Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

144. Who Shot and Wounded You?

 

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

 

There was a dead silence in Nancheng Yunsen’s office. At these words, Li Qinghao kept silent for a long while.

“Is he badly injured?” asked Nancheng Lie.

Nancheng Yunsen shook his head and answered, “It’s just a small operation. He was shot in the shoulder. In order to avoid an injury to his nerves, I had to be extra careful. Xu, you just said that you wanted to tell me something about Lei Wen. What is it?”

“Our detective agency… I’m now a shareholder of Mu Yinting’s detective agency. A few days ago we took a case. Someone paid big money to have us find out who Lei Wen’s lover was. Bro, you should know that when private detectives take cases, they don’t care who they are required to investigate,” Li Qinghao explained.

“Xu, are you interceding for Mu Yinting?” Nancheng Yunsen was like a fox when he smiled. He immediately understood what Li Qinghao meant. “Since you came here specially to explain to me, I’ll spare him.”

“Watch your mouth, Bro,” Nancheng Lie said in a warning voice. How dared this guy threaten Xu?

Nancheng Yunsen shrugged his shoulders. “Xu, look at him. People always say that a grown girl can’t be kept at home. But things are a bit different in my family. My younger brother seems very eager to get married… By the way, have you found out who Lei Wen’s lover is?”

Li Qinghao nodded and glanced at Nancheng Lie.

“Why did you glance at me? Don’t say you found that his lover is me.” Nancheng Lie’s tone was aggrieved.

“It’s Max.”

“What?!” Nancheng Lie uttered a cry of surprise.

“The famous film star Max?” Nancheng Yunsen was also surprised. “So far as I know, Lei Wen is not gay.” They two had been friends for many years. Nnancheng Yunsen was sure that Lei Wen was not gay. “Why are you so excited?” Nancheng Lie’s reaction puzzled Nancheng Yunsen.

Nancheng Lie stiffened, a little embarrassed.

Li Qinghao explained, “Max is Lie’s first love.”

“Xu.” Nancheng Lie denied it at once. “He was just the first man to have sex with me. He’s not my first love. Absolutely not!”

“Shut up!” Li Qinghao fought down the impulse to beat Nancheng Lie. “We also found that Max is embroiled not only with Lei Wen, but also with Young Master Qiao’s twin brother.” Li Qinghao told Nancheng Yunsen about the story of the Qiao family. “Bro, that’s all I can tell you.”

“Alright, I’ll ask Lei Wen later.” Nancheng Yunsen glanced at his watch and continued, “You can go home now. I estimate Lei Wen will wake up soon. I’m going to see him.”

Nancheng Lie and Li Qinghao left the hospital and got in the car.

“Why do you keep looking at me?” asked Li Qinghao. Was this guy crazy?

Nancheng Lie didn’t answer. He just smiled at Li Qinghao.

“Start the car!” Under Nancheng Lie’s intense gaze Li Qinghao felt uncomfortable. He turned his head away and looked out of the window. Unexpectedly, Nancheng Lie suddenly lunged at Li Qinghao, cupped his face in his hands and kissed him full on the mouth. “Xu, you do have a good mind as a detective.”

Li Qinghao pushed him away and said, “I know it. By the way, has all the required medical equipment been transported to your private island? Mu Yinting said that Yingli and you have got everything well prepared and will set off for the island soon.”

“Yes, I can’t wait.” After a moment’s silence, Nancheng Lie took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it up.

Li Qinghao turned to look at Nancheng Lie’s handsome face, which was shrouded in a veil of cigarette smoke. For some unknown reason, Li Qinghao suddenly felt a wave of heartache. He couldn’t help but cry out, “Lie!”

“Uh-huh?” Nancheng Lie flipped his cigarette butt out of the window and turned to look at Li Qinghao. The next second, he opened his eyes wide in astonishment, because Li Qinghao leaned forward and kissed him on the lips. “Xu?”

Li Qinghao was not very good at speaking sugared words. He was quite different from Nancheng Lie in character. Nancheng Lie knew clearly that it was his way of expressing his emotions.

Nancheng Lie hugged Li Qinghao tightly. ‘Thankfully, I’ve won your heart at last. Xu, I swear I’ll be loyal to you all my life. Besides, I’m very thankful to God for bringing you back to me,’ Nancheng Lie thought to himself.

At the Nancheng Hospital.

A hospital ward was a place for the sick to rest. But now there were many bodyguards outside Lei Wen’s ward, and even the atmosphere in the ward was oppressive.

Nancheng Yunsen had never seen his friend Lei Wen so weak. Lei Wen was always full of vitality, but now… “If you had appeared in front of Lana like this that year, she might have chosen me as her husband.” Looking at Lei Wen, who sat in a hospital bed with a pale face, Nancheng Lie found a kind of dark pleasure.

Judging from his appearance, Lei Wen was a very steady man. He seldom smiled, but when he did, he looked so gentle. Now he looked at Nancheng Yunsen with a tender but bitter smile. “You always behave like a playboy. No one can tell if you really like her.”

Nancheng Yunsen narrowed his eyes, but soon he recovered his characteristic insouciance. “The shooter is really a bad shot.”

“Do you want him to kill me?” Lei Wen gave Nancheng Yunsen a dirty look.

“Yes,” Nancheng Yunsen answered without hesitation. “But…” He paused for a while and continued, “Are you homosexual?”

Nancheng Yunsen caught a flash of pain in Lei Wen’s eyes. His remarks seemed to bring back painful memories to Lei Wen…

“If I had been homosexual, I wouldn’t have married Lana.” Lei Wen forced a smile.

“There are two types of homosexuals in the world: nature and nurture. For example, that good-for-nothing younger brother of mine is by nature homosexual.” Judging from his expression, Nancheng Yunsen was very proud of his younger brother, although he described Nancheng Lie as a good-for-nothing man.

“Do you mean to say that I have gone from being straight to being gay?” Lei Wen asked. Light struck on his face. For an instant Nancheng Yunsen’s face assumed a sort of faraway look. He never seemed to have watched Lei Wen so carefully. Maybe it was because they had known each other for so long that they were unaccustomed to looking at each other in the face. So did Nancheng Lie and Li Qinghao.

“Wen, I know you well.” They once played together and indulged in the world of wine and women. When they were tired of the noisy, bustling city, they climbed to the top of a mountain and watched the sunrise together. They knew each other very well.

“So what?”

“You are a very cautious man. Your relationship with Max shouldn’t have been revealed so easily. Otherwise, there would have been rumors about your love affairs long ago. So, how on earth did that happen?” Nancheng Yunsen asked, his eyes shining sharply. He sat down on the edge of the bed and fixed his eyes on Lei Wen. “Who shot and wounded you?”

Nancheng Yunsen’s serious expression amused Lei Wen.

“Hey, I’m serious!” Did this guy think that his own life was worth nothing?

“I thought that you only cared about your younger brother. But it now seems I mean something to you, too. Alright, it’s worth it, even if I lose my arm.” It was the first time that Lei Wen put on a show of insouciance in front of Nancheng Yunsen. “Tell me, how did you feel when you saw me lying on the operating table?”