Pei Sui hummed a low "hmm", and his deep and gentle gaze fell again on her face, which was lightly made up and looked even more delicate and beautiful.

He pondered for a moment, and when he saw the elevator was about to reach the underground parking lot, he asked carefully, "It takes about an hour and forty minutes to drive there... Would you like to take my car?"

Meng Sheng was stunned and turned his head to look at him, and was caught off guard and fell into his bottomless eyes.

She had been trying hard to keep her heart calm, but at this moment, ripples of emotion were still rippling in her heart, causing a tingling and soft feeling.

She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized...

It turns out that if you have fallen in love with someone once, no matter how many times you meet them again, you will still be moved by them.

bite!

The sound of the elevator arriving brought her thoughts back from the distant sky.

She suppressed the emotion in her eyes, shook her head gently, and declined, "No, I can drive there myself, it's more convenient."

This is indeed true. It is definitely more convenient to drive by yourself. Besides, her relationship with Pei Sui is neither close nor far. If she wants to grasp the degree of distance, it is better to have less private relationships like this.

As soon as she finished speaking, the expectation hidden deep in Pei Sui's eyes finally faded.

He actually knew her personality very well and guessed that she would not agree, but the expectation in his heart made him unable to help but ask.

What if?

He lowered his eyes and twitched the corners of his lips imperceptibly, as if he was mocking himself.

When she was about to walk out of the elevator, he said "hmm" very softly and lowly.

Meng Sheng heard it, she paused, and subconsciously wanted to look back at him, but because the string called "reason" and "clarity" hanging in her mind was pulling her, she hesitated for a few seconds.

After a few breaths, the familiar rhythm of leather shoes stepping sounded behind me, and the rationality in my mind seemed to be collapsing bit by bit.

She took a deep breath and slowly let it out. She turned around and looked at the man who was four or five steps behind her. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment. Then, thinking of the question she had thought about the past two days, she spoke softly, "Before... I have carefully stored the gifts your grandmother gave me in the warehouse. I will give them to you in a couple of days."

Pei Sui stopped abruptly when he heard that. A layer of extremely obvious complexity surged in his deep and dark eyes, as if he was hurt, and something was falling at an extremely fast speed.

Meng Sheng noticed the strangeness in his eyes and opened her mouth. Her throat seemed to be blocked by something. She swallowed hard several times before she could barely find her voice.

"I think... the gift is too expensive... I haven't touched those things much. Please help me return them to the old lady and thank her for taking care of me."

The gift the old lady prepared for her was really valuable.

That set of jewel jewelry alone costs about one million, and all the extraneous items add up to several million.

She had felt it a little hot before, but now it was even hotter.

After all, they broke up, and she felt guilty and embarrassed to keep those things.

After getting the jewelry back, she put it in her jewelry cabinet and never wore it.

The same went for other things. She and Pei Sui ate a few fruits together and took some to the hospital. She didn't touch the cordyceps, ginseng and other things and kept them all.

She had never thought about breaking up with Pei Sui before, but she just didn't find the opportunity to eat those things, and her father couldn't eat these nutritious foods at that time.

Pei Sui glared at her, his eyes unblinking, his voice growing hoarse as his gaze faded. "Besides this, do you have anything else to say?"

Meng Sheng paused.

Something else?

She thought about it in her mind, carefully recalling the things he had given her before.

He gave me a necklace and a watch, and the rest were small items that were thoughtful and ingenious.

For example, car pendants, key chains, potted plants, small ornaments, etc.

It has permeated her life in every way and can be seen everywhere, whether at home or in the office of the art museum.

She pursed her lips, still wondering whether what he had just said was asking her to return the gifts or something else.

She actually prefers the latter.

Can……

She really didn't know what to say to him now.

Perhaps because of her concerns, she felt that nothing she said was right, nothing she said was good, and she couldn't be as frank and natural as she was before they fell in love.

She suddenly remembered a sentence she saw on the Internet: going from friends to lovers is as easy as each taking a step forward, but going from lovers back to friends is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Few people will truly let it go, and no one will suddenly no longer be touched by that relationship.

Pei Sui guessed what she was thinking by looking at her expression. Her heart still felt heavy, as if something weighing a thousand pounds had fallen on it. It was particularly heavy, as if her heart would fall into a bottomless abyss where no echo could be heard if she was not careful.

He knew that Meng Sheng was trying to draw a line between them.

He doesn't want to, and he's unwilling to.

But there is no choice but to accept this option.

Perhaps this is no longer a multiple-choice question, but the most direct antithesis, emphasizing that this is a problem that must be faced and solved, with no room for escape.

He took a deep breath and said, "You want to erase the past between you and me."

"No."

Meng Sheng was shocked. He didn't expect him to think this way, so he answered without thinking.

"I never thought about it that way. The time I was with you, I was very happy and relaxed...so I won't erase that."

As a human being, no matter how clear-headed and rational you are, you still need some hope.

Breaking up with him was an act she had to do, not something she wanted to do.

There was nothing she could do, she just couldn't face it.

She would keep those beautiful things in her mind, but would not tell him directly.

Pei Sui didn't know whether she felt relieved or not, he just felt bloated, both in his chest and throat.

It was a feeling that he himself couldn't describe.

It's painful and astringent.

He wanted to hear her express her feelings and wanted to know how she felt at the moment, but at the same time he was afraid to hear something he didn't want to hear.

I don't want to see her reach out and push her away.

In this contradictory atmosphere, the two of them were deadlocked for about half a minute. In the end, Pei Sui was the first to look away and get back to business. "Since you don't have it, just keep it. It's a gift from grandma. It's her thoughtful gesture. You don't have to return it. It will only hurt her."

Meng Sheng was slightly stunned, looking at his angular features, pursed his lips, and before he could speak, Pei Sui had already taken a step forward.

"Let's go. There's a lot of traffic on the road at this time. Don't be late."

After saying this, he walked straight towards his car.

Meng Sheng opened her mouth again, wanting to say something, but before she could speak, all he left her with was a picture of his tall and handsome back.

She stood there for about two breaths before she came to her senses and walked to her car.

The two walked to their car, one in front and the other behind. The distance of a few meters between them seemed as if there were thousands of mountains and rivers between them, which was difficult to cross.

They didn't even look at each other and got into the car. Meng Sheng's white Porsche drove out of the parking space first, and then they left the underground parking lot of Zuo'an Courtyard Community one after another.

Pei Sui's car always fell behind Meng Sheng, not too far away, but just enough for her to see her car.

When we passed the city center, there was a traffic jam as expected.

Fortunately, there were traffic police directing the traffic, so the traffic was blocked for only about ten minutes before it was cleared.

Meng Sheng also noticed that he was following her car. If she drove slowly, he would also drive slowly. In short, he just didn't speed up.

She took a deep breath, trying to ignore his presence and suppress the slight anxiety in her heart.

When we entered the road section near the wedding venue in the east of the city, the traffic was stuck for another twenty minutes, with luxury cars everywhere.

Most of them come to attend the wedding banquet.

The wedding banquet was held in a grand and lavish manner, and attendees were all prominent figures from well-known groups across the country and overseas.

After all, the status of the Fang family and the Kong family is there, and their strength does not allow them to keep a low profile.

There are 160 tables for banquets today. It is no exaggeration to say that the hotel is packed and bustling today.

As soon as she drove in, a hotel staff member led her to an empty parking space in front of the car.

Meng Sheng got out of the car, picked up the gift box and walked to the hotel gate.

There were ten people on both sides who registered the gift money for the male and female guests.

There are five people on each side, and there are also people who collect and register gifts, all of whom are hotel staff.

But there were still a lot of people crowding outside the door. Fortunately, everything was in good order. Those queuing up to register were their respective drivers, servants, housekeepers, etc., and the hosts were all greeting each other inside.

Meng Sheng didn't join in the fun at the door. She didn't bring anyone with her and didn't want to waste time. She happened to know the Fang family's housekeeper, so she went straight over to say hello, handed over the gifts and cash, and also mentioned the one prepared by Meng Chengli.

Just as I was about to go in, a familiar warm male voice suddenly came from behind me.

"Shengsheng?"

Meng Sheng paused and looked back, only to see Fu Chen wearing a grey T-shirt and black trousers. He looked elegant and noble, yet also had a bit of youthful energy and vigor.

This was the first time she saw him dressed so casually, and a hint of surprise flashed in his calm and beautiful eyes.

But it was quickly covered up by a perfectly appropriate smile.

"You're here too? Are you a guest of the Kong family or the Fang family?"

Fu Chen walked up to her and replied with a smile, "Kong family, today's groom Junyang is my cousin, and her mother is my aunt."

Meng Sheng suddenly realized, "Ah, I see. I didn't know that. I never heard you mention that you would come to participate before."

"I was originally scheduled for today, but my parents couldn't make the time to come over, so I had to go in their place. I just swapped shifts with Dr. Ou last night."

Fu Chen smiled and said, "I saw you from a distance just now, but I thought I was seeing things. I didn't recognize you until I got closer. Are you here as a guest of the Fang family today?"

"Well, the Fang family and my family are old friends."

"I see." Fu Chen nodded and smiled. "I should have asked you earlier, otherwise we could have come together. Was there any traffic jam on your way here?"

"It was stuck in traffic for a short while, but it wasn't that bad. It was just that the traffic was a little longer on the road leading to the hotel."

Fu Chen sighed helplessly, "I took the Jingjiang Expressway and was stuck in traffic for almost an hour."

Meng Sheng laughed and looked around him, "Miaomiao didn't come with you?"

"No, there are just too many people here today, and it's too chaotic to bring her along. Before I left, she threw a tantrum for quite a while, and I had to coax her for a long time before she let me out. She even made me promise to bring her a small cake tomorrow."

When Pei Sui walked over, he happened to see this scene. The two of them were standing there, not far away, chatting and laughing, as if everything around them had become their backdrop.

Especially the smile on Meng Sheng’s face was so gentle and bright?

I don't know what he's talking about, he's so happy.

Pei Sui muttered this silently in his heart, and a sour feeling continued to secrete from his heart.

It was eroding his sanity bit by bit.

For a moment, he had already taken a step forward, wanting to pull Meng Sheng into his arms, but was stopped by a voice he didn't really want to hear.

"A Sui."

Pei Sui paused, turned his head and looked over, and saw the three siblings of the Gu family walking towards him together.

Gu Ci was still wearing a pink, elegant and fresh short-sleeved cheongsam with buttons today, and a thin apricot shawl on her shoulders.

She walked in the middle, her gait was weak and graceful, her plain and pretty face was made up, and she looked very energetic.

He doesn't look like a patient at all.

She greeted him with a smile, "What a coincidence, did you just get here too?"

Gu Qinglan still remembered that he had deliberately offended her and confronted her two nights ago, so she had a sullen face since she saw him, unable to even force a fake smile. When he came close to her, she simply turned her face away, too lazy to look at him.

Gu Lin's attitude was quite easy-going. He smiled and joked with him, like a brother.

Pei Sui's attitude towards Gu Qinglan and Gu Ci was quite cold, with no expression on his face. He just nodded in response and didn't even answer Gu Ci's question.

In contrast, he responded to Gu Lin's enthusiasm with a few indifferent words, and then walked forward together.

While Pei Sui was chatting with Gu Lin, he couldn't help but look at Meng Sheng who was chatting with Fu Chen.

From the moment she approached him, Gu Ci felt his coldness and alienation.

She felt very uncomfortable, and there was a particularly strong feeling of unwillingness surging in her for no reason.

She felt annoyed whenever she saw Pei Sui being so cold towards her.

When he was looking at others, she was also observing and paying attention to him. She found that he would look in one direction from time to time, so she followed his gaze and looked in the same direction.

When she saw Meng Sheng and Fu Chen chatting happily, she was stunned for a moment, then her eyes dimmed, and the hands hanging by her side clenched tightly, and her fingertips turned slightly unhealthy white.

Soon, a surprised smile appeared on her face. "Hey, isn't that Director Meng? She's here today too? And the person next to her is... Professor Fu?"

After that, she called out, "Director Meng, Professor Fu."