Chapter 31 Don't tell him I know this...
"Boss lady..." Chen Zhao unconsciously straightened his back, gripped the grab handle on the passenger side of the car, and his voice trembled behind his mask, "Isn't the speed... too fast?"
"Not enough."
Luo Yunqing turned the steering wheel, and with the speed already exceeding 180 km/h, she executed a nimble drift, narrowly missing the body of the McLaren that was closely following her.
For a moment, all that could be heard from inside the car were screams and curses.
Pei Hengzhi was already in a bad mood tonight, and then he encountered someone who came specifically to provoke him. He immediately accelerated and rammed into the person.
The two vehicles continued their journey towards the dark, sunless valley, going back and forth between each other.
He wants to go into the mountains!
Sensing the landlady's intention, Chen Zhao swallowed hard, trembling, "It's very dangerous in the mountains."
"Um."
"you……"
This isn't a setup; he's clearly trying to get Pei Hengzhi...
No, this won't do, something bad is bound to happen.
It's not worth risking yourself for what Pei Hengzhi did.
"Boss lady." Chen Zhao quickly pointed to the phone, which had been ringing for a long time and was drowned out by the roar of the radio, "It's ringing, could it be, could it be the boss!"
The hands gripping the steering wheel tightened instantly.
With her senses returning, Luo Yunqing quickly released one hand and lightly tapped the Bluetooth earpiece on her ear behind the mask.
"Xiao Luo, I got the picture."
It was Yang Kang.
"...Okay, I understand. I'll leave the rest to you, brother." Luo Yunqing finally released the accelerator and slowly slowed down.
Before McLaren could react, the car immediately turned around and left without looking back.
With a sigh of relief, Chen Zhao breathed a long sigh of relief, but his hand was still firmly gripping the handle on the roof of the car.
He just couldn't understand why, when there were other methods available, they had to choose such a dangerous one.
"Between him and me, whose skills are better?" Luo Yunqing untied the mask strap with one hand, looked straight ahead, and then uttered two more words: "Driving skills."
As a secretary, Chen Zhao naturally knows how to drive, but driving and racing are two completely different things. "I'm really ashamed to say that I'm not very proficient in this area."
He was just an orphan who was fortunate enough to be sponsored by his boss and fostered in the Pei family. He was not as well off as Pei Hengzhi, and he did not have the extra energy or spare money to cultivate such a hobby.
Luo Yunqing: "It's alright, just say what you feel."
"My feelings?" After confirming that he wasn't joking, Chen Zhao rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a moment. "If I had to describe it in four words, it would be something like, evenly matched."
After saying that, Chen Zhao was stunned.
You should know that Pei Hengzhi has been racing cars since he was an adult, for at least two or three years now, and the boss's wife...
When did he start playing this?
Luo Yunqing noticed his surprised expression but didn't pay much attention to it, figuring she would find out in a little over a month anyway.
But—"they're evenly matched."
Although alcohol can cause an adrenaline rush, it also has extremely obvious side effects. Right now, he can only compete with Pei Hengzhi in his drunken state, which is far from enough.
After driving back to the back door of Trueme, Luo Yunqing parked the Mercedes nearby and got into the car Chen Zhao had driven to return to Four Seasons Cloud Top.
I arrived home more than half an hour later than expected.
Luo Yunqing got out of the car and jogged all the way. Pushing open the door, Pei Yanli was sitting in the living room, a reading lamp for eye protection lit next to the U-shaped sofa, looking down at the home-cooked recipes he had specially placed on the study table.
"Honey," he called softly, quickly changed into slippers, and strode over. "You were waiting for me."
Pei Yanli raised her head.
Before she could even speak, Luo Yunqing explained, "Tomorrow is the weekend, and everyone's had a bit too much to drink."
"Have you had any drinks?" Pei Yanli put down her book and looked over.
Luo Yunqing took off her coat, leaned down, opened her mouth slightly, and breathed out: "Smell it, you don't smell anything. I drank orange juice."
"That's good."
"Am I being obedient?" Luo Yunqing then took his hand and hugged her face, blinking her eyes.
Pei Yanli then spontaneously placed a kiss on his lips, "A reward."
The two were being intimate, oblivious to everyone around them.
Chen Zhao stood at the door, unsure whether to go in or back, so he deliberately coughed and glanced around restlessly: "It's getting late, I'll be going now."
Luo Yunqing: "Do you still want me to take you?"
“…No need.” Chen Zhao’s lips twitched, and he took a step back, stepped out, and closed the door behind him.
A cold wind blew past the back of my head, making me shiver.
Did the boss just glance at him?
With deep curiosity and doubt.
He must be seeing things.
…………
Before 3 a.m., along with the news that Yang Kang broke that "Young Master Pei was drunk and speeding with his same-sex partner late at night," Pei Hengzhi was also called to the police station for questioning due to a series of issues including speeding and drunk driving.
"You said you were hit by a Mercedes?"
"I have a dashcam in my car, can't you check it yourselves!" The night wind had been blowing for half the night, and Pei Hengzhi was almost sober. "He hit me first."
“If he hit you, you could have called the police.” The traffic officer on duty glanced at him, continued recording his statement on the computer, and said, “This is not an excuse for your drunk driving and speeding.”
If the other party is guilty, his crime is compounded.
"Given your situation, we can't let you go. Let's put you in the detention room for the night."
Seeing that they were about to take Pei Hengzhi away, Song Xuechen hurriedly came over and grabbed them, "We are the ones who are being harmed, why aren't you arresting the one wearing the mask, what are you looking for Aheng!"
“We will also investigate the other party. But sir, putting aside the other party’s behavior, your wife was speeding while intoxicated, which involves two serious violations and has already crossed the line into criminal offenses.” The traffic police officer stated reasonably and logically: “According to relevant laws, she is subject to 15 days of detention.”
"How could that be!" Song Xuechen exclaimed even more anxiously. "It's just drunk driving, and it wasn't us who did it on purpose, it was the other party! You have no idea how arrogant those two were, even Ah Heng was furious..."
While Song Xuechen was arguing her case, several groups of reporters had already quietly arrived outside the traffic police brigade. They took several photos through the glass windows, and overnight the incident was pushed to the top of the trending searches, along with the flustered Song Xuechen.
Pei Wenxian didn't see the news until the morning. He was so angry that he almost fainted. He immediately asked his lawyer to pay the bail to get the person out and ordered his public relations department to suppress the news.
But the hashtag "Eldest son of the Pei family, drunk and speeding with a same-sex friend late at night" just wouldn't be suppressed.
In just the time it takes to eat breakfast, Pei's stock price dropped by at least 1.8 points due to this scandal.
Pei Hengzhi returned home in a sorry state, only to be met with a heavy slap across the face.
Wang Manshu quickly went over and cupped his slapped face, saying, "Why are you hitting him so hard? Didn't the lawyer just say that this isn't entirely Xiaoheng's fault?"
"It's not his fault?" Pei Wenxian was furious. "Then tell me, whose fault is it? Mine?!"
"I'm sorry, Father." Pei Hengzhi lowered his eyes and head. "I will take responsibility for this myself."
"You'll take responsibility?" Pei Wenxian laughed in anger. "How will you take responsibility? Bearing the title of the eldest young master of the Pei family, I ask you, how can you possibly take responsibility? These past few days, you haven't been studying properly, spending all your time hanging out with that scoundrel from the Song family. Now, with him around, your title of 'Young Master Pei' is even more prestigious!"
"This has nothing to do with Xiaoxue."
People are still speaking up for him to this day.
Pei Wenxian was so angry he almost fell over. He pointed at him and then at Wang Manshu: "Look at this, this is the good son you raised!"
"Xiao Heng, you can find someone better."
Wang Manshu also saw the videos and photos that were leaked online. What could have been resolved discreetly was blown out of proportion by the youngest son of the Song family.
Such people are not only of no help to them, but are actually a burden.
"You have to give it to me!" Wang Manshu didn't allow him to argue. "Later, Mom will find you a better one."
"But Mom, he... Xiaoxue saved my life."
"And now?" Wang Manshu retorted. "Now he's trying to kill you. I don't care, I absolutely will not allow someone like that to step into our house!"
…………
Having expended too much energy the night before, Luo Yunqing slept until eight o'clock. When she opened her eyes, Pei Yanli had already gotten up.
He habitually picked up his phone.
Unread messages have multiplied.
First is Chen Zhao.
[Secretary Xiao Chen]: Boss, we're doomed! This has blown up! Pei's stock price is about to drop below 2!
Originally, the stock price had been fluctuating since the boss's car accident, and now it has plummeted.
[Luo Yunqing]: Don't worry, we'll earn it back for him later.
[Secretary Xiao Chen]: (Laughs while rubbing her forehead)
[Secretary Xiao Chen]: The boss's wife is really optimistic.
Just after I sent that message, a stack of documents landed on my desk with a crisp "thud".
Chen Zhao quickly put away his phone, and as he looked up, he met his boss's meaningful gaze. "I, I was watching today's news... Young Master has gotten himself into a lot of trouble this time."
“Uncle Zhang sent word about this.” Pei Yanli clasped her hands together on the table, occasionally turning the wedding ring on her left ring finger, and spoke very slowly: “Yesterday, he also went to Xiao Luo’s birthday party, didn’t he?”
Chen Zhao lowered his eyes silently, his heart pounding with anxiety.
"You arrived home at 11:30 last night." Pei Yanli then tapped the table lightly again. "It's a half-hour drive, and the party ended at 11 o'clock?"
"boss……"
“Uncle Zhang said that Xiao Heng got into a fight with someone and went racing in the suburbs after the party ended at 10:20.” Pei Yanli asked again in a deep voice, “There’s a difference of nearly forty minutes. Where did you go?”
The matter has blown up, and he can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, not to mention the blow this has dealt to the Pei family.
"You're only thinking about the Pei family and the company, but who's thinking about you?" Chen Zhao knew he would be exposed the moment he learned of the boss's wife's plan.
But he still cooperated as if he had lost his mind, even if... even if it was just to make Pei Hengzhi suffer a little loss.
"You're thinking of us being family, but what about them? What happened last time? Are you just going to let them get away with it? You almost lost your life!"
What does it matter if Pei Hengzhi is just embroiled in a scandal or two?
If it were the landlady, killing him would be the least of her worries.
"So, what have you been doing behind my back?"
Pei Yanli then asked.
Chen Zhao, however, refused to say anything.
If I don't tell him, I just know he and the landlady are hiding something from him. If I tell him, I'll find out about the landlady's crazy behavior last night...
"We didn't do anything," Chen Zhao said with a mournful face, forcing a smile. "We really didn't do anything."
"Chen Zhao, do you know that you never lie?" When nervous, he clenches his fist and tucks his thumb into his palm.
Following his gaze, Chen Zhao looked down and quickly pulled his thumb out.
Pei Yanli sighed and turned to look out the window. He knew, "In the end, it's all for me."
After learning about what happened last night from Uncle Zhang, I could roughly guess the gist of it: "You guys hired someone to provoke Xiao Heng, right? You even hired someone to take videos and photos."
Chen Zhao was taken aback, then guiltily turned his head away.
The boss is really smart; he got almost everything right, except for the part where he provoked the boss.
"Are the people they found reliable?" Pei Yanli wasn't afraid of what they had done, but she was worried that these hidden dangers would cause her trouble later, and it would be difficult to get rid of them then.
Chen Zhao pursed his lips, his expression shifting from panic to smugness in an instant, and nodded: "Don't worry, boss, they're all very reliable."
With the proprietress personally taking charge, who could be more reliable than her?
"We must ensure that there are no potential problems in the future."
"Um."
"In the future, things like this..."
"Husband~" A voice suddenly called from outside the door. Luo Yunqing stretched and came to the study. "Did you forget to take your medicine this morning?"
He came in and saw that Chen Zhao was also there.
He greeted me with an unpredictable expression: "Good morning."
Chen Zhao's expression, however, was extremely complex.
"What are you talking about? Did I disturb you?" Luo Yunqing said as she walked up to Pei Yanli.
"Boss lady..."
The words had barely left his mouth when he saw the boss behind him put a finger to his lips.
Don't tell him I know about this.
Luo Yunqing blinked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"No." Chen Zhao looked away and shook his head. "It's nothing."
Luo Yunqing, unsuspecting, leaned against the wheelchair and hugged Pei Yanli's face, rubbing it gently. "I'm off today. There's still so much furniture we haven't bought. Let's go shopping this afternoon. Staying home all the time, even if you're not sick, you're going to get sick from being cooped up. Okay, honey~"
"good."
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