Chapter 51 I Have Someone Else

Lin Xiyin was not prepared to answer her question, which was full of provocation and traps.

But Ming Qingwan clearly didn't want to let her off so easily.

Ming Qingwan said, "What's the point of you clinging to Muye? He'll never like you. The one who isn't loved is the third party. Lin Xiyin, I'm begging you, please let him go."

Lin Xiyin felt that she had truly grown up.

Hearing such words now leaves me completely unmoved.

She said, "So what? We are husband and wife, we have a marriage certificate, and we are protected by law."

Now she can not only remain unharmed, but also retaliate.

Ming Qingwan's expression was indeed unpleasant: "Yes, so what? You still can't win his heart."

Lin Xiyin sighed and decided to let it go for the sake of the child in her womb.

She said, "Instead of telling me all this here, you should go find Pei Muye."

"What do you want with Brother Makino?"

"Tell him that I don't love him and that I want to end this marriage in name only as soon as possible, and ask him to be lenient."

Ming Qingwan's expression suddenly changed, and she said, "You, are you serious?"

Lin Xiyin thought for a moment and then said, "Or, you could tell him that I have someone else in my heart and that I only married him out of necessity. Since neither of us loves the other, why bother with each other?"

Lin Xiyin felt that it might be more effective to have Ming Qingwan put pressure on Pei Muye.

She smiled and said, "I'm entrusting our affairs to you, Qingwan."

She turned around after speaking, then froze.

Pei Muye placed his large hand on the doorknob and just looked at her.

I wonder how much of their conversation he overheard.

Ming Qingwan quickly walked to Pei Muye's side, looked up at him, and said, "Brother Muye, I don't want you to get a divorce, but... I didn't expect that Sister Xiyin..."

Lin Xiyin never expected that her casual remark would be overheard by Pei Muye.

But so what if he hears it? Anyway, he has someone else in his heart, so they're even.

Besides, since we're getting a divorce anyway, why bother with this?

Without looking at Pei Muye's expression, she turned and went into the private room.

Ming Qingwan looked at Pei Muye cautiously: "Brother Muye, why is Sister Xiyin like this...?"

Pei Muye gave her a cold look.

Ming Qingwan hurriedly lowered her head: "She said it herself. I didn't expect that even after being married to you for several years, she still has someone else in her heart..."

"Shut up." Pei Muye's voice was icy. "You're not allowed to say anything more."

Ming Qingwan looked aggrieved, her eyes reddening: "Brother Muye..."

Pei Muye patted her shoulder with his large hand: "Go in, I know everything."

Lin Xiyin endured the nausea during the meal.

She barely ate anything and went to the restroom several times during the meal.

When the dinner finally ended, she got into her car and felt like she had finally come back to life.

A hand reached out from the side, holding a bottle of water.

Lin Xiyin took it: "Thank you."

"No appetite, or don't you like it?" Pei Muye asked. "You haven't eaten much."

Lin Xiyin said, "I dare not eat it; the thought of it makes me nauseous."

"How about...we go get something else to eat?"

"Never mind." Lin Xiyin leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes. "Let's go back."

She felt nauseous several times during the night and didn't want to eat anything right now.

"Xiaolongbao?"

Lin Xiyin opened her eyes and looked at him.

"The one you ate last time," Pei Muye said, "Do you want some more?"

Lin Xiyin looked at him for a few seconds, then shook her head: "Thank you, but I don't want to eat."

Pei Muye stopped talking, started the car, and drove back to the old house.

Lin Xiyin went upstairs and went to sleep.

When she woke up and went downstairs, the Pei family was already preparing dinner.

Lin Xiyin hadn't eaten lunch, and was indeed hungry now, so she ate quite a bit for dinner.

Pei Muye didn't come back; he's said to be out socializing.

After dinner, Lin Xiyin went for a walk in the yard by herself.

She truly didn't expect to run into Chi Tianlin again.

She turned to leave.

Chi Tianlin retorted, "You tattletale, do you believe I'll go with you to the Pei family?"

Lin Xiyin, unable to bear it any longer, turned to look at him, her voice filled with anger: "Are you ever going to stop?"

"You provoked me first," Chi Tianlin said. "Didn't you tell Huo Xianyang first?"

“I didn’t complain,” Lin Xiyin said. “I just want to keep my distance from you.”

"You're so unfair. I want to be friends with you, but you want to keep your distance from me."

"Why should I be friends with you just because you want to?" Lin Xiyin said, "I don't want to."

She really had no good feelings towards Chi Tianlin.

It wasn't just because Pei Muye and Chi Tianlin didn't get along.

And also because... she discovered that, deep down, Pei Muye and Chi Tianlin were actually the same kind of people.

They are all the chosen ones, living in luxury and privilege, standing at the top of the pyramid, looking down on ordinary people who are like ants.

They were all arrogant and self-confident, acting and behaving according to their own desires, never considering the feelings of others.

I want to get close to you, or I want to distance myself from you, whether you like it or not.

Just like the emperors of ancient times, thunder and rain were all expressions of imperial favor.

But unfortunately, Lin Xiyin disliked this kind of person the most.

If she can't afford to offend them, she'll just avoid them.

She refused to believe that Chi Tianlin would actually dare to follow her into the Pei family.

As it turned out, she underestimated how shameless this man was.

As she entered the Pei family's courtyard, Chi Tianlin was following right behind her.

Lin Xiyin was truly enraged: "What exactly do you want?"

"I already said, all I want is to be friends with Ruan Ruan." Chi Tianlin raised an eyebrow at her: "You won't even grant me such a small request, I'm so sad."

Lin Xiyin asked a question that she had once asked Pei Muye as well.

She said, "Do you know how to write the word 'respect'? You want to be my friend, but have you ever respected me?"

Chi Tianlin said, "If I respect you, wouldn't that be playing right into your hands? I know that I have to be shameless to be friends with you."

Lin Xiyin had never met a man like Chi Tianlin in her entire life.

Pei Muyi was also arrogant and confident, but he wouldn't be so shameless.

“Okay, let’s not talk about respect, let’s talk about goodwill.” Lin Xiyin tried to reason with him: “For two people to be friends, they must first have goodwill towards each other, right? I’m sorry, I don’t have that for you.”

“But I do have feelings for you,” Chi Tianlin said. “Of course, it’s normal that you don’t know me and don’t have any feelings for me. That’s why I need to get to know you better, so you can find out what kind of person I am. Maybe then you’ll like me.”

"impossible."

"Don't be so sure of yourself," Chi Tianlin said with a smile. "How about we make a bet?"

Lin Xiyin wasn't fooled: "No."

Chi Tianlin then said, "What can we do? It's not a solution for me to keep bothering you like this all the time."

Lin Xiyin was furious: "Are you sick in the head?"

"Huh, how did you know?" Chi Tianlin still smiled. "I went to the hospital to get my medication yesterday. Depression, bipolar disorder, and sleepwalking... a whole bunch of things."

Lin Xiyin subconsciously took a step back.

"So, it's not illegal for me to kill someone," Chi Tianlin said. "Think about it again, whether you want to be friends with me. Otherwise... I don't know what I might do."

Lin Xiyin was truly terrified; she had no idea how she had offended this plague god.

Looking at the expression on her face, Chi Tianlin smiled again: "So, how about we make a bet? Maybe you can win."

Lin Xiyin was completely at a loss: "What should we bet on?"

“Just interact with me normally, don’t reject me like that.” Chi Tianlin looked at her and held up one finger: “One month. If you still can’t accept me and be my friend after one month, then I won’t bother you anymore.”

One month.

Lin Xiyin thought for a moment and asked, "What do you plan to do this past month? How can I cooperate?"

"Indeed, it's comfortable talking to smart people," Chi Tianlin laughed. "I won't say I want you to see me every day. How about having dinner with me once a week?"

"So, if I have four meals with you and then realize that I still can't accept you as my friend, you'll stop bothering me?"

"That's true," Chi Tianlin said. "Shall we bet?"

"You keep your word?"

“I’m a man, after all.” Chi Tianlin frowned. “A man’s word is his bond, and I can keep that.”

"good."

Chi Tianlin immediately smiled: "Then when shall we eat?"

Lin Xiyin wanted to start and finish as soon as possible, so she said directly, "Let's do it tomorrow at noon."

"Okay, I'll send you the location later."

Lin Xiyin nodded, then turned and left.

Chi Tianlin smiled, a slight upturn to his lips, standing behind her.

Lin Xiyin returned to her bedroom on the second floor and called Xiao Ruoyi: "I didn't want to bother you, but this person is really sick."

After hearing her words, Xiao Ruoyi laughed and said, "If you don't bother me, who else would you bother? Aren't I your best friend?"

Lin Xiyin laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll stick with you."

"Ruanruan, how about this, I'll call Huo Xianyang too."

Lin Xiyin asked curiously, "Call him? Don't you feel awkward?"

“It’s alright,” Xiao Ruoyi said. “I’m afraid the two of us can’t handle Chi Tianlin. If we call Huo Xianyang, we’ll have a better chance of winning.”

"OK!"

The next day at noon, when they arrived at the agreed place, Chi Tianlin was waiting for someone in the private room.

Then, the door opened, and he watched as Huo Xianyang walked in, followed by Xiao Ruoyi, and finally Lin Xiyin.

He was so angry he laughed.

He looked directly at Lin Xiyin and said, "You're pretty good. Try this move with me."

Lin Xiyin said, "You only mentioned eating, but you didn't say I could bring people."

Chi Tianlin angrily pushed the cutlery aside: "You really know how to find loopholes!"

Huo Xianyang pulled out chairs for the two ladies and looked at Chi Tianlin: "That's enough, you should stop now."

Chi Tianlin turned to look at him: "What are you doing here? Are you just bored?"

Huo Xianyang sat down as well: "We haven't eaten yet, why are you so full?"

After saying that, he picked up the menu next to him and started ordering, without any politeness.

Chi Tianlin was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

He went to Lin Xiyin and said, "Don't do this again next time."

Lin Xiyin asked, "Can we add rules on the spot?"

"I'm the client, so of course I have the final say!"

Huo Xianyang said, "Can't you be a little more serious? How old are you? Don't be so unreasonable!"

Chi Tianlin protested, "How am I being unreasonable? You're interfering with me making friends?"

Huo Xianyang said, "Is that your attitude towards making friends?"

Xiao Ruoyi spoke up, "Stop arguing, let's eat first, okay?"

She was afraid Lin Xiyin would be hungry.

After all, she is pregnant now and needs special protection.

Huo Xianyang shut up.

Chi Tianlin scoffed, then looked at Lin Xiyin: "Kick them both out."