Just as the comments were arguing fiercely, a bolded comment suddenly appeared.

[Huh? Did someone just walk by over there? The one in the white shirt.]

The viewers' attention was diverted by this comment, and the camera began to move, sweeping towards the direction where Gu Qin was lying.

Sure enough, a figure in a white shirt appeared beside Gu Qin at some point. He was bending down and looking down at the unconscious Gu Qin.

He was a boy, who looked no more than eighteen or nineteen years old. He was slender, and the hem of his white shirt was tucked into his dark trousers. His waistline was outlined by the silhouette of the shirt, making it appear narrow.

Her black, slightly wavy hair fell loosely over her forehead. She wore black-rimmed glasses, and the eyes behind the lenses were staring at Gu Qin. Her lips were slightly parted, as if she was startled by the scene before her.

Who is this? Is this character in the original work?

[Don't recognize him, a new character? I don't think he's mentioned in the original work.]

But he's quite good-looking, wearing a white shirt and black-rimmed glasses, neat and clean, and kind of cute.

[Are you planning to switch allegiances? The story is still ongoing!]

[I'm not using any VPN, just giving an objective review, it really is quite good-looking.]

Is he a new character? I don't think I've seen him before.

The plot is getting increasingly confusing; first, a random plot point appears, then a random character pops up out of nowhere.

[I just hope he's not some new tool added to break up the Wen-Gu couple; I finally got to ship them.]

The boy seemed to hesitate for a moment, then carefully squatted down, reached out his hand, and slowly reached under Gu Qin's nose, his movements very light and careful.

In fact, Wen Qing just wanted to see if Gu Qin was still breathing.

He looked quite badly injured; blood was still flowing from his forehead, down his deep brow bone, and the bloodstains on his face were half-dried, turning into dark red marks.

Given his appearance, she wasn't sure if the person in front of her was still alive.

She originally wanted to come and disrupt the plot, but when she arrived, she didn't see her brother. There was only Gu Qin lying there half-dead.

She had no choice but to check on Gu Qin first, since he seemed to be in some trouble.

However, just as Wenqing's hand reached under his nose, before he could even feel her breath, his eyes suddenly opened.

Without warning, like a wounded wild animal in the grass suddenly sensing danger.

Before Wenqing could even pull her hand back, his arm sprang up like a spring, his five fingers precisely gripping her outstretched wrist, his knuckles tightening like iron hoops.

She lost her balance and slammed her back heavily onto the ground covered in broken bricks and weeds, nearly hitting the back of her head on a piece of broken brick.

However, before she could fall, Gu Qin's other hand stepped in to cushion the back of her head.

Wen Qing felt a weight on her body as Gu Qin rolled over and pinned her down. His knees pressed against her legs, one hand gripped her wrist and pressed it to the ground, while the other hand was pressed against her throat. The pressure was relentless, and the oppressive feeling traveled straight up her throat.

His face was less than ten centimeters away from hers, and blood dripped down his brow bone from his forehead, staining her white shirt collar with a small, glaring red.

He looked like a wild beast driven to the brink of despair, his muscles taut and his breathing heavy and rapid, the rise and fall of his chest felt even through his clothes.

Those eyes, behind the bloodstains, were as cold as two obsidian stones, showing no trace of the confusion or weakness one might expect from someone just waking up from unconsciousness.

"Who are you?" His voice was low and hoarse, each word emphasized. "What were you trying to do to me?"

Warm-heartedness's mind went blank for a full ten seconds.

She had imagined many scenarios, but she never thought he would wake up in this state and pin her to the ground.

Is he made of iron? He doesn't even faint after losing so much blood, let alone fight back?

"I just saw you were unconscious and wanted to save you."

She tried to make her voice sound like she wasn't lying, and in fact, she wasn't lying; she just wanted to see if he was still breathing.

"Your head is still bleeding..."

Gu Qin's gaze paused for a moment.

"Save me?" He repeated the two words, his tone clearly doubtful, but he loosened his grip a little.

A drop of blood slid down his brow bone, hovered on his eyelashes for a moment, and then fell with a soft thud onto Wenqing's cheek.

Bright red blood bloomed on her fair skin, the contrast between red and white particularly striking in the dim light, like a red plum petal fallen on the snow.

She blinked subconsciously, a drop of blood stained her eyelashes, and her vision was tinged with a faint red.

Gu Qin stared intently at the person beneath him.

From this angle and at this distance, he could see every detail on her face.

What kind of development is this?!

Holy crap, the size difference, the distance, the pose—I'm screaming in awe!

[Why is it that there's a tiny bit of something to ship between the boy on the ground and the guy on top who's practically spitting blood pressure?]

[Don't ship these random guys! Who is this random guy? I ship Wen Gu!]

[But it was so intense... I took a screenshot of the scene with the blood dripping on his face.]

Can't you guys have any principles? This is a completely new character, and Wen Fan is still standing behind him!

Wait, who is this person? Is he really not in the original work? Can any fans of the original work come forward and explain?

[Fans of the original work say that this boy with black-rimmed glasses definitely doesn't exist in the original story; he's undoubtedly a newly added character.]

[A new character is a new character, don't ship everything! You don't even know him yet!]

Just as the comments section was buzzing with noise, a new figure appeared on screen.

Wen Fan stood behind Gu Qin, holding a wooden stick that he had picked up from somewhere.

Then, the stick struck Gu Qin on the back of the head with a dull thud.

Gu Qin was hit on the back of the head again.

His eyes widened for a moment, then he slumped to the side and fell with a thud among the broken bricks and weeds, losing consciousness again.

Seeing this, the viewers in the live chat were all stunned.

【…What happened?? 】

Why did Wen Fan hit Gu Qin?!

He knocked Gu Qin unconscious with a stick??? Wasn't he trying to save him???

[Wait, wait, let me sort this out—Wen Fan left, then came back, but Wen Fan knocked Gu Qin unconscious, so does Wen Fan want to save him or not? ]

[I was just defending Wen Fan, saying he would definitely come back to save Gu Qin, and he did come back, but only to give him another blow???]

[Oh my god, did Gu Qin get beaten to death?]

Wen Fan stood beside Gu Qin's body. He looked down at Gu Qin with a cold gaze.

Then his gaze fell on Wen Qing.

But upon seeing her face clearly, the tension in his eyes vanished instantly.

……

Wen Fan frowned slightly as he looked down at the boy in front of him.

The boy's white shirt collar was stained with blood, his black-rimmed glasses were askew on his nose, and there were a few bits of grass stuck in his hair. He looked disheveled and innocent.

When he walked over, he thought the person being pinned to the ground by Gu Qin was his sister, Wen Qing. In that instant, his brain didn't even process anything before his body reacted.

But now that I see people clearly, I realize I was wrong.

This was an unfamiliar young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with fair skin and a slender figure. Upon closer inspection, he looked somewhat different from his sister.

"Who are you?" he asked, a hint of lingering wariness in his voice.

Seeing that her brother didn't recognize her, Wen Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

She mentally gave the system a thumbs up, then answered using the identity she had prepared beforehand: "My name is He Yu."

Wen Fan was silent for a moment, seemingly processing this unexpected stranger.

"What are you doing here?"

"I left something at this factory, so I came here specifically to look for it. I didn't expect to see someone lying here as soon as I came in," Wen Qing pointed to Gu Qin on the ground, her tone innocent. "I wanted to see if he was still alive, but I didn't expect him to suddenly wake up and pin me to the ground. Thank you for saving me just now."

Wen Fan nodded, accepting the explanation.

"Oh, I see. I thought he was going to hurt you, so I attacked him. I'm glad you're alright."

"It's not that he wanted to hurt me. Maybe he was too badly injured and too wary, thinking I was going to do something to him. But thank you anyway."

As Wenqing spoke, she thought to herself, "My brother is still so honest with people."

She glanced at Gu Qin on the ground again. His eyes were tightly closed, and there was even more blood on his face. He was completely still.

Gu Qin fell down without even uttering a sound after that blow.

She couldn't help but swallow, wondering if things had gotten out of hand.

The viewers in the live chat have recovered from their earlier stunned silence.

[Wait, these two are actually chatting?! There's someone lying on the ground! Is Gu Qin still alive? Why don't you take a look?!]

[Gu Qin: Thank you all. I got hit on the back of the head, and you guys were introducing yourselves?]

To be honest, Wen Fan's blow was too brutal. Gu Qin was already injured, and to add insult to injury was to save him or finish him off.

[What does "finishing blow" mean? Wen Fan instinctively stepped in to protect the stranger who was being pinned to the ground. Isn't that normal? He didn't know that Gu Qin was interrogating him, not trying to hurt him.]

[Gu Qin's fans, don't be so hard to please. When Wen Fan left, you criticized him for not helping, and now that Wen Fan is back, you're criticizing him for being too ruthless. You think you're always right?]

[Wasn't the blow hard enough? Gu Qin was already injured, and then he got hit on the head again.]

[Besides, Gu Qin was already injured; shouldn't their partner have been a little gentler?]

Wen Fan and Gu Qin aren't a couple right now, and Gu Qin even humiliated him before, so why should Wen Fan be gentle to him?

The comments section was filled with arguments between those who liked Wen Fan and those who liked Gu Qin. Wen Qing glanced at it and then stopped paying attention.

She crouched down to pick up her phone to call 120, but before she could dial, she heard Wen Fan say something beside her.

"I've already called, the ambulance should be here soon."

Wen Qing was stunned for a moment, then looked up at him.

Wen Fan's expression was calm, and his tone was also uneventful when he said this.

It turns out that during the time he was gone, he didn't just walk away; he was actually calling for an ambulance.

The comments section immediately seized on this information and began to fight back.

[Did you hear that?! Wen Fan called for an ambulance a long time ago! Where are the people who were just yelling at him for not helping someone who was dying? Come out and show yourself!]

He simply left to find a signal to make a phone call, and some people started imagining him as cold-blooded and heartless. Aren't they ashamed now?

To be fair, Wen Fan was incredibly kind to Gu Qin. Gu Qin treated him like that before, and he even called for an ambulance. Anyone else would have just been left to fend for themselves.

Now I understand why so many people in the comments like Wen Fan; this character is truly kind and heartbreaking.

Sure enough, the ambulance arrived shortly afterward.

After the ambulance took Gu Qin away, Wen Fan planned to leave.

He wasn't interested in what happened to Gu Qin, nor did he want to know why he had become like this.

Moreover, when he called 120 earlier, he also called Lin Zhiyan to tell him what had happened to his cousin.

He must have already rushed to the hospital. With Lin Zhiyan there, they don't need to worry.

But just as he was about to leave, Lin Zhiyan suddenly called, asking him to come to the hospital because she had something to ask him.

Wen Qing noticed that Wen Fan didn't really want to go, so she tugged at his sleeve.

She was worried that Wen Fan would find her gone if he went home now. Rather than letting him go home, she would rather take him to the hospital with her. Besides, she also wanted to know what had happened to Gu Qin.

Looking into the boy's moist dark eyes, for some reason, Wen Fan couldn't bring herself to refuse.

He felt strange. Even though He Yu and his sister looked different, he kept seeing his sister's shadow in this boy.

Perhaps it's because they have similar temperaments or are similar in age?

Wen Fan looked down at the glaring bloodstain on the boy's fair cheek and suddenly realized that it was Gu Qin's blood.

So, to the boy's astonishment, he reached out and wiped away the bloodstain.

When he realized what he had done, a moment of confusion flashed in his eyes. Fortunately, He Yu skillfully changed the subject, avoiding his embarrassment.

In the end, Wen Fan went to the hospital with He Yu.

When the two arrived at the hospital, Lin Zhiyan was already there.

The hospital corridor was quiet. Lin Zhiyan stood at the door of the ward, leaning against the wall with her hands in her trench coat pockets.

His brows were furrowed, and his face unusually devoid of any social smile.

His usually gentle eyes were now shrouded in a heavy gloom, making him look sharper and more somber, like a piece of polished jade suddenly revealing its rough and sharp texture underneath.

He looked up when he heard footsteps.

The moment he saw the two approaching, his furrowed brows quickly smoothed out, and the gloom in his eyes vanished as if a curtain had been drawn back.

When he stood up straight and faced them, he had already returned to his usual gentle and composed self.

"You've arrived."

"Mr. Lin, how is he?"

She took the initiative to ask, her tone conveying just the right amount of concern.

"They are all superficial injuries, with no damage to internal organs or bones. However, he was hit on the head and suffered a mild concussion. He is still unconscious."

Lin Zhiyan said that he already knew from Wen Fan that the young man in front of him was also the one who discovered Gu Qin.

Hearing this, Wen Qing's gaze tightened slightly, and she subconsciously glanced at Wen Fan.

Wen Fan stood beside her, his expression calm and composed, his gaze sweeping across the glass window of the ward door.

She couldn't find even a trace of guilt or remorse on his face.

Wen Fan withdrew his gaze and looked at Lin Zhiyan: "Mr. Lin, what do you want to ask us?"

Lin Zhiyan nodded slightly, her tone still as gentle as ever, but her wording was more cautious than usual.

"I'd like to know the specifics. You found Gu Qin in an abandoned factory. I'm curious, that's a very remote place. How did you get there? Of course, I'm not suspecting you, I just want to know more details so that I can have a complete explanation when I contact the police later."

It turned out to be the case.

Wen Fan's answer was natural: "On my way home from get off work, a stray dog ​​snatched my things. I chased after it and ran all the way to that abandoned factory. When I went inside, I saw Mr. Gu unconscious."

Lin Zhiyan nodded, not asking for details, and turned to look at the boy beside her.

Wen Qing felt his gaze fall on her and subconsciously lowered her eyelashes.

She could feel Lin Zhiyan looking at her. His gaze was gentle, yet it was like a searchlight, trying to see every detail on her face.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, but she spoke calmly.

"I live near that abandoned factory. I lost something there before, so I went there today to look for my lost item."

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