*
Shen Yu'nan, who inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, was also surprised by his own actions.
'What's wrong with me? I actually feel... relieved that Pei Wu rejected Dr. Sun.'
Shen Yu Nan was unaware that his gaze kept falling on Pei Wu, but he frowned slightly when he thought of this.
Sun Min glanced in Shen Yu Nan's direction, a faint smile playing on her lips. "Alright, we'll do it the way you suggested, Miss Pei. Once you've finalized the selection, I'll be responsible for delivering the robot."
"Um."
Pei Wu also planned to set up a product experience department in the company for this project. She and Sun Min returned to the conference room and discussed the details of the group's product experience before preparing to leave.
On the way back, Shen Yu'nan, for the first time ever, sat in the back seat. The car drove for a long time, but he remained silent.
When I left the research institute, it was already dark outside. Now that we were in the city, the view outside the car window was filled with neon lights.
As Pei Wu stepped on the brake and waited at the red light, she glanced at Shao Sang sitting in the back seat through the mirror.
The car was completely silent; you could even hear the noise from outside.
Pei Wu, who was usually calm and composed, felt unusually agitated. She tapped the steering wheel faster and faster, and finally decided to speak first.
"I'm sorry about what happened that day."
Regardless of the reason, the person who did something wrong that day was myself, who pinned the other person down and repeatedly demanded more from them.
"..." Shen Yu Nan slowly raised his eyelids to look back at Pei Wu, who was looking at him in the mirror.
In the dimly lit car, Pei Wu couldn't see the other person's expression clearly, only their obsidian-like eyes.
His dark eyes were moist, with a slight red tinge at the bottom.
His red, wet eyes made him look exactly like a little white rabbit who had been bullied and suffered great injustice. Shen Yu Nan's appearance made Pei Wu, who was already feeling guilty, feel even more distressed and remorseful.
The atmosphere inside the car was slightly tense.
Sitting in the back row, Shen Yu'nan pursed his lips slightly, but instead of answering Pei Wu's question, he asked, "Why didn't Miss accept Dr. Sun's gift?"
After he finished speaking, a flash of light and shadow made it impossible for Pei Wu to even see the other person's eyes clearly.
The car behind her honked several times to urge her on, so Pei Wu could only look away and continue driving.
Pei Wu, who had turned her gaze away, did not notice that the redness in Shen Yu Nan's eyes was just the color of the taillights outside the car window. Even the wet, as if he had just been crying black eyes were just an illusion created by the interplay of light and shadow outside the car window.
In fact, Shen Yu'nan is only in his early twenties, but he has experienced so much that he gives the illusion of being mature beyond his years.
He didn't know why he blurted out the question, but he felt a sharp pang of sadness in his heart.
However, at least he is now certain that Pei Wu did indeed take his ploy as her forcing herself on him that night.
At least things are currently developing as he had hoped.
Pei Wu's car drove for quite a while before Shen Yunan spoke again.
“Miss, there’s no need to blame yourself. What happened that night wasn’t your fault. It’s just that when I found you that night, you were already… in that state. I remember what you said to me, but… you were very strong, and I couldn’t break free.”
As soon as Shen Yu Nan finished speaking, Pei Wu slammed on the brakes.
The car's sudden braking caused Shen Yu Nan, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt in the back, to lurch forward. In an instant, the distance between them was reduced, and Pei Wu could once again clearly smell his scent.
Shen Yu Nan, however, bumped into the back of the chair due to inertia and accidentally hurt his nose.
When Pei Wu turned around to look at him, she saw him covering his nose in pain, and his eyes reddened with pain.
My heart softened for no reason.
The car horns behind them kept honking incessantly, which made Pei Wu feel even more annoyed.
They soon arrived at the apartment where the two lived.
After Pei Wu parked the car, she adjusted the position of the mirror. The adjusted mirror allowed her to see Shen Yu Nan clearly. Pei Wu already thought that Shao Sang looked innocent, and with the red mark on the tip of her nose from the impact, she looked even more like a pitiful little white rabbit.
"......"
Pei Wu looked at Shao Sang in the mirror and suddenly let out a long sigh.
Pei Wu, who was already feeling guilty, felt even more distressed after hearing what the other person had just said. She had asked the other person to only do work-related things, but now she was the one who forced the other person to do that kind of thing.
She felt utterly awful.
Shen Yunan looked at Pei Wu's appearance, pondered for a moment, and then the two of them got out of the car and walked one after the other in the parking lot.
Shao Sang walked at a slower pace, falling about four or five steps behind Pei Wu.
Shen Yu'nan stopped just before reaching the elevator, watching Pei Wu's retreating figure and saying...
“Since Miss doesn’t like this matter, then let’s not bring it up again. Shao Sang is just a robot, Miss, you don’t need to take it too seriously. This is just a function I have. Miss, you really… don’t need to take it to heart.”
The parking lot was empty and dimly lit.
Shao Sang's voice was different from the mature-beyond-his-years Shen Yunan; it had a youthful energy that was quite in line with his age.
Pei Wu, who was walking ahead, turned around to look at Shao Sang, who was talking to her.
"Shao Sang's original intention was not to cause Miss such trouble... Shao Sang just wanted to help Miss solve the problem... But... have I been adding to Miss's troubles and making things difficult for her? If I'm making Miss unhappy like this, then Miss, you should just return me to the research institute. It doesn't matter if Dr. Sun destroys me."
"..." Seeing Shao Sang's pitiful appearance, Pei Wu subconsciously swallowed hard. "I don't blame you."
With things having developed to this point, Pei Wu could only blame herself, blaming herself for giving others an opportunity to exploit her weakness.
"Miss, you're clearly blaming me. You won't even talk to me anymore."
Pei Wu was silent for a moment, then looked at Shao Sang for a moment before lowering her eyes and said, "Let's go back. What kind of behavior is this in public?"
"..." Seeing this, Shen Yu'nan could only stop while he was ahead. In short, not having to send him away like last time was a significant step forward.
'Sure enough, women like men who are gentle and submissive.'
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