Chapter 45: Controlled by the System
Qin Song had secretly eaten a lot outside when buying food, so now he was not hungry at all. She couldn't finish such a big box of lunch, so she gave half to Pei Xingzhi.
"Why do you eat so little?" Pei Xingzhi looked at the little rice left in her bowl and couldn't help but worry, "Do you have a poor appetite or do you think the food doesn't suit your taste? Do you want to eat something else? I'll buy it for you."
Qin Song quickly refused: "No, no, I'm just not hungry yet, so I don't want to eat too much."
"Not hungry?" Pei Xingzhi was a little unconvinced. "You've been busy all afternoon, how can you not be hungry?"
"Why would she be hungry?" Pei Lingxuan passed by after pouring water and suddenly interrupted, "Just now outside, sister-in-law ate a pork tenderloin pie, a tray of steamed dumplings, and two starch sausages. It would be abnormal if she was still hungry."
"...Really?" Pei Xingzhi widened his eyes slightly.
"Hehe..." Qin Song smiled embarrassedly.
"It's okay." Pei Xingzhi took out a pair of disposable chopsticks and handed them to her, pulling her chair closer. "As long as you can eat your fill, it's fine. But those snacks outside are likely to be unclean. It's okay to eat them twice occasionally, but don't eat them all the time."
Qin Song: "I know."
Pei Xingzhi saw that there were not many vegetables in her bowl, so he took a piece of his own and gave it to her: "Do you like these snacks?"
Qin Song gnawed on the chicken wings: "It's okay, I just want to try it when I see it occasionally."
Pei Xingzhi looked at her and smiled: "If you want to eat it in the future, you can tell me and I will learn to make it for you."
"You're learning to do it?" Qin Song couldn't hide his shock. "You're busy enough at work, do you still have time to do this?"
Pei Xingzhi: "It won't take much time to do this. I can do it."
"Ah..." Qin Song raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of expectation, "Then thank you for your hard work?"
Pei Xingzhi shook his head: "I'm not tired, as long as you don't mind."
"You are so nice, how could I dislike you..."
When he said this, Qin Song's voice suddenly became a little softer, and his cheeks were visibly a little red.
Pei Xingzhi looked at her, the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably.
She finished eating the chicken wing in her hand, looked up and shook the loose hair in front of her forehead, and glanced inadvertently at the opposite side, but happened to meet Shen Yanhui's jealous gaze.
Shen Yanhui had been watching the two of them. His face, which had already turned green from anger, turned even greener after seeing what he saw just now.
Qin Song looked at her calmly, and after a moment, he withdrew his gaze unnoticeably.
"Xingzhi, I want to tell you something." Driven by his evil sense of humor, Qin Song suddenly wanted to tell Pei Xingzhi what Shen Yanhui had said.
Pei Xingzhi turned around and asked seriously, "What's the matter?"
Qin Song put down his chopsticks: "When I went out to buy food just now, Shen Yan came back...Shen Yan came back...she..."
"What happened to her?" Pei Xingzhi became anxious as he could not hear any further news.
"She..." Qin Song opened her mouth hard and tried to say the words she had organized, but for some reason, when she mentioned Shen Yan, her throat seemed to be stuck with glue and she couldn't utter a single word.
"She..." Qin Song held her breath. Just repeating this word took up all her strength.
"What's wrong with her?" Pei Xingzhi finally realized something was wrong and stared at Qin Song's mouth. "Xiao Song, can't you tell me?"
"I can't say it." Qin Song gave up. She was panting with exhaustion even though she had done nothing.
"Why can't you say it?" Pei Xingzhi asked puzzledly.
Qin Song touched his throat, and he was also confused: "I don't know, but I just can't say it. I can say other things normally, but I can't say this. It's like I've been cursed."
"What?" Pei Xingzhi's face changed, and he almost subconsciously grabbed Qin Song's hand, "I'll take you to the hospital!"
"No need." Qin Song smiled and comforted him, then turned around and looked at Shen Yanhui for some unknown reason. Shen Yanhui was talking to Ye Ci. When he noticed her gaze, he looked up at her.
“…”
The two gazes met briefly, and the owners of the gazes tacitly did not speak, but something became clear in an instant.
Shen Yanhui curled the corners of his lips and smiled slightly, the pride in his smile was a little dazzling.
Qin Song also laughed with her, a nonchalant laugh.
"Xiao Song, what are you looking at?" Pei Xingzhi looked at her blankly, not understanding what she and Shen Yanhui were doing.
"Nothing." Qin Song retracted his gaze, picked up his chopsticks and continued to eat. "If you can't say it, then don't say it. I'll tell you when I can say it."
Pei Xingzhi was worried: "But your throat... I'm afraid something might go wrong."
Qin Song: "It's okay, look, I'm talking fine now, right?"
"Eat. If I feel unwell I'll ask you to take me to the hospital."
"...Okay." Pei Xingzhi agreed with her. Since she repented, she has become more sensible in what she does. Pei Xingzhi was willing to believe her.
After dinner, several policemen were busy for a while before leaving. Pei Xingzhi still had work to do for another client, so he was not in a hurry to leave work.
Qin Song stayed by his side and tried to talk about that thing again, but still couldn't say it.
She was unwilling to give up, so she thought of another way -
Typing on your phone? no.
Write it down with a pen? Still doesn't work.
Tell it to others? Even worse.
She seemed to be really cursed. She couldn't say a word about Shen Yanhui.
She tried many ways to break the curse but failed, and finally had no choice but to give up.
Eh…
She leaned over the table and sighed depressedly.
The one with the system is awesome... Why doesn't she have the same treatment?
…
With Shen Yanhui's intervention, the people in the police station became much more serious in doing their work.
The next afternoon, Qin Song received news that Lin Jiahe's suspicion had been ruled out.
"Lin Jiahe was not in the country at all on the day of the incident."
Pei Xingzhi finished the work at hand and took the time to call Qin Song. He stood on the balcony of the studio, holding his cell phone in one hand and taking off his glasses with the other.
His myopia is not serious, and he can see the surrounding things roughly even without his glasses.
But in order to prevent his myopia from getting worse, he has insisted on wearing glasses over the years. The lenses blocked his beautiful eyes, and every time he took off his glasses, Qin Song would stare at him for a long time.
"I guessed it wasn't Lin Jiahe a long time ago." Qin Song turned on the speakerphone, put his phone on the table, and edited the picture while talking.
"If Lin Jiahe really hated me that much, he wouldn't have transferred the money to me."
"Hmph..." Pei Xingzhi laughed softly on the other end of the phone, "But besides him, who else has an emotional entanglement with you?"
"That's all." Qin Song put down the pen in his hand, frowned and thought carefully, "He is the only person who has truly loved me. Apart from him, no one has feelings for me..."
"Eh? Does this love-hate relationship only refer to love?"
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