Chapter 21: The Twenty-first Day of Reservedness He always wanted to spend more time with Dan...
"Pei Yunhe?"
Shan Yin was a little surprised. He called out to Pei Yunhe, but his voice was a little louder, and his throat immediately felt uncomfortable.
She held her throat and stood up. He Yuxian also stood up beside her and handed her the warm water on the coffee table.
"Drink some water first."
Shan Yin took it politely, nodded to He Yuxian, and then looked at Pei Yunhe again.
"Why are you back so early?"
Her throat was uncomfortable and she frowned as she spoke, which was noticed carefully by Pei Yunhe.
Oh.
It's so uncomfortable to talk to him. Didn't I just talk to He Yuxian for so long?
He Yuxian reached out to pat Shan Yin's back, but caught a glimpse of Pei Yunhe's cold gaze. He held his hand in mid-air, then felt something was wrong and put it down again.
But he did not leave Shan Yin's side. Instead, he reached out to take the cup of water for her and put it back next to a pile of documents on the coffee table.
"If your throat is uncomfortable, just talk less. I'll speak for you if you have anything to say." He Yuxian said.
Pei Yunhe saw that He Yuxian was familiar with the place and did not show any courtesy as an outsider.
On the contrary, the two of them stood together, looking at him in unison, as if he, the host, was interfering.
This is outrageous.
Pei Yunhe's expression grew even colder. He glanced at He Yuxian, raised his chin, and casually replied, "The property management told me there was a fire in my backyard."
"Fire?" Shan Yin's eyes widened when he heard this strange word, and he subconsciously turned around to look outside, "No fire..."
After coming to her senses, she noticed that Pei Yunhe was a little unhappy, so she turned around and introduced him to him: "Brother Xian, you know him. He is the lawyer of the Su family. I invited him to discuss something."
"Is that why you just want to kick me out?" he retorted unhappily.
He Yuxian immediately frowned.
"no."
Pei Yunhe's words were too obviously sarcastic. Shan Yin knew that he was unhappy, and she didn't want him to be unhappy, but some things were hard to say right now.
"I didn't hide it from you. I told you this morning that I had some family matters to take care of, so I wanted to trouble Brother Xian."
She kept calling him "Brother Youxian", which Pei Yunhe found more and more irritating.
He was furious and annoyed, but when he saw Shan Yin's embarrassed look, he endured it for a long time before he calmed down.
He took a step closer, tore off his tie and threw it on the sofa, staring at her.
"Dan Yin, you're sick. Do you really have to come and talk right now?"
The cold aura from his body almost pounced on Shan Yin, who lowered his head with a frown.
"Mr. Pei." He Yuxian couldn't bear it, so he suddenly stepped forward and stretched out his hand towards Pei Yunhe, but in fact he was blocking Shan Yin.
He also said in a cold voice: "Shan Yin and I were indeed discussing business matters."
"I'm talking to her."
Pei Yunhe said coldly, his eyes sharp, the ruthless and decisive aura he used in work surged out. Qiantong seemed extremely contemptuous at this moment, without a trace of goodwill.
He Yuxian frowned and remained silent.
"Oh. Lawyer He."
Thinking of the first time he met He Yuxian in this villa, Pei Yunhe suddenly sneered, and his originally emotionless tone was filled with a lot of sarcasm.
He looked back at Shan Yin and became more and more annoyed.
"So when she's sick, she doesn't go to the hospital or need her husband to take care of her. Instead, she needs a lawyer who isn't a doctor to visit her so she can get better faster?"
"Pei Yunhe?"
These words shocked Shan Yin's heart. She looked up at him, her eyes trembling.
Pei Yunhe stared at her without blinking, the anger in his heart rising and falling with the trembling of her eyes.
But he was just angry, and the more he spoke, the more unforgiving he became.
"Yes, business has become family affairs, and naturally outsiders have become family. My return is unnecessary."
"Pei Yunhe, you've gone too far."
He Yuxian spoke again in a low voice, calling Pei Yunhe's name directly.
He looked at Pei Yunhe, clenching his back teeth, and the veins on his face from temples to temples bulged slightly, and he looked really angry.
Pei Yunhe didn't understand why He Yuxian was angry. He and Shan Yin were husband and wife, and He Yuxian was an outsider. At most, they had business dealings.
He was already unhappy when he was greeted in that elder's tone before, and now he looked like he was going to teach him a lesson. Pei Yunhe was also furious.
He walked over and looked He Yuxian in the eye. "Did I pass, or did Lawyer He?"
He Yuxian was stunned for a moment, then continued to stare intently, his voice becoming more serious: "Little President Pei, I respectfully address you as President Pei, but in the Su family, apart from work, over the past ten or twenty years, I have always treated Shan Yin as my own sister."
"So?" Pei Yunhe couldn't understand. "Even siblings have to avoid suspicion when they grow up, or do you want me to respect you as my uncle?"
He Yuxian's jaw moved again.
The atmosphere became increasingly tense. Shan Yin went over to try to reconcile the two, but Pei Yunhe refused to look at her, and He Yuxian even shook his head.
"It seems that Mr. Pei hasn't understood what I mean yet."
"It's all up to you." Pei Yunhe was not afraid at all.
He Yuxian was no longer polite to him and actually acted more like an elder.
"My He family is what we are today thanks to the support of the Su family. We have been with the Su family for generations. I am six years older than Shan Yin, and I have always treated her as my younger sister."
"Mr. Pei also has a younger sister. Do you think a brother, seeing his younger sister being neglected by her husband's family, would have to swallow his anger and submit to the tyranny of the aristocratic family?"
He pointed to the warm water and medicine on the table, "Is this how you take care of her?"
"She was sick with a cold, and you left her at home alone. When you came back, you started to mock her. You were so kind to her in front of others, and what about behind her back? Do you think I would think you were treating her well?"
His voice became increasingly louder, which seemed to scare Pei Yunhe a little and also frighten Shan Yin.
Shan Yin realized that the situation was going astray, and hurried over to pull He Yuxian: "No, Brother Yuxian, it's me who doesn't want to go to the hospital. Pei Yunhe has been taking care of me all the time."
He Yuxian tilted his head and said to her, "You have a gentle nature and you don't want to trouble others even when you suffer. You don't have to speak well of him."
He turned to Pei Yunhe and said, "Even if she's the wife of an arranged marriage, she shouldn't be treated with such disregard. Pei Yunhe, the Su family may be declining, but it's not completely ruined. Shan Yin has come all the way here with such sincerity. If you don't want an arranged marriage, you could have said so earlier. There's no need to humiliate her after agreeing to the marriage!"
"Brother Yuxian!"
Shan Yin couldn't help but shout, and his hands became stronger. He endured the pain in his throat and grabbed He Yuxian's sleeve tightly.
"Brother Yuxian, you are really mistaken!" She also became serious and seriously pulled He Yuxian to clarify: "He did not humiliate me, and the Pei family treated me very well. I know you care about me and want to take care of me for grandpa, but you are really mistaken."
After saying that, Shan Yin shifted his gaze to look at Pei Yunhe, but was shocked again.
Pei Yunhe, who had been so full of vigor before, had become stunned at some point. His eyelashes fluttered shut, his head lowered slightly, and he remained silent, as if deep in thought. "Pei Yunhe..."
Shan Yin wanted to talk to Pei Yunhe, but she didn't dare to speak, and she didn't know how to say it.
He Yuxian, who was standing beside her, saw the reluctance that inadvertently flashed in her eyes, frowned, but still let out a long sigh.
He was not usually such a presumptuous person. After his emotions subsided and his anger subsided, he bowed slightly to Pei Yunhe and apologized: "Mr. Pei, I shouldn't have said these words to you. If you are unhappy in any way, I will take full responsibility."
His eyes happened to fall on the documents on the coffee table.
"It's just that Shan Yin has a pure heart and is a sincere person. I hope you and the Pei family can really treat him well. Sorry to bother you."
Without waiting for Pei Yunhe and Shan Yin to say anything else, He Yuxian bent down to take the documents, glanced at Shan Yin again, and walked away.
The sound of a door being closed was heard in the huge villa, followed by a complete silence, and the air was stagnant.
"Pei Yunhe."
Shan Yin really didn't want what just happened to happen again. It was obvious that the three of them had good intentions, but the misunderstanding turned out like this.
She knew that Pei Yunhe's words were not deliberately sarcastic, and she also knew that He Yuxian was supporting her. She asked He Yuxian to come and discuss things for the sake of both families.
But now it has turned out like this, it is because she was not thoughtful enough.
She wanted to go and talk to Pei Yunhe and apologize to him, but this overly silent atmosphere was really unbearable.
But after calling him, Shan Yin did not come closer, but just leaned slightly.
Pei Yunhe suddenly came back to his senses, his eyelashes fluttered, and the bright light in his eyes became dim.
He didn't raise his head to look at her. He opened his mouth, his voice a little dry and hoarse: "You should have eaten? Have a good rest after eating. I still have work to do, so I'll go back to Xiaohan first."
He turned and walked away, his steps quick and hasty.
Shan Yin subconsciously raised his hand behind him.
But she still couldn't hold him back, and could only murmur his name, but he didn't hear it.
"Pei Yunhe..."
The pain in her throat was like a knife cutting, and her eyes were filled with sorrow.
Not long after turning off the engine, I got back into the car. The air conditioning that was on when I got back was still faintly in the car.
Pei Yunhe placed one hand on the steering wheel, with veins visible under his rolled-up sleeves. He looked serious, but his heart was desolate.
This time, he really didn't want to go back to Xiaohan.
But where else can I go if I don’t go back?
Wei Lan was not open at this time, and he was not used to going to other clubs and bars. Thinking of Meng Chuan, he took out his cell phone and called him.
After a few rings, the phone was connected and Meng Chuan's cursing voice was heard.
"Oh my god! Who is it? It's only so late, disturbing my sweet sleep!"
Pei Yunhe frowned and moved his phone away. He glanced at the time on the central control screen. It was already past one in the afternoon.
However, before he could speak, he heard a woman's dazed voice coming from Meng Chuan's side, which sounded like Lan Cen.
He understood, but didn't say anything more. After hanging up the phone, he sat in the car in a daze, then slowly drove out of Yilanzhou.
He Yuxian was right. To outsiders, Pei Yunhe and Shan Yin had a very ordinary marriage relationship. For a married couple, there was no emotional foundation, nor did they need one. In the future, there would probably be no emotional foundation.
No matter how much he likes Shan Yin, he has to get married first. To others, they are just a couple in name only. There is no way they can be like Meng Chuan and Lan Cen, a pair of happy enemies or mutual affection.
Shan Yin came to Nanqiao to seek help and shelter from the Pei family. He got a huge bargain for nothing, so he should do as Xian said and treat Shan Yin well.
Dan Yin has never owed him anything. Whether he likes it or not, whether he loves it or not, it has always been Dan Yin's freedom.
She treated him politely, and even if she was unfamiliar with him, it was not something he could find fault with.
What's more, he had no intention of telling Shan Yin about the past, so Shan Yin had no way of knowing about his previous love, so how could he ask Shan Yin to understand?
He expected too much. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
He has been in the business world for so many years, he should understand this principle and should not have unrealistic dreams.
Before he knew it, the car had made many turns and arrived at the familiar campus gate. The old Maple Street had been here for probably a hundred years. It was noon and most of the students were having lunch. There was no one on Maple Street except his car.
Pei Yunhe leaned in the car seat, his eyes drifting along with the spots of light between the leaves.
He recalled that more than ten years ago, Pei Yunhe, who was young, arrogant, and ignorant of the immensity of the world, had also walked on this maple street.
He seemed to be the same at that time, with a lot of expectations and never thought about failure, so that in the end he fell too hard, and his worries were buried in his yellowing youth.
Why repeat the same mistakes now?
It's great to be by her side day after day.
The cell phone suddenly vibrated, and Pei Yunhe's heart trembled, but before he could look at the caller ID with anticipation, Xi Minxia's phone number popped up on the central control screen.
Pei Yunhe's heart leaped up and then fell back down.
"mom."
He tried to keep his voice from being so deep.
Xi Minxia came to remind him to go back to Songlingju for dinner next Monday.
The Pei family has an unwritten custom that on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, as long as there is nothing important, the whole family will go home to have a meal.
Xi Minxia also knew that Pei Yunhe was busy, and he had just gotten married. It happened that the first day of the new year fell on a weekday, so she called Pei Yunhe in advance and asked him to make time.
Pei Yunhe agreed as per the rules, as he had no work scheduled for that night.
He always wanted to spend more time with Dan Yin.
Only now...
"Remember to ask Yinyin to make time for it as well! This is the first time you've come together to have dinner since you got married. She has no family in Nanqiao, so you have to make her feel like she's at home in Songlingju!"
Xi Minxia gave repeated instructions at the end.
“…I understand, Mom.”
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