Contract Marriage: The Tycoon's Pampered Wife-Chapter 56 - 0: I will always be here (1 update)

Ning Guiwan looked up and met Quan Yu’s gaze, smiling exceptionally calmly.

After a standoff, Quan Yu let out a meaningful chuckle and released Ning Guiwan. He stepped aside to light a cigarette, casually smoking while he watched her quietly, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

Ning Guiwan stood for a while, wanting to broach the subject of leaving once more, but Quan Yu seemed to anticipate her intention and grasped her wrist first.

「...」

Quan Shengyu had just finished a minor surgery that lasted five hours and was now joyfully slurping a bowl of noodles when the office door was pushed open from the outside.

Glancing up, he saw his expressionless second uncle. The noodles in his mouth went down unchewed. He wiped his mouth and stood up. "Second Uncle, what brings you here?"

As he spoke, he dusted off the non-existent dust on the sofa and looked up again, only to be surprised to see a beautiful woman standing behind Quan Yu, her head bowed and eyes lowered.

This was indeed a rare sight.

In the years since his second uncle returned to the country, he had always been scrupulously clean-living. His status as the richest man drew countless women to him like moths to a flame, yet none were ever seen with Quan Yu.

Quan Shengyu couldn’t help but take another look.

Ning Guiwan sensed the scrutinizing gaze and lifted her eyes. Her gaze was cool and refined. However, when she slowly smiled, her smile was bright and incomparable, making it difficult to look away.

Quan Shengyu was momentarily stunned, having recognized who the beauty before him was.

He had attended the same middle school as her and had heard a great deal about Miss Ning, who was known for her beauty that was said to "rival Wutai Mountain."

Back in the eighties and nineties, a Hong Kong actress of wide renown was dubbed by the media as the "Beauty of Wutai Mountain."

When Ning Guiwan’s grandfather was alive, he doted on her immensely, often bringing her to various grand events. Additionally, since the Chi Family had close ties with the Quan Family, the media praised Ning Guiwan with the accolade "surpassing the Beauty of Wutai Mountain," suggesting she was more beautiful than the actress from Hong Kong.

At that time, Ning Guiwan had not fully matured. Although she was beautiful, her youthful innocence and simplicity could not bear the weight of such high praise.

But now...

Quan Shengyu couldn’t help but take another look at Ning Guiwan. The girl’s skin was as white as snow, her lips exquisitely red, her waist graceful, and her eyebrows enticing. He had seen countless beauties, but the one before him was truly exceptional.

"Pretty, isn’t she?" Quan Yu asked coldly.

"Pretty..." Quan Shengyu blurted out subconsciously. Coming to his senses and seeing Quan Yu’s sharp glance, he shivered and quickly spoke up, "What brings you here, Second Uncle?"

Quan Yu turned his gaze towards Ning Guiwan’s face.

Following his line of sight, Quan Shengyu suddenly realized and called the nurse’s station, requesting an ice pack to be sent over.

Soon after, there was a knock at the door.

Receiving the ice pack from the young nurse’s hands, Quan Shengyu dutifully handed it to Quan Yu. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Quan Yu caught it with his hand, his eyes fixed on him. "Nothing to do?"

Quan Shengyu was taken aback for a moment, momentarily speechless. Then he quickly said, "I have things to do." Picking up the bowl of noodles, he added, "I’ll get to work right now. Second Uncle, please make yourself at home."

He even thoughtfully closed the office door behind him.

「Outside the door.」

Quan Shengyu didn’t walk away immediately; instead, he held the noodles and pressed his ear against the door, intending to eavesdrop.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

Turning around, he saw Zhan Yan’s stern face.

"What are you doing?" Zhan Yan’s voice was just as ice-cold.

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Quan Shengyu had enjoyed a smooth-sailing life for over two decades. He inexplicably feared his second uncle, who ran the Ruiyin Group. Otherwise, he paid little heed to anyone else, including his own father, let alone this young bodyguard before him.

Smiling amiably, he hooked his arm over Zhan Yan’s shoulder, his eyes full of gossipy curiosity. "Give me the truth, is your boss with that little vixen from the Ning Family? When did it start? Who pursued whom first?"

Zhan Yan coldly removed the hand hooked over his shoulder. "I don’t know."

"How can you not know when you’re with Second Uncle all day long?" Quan Shengyu didn’t believe it.

Zhan Yan spread his legs one step apart, clasped his hands behind his back, and stood protectively like a sentinel over his master’s territory.

Quan Shengyu: "..."

「Inside the door.」

Quan Yu gently touched Ning Guiwan’s cheek with the ice pack; the redness on her pale skin was a startling sight.

After Ning Guiwan’s repeated requests to apply the ice pack herself were fruitless, she decided to ignore him and began pondering her own matters. An unknown amount of time passed before she suddenly snapped back to reality, meeting Quan Yu’s intense and burning gaze.

"That should be enough..." Ning Guiwan shifted her gaze slightly.

Quan Yu put aside the ice pack and, using the back of his index finger, gently touched the girl’s cheek.

The touch was cool and delicate.

The swelling indeed seemed to have lessened a bit.

"Does it still hurt?"

The man’s voice was deep, seemingly tinged with heartache.

Ning Guiwan smiled faintly. "It’s manageable."

"Did your father hit you?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Guiwan’s eyelashes trembled slightly. When she looked up, there was only a smile in her eyes. "I no longer have a father."

She said these words calmly and indifferently.

Yet Quan Yu’s deep brown eyes seemed to peer into her heart. He seemed to see into her heart, where sorrow, hesitation, and despondency swirled.

He put down the ice pack and embraced the girl before him, his large hand gently holding the back of her neck. The warm sensation penetrated her skin, spreading to her limbs and bones.

"Don’t be afraid. From now on, I’ll always be here."