Chapter 7 : He Yanci:Do you like Fu Jing Bai……

Wen Ruan was stunned.

He Yanci???

Why did he come here?

And he was wearing a bathrobe!

Oh no, this time the misunderstanding was huge.

He Yanci acted as if nothing was wrong. He maintained his original posture, with his long arm resting on the edge of the sofa behind Wen Ruan. His tall body slightly leaned forward, and he greeted Min Qing in a calm voice, "Good evening, Aunt Min."

"G-good evening. You two..." Min Qing looked at He Yanci in the black bathrobe behind Wen Ruan. "Oh, Wen Ruan, you child. Why didn't you tell me that Yanci is here?"

Min Qing felt somewhat embarrassed. After all, just now she was still thinking about matching Wen Ruan with Fu Jingbai, and the next moment she saw He Yanci appear in the video wearing a bathrobe.

Wen Ruan was also speechless. She didn't know that her mother would say those things to her, and she never expected that He Yanci would come to her room.

"Aunt Min, it's not Wen Ruan's fault. I brought her out to have fun. I didn't greet you in advance, which made you worry." There was a trace of a smile on He Yanci's lips.

"???"

Wen Ruan couldn't figure out why He Yanci would say that. Wouldn't it be better to just make things clear directly?

If he said it like this, who knew what her mother's super-powerful imagination would come up with!

"It's okay, it's okay. How could we be worried? We're very relieved that Ruanruan is with you." Min Qing laughed awkwardly and glared at Wen Ruan. "Ruanruan, don't delay Yanci's work. Be sensible, okay?"

"......" Wen Ruan.

"After all, Yanci, Ruanruan has caused you trouble. I thought she was just fooling me, but I didn't expect she would quietly run to your side."

"Mom, it's not what you think—" Wen Ruan's words of explanation were not yet finished when they were interrupted by He Yanci's faintly smiling voice. "Aunt Min, she's very well-behaved and won't do anything out of line."

"......" Wen Ruan.

Min Qing was extremely happy. She chatted with He Yanci with a big smile for a while before hanging up the phone.

After the video call ended, Wen Ruan asked He Yanci, "You, why did you come here?"

He Yanci withdrew from behind her, walked around the sofa, and sat opposite Wen Ruan. His expression was cold, and his steady voice was very calm. "When I came out after taking a shower, I didn't see you, so I came to look for you. Your door wasn't locked. I knocked, but you were too focused on the video call."

Alright.

The reason was sufficient. It was her fault for not hearing him.

She couldn't blame him for suddenly barging in.

"Your mother doesn't know that you came out using my name, or did you not tell her at all?" After He Yanci's words fell, he suddenly chuckled. "You went to Fu Jingbai?"

Wen Ruan didn't know what He Yanci's smile meant. It made her feel uncomfortable. As for what exactly made her uncomfortable, Wen Ruan didn't delve into it. She opened her mouth to explain, "The original plan was to ask you for help. I didn't expect that my mother is a fan of Mr. Fu, and what Mr. Fu said would be so effective." In her explanation, Wen Ruan omitted the part about not having the intention to use He Yanci's name at all.

"Oh, really?" There was a smile on He Yanci's lips.

This kind of smile made Wen Ruan have an indescribable feeling. There was a sense of oppression, and also a bit of inexplicable fear.

Wen Ruan found that when He Yanci wore glasses, he was like a noble young master coming in the light. When he took off his glasses, his eyes were like a quiet and deep pool, making it impossible to fathom.

Wen Ruan's heart tightened. "Y-yes. Didn't you have something to tell me?"

"Never mind."

"......" Wen Ruan.

The atmosphere suddenly dropped to the bottom.

Wen Ruan curled her hands that were placed on her legs and secretly let out a breath.

After a moment, "Do you like Fu Jingbai?"

"Huh?" Wen Ruan looked up at the man opposite. He was resting his head on one hand and looking at her. His eyes were deep and boundless, and his voice was indifferent.

"Do you not want to accept the family's arrangement because of him?" There was a faint smile on his lips throughout, but it didn't make people feel any warmth.

Wen Ruan didn't agree with He Yanci's statement. It was as if he was willing to accept the arrangement. Who wasn't just going along with it? Now he wanted to shift the blame onto her.

"What poor taste." He sneered.

"???"

"What's so good about a man who hugs and cuddles with countless women?"

"That's just acting, a profession." One couldn't discriminate against a profession.

Moreover, most of the plays that Fu Jingbai took on were written by her.

She knew very well that there was no such thing as him hugging and cuddling with other women.

That was the female lead.

Her "daughter" in the story.

He Yanci looked at Wen Ruan for a while, then stood up and said, "I'll consider it."

What did "consider it" mean?

To terminate that unwritten arrangement of the engagement made in infancy?

Wen Ruan couldn't think of anything else. The only thing they had been delaying was this matter.

Since it was brought up, Wen Ruan also wanted to clear her name. Otherwise, in the end, she would be labeled as someone who played with feelings and then abandoned them.

Wen Ruan called him, "Mr. He."

He Yanci stopped in his tracks.

Wen Ruan opened her mouth and said, "From start to finish, the arrangement between us was made by our families, and it has nothing to do with other people." For two people without feelings to be forced together would only make them bored with each other. That was the last result she wanted to see. Moreover, He Yanci had always disliked her.

"I understand." He paused, chuckled, and his voice was indifferent. "You don't have to worry about the relationship between the two families. No matter how bad our relationship is, it won't harm the harmony between the two families. You don't have to worry about the two old gentlemen. I'll figure out a way. Let's not mention it to Grandpa Wen for now."

Wen Ruan thought that after He Yanci left the room, the oppressive feeling he brought would dissipate. Unexpectedly, it was still as oppressive as before. The pleasant light sandalwood scent of He Yanci that remained in the air made her feel uncomfortable at this moment, and she even had some difficulty breathing.

She immediately turned on the air purifier and opened the window, and the stuffy feeling in her chest improved slightly.

Wen Ruan thought of He Yanci's last words. No matter how bad it was, when had things ever been good between them?

From childhood to adulthood, He Yanci had never shown her a good face.

His dislike was written all over his face.

On the contrary, she had been naive and always pestered him.

Forget it, it was all in the past. Since He Yanci said he would take care of it, he would definitely handle it well.

Wen Ruan shook her head, not wanting to think about it too much.

She took out her laptop and was going to revise the several parts that needed to be modified as proposed at the meeting.

Wen Ruan placed her ten fingers on the keyboard but didn't move at all. She just stared blankly, not having revised a single word.

She didn't know exactly what she was thinking. Her mind was completely blank.

She didn't come back to her senses until her phone on the table had been vibrating for a long time.

She looked at her phone and saw more than a dozen missed calls, all from Min Qing.

Min Qing's call came in again just at that moment. Wen Ruan put the phone to her ear and answered, "Why did you only answer the phone now?"

"I didn't hear it." Wen Ruan replied.

"Is Yanci by your side?"

Wen Ruan was annoyed. "Mom, his room is next door."

Min Qing let out a long sigh, as if she had been worried for a long time. "That's good. The environment of the hotel isn't good. You two don't do anything out of line."

Min Qing thought for a moment. Something wasn't right. The two of them had been together for several days. Could they have gotten together? Min Qing held her breath. "How far have you two gone? Are you together?"

"......" What was this about doing something out of line and being together? There was nothing between them at all.

Min Qing: "By the way, why does your voice sound so stuffy? Did you two have a quarrel? Is Yanci unhappy with you because of what happened just now? You tell him that it was my idea, Wen Ruan, got it?"

"If it really doesn't work, I'll call him and explain. You child, you're so thoughtless. If you had directly told me that you were going out to play with Yanci, could I have stopped you? Now, there's such a huge misunderstanding."

"I just said that when I met Song Yanhua in the mall a few days ago, she seemed to want to say something but held back. It turned out that you and Yanci came to Jicheng. I don't know what you were hiding." Min Qing complained.

"I'm telling you, since you've decided to be with Yanci, you have to be more discreet when dealing with Jingbai. You can't do anything out of line."

Wen Ruan was powerless to explain. "Mom, I really don't know how you associated me with Mr. Fu. Mr. Fu and I are just familiar friends. This time, Mr. Fu called you because I was too bored at home and wanted to take a trip to Jicheng, so I asked him for help." To avoid further misunderstandings from Min Qing, she came clean.

Regardless of how Min Qing was nagging her on the phone, Wen Ruan continued, "Also, He Yanci and I didn't make an appointment to come together. It was just a coincidence. There's nothing between us."

Min Qing sensed that Wen Ruan wasn't quite right. "Ruanruan, tell mom. Did something happen, or are you not feeling well?"

"Nothing happened. I'm in good health too." Wen Ruan took a deep breath and said calmly, "Mom, I want to go back and live in the south for a while."

"What do you mean by going back to the south? The capital city is your home. Later, I'll ask the family driver to come and pick you up! If I had known you would go to so much trouble just to come to Jicheng for fun, I would have firmly disagreed."

"Mom, I'm just not in good health, not a criminal. I can't even go out? Even criminals have time to get some fresh air. Over the years, my grandparents and uncle have never restricted me like this, and I've been fine, haven't I?"

"How can you talk like that, child? You always bring up your uncle and the others. Tomorrow, I'll ask your uncle to have a good talk with you."

"Uncle won't be as naggy as you."

"Do you think I want to be naggy? If you weren't the apple of my eye, would I be so worried about you?" Min Qing was really angry.

Just because she knew her mother was doing it for her own good, from childhood to adulthood, she had done whatever they told her. She would never touch the things they said she couldn't, and she wouldn't go to the places they said she shouldn't.

Even her favorite job as a screenwriter, she had done it secretly, afraid that her family would find out and end her screenwriting career.

"You're making me so angry. I don't care about you anymore. Just go away, you ungrateful child."

Wen Ruan didn't know what she was being stubborn about. She simply bought the earliest flight ticket to the south.

At the airport, she looked back at Jicheng, which was brightly lit in the dark night. It was very beautiful.

However, why did she have a feeling of running away in a hurry?

She didn't even know what she was running away from.

After returning to the south, life seemed to return to peace again.

Going to work, getting off work, and going home.

Hanging out with Tang Suiyi and the others, and occasionally being on the film set.

Min Qing was still the same as before, calling to remind Wen Ruan of a series of things.

Just that she never mentioned a single word about He Yanci, and Wen Ruan didn't ask either.

Presumably, He Yanci had already perfectly solved the problem.

Wen Ruan exhaled deeply and continued with her work.

One day, Wen Ruan was on the film set when her uncle called.

His voice was heavy. "Ruanruan, come home. Grandpa is in the intensive care unit."

"How could this be? I had a video call with Grandpa last night, and he was still chatting and laughing with me." Tears welled up in Wen Ruan's eyes. She couldn't believe it.

"Grandpa suddenly fainted just now, and the examination results showed that there was blood stasis in his brain."

"Your parents said they wouldn't notify you for now. But I think you have the right to know."