The old residential complex where she rented was not strictly managed. If debt collectors came to her door, no one would be able to stop them.

Pei Zhiyu ran towards home, holding his cell phone tightly, ready to call the police at any time.

When he got downstairs, he saw Qin Hezhou standing at the door with a man. The man seemed very excited and stretched out his hand to wave at Qin Hezhou while talking.

"Bang!"

Pei Zhiyu knocked the man to the ground.

She thought debt collectors were good at fighting, so how come this one was knocked down so easily?

"Old Qin, save me!" The man grimaced in pain.

Qin Hezhou regained consciousness and hurriedly asked Pei Zhiyu to let go, "What are you doing?!"

"Isn't he a debt collector..." Pei Zhiyu said in a daze.

The man answered first: "What debt collection? I'm Xiao Liu from the community. Get out of my way!"

Pei Zhiyu then let go of his hand, helped the man up and apologized repeatedly. Xiao Liu was open-minded and just dusted himself off and left.

"You were really... a little scary just now." Qin Hezhou said.

"Who told you to hang up without explaining yourself clearly?" Pei Zhiyu glared at him, thinking that anyone who came would be scared.

Qin Hezhou explained that he was in a hurry and didn't notice. At first, he thought the visitor was malicious, but when he opened the door, he realized it was someone from the community who came to register the tenant information. Xiao Liu was very familiar with everyone and chatted with Qin Hezhou for a long time. He didn't have time to call Pei Zhiyu back.

As he was speaking, the night wind blew and Qin Hezhou subconsciously gathered up his coat.

Pei Zhiyu noticed that he was still wearing yesterday's clothes. The thin suit could not keep him warm. She convinced herself that if she wanted to help someone, she had to help him to the end.

Qin Hezhou noticed that Pei Zhiyu was distracted and asked her, "What are you thinking about?"

"Come with me somewhere." Pei Zhiyu said.

The destination was not far away and only took a few minutes to walk to, but Qin Hezhou stood at the door and was reluctant to take a step.

Qin Hezhou looked hesitant, "Do we really have to go in?"

The smell wafting from the farmers' market was extremely unpleasant. Pei Zhiyu guessed that he would resist. "You'll have to take this step sooner or later. You can't expect fresh produce to be delivered to your door every day even if you're broke."

Qin Hezhou struggled in vain and walked in with his eyes closed.

He felt like Granny Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, where everything was new to him. Qin Hezhou had never known that there were stalls selling clothes in the farmers' market.

Pei Zhiyu walked in on his own, and Qin Hezhou followed behind him and saw that all three sides were hung with cheap thick pajamas.

"Are you going to buy clothes here?" He was a little uneasy.

Pei Zhiyu nodded. "That's right." She looked Qin Hezhou up and down, then said to the shopkeeper who was looking for the goods, "Could you please see if you have any sizes that are 1.9 meters tall?"

"Are you going to buy me clothes?" Qin Hezhou asked.

Pei Zhiyu admitted generously, "It's going to get colder tonight, so buy something for emergency use first. If you need other clothes, you can buy them yourself later."

"Hey, he's really 1.9 meters tall!" The shopkeeper came over with pajamas wrapped in a plastic bag and asked Pei Zhiyu, "Do you want to open it and try it on?"

Pei Zhiyu had no intention of letting Qin Hezhou try it. She quickly paid the money and stuffed the pajamas into Qin Hezhou's arms, leaving no room for refusal.

"Why don't you buy it at the mall?" he asked.

"I was demoted." Pei Zhiyu's words left Qin Hezhou speechless.

Qin Hezhou sighed in his heart. It was his own fault for coming up with such a lame excuse of bankruptcy. Now he could only accept this kindness. He silently followed Pei Zhiyu to the front of the restaurant.

Pei Zhiyu stood still for a moment and suddenly asked him, "Would you like to have a meal?"

Normally, Qin Hezhou wouldn't even look at the fly-in-the-wall restaurant in the farmer's market, let alone go in to eat, but under the current circumstances, he really couldn't refuse her invitation.

Seeing Qin Hezhou nod, Pei Zhiyu smiled brightly.

Although the location and environment of this restaurant are average, the food is really good. However, Qin Hezhou obviously has no time to appreciate the taste. The environment is enough to make him uncomfortable. He was wiping the dishes and didn't notice that Pei Zhiyu ordered wine.

After eating for a while, Pei Zhiyu suddenly asked, "Do you know Ward?"

Qin Hezhou was stunned, looking at the bottle of white wine in Pei Zhiyu's hand and her flushed cheeks...

She was actually drunk at this moment!

Still quite drunk.

Seeing Qin Hezhou remained silent, Pei Zhiyu angrily kicked him and said, "Speak."

"Never heard of it." Qin Hezhou shook his head.

He thought Pei Zhiyu would follow up the conversation and explain to him what kind of company Ward was, but he didn't.

"I'm the R&D director of this company, and Fu Yan is my immediate superior. Last night, someone posted the story between him and me out of context on the intranet. The chairman called me in for a talk, blaming me for not being able to judge the situation, and then demoted me to a store for 'training'." Pei Zhiyu almost choked up as he spoke.

After hearing this, Qin Hezhou guessed about 70% of the situation. She was probably being framed.

"He told me to endure it, and said that all men in the world cheat, it's normal. Is that right? So you will do it too?"

Qin Hezhou had just taken a sip of soup when he choked and started coughing violently. How could this be brought up on him all of a sudden?

"Of course I won't!"

"Aren't you a man?" Pei Zhiyu asked seriously.

She couldn't control the volume when she was drunk, and the diners nearby heard the noise and started laughing.

Master Qin felt deeply embarrassed and gritted his teeth and said, "I am!"

Seeing Pei Zhiyu's red eyes and aggrieved look, he felt as if his heart was soaked in acid. Qin Hezhou sighed and said seriously:

"There are always some people in this world who, despite having clearly made mistakes, don't want to live with the guilt, so they use all sorts of ridiculous excuses to excuse themselves. Not only do they want to normalize and justify their own mistakes, but they also want to extend the blame to an entire group of men or women. I usually call people like this—"

Pei Zhiyu slammed the table and stood up, cursing, "Idiot!!!"

Qin Hezhou was so frightened that he quickly went over and pinned the man down. "Since you are so drunk, let's go back first."

Pei Zhiyu's vision was blurred, and she saw someone squatting with his back to her. She subconsciously pounced on Qin Hezhou.

"Pei Zhiyu?" Qin Hezhou reached out and patted her head gently, his voice extremely gentle: "Hold tight, or you'll fall."

Pei Zhiyu hummed and wrapped his arms tightly around Qin Hezhou's neck.

After arriving home, Qin Hezhou gently put Pei Zhiyu on the bed. Just as he was about to leave, she pulled her in front of him. Fortunately, he supported the bed in time and did not kiss Pei Zhiyu.

That night was the same...

He just came out of the hotel when he ran into the drunk Pei Zhiyu. She didn't even see who it was before she came up to him and hugged him, asking in a soft voice, "Do you want to sleep with me?"

"Qin Hezhou."

"Hmm?" Qin Hezhou came out of his memories.

Pei Zhiyu said softly: "I won't admit defeat."

She did not sleep well, and in her dream she was still holding Qin Hezhou's hand tightly.

If he continued like this, would he really be able to avoid crossing the line? He didn't know.