Chapter 34
Sang Nian didn't go to the company with Wen Yan after all. He was genuinely afraid of disturbing Wen Yan, but more than that, he was very tired and fell into a deep sleep almost the moment his head hit the pillow.
He slept soundly until dark. He slept very peacefully, without any strange dreams or being startled awake. To be honest, he hadn't slept this well in a long time. Before, he relied entirely on medication to fall asleep, and sometimes even that didn't work, so he often had to stay awake until dawn.
Surprisingly, sleeping in Wen Yan's bed completely cured his insomnia. Waking up naturally, Sang Nian felt great. He turned on the light, opened the door, and went outside. He saw Wen Yan's back as he stood on the balcony smoking.
Only then did he realize that the room was filled with an overwhelming, pungent smell of smoke. It was very acrid and choking. Sang Nian covered his mouth and nose and walked slowly toward Wen Yan.
Hearing the door open, Wen Yan stubbed out his cigarette. He opened the window, then turned around and saw Sang Nian's thin figure slowly walking towards him. His heart skipped a beat.
He thought of Tao Youmin's first words when he intercepted her from the plane a few hours earlier.
"You slept with Sang Nian."
A single sentence devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
"That's disgusting."
Another sentence.
She looked at Wen Yan, a slight smile playing on her lips, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes.
"How can you do this to Ningning?"
Wen Yan remained silent, gesturing for his bodyguards to take Tao Youmin back. Deprived of her freedom, Tao Youmin finally began to resist, shouting, "Wen Yan, this is illegal!"
Wen Yan glanced at her coldly, then held up his blood test report in front of Tao Youmin. "I'll say the same to you. I've kept all the relevant evidence."
He didn't necessarily have to be so ruthless, after all, the relationship between the Tao and Sang families was there. He just felt that he had to give Sang Nian an explanation.
At this moment, the Tao family finally arrived upon hearing the news. The entire family, including Sang Nian's parents, and all the prominent figures in Shanghai, gathered in the airport VIP lounge. Anyone who saw this would tremble with fear.
Wen Yan was too lazy to argue with them. He only greeted Sang Yu and Tao Wanru, completely ignoring the rest of the Tao family. Tao Wanru had probably heard something from Tao Zeqian. Seeing Wen Yan leave, she quickly ran up and grabbed his arm.
A sharp voice rang out from behind Wen Yan.
"Wen Yan, what are you doing?" Her hand gripped tightly, her fingertips almost turning white. "Where are you taking You Min?"
Wen Yan brushed Tao Wanru's hand away, straightened his sleeves, and said slowly, "Take her to the police station." That kind of drug is not available through ordinary channels, and its effects are potent. Sending Tao Youmin to the police station for investigation might even benefit society.
"The police station?" Tao Wanru suddenly raised her voice, her eyes widening in disbelief, her breathing becoming labored. Since Sang Ning's death, Tao Youmin had been by her side almost every day, comforting and caring for her. She had also gradually entrusted the art exhibition to Tao Youmin. She almost treated Tao Youmin like her own daughter. Although she still couldn't compare to Sang Ning, she was still a member of the Tao family by blood.
So when she learned that Tao Zeqian had rushed abroad and then been stopped by Wen Yan, she rushed over almost immediately. On the way, she heard Tao Zeqian explain the reasons for the current situation.
Tao Youmin actually likes Wen Yan!
She had no idea. All she knew was that Sang Ning liked Wen Yan, and that Wen Yan almost married Sang Ning. At that moment, a feeling of betrayal welled up inside her; she felt that Tao Youmin had lied to her. But slowly, she gradually processed and absorbed the truth.
Wen Yan is so outstanding, it's no wonder anyone would fall for him. Therefore, it's only natural that Tao Youmin likes Wen Yan. Ningning is gone, and Wen Yan can't possibly stay single. If he's going to get married, he might as well let Tao Youmin have his way.
“You can’t treat Youmin like this!” Tao Wanru said. “She likes you, that’s why she did this. Besides, you didn’t lose anything, did you? Why don’t our two families sit down and talk about your marriage with Youmin?”
With each word she spoke, Wen Yan's face darkened further, until, when she finally finished speaking, his face was terribly gloomy.
"Marriage?" he said softly, then pointed to Tao Youmin, "With her?"
Tao Wanru nodded with satisfaction.
"What about Sang Nian?"
Sang Nian? Tao Wanru didn't know why Wen Yan would suddenly mention Sang Nian. She stared blankly at Tao Youmin, who was surrounded by several bodyguards, and then at Wen Yan, who had a half-smile on his face. Suddenly, a sentence flashed through her mind.
"After Wen Yan was drugged, he and Sang Nian..." Tao Zeqian stammered as he spoke, while Tao Wanru was still processing Tao Youmin's feelings for Wen Yan and didn't take his words to heart at all.
But now it seems that Tao Zeqian was talking about Wen Yan being with Sang Nian that night. Tao Wanru thought of Sang Nian's deformed body and suddenly felt nauseous. She couldn't help but run to the side and vomit loudly.
How could an intersex person... how could he...
Wen Yan coldly observed her reaction, a sarcastic smile playing on his lips. Sang Yu finally spoke, judging by Wen Yan's attitude towards Sang Nian, saying, "It's true that You Min made a mistake in this matter. Uncle knows about you and Sang Nian under those circumstances. Well, Uncle guarantees that Sang Nian won't have any objections..."
“Uncle.” Wen Yan interrupted Sang Yu and said seriously, “Sang Nian is not a commodity; he is a person, and he has feelings too. Moreover, I will take responsibility for Sang Nian.”
"Take responsibility? How are you going to take responsibility?" Tao Wanru rushed over, pointing her finger at Wen Yan's face, suppressing the nausea rising in her heart, and screamed, "You're not going to marry that androgynous monster, are you? How can you do this to Ningning! Ningning likes you so much, even if you marry someone else, we won't have any objections, but Sang Nian is not acceptable, he doesn't deserve it!"
Wen Yan had known for a long time that the Sang family had treated Sang Nian badly, but the specifics still pained him to recall. He had seen Tao Wanru holding Sang Ning in her arms, showering her with tenderness. Therefore, he couldn't quite understand why she would be so cruel to Sang Nian, who was also her child.
Is it just because of his body?
Thinking of this, Wen Yan felt a pang of pain in his heart again. Sang Nian had received so little. He didn't know how Sang Nian had fared during those eleven years of being abducted, but it certainly hadn't been good. He still remembered the sight of Sang Nian by the artificial lake at the hospital—so thin and fragile, as if a gust of wind could blow her away. Later, after donating a kidney, he immediately went abroad, and Wen Yan was also present at the scene where Sang Nian caused a scene at the Sang family's house before leaving.
So why didn't he help Sang Nian back then?
"Whether Sang Nian is a good match or not is not up to you to decide, and Tao Youmin has broken the law, so she has to pay the price for her mistakes."
After speaking, Wen Yan bypassed Sang Yu and Tao Wanru without glancing at them again. Tao Wanru seemed stunned, completely unresponsive. But seeing Wen Yan get into the car, she immediately chased after him, banging on the window, her mouth opening and closing. Sang Yu tried to pull her back, but to no avail. Wen Yan ignored what she was saying and simply instructed the driver to drive home.
As the car sped along the road, Wen Yan, after much deliberation, made a call to his assistant, Zhou Xu. The call was answered immediately, and Wen Yan went straight to the point: "Investigate everything that has happened to Sang Nian since he was born, thoroughly and meticulously, without missing a single detail. I need to see it before I leave work tomorrow."
Zhou Xu responded on the other end of the phone, and after hanging up, he suddenly frowned.
It must be Sang Nian, right?
It's Sang Nian, the one the boss hated the most, right?
When he got home, the house was dark and the lights were off. Wen Yan went into the bedroom and found Sang Nian fast asleep. He didn't disturb Sang Nian, touched his face, and carefully left the room. Then he went to the kitchen and began to prepare dinner himself.
Sang Nian saying he didn't want to eat anything was probably not just an excuse. He was so thin, and so much had happened these past few days, not to mention being pinned down on the bed and raped twice. Whenever Wen Yan thought about those two times, his scalp would tingle, and his breathing would become rapid.
Sometimes he felt like a beast in heat, knowing full well that Sang Nian's place wasn't suitable for that kind of thing, but he couldn't resist the powerful temptation and just wanted to follow his instincts.
Sang Nian was too sweet, so sweet it was cloying, but he couldn't bear to let go of the sweetness that lingered in his throat, wanting only to desperately suck in the sweetness that seeped into his bones. But Sang Nian was also too fragile, so fragile that he could leave deep handprints on his arms, legs, or other places with just a little force.
He's too thin.
You need to replenish your body more.
Wen Yan was very confident in his culinary skills. He had specifically learned how to cook, intending to prepare it for Sang Ning, but he never had the chance to taste it. Thinking of Sang Ning, Wen Yan frowned again. He put down his knife, walked to the safe in the study, entered the password, opened the safe, and took out the last letter Sang Ning had written to him.
The letter was slowly unfolded, revealing Sang Ning's elegant handwriting. Wen Yan had read this letter no less than a hundred times; he could recite its contents with his eyes closed.
Sang Ning said he knew this marriage to Sang Nian was unfair to him, and that Liu Jingyuan was a bad person; he didn't want Sang Nian to get hurt. Therefore, he planned to talk to Liu Jingyuan and tell him to stop bothering Sang Nian. He also said that Sang Nian was better than him in every way, and many people liked her. Meanwhile, he was sickly and didn't even know how much longer he had to live. Sang Ning added that if he died, he hoped his brother Wen Yan would be happy and find someone worthy of him to spend his life with, but he didn't want that person to be Sang Nian.
He hadn't noticed anything wrong with the letter when he read it before, but now he felt it was full of loopholes.
If you want to cancel Sang Nian's engagement, wouldn't it be faster to just talk to Sang Yu directly? Why go to that scumbag Liu Jinyuan?
Moreover, at that time, it was impossible for Sang Nian to have many people who liked him. First of all, the Sang family did not like Sang Nian. Why would Sang Ning tell such a lie?
Furthermore, Sang Ning has been recovering very well since his kidney transplant. Even the doctors said that as long as he takes good care of his health, he will live for several more decades. But why does Sang Ning always feel that he is about to die? Or rather, does he have a premonition that he will die?
Thinking of this, Wen Yan's expression gradually turned ugly. He found a cigarette case, took out a cigarette, and then impatiently lit it.
Smoke billowed around him, instantly filling his nostrils. Wen Yan took a deep breath, then took out his phone and sent a message to Zhou Xu.
"First, check Sang Ning's medical records before his death, right now."
He then put down his phone and casually tossed the letter onto his desk. His phone screen then lit up and immediately went out again.
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