Chapter 17 I'm Sorry

After Yu Zhi followed the bodyguard home, it was already completely dark.

Inside the hall, the table was filled with delicacies. Candles were lit on high stands, emitting light in the dim environment. Fine wines that had just been taken out of the wine cellar were also placed on the table.

Pei Yuezhou sat upright with his eyes lowered. The candlelight outlined his eye-catching facial features, making it inexplicably difficult to look away.

I don't know how long he waited.

Yu Zhi looked at this heartwarming scene, but her chest felt like a huge rock was pressing on it, causing it to ache.

He must have been tormented during that time.

But he always looks calm and composed.

She lifted her legs and walked in.

"Ayue, I'm back."

In fact, Pei Yuezhou had noticed her a long time ago, but he was just waiting for Yu Zhi to speak first.

"Well, come and eat."

Pei Yuezhou noticed something from her face, so he threw away the words that Lin Zhi had taught him and served her soup naturally.

Yu Zhi sat down beside her and silently drank the soup he handed her. The familiar taste surprised her: "Did you cook this tonight?"

"Yeah." Pei Yuezhou looked calm on his face, but his increasing grip on the spoon betrayed him.

“How does the soup taste?”

Yu Zhi praised it generously: "It tastes as good as ever!"

Pei Yuezhou's tense jaw secretly relaxed a little. The soup had been heated up twice, and fortunately it tasted okay.

Yu Zhi: "Ayue, I want to drink."

Pei Yuezhou had no intention of letting her drink, and the red wine on the table was just brought from the wine cellar for decoration. But thinking of her low mood before she came in, he hesitated for a moment and still handed the wine glass to her.

"Don't drink too much."

He hid the emotions in his eyes very well, and looked at Yu Zhi calmly and inquiringly.

Did he have a big fight with Song Chuhe? Or did something else happen afterwards?

When Yu Zhi ordered the bodyguards not to follow, Pei Yuezhou also knew the news. If Yu Zhi had not agreed on the time in advance, he would not have been able to sit here.

He only knew her approximate location, and had no idea who she met or what happened after that.

Pei Yuezhou frowned slightly, looking like he had been wronged.

He began to regret letting Yu Zhi act alone.

Yu Zhi was completely unaware of Pei Yuezhou's mental journey. While Pei Yuezhou was deep in thought and not paying attention to her, Yu Zhi quietly poured herself another glass.

He spoke carefully, still thinking about how to ask: "Are you... unhappy?"

Yu Zhi looked at him with her wet eyes, "Well, I'm not happy. Can I have another drink?"

Pei Yuezhou moved his lips, but before he could open his mouth to refuse, his sleeve was grabbed by Yu Zhi, who tugged at it lightly, like a coquettish kitten, making it hard to refuse.

For some reason, Pei Yuezhou felt a little dry in the mouth.

In the end, he was defeated.

"Pour it yourself."

Never mind, just a couple of drinks.

With him watching, everything should be fine.

Yu Zhi felt briefly happy while pouring who knows how many glasses of wine.

"Did someone bully you?"

Pei Yuezhou seemed calm when he asked this question, but in fact he was just hiding it very well. The veins on the back of his other hand, which was placed under the table, were faintly bulging.

Yu Zhi shook her head. Probably because of the alcohol, she looked a little tipsy. She stood up slowly and staggered a bit, but luckily she held on to the chair.

Pei Yuezhou frowned slightly and subconsciously stood up to protect her.

Isn't this just her second drink? She can't drink that badly, right?

But when he glanced at the wine bottle that was almost empty, he burst into laughter out of anger.

The lighting was bad, and he was so lost in thought that he didn't notice her little movement.

Pei Yuezhou pinched her smooth cheeks hard and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you say you wouldn't drink too much? You little liar."

The moisture in Yu Zhi's eyes suddenly overflowed, and she cried and hugged Pei Yuezhou's thin waist: "A Yue..."

Pei Yuezhou was stunned for a moment, his expression cracked. Did he hurt her?

For a moment, the hand didn't know where to put it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't use enough force."

Yu Zhi didn't hear what he said at all. Under the influence of alcohol, she was just immersed in her own sadness.

Pei Yuezhou, who was always moody, was extraordinarily patient at this moment. He let Yu Zhi wet the front of his clothes and gently soothed her back with his hands.

He lifted her little face, lowered his head and leaned closer, his voice slightly inducing: "Tell me what happened, ok?"

Yu Zhi refused to say a word and only made one request: "I want to go outside to get some fresh air. I want you to carry me on your back."

She never mentioned it, and Pei Yuezhou could afford to waste time.

Without thinking, he turned his back and squatted down.

Yu Zhi was very light and was hardly a burden on Pei Yuezhou. He left the hall and came to the flower forest with the best environment in the old house.

There is a faint fragrance hidden in the air, and sometimes a gust of wind blows down a few petals.

In the dim light, he vaguely heard Yu Zhi mutter: "If only you had come back earlier..."

Pei Yuezhou didn't hear clearly: "What?"

Yu Zhi shook her head, and tears came out. She tried to swallow back her sobs, but they became more obvious.

Pei Yuezhou didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Some dangerous signals gradually appeared in his eyes.

Anyone who bullies her deserves to die.

It was not until Pei Yuezhou reached the depths of the flower forest that Yu Zhi's crying gradually stopped.

"Ayue, I'm sorry."

Her voice wasn't very loud.

In the dark night, it mixed with the wind and dissipated around.

But this time, Pei Yuezhou heard it clearly and he stopped.

The pleasant voice was full of confusion: "Why apologize?"

I don’t know if Yu Zhi was confused because she was drunk or crying, but she kept talking to herself: “You haven’t had a good life these years. They all bullied you… They bullied you… I couldn’t do anything. Wuuuu, I wasn’t good to you either…”

The slightly cool tears dripped onto his collarbone, causing his breathing to stagnate and his throat to feel like it was blocked by something.

But what really made him lose his mind was Yu Zhi's words.

The originally scarred heart seemed to have grasped a glimmer of hope and had the possibility of recovery.

It took him a long time to find his voice, and for a moment he was a little hoarse: "So, how have you been these years?"

"No, not at all. I don't like it there at all. I miss you, my brother, and I want to go home."

Pei Yuezhou's eyes grew darker. In fact, he had already guessed it a long time ago. Now that he heard her say it, he did not feel relieved, but felt his chest became more stuffy.

"Then, will you leave?"

No one knew how fast Pei Yuezhou's heart was beating when he asked this question. He had always been in control of everything, and rarely had he experienced such a panic-inducing feeling of being out of control.

"Um... no more."

He finally exhaled the foul air that was stuck in his chest.

Only then did Pei Yuezhou realize that there was a thin layer of cold sweat on his forehead.

For some reason, he now urgently wanted to see Yu Zhi and wanted to... hug her.

So, he put Yu Zhi on the bench, and before she could react, he half-knelt and hugged her.

The force was so strong that it seemed to merge the two of them into one. It was not until Yu Zhi whimpered and said she was uncomfortable that he realized he had been too aggressive and quickly relaxed a little.

Pei Yuezhou followed Yu Zhi's pull and sat down next to her, only to be met with her stern scolding: "Look at you, when I was making a fuss about not wanting to marry you, didn't you use any tricks? This whole forced love thing, it really wastes your domineering CEO status!"

Pei Yuezhou confirmed that he was indeed drunk and started talking nonsense.

But what he said made him laugh uncontrollably.

Pei Yuezhou looked at him leisurely. The evening breeze made the hair on his forehead a little messy, which was also particularly attractive.

"Do you think that if I hadn't used any tricks, you would be sitting there quietly as Mrs. Pei?"

But it's obvious that trying to communicate properly with someone who's drunk is absolutely unrealistic.

Pei Yuezhou was still waiting to see her expression, but she just rested her head on his shoulder and fell into a deep sleep.

Pei Yuezhou: "..."