Chapter 59 [VIP]

Pei Xingzhi had stirred up the fire first, but he himself had lost his energy. He lay exhausted on the bed, letting Xie Nanyi tear off the sheets and throw them on the floor before carrying him into the bathroom.

Pei Xingzhi initially wanted to refuse, but then he remembered that he had already been seen naked by him, so he simply let him have his way.

Being forced to take a cold shower early in the morning made him feel a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, the reason for the shower was somewhat acceptable. Pei Xingzhi was wrapped in a bath towel and carried back to bed by Xie Nanyi. Compared to the energetic Xie Nanyi, Pei Xingzhi looked quite listless.

"Tired?" Xie Nan asked, his meaning ambiguous.

"No." Pei Xingzhi shook his head, then leaned back against Xie Nanyi and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"This is my good morning kiss."

The sudden soft touch on her cheek made Xie Nanyi's heart skip a beat.

Pei Xingzhi wrapped his arms around Xie Nanyi's neck, his warm breath spraying onto Xie Nanyi's face. Xie Nanyi, however, seemed frozen in place, remaining unresponsive for a long time.

Was he dreaming? He probably hadn't woken up yet. Otherwise, why would Pei Xingzhi treat him like this?

Could it be that he's been deprived of relaxation for too long, causing his pheromones to become too concentrated and his mind to go blank? From last night until now, it feels like he's dreaming.

No, it's not a dream.

Even in a dream, Pei Xingzhi would never be this gentle with her.

Was he really hallucinating after going mad?

"Hey—Xie—Nan—"

Pei Xingzhi whispered in his ear, but the man seemed bewitched and didn't respond to anything he said. Pei Xingzhi looked at the unresponsive man in front of him, and seeing that his voice couldn't wake him, he could only turn his head to face him.

"Xiao Zhi..." Xie Nanyi came back to her senses, and her voice changed slightly under Pei Xingzhi's forceful pinching of her cheeks.

"What's wrong with you? You're ignoring me when I talk to you." Pei Xingzhi pouted and acted coquettishly, feeling wronged. Xie Nan saw him like this, pinched her thigh, felt a clear pain, and then spoke hesitantly.

"Xiao Zhi, are you sick?"

"What?" Seeing the genuine worry on Xie Nanyi's face when he said this, Pei Xingzhi found it amusing, yet also somewhat endearing in Xie Nanyi's dazed expression. He covered his mouth, turned his head, and chuckled to himself. Then, he poked Xie Nanyi's head with his index finger and said in a slightly complaining tone, "What's wrong? Didn't you say you liked me before? Now you don't like me anymore?"

Xie Nanyi felt wronged for being unfairly blamed, but he couldn't understand Pei Xingzhi's change in attitude.

The last time we met, she said she hated him, but now they're as affectionate as a couple deeply in love.

Although he was pleased with the current situation, he felt more uneasy. Pei Xingzhi always had his own motives. He could choose to sign a marriage agreement with him to save his brother, and his current actions were probably also for some other purpose.

In short, it couldn't be because she liked him.

"Xiao Zhi." Xie Nanyi quickly composed herself, grabbed Pei Xingzhi's arm, and pressed him down to sit.

When he took a shower, he grabbed the wrong pajamas, and Pei Xingzhi was still wearing his pajamas. Alpha pajamas are naturally much too big for Betas. Pei Xingzhi didn't feel anything when he raised his arms, but now that he has his arms down, the loose neckline hangs down naturally, and from Xie Nanyi's perspective, one can just see the glimpse of Pei Xingzhi's cleavage through the loose neckline.

"What's wrong?" Pei Xingzhi stared at him with his beautiful eyes, and Xie Nanyi was momentarily stunned by the gaze. He was stunned for a few seconds before he spoke.

"Why are you suddenly like this?" He didn't beat around the bush with any questions; he didn't want to test anything further, especially not with Pei Xingzhi. His past experiences told him that when communicating with Pei Xingzhi, the more direct the better.

"What?" Pei Xingzhi pretended not to understand his question, tilting his head and looking up at him.

"Xiao Zhi, you know what I'm talking about." Xie Nanyi didn't give him a chance to play dumb. He bent down slightly, almost touching Pei Xingzhi. "Why are you doing this all of a sudden? Are you trying to please me, or do you have some other purpose?"

Seeing Xie Nanyi's serious expression, Pei Xingzhi couldn't help but laugh out loud. He pushed Xie Nanyi's face away a little, brushed a stray strand of hair behind his ear, and said, "Your stereotypes about me are way too strong. Does being a little nice to you mean I have ulterior motives?"

“But I never imagined you would do this to me.” Xie Nanyi answered quickly. Pei Xingzhi lowered his head and thought for a moment, realizing that he also couldn’t understand the meaning behind his actions.

Perhaps... he wanted to show some concern for poor Xie Nanyi before leaving?

What a ridiculous reason.

Pei Xingzhi would naturally not answer like that; even if he did, Xie Nanyi wouldn't believe him if he gave such an emotional answer.

"Because I want you to be nicer to me."

Xie Nanyi didn't reply. Pei Xingzhi's answer was so obviously fake that he would have to be a fool to believe it.

"Alright." Seeing that Xie Nanyi remained unchanged, Pei Xingzhi could only shrug helplessly and reveal his purpose.

"I wouldn't say I'm trying to curry favor with you; I just want to use your family's influence to help me get rid of some trouble."

"What trouble?" Xie Nanyi readily agreed, but it was clear that he still had some reservations about Pei Xingzhi's words—he didn't completely believe Pei Xingzhi.

"I'd like your help to deal with the rumors circulating at school. Although these rumors don't cause me any real harm, it's still very uncomfortable to hear all sorts of gossip every day. Also, there are people spreading these rumors, and I hope you can help me resolve that."

"Just because of that?" Xie Nanyi raised an eyebrow, still doubting Pei Xingzhi's words. If it was just for such a simple reason that she would endure disgust and be so intimate with him...

This is so unlike Pei Xingzhi.

“Of course not,” Pei Xingzhi replied, continuing, “I also need you to help me get rid of those teachers who are always causing me trouble, but you can’t let others know that the Xie family did these things, and you can’t let others know that these things are related to me. You have to find a reasonable reason so that others won’t suspect me.”

Furthermore, I don't want my family to know about these things. Regarding our marriage agreement, I hope you can keep it a secret from my family—neither my parents nor my brother.

"Is there anything else?" Xie Nanyi listened patiently to him, and then asked again at the end.

"That's all for now." Pei Xingzhi hadn't expected Xie Nanyi to be so agreeable. The matter Pei Xingzhi mentioned wasn't difficult for the Xie family given their resources, but his requirement that the Xie family's involvement be kept secret from others made implementation somewhat troublesome.

"Okay." Xie Nanyi nodded, took out his phone without hesitation and sent a message. His fingers tapped and paused on the screen, as if he was carefully explaining something.

Pei Xingzhi had no interest in prying into other people's privacy. He glanced at the time and simply got up to wash up.

Pei Xingzhi finished washing up and quickly heated up a fast food breakfast. Xie Nanyi was walking towards the living room while looking at her phone.

He wore a white sleeveless T-shirt and gray trousers, showcasing his excellent physique. Coupled with his languid gait, Pei Xingzhi had an inexplicable feeling that the two of them were an old married couple.

That's insane.

Pei Xingzhi shook his head, ignored Xie Nanyi who came out, and sat down at the dining table to eat alone.

His sense of taste was sometimes good and sometimes bad, so his standards for food also dropped. When he was alone, he would just eat a few bites to keep up with the energy he needed for daily life. When Wuyun was around, he would open a bottle of milk. But because he had been so busy lately that he could hardly take care of Wuyun, he simply sent Wuyun to Chuling's place to have him look after her. Anyway, the two lived close by, so he could just go upstairs whenever he wanted to see Wuyun.

Now that the dark clouds have dispersed, Pei Xingzhi is too lazy to even drink the only decent milk. He makes breakfast haphazardly every day, so his breakfast can only be described as "filling his stomach."

Xie Nanyi slowly approached, turned off her phone, and glanced at the food on the dining table.

"You're going to eat this?" He frowned, unable to reconcile the unidentified object on the table with the word "food."

"It's not like I'm giving it to you to eat, why do you care so much?" The brief moment of tenderness between the two was fleeting. Less than an hour had passed since their skin touched, and Pei Xingzhi had already turned on him.

Hearing Pei Xingzhi's familiar, sarcastic tone again, Xie Nanyi sighed with a touch of melancholy and reached out to dump everything on the table into the trash can.

Pei Xingzhi slammed his fist on the table and roared that Xie Nanyi's behavior was a waste of food when his breakfast suddenly ended up in the trash can.

"You're wasting food by preparing it like this." Xie Nanyi put the empty plate on the table, wiped her hands with a paper towel, and made no attempt to hide her disdain for Pei Xingzhi's breakfast. "Don't eat that. I've had someone bring breakfast."

"I won't eat your food." Pei Xingzhi said this, but when breakfast was served, he didn't refuse at all and picked up the utensils to eat.

Although his sense of taste is not sensitive and he cannot distinguish whether something tastes good or bad, his brain can still make that distinction.

Xie Nanyi sat down opposite him, glanced at her phone, then looked up at Pei Xingzhi, and waited until he finished eating before pushing her phone screen up in front of him.

"It's done." Xie Nanyi's words came out of nowhere. Pei Xingzhi swallowed the sandwich in his mouth and leaned forward to take a look.

The screen displayed the trending topics. Pei Xingzhi looked up at Xie Nanyi, puzzled. Xie Nanyi pointed to the top trending topic, which was none other than their university.

Pei Xingzhi glanced at him suspiciously, then clicked into the entry to take a look.

The pinned entry is from the Central Daily News, while the blog post can be summarized as follows: A freshman and sophomore student at the Alliance University attempted to rape an Alpha and an Omega.

Upon seeing this content, Pei Xingzhi roughly realized something. Scrolling down further, he saw that the Alliance University had already expelled the student involved. The student's headshot was not blurred as usual, but appeared directly in the related blog post. The group of people in the lead were the ones who had spread the most rumors about Pei Xingzhi and had taken advantage of his experiments the most.

Rape/sexual assault of an Alpha.

Pei Xingzhi looked at the charge and couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

How dare they rape an Alpha? They only dare to bully Betas.

Although these individuals only dared to spread rumors about Pei Xingzhi due to his reputation and Xie Nanyi's presence, they were not so polite to the other Betas. Many other Betas in his academy had been harassed by these people, but in the end, nothing came of it.

They couldn't be convicted of a legitimate crime for causing substantial harm to so many Betas, but the mere intention to "rape" an Alpha and an Omega was enough to expel them from school.

Xie Nanyi's method of punishment is disgusting. Once this crime is pinned on them, it can never be washed away for life. They will forever bear the label of "rapist."

He only told Xie Nanyi to use public opinion to make it impossible for these people to make a comeback, but he didn't expect that he would do it so perfectly, even completely erasing their chance to turn things around.

That's fine too.