Seeing the slightly stiff smile on Xu Si's face, Hua Jin felt that she might not understand human nature thoroughly enough.
"Mr. Pei is still so cold to people." The awkward moment just now seemed to have never happened. Xu Si slightly curled the corners of his mouth and looked at Pei Yan with a smile, "It seems that time has been particularly kind to you. There has been no change in all these years."
Pei Yan glanced at the plate that Xu Si had placed on the table, tapped the table with his index finger, picked up Xu Si's plate and handed it to her: "Miss Xu, I'm sorry, we really don't accept sharing tables here."
Crunch.
The fork accidentally poked the plate, and Hua Jin felt that the gaze of Ms. Xu Si was staring at her, which was about to make her angry. She raised her head to meet Xu Si's eyes and smiled.
Xu Si was stunned. She didn't expect this woman to dare to meet her eyes. After a few seconds, she forced a smile and took the plate from Pei Yan: "Mr. Pei, you misunderstood. I just wanted to catch up with you. I didn't mean to share the table with you."
Pei Yan noticed the way Xu Si looked at Hua Jin just now, and sneered, saying nonchalantly: "I'm sorry, it seems that we didn't have much friendship before, how can we reminisce about the past?"
Hua Jin covered her face silently. In such an embarrassing scene, she felt that she should hide under the table and watch secretly instead of sitting here.
No matter how strong Xu Si's mentality was, she couldn't stand Pei Yan's sharp words. She glared at Hua Jin, turned around and walked away gracefully in her high heels.
Hua Jin felt that she was a little wronged. Pei Yan didn't give her face, so what did it have to do with her?
"Mr. Pei, how can you be so rude to a girl?" Since entering the door, many men and women have taken the initiative to talk to Pei Yan. Although his attitude is cold, he is not so cold as to make things difficult for them. His attitude towards Xu Si seems to be particularly bad.
"Stay away from this woman in the future." Pei Yan made no secret of his dislike for Xu Si. "This woman is just like her cousin. She is not a good person."
Pei Yan is not a person who likes to say bad things about others behind their backs, but thinking that Hua Jin doesn't know these people well, he has to break his usual principles: "In high school, because her family is well-off, some classmates who are willing to flatter her follow her. She often bullies classmates she doesn't like. What she did to those classmates is disgusting even if I tell you again."
Hua Jin couldn't help but turn her head to look at Xu Si, who was dressed beautifully and exquisitely. She felt a little cold in her heart. How could such a beautiful girl be so cruel as to do such a thing?
"Stay away from these things, or you will be disgusted by the dirt and smell." Pei Yan stood up and brought Hua Jin a glass of juice. "After you finish eating and drinking, I will take you for a walk around."
"Why do I feel like you just brought me here to eat and drink?" Hua Jin took a sip of the juice. It was pure natural freshly squeezed juice and tasted great.
"Why don't you come here to eat and drink?" Pei Yan wiped the corner of his mouth. "I have never liked false politeness since I was a child. Life is only a few decades long. Don't wrong yourself for unnecessary people."
Hua Jin laughed out loud, lowered her eyelids, and couldn't help asking, "What happened to those students who were bullied?"
"It's nothing. I couldn't stand it, so I called the Xu family and asked them to discipline their daughter." Pei Yan said in a cold tone, "It's not like everyone in the world is her mother. If she violated the law or school rules, she should be dealt with according to the rules."
The feeling of loss in her heart was mostly gone, and Hua Jin looked up at Pei Yan: "Luckily, I have you."
"Tsk." Pei Yan turned his head uncomfortably. "I don't care about other people's business. It's just that these people's quarrels have affected my studies."
"I understand. I understand." Hua Jin nodded and picked up the juice. "Take a sip for your non-meddling."
"Are you childish?" Looking at the juice cup in front of him, Pei Yan reluctantly picked up the cup and clinked it with her, "What's that fashion conference you mentioned before?" He seemed to have heard Hua Jin mention it before, but he didn't expect that a master of embroidery would also participate. Hua Jin is so young, will she be bullied if she joins this team?
"Are you talking about the cooperation with Mr. Mark?" Seeing Pei Yan's curiosity, Hua Jin briefly recounted what happened.
"I seem to have some impression of the person you are talking about." Pei Yan's expression was a little subtle, "Many rich ladies like to ask him to customize their dresses privately." The most important thing is that this person is very good at coaxing women, and many women fall for his tricks. However, in the circle of rich people, men like pretty girls with sweet mouths, and women also like men who can make people happy. In the final analysis, it is all about spending money to buy happiness.
Pei Yan couldn't say too much about these things. Hua Jin was an adult and was working with Mark. If he told Hua Jin about other people's private lives, it would be considered as meddling in other people's business. Although he thought so, Pei Yan couldn't control his mouth and couldn't help but say one more sentence: "I heard that this person likes to linger in the flowers and doesn't take relationships seriously." After saying that, he glanced at Hua Jin's face and found that she was neither happy nor angry. He felt a little awkward in his heart.
"Are you afraid that he will take advantage of me?" Hua Jin saw Pei Yan staring at her without saying anything, and couldn't help laughing. "A famous designer like him probably prefers mutual consent. Besides, I have a golden thigh, so why should I be afraid of him?"
"Now you know how important I am to you?" Pei Yan was amused by Hua Jin's self-righteous attitude. "How did I end up meeting a woman like you?"
"This is destiny's guidance..." Hua Jin paused and looked towards the side of the swimming pool. The smile on her face faded a little bit. "What's the name of the man standing next to the swimming pool and talking to Xu Si?"
Pei Yan followed Hua Jin's line of sight and frowned, "That's Xu Changhui, Xu Yi's son. How could he come out so soon?"
"Xu Changhui..." Hua Jin whispered the name, smiling, "When the elders gave him this name, they must have had infinite expectations for him."
"Looking forward to it?" Pei Yan said with a sneer, "He is the only grandson in the Xu family. His family has spoiled him to the point of lawlessness. Now he dares to do anything and is not afraid of anything."
Hua Jin pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Why are you asking about him suddenly?" Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin in confusion. "Could it be that because he's so good-looking, you have other thoughts about him?"
"Don't think too much. With a handsome man like you around, other men are just vulgar in my eyes." She took a sip of the juice, "How can I see the beauty of other men? What's more, this man has a wretched face. What does he have to do with being good-looking?"
"That doesn't make sense to me." Pei Yan had been irritated by Hua Jin so many times that he didn't bother to argue with her. "Then why are you still curious about him?"
"Maybe it's because he looks familiar." Hua Jin lowered her eyelids. "Is this Xu Changhui the son of Mr. Xu whom we met in the courtyard that time?"
"Are you talking about Xu Yi?" Pei Yan nodded, "That's his son."
"Then they really don't look alike." Hua Jin wiped the corner of his mouth, and when he saw Xu Changhui coming over, he raised his mouth slightly and said to Pei Yan, "He's here."
Pei Yan said expressionlessly: "Don't pay attention to him."
"Mr. Pei, what a coincidence! It's rare to see you bring a female companion." Xu Changhui held a glass of wine in his hand, smiling uninhibitedly, "It's been a long time since we last met, I want to offer a glass to Mr. Pei. I also hope this beautiful lady can do me the honor of toasting with me."
Pei Yan didn't even look at him. He lowered his head and peeled the shrimp shells seriously, ignoring him.
Xu Changhui, who had been spoiled since childhood, was not as well-mannered as his cousin. Seeing Pei Yan's attitude, he put his wine glass on the table angrily: "Mr. Pei, what do you mean by this? Do you look down on me?!"
"Why are you asking so many questions when you already know the answer?" Pei Yan raised his eyelids lazily. "Mr. Xu's words are really interesting."
Someone nearby noticed the commotion here and couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this.
"You!" Xu Changhui couldn't hold back his expression and said sarcastically, "I thought Mr. Pei was very capable, but he ended up having a woman like this by his side. She doesn't look that good."
Hua Jin: “…”
This is too much. Why do you involve an innocent woman like her in your quarrel among men?
"Mr. Xu, as a successor of socialism and a inheritor of the world's intangible cultural heritage, I think what you said is a little wrong." Hua Jin looked up, "I don't know what the conflict is between you and Mr. Pei. But because you can't argue with Mr. Pei, you take it out on me, an innocent bystander. This behavior is called unreasonable. I heard that you come from a wealthy family and you are not young anymore, but I didn't expect your words and actions..."
She shook her head and sighed: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I feel sorry for your upbringing."
Successor of socialism, inheritor of world intangible cultural heritage?
What is going on?
Pei Yan's raging anger was half extinguished by Hua Jin's words.
"Who the hell are you? You have no right to interrupt me when I'm talking to Pei Yan!" Xu Changhui didn't expect Hua Jin to dare to talk to him like that. He was so angry that his forehead was flushed with blood. "You are such a jerk, get out of here!"
"Hehe." Hua Jin chuckled and said sarcastically, "Mr. Xu, it is already the 21st century and the feudal dynasty has fallen. You keep giving orders one by one. Do you think you are a slave owner?"
Her voice got lower and lower, so low that only the two of them could hear it: "Besides, even if I am a lowly person and want to make money on my knees, I will choose Pei Yan as my master. He is richer, more handsome, more cultured, and even has a better voice than you. Even if I am blind, I will not look down on you. With him around, who the hell are you, barking in front of me? You are a cold-blooded and cruel scum, do you think you are superior to others just because you are rich and powerful? A beast is a beast, even if you are covered with a human skin, you are not a human being!"
Xu Changhui had never heard such ugly words before, and he was so angry that he wanted to raise his hand and hit someone.
Hua Jin took a step back, picked up the drink on the table and splashed it on Xu Changhui's face, then threw the cup away, turned around and threw herself into Pei Yan's arms, pretending to cry, "Mr. Pei, he scolded me and didn't say anything, he even wanted to hit me, I'm so scared!"
Pei Yan turned around while holding Hua Jin, protecting her behind him, and kicked Xu Changhui in the stomach to prevent him from getting close to Hua Jin.
Xu Changhui, who spent his days in debauchery, could not withstand Pei Yan's kick. He knocked over the table and rolled onto the grass.
Now everyone on the grass noticed the dispute.
The young man who was on good terms with Pei Yan stepped forward and held Xu Changhui down, saying, "Brother Xu, what's wrong with you? Have you drunk too much and can't even walk steadily?"
"Come on, let us help you up."
"You should drink less alcohol, it's harmful to your health."
"Wuwuwu..." Xu Changhui wanted to yell, but someone covered his mouth. He stared at the woman held in Pei Yan's arms and rushed forward desperately. But at this moment, he didn't know who took the opportunity to kick him. The pain made him shed manly tears and he didn't have the strength to retaliate against Hua Jin.
Those who have a good relationship with Xu Changhui are all second-generation rich people who do not do anything productive. How could they dare to offend Pei Yan? They all stayed away from him, wishing they could disappear on the spot and pretend they didn't know about it.
"It's okay." Pei Yan patted Hua Jin's back with shaking hands. His heart was shaking even more violently than his hands. His heart was out of control and almost jumped out of his chest.
He didn't dare to look down at Hua Jin's face. He turned his head and sneered at Xu Changhui who was pressed to the ground: "The Xu family may be used to bullying others, so they are so rude to my female companion. If your family is dissatisfied with me, you can come to me. It's too shameless to involve innocent girls."
"Woo woo woo!" Xu Changhui's eyes turned red with anger when he heard this. He was scolded by this woman and had a drink splashed on his face by her. Who was bullying who?
Since Hua Jin was the female companion brought by Pei Yan himself, everyone present had some impression of her. When they talked to Mr. Pei, this female companion never said much, nor did she deliberately show her presence. She just smiled quietly beside him, looking very quiet and polite. As for Xu Changhui, who had long been notorious, it was not surprising that he did anything weird.
The Xu family really spoiled Xu Changhui to the point of being lawless. He even dared to tease Pei Yan's girlfriend. No wonder Mr. Pei was so angry. Which man could tolerate someone like Xu Changhui bullying his girlfriend?
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Hua Jin, who was trembling in Pei Yan's arms. This little girl was also unlucky. How could she meet a scum like Xu Changhui? In their opinion, the Xu family should not have released Xu Changhui and let him hide in the police station for a few months. Maybe his mind would be more normal.
Judging from Pei Yan's words, he was considering Xu Changhui's personal behavior as a provocation against him by the Xu family.
"What's going on?" Xu Yi came out of the hall and saw his son being pinned to the ground by several people. His face was as gloomy as ice. "What do you mean by this?"
But those who were holding Xu Changhui did not let go, but looked at Pei Yan. Xu Yi turned his head and looked into Pei Yan's eyes, "Mr. Pei, my son is impulsive and ignorant. If he has offended me, please forgive me. This is Mr. Meng's party. If there is a commotion, it will not be good for all of us."
"Knowing that this is Mr. Meng's party, he still came to bully my female companion." Pei Yan took two steps forward with Hua Jin in his arms, and kicked Xu Changhui on the knee in front of Xu Yi. "Mr. Xu Yi knows my personality. If anyone makes me unhappy, I will make his life unhappy. Your son drove drunk and injured someone, and finally got out. Does he feel that the air outside is not good enough and wants to go back to continue labor reform?"
Xu Yi then noticed that Pei Yan was holding a woman in his arms. He thought about his son's usual behavior. It was possible that he would flirt with a pretty girl. This woman must have a special place in his heart for Pei Yan to bring her here. If his son really did such a thing, it was no wonder that Pei Yan was so angry.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi hated Pei Yan for not giving face to the Xu family, and was annoyed that his son was not motivated. After taking a few deep breaths, he apologized to Pei Yan with a smile: "He was wrong in this matter. I will give you an explanation when I go back. It's all our fault for spoiling him..."
"It's not like your son is the only one who loves him. My female companion... I feel bad for her too." Pei Yan's ears turned red as fire clouds, but his face was cold, as if he would kill anyone who offended him.
Xu Changhui lay prone on the ground, wanting to hit the ground with his head. It was obviously Pei Yan and his woman who went too far, so why didn't even his father ask about the details and started to apologize to Pei Yan? !
Don't you all have brains?
Hua Jin lay on Pei Yan's shoulder, holding his tie, slowly loosening and then slowly tightening it. She tilted her head slightly and met Xu Changhui's unwilling eyes from the corner of her eye.
"Woo woo woo!" Xu Changhui noticed Hua Jin's eyes and became even more agitated.
"From what I can see, your son doesn't seem to feel guilty." Pei Yan patted Hua Jin's head, "Don't be afraid, I'll take you back."
Pei Yan called Yang Shao over and asked him to apologize to Mr. Meng on his behalf. He stopped listening to Xu Yi's nonsense and left the Meng family with Hua Jin.
"Thank you." The car was very quiet. Hua Jin sat in the passenger seat, her index finger unconsciously picking at the seat belt. "I'm sorry, I caused you trouble."
"Even if you weren't here, I would have wanted to deal with him sooner or later. You are helping me today, not causing trouble."
Pei Yan started the car: "The fact that you say such things shows that you don't know me well enough. When you know me well enough, you will see what real trouble is." He raised his eyebrows and looked at Hua Jin, "But, I didn't expect you to hate him so much." With Hua Jin's personality, he would not do such an impulsive thing if he didn't particularly hate this person.
"Maybe..." Hua Jin looked at Pei Yan, her dark eyes full of surging emotions, "He looks too wretched."
Hua Jin smiled and turned her head to look out the car window.
Pei Yan looked at her and saw only her perfect profile, as quiet as the crescent moon in the sky. He was silent for a moment and sneered, "That's right, this kind of person not only does disgusting things, but also looks like he deserves a beating."
Hua Jin withdrew her gaze from the car window and smiled faintly at Pei Yan.
The author has something to say: Xu Changhui: Who do you think you are?
Hua Jin (proud): I am the successor of socialism and the inheritor of the world's intangible cultural heritage!
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