CHAPTER 327: CHAPTER 318: AT BEST, HE’S AN EX-HUSBAND

"Have you said enough?!"

Leng Yan couldn’t help but growl, his dark eyes filled with resentment and anger.

A filial son?!

Yes, he had always been a filial son, but Ji Wei was no longer the person he loved. To accept her, and her child, he just couldn’t do it!

"I’m doing this for your own good." Leng Ye stood up, nonchalantly brushed nonexistent creases from his clothes, his expression mild and calm: "Dad will be home in a few days, you better think about how to explain to him."

He vaguely knew there was a special reason why Leng Siyan wanted Wen Nuan to marry into the family, but he didn’t know exactly what it was. Could it be that there was some leverage in Wen Qingyan’s hands?

Regarding this, he was really incredibly curious!

"Don’t pretend to be a good brother, and don’t get too smug too soon. Also, don’t assume that just because Nuannuan left me, she will develop feelings for you." Leng Yan gritted his teeth, "I really want to regard you as a brother, after all, we both have Leng Family blood running in our veins. But Leng Ye, I also ask you to remember, don’t go too far. Someone like you doesn’t deserve Wen Nuan."

These words had been tumbling around in his heart for a long time. He always kept the brotherly bond in mind, unwilling to break it. But today, it burst out in anger.

Others always thought of Leng Ye as the gentleman, the amiable one. However, this facade of hypocrisy would always come off in front of him, so much that he couldn’t help but see the real face. He could even imagine Leng Ye patiently waiting for Wen Nuan to gradually calm down, and then pursue her. Wen Nuan, being a pure and kind person, would be terribly hurt by him.

"Whether I pursue her or not has nothing to do with you anymore." Leng Ye abandoned all pretenses, coldly looking at Leng Yan: "Leng Yan, at most, you are now just the ex-husband!"

His lips curved into a cold smile, "Of course, to be precise, you two only lived together for a few months, which doesn’t even count as an ex-husband."

A deep sadness and indignation surged from the bottom of Leng Yan’s heart. Ex-husband, cohabiting, these two words were like a double-edged sword, piercing his heart.

**

City E, almost the same size as City N, both are international metropolises. Equally bustling, yet the air carries a different vibe.

To Wen Nuan, this place was unfamiliar. She wasn’t afraid, but there was always a strong sense of loneliness, difficult to integrate into.

Is it because he’s not here?

Sitting on a bench in the heart of a park, Wen Nuan looked up at the sky, her lips held a hint of loneliness.

The stars in the big city were always pathetically few, making her nostalgic for when she visited her grandma’s house in the countryside during her childhood. Summer nights, lying on the specially made wooden beds on the rooftop with Mom, looking at the star-filled sky.

Later, her grandma passed away. During summer, Mom would look up at the stars, lost in thought. She tilted her head and naively asked, "Mom said when people die, they turn into a star. Grandma’s star should be in the countryside, right? Can we see it from City N?"

Mom would gently pat her head and tell her, "Yes, you can see it from everywhere in the world."

When she was in France, looking at the stars, she would always think of this sentence. She tried to live happily because she felt that Mom was watching over her from the sky.

Now, in this unfamiliar city, looking at the brightest star in the direction of City N, Wen Nuan’s eyes remained unblinking, afraid that tears might fall.

She stubbornly believed that this star was the one watching over Mom. So, she dared not shed tears for fear that Mom would see her pain.

Yet, there was always a sense of loneliness and sorrow in her heart that she couldn’t stop.

Suddenly, a round ball rolled to her feet. Wen Nuan was slightly startled, lowering her head to pick up the ball, and under the streetlight, saw two adorable figures running towards her from afar.

Beautiful children, the girl was delicate and sweet, the boy a lively cute little gentleman, truly handsome. They looked so alike, seemingly the same age, are they twins?

She was slightly puzzled, lips unconsciously curving into a smile.

"Pretty sister, that’s our ball."

The little girl ran up first, pointed at the ball in Wen Nuan’s hand, and sweetly spoke.

The little boy took on a little adult’s posture, looking at Wen Nuan with a slight frown: "Sister, are you unhappy? Did the ball hit you?"

"Am I unhappy?" Wen Nuan was startled, she was clearly smiling.

"You are." The little boy took a careful look: "You’re crying, did it hurt?"

Tears?

Wen Nuan was taken aback. She hadn’t realized it. The tears had stayed in her eyes, but when she lowered her head, they rolled down. Her face felt slightly ticklish, and she wiped it away with her hand, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Crying in front of children, she didn’t know how to explain it.

"Sister is happy to see us, right? Mom said people cry when they’re happy too." She turned and glared at the little boy: "Sister is smiling, obviously happy tears. You, your observations are not thorough enough, no wonder grandpa said yesterday, Zhan Haoxuan, how can you be so careless?"

"Zhan Yanran, you make fun of me again. Grandpa also told you, being so mischievous, you hardly act like a little girl." The little boy’s face flushed slightly, he snorted angrily: "Hmph, no big or small, I’m older by three minutes, yet you rarely call me brother."

"It’s just three minutes, and I do call you sometimes." Zhan Yanran wrinkled her nose and laughed mischievously: "Since you insist on being the brother, shouldn’t you let me have my way?"

Haha——

This time Wen Nuan was thoroughly amused: "You really are twins, both beautiful and adorable. One is called Zhan Haoxuan, and the other is Zhan Yanran?"

This was the first time she truly laughed since coming to City N, and it was because of a pair of children’s playful arguments.

"Yes, I’m Zhan Haoxuan, the brother. This is my sister Yanran, you can call her Yanyan." Zhan Haoxuan, like a little adult, happily introduced.

Wen Nuan watched them, her lips still holding a smile, truly envying such innocence. She wished she could have such adorable children one day...

Suddenly her heart ached again, she didn’t know why she suddenly thought of this. Li Qiu said she might have difficulty having children. Although Leng Yan had said so many things to counter this view, unconsciously, she still cared.

Even entertained the idea of going to the hospital for a re-examination, but then dismissed it.

Having lost the person she loved most, facing this failed and laughable marriage, she became puzzled about her future, unable to see hope, and even thought of remaining single. To undergo such a check was laughable.

Having a child...

Perhaps, this would be a wish buried in her heart, forever impossible to fulfill.

**

Haha, these twins are the children of Duoduo and Ze from Guoguo’s other novel "Wife, Surrender". Guoguo made them guest appearances. Of course, if you haven’t read that novel and don’t know who the two little devils are, it won’t affect your reading O(∩_∩)O~