Transmigrated into the cannon fodder younger sister of the uke in a BL novel

Lin Zhiyan did not speak immediately after hearing this, her gaze remaining fixed on her face.

Seeing this, Wen Fan frowned slightly and suddenly spoke, interrupting Lin Zhiyan's gaze.

"Mr. Lin, is there anything else you want to ask? If not, I have to go home. My sister is waiting for me at home alone."

Lin Zhiyan's attention was drawn back by those words.

He glanced at Wen Fan, his gaze behind his glasses shifting almost imperceptibly.

At this moment, the comments section began to stir.

[Did you guys feel that this scene was a little awkward? Was Wen Fan just urging Lin Zhiyan on?]

[Wen Fan: Stop looking! What are you looking at? I'm going home to be with my sister.]

[No, is Wen Fan jealous? Does he not want Lin Zhiyan staring at He Yu?]

I think so! Wen Fan has always maintained a distance from Lin Zhiyan, but what she said just now clearly showed that she was unhappy.

[The Wen-Lin shippers are ecstatic! Previously, Lin Zhiyan was always the one taking the initiative, while Wen Fan remained lukewarm. Today, we finally see Wen Fan reacting to Lin Zhiyan!]

[“My sister is waiting for me at home”—Could it be that Lin Zhiyan has been staring at He Yu for too long, and Wen Fan is simply annoyed?]

[There's a huge difference between disliking He Yu and disliking Lin Zhiyan for disliking others!]

Regardless, it's true that Wen Fan's words just now had a hint of jealousy in them.

[Um...can I just say...He Yu and Lin Zhiyan look really good together...and Wen Fan's protection of He Yu just now...]

[Which couple are you shipping? Wen He? Lin He? Or the Wen-Lin-He love triangle?]

Trying to eat anything will only harm you!

[Taking all sorts of supplements will only make my nutrition more balanced!]

[Warning: This is Wen Fan's territory. Please don't give new characters too much screen time, thank you.]

Wen Qing glanced at the comments and noticed that the like value in the upper right corner had suddenly increased from 17 to 27, adding 10 points in one go.

She opened her eyes wide, and before she could ask the system what was going on, Lin Zhiyan suddenly said.

"Okay, I understand."

"However, there's another question. When you were at the factory, besides Ah Qin, did you see anyone else?"

This is a rather strange question.

What do you mean by "besides Gu Qin, did you see anyone else?" Does that mean there were other people in the factory at that time?

Thinking of this, my heart tightened with warmth.

Neither of them revealed their true thoughts on the surface, and both shook their heads at the same time.

Lin Zhiyan's gaze relaxed slightly.

He nodded slightly, his expression returning to its gentle and composed tone: "Then there's no problem. Thank you both so much for today. If you hadn't found Aqin in time and called for an ambulance, I might not still have any news about him. Our Lin family will be very grateful for this kindness."

Wen Fan's gaze flickered upon hearing this.

He thought of the compensation Lin Zhiyan had given him when she apologized on behalf of Gu Qin. The amount wasn't small, and he even checked the number twice when it was deposited into his account.

Given Lin Zhiyan's writing style, this time the "thank you" will only be more, not less.

He initially felt disgusted by the whole thing of saving Gu Qin, but if he could get some compensation to bring Qingqing's surgery fees closer to his goal, then it didn't seem so unacceptable.

Just then, the ward door was pushed open from the inside.

A nurse peeked out, her eyes above her mask sparkling with joy: "Mr. Lin, the patient is awake."

Lin Zhiyan's eyes lit up when she heard this. She apologized to the two of them and then immediately turned around and walked into the ward.

Wen Fan and Wen Qing looked at each other in the corridor. Wen Fan thought that there was nothing more for them to do, so he went to the nurses' station, borrowed paper and pen, wrote a note, and prepared to have the nurses pass it on, saying that they had to leave first.

However, Lin Zhiyan came out of the ward as soon as he finished writing the note.

His expression was much more complex than before.

He looked at He Yu, his tone complex: "He Yu, Aqin wants to see you."

……

Wen Qing was surprised that Gu Qin wanted to see her.

She stood there, somewhat bewildered, not understanding why Gu Qin wanted to see her.

Wen Fan stopped and turned to look at her.

His lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but the word rolled around on the tip of his tongue and he swallowed it back.

What right does he have to make decisions for Ho Yu? They've only known each other for less than an hour; they're not even friends.

He just instinctively didn't want the boy to go into that ward alone, after all, no one could predict Gu Qin's temper.

But in the end he didn't say anything.

Wen Qing glanced at Wen Fan, and seeing that he didn't say anything, she nodded.

She then followed Lin Zhiyan into the ward.

Gu Qin leaned against the hospital bed, with two pillows supporting her back.

He had a white bandage wrapped around his head, from his forehead to the back of his head, with a few tufts of black hair sticking out from the edge of the bandage.

There were several small wounds on her face, which had been disinfected and treated with medicine. The dark red scabs were particularly noticeable under the light.

These wounds added a layer of ferocity to his already sharp features, and his dark eyes below his brow bone locked onto her the moment they saw her.

As soon as Wen Qing reached the bedside, Gu Qin spoke up, without any pleasantries, and went straight to the point.

Do you know who hit me?

Wen Qing was stunned for a moment.

She subconsciously looked at Lin Zhiyan, who gave her a complicated expression and explained.

"He has amnesia."

"He has some memory loss. The doctor said it's retrograde amnesia caused by a severe blow to the head. His memories from the last few years are somewhat confused, and he doesn't remember most things. After he woke up, he only remembered you... no, not exactly," Lin Zhiyan paused, carefully choosing her words, "to be precise, after he woke up, he only saw you."

Gu Qin frowned in dissatisfaction upon hearing Lin Zhiyan's words.

"What do you mean you only remember him? I remember a lot of things. I know who I am, I know where my home is. If that person hadn't attacked me, I wouldn't be lying here!"

As he spoke, he looked at Wen Qing with a hostile tone, "You know who hit me, right? You were right next to me, you must have seen it, right?"

When Wen Qing met Gu Qin's sharp gaze, her heart skipped a beat.

Gu Qin has amnesia? Could it be that his brother's blow to him caused his amnesia?

Gu Qin was still staring at her, his eyes appearing particularly sharp against the backdrop of the bandages.

He was waiting for her answer.

Wen Qing braced herself to meet his gaze, trying to keep her voice as steady as possible: "I didn't see anything. You suddenly fainted. I was terrified. I only saw a figure run behind you, but I couldn't see the face clearly."

"Ran away?" Gu Qin narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over her face twice.

Wenqing nodded gently, pursing her lips to make it seem as if she was trying hard to recall the details.

Lin Zhiyan stood to the side, her gaze shifting back and forth between Wen Qing and Gu Qin, before she suddenly sighed softly.

He took half a step forward and interjected in a gentle but undeniable tone: "Ah Qin, you let him in just to ask this?"

Gu Qin nodded coldly: "If it weren't for that bastard who attacked me from behind, I wouldn't have fainted. I need to know who he is."

Lin Zhiyan didn't reply. She glanced at He Yu, whose body was a little tense, and then looked out of the ward.

He withdrew his gaze and made his judgment. Seeing that Gu Qin still had a fierce look on his face, he couldn't help but speak to He Yu.

"Alright, don't make things difficult for him. If he says he didn't see it, then he probably didn't see it. You won't get any more information by pressing him."

"As for that person, I will send someone to investigate. Ah Qin, you just need to focus on recovering from your injuries."

Gu Qin narrowed his eyes when he saw Lin Zhiyan defending the boy, but in the end he just snorted and didn't ask any more questions.

……

When Wen Qing came out of the ward, Lin Zhiyan followed behind her and closed the ward door behind her.

Wen Fan was still standing in the corridor, leaning against the wall, looking down at the time displayed on her phone screen.

Hearing the door open, he looked up, his gaze passing over Lin Zhiyan and landing on He Yu. He scanned her from head to toe to make sure not a single hair was missing before his shoulders relaxed slightly.

Wen Qing didn't immediately go to his side, but looked at Lin Zhiyan.

She knew that Lin Zhiyan had already guessed who hit Gu Qin, since there were only the two of them present at the time.

Wen Qing lowered her voice and explained in a volume that only the two of them could hear.

"Mr. Wen didn't mean to hit Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu suddenly woke up and grabbed me. Mr. Wen thought he was going to hurt me, so he hit him."

Lin Zhiyan frowned slightly: "He pinched you?"

"It wasn't really pinching," Wen Qing explained. "He just pinned me to the ground and asked me why I was near him. I just wanted to see if he was still conscious. I didn't expect him to wake up suddenly. Mr. Wen probably misunderstood what he saw and thought he was attacking me."

It turned out to be the case.

Lin Zhiyan's expression softened slightly.

"I see," he said, then nodded slightly. "I understand. Don't worry."

Wen Qing didn't know what he meant by "don't worry." Did he mean he was relieved that he wouldn't hold Wen Fan responsible, or that he would keep the secret for them and not tell Gu Qin?

But Lin Zhiyan didn't explain further, and she didn't have time to ask any more questions.

Lin Zhiyan escorted the two to the elevator and thanked them again.

Before the elevator doors opened, he added, "I hope you two won't mention today's events to outsiders. The Gu family's situation is quite complicated, and it won't be easy to handle if the media finds out that Gu Qin was injured in the abandoned factory."

Wen Fan nodded, and Wen Qing responded in kind.

The elevator doors closed behind them, and Wenqing leaned against the elevator wall, letting out a long breath.

Lin Zhiyan pushed open the door and went into the ward.

Gu Qin leaned against the headboard, turning her head to look out the window.

Outside the window was a drab, brightly lit inpatient building, but it had nothing to do with him.

His profile looked particularly hard under the light; the bandage covered his forehead, which only made the lines of his brow bone and jawline stand out more.

Lin Zhiyan looked at him and suddenly felt a moment of disorientation.

That expression, that posture, are exactly the same as the year Gu Qin just returned to the Gu family.

Back then, he hadn't yet become the arrogant and domineering Young Master Gu he would become later. He was silent, never smiled, and looked at everyone with a scrutinizing gaze.

Later, he learned to use arrogance to mask himself and playboy behavior to arm himself, hiding the cold and aloof boy in a shell that no one could see.

Now that the shell has been smashed, the cracks reveal glimpses of what it used to be.

Gu Qin noticed his gaze, turned her head, and her expression remained indifferent.

He looked at the man in front of him who called himself his cousin and asked.

"You say I'm the son of the Gu family, so why hasn't anyone from the Gu family come to see me after all this time?"

Lin Zhiyan knew that he had forgotten his memories after returning to the Gu family. In his memory, he was still a hoodlum in a remote town in the Northwest, not the eldest young master of the Gu family who had been missing for more than ten years.

Lin Zhiyan paused for a moment, lowered his eyelashes, and his uncle's original words echoed in his mind.

"It's alright, Zhiyan. Please take care of things at the hospital. I've been busy lately and can't get away."

After Gu Qin was alright, he naturally called his uncle to inform him and hinted that he should come over, but he didn't expect to receive this reply.

"Your uncle has been quite busy lately," Lin Zhiyan said, pulling herself out of her thoughts and remaining expressionless. "He said he'll come to see you later."

Gu Qin snorted and turned to look out the window, clearly not believing Lin Zhiyan's words.

Lin Zhiyan knew that his lie wasn't very clever, but there were some things he couldn't say, at least not now.

Suddenly, my phone rang.

Lin Zhiyan glanced at the caller ID, walked to the window, and answered the call.

A deep, steady male voice came from the other end of the phone. He said, "Young Master, the two bodies in the factory have been cleaned up."

Lin Zhiyan listened, her gaze softening slightly, and then said "I understand" before hanging up the phone.

He walked back to the bedside, pulled up a chair and sat down, placing his hands folded on his knees. He looked at Gu Qin and changed the subject: "Qin, tell me about the Zheng brothers, Zheng Wu and Zheng Wei. You should know them, right?"

Gu Qin's expression changed the moment those two names appeared, a cold, murderous gloom appearing in his eyes.

On the other hand, as soon as Wen Qing stepped out of the hospital, she made an excuse to separate from Wen Fan.

She said she had other things to do and didn't need to be seen off. After they parted, she quickly turned into a small alley next to the hospital.

There were no streetlights in the alley, only the neon lights from the distant main street spilling over, making the walls flicker between light and shadow.

She huddled in the corner, allowing the system to remove her disguise.

She then took out her phone and called Wen Fan.

The phone rang twice before being answered. A gentle, warm voice came through the receiver, tinged with a concerned urgency: "Qingqing? What's wrong?"

"Brother, I want to eat Kobayashi's cake. Could you bring me one when you come back?"

Wen Fan was stunned for a moment on the other end, clearly not expecting that she would call at this time just to beg for a cake.

But he didn't refuse, his voice even carrying a hint of amusement: "Okay, chocolate or strawberry?"

"Chocolate."

"Okay, I'll go around to buy it. You stay home and wait for me."

Just as Wen Qing was about to hang up, Wen Fan suddenly called out to her, "Wait a minute, what's that car noise over there? And people talking... Did you go out?"

Wen Qing's face suddenly tightened.

She looked around. The alleyway led directly to the main road, and a bus was passing by. A nearby stall selling roasted sweet potatoes was playing a loudspeaker that said, "Roasted sweet potatoes are five yuan each."

"No," she said, trying to sound as relaxed and natural as possible. "I was just standing by the window, and it was open, so the noise was louder. People downstairs are arguing, and they've been arguing for a long time."

Wen Fan was silent for a moment on the other end, seemingly assessing the credibility of the explanation.

Then he said, "Then close the window, it's chilly outside, I'll be back soon."

Seeing that her brother no longer had any doubts, Wen Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Wen Fan will be home in a few tens of minutes, but in the meantime he still has to go to Xiao Lin's house to queue up for a cake. There's always a long queue in front of that popular cake shop.

This period of time was just enough for her to get home before her brother.

Although she felt a little guilty towards her brother, she had no choice; she couldn't let him find out she wasn't home.