79: When love happens, reason begins to slip out of control.
To promote the Tide project, Wanjia and Ruikang jointly hosted a dinner, inviting people from all walks of life to participate in the event in the hope of maximizing the awareness of Tide.
Tide will be released in two weeks, on New Year's Day.
Pei Yanxiu never expected to run into Lu Ke at the banquet, who brought along some of his friends from the entertainment industry. The presence of several big-name celebrities instantly ignited the atmosphere.
Pei Yanxiu had heard Shang Zhi mention this before; she wanted to invite some celebrities and idols to the banquet to try and break into the mainstream and attract attention. But she hadn't told him that she had asked Lu Ke for help with this. Pei Yanxiu glanced at her from afar; she was talking to a friend, smiling innocently.
Now they've really grown up and can do whatever they want, without taking him seriously at all. They know exactly what he hates most, yet they still deliberately do things to provoke him. Thinking of this, his throat became hoarse.
Lu Ke walked up to Pei Yanxiu at some point and said, "Although I know you don't like me, I still tried my best to help out of love for Xixi. But I didn't mean to help you at all; it was all for Xixi's sake."
"Be nicer to her, okay?"
Shang Zhi seemed to notice the two of them and walked quickly over from a distance, her eyes revealing guilt. She was anxious to explain something to Pei Yanxiu, but when she reached his side, she stumbled into his arms because she was walking too fast. He helped her up and glanced at her.
"My wife and I are not matters for outsiders to interfere in. Since Mr. Lu is here, we are very happy to welcome you. We also thank you for your concern and care for Xixi as her friend. I thank you on behalf of my wife." Pei Yanxiu calmly asserted his ownership. Lu Ke felt uncomfortable. He almost, just a little bit more. He really didn't know what was wrong with Xixi. Had he drugged her or something? She had fallen into the same trap twice.
Did he cast a spell on her?
"Xixi, if anyone bullies you in the future, come find me anytime, okay? I have something to do tonight, so I'll be going now." Lu Ke maintained his composure on the surface, but he felt uncomfortable inside. He was clearly no worse than him in any way, and he didn't understand how he had lost.
"Honey, listen to me." After Lu Ke left, Pei Yanxiu pulled Shang Zhi directly to the storage room at the end of the hotel. The room was dimly lit, and her wrist ached from being pulled so hard.
He closed the door, leaving only their breathing in the cramped space. He lifted her chin with his fingertips and kneaded her buttocks with one hand.
“The Tide Project is about to launch, and the traffic brought by Lu Ke is beneficial to the project. Many of his fans are spontaneously promoting it for us. Honey, I didn’t tell you in advance because I was afraid you would feel uncomfortable. I’m only like this because I care about you.” Shang Zhi’s breath didn’t reach her chest. The man’s tall figure cast a shadow, and the force in his hands grew heavier and heavier. She tried to struggle, but he pressed her back down.
"You know I'd rather not have any data than have you interact with him too much. Besides, he's coming tonight, and you didn't even tell me about something this big. Xixi, you're really getting bolder and bolder." His voice was still cold, and he slapped her on the buttock with considerable force. She shrank back into his arms in pain.
Knowing she was in the wrong, she didn't try to argue further. She carefully looked up at his expression; his eyes were misty, and his sharply defined face was always captivating.
"Come out first, it's not over yet, let's go home and settle it later." He reached out and put his arm around her waist, then carefully wiped away the tears on her face. When they reappeared in front of everyone, the two of them were once again a warm and loving couple.
"President Pei and President Shang's project has really been shining in Hong Kong recently. No one expected that young President Shang would be able to take charge of the whole project at such a young age. I heard that the Hong Kong government had approached several partners for this project before, but none of them had won the bid. President Shang has really surprised everyone this time!"
The half-serious, half-joking compliments reached their ears. Pei Yanxiu smiled as he looked at her, occasionally answering some of her questions.
"Yes, President Shang has been on a roll lately. To be honest, we didn't expect her to grow so fast. She's really impressive." These words came from one of Shang's elders, and Shang Zhi felt a lump in her throat upon hearing them.
Lost in thought, she accidentally drank too much. When she got home, her face was still flushed. He made her some tea to help her sober up, and she walked behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Why are you up? Go back and rest, be careful not to burn yourself." The man's voice was somewhat helpless. He held her waist and put her back on the sofa. She wrapped her arms around his neck again and hugged him, not wanting him to leave.
"Are you still angry? Are you still going to settle scores with me?" Her voice was sweet and cloying, and after drinking, she exuded a kind of innocent charm. She lay in his arms, looking incredibly cute, and he loved her to the core.
But he was unwilling to let her go so easily. If he let her go too easily, she would cause him a lot of trouble later. There still had to be rules. In his view, being a husband and wife and running a company were the same. Both had to have some basic rules and bottom lines, and there had to be areas that neither party could touch or cross.
There are consequences for breaking the rules.
"What do you think?" The man raised an eyebrow. She was drunk and couldn't see clearly. She leaned softly against him, twisted her hips, and went limp against him, taking his hand and resting it on her buttocks.
"Don't be angry, honey." With tears in her eyes, she also had a lot to say to this man. They had gone through so much trouble to fall in love, he should understand her. Her heart only belonged to him and the company. She went to see Lu Ke for the sake of the company, and she had no other intentions.
Seeing that he was still cold, she frowned, got up, went to the room, found a ruler, handed it to him, and tremblingly knelt on his lap.
"Hit me, spank my bottom." Her glistening cheeks were streaked with tears as she gently gripped his trouser leg. Seeing her like this, even the greatest anger in his heart subsided, and his tone softened considerably as he helped her up.
"You're drunk. Don't drink so much next time." He tapped her chin with the ruler, and the warning worked well. Her body involuntarily tensed up, and he could feel the tightening of her muscles.
When a man's desire for control is satisfied, he wants her to be like this, never able to escape his grasp for the rest of her life. He wants her to feel fear when she does something wrong, because people can't live without fear, or they will become lawless.
"I understand." Before she could finish speaking, he carried her back to the room, and they spent a passionate night together.
When she woke up, she stared blankly at the tie on her wrist, vaguely recalling everything that had happened last night. She was incredibly ashamed, feeling that drinking had really ruined her image. She had whispered a lot of things in his ear that made her head spin, saying that she loved him, that she would listen to him, and that she wanted him to revolve around her for the rest of his life.
When love happens, reason begins to slip out of control, and I become unlike myself.
"Awake?" Pei Yanxiu was leaning against the door frame at some point, looking down at her.
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