"Mr. Pei, please enjoy your meal."
The silence between them was broken only when the waiter placed the coffee on the tray in front of them, with the slight clinking of cutlery.
Pei Wu took a sip of her coffee, frowned slightly, and said to the barista, "Could you please give me a cup without sugar?"
"Ah, yes."
Pei Wu, the original owner of this body, was a regular customer here, and the staff seemed to serve her coffee according to the original standard.
Pei Wu didn't speak again until the shop assistant had walked away.
"I heard from your roommate that you changed to a job that requires a lot of business travel. How's it going? Is it tough?"
"Well enough."
Pei Wu nodded.
After a few polite exchanges, the atmosphere became awkward again. Pei Wu took a sip of her coffee and was about to speak again when Shen Yu Nan spoke up, "President Pei, you've come to my place. May I ask what brings you here?"
Shen Yu Nan clearly wanted to ask why the other party was interfering in his family's affairs, but the words that came out of his mouth changed.
This was the first long sentence Shen Yu Nan spoke after putting on the voice-changing necklace. In short, Dr. Sun's technique was up to par, and even Shen Yu Nan himself didn't feel that his voice was any different from his original voice.
Pei Wu replied somewhat awkwardly, "I just wanted to know how you've been lately."
Pei Wu looked at the man in front of her, who was wearing a black suit, had his bangs all combed back, and had his hair neatly styled. He had a small red mole on the tip of his nose and spoke in a calm and steady manner.
People in the company say that Shao Sang and Shen Yunan look alike, but Pei Wu feels that they only resemble each other in appearance.
Other differences include temperament, speaking style, and even the look in their eyes.
Shen Yu Nan's dark eyes held the vicissitudes of life that come with weathering many storms.
However, Pei Wu felt that Shen Yu Nan had become somewhat different after those 'threats' were gone.
Just moments ago, Pei Wu thought that drinking Americano at the age of twenty-something was excessively precocious, but now she felt that Shen Yunan's clothes and behavior actually had a mature air about him.
As Pei Wu lowered her eyes and withdrew her gaze, she stirred the coffee in her hand, causing ripples to spread across the liquid in the cup.
This ripple is like the slight ripple in Shen Yu Nan's heart at this moment, a gentle wave that he is unaware of.
Who exactly is this woman standing before me, who bears the same face as Miss Pei?
With growing doubts in his heart, Shen Yu Nan almost blurted out the question that was stuck in his throat.
But all I saw was him clenching his teeth, instinctively straightening his back, and asking, "Did President Pei interfere in my sister's affairs?"
Pei Wu raised an eyebrow and looked at Shen Yu Nan.
After a few seconds of eye contact, Pei Wu took out a paper document from the paper bag she had brought and handed it to Shen Yu Nan.
Shen Yunan frowned slightly and then looked at the documents placed in front of him.
"This is evidence of your sister's adultery. There is a record of her confession and her own fingerprint."
"What's the meaning."
“Keep a copy on hand. If the Shen family keeps entangled with you, you can personally send your sister to prison.” Pei Wu paused and then added, “I don’t really mean to send your sister to prison, but if you have the evidence, the other party will always be more cautious.”
Pei Wu never intended to hide anything from Shen Yu Nan from the beginning. After all, this was his own family matter, and rather than the Shen family letting it slip one day, she preferred to just tell him the truth herself.
"..." Shen Yu'nan subconsciously narrowed his eyes, his gaze towards Pei Wushi now carrying a more scrutinizing tone. "Who exactly are you?"
In the end, Shen Yu'nan decided to get to the bottom of things. "Miss Pei Wu doesn't have time to meddle in my family's affairs, so who exactly are you?"
Shen Yu Nan's doubts had been brewing for quite some time. Although the woman in front of him had the exact same face as Pei Wu, she was telling Shen Yu Nan in every way that she was not Pei Wu.
"..." Pei Wu was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Pei Wu."
Because of the game's settings, Pei Wu, who entered the game without changing the game settings, was assumed to have the same name and appearance as the original owner.
“I am indeed Pei Wu, but…” Pei Wu drew out the last syllable with interest. “I am indeed not Pei Wu, the young lady of the Pei family. My soul… or rather, my ‘consciousness,’ the consciousness that controls this body, comes from elsewhere.”
"..." Shen Yu Nan unconsciously clenched his hands, his eyes fixed on Pei Wu.
One reason Pei Wu didn't hide her true identity was that she knew just how much Shen Yu Nan hated the original owner of the body, 'Pei Wu'. Especially after receiving the information about Shen Yu Nan from the system, she became even more certain of this. If she continued to carry the name of the original owner who had done bad things, she would only push her target further and further away.
This is also the reason why she concluded that her recent task progress had stagnated.
How could Shen Yu Nan, who hated the original owner so much, fall in love with her? It would be better to let him know that he was just another person who looked exactly like the original owner and had the same name.
Getting the other party to believe this might be difficult, but Pei Wu was prepared for a long-term battle.
'but....'
Pei Wu looked at Shen Yu Nan, who was sitting opposite her, and he seemed to be deep in thought.
Pei Wu's words did indeed answer Shen Yu Nan's doubts. As someone whose soul had also entered another person's body, he didn't seem to reject Pei Wu's answer.
"Then why are you doing these things? What does my business have to do with you?"
"Because I want to pursue you."
"....."
A flicker of surprise crossed Shen Yu'nan's face, but then he recalled the way Pei Wu had confronted Shao Sang that day, trying to figure out how to reply to his message. At that time, he had asked Pei Wu, "Do you like Secretary Shen?"
However, Pei Wu did not answer the question, only saying that she was pursuing that meaning.
Shen Yu Nan chuckled softly, without even looking up at Pei Wu, and said with a slight part of his thin lips, "Ridiculous."
At this moment, Pei Wu didn't even know whether Shen Yu Nan's "ridiculous" was referring to the fact that she wasn't a young lady of the Pei family, or that she was pursuing him.
Pei Wu felt that, according to common sense, the existence of someone else's soul inside a body was indeed very unbelievable.
"You don't really think you can win my favor with such a small favor, do you?"
Pei Wu was indeed slightly taken aback by Shen Yu Nan's words.
Is this what he cares about?
“It’s alright, I’m prepared for a long haul,” Pei Wu replied. “However, I don’t know much about men… so please forgive me if I’ve offended you in any way. At the same time, I’m also learning how to win a man’s heart.”
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