*

After sending the message, Pei Wu subconsciously glanced at Shen Yu Nan, who was standing in the corridor outside the floor-to-ceiling window. Shen Yu Nan coughed lightly and reached into his pocket for his phone. Pei Wu saw that he had seen the message and looked away.

Pei Wu, who has a very strong sense of time, glanced at the time on her phone and saw that there were still a few minutes left. She then scrolled up her chat history with Shen Yu Nan.

At first glance, Pei Wu thought she had seen her file transfer assistant, but there was nothing else besides files and work arrangements.

Shen Yunan glanced at the WeChat message Pei Wu had sent.

After about ten seconds, he replied, "Thank you, Mr. Pei."

Shen Yu'nan wasn't being dramatic; he was indeed feeling unwell. Since his superior had given him leave, there was no need for him to force himself to stay awake.

Shen Yu'nan spends an hour commuting every day. After graduating from university, he shared an apartment with his roommate and lived frugally. The bespoke suit he was wearing at the moment seemed out of place in his shared apartment.

He returned early today, but his roommate of four years had not yet returned. Even in the afternoon, the room, which did not have a good orientation, appeared dim.

Now that he was back in his own territory, Shen Yu Nan finally relaxed a little, his expression softening and the tension in his mind eased. He was in a lot of pain, his back covered in cold sweat. He hadn't expected that his absurd affair with Pei Wu would coincide with his menstrual period.

Curled up in bed, he lazily lifted his eyelids to look at the beige suit hanging on the wall. From the moment he arrived, all he could think about was what Pei Wu had mentioned to him about the marriage between the Pei and Zhou families. He knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

Shen Yunan subconsciously squinted his eyes, and unconsciously clenched his hands even tighter, until his knuckles turned white, without any intention of loosening his grip.

After a long while, Shen Yu Nan raised his eyebrows and leaned back on the bed, staring blankly at the mottled and yellowed ceiling of the rented room. He had the typical effeminate appearance of a man, and because of his weak body, his face was as pale as if he had not seen the sun for many years, and his lips were completely bloodless. Only his black eyes shone like stars in the sky.

But those beautiful, obsidian-like eyes revealed a hint of ruthlessness.

Recalling how Pei Wu had set a trap to force him to submit to her, Shen Yu Nan's hatred surged like a raging sea in his chest. The inhuman treatment he had received over the years had gradually eroded the originally simple and straightforward Shen Yu Nan, and twisted his personality.

The Shen family was not well-off. Shen Yu Nan's mother had been single for many years and could not find a husband. When she was thirty-eight, the family sold everything they owned and finally managed to find a man who had lost his wife through a matchmaker. This second-marriage man was Shen Yu Nan's father.

Shen Yu Nan's father, Xiao He, lost his wife when he was in his twenties. After losing his wife, Xiao He had to raise a young child. Life was difficult in the rural mountain village, so he reluctantly married Shen Yu Nan's mother, Shen Hong.

Soon after the marriage, she became pregnant and gave birth to Shen Yu Nan. However, the Shen family, who had sold everything they owned to marry a man, were even more furious when they saw that Shen Yu Nan was just a boy.

During that period, Xiao He suffered a lot at the hands of the elders in his family, and his life was incredibly difficult. It wasn't until the birth of Shen Yu Nan's younger sister that Xiao He's life in the Shen family became a little better.

I don’t know if it’s because of this, but Shen Yu’nan has been unloved by his parents since birth.

Because of his family background, Shen Yuhuan is sensitive but very simple and honest. He knows very well what he wants: to get out of the mountains and live the life he wants. His goal is clear: even if it means working part-time to support himself and even helping to supplement his family's income.

He still wore the same white T-shirt, which was worn and yellowed. While his classmates were talking about celebrities and fashion trends, he only cared about which part-time job paid more per hour.

When he first met Pei Wu, Shen Yu Nan was working part-time at a coffee shop, and even though he was wearing work clothes, he couldn't hide his student-like demeanor.

His face, so similar to Bai Yueguang's, left Pei Wu stunned for a long time before she finally took a closer look at the name tag pinned to his chest. She remembered his name, 'Shen Yu Nan'.

However, Shen Yu Nan is different from other men. Despite being penniless and having a family to support, he is not swayed by Pei Wu's sweet talk and even despises her for believing that everything can be bought with money.

It seems that in Pei Wu's eyes, everything is a commodity that can be exchanged for money.

Emotions are like that, and so is one's own being a living, breathing person.

*

Unlike the original owner 'Pei Wu', Pei Wu is not eccentric or domineering. She is calm and composed. She can sit in the research lab for an entire day without saying a word, and it is unknown what is so attractive about the data.

So now, lying in the game pod she's researching, she's really focused on experiencing the virtual world she's created.

After the meeting concluded successfully, Pei Wu returned to the president's office. As soon as she opened the tightly closed door, a stuffy smell and a lingering, ambiguous odor filled the poorly ventilated room.

In such an atmosphere, it's hard not to think of Shen Yu Nan, the male lead she needs to win over.

"...."

Pei Wu slightly lifted her eyelids and walked to the window, pulling open the excellent blackout curtains. The intense sunlight outside, carrying heat, immediately flooded the room. Pei Wu closed her eyes slightly, experiencing the ultra-realistic five-sense restoration system and weather simulation system.

A few seconds later, she glanced down at the watch on her wrist.

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