Chapter 162 – The So-called Truth (1)
President Fu's suspicions were right. You and this man really do have an abnormal relationship.
Yin Yun's words echoed relentlessly inside Lan Jinyao's mind. That woman's sharp voice was like a devil's whisper; continuously throwing her thoughts in disorder and making her distraught with anxiety.
She wasn't sure whether these words were just Yin Yun's unilateral thoughts, or if Fu Bainian’s views were the same.
Fu Bainian had asked Yin Yun to put on an act with him. Was that act really specifically for Jiang Cheng? If so, then why had Fu Bainian hid the truth from her? Could it be that he actually suspected her in his heart?
She suddenly recalled that back then, she'd insisted on partaking in Jiang Cheng's drama production, and Fu Bainian had firmly disapproved her request. This had resulted in the two of them being at loggerheads for a long period afterwards. Had Fu Bainian been suspecting since then? Or, could it be that he hadn't believed in her all along?
Sometimes, fear was like the devil, and it could instantly erode one's heart.
However, the worst part was that she'd think of whatever she dreaded the most, and those absurd thoughts were getting out of hand.
When Fu Bainian got home, she was still curled up on the sofa and recalling the little details of their past. The script, on the other hand, had fallen to the ground.
When she heard the sound of the door closing, she suddenly sat up from the sofa and stared straight into Fu Bainian's eyes.
"If you're tired, you should go sleep in the bedroom. Isn't it uncomfortable on the sofa?" Fu Bainian strode to her side and bent down to pick her up.
Lan Jinyao's hand was faster than his, and she blocked him, refusing his embrace. She didn't miss that split second where disappointment and dismay flashed in Fu Bainian's eyes.
She quickly held onto Fu Bainian's hand and patted the spot next to her, indicating for him to sit down.
"Fu Bainian, let's have a talk, alright?"
She had to get to the bottom of the matter today. Lan Jinyao secretly swore in her heart.
Fu Bainian, though a bit confused, didn't refuse and nodded. "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"
His eyes then fell on the script on the ground, and he picked it up. When he saw the highlighted texts marked by various pens, the look in his eyes became somewhat dim. She'd always liked to act, whether it was now or in her past life.
Lan Jinyao also didn't want to beat around the bush with him, as experience had taught her that some things could remain unclear if one were to do so. Hence, she straightforwardly told him, "Yin Yun came to see me today!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Bainian instantly tensed up and tightly furrowed his brows as he asked, "What was that woman doing here again? Did she hurt you?"
Lan Jinyao shook her head. Actually, Yin Yun had slapped her across the face, but after she'd driven that woman away, she'd checked on her burning cheek in the mirror and put ice on it to calm the swollen part. Only then did it get better, and now there were no traces left from the slap at all.
"She wanted to hurt me. Our baby almost…" She deliberately paused, and then continued, "Jiang Cheng was the one who saved me!"
Sure enough, as soon as her words fell, Fu Bainian's expression instantly darkened.
"That woman actually dared to come all the way here. She's courting death!"
When she heard this, Lan Jinyao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. She was stressing two key things earlier, and Fu Bainian had only heard the previous one, which subconsciously meant that Jiang Cheng's existence wasn't important to him at all.
Lan Jinyao then unhurriedly said, "Yin Yun and Jiang Cheng almost fought. Do you know what Yin Yun said to me?"
Upon hearing her question, Fu Bainian's hand slightly tightened around her waist.
He stiffly cleared his throat and asked, "What did Yin Yun say?"
Lan Jinyao's eyes reddened. "She said that the injury on your arm is from a bullet and that Jiang Cheng caused it. Tell me honestly, is that really the case? Jiang Cheng is harbouring ill intentions towards me, so you never let me approach him. He wanted to take actions against you, so you had no choice but to let Yin Yun put on an act with you to pull the wool over his eyes. Is everything that Yin Yun said true?"
At this point, Lan Jinyao's voice cracked into sobs. Fu Bainian had suffered so much because of her, yet she was unexpectedly not aware of this at all. Jiang Cheng had approached her again and again, but she kept telling herself that she had the ability to protect herself against him and that as long as the filming of the drama was over, she'd no longer have anything to do with Jiang Cheng. In the end, Fu Bainian was hurt in her stead, and she wasn't even aware of that. Furthermore, he continuously compromised with her demands.
At this moment, Lan Jinyao suddenly broke into tears and lay on Fu Bainian's chest, wailing, "I’m sorry, I'm truly sorry…"
However, saying sorry countless times wouldn't heal the wound on his arm, so what was the use of apologising? At this thought, Lan Jinyao cried even louder and blamed herself all over again. But, aside from apologising, what else could she do?
Seeing her like this made Fu Bainian's heart ache, and he quickly pulled her into a tight embrace.
"Don't cry anymore, or else, our baby will follow suit. Those were all small issues, so it doesn't matter!"
Fu Bainian gently coaxed her, but Lan Jinyao's tears were streaming down her cheeks like a flood.
"It doesn't matter?! That's a gunshot wound. It must really hurt!" It was hard to imagine that she'd known nothing and had acted so horribly towards him. At that time, she was depressed, but it was nothing compared to Fu Bainian's hurt feelings. Not only did he feel pain in his arm, but also his heart!
"Fu Bainian, please tell me what's going on. I want to know everything. I don't want to be muddle-headed in the future and unable to differentiate between a friend and a foe."
Such a thing was simply too frightening. She'd never have thought that Jiang Cheng was such a crazy person. To think that he dared to command others to shoot Fu Bainian! If that shot hadn't hit Fu Bainian's arm, but his heart…then what would she have done? Lan Jinyao didn't dare to think further.
Fu Bainian heaved a long sigh, then gently wiped her tears away as he said, "Okay, don't cry anymore; I'll tell you everything!"
Lan Jinyao snuggled against his chest and listened quietly.
"When Jiang Cheng first made his appearance, I sensed that something wasn't quite right. That man gave me a very dangerous feeling, and I speculated that he might know your real identity, but I never had any proof. I also didn't understand why someone like Jiang Cheng, who'd never met you before, would suddenly appear in front of you and disrupt your life. He wants our relationship to turn sour."
"In the beginning, I had thought that he was trying to take this opportunity to go against my company and so, during that time, I incessantly fought against him. But, then I found out that his target was actually you!"
Hearing his explanation, Lan Jinyao was so overwhelmed that she forgot to shed tears.
Chapter 163 – The So-called Truth (2)
"Don't worry! We've already seen through his tricks!"
Fu Bainian's hand was very warm, and as he held Lan Jinyao's hand, his warmth flowed from her fingertips to her heart, completely soothing her entire being.
Lan Jinyao nodded. That's right, she'd already seen through Jiang Cheng's tricks, so she wouldn't be fooled by him again, nor would she let him approach her.
Fu Bainian looked down at her and smiled. He then said, "I wanted you to leave him, but it didn't work out. At the time, you were so obsessed with revenge that you couldn't listen to my words at all. You always told me that it didn't matter. You wouldn't change your mind and wanted me to believe in you, and you just wanted to go there for work. But at that time, you clearly noticed that Jiang Cheng was harbouring bad intentions towards you."
Fu Bainian's words didn't contain any traces of blame towards her, but Lan Jinyao still felt a dull pain in her heart.
He then continued, "I did believe in you, but it was just that I couldn't believe in Jiang Cheng. He always made us quarrel and wanted a crack to appear in our relationship. What I was most afraid of was that, in the end, we'd part ways and become strangers."
"But, I don't want to be separated from you. I don't want to let go of your hand in this lifetime, because I finally got ahold of you after great difficulty." Fu Bainian lowered his head and propped his chin up on her head, his slightly hoarse voice resounding in Lan Jinyao's ears.
Following this, she extended her hands and embraced him tightly.
"We'll never separate," she choked out between sobs, sounding incomparably resolute.
Fu Bainian breathed a sigh of relief and gently said, "You're right; we'll never separate!" And, he would never allow that to happen.
"Then, what happened afterwards?" asked Lan Jinyao again.
Although she was unable to control herself from crying, she still wanted to hear the rest. She wanted to know what Fu Bainian had gone through and suffered without her knowledge.
Fu Bainian then softly said, "Afterwards, Changning called me. She said that after we'd properly calmed down, our relationship will get better again. At that time, I thought that if we continued our cold war, then Jiang Cheng might've taken advantage of the opportunity to step in. No matter what, I would never have allowed that to happen."
As he spoke up to this point, Lan Jinyao didn't see it, but a trace of malice flashed in Fu Bainian's eyes.
"Following that, I went on the business trip, and Jiang Cheng made his move. It was at that time that I understood that man's resoluteness." He was indeed a madman, even daring enough to hire someone to attempt to assassinate him so blatantly.
"Jiang Cheng didn't want me to return home, but I came back anyway."
Fu Bainian gently kissed her hair, and his voice was seemingly trembling as he said that.
At the thought that Fu Bainian might never have returned to her side, Lan Jinyao's pupils shrunk; it was as if she had seen that kind of scene before. Fu Bainian, who was drenched red with blood, was running alone in a foreign country with no one to help him. He was all alone, and he almost couldn't make it back home. At this point, tears uncontrollably slid down her face again.
She'd initially thought that there was only one person mad enough in this world who would kill her friends, and that was Shen Wei'an. However, there were so many people in this world, so how could Shen Wei'an be the only mad person?
"After returning home, I appeared with Yin Yun in a high-profile manner in public. I admit, I'd initially just wanted to make you jealous, but later I continued the act to let Jiang Cheng relax his vigilance and use Yin Yun to pull the wool over his eyes. Everything that happened afterwards, you already know. I wanted to get rid of that dangerous Jiang Cheng, but I couldn't allow you to feel hurt again, and couldn't let our baby face any danger as a consequence."
Lan Jinyao leaned against Fu Bainian's chest and listened to his heartbeat; her mood particularly heavy.
It turned out that this so-called truth was not a 'seven-year itch'. There was no emotional breakdown, and Yin Yun wasn't a wretched third party. No, she wasn't one before, but this didn't mean that she wouldn't become one in the future.
After a while, Lan Jinyao gloomily said, "Yin Yun used to put on an act with you, but now it seems that she wants to turn the act into a reality. Fu Bainian, that woman is in love with you. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come all the way here to knock on our door just because of a minor movie role. This is the stupid love affair that you've created, so you have to take care of it yourself."
The atmosphere finally relaxed a little after she said these words.
Fu Bainian then swore with his fingers up in the air, "I'll certainly solve this issue, and I promise not to leave any troubles behind!"
Lan Jinyao then nodded at him.
In fact, perhaps Yin Yun had already been taken care of by Jiang Cheng. That cruel and merciless madman, what else did he not dare to do? Lan Jinyao recalled that while Jiang Cheng was approaching Yin Yun earlier, he had on a very eerie and sinister expression. That kind of expression would make one tremble uncontrollably with fear, and it looked as if he wanted to skin Yin Yun alive.
Even now, she could feel some lingering fear in her heart.
"You're going to shoot the movie soon, so let's go to the hospital together tomorrow! I want to see what our baby currently looks like."
Lan Jinyao thought for a bit; tomorrow she indeed had an appointment for an examination. "Alright, let's go together tomorrow."
"Now, go take a shower and go to bed!" Fu Bainian then proceeded to pick her up from the sofa, but Lan Jinyao once again dodged him.
Fu Bainian unhappily furrowed his eyebrows and pinched her cheeks. "Are you angry?"
Lan Jinyao smiled as she dodged him and said, "No, I'm just worried about the wound on your arm." Don’t underestimate a gunshot wound; a bullet from that kind of recoil pistol could cripple an entire arm. What's more, the injury on his arm hadn't recovered yet even after so many days, so it must be a very severe injury.
Lan Jinyao stared at the slight bulge under his sleeves and gloomily said, "It has been so many days already, yet gauze is wrapped around your arm still. It must hurt a lot, right?"
"It's not painful! I'll go to the hospital with you tomorrow and let the doctor take off the gauze. Don't frown; it's not a big injury. The bullet just lightly grazed my arm, so it doesn't hurt anymore. It's just that the doctor was worried about me catching an infection, so the wound has been wrapped in gauze all this time. It's nothing serious, so don't worry."
Lan Jinyao stood up and rushed into the bathroom alone. "Even so, that won't do!"
Behind her sounded Fu Bainian's magnetic voice as he laughed. Finally, there were no traces of gloom in his tone.
Following this, Lan Jinyao's lips also curled up into a smile.
Recently, she'd been in a happy mood. It seemed that since her morning sickness had now eased up, there shouldn't be any problems while filming.
As she thought up to this point, a surge of nausea hit her again, and she quickly turned on the faucet to mask the sounds of her vomiting. Tears welled up in the corner of Lan Jinyao's eyes as she thought: This feeling was truly horrible, and she hoped that there wouldn't be any problems while she was filming. When she finished shooting 'Twilight', she planned to withdraw from the entertainment industry slowly.