Chapter 391: Aftermath of a Nightmare
Han Bi had gone up with her to get coffee. She only remembered drinking one cup of coffee, then seeing something flash before her eyes, and then nothing. When she woke up, this was the scene.
The room was silent. There were so many people, yet not a sound was heard.
Wen Nuan was trembling. Ye Feimo turned around and took a step. He seemed to lose his footing and staggered, almost falling. Han Bi rushed to help him, but Ye Feimo roughly pushed her away and walked out of the room stiffly and slowly.
"Feimo!" Wen Nuan called out hoarsely. Overcome with emotion, she fainted and became unconscious.
Lin Ning grabbed Han Bi and pulled her out, closing the door behind them. He violently pinned her against the wall. "Was this your doing?"
"Director Lin, don’t accuse me of things without proof. This has nothing to do with me. Wen Nuan came to get a room herself, and Fang Liucheng came to find her. The two of them never left the room. What does this have to do with me?" Han Bi said with a faint smile, her eyes on Ye Feimo.
The hallway on the 52nd floor was long. It was not yet dawn, a little after 3 a.m. The hotel was eerily quiet. Ye Feimo walked toward the elevator. He walked very slowly. His tall and upright body was straight as always, as if nothing could bend his shoulders. But his steps were like an old man’s, stiff and weak. Han Bi smiled faintly, her heart a mix of sadness, regret, and grief. Her eyes also reddened.
*Feimo, you must be so heartbroken.*
*Just like when you saw me with another man seven years ago, you must be feeling the same pain.*
No one knew that for Ye Feimo, this scene was a dagger to his heart.
Lin Ning was furious. "You’d better hope Feimo doesn’t find out you did this."
Lin Ning was worried about Ye Feimo and was also afraid that Cai Xiaojing couldn’t handle what was to come. He didn’t follow Ye Feimo out. If reporters were to swarm in, Cai Xiaojing wouldn’t be able to handle it alone.
When Wen Nuan woke up, Cai Xiaojing had already put clothes on her. Her body was very cold. Cai Xiaojing took off her own jacket and put it on Wen Nuan. Wen Nuan slowly came to, her expression filled with grief. Tears poured out of her eyes uncontrollably.
"I..." She wanted to say something, but she couldn’t get a single word out. She kept trembling and painfully covered her head. "I didn’t... I didn’t..."
"Wen Nuan, it’s okay. We’re going home now," Cai Xiaojing said, trying to soften her voice. Wen Nuan felt unwell all over and was as stiff as a stone. All the emotions that had been suppressed in her heart exploded at once. The emotional rollercoaster and the unbearable pain caused a sharp pain in her lower abdomen.
"Ah..." She yelled, covering her head as if to let it all out. She looked like she was going crazy.
Lin Ning heard her scream and rushed into the room. Wen Nuan was very emotional, and Cai Xiaojing couldn’t hold her. He hardened his heart and chopped her on the back of her neck. Wen Nuan fainted again.
"What are you doing?" Cai Xiaojing had always doted on Wen Nuan and rushed to stop him, but it was too late. Wen Nuan collapsed in her arms, her face free of tears, only filled with exhaustion and despair.
*My poor Nuan Nuan, why did this happen?*
Lin Ning frowned. With all that noise, Fang Liucheng was still not awake. Lin Ning’s heart skipped a beat. He went over and shook Fang Liucheng. After a while, Fang Liucheng finally woke up. "Director Lin..."
"What do you mean, ’Director Lin’? Wake up! What happened? Why did you and Wen Nuan spend the night at a hotel? Did you do something to her?" The more agitated Lin Ning was, the calmer his expression became.
"What are you talking about?" Fang Liucheng rubbed his temples. He saw that he wasn’t wearing any clothes. He then saw the unconscious Wen Nuan not far away and was shocked. "What’s going on?"
"What’s going on? Ten minutes ago, Wen Nuan was lying naked next to you, and Ye Feimo just walked out that door. What do you think is going on? Fang Liucheng, did you do something beastly? If you have the guts to do it, have the guts to admit it."
Fang Liucheng was very anxious. He was also not wearing clothes, so he couldn’t just go over to Wen Nuan. He frowned and tried to recall what happened yesterday. "I remember I went upstairs after talking to Gu Rui to get Wen Nuan and take her home. But I didn’t see Wen Nuan. I only saw Han Bi. Han Bi said that Wen Nuan wasn’t feeling well and had gotten a room to rest and wait for me, so I came up to find her. Who knew... Wen Nuan was already asleep when I came in. I went over to try and wake her up, and she..."
Fang Liucheng paused. He went over to wake Wen Nuan up, but when she woke up, her expression was very strange. She leaned over and kissed him, and she had a very charming smile on her face. He liked Wen Nuan a lot, but she was married, and her expression was very off. He would never take advantage of a person in a vulnerable state. He was going to call Ye Feimo to come and get Wen Nuan, but she got very close to him, and then...
He couldn’t remember anything after that. He only remembered that he would never hurt Wen Nuan. And... was the person last night really Wen Nuan? He wasn’t even sure anymore.
Fang Liucheng felt that something was strange, but he couldn’t pinpoint what it was. He couldn’t remember when things started to go wrong. Wen Nuan was already unwell when she came to the hotel yesterday. She was conscious for a while, but then she started to feel worse and worse.
He remembered that Wen Nuan wasn’t wearing makeup last night, but the Wen Nuan who kissed him had the strong scent of foundation on her face. He thought that was what happened, but his head hurt so much that he couldn’t remember clearly.
"Then you took advantage of her when you saw she was drunk."
"I swear on my life, I didn’t!" Fang Liucheng said in a low voice. "I love her very much, and I would never do anything to hurt her. Never. Lin Ning, don’t think so badly of people."
"Alright, Lin Ning, that’s enough. It’s almost dawn. Let’s go home. It would be bad if the reporters found out," Cai Xiaojing had no intention of staying there. Lin Ning temporarily believed Fang Liucheng. He carried Wen Nuan out of the room. As she left, Cai Xiaojing looked back and said, "Mr. Fang, about what happened today... you’d better not say a word."
Fang Liucheng looked at their receding figures with a worried expression. *Damn it, what the hell happened yesterday?*
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Ye Feimo was speeding.
At 4 a.m., there were hardly any cars on the elevated bridge. He sped all the way, his foot on the gas pedal. The windows were down, and the cold wind howled in. The slightly cool weather felt bitingly cold to him.
It felt like all the coldness was pouring into his body.
The car got off the overpass. He didn’t stop at the red light. Another car suddenly came through the intersection, going from west to east. His car was going from south to north. Ye Feimo’s car almost crashed into the other car. He suddenly turned the steering wheel, and the car swerved to the right. The other driver was scared half to death and hit the guardrail in a panic.