Black Lotus

When Wen Niannan got back home, he was slightly startled when he saw the car parked in the yard, then he went into the living room.

“Nian Nian, welcome back, is it cold outside?” Lu Yun heard him coming over and approached with a smile.

Wen Niannan’s eyes kept looking upstairs. He nodded and replied, “A little bit.”

Seeing him constantly looking upstairs, Lu Yun said softly, “Are you looking for A Sheng? He’s not back yet.”

Wen Niannan was a little surprised, “He’s not back yet? Then the car outside?”

“Yuanfeng drove that here. A Sheng used Yuanfeng’s car.”

Just as Wen Niannan was about to say something, the sound of a car suddenly sounded from outside, and he turned around.

Gu Yansheng walked in with a gloomy face. A cold wind blew as the door was opened and then he headed straight for Wen Niannan.

Seeing Gu Yangsheng returning so late, Lu Yun was just about to scold him. But suddenly, she saw the bruises on his face and was a little stunned, “What happened to your face? Who did you fight with?”

“Humph, why don’t you ask the person standing beside you?” 

Lu Yun’s face was full of astonishment, “Wen Niannan did that? How did…”  

“I…” 

Just as Wen Niannan was supposed to speak, Gu Yansheng suddenly said with a hard tone, “Don’t lie, tell the truth!” 

Wen Niannan looked at the person who was staring at him coldly, then said, “It was… Tang Shuo…” 

“Tang Shuo?” 

“Yes, Qiyue Group President’s little brother, Tang Shuo. Mom, do you know him?” Gu Yansheng looked at Lu Yun meaningfully as he said in a cold tone. 

Lu Yun’s eyes darkened after hearing Qiyue Group. She asked lightly, “What made you two fight? Because of what?”  

“To fight for something, something that I don’t want and rather throw away than give to him.” 

Hearing Gu Yansheng talking about himself in such a way, Wen Niannan’s heart was full of bitterness. 

Naturally, Lu Yun could tell who he was referring to too. She frowned and walked forward to take a look at his wound, and asked, “Have you put on some medicine? Why does it look so badly bruised?” 

Just as Gu Yansheng was about to say that he had already put medicine, his eyes fixed on the person who had his head down behind his mother, then his eyes darkened.”No, not yet.” 

“I’ll tell Uncle Xu to go buy some medicine for you, you should get…” 

“No need, I have medicine upstairs, I get to apply it myself after I get back to my room.” 

Gu Yansheng looked coldly at the person not too far away, “Go find the medicine box, I don’t know where it is.”

Then, he went upstairs without looking back. Seeing that the person behind wasn’t following him, he frowned, “What are you waiting for? Didn’t you hear what I said?”

Wen Niannan’s eyes flashed as he started to walk up with suspicion in his head. Gu Yansheng should know clearly where the medicine box was. It was he who wrapped his wounds for him last time, there was no way he didn’t know. 

After pushing open the door, Gu Yansheng walked to the sofa. He frowned as he leaned back, touched the wound at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Wen Niannan impatiently, “What are you waiting for? Do you not know how to put on medicine?”

“Didn’t you apply them already?” Wen Niannan’s calm voice sounded. 

Gu Yansheng was stunned for a second. As if his plans were seen through, he suddenly stood up, “What did you say?” 

“You already put medicine on, I could smell it. Since Shen Luoan already applied medicine for you, why is there the need for me to do it again?” 

Looking at Wen Niannan holding the medicine box two meters away from him, Gu Yansheng’s anger immediately shot up. “I told you to come here and put on the medicine for me!”

“He already did it, why do I have to do it again?”

Wen Niannan’s heart was full of bitterness. How come every time he had to do something that Shen Luoan already did. How come he could never escape such fate…

“What? Are you jealous? Since you can’t stand me being with Luoan, why did you leave us before and now want to separate us so badly?” 

“Or, you’re just a bitch who seduces all men. Since you like Tang Shuo so much, then go with him, get out of my face!”

Wen Niannan opened his mouth and said with a trembling voice, “Do you think that I’m a whore by nature? In your heart, am I always inferior to Shen Luoan? 

“You’ll never be as good as Luoan. You accused him of stealing your song, tried to take his award, then you forced him to leave and go to a random country. Even so, Wen Niannan, you’ll be destined to live in his shadow, only deserving other’s pity.”

“Okay, I see… I understand everything now…”

Wen Niannan’s face showed a bitter expression as he took a step back. There seemed to be a voice echoing in his head as his head started to hurt violently.

Gu Yansheng looked at the person who had just left the room in a daze. For some reason, he felt an indescribable irritation. He leaned back on the sofa and stared at the door in a daze.

That evening, the door never opened again. The corridor outside the door was also silent.

Gu Yansheng raised his wrist and noticed that his watch had stopped. It was still pointing at noon. It must have broken while he was fighting. He threw the watch onto the side and then checked the time on his phone.

It’s already 11… Wen Niannan’s still not back… 

Gu Yansheng stood up. He irritatedly lit a cigarette. The smoke spread under the moonlight as if a layer of fog had covered his handsome face.

Until the smoke in his hand reached its end, he still didn’t hear anything. Then, he stood up and opened the door.

The corridor was extraordinarily silent. He walked to the stairs to take a look at the living room downstairs, but no one was there either.

He frowned, then went downstairs. Just as he was about to walk into the living room, he saw Aunt Lan coming from the balcony.

“Aunt Lan, where did Wen Niannan go?”

“Sir? He went to sleep a while ago already.”

Gu Yansheng was surprised, “He slept? But he didn’t return to the room…”

“He slept in the guest room, he said he wanted to rest there.”

Wen Niannan… went to sleep in the guest room?

Translated by: UnderTheMoon

Edited by: Summit