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Chapter 161: Afraid She Might Faint at the Sight of Blood

Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Afraid She Might Faint at the Sight of Blood

"Nuannuan, promise me, you won’t tell anyone about this, including Tong Xi."

After a long while, Leng Yan held her tightly, speaking softly, his eyes filled with difficulty.

"Why?" Wen Nuan was stunned.

"Promise me first." Leng Yan clasped her hand.

"Okay, I promise you." Wen Nuan nodded instinctively, her heart full of confusion.

If it was really hard for him, she wouldn’t tell Tong Xi. After all, everyone has their own privacy, and she doesn’t share everything either.

"That’s good." Leng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, though the pain in his eyes barely faded. Staring up at the ceiling, he took a deep breath, seemingly making a big decision.

Wen Nuan held her breath, not speaking, just silently looking at his brows.

"When she left back then, it wasn’t because she didn’t love me." Slowly closing his eyes, pain twisting tightly in his chest, Leng Yan’s voice was deep and somber, laced with unintentional sorrow: "She left because while taking care of me in the hospital, she was raped..."

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"Rape...?" Wen Nuan’s body trembled, throwing off the covers and sitting up: "While taking care of you?"

"Yes." Leng Yan pulled her into his embrace, as if only this could bring some peace of mind: "I never knew about this until the night your stomach hurt."

Snuggled in his arms, Wen Nuan’s voice didn’t sound like her own: "What happened that day...?"

His embrace was warm, yet her spine felt icy. That day, he returned midway from a party, rubbed her stomach, fetched her sugar water, then his phone beeped, and his expression immediately changed as he rushed out.

Did something happen to Ji Wei?

"Because I resented her for leaving me heartlessly, I never listened to her explanations about that year. Every time, I would treat her coldly, and unable to bear it, she chose to commit suicide. That day, the message was a picture she sent, cutting her wrist in the bathroom. I went to Ji Wei’s place, not daring to tell you to come along, partly because you weren’t feeling well and partly because you feared the sight of blood, and I was afraid you’d be scared. Later, when Ji Wei awoke and I took her home, she wanted to tell me the events of three years ago, but I stopped her. I intended to go straight home that afternoon, but her assistant called saying she had been drinking outside. I went to take her back and heard about the events from three years ago, which was the night you and Tong Xi rushed over."

Listening to his somewhat slow-paced words, Wen Nuan’s spine felt as if pressed against an icy wall, tightly leaning against him, trying to absorb a bit of warmth.

Blood...

Seemed to flow before her eyes, she was truly afraid she’d lose her footing any moment.

"Nuannuan." Holding her, his face touched hers, gently rubbing: "Are you scared?"

Wen Nuan nodded, her teeth also chilly.

Slashing wrists to commit suicide would result in a lot of blood, just thinking of the blood spraying from the bathtub and Ji Wei’s wrists made her feel waves of nausea.

"Don’t be afraid, I’m here." He gently patted her back to encourage her. Leng Yan explained to her:

"Nuannuan, you know, if news of such a thing gets out about an artist in the entertainment industry, her whole life would be ruined. Moreover, these things happened because of me, so I feel very guilty, and I promised her I wouldn’t mention this to anyone, including you. She’s afraid you might inadvertently tell Tong Xi."

"Did attending the party have to do with her wrist?" Wen Nuan asked softly, her heart a mix of emotions, chaotic, like being intertwined with countless tangled vines.

To encounter rape just for getting a bowl of porridge for the man she loved, she felt a bit sorry for Ji Wei. After all, it’s a very cruel thing.

However, thinking of the things Ji Wei said to her made those feelings complex again.

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