Chapter 286: Chapter 285: Stalker
"Tong Xi!"
Leng Yan gritted his teeth, yet was helpless. He looked up at the building, the curtains were still drawn.
Is Nuannuan still sleeping? She came back so late yesterday; she must not be awake yet.
He slightly frowned, opened the car door, glanced at the curtains, started the car and slowly drove out of the community.
Wen Nuan stood behind the curtain, carefully pulling open a gap to watch his car leave. She felt a sense of relief, but there was more loneliness in her heart.
Returning to the bed, lying down, tightly closing her eyes, only his shadow floated in her mind.
"Nuannuan, I love you!" His forehead was injured by her strike, without a trace of complaint. That was the first time he confessed to her.
"Nuannuan, let’s have a baby." On the big hotel bed, he pressed her underneath, his charming thin lips moved close to her ear and murmured softly.
...
At that time, she was very happy, very satisfied, she even felt she was living in the most beautiful fairy tale.
Once, she thought it could last forever, but after just a few days...
It’s like there’s a book in Wen Nuan’s mind that can turn pages by itself, turning page after page, too many beautiful memories emerged, shoving in unbearable pain.
Ji Wei’s body covered in suspicious, small raspberry-like marks... Leng Yan unzipping his pants...
Uncontrollably crowded her mind, Wen Nuan clutched her head in pain, her fingers dug into her hair, tightly gripping.
She didn’t want to think about these, it was too painful!
"Bang bang bang!"
Rhythmic sounds echoed from outside, and she was stunned for a moment. Xixi had the keys with her, so who else would come here?
Her heart stirred, feeling uneasy, she ran to the window, secretly lifting the edge to confirm once again the big car had indeed left. She softly called out, "Who’s knocking?"
"It’s me, the water bill collector." A middle-aged woman’s voice sounded from outside. Wen Nuan still felt a bit uneasy, peered outside through the peephole, and indeed saw a chubby woman holding a folder, she sighed with relief and opened the door, instantly stunned.
But in just the blink of an eye, a shadow flashed past the woman’s side. She only hesitated for a second, quickly shutting the door.
"Nuannuan." Leng Yan reacted quickly, forcefully propping the door open, preventing her from closing it.
Wen Nuan shouted at him hastily, "Get out! You’re not welcome here!"
They agreed not to see each other temporarily, she needed to calm down, but in the blink of an eye, he went back on his word. She endured it when he was downstairs, not expecting he would trick his way inside.
"Nuannuan, let me in, I brought you breakfast." Leng Yan said pitifully, squeezing in agilely with breakfast in hand, swiftly closing the door, still remembering to thank the middle-aged woman outside.
He completed this series of actions in one go, Wen Nuan was so angry she clenched her teeth, "What’s your deal, who is that woman?"
"I knew you wouldn’t let me in, so I found a woman downstairs collecting recyclables, gave her two hundred yuan saying I was locked outside after a fight with my wife, looking pitiful, she helped me."
"What about the car?" Wen Nuan was almost amused by anger; if anyone should be pitied, shouldn’t it be her?
"I drove the car out of the complex to buy you breakfast. I assumed Tong Xi would tell you I was here, so I didn’t dare drive it back in fearing you’d get suspicious."
Seeing the expression on Wen Nuan’s face not as tense as before, Leng Yan finally slightly relaxed, bravely sitting on the sofa, he placed the items on the coffee table and opened the package, looking at Wen Nuan flatteringly, "Have some food. You came back so late from working overtime yesterday, did you go to sleep without eating?"
Wen Nuan had no appetite to eat anything, but his words startled her, "How did you know?"
Leng Yan said nothing, directly gazing at her, and Wen Nuan got creeped out by his stare. Suddenly realizing something, she widened her eyes at him, "That person following me these days, was it you?"
In recent days, every time she came back from working overtime, she felt someone following her after getting off a cab, but oddly found no one when she looked back.
She was genuinely frightened, not daring to look back, she could only quicken her pace forward until she was up the stairs and inside Tong Xi’s home that she felt relieved. Secretly pulling the curtain aside, she would always catch sight of a tall silhouette downstairs, obscured in shadow, unclear.
"It was me." Leng Yan chuckled awkwardly, "I wanted to talk to you, but didn’t dare get too close, fearing to provoke your anger. For these past few days, I would wait below your company every day for you to leave work, lately, you’ve been taking a cab instead of driving, I’d watch you get in then quietly follow, I’d stop the car when you got off and follow you inside."
Thinking of his stalker-like behavior made Leng Yan embarrassed, yet had no other way. He wanted to approach her but didn’t dare, following her along the way made him feel slightly better.
Wen Nuan remained silent, looking down at his fingers tangled together in embarrassment. Fingers were long and clearly strong, yet appeared uneasy at the moment, a trace of sadness crossed her heart.
She was a bit disappointed in herself, see, she’s always too soft-hearted.
"Nuannuan, don’t be angry." Wen Nuan said nothing, the unease in Leng Yan’s heart intensified, he looked at her, somewhat restless, "I know doing this is wrong, but even if I can’t talk to you, seeing you is good enough. Last night, I feared you’d go out with Tong Xi over the weekend, so I drove in and slept in the car overnight."
"Leng Yan, there’s something I want to tell you, I’m going to Italy on Monday." Emotions welled up in her heart, crashing in waves, Wen Nuan took a deep breath, gazing into his dark eyes unusually calm.
Leng Yan panicked, "Didn’t you agree not to go before?"
"Yes, I didn’t want to go before." Wen Nuan sighed lightly, seriously saying, "But now I want to take a break and also learn more things. Actually..."
She paused, a helpless smile appearing on her lips, "Actually, for us, it’s a very good opportunity. Half a month with genuine separation, let’s see if we still wish to belong to each other in our hearts..."
"We definitely will!"
Almost not waiting for Wen Nuan to finish, Leng Yan interrupted first. He reached out, tightly holding Wen Nuan’s hand, as if she would never return from Italy.
"Don’t be so sure yet." Wen Nuan withdrew her hand, gently smiling, "Not just me, you should also think clearly."
Will they still be together?
He was so certain, but why was she lacking confidence?
"Ji Wei will leave N city after finishing this TV series, there was another actress cast for a movie, I replaced her with Ji Wei. Nuannuan, you should know why, right?"
Awkwardly retracting his hand, Leng Yan looked directly into her eyes, expression earnest, "I won’t be as close to Ji Wei as before, Nuannuan, trust me."
"I heard about this from Tong Xi." Wen Nuan half-lowered her eyes, quietly saying.