Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Exposed
Chapter 50
Lu Peishi said calmly, "It's hard to explain. I'll explain it to him in detail later."
Ruan Yan didn't understand. It was just a matter of a sentence or two. What was the point of making such a fuss?
Could it be that he was using her as a shield to avoid those family marriages? It wasn't impossible.
But this is not a long-term solution. After all, she still has a boyfriend in name only, and Lu Zhenlin will find out one day.
Just at this moment, my nominal boyfriend called.
Looking at the name flashing on the screen, Ruan Yan said, "Mr. Lu, I have a call."
As he said that, he lowered his head and swiped to answer the call.
Jia Yanyuan's voice came over: "Xiaoyan, have you eaten? What are you busy with?"
In the quiet environment, his voice was particularly clear.
"Just finished eating and am taking a walk outside." Ruan Yan replied to the person on the other end of the phone, and at the same time signaled to Lu Peishi that she wanted to leave first.
Just as she was about to turn around, her wrist was suddenly gently grasped.
The warmth of Lu Peishi's palm came through her thin skin, neither cold nor hot.
Ruan Yan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned around to look at the other person in confusion.
He stood under the streetlight, the warm yellow light illuminating his narrow eyes. He spoke word by word, "Don't go yet. I have something to tell you."
Ruan Yan inexplicably felt her wrist getting hot. The heat was like a pot boiling, and the steam was rising towards her heart, it was scorching.
The two looked at each other in the slightly chaotic night. The pulling movement, coupled with the brief silence, made the air around them covered with a vague ambiguity.
Until I heard Jia Yanyuan on the other end of the phone ask in surprise: "Xiaoyan, who is talking to you? Who is next to you..."
Ruan Yan came back to her senses and said to Jia Yanyuan on the phone, "I have something else to do. Let's talk later."
"What's the matter? Hello? Hello? Xiaoyan, Xiao..." His voice was abruptly cut off.
Ruan Yan showed the man in front of her the screen of her phone that had been hung up: "Okay."
Then, she looked at her right hand which was held by him.
Lu Peishi understood and let go of her slender wrist.
A look of joy appeared on his face because she chose him between Jia Yanyuan and him.
"Mr. Lu, do you want to say something?" She felt that his behavior tonight was really abnormal and wanted to know why.
Lu Peishi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked knowingly, "Your boyfriend's phone number?"
"Yes." Ruan Yan replied.
Lu Peishi chuckled.
Ruan Yan didn't know what he was laughing at.
"Mr. Lu, what did you want to tell me just now?" She repeated it patiently.
"Do you like him?"
?
Ruan Yan was choked by his sudden question, but still replied: "Of course..."
"You're lying," Lu Peishi glanced at her, his voice sounding a little unhappy: "Didn't you say you lost your memory?"
"Yeah," Ruan Yan thought for a moment, "You want to ask me why I still feel the same way about him even though I've lost my memory, right?"
"I'm not interested in that," he said, looking at her. "I'm actually quite curious about the days after you lost your memory."
Ruan Yan pulled the corners of her lips and said slowly: "Really? What are you curious about?"
"Where were you when you first discovered you had lost your memory?"
"In the same village."
"How do you know your identity?" he asked again.
Ruan Yan said calmly, "There's the internet, there's TV, there's young people, and one of them recognized me."
He asked questions one after another, and no matter how slow Ruan Yan was, she had guessed the general idea.
She was carefully dealing with him while recalling when she accidentally revealed her true identity.
"Brother Pei Shi, why are you suddenly asking me this?" She softened her tone and even changed her address deliberately.
Lu Peishi, however, remained indifferent and directly pierced through the paper: "You are not Ruan Yan, who are you?"
Ruan Yan blinked her innocent eyes and looked at him: "Brother Pei Shi, what are you talking about? I am your sweet little Yanyan."
"Brother Pei Shi, why are you so fierce all of a sudden? I'm so scared when you do this."
"Brother Pei Shi~" She tried her best to keep her tone relaxed.
Lu Peishi remained unmoved, raised his black eyelashes and watched her performance quietly.
After a while, he said calmly, "You should be very familiar with Beishui County, right?"
Ruan Yan didn't expect that he had already discovered this.
Unsure how many more secrets he knew, she remained silent for the time being.
Seeing the shadow gradually gathering in Ruan Yan's eyes, Lu Peishi continued, "So you don't like that person at all."
Ruan Yan looked at him calmly, a faint smile on her face, her voice still sweet: "Do you have any evidence, Brother Pei Shi? Even if you want to expose me, you should have convincing evidence, right?"
She was trying to figure out how to wait for him to reveal his cards.
Lu Peishi refused to take the bait, and continued to persuade him: "Why should I expose you? I just want to confirm that you are not the second daughter of the Ruan family."
Ruan Yan felt that he was deliberately setting a trap for her: "Why do you have to doubt my identity? If you don't trust me, I will resign tomorrow. From now on, we will not..."
"It doesn't matter to me who you are, as long as you're not the real Ruan Yan." Lu Peishi didn't want to hear her say that she wanted to draw a line between them. "I will keep it a secret for you."
His tone was sincere enough, but Ruan Yan didn't let down her guard: "I don't understand what you are saying."
Lu Peishi rarely lost his patience: "You must have your own reasons for not saying anything. I just want to tell you that no matter what you want to do, I will always stand on your side. I will never be your enemy, not now, and never in the future."
The light from the moon that was obscured by dark clouds gradually shone through and jumped into his dark eyes.
He looked at her, his lips pursed, his deep features half-lit, half-dark.
It was the first time that Ruan Yan saw such a serious expression on his face. In the watery night, the thick barrier she had built in her heart seemed to be shaken little by little.
After an unknown amount of time, she lowered her thin eyelids, and when she raised them again, her eyes had returned to their original color.
"Brother Pei Shi, thank you for caring about me so much, but I am really Ruan Yan. If you really want to do this for my own good, please don't say such things that will make people misunderstand me in the future."
There was a seemingly ambiguous response hidden in her words. She did not admit it, but she no longer denied it completely. For Lu Peishi, this was enough.
A jet-black S450 approached from a distance and stopped beside them.
Wen Ying's face appeared in the car. She looked at the two people standing at the door: "Xiaoyan, Peishi, what are you doing here? Why don't you go in and talk?"
Lu Peishi nodded: "It's okay, we're done talking, I'll go back first."
His tall figure gradually disappeared on the deserted road.
"Xiaoyan, what's wrong?" Wen Ying asked.
Ruan Yan turned around and said, "It's okay, sister. Are you getting off work so soon today?"
Wen Ying hummed, as if she wanted to say something, moved her lips but stopped.
Ruan Yan noticed that her face looked not very good and she seemed to be worried about something.
Sure enough, when she returned home, Wen Ying told her that she might have to be hospitalized for a while.
Ruan Yan was stunned for a moment: "Are you feeling unwell? Is it because of the stomachache you had last time?"
Wen Ying nodded and said that she had gone for a check-up. The doctor highly suspected that there was a digestive tract problem. In addition to ulcer inflammation, other more serious conditions were not ruled out, so he recommended that she be admitted to the hospital as soon as possible for further and more detailed examinations.
Her stomach discomfort had been going on for some time, and she had been enduring it until this morning when the pain was so severe that she was almost having a cramp, and then her assistant took her to the hospital.
The doctor's initial diagnosis was not optimistic. Although he had expressed it as tactfully as possible, Wen Ying still heard another meaning behind his words.
Other more serious conditions cannot be ruled out, that is, the possibility of a tumor cannot be ruled out.
"It just happened to be at this critical juncture," Wen Ying said. "The company was busy developing the most important project of the year. Now is the most critical and tense time. When I entered the hospital, the rhythm was completely disrupted..."
Wen Ying was halfway through her words when she suddenly felt her hand being held.
The warmth of Ruan Yan's palm fell on her slightly cold fingertips.
"What work? What development project? Forget about it all! Your health is the most important thing right now!" Ruan Yan's eyes sparkled. "Nothing is more important than your health..."
"Xiaoyan..." Wen Ying, who was used to not showing her emotions, had many words stuck in her throat. At this moment, she suddenly realized her inner fragility and timidity.
"It's okay, sister," Ruan Yan tried to calm down. "Doctors always say scary things. Just do a checkup. It's no big deal. We're not afraid."
Wen Ying couldn't help but smile. After coming out of the hospital in the afternoon, the heavy haze that had been weighing on her heart faded a lot.
The care of her family gave her the courage to face it calmly.
Wen Ying's hospitalization not only made Ruan Yan anxious and worried, but also scared Zhuo Ming.
He was busy handling the admission procedures. His mother had been hospitalized for a long time due to illness before, and he was almost familiar with all the procedures in the hospital.
In the ward, Zhuo Ming couldn't help but feel emotional when he saw Wen Ying in her hospital gown.
"It's all my fault. I was always busy with work and didn't notice you weren't feeling well... I'm really a very incompetent boyfriend."
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's my own health. I can only blame myself."
She was obviously not feeling well, but she still tried to comfort herself. Zhuo Ming felt distressed and blamed himself. He secretly turned his head and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
This scene made Ruan Yan sad again. She sniffed and said, "Sister, Brother Zhuo Ming..."
"You two are such idiots," Wen Ying hated seeing scenes like this. If they continued their sentimentality, she would cry. "Stop hanging around me. Go to work if you need to. Aunt Wang and the nurses are here, and there are doctors and nurses outside. There are many people taking care of me."
Ruan Yan refused: "I have already taken several days off. Anyway, I don't care. I want to stay here with you."
Zhuo Ming also said: "I have completed the project at hand, and there is nothing for me to do at the company. I want to stay here."
"Sister, just let me accompany you."
"Ying, just let me stay."
Seeing the two men's wet eyes, Wen Ying couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she had to nod.
Soon, Wen Ying's gastroscopy results came out.
The diagnosis was that she had an ill-defined ulcer at the angle of her stomach.
There were the words "Ca consider" in brackets at the end. Ruan Yan looked it up online. Looking at those impactful words, her throat felt dry and blocked.
She silently exchanged a glance with Zhuo Ming, who also had a serious expression, and neither of them spoke.
After a comprehensive assessment, the doctor quickly arranged a biopsy and abdominal enhanced CT scan for Wen Ying.
Ruan Yan accompanied Wen Ying during every examination. In front of Wen Ying, she and Zhuo Ming tried hard to suppress their worries and make the atmosphere as relaxed as possible.
In the afternoon, Wen Ying fell asleep, and Ruan Yan couldn't help but take this opportunity to go outside in the corridor to get some fresh air.
He leaned against the cool tile wall and took deep breaths.
Why? Wen Ying is so young, how can she be associated with this terrible disease?
She is such a kind and wonderful person, she shouldn't be plagued by a cruel disease.
Her nose felt sore and her eyes were itchy. Ruan Yan reached out to wipe her moist eyes, but the more she wiped, the more tears came out, as if out of control, rushing out from between her fingers.
The bad emotions that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly burst out from her heart. She started by crying silently, then suppressed sobs, and finally sobbed uncontrollably.
Finally, I simply raised my arms to cover my eyes and let the sad tears fall.
When Lu Peishi arrived at the hospital, he saw someone standing alone in the corridor crying silently.
Her face was buried in her arms, her shoulders rose and fell gently, and her sobbing sounds were particularly clear in the quiet corridor.
Looking at the crying Ruan Yan, Lu Peishi felt very uncomfortable for a moment. His heart felt dull, blocked and stuffy, and he felt helpless and awkward.
He couldn't help but walk over, put his hand on her thin shoulders, patted her gently, and expressed his comfort.
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