Chapter 46
“…”
Pei Yanhe pulled the corner of his lip with a forced smile, "I don't know."
Chen Jinyang understood the expression clearly. It was not that he didn't know, but that he didn't want to say it.
"It's come to this, what are you still hiding?!"
"Don't forget, we are both guilty of this!"
Pei Yanhe's face was expressionless. "You and I are not guilty of the same crime."
After a second of shock, Chen Jinyang realized what he meant, "That's right, your sins are much heavier than mine."
He raised his hand to pat his shoulder, but Pei Yanhe dodged it.
Chen Jinyang was not annoyed and shrugged nonchalantly, "May the best of luck to you, Master Pei."
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"Are you angry with Pei Yanhe?" Shu Xinyu witnessed the brief conversation between Shen Yizhi and Pei Yanhe and asked curiously.
Shen Yizhi tilted her head back and looked at the wine list on the wall. "I'm not angry, I just don't want to bother with him."
When Shen Yizhi said she didn't want to bother with someone, it meant she was already angry.
Shu Xinyu understood in her heart, but she didn't reveal it on her face, "Oh, okay."
The person who tied the bell must untie it, so it’s better for her not to interfere.
In order to prevent the last incident of drinking and hugging people from happening again, Shen Yizhi asked the bartender for two glasses of wine with the lowest concentration.
She handed a cup to Shu Xinyu, "This is the lowest concentration, drink it without worry."
"Okay." Shu Xinyu took it and took a sip. The phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated twice. She turned sideways to open it and took a look.
Shang Kuoheng: [Come to the second floor]
Shang Kuoheng: [Don't tell Chen Yizhi]
"Is it news about your boss who likes to exploit employees again?" Shen Yizhi noticed that she had been staring at her phone for a long time and asked out of boredom.
"Yes, it's about work." Shu Xinyu put away her phone and stood up. "I'll go out and answer the call."
Shen Yizhi didn't have any doubts, "Go ahead."
After Shu Xinyu left, Shen Yizhi idly opened his phone and started surfing.
What she usually likes to read is nothing more than content related to paintings, and occasionally the platform forces her to watch some celebrity gossip, which helps her pass the time.
"Drank a whole glass of Roosevelt, aren't you dizzy?"
Pei Yanhe's voice suddenly sounded beside him.
Shen Yizhi subconsciously glanced at the wine glass that was gradually empty. He was so engrossed in his phone that he didn't notice that he had almost finished the whole glass.
She turned to look at him, her face expressionless, "None of your business."
The tone of his voice was full of thorns, as if he wanted to poke a hole in him.
Pei Yanhe calmly sat down beside her and snatched the wine glass from her hand. "I'm a citizen-enthusiastic person and I like to take care of everything."
"I don't need any enthusiastic citizens here," Shen Yizhi turned off his phone and said with a serious face, "Give me back the wine."
Pei Yanhe didn't move, staring at her for a long while, then said something incoherently,
"I never take things to heart that don't matter, you know."
He had just said that he was a caring citizen who liked to meddle in everything, but now he overturned his confession.
He was more trying to coax her than explaining.
Shen Yizhi unconsciously clenched her fingertips, and moved her gaze from the wine glass to his eyes, staring at him seriously and scrutinizingly, as if judging the truth of his words.
"You mean you don't care about Shang Kuoheng's marriage at all?"
This rhetorical question always feels like a hidden criticism of Pei Yanhe for being heartless.
But at this moment, Pei Yanhe admitted, "Yeah."
Shen Yizhi glanced at him up and down, and seeing that his expression was normal, he threatened: "You'd better not lie to me!"
Pei Yanhe put one hand in his pocket and leaned slightly towards her, "I'm not lying to you."
Seeing that he was so easy to talk to, Shen Yizhi became more and more demanding, "Then next time if there is anything, no matter how important it is, you must tell me!"
Pei Yanhe raised his eyebrows slightly, "Both?"
"Not happy?" Shen Yizhi's wavy black hair hung down behind her waist like algae, and her shoulders were straight.
These two people who are proud by nature have never been restrained or controlled.
What's more, they are childhood sweethearts who have been fighting each other since they were young, and each of them has tried to control the other.
But every time I was defeated, it was—
"Okay." Pei Yanhe leaned back, his thin lips curled up in an ambiguous arc, but it was so shallow that it was almost invisible.
Shen Yizhi was satisfied, and looked at him with her arms folded across her chest, "Then tell me honestly, besides this matter, are there anything else you are hiding from me?"
Pei Yanhe: "For example?"
For example……
Shen Yizhi simply wanted to trick him, and if she really wanted to ask something, she couldn't say it for a while.
"I forgot for now. I'll ask you when I remember."
Pei Yanhe lowered his head and chuckled, "Okay."
“Since everything is fine, just leave quickly,” Shen Yizhi urged him.
He changes his attitude faster than reading a book.
Pei Yanhe's captivating eyes revealed a hint of dissatisfaction, "Are you so anxious to get rid of me?"
Shen Yizhi said: "Because your seat is occupied."
Pei Yanhe's seat happened to be Shu Xinyu's. If he didn't leave, Shu Xinyu would have nowhere to sit when she came back.
Pei Yanhe said nonchalantly, "She won't be back. Shang Kuoheng called her away."
"She was just going to make a phone call, why was she..." Shen Yizhi was halfway through her words when she suddenly realized,
"You asked Shang Kuoheng to send her away?!"
Pei Yanhe leaned lazily against the back of the chair, his expression relaxed. He did not feel embarrassed at all about being exposed, and instead could come up with reasonable excuses.
"Could it be that Shang Kuoheng just happened to have something to ask her?"
Shen Yizhi sneered twice, “Do you think I’m stupid?”
After saying this, she stood up and walked straight out of the tavern.
Summer nights in the woods are unlike those in cities with tall buildings. Fireflies are like falling stars, and the cicadas are more noisy than ever.
Of course, there are also more annoying mosquitoes.
As soon as Chen Yizhi came out and took two steps, two red spots appeared on her delicate arms, and the itch that was scratching her heart also spread to her skin little by little.
She rubbed her arms unconsciously and couldn't help muttering, "Annoying mosquitoes, just like Pei Yanhe!"
A dark shadow suddenly passed over her head, and then a black coat with lingering warmth fell from her shoulders, and the faint and familiar mint scent instantly enveloped her.
Shen Yizhi stopped and turned back subconsciously.
Pei Yanhe followed her out at some point, wearing a loose black T-shirt, with his hands in his pockets, and walked slowly towards her.
"Are you secretly scolding me again?"
Shen Yizhi glanced at the loose coat on her body. It was exactly the same one Pei Yanhe was wearing in the tavern, but now it was on her.
She ripped the coat off without hesitation, threw it back to him, and said unhappily, "Don't eat charity."
Pei Yanhe's gaze lingered on her faintly red skin for two seconds.
The next moment.
He picked up his coat and put it on her again, clutching the collar tightly, his deep voice brooking no rejection or resistance.
"You have to eat it even if you don't want to."
Shen Yizhi: “…”
He wrapped his coat tightly around her, even covering Shen Yizhi's slender neck.
For a moment, Shen Yizhi even felt like a powerless little chicken being held so easily by Pei Yanhe.
She tried to resist, but unexpectedly failed.
"Pei Yanhe!" She took a deep breath and stared at him with her clear, clean eyes filled with anger.
Pei Yanhe lowered his head to look at her, with a sly smile on his lips, pretending to be dumb and saying,
"Here it is."
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