Chapter 614 She's Very Well-Behaved (Forty-Three)

Shang Shang sat in the car and watched as Pei Yanli's car was parked in front of the villa next door. Afraid that she had seen it wrong, she checked the license plate number again.

It really is his car!

Shang Shang asked Su Li with some surprise, "Auntie, whose house is next door?"

Su Li wasn't quite sure either: "I don't know much about them, but it seems like they're in business?"

Shang Shang was filled with questions: Why is Pei Yanli here?

If I had known he was here, I would have just given him this address.

Suddenly, I remembered what my aunt had said about having a strange smell on my body. I raised my arm and smelled it, and there was indeed a faint fishy smell.

Su Li watched her little movements and laughed: "Does it smell? We like it so we can't smell it. Your uncle hates these things, so he's very sensitive. As soon as I get back from here, I can't wear these clothes anymore. I have to take a shower first, and the car has to be cleaned properly. Otherwise, your uncle said that when he sleeps next to me, it feels like he's sleeping in a snake pit."

Shang Shang laughed heartily: "Uncle is really exaggerating."

Su Li was also happy, while Shang Xingzhou was both disgusted and helpless, but he still had to cooperate. What else could he do? He couldn't just change his wife.

When the two arrived home, Su Li asked the housekeeper to take the car for maintenance. She took Shang Shang to take a shower and then threw all the clothes into the trash can.

The merchants were not surprised; many of Su Li's clothes were disposable.

Su Li helped Shang Shang take a bath, re-bandaged her wounds, and changed her clothes.

After getting ready, Su Li smiled and said, "Your mother has taken such good care of you. I love your delicate skin. My only regret is that I don't have a daughter. If I did, I would pamper her just as much."

Shang Shang chuckled and went to the sunroom with Su Li to have tea.

While they were having tea, Pei Yanli called, and Shang Shang happily said goodbye to Su Li to go on a date.

Su Li lives in a courtyard house in the city center, so Pei Yanli's car can't drive in and can only park at the entrance of the alley.

As Pei Yanli was getting ready to get out of the car to pick up Shangshang, she skipped out and looked at him with a smile: "Next time, you can drive around through the back alley and get into Uncle's garage."

Pei Yanli smiled as he looked at Shang Shang, who had changed her clothes, and opened the passenger door to let her get in the car.

He walked around the front of the car, got into the driver's seat, and then turned around to take a beautifully wrapped bouquet of pink roses from the back seat.

Shang Shang was pleasantly surprised and exclaimed, "Wow! You even bought flowers?"

Pei Yanli smiled and said, "This is the first bouquet of flowers I've given to my girlfriend. I hope she likes it."

Shang Shang's eyes crinkled into crescent moons: "I like it, thank you."

Pei Yanli reached out and touched her cheek: "Did you tell your parents? We're going out for dinner tonight, so we might be home a little late."

Shang Shang nodded: "I told my mom, and she said it's okay."

Pei Yanli was relieved and started the car to take Shang Shang to Yan Lei's club.

When they arrived, Du Mengmeng and Wang Jiani were already there. The two of them stood in front of the TV with microphones, singing and dancing, and sang all the songs they knew.

Seeing Pei Yanli and Shang Shang enter hand in hand, Du Mengmeng exclaimed, "Yan Shitou said you two are together, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to really be together."

Wang Jianni ran to change the song: "Come on, let me and Mengmeng dedicate a song called 'Intimate Lover' to you two."

Shang Shang was both amused and exasperated by the two of them: "Can you two please stop teasing me?"

Du Mengmeng pulled Shang Shang over and put her arm around her shoulder: "We're not joking, we sincerely wish you well. It's just a little regrettable that your relationship with Professor Pei has progressed too smoothly, too naturally, without any setbacks."

Shang Shang laughed: "This isn't a TV drama, there aren't that many twists and turns. Why haven't I seen Yan Lei?"

Just then, Yan Lei came in carrying a bunch of snacks, followed by several waiters carrying dishes.

Yan Lei smiled and said, "Everyone, please sit down and try the cooking of my newly hired chef. The cherry braised pork is absolutely amazing."

Du Mengmeng and Wang Jiani quickly went over to help set up the table, put out snacks, and various juices and drinks.

After everyone sat down, Yan Lei clapped his hands and said, "I invited everyone today to celebrate that Lao Pei and Zhou Zhiyi are together. I originally wanted to invite a few more classmates to join in the fun, but Lao Pei disagreed."

"Now, Du Mengmeng and Wang Jiani are Zhou Zhiyi's family members, and I represent the husband's family. Let's witness them together and congratulate Lao Pei on finally realizing his ten-year crush."

Du Mengmeng was shocked: "Ten years? You mean Pei Yanli has had a crush on Shang Shang for ten years?"

Yan Lei nodded: "It must be true, I can testify."

Du Mengmeng could hardly believe it: "Pei Yanli, you've been abroad for so many years, and you've never had a girlfriend? I heard there are many beautiful women abroad, and they're very passionate and outgoing. Really not?"

Yan Lei glared at Du Mengmeng: "Would I lie to you? Old Pei is very devoted, just like me."

Du Mengmeng scoffed: "If you don't compare me to you, I think it's somewhat believable. But if you do, then... I really have to doubt it."

Then she looked at Pei Yanli and said, "Pei Yanli, as Shangshang's best friend, you have to ask her clearly: did you really not have a blonde, blue-eyed girlfriend while you were abroad?"

Pei Yanli smiled and replied very seriously, "No."

Du Mengmeng was satisfied: "If you say so, I will definitely believe you. But why didn't you come back and confess to Shang Shang sooner after having a crush on her for ten years?"

Pei Yanli thought for a moment and said, "The timing isn't right. I'm participating in a research project abroad, and I haven't finished it, so I can't come back."

Moreover, the project he completed independently brought him huge financial gains.

This gave him the means to marry Shang Shang.

Du Mengmeng was very satisfied and looked at Wang Jianni: "See? There's a reason why Shangshang has always had such high standards."

Shang Shang smiled and placed a piece of braised pork on her plate: "Hurry up and eat your favorite cherry pork while it's hot."

When five people are eating, Yan Lei makes it very lively, as he keeps telling jokes about all sorts of things that happened at the club.

I would occasionally banter with Du Mengmeng, but the atmosphere was still quite pleasant.

Yan Lei suggested drinking, and Wang Jianni had no objection: "Let's have some. What's the point of a gathering if we don't drink? Besides, we're at such a high-class club as Mr. Yan's. It would be a disservice to this table of food if we didn't drink some good wine."

Du Mengmeng nodded in agreement: "Drink up! Yan Shitou, don't hold back, bring out your most expensive wine."

Shang Shang couldn't drink alcohol to begin with, and now that she's injured, and Pei Yanli has to take her home later, so she can't drink.

Then it became Yan Lei leading Du Mengmeng and Wang Jiani in drinking.

Shang Shang watched with a headache as the three of them started making a ruckus again.

...

Back home, Zhou Xiye sat in the living room reading the newspaper, glancing at the time every now and then, and asking Jiang Zhizhi every now and then, "Didn't Shangshang say what time she'd be back?"

Jiang Zhizhi was getting annoyed by the questions: "You really are... going to make a phone call to answer it?"

Zhou Xiye thought about it and agreed. He stood up to get his car keys and prepared to leave...