Jin Wei had just lowered his eyelids and slightly raised them, licking the corner of his mouth unnaturally, and his heart was pounding rapidly.
Are you feeling better?
"Mmm," Jin Wei responded, then asked, "Where are you?"
"Downstairs at your house."
Upon hearing Pei Wu's reply, Jin Wei's heart began to beat even faster.
"I... will be home in about ten minutes."
"I'm waiting for you."
"I'll hang up now."
"good."
Just then, Zhang Yanqing, who had approached unnoticed, said softly, "If it's convenient, could we speak for a few minutes in private?"
It was as if she had been waiting for Jin Wei to finish his call.
Zhang Yanqing lowered her voice, and Jin Wei quickly declined, saying, "No need."
It wasn't until Jin Wei had walked a little further away that he noticed Pei Wu on the other end of the phone hadn't hung up. Her phone screen was still showing the call screen. He picked up the phone and listened to it again, then tentatively said "hello."
"Yes, I'm listening."
Pei Wu answered quickly.
"Why don't you... come to my place and wait there first?" Jin Wei paused slightly before continuing, "Don't you know the password?"
"...Um."
After Pei Wu gave a vague reply, Jin Wei said, "I'm hanging up."
"good."
After greeting the elders present, Jin Wei left first.
The old Jin family residence wasn't far from Jin Wei's house where he lived alone. It took Jin Wei's car about ten minutes to enter the residential area. On his way to see Pei Wu, he kept thinking about what Pei Wu had said earlier, that she wanted to hear his voice.
For Jin Wei, who had secretly loved Pei Wu for many years, this was an immense shock.
Pei Wu did not follow Jin Wei's instructions to go into the house, but instead waited downstairs for Jin Wei.
She stood in front of her car, her gaze fixed on Jin Wei's approaching vehicle.
After getting out of the car, Jin Wei slowly walked towards Pei Wu.
"Why...didn't they go up?"
Pei Wu smiled and shook her head. "Well, it's a man's house alone. We'll have to wait for you to come before we can talk about it."
"But you carried things for me last night."
"..." Pei Wu was speechless for a moment and lowered her eyes slightly. "Last night was a special case."
Hearing Pei Wu's words, Jin Wei raised his eyebrows slightly and then said, "I remember we were a couple in the game..."
Jin Wei started his sentence with a high pitch, but his voice grew softer and softer towards the end, and the last two words, "husband and wife," were carried away by the wind and became indistinct.
Jin Wei awkwardly shifted his gaze away from Pei Wu, his ear tips visibly turning red.
Pei Wu heard Jin Wei's last two words indistinctly, but she clearly caught the shape of his lips. She was slightly taken aback, then suddenly laughed, "You're right, we were once... husband and wife. My behavior seems too deliberate."
"So...can I hold your hand now? If you don't want to, you can just say no."
Pei Wu's sudden change in attitude surprised Jin Wei, who was amazed by her transformation.
However, for Pei Wu, who has a complete memory, Jin Wei, who is standing in front of her, was once married to her. The two bought a new house together, and every piece of furniture and every piece of tableware in the new house was chosen by the two of them together.
They not only slept in each other's arms every night, even having intimate contact... but also nurtured and looked forward to the arrival of a little life.
It could be said that she had become accustomed to married life, and the return to reality made her feel...uncomfortable.
Pei Wu took Jin Wei's hand.
"...."
"....."
The two clasped hands but remained silent for a long time. After a long while, Jin Wei seemed to find his voice and said, "I... I was indeed at a family dinner just now. I don't know why she was there today."
"Huh?" Pei Wu took a moment to realize that the 'she' the other person was referring to was Zhang Yanqing, and then continued, "As partners, mutual trust is essential."
"..." Jin Wei pursed his lips slightly.
On his way here, he was thinking about how to explain Zhang Yanqing, who had appeared on his phone, to Pei Wu, but Pei Wu's words rendered his prepared explanation useless.
"It's still early, shall we go upstairs for a coffee?"
"...good."
Jin Wei's apartment is on the top floor with a superb view. Sitting on the pure black sofa in the living room, you can overlook the neon lights of the entire city through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Next to the floor-to-ceiling windows is a pure black piano.
The piano's owner clearly played it frequently, as sheet music was placed on it.
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