Chapter 71
The room was dim, with candlelight flickering on the dining table. The atmosphere was extremely ambiguous. Gu Cunxi stood by and smiled, making her heart skip a beat.
"The timing is perfect. I was worried that you would come back late and the food would get cold." Gu Cunxi walked up to her and shook her hand.
"Cunxi, you..." Her voice trembled a little
"Do you like it?" Gu Cunxi asked proudly
This is the candlelight dinner she carefully prepared
"I like it." Pei Yin nodded and smiled, his hands around her waist, his index finger gently rubbing
Gu Cunxi was very satisfied with Pei Yin's answer. He buried his cheek in her neck and sucked hard.
"Go change your clothes, we'll eat."
Pei Yin nodded and walked towards the bedroom in slippers.
Looking at the closed door of the bedroom, Gu Cunxi wanted to go in, but she stood there, moved her feet, and then stopped.
But after a while, the door slowly opened and Pei Yin walked out. She did not change into home clothes, but into a white suspender dress. Her long hair was scattered on both sides. The length of the dress was until her ankles, which made her 167cm taller and more slender. The elegance and softness of a woman were revealed on her body. Gu Cunxi was stunned in place, his throat moved, and he couldn't help swallowing.
"Cunxi... is it weird?" Pei Yin looked down at herself awkwardly, grabbing the edge of her skirt with both hands.
Gu Cunxi didn't answer. She stepped forward, put her right hand on her waist, pulled her towards herself, and leaned over to kiss her.
The delicate and soft kisses fell on her lips, cheeks and nose, with the unique mint scent of Gu Cunxi, making her intoxicated.
"No wonder, it's so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off it!"
A warm breath came from her ears, Gu Cunxi's voice was low and hoarse, his lips rubbed her earlobe, it was itchy, and her body gradually stiffened.
Gu Cunxi stepped back and raised his hand to tidy up her messed up hair, his movements gentle: "When did you buy it?"
"A few days ago..."
"Cheng Sheng picked it for me...she said..." Pei Yin hesitated, her cheeks flushed.
"What?" Gu Cunxi asked, raising his eyebrows.
"She said...you...you'll like it after you see it..."
Pei Yin said this with some difficulty, pausing again and again. She felt that all the blood in her body rushed to her cheeks, becoming increasingly hot.
Gu Cunxi's chuckle came from my ears
"Indeed...I like it very much!"
After that, she took Pei Yin's hand and walked to the dining table, pulled out a chair for her to sit down.
Fortunately the food is not cold yet...
Gu Cunxi cut the steak in front of him and reached out to exchange Pei Yin's steak with his own: "Try my cooking skills. I haven't cooked Western food for a long time. I wonder if I've regressed."
The steak on the plate was cut into small pieces. Pei Yin picked up a piece of steak and put it into his mouth.
The aroma of beef permeates the mouth, with a hint of black pepper. The steak is cooked just right, without any bright red blood and very tender.
"Mr. Gu's cooking skills are good enough to open a restaurant. The food is delicious," Pei Yin nodded with a smile on her face.
"Forget about opening a restaurant. I plan to be someone's personal chef!" Gu Cunxi said while cutting the steak in front of him.
"Well... I don't have any salary to pay Mr. Gu."
"You can use something else to offset it~"
Pei Yin raised his eyebrows and asked meaningfully: What can you use to pay for it?
She forked a steak into her mouth, paused deliberately, and looked at Pei Yin: "How about your life as payment?"
“!!”
Under the candlelight, her eyes were a little blurry, and Pei Yin was distracted.
"I'm a businessman and I never do business at a loss. Since you don't have money to pay me, then give me your life as collateral," Gu Cunxi continued.
"good!"
A gentle voice came from her ear, calm and firm. Just one word caused ripples in her heart, and the hand holding the knife and fork paused for a moment.
…
After dinner, the two of them were deadlocked over the issue of washing the dishes. Xiao Peiyin said she would wash them, but Gu Cunxi insisted on refusing. In the end, both sides took a step back. Gu Cunxi was responsible for the first step of washing, while Peiyin was responsible for cleaning the foam off the dishes. In the small kitchen, they stood side by side, close together.
After cleaning up the small battlefield in the kitchen, the two sat in the living room as if they had something to talk about.
"Cunxi"
Pei Yin
“…”
"You speak first," Gu Cunxi said
Pei Yin nodded, picked up the bag beside her and took out a brown paper bag from it.
“!!”
Gu Cunxi tightened his hands under the coffee table, and the brown paper bag he was holding was a little wrinkled.
"Why didn't you ask me who I met last night?" Pei Yin asked
"If you want to tell me, you will tell me naturally," Gu Cunxi said with a smile
"So if I never tell you, you'll never ask?"
“No,” she answered without hesitation.
Under the light, Pei Yin raised her eyebrows slightly and chuckled: "Why? Aren't you curious?"
"curious…"
"But everyone has things they want to keep secret, even in the closest relationships. None of us can be truly transparent."
"Pei Pei, I believe you. I don't ask you to tell me everything. Where you go or who you go to meet is your freedom. Of course, if you are willing to tell me, I will feel at ease."
Pei Yin tightened her grip on the brown paper bag and pursed her lips.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the living room was quiet, and the two of them were speechless.
The document in her hand made a crisp sound. Pei Yin slowly opened it and spread it in front of Gu Cunxi: "I went to see a lawyer and asked her to draft a divorce agreement."
There was a beautiful handwriting on the black and white paper. Gu Cunxi picked up the document and looked at it, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
"I don't want to wait any longer, Cunxi, I want to resolve this matter as soon as possible."
"I didn't intend to hide it from you. I just wanted to tell you after I got back. If I didn't explain it clearly and made you worry, it's my fault. I won't do it again!"
"Silly..." Gu Cunxi looked up and chuckled
"I have something to give you, too."
"What is it?" Pei Yin asked puzzledly.
Then a brown paper bag was placed in front of her.
“I asked someone to find out.”
After saying that, Gu Cunxi pushed the file over.
Pei Yin took it and untied the string wrapped around the paper bag. What came into view was Chen Feng's information.
“!!”
She frowned slightly, looked up at Gu Cunxi, and then lowered her head.
While she was reading the information, Gu Cunxi got up and went to the kitchen to make two cups of black tea and added some milk, and placed one of the cups in front of Pei Yin.
The clock in the living room was ticking. Pei Yin frowned and pinched the edge of the document with his fingers.
After a long time, she put the information she had read on the table, reached out to pick up the teacup beside her and took a few sips.
"I guess you know nothing about these activities," Gu Cunxi said
Pei Yin sat aside and shook his head: I never knew...
"I know he's made a lot of money over the years. He said he invested in a friend's company, and it's been doing very well in recent years."
"I've never bothered to ask about him, let alone understand his affairs."
Pei Yin felt a chill in her heart, which only eased after drinking a cup of hot tea. This information shocked her. She had never thought that Chen Feng, the head of the Legal Affairs Department, would disregard the law like this...
Of the three criminal cases, the one that pained her the most was a sexual assault case... The victim had just turned 18, but because the suspect's family paid a huge bribe, Chen Feng willingly became an accomplice...
The information in her hands was like a ball of rotten meat covered in maggots, making her feel sick. This person, with whom she had lived for many years, had such an ugly heart hidden beneath his exterior...
"Pei Pei? Are you okay?" Gu Cunxi asked worriedly.
"fine…"
Relatively silent
The black tea on the side was almost finished, and Gu Cunxi stood up and refilled her cup.
"This information is enough to threaten Chen Feng. If these shameful activities are exposed to the public, his career will end here and he will be imprisoned."
"Pei Pei... I have a backup of this information. I'm giving it to you. I'll support you in whatever you want to do."
"Yeah!" Pei Yin nodded.
…
On the other side, Jiang Rao returned home from the law firm and had no appetite for dinner. She sat on the sofa in a daze, thinking of the woman who came to see her, and her heart was filled with depression.
She had originally thought that Gu Cunxi and that woman were in a normal same-sex relationship, but she hadn't expected that the other party was actually a married woman. This wasn't a big deal; if they truly loved each other, whether they were married or not wouldn't matter. However, their love began before the woman had even divorced...
As a lawyer, she knew better than anyone how immoral such a relationship was. Although, based on her current understanding, the woman's husband wasn't a good person, immorality was immorality, and no one could cross the line under the pretext of love... Given Gu Cunxi's conditions, she had many options. Jiang Rao couldn't understand why she had to get involved in this mess...
The folding umbrella at the doorway lay there quietly. Jiang Rao looked at it blankly, remembering the day they met in the rain and Gu Cunxi sent her home. There was nothing there, but it made her heart beat wildly. She had only experienced this feeling once when she was young and ignorant about love. As a woman, she had known her orientation since then. But the love of her youth was like the wind that could not be retained, and it drifted away.
Ten years after that incident, her heart was at peace. No one could give her that feeling again, until... Gu Cunxi appeared.
Jiang Rao couldn't help but recall the first time he saw her. In the private room on the second floor, the melodious piano music reached her ears. She was very curious about what kind of person could play the music so emotionally and convey emotions through music. She wanted to go out and see what was going on, but when she saw Jiang Shu's smirking face, she hesitated.
Only after Jiang Shu left did she sneak out of the box. Standing at the second-floor stairwell, she saw Gu Cunxi being harassed by Jiang Shu. Her black windbreaker made her figure look slender, and her whole person exuded countless aloofness. Yet, even this person who looked unapproachable played such a gentle song...
Jiang Rao sighed slightly in the living room
What's so good about that woman?
She couldn't help but think...
Today was the first time she had come into contact with that woman. The two previous encounters were just passing by, and the only thing left in her memory was the woman's gentleness.
In fact, Jiang Rao didn't dislike this woman. On the contrary, it was very comfortable to talk to her. She spoke politely and with moderation. It was just a pity... She chose the wrong marriage.
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