Chapter 379: Chapter 362: A Moment of Carelessness Leads to Falling into an Abyss
"Why are you still crying?"
Leng Yan frowned slightly, carefully moved her fingers away from his body, and helped her sit down on the sofa, deliberately distancing himself and sitting across from her. His handsome face was full of worry, "Where is Sister Ping?"
"I..."
Ji Wei cried to the point where she couldn’t form full sentences, her fingers forcefully nudged Xiao Liu standing beside her, giving him a meaningful glance.
Xiao Liu understood her intention and quickly said, "Young Master Leng, Sister Ji thought that Sister Ping should be asleep yesterday, and to avoid disturbing her rest, she didn’t make a call. I stayed with her all night. But still, the nightmares kept coming, and in her dreams, she kept calling your name, asking you to save her."
Leng Yan didn’t speak, just sat there silently. The events from three years ago were something he couldn’t separate himself from, and he never tried to shirk responsibility for them. It was precisely because of this that he didn’t utterly abandon Ji Wei. However, the things Ji Wei did later made him truly feel chilled.
Seeing Leng Yan’s silence, Ji Wei’s tears flowed again. She reached out, holding Leng Yan’s fingers tightly, her eyes swollen like peaches: "Yan, can I move into your villa? Here, I always feel uneasy."
She was truly uneasy, but it wasn’t just because of the nightmares. She wanted to get into the Leng Family, she wanted to enter their home. If she could move into Leng Yan’s villa, she’d be more than halfway to success.
Leng Yan sighed, "The old man still doesn’t know about my breakup with Wen Nuan. His health isn’t good, and I fear he’ll be upset, so we’ll have to wait a bit longer with us.
Your property’s already top-notch in T City, nothing should happen. Ji Wei, it seems to me that you’re just too tense. How about this, I’ll arrange for you to see a psychologist."
The villa was his and Wen Nuan’s home; he wouldn’t let Ji Wei move in.
"See a psychologist?" Ji Wei’s face turned sullen, and she shook her head depressively, "I won’t go."
"Then have Xiao Liu accompany you more often." Leng Yan looked seriously at Xiao Liu, "Move to Sister Ji Wei’s room and sleep there at night."
"What about you?" Ji Wei tightened her grip on his hand, "Yan, you just want the child, right? Once it’s born, you’ll get rid of me?"
She hadn’t forgotten the difficulty Wen Nuan had with conceiving. Does this mean that Leng Yan didn’t want to be with her for any reason other than one? Was the child all he wanted, with no intention of marrying her?
Last night, sleepless in anxiety, she scribbled reason after reason on paper, and this one seemed the most plausible.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Leng Yan sighed, gazing at her with eyes full of tenderness, "How could I do something like that?"
Of course, he wouldn’t do anything like that. He wouldn’t want Ji Wei, nor the child.
He brushed her loose hair behind her ear, gave her a deep look, and then spoke with affection over the phone to the other end, "Ji Wei, I’ve been really busy recently, and you know it. I’m really sorry I can’t take care of you."
"Really?" Ji Wei’s dim heart finally regained some light, and her anxious heart rejoiced once more. In small moments, she always felt his tenderness.
"Of course, it’s true." Leng Yan’s voice softened, "Look at you these days, you’ve really become quite haggard. I think seeing a psychologist would be better. I know a really good psychologist who’s very insightful with patients. I’ll call her now and make an appointment for you."
As he spoke, he already pulled out his phone and started dialing.
"No!"
Ji Wei, tense and pale, held down the hand Leng Yan used to dial the number, "No need, Yan, really no need. Just having Xiao Liu with me is enough."
A psychologist, most adept at seeing through hearts. She feared her secrets would be uncovered; everything she’d done would not just be in vain, but have heavier consequences she feared even thinking about.
She learned to swim but pretended she couldn’t, so Leng Yan would give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
She hated Wen Nuan but praised her in front of Leng Yan to make him think she was kind-hearted.
She deliberately approached Li Qiu, and deliberately revealed her pregnancy because she knew Li Qiu’s expectations for a Leng Family child.
And also... things she’s too afraid to even think about.
Three years ago... Three years later...
If she inadvertently revealed anything, she’d push herself into an abyss.
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Time passes quickly when loved ones are by your side. But when you miss them, every day feels like a year. Fortunately, Tong Xi was there with Wen Nuan; when lonely, they would tell each other jokes and laugh heartily, or find a bar at dusk to experience the local vibe. Only, they drank juice and returned to the hotel early.
But, even this has its end.
On the fifth day after Leng Yan left, Tong Xi called her parents and then, unfortunately, told her, "Nuannuan, I have to go back early."
"Why?"
Wen Nuan was looking at the latest photos, planning to send the most beautiful one to Leng Yan. Hearing this, she looked up abruptly, "Going back to France?"
"No." Tong Xi shook her head helplessly, "My parents, seeing that I haven’t returned for so long, have come looking for me. Now they are at Uncle Weng’s house and have called me to go back today, or they will destroy me."
Looking at the sad Wen Nuan, she scratched her newly cropped short hair in frustration: "Nuannuan, do you want to come with me? Traveling alone can be a bit boring. Also, who knows when Leng Yan will come to pick you up."
"I’ll wait a while longer." Wen Nuan shook her head, determination in her eyes, "He will come to get me, in just a few days."
"Alright then, take care of yourself alone. Ah, this time, I might be taken back to France by my mom." Tong Xi sighed as she packed her belongings with Wen Nuan, "It’ll be harder to see handsome guys in the country in the future."
"You sound so frustrated, I thought you’d be sad about leaving me." Wen Nuan teased her with a smile, "Xixi, you don’t want to stay and pursue the handsome guy you like?"
"I would like to, but he has someone else in his heart." Tong Xi sighed deeply, "Am I destined to be unrequited in blissful love?"
She really liked him, but knowing she couldn’t reach his heart, she thought of giving up.
Wen Nuan pondered and advised her, "Then just give up, Xixi, I strongly oppose you becoming a home-wrecker."
A perfectly fine couple being intruded upon, she didn’t like such people; she didn’t want Xixi to become that type of person.
"What do you take me for?" Tong Xi looked pained, staring seriously into Wen Nuan’s eyes, then lowered her gaze, sighing softly: "He can’t be with that girl, they’re not together, it’s all just his wishful thinking."
Wen Nuan was momentarily stunned, helping her zip up her suitcase, then sat on the bed: "Don’t play riddles with me, it sounds like you know him quite well. Tell me, who is he? Maybe I know him too?"
"I don’t want to say." Tong Xi took a deep breath, forced a smile: "Nuannuan, don’t ask anymore."