Chapter 26 Chapter 26 I Won't Abandon You
Chapter 26
Lu Peishi seemed to be staying out of the matter and didn't pay any attention to Liu Yuwen. While talking with Mr. Xie, he stared at his phone and replied to some messages.
Completely ignored, Liu Yuwen lowered her head again in embarrassment and bit her lips hard.
Ruan Yan, who witnessed the whole process, felt a little bit sorry for her. She wanted to comfort her, but she thought that would only embarrass her more, so she gave up.
But she glared at Jiang Wenlin in dissatisfaction. This woman was really annoying. Wasn't this blatant gang bullying?
It turns out that they usually exclude newcomers in this way.
Her dislike for Jiang Wenlin increased even more.
Liu Yuwen was almost invisible the whole night. Liu Pan was either praising and flattering Lu Peishi with everyone, or joking with Jiang Wenlin and Jingqi over there. He would only speak to her occasionally, as if he was casually teasing a kitten or a puppy.
Not to mention Lu Peishi, who never even looked at her once during the entire process, let alone spoke to her.
This incident made her feel quite lost.
Liu Yuwen had to work hard to get invited to tonight's drinking party.
For a newcomer like her with no background or experience, the only way to wait for an opportunity and seize it is to show up frequently and make her familiar to the public.
After a few fast songs to liven up the atmosphere, Liu Yuwen picked up the microphone in front of her left.
A soothing and sad prelude sounded faintly, a Cantonese song.
Liu Yuwen is from City Z and speaks standard Cantonese.
Her singing voice is beautiful, soft and melodious, which makes the sad song even more tragic.
“Whoever changed my life, I will always remember that I have never been pessimistic…”
"There is no old love across the river, but there is the sound of the bells in Gusu. The heart that has been shaken can only accept..."
Every word expresses the sadness and bitterness.
Even Ruan Yan couldn't help being moved. With the small outburst after the suppression in the latter part of the song, her emotions couldn't help but rise and fall with her singing.
Lu Peishi beside him seemed to be infected as well. He stared at the big screen in front of him without saying a word. It was unknown what he was thinking. His dark pupils were illuminated by the flickering light. His eyes were still cold, but there seemed to be some other subtle traces.
"I have lost all feeling, all consciousness, but I still have a body..."
After Liu Yuwen sang the last syllable, she found that the volume of people around her had unconsciously dropped a lot. Even Liu Pan and Jiang Wenlin, who had been laughing all the time, stopped and listened to her singing.
She put down the microphone embarrassedly: "I...I'm just singing casually."
"You sing beautifully, sister. Not bad!" Liu Pan patted her shoulder. "Honestly, your voice is so beautiful. It makes us all sad."
Turning back to Jiang Wenlin and the others, he asked, "Is that so?"
Jiang Wenlin raised his eyelids but said nothing.
It was rare that she didn't make any sarcastic remarks, because Liu Yuwen sang really well. For a moment just now, even she was distracted by the singing.
Lu Peishi was in a bad mood tonight, and Ruan Yan could see it.
Not only did he drink to drown his sorrows, he also often stared blankly, as if something was on his mind.
Before coming here, she thought her role today was to block the drinking for him, but he just drank one sip after another and she had nothing to do with it at all.
Because she was brought by Lu Peishi, everyone was very polite to her and no one dared to force her to drink or anything like that. She was very bored the whole night and later simply drank by herself while playing Candy Crush on her mobile phone.
The wine tonight must be very expensive, with bottles of foreign liquor placed on the table as if they were free, but she knew her alcohol tolerance and only dared to take a small sip mixed with Sprite and lemon juice.
Halfway through the drinking party, Lu Peishi's cell phone rang, and he got up and went outside to answer it.
Ruan Yan raised her eyes and took a quick glance, then lowered her head again to continue playing the Candy Crush game.
Ten minutes later, Lu Peishi still hadn't come back, but she didn't take it seriously.
But someone around her cared.
…
Lu Peishi came out to answer a work call. After hanging up, he didn't rush back.
The box was a bit stuffy, so he stood alone by the window at the corner of the corridor, trying to get some fresh air.
There were hardly any people passing by here, so he could be alone and quiet for a while.
The window was not open. He stared at the hazy night view of City C through the transparent glass in front of him, his whole body empty.
After a while, there was a sudden noise behind me.
Lu Peishi turned around and saw the girl who was sitting next to him and singing in the box.
Seeing him turn around and look at her, Liu Yuwen looked embarrassed: "Mr. Lu, did I disturb you accidentally? I just felt too stuffy in there, and wanted to go out for a walk and get some fresh air..."
Lu Peishi didn't say anything, so she hurriedly said, "If I disturb you, I'll leave first..."
"No," he said, his face expressionless as he passed by her, "I'm going in."
When Lu Peishi passed by her, Liu Yuwen blurted out and called him: "Mr. Lu——"
Lu Peishi paused for a moment.
Liu Yuwen had already walked quickly in front of him.
"Thank you for speaking up for me just now. I..." She raised her blushing face, "otherwise, I might really have been sent back in that situation."
Lu Peishi nodded: "It's just a piece of cake."
After saying that, he was about to leave, but Liu Yuwen seemed to have something else to say, her willow-shaped eyes sparkling: "Mr. Lu..."
Lu Peishi stopped and looked down at her condescendingly.
She lowered her eyes again: "I...I am not what they say."
Lu Peishi didn't understand why.
"I didn't mean to cry in front of everyone," Liu Yuwen said with a nasal sound of grievance. "I just haven't been to this kind of occasion very often, and I don't know how to handle it."
The soundproofing of Lantingxuan is very good. Although the private room is bustling with noise, the corridor outside the wall is so silent that you can hear a pin drop.
Liu Yuwen frowned: "I know they all look down on me, but I..."
“I’m not interested in other people’s life journeys.”
Lu Peishi interrupted her without emotion, his cold voice echoing in the quiet corridor.
Liu Yuwen was stunned for a moment, and before she could release her emotions, she was intercepted halfway.
After coming to her senses, she was embarrassed and lost. She bit her lips hard and lowered her head: "I'm sorry, I... I lost control of my emotions for a moment. I'm sorry."
Lu Peishi didn't say anything. After a few seconds, he walked around her and prepared to return to the box.
Liu Yuwen knew that it wasn't easy for her to meet a boss of Lu Peishi's level. She was afraid that if she missed this opportunity, she would have a hard time getting another one. In a hurry, she called out to him again, "Mr. Lu."
Lu Peishi frowned slightly, somewhat losing his patience.
The warm light in the corridor cast a faint golden hue on his handsome profile, and his eyes, like deep pools, were cold yet sexy.
Perhaps she was intoxicated by his gaze, or perhaps she was trying to seize the last glimmer of hope. Liu Yuwen took a deep breath and finally mustered up the courage: "I know it's abrupt, but can you give me your number? WeChat is also fine. I promise I won't bother you casually."
She squeezed her fingers hard, her eyes sparkling as if tears were about to drip, her voice trembling slightly, and she made a last-ditch effort to retreat and advance: "If you really hate me, then forget it."
Two seconds, or maybe longer—
"Well," Lu Peishi's low voice rang in his ears, "I don't have the habit of giving out my contact information to strangers casually."
After saying that, he left without hesitation.
Lu Peishi was gone for quite some time.
Ruan Yan looked at the door of the box several times, but did not see him coming back.
There was a constant noisy sound in my ears. Liu Pan went to the bathroom. I don’t know what game they were playing next to me. It was very noisy, and the laughter of Jiang Wenlin and Jingqi was particularly obvious.
Two or three times, Jiang Wenlin even squeezed over to Ruan Yan's side.
Ruan Yan had no choice but to move to the side again and again, and she had no mood to play Candy Crush anymore.
What's wrong with that guy? He's been gone for so long, is he just leaving me here alone and not coming back?
Ruan Yan was a little depressed.
Liu Pan, who had just come out of the bathroom, also felt strange and looked at Ruan Yan and asked, "Hey, Mr. Lu hasn't returned yet after answering the phone?"
I also want to know where he went, Ruan Yan thought to herself.
"I'll go check out the corridor," she said, standing up.
I've been sitting for so long, I might as well stretch my muscles.
Liu Pan followed her with a bit of worry: "Let me go with you to take a look."
Before the two of them reached the door, the door of the box was pushed open.
Lu Peishi walked in under the light from outside the corridor.
"Mr. Lu, you're back," Liu Pan joked. "I almost thought I wasn't welcoming enough and you left without saying goodbye."
Lu Peishi said slowly: "I went out to answer a phone call."
"It's good that you didn't leave. Come on, let's continue drinking." Liu Pan said with a smile.
Ruan Yan calmed down and almost thought that she was really going to be abandoned.
Sitting back in her seat, she said to Lu Peishi with a slightly complaining tone: "You've been gone for so long, I thought you wouldn't come back."
Lu Peishi turned his head, stared at her for two seconds, and chuckled: "Are you afraid sometimes?"
Ruan Yan: “…”
Please, who is scared? I'm just not familiar with this place. I don't know anyone except you, okay?
She complained silently in her heart.
A moment later, just as Ruan Yan was about to pick up her phone to play games again, she suddenly heard a faint voice: "Don't worry, I won't abandon you."
She was slightly startled and looked back.
Lu Peishi was drinking as if nothing had happened. The colorful light from the ceiling lamp shone on his angular profile, making it look hazy and unclear.
It was as if the sentence just now was just Ruan Yan's momentary illusion.
In the second half of the drinking party, everyone became more and more excited as they drank, some were playing finger-guessing games, some were playing dice, and the atmosphere remained high.
Ruan Yan noticed that Liu Yuwen seemed to have never come back since she left.
Later, I heard her boss and others mention that she suddenly felt unwell and went back first.
Yes, it’s so uncomfortable to stay in a place like this with these people.
To be honest, Ruan Yan also wanted to go back first. It was too boring here for her.
…
Ruan Yan knew that people who were in a bad mood would get drunk easily, but she didn't expect Lu Peishi to get drunk so quickly.
He leaned back on the sofa, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Ruan Yan stepped forward and patted him: "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu?"
No response.
“…”
Are you kidding me? Lu Peishi drove here by herself today. How could a frail woman like her carry this 1.85-meter-tall strong man back home?
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