Black Lotus - Chap 92
You are legal husbands under the protection by law. You are husbands who exchanged wedding rings and promised each other, how come you are not your lovers?”
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As if Gu Yansheng heard a big joke, he snorted coldly: “Ask him who he saw at the door yesterday! The affair was brought to my house, offending me! He said what he had in his mind, he had no idea what to do with me!”
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“I’ve had enough and I’ve been tricked enough, this time I can’t listen to you anymore, if you insist on not letting divorce, then I will leave, you can make Yuanfeng the president of the Gu family and Wen Niannan as your son!”
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“Dare you!
“Then do you dare to try, mother, do you want Wen Niannan or your son? I will come back when you have a choice!”
Gu Yansheng pushed Zhou Yuanfeng away abruptly, while he walked towards the door, a starting sound of a car could be heard from outside the door, there was no movement after a while.
Wen Niannan never opened his mouth or looked up, he stared down at the crack in the ring.
Lu Yun was shocked by Gu Yansheng’s sudden words, she looked at the door with an iron blue face.
“Mom, Tang Shuo came to see me today. He came to say goodbye to me.”
Wen Niannan raised his eyes, looking straight at Lu Yun: “Was it by your hand, mother?”
Lu Yun sat down with a dark expression, then she said: “Yes, I did it.”
“I see…” Wen Niannan’s eyes flashed, he asked nothing more.
Lu Yun sighed, softly she said: “Nian Nian, can you go with Yuan Feng for tomorrow’s party? I have something to do, I need to go to the country, and there is a project over there in a hurry to sign.”
Wen Niannan raised his head, looking at Lu Yun and saying bitterly: “Listen to mom…everything is up to you, you can arrange everything…”
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The next day, Zhou Yuanfeng dressed in a silver-gray formal suit was standing in the living room waiting for someone. Aunt Lan was afraid that he would be bored, so she turned on the TV.
On the TV, there was a popular drama broadcasting recently, aunt Lan said that they were also chasing after them, Zhou Yuanfeng wasn’t interested in these, but he glanced casually, catching his eye the male lead in the play wearing a pair of gold glasses.
Zhou Yuanfeng looked at the pair of glasses, thinking of the angry man holding the broken glasses, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.
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The sound of footsteps came from the stairs, Zhou Yuanfeng turned his head, looking up, Xu Shu and Wen Niannan walked down together, Zhou Yuanfeng was slightly surprised when he saw Wen Niannan.
Instead of wearing the same blue old suit from the past, Wen Niannan wore an off-white suit, which was a completely different vibe from usual.
Some of the hair on the back of the neck was a little longer, hanging down, the soft black hair was slightly curled up, the original white face was lined with more snow-white, all revealing nobility, and elegance, but a little more sense of alienation than usual.
Wen Niannan stood in front of the mirror, fixing his tie, looking at the haggard-looking himself in the mirror, a little dazed.
He didn’t want to go to the party…he was afraid…
The mocking eyes of those people at Gu Yansheng’s last banquet made it something unforgettable, he couldn’t forget the feeling of fainting from stomach bleeding…
Uncle Xu came over with a few sets of clothes in his hand, he said with a smile: “Sir, which one do you want to wear? These blue ones are the new models of your favorite brand bought by the lady in Country F.”
Wen Niannan turned his head to look at the suits on the bed, raising his hand, he stroked it, his eyes flickered as he retracted his hand.
“I want to wear that white one.”
“White? I don’t remember that you having a white suit…I remember it, was it…the one before you got married?”
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“Yes, brought it for me, Uncle Xu.”
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“Great.”
Wen Niannan buttoned the last button, standing in front of the mirror in a daze, gently smoothing the wrinkles of his collar.
A faint smile appeared on the face of the man looking in the mirror, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but the smile had subsided without reaching the bottom of his eyes.
Uncle Xu stared at Wen Niannan, who was in a white formal suit, for a moment, his eyes gleamed a little: “Sir, you look so good in that, it seems that I have seen the sir I saw for the first time a few years ago.”
A touch of sadness flashed in Wen Niannan’s eyes, the bitterness in his heart spreading, he looked at himself in his glasses, restraining the feelings in his eyes.
“Let’s go, Uncle Xu.”
Wen Niannan went downstairs, seeing Zhou Yuanfeng who had been waiting for a long time in the living room.
“Sorry Yuanfeng, I kept you waiting such a long time.”
Zhou Yuanfeng turned around, looking at him for a moment, his eyes were full of joy: “Niannan, you look perfect in white.”
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“Thank you, let’s go now.”
“All right, Xu Shu, we’re going.”
Uncle Xu nodded and said softly: “Okay, be careful on the road.”
After all, the Jiang family was one of the largest families in the city, obviously, Mrs. Jiang’s birthday party would naturally attract many extraordinary people. After the two entered, someone saw Zhou Yuanfeng. they approached to say hello.
“It’s been a long time, Mr. Zhou.”
“How has Mr. Zhou been lately?”
Zhou Yuan Feng, out of politeness, didn’t refuse, he took a glass of wine while drinking and talking few words, he noticed Wen Niannan who was hiding behind him.
“Next time I’ll have more time to talk, now I’ll go to greet Mr. Jiang and the others, I’m leaving first, sorry.”
Zhou Yuanfeng took Wen Niannan to the side of the couch and sat down, he asked with worry: “Niannan, how are you doing?”
“I’m not… not used to so many people.”
He didn’t know when he had become a little scared of crowded places, he always felt that they were staring at him and laughing at him.
“It’s all right. I’m here with you.”
Zhou Yuanfeng got up, taking a drink, and handing it to him, sat down again.
President Jiang, Mrs. Jiang, his wife walked downstairs, many people greeted them and blessed them.
Wen Niannan looked at the two people who were surrounded by the people not far away, Mr. Jiang smiled softly with his wife in his arms, making him thought about his parents.
Everyone in the city knew how Mrs. Jiang favors his wife, Mrs. Jiang often went to the hospital when she was weak, so Mr. Jiang directly moved the company’s office to work at home so that he could take care of his wife.
Wen Niannan squeezed the cup in his hand, taking a sip, a look of sadness flashed in his eyes.
President Jiang raised his wine glass, nodding lightly, he raised his eyes, catching sight of two people on the sofa behind him, after a few casual polite words, he pushed away from the crowd, approaching them.
“Yuanfeng.”
When Zhou Yuanfeng saw President Jiang coming over, he stood up, nodding in respect: “Hello, Mr. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang.”
Mr. Jiang smiled, he said: “OH, this is Little Gu’s lover, right?”
Wen Niannan stood up, getting closer, he whispered: “Hello, Mr. Jiang, my name is Wen Niannan.”
President Jiang nodded lightly, turned his head, saying softly to the person in his arms: “Ning Ning, this is the Wen family child, haven’t you talked to me about it?”
Mrs. Jiang took a step closer, staring at Wen Niannan for a time, seeing that Wen Niannan’s face was a little red, she suddenly smiled: “His face is so thin, she looks really like Ye Xian, both of them are shy.”
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Wen Niannan was a little surprised when he heard about his mother, he asked in confusion: “You…know my mother?”
Few of the wealthy families in the city didn’t know his mother, She was the best of us from a young age, at that time, everyone was surprised when she suddenly said that she was going to marry his father, with her talent and looks, she could get a good catch, but she chose her father, perhaps because she was fascinated since she was a child.
Wen Niannan squeezed the cup tightly, his eyes flickered slightly, he asked: “Was my mother in good health before? She became so weak after giving birth to me, did she get so weak because of me that she would later…”
Mrs. Jiang interrupted him, she slowly said: “My child, she wasn’t weak because of you, but because she was tricked when she was playing.”
“At that time, your mother, who had been pregnant with you for more than four months, insisted on going to the piano competition because it was her last one, then she wanted to quit in the future and stay with you.”
“She won first place in that competition, but when she went to the stage to receive the prize, she was deliberately pushed, falling off the steps, getting injured, that made her body weak after giving birth to you.”
“In fact, she has been tricked by others several times over the years, she had been on guard not to let others succeed.”
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Wen Niannan couldn’t believe that her mother, who had always been gentle in his memories, had experienced that.
“Did mom had a bad time? I thought it was the happiest time for her when she participated in the competition.”
“She loved the piano very much, even cherished it as her own life, but when she became more and more famous, she realized that strength didn’t represent everything.”
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“When your mother was recovering in the hospital I went to see her, she told me that she was tired of those fights, she wanted to be at home with you when you were born and growing up, she wanted to teach you piano, she wanted you to live a safe and happy life, in one there wasn’t no suffering just stability, not a lifelike hers where you had to have your guard up against being framed by others.”
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Wen Niannan understood why her mother would often sit at the piano sighing, it turned out that her mother had so many bad memories.
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“But I’ve never been what Mom expected.”
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Mrs. Jiang sighed softly: “I heard about what Gu Yansheng did, but I also feel like I am an outsider, not someone good to intervene, but how can you just bear it if he did so much? How heartbroken your mother would be if she saw you. …”
“I…I’ve always done a bad job, but I want to use my only value to protect the people I want to protect, I don’t want my loved ones to have trouble because of me…”
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“What happened? Lu Yun is threatening you?”
Seeing Wen Niannan’s eyes dodge, President Jiang patted his wife on the shoulder, shaking his head, then he turned to say: “It’s all right, don’t worry, I will help you protect him, no one will dare to bully him, okay?”
Mrs. Jiang frowned while looking at Wen Niannan helplessly, her eyes were full of worry and pain.
More and more guests in the lobby rushed to congratulate Mrs. Jiang, Mr. Jiang saw a few familiar people come in, saying something to Mrs. Jiang before he got up and left.
Before leaving, Mrs. Jiang suddenly said: “Yuanfeng, this kid doesn’t seem to like this kind of occasion very much, you can take him to the second floor, there are fewer people on the second floor, it is quieter, you can see the people in the hall downstairs. ”
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“Good, Mrs. Jiang.”
Wen Niannan looked at the back of Mr. Jiang and his wife who had just left, lost in his thoughts for a while.
He knew Mrs. Jiang was worried about him, but he was now stuck in a dead-end, he could no longer involve other people who love him…
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