33: But he loved her, loved her as she was.
"Xixi, what are you doing?" Pei Yanxiu's phone rang, and Shang Zhi answered it irritably.
"How dare you ask? I've been in pain all day; it hurts to even walk!"
At that moment, Pei Yanxiu was watching her from inside the car not far away. He saw her stomping her feet in anger and her slightly flushed cheeks. His hands on the steering wheel paused for a moment, and a gentle look appeared on his usually cold face.
"Get in the car." Shang Zhi turned around and looked at the road with some doubt, and soon spotted him.
"Who was the person you were just with?" he asked casually, looking at her.
This old man asks about everything!
“I have a list of potential husbands. If you keep asking me these questions, I’m going to start thinking about changing husbands.” Shang Zhi fastened her seatbelt, deliberately trying to annoy him, and quickly noticed the tense atmosphere in the car and his cold gaze.
I chickened out.
"It's Tiancui's design. We came to see Gu Youming today. Look at you, always in such a hurry. By the way, Uncle Pei, what brings you here today? Is there a problem with Tiancui?"
"I'm your husband, can't I contact you if there's no problem?"
"It's best not to look for me, I'm quite busy too," Shang Zhi muttered softly, but Pei Yanxiu silenced her with a sharp glare.
"I've looked at the information you gave me."
“I have an idea. There’s a commercial connecting passage between Tian Cui and the MTR. Let’s make it wider and leave space inside the passage for shops. Consider it a gift from us to the MTR. We’ll give them the property rights and operation as compensation for the trouble we’ve caused them.”
"I hadn't thought of that before. How about you come with me to discuss the specific plan and details?" Shang Zhi's eyes lit up.
“You should go. You need to get some practice too.” Pei Yanxiu’s eyes darted away slightly, but Shang Zhi didn’t think much of it and nodded.
"Uncle Pei, thank you for helping me. I will definitely thank you when I become successful in the future." With the increased stakes, Shang Zhi's mood improved a lot. When she got home, she took off her high heels and leaned against him.
"No need to wait until later, we can do it now." He held her in his arms, lifted her buttocks and pressed them against the wall. A tingling sensation spread under his hands, and Shang Zhi felt her heart soften.
"Didn't you say you were in pain all day? Let me see how much it hurts."
He led her to the bathroom, and suddenly a kiss landed on her neck. Shang Zhi felt that she had been spending too much time with him and her brain was starting to go haywire. At that moment, she desperately wanted him to hold her tightly.
Amidst the misty haze, he produced a jade bracelet from somewhere and slipped it onto her wrist. It was a clear and clean glass-type jade, extremely rare.
“I saw it at the auction and I think it would suit you perfectly.”
"Xixi, do you have enough money lately? If you don't, remember to tell me." Shang Zhi suddenly remembered what her mother had told her: a man who doesn't love you is afraid you'll spend his money, while a man who loves you is always worried that you don't have enough money.
When I was young, I thought that kind of saying was too vulgar, but once I entered society, I became more honest about it.
"It's enough." Shang Zhi's cheeks flushed as she pressed against his firm chest muscles. His worries were really unnecessary. Not only did she have enough to spend, but her own little treasury was also constantly growing.
It will be full sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Shang Zhi almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What are you laughing at?" He forcefully kissed her lips, then lifted Shang Zhi into the air and carried her back to her room.
The moment she closed her eyes, a dark shadow lunged forward. This time, his movements weren't particularly gentle. She gripped his back, leaving mark after mark.
The weather was a bit cool, but his temperature was getting hotter and hotter, and she felt like she was about to be burned.
"Xixi, don't leave me." He pressed close to her, his voice low and deep, as if coming from a great distance, or like a distant sigh, tinged with sadness.
He knew from the beginning that she wasn't that determined, that she didn't love him that much. He knew everything she did, and that she could leave at any moment.
But he loved her, loved her just like this, loved her little temper, loved her disobedience, loved how she turned his life upside down.
When he looked at her, he couldn't help but want to bully her, to make her lie on top of him, in his hands, and to do this and that to her.
He wouldn't ask her if she loved him or not; that didn't matter at all. As long as she was by his side, whether she loved him or not didn't matter.
Shang Zhi's face was still flushed, and she didn't realize what he was saying. She just held him tightly.
Until he touched the depths of her heart.
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"Xixi, my parents said the wedding is next month, what should I do?" Shang Zhi received a call from Lu Xingqi, who sounded unhappy.
Does Dr. Shi know?
"Know."
"What did he say?"
“He said he would do anything as long as he could stay by my side... even without a formal title. Xixi, I’m so confused. I don’t want to marry Awang, but it’s hard to refuse. I also don’t want to break up with Doctor Shi. A few days ago, I heard that Awang broke his leg and I was secretly relieved for a few days, thinking that this matter could be postponed and maybe it would be over. I didn’t expect the wedding to come so soon.”
"Maybe this is fate."
“I heard that A-Wang is going to Myanmar after the wedding. Sometimes I really wonder if Pei Qingan wants to harm me or his son.”
Shang Zhi couldn't offer Lu Xingqi any constructive advice either; they both knew this day would inevitably come. Ever since her father fell ill, she had understood that many things in this world are beyond one's control.
When Shang Zhi reached the underground parking garage, she was startled by a dark figure that flashed out from the corner. It was Pei Wang, who wouldn't behave even though he was using a cane.
What are you doing!
Pei Wang smiled sinisterly, picked up her hair and twisted it in his hand.
"Don't be so wary. We're family, shouldn't we love and care for each other?"
"You waited here just to tell me this? And you know you're getting married? Besides, I'm married too."
"I know, so what? Didn't we agree to each do our own thing? Besides, I don't think you love my brother that much."
"Who says I don't love him!"
Shang Zhi was speechless after Pei Wang's retort.
"I heard something very interesting, and I think you'll be interested." Upon hearing Pei Wang's words, Shang Zhi, who was about to get into the car, froze on the spot.
"What's up?"
"Call me daddy and I'll tell you."
"Pei Wang, go to hell!" Shang Zhi slapped him twice, but it still wasn't enough to vent her anger. She wished she could just drive her car into him.
Once at the company, he sent Pei Wang ten voice messages cursing him.
"President Shang, I'd like to report to you that we've prepared new plans for the changes to the entrances and underground connecting passages that we mentioned last time. We've made three versions, and we've sent them all to Gu Youming, but we haven't received a response yet." Chen Yue knocked on the door and came in, handing Shang Zhi a design plan.
Is there something you're unhappy about?
"Well, I don't know the specifics either. We've gone through the current plan several times, and it's very complete. I don't think it's a design problem."
Shang Zhi called Gu Youming, but after a series of perfunctory and polite exchanges, Shang Zhi grew impatient.
She had a terrible headache after hanging up the phone. Sometimes she really wanted Pei Wang to just get rid of all these people for her.
Simple and straightforward.
But if she really did that, Pei Yanxiu would probably kill her and beat her buttocks until they were like hand-beaten beef balls.
She doesn't want to be that bouncy yet.
Just thinking about that scene made the skin on her back tighten involuntarily.
Whether to choose life or peace and quiet, that is a question worth pondering.
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