a mother."
"I don’t care!" Leng Ye shook his head painfully: "These days I didn’t come to find you, I thought a lot. Breaking off the engagement made me lose you, this time, I don’t want to lose again."
"It’s still impossible." Wen Nuan knotted her brows tightly, eyes filled with skepticism towards him: "Joe, it’s impossible for us to be together. Besides the fact that I don’t love you, don’t forget, you’re my ex-husband’s brother. If we get together, that would be an impossibility, a joke."
A joke, two brothers marrying one woman. How laughable could that be? A family like the Leng Family, how could such a joke happen?
"I don’t care what others think, soon no one will say anything." Leng Ye shook his head urgently, realizing the slip after he spoke, but clearly, Wen Nuan hadn’t delved into it. She was only concentrating on escaping him, eventually, with no other choice, she lowered her head and bit down hard on his arm. Taking advantage of Leng Ye’s pain, she pulled her hand free and ran.
"Nuannuan!" Leng Ye didn’t relent, pulling her newly freed wrist hard as the phone rang, he picked it up with one hand, and Li Qiu’s anxious voice came through: "Ye, your dad’s suddenly seriously ill, his stomach is in severe pain..."
"I’m coming right away." Leng Ye’s expression tightened, he didn’t release his hold on Wen Nuan’s hand: "Nuannuan, can you take me to the hospital? You know, Uncle Wang has gone back to the countryside to be with his mother who’s unwell, he hasn’t been in T City for a while, and Yan isn’t here, I have to stay by his side."
Wen Nuan gave a bitter smile: "Alright. But, Joe, I’ll treat your words today as if you were drunk and knew nothing, and you can never bring it up again! Both to you and Tan Qing, I’d say the same, I’m very sorry."
She was very close, hearing Li Qiu’s voice clearly, she seemed to be crying over the phone, it seemed Leng Siyan was really quite sick, could she say no at this time?
Upon arriving at the hospital, Leng Siyan had just been pushed into the emergency room. Wen Nuan originally didn’t want to go in, but Leng Ye left too quickly without taking the key, so she chased him down the corridor, forcibly handed him the key, and was about to leave when a voice suddenly stopped her.
Very gentle, filled with deep apology.
Wen Nuan took a deep breath before turning back, squeezing out a small smile, opening her lips slightly: "Aunt Li, he was drunk, I happened to come across him, so I brought him over."
This was the first time Wen Nuan met Li Qiu since breaking up with Leng Yan, the word "Mom" was something she’d never say again. Earlier, she thought Li Qiu was engrossed with the operating room’s door and didn’t see her, but she hadn’t managed to avoid her. So be it, calling her Aunt was enough to clarify the relationship.
"Nuannuan." Li Qiu walked over step by step, a beautiful face filled with weariness and apology, hearing Wen Nuan call her that, she showed a face of awkwardness. She approached Wen Nuan, gazing at her with a deep sigh: "Nuannuan, I want to say a few words to you. About you and Yan..."
"There’s nothing between us anymore, nor will there be any contact." Wen Nuan smiled, her eyes brimmed with sincerity, the pain was long buried deep within her heart: "You needn’t worry, I won’t pester him."
"Nuannuan, that’s not what I meant, I wanted to say..." Li Qiu bit her lower lip and loosened it after a while, her tired eyes full of regret: "I’m sorry, Nuannuan, if I hadn’t let Ji Wei hide back then, none of this would have happened. Nuannuan, later, I came to understand, but I never expected Yan to get stuck in a rut, saying he couldn’t let go of the child, insisting on breaking up with you..."
"No need to apologize to me, Aunt Li, you needn’t take the blame, even if there was no Ji Wei, we wouldn’t have lasted long." Wen Nuan quickly interrupted Li Qiu’s words, unaccustomed to elders apologizing to her. Besides, Leng Yan’s love was so unstable, even if there was no Ji Wei, if later there was a Wang Wei or Li Wei, he’d still leave her.
In the end, the love wasn’t deep enough to withstand any storms.
No matter, we’ve already broken up.
However, strangely, from Li Qiu’s words, it seemed she didn’t know about Ji Wei’s induced labor. Her lips moved, but finally she swallowed the words that nearly reached her throat.
It’s been several days since the incident, yet Ji Wei and Leng Yan haven’t told Li Qiu, maybe they’re still figuring out how to start. Regardless of the reason, it’s the Leng Family’s business and has nothing to do with her.
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Sorry, I’m late with the update, I’ll post three Chapters today, seven thousand words