☆, Chapter 2 Leaving the Garden
The sound of a car engine rang out in the dark night. Shu Wanning sat at the window and watched Wen Yuci's car slowly leave.
The red taillights gradually disappeared from sight. The moonlight in the sky was bright, but Shu Wanning only felt a chill.
She gently gathered her shawl around her body in an attempt to add a little warmth to herself, then picked up her phone, unlocked the screen, and found that apart from the messages pushed by the system, there was nothing else, which was the same as usual.
She sighed softly, lay back on the bed, closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep. However, time passed by, and an hour passed, and she was still wide awake.
The sleepiness seemed to have left the house. After tossing and turning, she decided not to force herself to sleep anymore. Instead, she sat up and turned on the computer beside the bed.
She skillfully opened the document and continued writing the unfinished draft. Her fingertips tapped quickly on the keyboard, and words flowed from her fingertips like water.
The first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone into the house. Shu Wanning turned off the computer. When she stood up, it seemed as if countless stars were dancing in front of her eyes.
She leaned on the table for a long time. After washing, she looked in the mirror and saw that her eyes were dark blue. After thinking for a moment, she gave up the idea of using concealer.
The garden was extremely quiet every day. Shu Wanning sat by the window, enjoying her rare personal time, and occasionally wondered what the chances were of her escaping from the garden late at night.
That day, inside the Wen Group, Wen Yuci was sitting on the sofa while Yan Hao was standing beside him reporting on his work. Suddenly, the phone on the table began to vibrate.
After glancing at the screen, Wen Yuci waved to Yan Hao to leave and pressed the answer button.
"grandmother."
"Yu Ci, go back to the old house tonight."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Wen Yuci rubbed his eyebrows. He could imagine that his grandmother asked him to go back in order to urge him to get married.
"Yan Hao."
The office door was pushed open, and Yan Hao stood at the door and asked, "Boss?"
"The afternoon meeting has been moved forward."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Hao followed Wen Yuci out of the company and handed him the briefcase in the car.
"Boss, this is what you asked me to check. It seems Miss Shu is a pitiful person."
Wen Yuci opened the file and glanced through it quickly, then his expression remained normal and he raised his hand to put the file bag aside.
Seeing that he remained unmoved, Yan Hao turned around and secretly cursed Wen Yuci for being ruthless in his heart.
Old house.
The yard was deserted. Old Mrs. Wen sat on a chair. The servant beside her held a blanket in her hand and listened to what the old lady said with her head down.
Wen Yuci's car stopped at the door, and he walked through the corridor into the courtyard. Upon hearing the footsteps, the old lady sat up on the chair.
Seeing this, Wen Yuci quickly walked over and supported her, his tone full of worry: "The doctor said to rest, why are you sitting out?"
The old lady said: "I have been staying in the house for several days. If I don't come out to get some sun, I will fall apart."
“Cough cough… cough cough…”
Grandma Wen held Wen Yuci's arm, patted his hand, and said, "Grandma knows her physical condition, so she is worried about you. I am afraid that I won't see the day when you get married."
"Grandma, you're imagining things again."
Grandma Wen shook her head: "Good boy, don't worry about grandma."
She took out a photo from her pocket and handed it to Wen Yuci. A smile appeared on her old face and she said, "See if there is anything you like? Family background is not important, as long as you like it. If grandma can see you get married, I can show off to your grandpa later.
She placed the photo on her lap. Wen Yuci glanced at it, his lips straight. Facing his grandmother who loved him so much, he couldn't bear to say no.
Grandma Wen coughed a few more times, looked towards the door and said softly, "It's a pity that I didn't raise a good son..."
After Grandma Wen fell asleep, Wen Yuci left the old house, got in the car, leaned back in the chair, rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and looked very bad.
Looking at the photos of the girls on the seats next to him, Yan Hao couldn't help but think of the people in Li Garden.
He opened his mouth and said carefully: "Boss, I actually think Miss Shu is really pretty."
Wen Yuci raised his eyelids to look at him and said impatiently, "Go after her if she's pretty."
"Boss, the old lady has been urging you to get married. I know you don't like girls with complicated family backgrounds. Miss Shu has a simple background. The Shu family has abandoned her now, and she has no connection with other people. It's a good choice for you to keep her by your side.
Besides, if they knew you were married, they would probably take action, and we would be able to better hold them accountable, right?"
Wen Yuci glanced at him with a warning in his eyes. Yan Hao closed his mouth and turned his head, not daring to say another word.
That night, Wen Yuci returned to Qianyue Bay alone, and his cell phone rang as soon as he entered the door.
"What's up?"
He answered the phone, took off his coat with one hand and put it on the sofa. Another person's voice rang out from the phone: "Master, someone attacked Li Yuan tonight."
Wen Yuci sat on the sofa, took off his glasses and threw them aside, then unbuttoned his collar and chuckled: "Let them go, leaving the garden empty. I hope they will like it."
At this time in Li Garden, the servants had already gone off work, and Shu Wanning was sitting alone in the rocking chair on the balcony, enjoying the evening breeze.
She held the hot tea in her hands, rubbed her slightly cold arms, and stood up to get the blanket beside the bed. However, the moment she walked into the room, the whole villa suddenly fell into darkness.
"Bang!" With a crisp cracking sound, the cup fell heavily to the ground, and the fragments flew everywhere. Shu Wanning stumbled and groped his way to the wall, trying to find a sense of support and security.
The beads of sweat on her forehead soaked her hair, sticking to her face, making her feel dizzy.
The leaves outside the window rustled in the wind, and in the darkness, this subtle sound was infinitely amplified.
Shu Wanning opened her mouth and gasped for air, trying to calm herself down. But the invisible force still strangled her throat, and she fainted on the ground with the cold wind.
On the other side, in the living room of Qianyue Bay, Wen Yuci leaned back on the sofa, leisurely watching the people in the surveillance camera moving through the darkness, going straight to his study, and searching every corner of the study.
Yan Hao rushed over from the company. After he entered, Wen Yuci waved at him: "You've come just in time. Those people are leaving the garden. Do you want to take a look together?"
Leaving the park???
Yan Hao suddenly looked up and met Wen Yuci's gaze: "Boss! Miss Shu is in Liyuan!"
Upon hearing this, the smile on Wen Yuci's lips faded a little. No one had lived in the garden for a long time, and for a moment he had forgotten about Shu Wanning's existence.
He stood up, picked up his coat, and strode away while ordering, "Send someone to leave the garden first."
Yan Hao followed him and left. No one noticed. In the surveillance footage that no one was watching, the garden was about to be engulfed by the raging fire.
When Wen Yuci rushed to Li Garden, his eyes darkened. His men were already putting out the fire, but they still couldn't get in.
Yan Hao looked towards the second floor worriedly. The servants here would leave the garden completely after get off work. In the huge villa, only the forgotten Shu Wanning would be left alone.
Wen Yuci frowned slightly, looking at the window on the second floor. He turned and asked Yan Hao, "Have you contacted her family?"
"I contacted them, but the answer I got was that they had nothing to do with Ms. Shu."
"Where is her fiancé Ji Cheng?"
"Ji Cheng went in and out of the hotel with three different women over the past two days. As far as I know, he made an engagement with Miss Shu, firstly for the Shu family's shares, and secondly for Miss Shu's face."
The fire was gradually put out. Wen Yuci stood in the yard in silence, taking in the cool autumn breeze at night.
Soon, someone ran out of the villa carrying the unconscious Shu Wanning. Wen Yuci gestured to Yan Hao to open the car door: "Let's go to the hospital."
On the way, Wen Yuci's eyes fell on her blood-stained feet, then he took off his coat and put it over her thin nightgown.
Yan Hao made a phone call on the way. At this time, medical staff were already waiting at the hospital entrance. Shu Wanning was pushed away by a group of people. When she came out of the operating room, Wen Yuci was still waiting at the door.
"How is she?" Wen Yuci asked.
Doctor: "She seems to have been unconscious before the fire, so she didn't inhale much smoke and will wake up soon. However, her feet were severely pierced by broken glass, so she should not walk for the time being."
Wen Yuci nodded slightly: "Thank you."
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