Chapter 41 He smelled of another woman.
The office was extremely quiet, so quiet that only the ticking of the marble clock hanging on the wall could be heard.
Liao Nan tried to breathe softly.
Ji Peiheng tapped the table rhythmically with his high-end custom-made fountain pen, its metallic sheen gleaming.
He looked up: "Why?"
Ji Jinyu said, "I was originally in charge of this project, and I don't want to give it up. I know you've been negotiating a project with TR Group recently, so it's understandable that you're stretched thin."
Ji Peiheng frowned slightly, then relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his lips: "Brother, you've just returned to the company, and there are some things you're not familiar with yet. Besides, Father has put high hopes on you by putting you in charge of finance. You'd better not disappoint him."
Ji Jinyu felt conflicted. He knew he had just returned and it wasn't a good time to provoke his father. Moreover, he urgently needed to perform well at work to have a chance of marrying Shi Yue.
But the thought of Ji Peiheng treating Shi Yang badly meant that he would inevitably suffer at work.
He couldn't bear to do it.
Before he could speak, Ji Peiheng interrupted, "Big brother, don't make things difficult for me."
Ji Jinyu sighed: "Pei Heng, I know you've been proud and arrogant since you were young. Too much of a good thing can be broken. Change your personality; it will be better for yourself and for those around you."
Everyone knows perfectly well who this "person close to you" is.
Liao Nan held her breath, staring at Ji Jinyu in astonishment.
Has the eldest son gone mad? By what right does he say such a thing?
Ji Peiheng smirked, his smile ambiguous: "Big brother is right, I've learned something."
After Ji Jinyu left, Ji Peiheng's smile vanished completely, replaced by an unfathomable and sinister expression.
The atmosphere in the office was incredibly tense. There was a knock on the office door.
The assistant announced from outside, "Mr. Ji, the head of TR Group's East Asia region has arrived."
Ji Peiheng uttered a single word: "Enter."
A woman walked in through the door, dressed in a smart business suit. She had a high nose, deep and captivating eyes, full red lips, fashionable wavy hair, and bright makeup, exuding the charm of a mature woman.
"Aheng, it's been a long time." Chu He smiled slightly.
Ji Peiheng slowly raised his head, and the moment he saw her, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "It's you?"
...
Shi Yang stayed in the ward for three consecutive days. After three days, he was discharged from the hospital and no longer needed intravenous fluids.
Aunt Cui took her home.
The first thing she did when she got home was run to the mirror, look at herself for a while, and then sigh.
The rashes on her body disappeared quickly, but those on her face were slow to disappear. She touched them lightly; they were hard, swollen, and felt numb and itchy.
Aunt Cui comforted her, "Don't be afraid, madam. Take your medicine on time, and it will subside soon."
"I hope so."
Aunt Cui said, "The master won't be home for dinner tonight. If you're hungry, I'll go cook now."
"Not coming back again? Is he very busy lately?"
Shi Yang thought back and realized that Ji Peiheng seemed to have been exceptionally busy lately.
During his hospital stay, he always arrived very late. Each time he went, Shi Yang was already asleep, and by the time Shi Yang woke up, he had already gone to work.
Thinking about it, it seemed like she hadn't seen him properly for several days.
Aunt Cui said, "The group is usually very busy in the last quarter, which is normal."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yang did not press the matter further.
"I'm not very hungry, let's talk about it later."
...
Shi Yang leaned against the bed and drew for a while. When she looked at the time again, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
Ji Peiheng has not returned yet.
She turned off her tablet and lay down. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard the rustling sound of clothes being undressed in the bedroom.
Then the man lay down next to her.
She took a gentle sniff.
The familiar, crisp scent of cedarwood is mixed with some other notes, a scent that is different from usual.
She tried hard to identify the smell...
It's like... a woody rose scent that women like.
Although it was very faint, she could definitely smell it.
She never used this perfume.
My sleepiness vanished instantly.
What does it mean if a man who returns home late at night smells of another woman's perfume?
Noticing her tossing and turning, the man skillfully wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his embrace: "Can't sleep?"
"Hmm, I probably slept too much today."
Ji Peiheng whispered in her ear, "If you can't sleep, how about we do something else?"
Shi Yang's mind was in turmoil, and she had no mood for anything else. She pushed him away coldly and said, "No, you've had a long day too. Get some rest."
Ji Peiheng didn't press his way up anymore; he seemed genuinely exhausted.
Shi Yang turned around again and looked at him in the moonlight; he was already asleep.
Shi Yang couldn't sleep at all.
When Ji Peiheng woke up the next day, he raised an eyebrow slightly when he saw her appearance: "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Shi Yang, with dark circles under his eyes that looked like they were about to fall out of his mouth, forced a dry laugh: "I slept pretty well."
As soon as Ji Peiheng left, she lay on the bed, groaning and moaning in frustration.
Her eyelids were sore from the intense eye strain, but the thought of his scent made her restless.
Aunt Cui was startled when she saw her appearance: "Madam, why do you have such dark circles under your eyes? You look so pale. Are you not feeling well?"
Shi Yang buried her head in the blanket, weakly saying, "Aunt Cui, please go out. I want to be alone for a while."
At noon, Aunt Cui prepared a sumptuous lunch, but Shi Yang only ate a few bites.
She hasn't had a good appetite lately, and she looks even thinner.
Aunt Cui was afraid that if things continued like this, she would have health problems, so she called Ji Peiheng in the afternoon.
Ji Peiheng had just finished a meeting when he received the call.
"Sir, Madam seems to be in a bad mood. She didn't eat much for lunch and has stayed in her room all day."
"Try to make something she likes to eat."
"Sir, would you like to come home earlier tonight? Your wife hasn't had much of an appetite for dinner lately since you haven't been home at night."
Ji Peiheng remained silent. This heartless woman.
How could his return or not affect her appetite?
Despite his thoughts, he still said, "Okay, I'll go home tonight."
Liao Nan reminded him from the side, "President Ji, we still have dinner with TR Group tonight."
Ji Peiheng had already made his decision: "We've talked about everything that needed to be talked about. Go have dinner for me."
...
In the bedroom.
Shi Yang was also distracted while drawing. After two hours, when he looked back at his drawing, it looked like a pile of shit.
She deleted it immediately.
Just then, my phone rang.
The deer let out two soft, wild laughs: "Look up if you don't believe me, and see who Heaven spares."
She asked weakly, "What's wrong?"
Even without seeing her face, Shi Yang could picture Lu Qingqing grinning on the side of the road, showing off her big teeth.
"Honey, my boss cheated on me with his personal secretary. His wife stormed into the company and beat up the mistress in front of everyone. It's caused quite a stir, and he's been dismissed. A new leader will be taking over in a few days."
This older man had a history of tormenting Lu Qingqing; every time she submitted a video or script, he would deliberately make things difficult for her. Her application to become a local reporter was constantly being blocked by him.
Now that there's a change in leadership, she'd love to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Lu sighed softly, "To be honest, his wife is quite pitiful. She's been married to him for twenty years, from when he had nothing to when he was still with him. She even got pregnant with their third child recently, but her husband cheated on her. When he was caught, he actually said that he had only made a mistake that all men in the world would make. I think she's being unreasonable."
Shi Yang remained silent for a long time.
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