Crossing the line

Chapter 116: Out in the open
There was a strong wind last night.

Wen Yangzhi's eyes were more fragile than ever before, his voice was still low but depressed, the corners of his handsome face were slightly downcast: "I'm really having a hard time."

Yun Yuwan felt like he was going to break apart in the next second. He was really having a hard time.

Patting him on the back, she said, "You've done a great job. Don't blame yourself."

He felt lost, and suddenly said quickly and clearly: "Some men are really good at pretending."

He changed the subject so quickly that Yun Yuwan didn't react for a moment. She was confused: "What?"

Wen Yangzhi's voice softened as if he was acting coquettishly: "Jiang Yingyu took you out that night. He knew you had a boyfriend, but he did it on purpose. He even blocked the signal on the helicopter so that I couldn't call you later."

Yun Yuwan had no idea what was going on, and she was still out of the loop: "Huh?"

Although he was angrily saying bad things about others behind their backs, Wen Yangzhi's attitude was gentle, and the way he murmured made people want to coax him and hug him:

"And that Yang Ni. He came to see me specially when he returned to Shanghai some time ago. He also told me that maybe he would call me brother in the future. He is really pretentious. He only sat halfway in his seat but he was already showing off. And you don't like him."

Yun Yuwan was even more shocked, but what shocked her was not that Yang Ni had visited Wen Yangzhi, but that Wen Yangzhi kept talking as if he had already prepared to judge someone.

It seems very different from the scene where he was so sad just now.

She looked at Wen Yangzhi with slight surprise.

It was as if I was trying to have a conversation with her about thoughts, philosophy, the origin of mankind, and the development of the universe just a second ago.

The next second I asked her if she had brought her ID card with her tonight.

The real purpose is revealed.

Yun Yuwan looked at him blankly, and Wen Yangzhi continued to murmur, like a boyfriend whispering to her:

"And that guy named Chen, he kept chatting you up, saying he'd also been studying abroad for a long time. He's so shameless. He couldn't get into any school in China and had to go to Australia. Studying abroad is totally different from studying abroad. There's no way you can communicate with him."

Yun Yuwan looked at him with surprise: "...Brother, have you wanted to say these words for a long time?"

Wen Yangzhi seemed a little tired but was afraid that she would fall into a trap so he had to tell her. However, in contrast to his gentle attitude, he was full of confidence. Yun Yuwan even believed that it was a private grudge:
"They are not good people. Don't think they are good. They just pretend to be good in front of girls. In fact, they play around behind their backs. Who knows how much they are doing."

Yun Yuwan was shocked: "Ah?"

However, after he said these words, he raised his eyebrows slightly, his round black pupils were fully revealed, he looked very sincere and innocent, and his lips were slightly pouting.

He is like those male idols who have just reached adulthood and are good at acting cute, but he is better looking than those male idols. Yun Yuwan only then realized that his style is so wide-ranging.

She felt that this feeling was extremely weird. She actually heard Wen Yangzhi gossiping about others like this in her lifetime, but Wen Yangzhi was obviously the one who had nothing to do with these gossips.

Now... are you saying bad things about them just to keep her away from these men?

He also pretends to be cute.

Yun Yuwan felt it was hard to bear: "You...then I will have less contact with them from now on."

He looked at her sincerely: "No contact, I will treat you best."

His voice was as gentle and deep as the moon flowing in a river. If he had said this when he was sober, Yun Yuwan would definitely be moved.

But Yun Yuwan remained silent for a long time.

Wen Yangzhi didn't say anything either, waiting for her to speak.

Finally, he stretched out his hand, put his long fingers on his lower lip, and used his thumb to gently pinch his lower lip. Yun Yuwan thought he was trying to seduce her, but it turned out that he seemed to want to pick his lips.

Yun Yuwan was startled and grabbed his hand, stopping him from scratching: "Don't scratch."

She grabbed his hand and he surrendered obediently.

"Only people who are under a lot of pressure will talk nonsense. Brother, are you under a lot of pressure?" Yun Yuwan asked him tentatively.

He stared at her lips, his voice gentle, but without much control, as if he was relying entirely on instinct:
"You can't pick mine, but can I pick yours?"

Yun Yuwan immediately said, "Mine won't work either."

He put two fingers on her lips, but did not touch her. He just touched her like this, stroking back and forth with his fingers covered with thin calluses. Yun Yuwan felt like she was entangled by vines when he touched her.

Although drunk, his touch was lustful.

Then he suddenly said, "And there's Mr. Wang."

He suddenly changed the topic, and Yun Yuwan woke up with a start and pulled himself out of his lust.

"Which Mr. Wang?"

Wen Yangzhi had no expression, but he didn't look as cold as usual. Instead, he looked relaxed, as if he was talking in his sleep:
“The CAE.” (Chief Audit Officer)
Yun Yuwan was confused because she had seen Wen Yangzhi and him getting along well and couldn't see any problem: "Why? Did he trip you up?"

"I hate him. He always doesn't wash his hands after using the toilet. I hate him coming into my office and touching my things." He leaned on her shoulder aggrievedly, "He's dirty."

"Huh." Yun Yuwan closed her eyes for a moment, trying hard to hold back her laughter.

Wen Yangzhi complained: "He is really dirty."

"It's really dirty. I will stay away from him from now on." Yun Yuwan sighed to himself.

Wen Yangzhi mentioned several men in a confused manner.

Yun Yuwan couldn't help laughing: "Why don't you talk about girls?"

Wen Yangzhi was dizzy, but he said softly: "I don't judge women."

He half-opened his eyes.

Yun Yuwan also remembered that she had never heard him comment on any woman.

It's rare to find a man who is well behaved even when drunk.

Yun Yuwan finally coaxed him into waking up and wanted him to go to sleep.

He held his forehead and walked in.

Yun Yuwan was so focused on looking at him that she didn't pay attention to her feet. She tripped over the carpet and fell on it.

Her butt was numb from the fall and she couldn't get up for a while, so Wen Yangzhi thought she was going to sleep on the ground.

He stumbled and dragged out a large furry carpet from the study.

He placed the blanket next to Yun Yuwan and held it close to her.

It was obvious that he was still trying to make the blanket neatly spread out.

But he was shaky, and just as he laid the upper left corner, his foot would push the lower left corner off. He tried several times but couldn't get it right, so he finally got angry and stomped his bare feet on the blanket, and the big monster rolled on the ground and fell asleep. Yun Yuwan next to him: "."

Wen Yangzhi was so big, tall and strong lying on the ground that Yun Yuwan had to use a lot of strength to lift him from the ground to the bed.

After getting him on top, I slept on his lap for a while before I recovered.

In the cloakroom, Wen Yangzhi recalled what happened last night, and finally, he fell silent.

Yun Yuwan finally realized that Wen Yangzhi also had a lot of emotions, but he deliberately didn't show them: "Brother, are you Mount Fuji? You look calm and have a layer of snow, but inside you are full of magma."

He faced the dressing mirror, with his slender, white fingers resting on his tie. He held the sword of the tie with one hand and lightly grasped the Windsor knot with the fingertips of the other hand, pushing it up slowly to create a perfect dimple below the tie.

He lowered his head slightly, his Adam's apple touching his straight collar, and finally spoke in a low voice:
"Go wash up, then go downstairs for breakfast."

It was so calm as if nothing had happened. Yun Yuwan made a face at him and he smiled faintly: "How long are you going to laugh?"

Yun Yuwan chirped: "I'll laugh until you get old."

...

While Zhao Qin was relaxing in the garden in the morning, she looked up and accidentally saw Wen Yangzhi combing Yun Yuwan's hair on the balcony.

Yun Yuwan smiled, and Wen Yangzhi's big hands grasped a handful of her long hair and combed it bit by bit with a wooden comb.

"So which of these guys do you hate the most?"

He just gently combed her hair and told her: "Lin Zhidong."

Zhao Qin couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could see her son, who was always rude to them, combing a girl's hair carefully and tenderly.

Zhao Qin didn't know that he was willing to do these things for others.

In recent years, they have not even dared to cross the line.

Yun Yuwan hesitated, but still wanted to tell him: "You told me about the otter last night."

"Yeah." He gathered her hair under the back of her head.

Yun Yuwan held up her phone to show him the half-braided double-tail tutorial: "So you can still get along so calmly with Uncle Wen... I'm surprised."

He used a rubber band to hold her hair on one side: "After taking charge of the bank, I accidentally learned that Lin Zhidong almost took his life."

Yun Yuwan's hand holding the phone froze in mid-air.

So, from Uncle Wen's perspective,

It was his own son who was chatting and laughing with the enemy who wanted to kill him, and he also followed the other party's guidance and really studied art instead of wanting to inherit the bank.

He even treated the otter given by his enemy as a treasure and was estranged from himself.

You can imagine how proud the enemy is.

Yun Yuwan suddenly understood why Wen Yangzhi was so calm.

Many things are not black or white, and we have no control over them.

From Wen Yangzhi's perspective, his dream was shattered as his father broke his own legs to stop him from studying art.

From Wen Wei's perspective, he was betrayed by his own son. He hated him for not living up to his expectations and listening to other people's instigation, for being stupid and deceived, and for being in cahoots with his enemies.

There is no definite right or wrong.

Wen Yangzhi was still young at that time and didn't know how treacherous people are, but the truth was true. Wen Wei was in pain, but it was even more painful when it was inflicted on Wen Yangzhi.

Wen Yangzhi gathered her loose hair and said, "Okay."

Yun Yuwan came back to her senses and reached out to touch it, only to feel the hair that was combed silky and smoothly. She turned on the camera of her mobile phone and found that it was combed very beautifully.

"Hey, it's not bad."

Wen Yangzhi smiled for a moment, put on his coat and went downstairs, and Yun Yuwan immediately followed him down.

As soon as they arrived at the restaurant, Yun Yuwan's steps became slow.

Wen Wei and Zhao Qin sat quietly at the dining table, looking lifeless.

Yun Yuwan had just sat down when she heard Zhao Qin's emotionless voice: "You're sleeping in your brother's room?"

Yun Yuwan's hand hesitated as she reached for the fork.

Wen Yangzhi said calmly: "Yeah."

Like it was no big deal, he lifted the fork and thrust it into her hand.

Zhao Qin held back her anger: "Do you know—"

But Wen Yangzhi interrupted her directly: "Why did you suddenly come to my lounge yesterday?"

His voice was distant and indifferent, making it clear that Zhao Qin was an outsider and should not have crossed the border to come to his territory.

Yun Yuwan is the one who can come and go freely.

He held Yun Yuwan's hand under the table.

For a moment, Zhao Qin felt that she had done something wrong. If it were any other time, she would have apologized long ago.

Because the distance between my son and them is so strong.

But at this moment, Zhao Qin just felt ridiculous.

Wen Wei wanted to ease the atmosphere: "Zhou Fei found your mother's bag and said she left it in your lounge."

"I know." Wen Yangzhi had already guessed it, but now he just responded in a calm tone.

He casually picked up a steamed ball and gave it to Yun Yuwan without having to hide it anymore.

Wen Wei looked at him, hoping Yun Yuwan would accept it.

Yun Yuwan muttered quietly: "I don't want to eat this."

"If you don't want to eat it, give it back to brother." Wen Yangzhi didn't even look at her and spoke casually.

Yun Yuwan directly put the steamed food that she had taken a bite of into his bowl, and Wen Yangzhi naturally picked it up and ate it.

Wen Wei and Zhao Qin both stopped for a moment.