Pei Yuan's fingers were burning with pain. He looked down and saw deep teeth marks.

He pretended to be calm and raised his hand to wipe the candy off his face and rewrapped it in the candy wrapper.

It was over, Bao Ning was angry. If it was like before, she was timid and he could still be tough and scare her with a few fierce words. Now it doesn't work. She is not afraid anymore. She is so used to it that she dares to spit candy on his face.

Pei Yuan didn't have time to spit and scold who was so nosy that he leaked the matter of Qingluofang. His mind was turning quickly to think of a solution.

How can I comfort her!

Bao Ning sat on Pei Yuan's lap, lifted his chin with his fingers, and asked in a low voice: "How many things are you hiding from me?"

"Nothing." Pei Yuan looked up at Bao Ning in this slightly embarrassing posture, "Really nothing, just this one thing!"

Bao Ning asked: "Then why did you lie to me?"

Pei Yuan said honestly: "I was afraid of making you angry."

"Why should I be angry? Those are all things you did before. The past cannot be brought back. I am not angry." Bao Ning looked at Pei Yuan suspiciously, "Do you have a lover in Qingluofang? You are hiding it from me because you feel guilty?"

Pei Yuan took a breath and said: "How is it possible! How can I like those women!"

Bao Ning pursued: "What do you mean? If she is not from Qingluofang, but a good girl, beautiful and virtuous, "You like it?"

Pei Yuan couldn't defend herself. Bao Ning was not calm at all. Whatever he said was wrong. It would be better for him not to say anything. He shut his mouth.

"Okay." Bao Ning became even angrier. She pushed Pei Yuan's face away. "You can't find any words to refute it, so you acquiesce?"

Pei Yuan groaned in his heart. He never knew that women would be like this when they were making trouble. Bao Ning used to be well-behaved, sometimes arrogant and willful, but she knew the limit. Now she is completely unreasonable. It was indeed his fault. He didn't admit it generously at the beginning, but he couldn't accuse him at random!

Pei Yuan was also angry.

Bao Ning rode on his legs, and saw Pei Yuan's face suddenly sank, and his heart was panicked for a moment. She quickly calmed down. She was not panicking. It was not her who did anything wrong. Why should she panic?

To be honest, she had not actually thought about Pei Yuan having a mistress. She still believed him in this matter. Most of the words she said just now were just to irritate Pei Yuan, make him anxious, and remind him not to hide things from her in the future. However, seeing Pei Yuan's dead look, he actually lost his temper.

Bao Ning wanted to make something delicious in the evening to improve the food and reward Pei Yuan for his busy work for Ruyi Building in the past two days.

But she was not feeling well now and did not want to cook for him. She would just eat the pickled cabbage dumplings together!

Bao Ning got off him, tidied up her skirt, and went out.

Pei Yuan grabbed her sleeve and asked in a deep voice, "Where are you going?"

"You don't want to see me, and I don't want to see you either." Bao Ning didn't look at him, his eyes swept elsewhere, "Just sit here and calm down. I'll go downstairs to stew some pear soup. I'll stew a big pot of it. If there are guests, I'll give them a bowl, but not to you. If you want to go home, go home. If you want to go to Qingluofang, go to Qingluofang. I'm staying in Ruyi Tower today, so I'll stay away from you. Let's not bother each other."

Pei Yuan's face became even darker: "What's the matter, Are you going to separate?"

Baoning's wrist was hurt by his pulling. His anger had been put aside for such a long time that it turned into grievance. He looked at Pei Yuan's face with itchy teeth: "Separate if you want to separate."

Pei Yuan continued: "If you don't go home, what will happen to those little beasts you raised? The sheep will starve to death, and the dogs will starve to death. I won't collect their bodies."

Baoning thought, why does this man speak so harshly? It's so annoying.

She pursed her lips and said, "I'll have someone pick them up later and serve them delicious food and drinks. Don't worry about it."

"Have you thought it through?" Pei Yuan scolded her, "I'll give you another chance, quit while you're ahead! Don't be so arrogant and force me to get angry. If something happens, you'll be embarrassed!"

Baoning's nose was sore and her eyes were red when he scolded her. She and Pei Yuan have been together for so long. Pei Yuan loves her and has tolerated her temper. Baoning thought, don't ordinary couples also quarrel? As long as it's not too much, it's called marital interest. She just bit him, why is she angry, and he was the one who was wrong first. Is

he going to show off his masculine authority again?

Baoning felt cold in her heart. She ignored Pei Yuan and felt that her previous sincerity was like feeding a dog, a wolfhound that could rebel at any time.

She shook off Pei Yuan's hand and was about to turn around to leave when she heard Pei Yuan standing up behind her.

He took two steps to her side. Baoning was startled, thinking that he was going to hit her or something. Just as she was about to hide, she heard a very loud "Woof!"

Baoning looked at Pei Yuan in shock.

"Woof! Woof!" Pei Yuan shouted as he moved closer to Baoning. Baoning was surprised at first, then laughed out loud, followed Pei Yuan's steps and stepped back. After a few steps, she fell into the rattan chair. Pei Yuan held the armrests with his arms, his nose only an inch away from Baoning, and continued to shout: "Woof! Woof!"

"Stop it, stop it, your ears hurt." Baoning laughed so hard that she fell backwards.

Pei Yuan pressed her shoulders and barked fiercely, then continued, "I told you, don't force me, or you'll be embarrassed!"

Bao Ning smiled with mist in her eyes. In just a quarter of an hour, Bao Ning's mood changed. At first, she thought he was annoying, then she thought he was so annoying that even dogs hated him. Now, it seems that she thinks Pei Yuan is very likable. She held Pei Yuan's face and rubbed it in her palms, thinking that Pei Yuan was indeed tired and thin these two days, and she needed to nourish him.

As for the matter of Qingluofang, it was not very important anyway, so she just forgave him, after all, he was so cute when he learned to bark like a dog.

Pei Yuan rubbed his forehead against hers and asked with narrowed eyes, "Are you not angry anymore?"

Bao Ning wrinkled her nose and meowed at him.

Pei Yuan also laughed. Seeing Bao Ning calm down, he squatted down and dared to explain: "I'm not kidding you, there's no one outside, but this is really hard to say. You know how petty you are, don't say that you wouldn't be angry if I confessed at that time..."

Bao Ning glared at him: "Am I petty?"

"Well... I was judging you by my own standards." Pei Yuan bit her finger gently, "You are very generous."

Bao Ning said: "Then you shouldn't have been mean to me just now."

"I want face." Pei Yuan said, "Men all have face, you have to understand me. I also know that girls like to show off their tempers. You can show off with me, but you are not allowed to do so with others, not with Ji Yan. You can only act coquettishly in front of me. When I'm at home, I'll be in your care, you can do whatever you want, okay?"

Bao Ning asked: "What about when you're not at home?"

"When you're not at home, you have to give me face and make people think that I have the final say in this family." Pei Yuan rubbed her fingers, "Let's make a deal, okay?"

"I understand." Baoning smiled and hugged Pei Yuan's neck, and said in his ear, "I will treat you well, and make other people's husbands envy you."

Pei Yuan lifted her up by her hips and asked with a smile: "Then let's turn the page on this matter?"

"Isn't that too easy for you." Baoning leaned on Pei Yuan's shoulder, "Don't think you can fool me with just a few words. You cook dinner tonight. I want to eat braised pork."

"No, let's change to something simple."

Pei Yuan walked around the house holding Baoning. Baoning seemed to like nestling in his arms, which made him feel like he had raised a daughter in advance and was coaxing the child.

It felt very comfortable, he liked being depended on by Baoning.

"Okay, I'll make braised pork and you cook." Baoning smiled, "What else do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat the fried meatballs you made."

"Then you have to help me with the meat filling."

Pei Yuan pouted: "Then kiss me."

Baoning smiled and pushed his face away: "Stay away from me, no, no!"

...

Pei Xiao waited for Baoning in the teahouse for almost two hours.

The people he sent met Baoning in Ruyi Building and said that Baoning and Pei Yuan went into the second-floor compartment together. Baoning's face was not very good, as if he was angry. Later, he really heard the sound of arguing. Pei

Xiao was somewhat happy. He waited for Pei Yuan to be so angry that he left in anger, and then he would visit him again. Or when Baoning left angrily, he would go to meet him.

But the sun was about to set, and he drank cup after cup of tea, but there was still no other movement in Ruyi Tower.

Yuanzi, accompanied by a dark-faced guard named Chen Jia, was riding a small wooden horse at the door, smiling so hard that his teeth were exposed. Pei Xiao stood by the window and watched, and suddenly felt that Yuanzi, Baoning and Pei Yuan seemed to be a family of three. He became an outsider instead.

He was busy with affairs every day, and he took a day off today. Was it just to come and see his son having fun with others?

Pei Xiao realized the stupidity of his behavior and frowned in annoyance. He didn't want to wait any longer, so he took Chang Xi and two sword-bearing guards out of the teahouse and headed straight for Ruyi Tower.

"Young Master, Young Master!" Chang Xi called from a distance.

On the street, it was not convenient for him to call him Little Prince or Little Grandson, but it was the first time Yuanzi heard the title of Young Master, and he couldn't react, still riding the wooden horse unsteadily.

Chen Jia knew they would come, and didn't have any other reaction. He squatted aside and watched the ants build their nests in silence.

Chang Xi was completely ignored, embarrassed for a moment, and wanted to call again, but was stopped by Pei Xiao. He walked up to Yuanzi and touched his head awkwardly: "Yuanzi, I'm here to take you home."

Yuanzi looked up at him blankly. When he saw her face clearly, deep disappointment flashed across his eyes. He said "Oh", got off the wooden horse, and ran into the house: "Aunt, aunt!"

Chang Xi felt even more embarrassed. Aren't they here to pick up the children? Yuanzi's joy, or Pei Yuan's family's shock and sadness, did not appear. From beginning to end, it was as if they were performing an opera. They had waited for so long, prepared their expressions and tones, but in the end, the other party didn't care at all. Even though

his heart was surging, Pei Xiao still had a faint expression on his face. He looked at Yuanzi's back and followed.

Baoning was calculating the abacus at the counter and listening to the female accountant reconciling the accounts. Pei Yuan went through a lot of trouble to hire a female teacher, paying her three times the monthly salary of a male teacher. She was in her thirties and was very efficient. There was a pot of daffodils next to the counter. It was not the flowering season, but the leaves were growing well and were green. Bao Ning was thinking about the menu for the evening and her performance when she had an argument with Pei Yuan.

She forgave him too easily. Now thinking back, Bao Ning felt that Pei Yuan seemed to have cheated. He used the art of war. What was the name of this move? Was it a false show of strength or a feint to the east and attack in the west?

Bao Ning couldn't figure it out, and sighed in his heart that it was a pity that she was fooled by two barks. It would be difficult to find a good opportunity to punish Pei Yuan like this next time.

Yuanzi's shout brought her back to her senses, and when she looked up again, she saw Pei Xiao standing at the door.

He was wearing a dark purple robe, with a black belt around his waist and a long sword hanging from his waist. He had a noble temperament, and was very elegant and gentle.

Baoning quickly looked away. In her heart, she regarded Pei Xiao as a disaster star. She would be in trouble whenever she saw him, and wanted to send him away quickly.

Baoning hugged Yuanzi who came over and pinched his nose gently: "Okay, your family is here to pick you up. I packed your bag last night. Take it home. There are sweet cakes made by your aunt in it."

Although they knew they were leaving today, Yuanzi still cried with red eyes when they said goodbye. Baoning comforted him a few words and asked Chen Jia to send Yuanzi off.

Chen Jia held the bag in his arms and asked Pei Xiao, "Do you have a car?"

Chang Xi answered stupidly, "Yes."

Chen Jia nodded. He didn't know who Pei Xiao was. Pei Yuan didn't tell him. He thought he was just an ordinary wealthy businessman or official. Seeing Pei Xiao staring at Bao Ning, he was very unhappy.

"Sir, if you don't buy anything, don't block the door." Chen Jia pulled Pei Xiao's sleeve and pulled him out, threatening in a rough voice, "Take away your eyes, otherwise you won't know how you were beaten to death!"

Chang Xi took a breath: "You!"

Pei Xiao stopped him: "Forget it." This experience was something he had never encountered before. If someone else did it, he would be angry, but if Bao Ning drove him out. He was not so angry, he just felt novel. Pei Xiao pressed his forehead. He had a headache. Every time he met Bao Ning, something would happen to give him a headache. But he still couldn't help but see her again.

Chen Jia carried Yuanzi to the carriage and urged them to go faster. The carriage should not block the road on the street, otherwise they would be fined if they were seen by the police.

Chang Xi was so angry that his mouth was crooked and his eyes were squinting, but Pei Xiao didn't say anything to stop him, and he didn't dare to curse.

Pei Xiao sat down in the carriage and leaned back on the soft cushion. As the carriage moved forward, the shadow of Ruyi Tower gradually became farther away, and he closed his eyes to rest.

After a while, he tilted his head and asked Chang Xi: "Did you deliver the note to her?"