Pei Siyu casually unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt and said jokingly, "Can't I just let you have your way?"

"I...I...just want to do what I can for Master Pei."

She feigned composure and forced a dry laugh.

Now is not the time to play the victim!

At this critical moment, feigning weakness and resorting to the same old trick will not only fail to make Pei Siyu show mercy, but will also arouse his primal desires even more.

Pei Siyu's eyes curved into a slight smile. "Helping me vent is something you can do."

He lowered his eyes slightly, his gaze on Mingyao becoming even sharper, as if trying to see through her face and understand all her thoughts.

He suddenly became very curious about how many faces Mingyao had.

She usually has red eyes, looking delicate and on the verge of tears, while saying caring and considerate things to him.

At this critical moment, she became quick-witted and tried to calm herself down, showing no trace of the gentleness she was remembered.

Which side is the real her?

Pei Siyu's immense curiosity and strange desire for revenge intensified his interest in Mingyao.

He raised his hand, his sandalwood-scented fingertips sliding down her cheek and pausing at her chest.

Mingyao cursed inwardly.

She is a person with dignity and principles! Not a tool!

"Su Xueya, you can't escape today."

Pei Siyu leaned down, his high, straight nose touching Ming Yao's red cheek, which was almost red enough to draw blood.

Overwhelmed by humiliation and injustice, Mingyao's eyes stung, and her voice trembled with tears, "No!"

An untimely knock came at the door. Wu Ma said, "Master Pei, the milk is ready."

Mingyao immediately grabbed her collar as if she had found a savior, then blushed and lowered her head, hurriedly buttoning her shirt up to her neck, afraid of exposing even an inch of skin.

Pei Siyu took in her panic and helplessness, and a smile, which he didn't even notice, curled up at the corner of his taut lips.

Mingyao exhaled a breath of stale air, quickly tidied her disheveled hair, and calmly took a few steps back.

She now has a psychological trauma related to Pei Siyu.

"Come in."

Pei Siyu withdrew his gaze, reverting to his usual coldness and indifference.

Aunt Wu pushed open the door, her gaze lingering on Mingyao's flushed cheeks before quickly looking away.

She didn't linger in the study, leaving only after putting down the milk, saying, "I won't disturb Mr. Pei and Miss Su."

After saying that, Aunt Wu thoughtfully closed the study door.

Mingyao: "..."

It seems that Aunt Wu has misunderstood something.

She couldn't stay with Pei Siyu any longer.

"Master Pei."

Mingyao lowered her head, feigning grievance, and murmured, "I won't bother you anymore."

As she turned around, Pei Siyu's chilling voice rang out, "Didn't you come here to say something?"

"I……"

Mingyao curled her hands, wanting to leave quickly but unwilling to let go of this opportunity.

Pei Siyu's initiative to ask might be due to the intimate contact the two had just had.

This kind of opportunity is rare!

Mingyao exhaled a breath of stale air, turned around, glanced quickly into his eyes, and then said, "Nothing really happened between me and Boss Wang."

"Yes, I know."

Pei Siyu didn't even lift his eyelids, and his voice remained flat and without any fluctuation.

Mingyao was dumbfounded.

He knew why she suddenly went mad, yet he still tried to rape her!

Was it intentional?

Mingyao was completely baffled. She pinched her knuckles, unsure of what to ask.

An eerie silence filled the large study.

The intimate contact that had occurred before Wu Ma arrived was enough to make her scalp tingle, and coupled with the awkward atmosphere in the study now, Mingyao's toes gripped the ground, wishing she could run away immediately.

The silence between the two filled the study with a deathly stillness.

Her heart pounded like a drum, and Mingyao broke the silence first, "Mr. Pei, Manager Zhang is treating everyone to dinner tomorrow, can you come?"

She mustered all her courage to say those words.

Mingyao looked at Pei Siyu sheepishly, her voice timid, just like a frightened little rabbit.

"Um."

He gave Mingyao a brief reply.

Mingyao paused for a moment, then said, "I will send a message to Master Pei after confirming the location and time tomorrow."

Pei Siyu replied with an "Mm," and Mingyao emerged from the study in a daze.

You just agreed like that?

Moreover, Pei Siyu doesn't like attending parties. He would even repeatedly decline gatherings with friends, let alone company parties.

Mingyao returned to her room in a daze and pinched the tender flesh on her leg.

"hiss."

It hurts; I'm not dreaming.

Mingyao rolled over on the bed, and just as she grinned, she suddenly sat up. "Was my strategy effective or not?"

Pei Siyu is acting strangely today, his emotions are fluctuating wildly.

One moment he's fierce towards her, as if he wants to tear her apart, and the next he's aloof, yet he'll answer all her questions.

Unable to figure it out, Mingyao rummaged through her bag, preparing to destroy the recorder.

She searched the room but couldn't find the recorder. "Could it have fallen somewhere?"

Unconvinced, Mingyao emptied everything from her bag onto the bed and searched through all the pockets, but still found nothing!

Her heart sank to the bottom, and her face turned ashen.

She clearly put it in her bag before leaving get off work, so why can't she find it?

Mingyao carefully inspected the bag and found no holes.

She searched carefully on the ground again, but still couldn't find the recorder.

Did I leave it at the company?

Mingyao searched the Pei family mansion thoroughly but found nothing.

It was getting late, and she paced restlessly back and forth in the room, unable to fall asleep at all.

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