She didn't want to get serious with him.
His lips were bitten hard.
However, the harder she bit, the more he wanted, showing no intention of letting go.
"Lin Zhibai, are you crazy!" She finally managed to push him away a little.
He gripped her shoulders tightly, with such force that it almost crushed her bones. "Who do you want to protect? Murong Mo?"
His eyes were filled with madness and rage.
He would never let her succeed.
"Brother Zhibai, Brother Zhibai?" Suddenly, Yun Wanqing's voice came from outside the door.
Gu Fanyan froze.
"Are you sure Zhibai went upstairs?" Lin's mother's voice followed.
“I only glanced at it, and it looked like his figure was coming upstairs,” Yun Wanqing replied.
She spoke vaguely, but she was actually aiming at him.
She wanted Lin's mother to catch Gu Fanyan in the act, embarrass her, and completely sever Gu Fanyan's relationship with Lin Zhibai.
Lin's mother had guessed what was going on and said, "Then let's search room by room."
Gu Fanyan felt her blood rush to her head. She hadn't locked the door earlier in order to threaten Lin Zhibai.
She used almost all her strength to push Lin Zhibai away.
At almost the same time, Yun Wanqing pushed open the room door.
Gu Fanyan originally wanted to hide.
But the only place in the room where one could hide was a large bookcase.
If you hide inside and get found, it will be harder to explain yourself.
So she simply stood by the window, her back to the door.
"Brother Zhibai!" Yun Wanqing walked quickly to Lin Zhibai's side, her gaze falling on the window behind them.
"Sister Fanyan..." she called out, her voice full of grievance and confusion.
Gu Fanyan had already tidied her messy hair and calmly turned around.
"What are you doing here?" Yun Wanqing asked.
"Let's talk about some work-related matters," Gu Fanyan replied.
"What's wrong? Can't we talk downstairs?" Lin's mother walked up to her sternly. "Do we have to close the door and talk to each other alone?"
“Auntie,” Gu Fanyan smiled slightly, “you have never managed a business in the company, so you don’t understand that some things in business are highly confidential.”
Lin's mother found Gu Fanyan's words particularly unpleasant to hear.
Is this a sarcastic jab at her for being a housewife for half her life?
"Zhibai, is that how it is?" Lin's mother asked.
A hint of resentment flickered in Lin Zhibai's eyes.
Why should he help Gu Fanyan lie?
Why shouldn't Murong Mo misunderstand?
However, Gu Fanyan cast a glance at him, her eyes filled with a hint of pleading.
She never yielded to him.
The resentment and anger in his heart were suppressed in that instant.
"Otherwise, what else do you think we would do?" Lin Zhibai asked his mother in return.
Lin's mother pursed her lips tightly.
Since her son is protecting Gu Fanyan, why should she hold on and play the villain?
Ultimately, she must be on her son's side.
"Let's go downstairs now that we're done talking, so that no one will misunderstand." With that, Lin's mother turned around and prepared to leave.
"That's not how it is at all!" Yun Wanqing suddenly lost control of her emotions and shouted.
"Wanqing?" Lin's mother asked, puzzled.
Yun Wanqing raised her hand and pointed at Gu Fanyan without any politeness, "Look at her like this, who dares to say that she and Lin Zhibai are discussing business?"
"I'm just pregnant, I'm not blind!"
Lin's mother could only console her: "Wanqing, you and Zhibai are getting married soon, you need to learn to understand Zhibai."
"I can't learn it!" Yun Wanqing shouted angrily, "All I know is that with that bitch Gu Fanyan around, Zhibai and I can never become a real couple!"
"Yun Wanqing!" Lin Zhibai shouted angrily.
It doesn't matter what she said to him before.
But when she insulted Gu Fanyan, he couldn't hold back anymore.
"Auntie, look!" Yun Wanqing immediately realized this, "He's still protecting her!"
"Wanqing, don't overthink it," Lin's mother shook her head.
Yun Wanqing was too emotional.
If others are alerted, it will only make the Lin family lose face.
Upon hearing this, Yun Wanqing became even more agitated, "You...you all ganged up on me!"
After saying that, she ran out of the room crying and went downstairs.
If this were to pass through the living room, the Lin family would lose all face.
"Zhibai, what are you standing there for? Go and stop her!" Lin's mother urged, and ran out of the room first.
Lin Zhibai followed after him.
Yun Wanqing was almost at the top of the stairs.
"Yun Wanqing!" Lin Zhibai called out, his voice neither too loud nor too soft.
Yun Wanqing stopped at the foot of the stairs. She turned around, tears welling up in her eyes, and said, "Brother Zhibai, I truly want to marry you..."
"I know," Lin Zhibai replied as he stepped forward.
"You don't know!" Yun Wanqing shook her head, "You trampled my feelings underfoot and never cherished them!"
Lin Zhibai said, "There's been a misunderstanding between us. Don't get agitated. I'll take you back and we can talk about it slowly."
“There’s nothing more to say,” Yun Wanqing said, tears streaming down her face. “I understand now. You and Gu Fanyan can’t break up… Even though I’m down on my luck, it doesn’t mean I’m willing to share a man with someone else!”
"Yun Wanqing!" Lin's mother grew impatient as she heard Yun Wanqing's increasingly inappropriate remarks. "Is this how you want to be a good Mrs. Lin?"
Yun Wanqing seemed quite devastated, her body swaying slightly. "Yes, I'm not good at it..."
She turned to leave, probably forgetting that she was at the edge of the steps, and her foot slipped.
"Ah!" A piercing scream pierced through the entire villa.
A crowd gathered around, and many people immediately gasped in shock.
Yun Wanqing tumbled down the stairs, landing unconscious on the floor, a large pool of blood spreading beneath her...
Dark red.
The smell of blood.
Gu Fanyan stood in the crowd, her face gradually losing color...
Suddenly, everything went black before her eyes.
She felt as if she had returned to that rainy night.
The rain that day was so heavy, so incredibly heavy. She had never seen such heavy rain in her life, and she would never experience such heavy rain again.
She felt a lot of pain in her stomach.
It comes in waves, sometimes very intense, sometimes like being stabbed with a knife, one stab after another.
She couldn't hold on any longer.
She's been holding on for too long. Who can help her? Who can come and help her...?
"Miss Gu, Miss Gu?" someone called his name.
"Help me, help me, no, not help me, not..."
"Yan'er, Yan'er!" The urgent call broke the silence.
She suddenly opened her eyes.
The heavy rain has stopped.
The pain also disappeared.
The hospital’s white ceiling came into view, and the air was filled with the strong smell of disinfectant.
"Yan'er, you're finally awake." Gu's mother's anxious voice came as she carefully wiped the cold sweat from her daughter's forehead with a warm towel.
"Mom, what's wrong with me?" Gu Fanyan asked.
"You fainted and had been having nightmares," Gu's mother breathed a sigh of relief. "You're awake now, all right, you'll be fine."
A hint of worry flashed across Gu Fanyan's eyes: "Mom, what did I say in my nightmare?"
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