Chapter 406: Chapter 382: Child, The Obstacle
"I was originally planning to visit Uncle Wen at the hospital, but when I saw you hurriedly running out to catch a cab, I was worried something might happen, so I followed you," Leng Ye said softly, with an indescribable expression in his handsome eyes. "He’s already decided to leave; it’s useless to chase him."
"My purpose in coming was not to chase him back," Wen Nuan smiled, with a bitter expression.
Silently following Leng Ye, she walked behind him until they got into the car. Leng Ye looked at her for a moment, seemingly making a big decision before speaking:
"Nuannuan, is what that person just said true?"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at her. Meeting those deep eyes of his, Wen Nuan’s heart sank. Still, she nodded: "Yes."
Leng Ye took a gentle breath, as if the cool autumn air was inhaled into his heart.
After a long silence, he started the car: "Did you tell him about the pregnancy...?"
Even though he knew the outcome, he still wanted to ask. He understood Leng Yan, and if Leng Yan found out Wen Nuan was pregnant, he certainly wouldn’t have left so decisively.
As expected, Wen Nuan shook her head.
She said quietly, "The child is mine alone."
"Nuannuan..."
Leng Ye looked forward, feeling a corner of his heart begin to ache. This stubborn Wen Nuan was someone he liked yet also hurt for.
The two fell into silence once again.
Leng Ye’s face was gloomy. A few days ago, he heard Ji Wei mention that when she was traveling, she said that her breakup with Leng Yan was fake. Now it seems that Wen Nuan was indeed lying to her, and when he wanted to ask, Wen Nuan spoke first.
"I’m sorry, Joe. I reconciled with Leng Yan before because we didn’t know who Ji Wei’s child’s father was, so I didn’t make it public and said that I broke up with Leng Yan."
"Even I don’t believe it, do I?" Leng Ye smiled bitterly. "It was Yan who wouldn’t let you say, right?"
"It’s all in the past."
Upon hearing the name "Yan," Wen Nuan immediately recoiled, gently closing her eyes: "Joe, please don’t mention that person’s name in front of me anymore."
It was a type of pain, also a type of insult—it was something she loathed, something painful, something she didn’t like hearing.
"Okay, I won’t mention it," Leng Ye promised. At a red light, he tightened his grip on the steering wheel and turned his head to look at her: "Nuannuan, I will take you to a private hospital, very reputable."
Wen Nuan was about to turn on the radio but trembled and pulled her finger back when he said that.
She understood what Leng Ye meant, and a fleeting smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "I know you all have good intentions. But..." She paused slightly, looking seriously into Leng Ye’s eyes: "I will keep this child."
"Nuannuan, you’re still young..." Leng Ye furrowed his brow.
Wen Nuan interrupted him, with not a hint of hesitation in her eyes: "Joe, don’t try to persuade me; I want this child, and I won’t let Leng Yan know."
"Raising a child alone will be tough," Leng Ye said, and an image of the first time he saw Li Qiu unconsciously appeared in his mind. At that time, Li Qiu was three years younger than now, but in reality, she seems ten years younger than she was three years ago.
Back then, her hands were calloused, and her face lacked radiance. She is a completely different person now.
More so, he wanted to have Wen Nuan, but her insistence on keeping the child clearly means she does not want to remarry.
"No matter how hard or tiring it gets, I’m not afraid, and I can’t bear to part with him/her," Wen Nuan lowered her eyes, placed her fingers on her abdomen, and smiled: "Sometimes when I sleep at night, I dream about him, and my mood for the entire day brightens."
This is her treasure, her angel. She will love him/her dearly and won’t let anyone harm him/her, let alone have him/her taken from her body.
Leng Ye’s face looked pained; he moved his lips but ended up merely sighing and saying nothing more.
After dropping her off at the hospital where Wen Qingyan was, he handed her some nutritional supplements. Wen Nuan pressed down on the items, looking at Leng Ye with difficulty: "Joe, let me go in by myself."
The Leng Family’s people, Wen Qingyan disliked more and more. He’s still in the recovery phase, and the doctor advised against letting him get upset.
Leng Ye smiled bitterly, rubbed his forehead, and looked at her earnestly: "I can stay out. But these things, Nuannuan, please take them in for me and say you bought them."
"This..." His sincerity made Wen Nuan increasingly embarrassed, and she could only nod, sincerely thanking Leng Ye: "Thank you, on behalf of my father."
Watching Wen Nuan slowly walk away, the smile on Leng Ye’s lips faded. His hands, quietly clenching into fists, suddenly slammed into the car’s body, his eyes filled with blood—furious and intolerable.
Leng Yan, even after leaving, doesn’t let him be at ease!
Nuannuan, like this, clearly won’t accept any man!
Why is it that Leng Yan is the only one in her heart; he is angry, he is indignant, but he is also helpless. He understands Wen Nuan’s personality—seemingly gentle, yet always with a kind of stubbornness. Once she’s set on something, it’s hard for her to turn back. He truly regrets breaking off the engagement; he just didn’t want to follow Leng Siyan’s arrangement, didn’t want his life bound by a woman he didn’t know, so he pushed her to Leng Yan.
It wasn’t until he saw her at the old house that he realized she was the girl he always sought, the one he wanted to spend his life with.
Now, with Tan Qing gone, with Leng Yan gone, there is still the child—this is the obstacle between them! Leng Ye’s lips pressed tightly together, his eyes showing a hint of coldness, only to quickly darken again.
He loves her, wants to have her, but he never intended to truly hurt her.
*
Wen Qingyan was still not back from the hospital and had hired a special agent to care for him. After getting off work, Wen Nuan would spend some time there before going home, and the first thing she did was collapse onto the sofa.
Very tired, very sleepy—even though the nausea symptoms weren’t obvious, she absolutely had no appetite and forced herself to handle various matters each day.
Fortunately, the issue with the problematic cosmetics finally subsided, and the company gradually returned to normal. Today at the office, Uncle Qin chatted with her and accidentally let slip that the website matter was also resolved by Leng Yan. At that moment, she just smiled lightly and said nothing, lowering her head so no one could see the pain in her eyes.
Leng Yan...her ex-husband and also the father of the child in her belly, at least didn’t completely lose his conscience. But she could never forgive him—the love was too deep, and the hurt too painful; nothing could make amends.
Thinking like this, she didn’t even know when she fell asleep. Aunt Liu was busy cooking, and her phone, set to vibrate mode, rang multiple times in her bag without her hearing it.
"What’s going on, already in her husband’s gentle embrace at this hour?" Tong Xi said as she exited the airport, puckering her lips at the phone, then sighed deeply: "That’s so nice; when will I get to take home a handsome man?"
Her grandmother recovered well and is mainly resting at home now. Unable to resist her longing for a certain man, she lied to her parents, saying she came to T City for post-production on a TV drama. She also spoke sweetly to Uncle Wen, asking him not to give her away, only then did she return from France. The first thing she did was call Wen Nuan to try and catch up.
"You terrible girl, only caring about love over friendship. If I catch you, I won’t let you go easy."
Tong Xi got into a taxi, mumbling softly, her fingers lightly tapping the keypad, entering and then deleting a series of numbers, repeating this several times, her elegant brows frowning slightly, and sighed softly.