All A Lie

After an omnious and disturbing encounter with a bunch of women who literally murdered her just with their sharp gazes, Wu Jinyan understood how popular Gu Zihao was among women. She felt better after walking in the garden behind the hall. She scanned around the garden and found it very beautiful with all the flowering plants and glittering lights.

She wished to stay in the garden for a little longer but also wanted to walk back into the hall as she didn't want to keep Gu Zihao waiting. Though she was clearly not interested in the event, knowing it was a charity gala she couldn't sit still. She always came forward to help the less fortunate even if it meant she had to give away the last coin she had with her. She was about to turn around when her eyes caught someone at one particular corner. As she observed the people standing there, her heart spontaneously shattered into a million pieces and her world crumbled down.

She could easily identify those two people even if she's a dozen metres away from them, not to say when they were standing only a few metres away.

She was devastated and felt like crying on seeing the man she hadn't seen for the last two days and his beloved girlfriend hugging each other. She always thought learning about Gu Zichen's relationship with Li Xiaoyi was a blow, huge enough to smash her heart and she didn't think there would always be something more painful, like the bitter scene she was watching at the moment.

Tears trickled down her face as she stood rooted to the ground and gazed at the couple dwelling in each other's warm embrace. Even though Gu Zichen wasn't particularly hugging Li Xiaoyi back, his reluctance to push her away was enough for Wu Jinyan's heart to get torn apart.

Wu Jinyan wished it was all her misunderstanding. She wished it was only a nightmare and everything would be normal once she opened her eyes. She wished the line "what you see is not always the truth" would fit in this heartbreaking situation. But the picture of the man who was her lawfully wedded husband with another woman was too real to ignore, she couldn't convince herself to believe that her husband was not cheating on her.

"The view is beautiful, isn't it?" Just then Gu Zihao walked upto her and asked with a serene look on his face, taking a deep breath while staring at the sky, half moon and twinkling stars.

He waited for a few seconds. Not receiving an answer, Gu Zihao turned his head only to see Wu Jinyan frozen like a statue. He followed her line of sight and watched the preposterous actions of his own brother. He felt extremely ashamed to have Gu Zichen as his brother and didn't know how to face the woman who was not just an artist under his company. She's his sister on law and also that star singer he admired.

His blood boiled hot in rage and his mind commanded him to punch Gu Zichen's face. However, he knew it wasn't the time for him to fight his brother now but to help Wu Jinyan settle her distressing emotions and make sure she wouldn't lose herself. He stood before Wu Jinyan and blocked her view so that she wouldn't see the adulterous couple, not even for a second more.

"Wu Jinyan. Wu Jinyan" He called her name trying to gain her attention but Wu Jinyan was totally out of her senses. Her eyes lost their focus with tears flowing down continuously and the colour in her face was long gone. She turned ghastly pale like a wandering ghost in the graveyard. 

Gu Zihao gently wiped her tears with a heavy heart and pained expression. On sensing someone touch her, Wu Jinyan seemed to have finally regained her senses. She blinked away the last of her tears. She slowly raised her head and stared at Gu Zihao for a brief moment before she turned around and ran far away from where her husband was with his beloved woman.

The dress she was wearing was very inconvenient to move fast but Wu Jinyan tried her best as she really wanted to escape from that place.

Gu Zihao was afraid Wu Jinyan would act on impulse and commit something dangerous and irreversible. He ran after her and also grabbed his mobile to dial Mu Feng's number but he didn't expect to see the woman who was running crazily to suddenly lose her balance and slump down.

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"I'm alright. Please leave" Wu Jinyan begged for the umpteenth time staring at the two men standing by her bedside. She just sprained her ankle but these men were true worrywarts. They admitted her in a hospital, didn't let her watch TV or play with her mobile. She was forced by them to sleep the whole night even when she wasn't feeling sleepy.

"You are not alright" Mu Feng said with a deep frown seated between his brows. He couldn't believe he trusted Gu Zichen only to see him hurt his precious friend again and again. He was the fool to think what Gu Zichen said was true. But it was all a lie.

He lied about his relationship with Li Xiaoyi and acted like he would never see her again. But the last night's incident was an outstanding eye-opener.

He was worried Wu Jinyan would get depressed and waste her time and emotions on a man who's unworthy of them.

Gu Zihao wanted to say something but right at the moment he received a phone call. Looking at the caller name, Gu Zihao gritted his teeth and his eyes darkened. However, he didn't pick the call and turned his mobile into silent mode. He simply wished he could make that man disappear from this planet.

He then looked at Wu Jinyan and said in a serious tone giving her no chance to rebuke

"Wu Jinyan, You are now our family and it's my duty to look after you. Don't treat us like outsiders" 

Wu Jinyan was so touched on hearing Gu Zihao, she didn't know how to express the joy and warmth she felt with mere words and could only let happy tears to fall down and wipe them immediately.

Wu Jinyan was so deep in her emotional state, she didn't notice someone push the door open and walk in.