“Stop being ridiculous. You’re badly injured—stay in the hospital.”
Impatience was written all over Qi Yanli’s face.
But because he’d been drinking, his voice carried a lazy drawl, layered over his naturally sensual tone.
Somehow, Wen Lanyue heard a trace of helplessness and doting affection in it.
On the other end of the line, Ning Xi kept sobbing: ”Yanli, I’m begging you, let me leave the hospital. I want… I want to see you… When are you coming to visit me?”
Wen Lanyue kept her eyes on the car window, but her heartstrings were pulled taut.
She was listening carefully to the man’s answer.
Slightly drunk, Qi Yanli’s voice was lazy and sensual: ”I’m busy these next few days.”
“Then… have you made up with Miss Wen? She seemed pretty angry last time. A few days ago she even called me and said you’re a rotten man, that she doesn’t want you anymore, and she’s going to throw you back to me.”
!!!
That little bitch really knew how to sow discord.
A few days ago, it was Ning Xi who had called her first, provoking her in every way possible.
Shameless people truly have no rivals in this world.
Heh…
But whatever. It didn’t matter anymore.
Qi Yanli leaned back against the car seat, phone in hand, glancing at the woman’s profile beside him: “She’s teasing you.”
“No, she wasn’t. Miss Wen’s tone on the phone was really harsh. She also said I only deserve what she’s already played with and discarded. I think she went way too far…”
Qi Yanli sat up, his long fingers pinching the bridge of his nose: “She could never break up with me. She loves me.”
“But…”
“Who told you to burn her wedding dress?”
“I already told you it wasn’t on purpose. Even if I did burn her wedding dress, what right does she have to curse at you? And so viciously, too. You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Ning Xi, you’ve crossed the line. This is none of your business.”
With that, he hung up directly.
The moment the call ended, Wen Lanyue let out a scornful sneer.
Qi Yanli frowned slightly: “What are you laughing at?”
“I’m laughing at how overconfident you are. Do you really think I still love you?”
Just then, the car slowly pulled into the villa’s garage.
Before the driver could come open the door, Wen Lanyue pushed it open herself and got out.
Qi Yanli got out and chased after her, yanking her back by the arm. “If I remember correctly, you were pretty enthusiastic in bed last night. Don’t tell me that was all an act.”
“That’s just a normal physiological reaction. Any other man could have gotten the same.”
Those words instantly ignited his fury.
“Wen Lanyue! Take that back right now!”
Qi Yanli nearly snapped her slender arm.
Just imagining Wen Lanyue in bed with another man made his teeth itch with hatred.
Wen Lanyue frowned in pain: “You’re hurting me! Let go!”
The man stared at her unblinkingly: “I said, take back what you just said!”
“Words spoken are like water spilled—they can’t be taken back!”
Wonderful.
She was getting bolder and bolder now.
Daring to talk back to him, daring to provoke him.
The next second, Qi Yanli hoisted her over his shoulder and headed straight into the villa.
“Qi Yanli! Put me down!”
Wen Lanyue struggled, pounding her fists against his shoulder, but it was all in vain.
…
Qi Yanli carried her all the way back upstairs to the bedroom.
As the door clicked shut, Wen Lanyue was tossed onto the bed.
She sat up in alarm, and then watched as Qi Yanli shrugged off his suit jacket and yanked off his tie…
Until the man’s long fingers came to rest on the buckle of his belt.
Wen Lanyue’s eyes widened. “What are you doing!”
“I think you’ve got too much free time. Once you’re pregnant, you’d better settle down.”
!!!
Her head felt like it was about to explode.
“Qi Yanli! Touch me one more time and see what happens!”
Wen Lanyue’s face had gone deathly pale with fright. She picked up the desk lamp again, but this time she raised it toward her own head.
“If you come any closer, I’ll smash my own head in!”
“…”
Qi Yanli’s tall figure stood at the foot of the bed, his handsome face dark with gloom.
He looked down at the small woman on the bed, her eyes full of terror.
He felt like a criminal.
And the panic in Wen Lanyue’s eyes felt foreign to him.
He didn’t know when things between them had become like this.
The Wen Lanyue of the past used to cling to him at every moment, begging for kisses and hugs.
But now…
His interest vanished entirely.
Just then, his phone buzzed again.
Qi Yanli looked at the woman on the bed, then put the phone to his ear. “Speak.”
“Mr. Qi, please come to the hospital. Miss Ning Xi snuck out, and we can’t find her.”
The gloom in the man’s eyes deepened.
He hung up, grabbed his suit jacket, and turned to leave the bedroom.
Hah…
Once again, Ning Xi had run off in the middle of the night.
A sense of loss quietly crept into Wen Lanyue’s heart.
She put the desk lamp back in its place and lay on the bed in a daze for a long while.
Then she got up and went to the bathroom to shower.
Standing under the showerhead, her mind was a complete mess.
The man’s voice echoed in her ears…
‘She’ll never break up with me. She loves me.’
Wen Lanyue closed her eyes, letting the warm water run down her face.
She hated Qi Yanli’s certainty.
She didn’t want to love this man anymore.
Four years. It was really enough.
Time to let him go—and let herself go too.
…
Hospital ward.
Ning Xi had been brought back to her room, crying nonstop, seemingly deeply aggrieved and upset.
Qi Yanli stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, staring out at the pitch-black night sky.
He didn’t comfort Ning Xi, nor did he say a word.
After who knows how long, he said in a low voice, “Are you done crying yet?”
Ning Xi sniffled. “I just feel so awful inside. I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately—I can’t control my emotions…”
The hospital at night was eerily quiet, and the ward was frighteningly still.
Qi Yanli turned and walked over to the sofa, sitting down. He spoke expressionlessly: “If you’re starved for love, go find yourself a man. I belong to Wen Lanyue. Stop thinking about me.”