Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 211 Undisguised Possessiveness Towards Wen Yan

Jiang Xing snatched her hand back, controlling her emotions, and said, "Mom, that was my friend!"

Lou Qi remained noncommittal upon hearing the word "friend".

However, now is not the time to dwell on titles and identities.

Jiang Xing's mother also wanted to go abroad to pick up her husband, but there wasn't enough time to get a visa, so she had no choice but to wait in China.

"Are you two going?" Wen Yan asked Jiang Xing and Lou Qi after hanging up the phone.

Jiang Xing's mother didn't know, but Wen Yan knew very well that the other side was a visa-free country, so there was no question of whether the visa could be processed in time.

Jiang Xing subconsciously looked at Lou Qi.

Lou Qi was the one who just said he was going abroad to pick up his father. For a moment, Jiang Xing was not clear-headed and thought that her father was actually still alive. The words that her father could not be saved were just a nightmare for her.

However, when her eyes met Lou Qi's deep and somber gaze, her reason returned: she was going to pick up her father's—body.

When Jiang Xing's gaze fell upon her, Lou Qi saw that she was unusually bewildered.

Lou Qi felt an indescribable sense of unfamiliarity in his heart, as if it had turned into a soft, mushy mass, carrying a bittersweet feeling he had never experienced before.

He had an urge to hug Jiang Xing.

But he also knew that Jiang Xing was unwilling.

“Yes, I’ll take Miss Jiang there,” Lou Qi said.

Wen Yan was worried about this: "I think—"

“I’ll have Zhou Qi go with him,” Gu Yanci interrupted Wen Yan.

Wen Yan's half-finished sentence, "Let's go together," choked in her throat.

Gu Yanci knew that she was worried about Jiang Xing and Lou Qi going alone. She was always kind and compassionate to her friends, so it was normal for her to want to go with them.

However, he was worried about her going to those shady places.

Zhou Qi is reliable, but Wen Yan might not trust people from other factions. She nodded, then belatedly felt a pang of guilt: "Doesn't this add to Assistant Zhou's workload? I heard he didn't even finish his annual leave last year..."

Gu Yanci stated expressionlessly, "Wen Zhizhi, this adds to my workload."

Zhou Qi was Gu Yanci's most capable deputy. No one else could help or be a secretary as convenient as Zhou Qi. For Gu Yanci, Zhou Qi's absence was more disastrous than a department always taking leave.

The man's expression remained unchanged, still quite gentle. But Wen Yan inexplicably sensed a hint of accusation, as if she only knew how to care for others, but not for him.

Wen Yan was speechless.

"Can we discuss this at home?" the single guy in the apartment building couldn't stand it anymore. "When is Zhou Qi coming?"

Jiang Xing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Zhou Qi would be traveling with him.

The next second, realizing that her action was somewhat inappropriate, she looked at Lou Qi guiltily, and sure enough, she met a pair of dark eyes.

Lou Qi's expression was indifferent, revealing no emotion, but this young master was different from Gu Yanci, who always kept his emotions hidden. Lou Qi's pleasure was obvious; he was never stingy with giving others positive emotional feedback, so this couldn't possibly be happiness.

However, Jiang Xing currently has no energy to appease Lou Qi.

She herself has fallen into an abyss and cannot save herself.

Zhou Qi was very thorough in his work; he had applied for a private flight route and arranged his private plane a few days earlier.

Wen Yan escorted Jiang Xing to the airport.

"Yan Yan..." Jiang Xing walked halfway, then suddenly turned around and rushed back, hugging Wen Yan tightly, and said solemnly, "Thank you!"

The hug lasted for a full two seconds. Gu Yanci restrained himself for a moment, and on the third second, he pulled Wen Yan out of Jiang Xing's arms and pulled her to his side.

He reminded Jiang Xing, "Miss Jiang, it's time to board the plane. Your father is waiting."

Jiang Xing was slightly taken aback, realizing that Gu Yanci had an undisguised possessiveness towards Wen Yan.

In Gu Yanci's opinion, having one Luo Beiqing is enough; there's no need for a second one.

What he needed was to give Wen Yan a knife that belonged to her.