Chapter 40 It depends on who cheated on me
When Chen Lai returned to the room, Pei Jingyan was sitting at the desk processing documents.
Seeing her come back, Pei Jingyan closed the document in his hand and asked, "Where have you been?"
Shen Lai closed the door casually and said, "I just met Bai Hansui outside."
Pei Jingyan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is it because of what happened just now?"
Shen Lai nodded.
The two were recognized as a model couple in the eyes of everyone. Now that their relationship has suddenly collapsed, Bai Hansui should be able to sit still and remain calm.
However, she was a little surprised that Huo Chilin did not show up, which was not like his usual style.
Pei Jingyan leaned back in the chair behind him, smiling, "At first I thought you would help Huo Chilin maintain his affectionate persona."
Shen Lai said calmly: "He has already cheated on me, why should I protect his image?"
It was already very decent of her not to expose the two of them at the beginning. If Bai Hansui had not been pushing the issue and wanted to put the blame on her, she would not have told the truth.
Pei Jingyan raised the corner of his lips, "So, you don't have any feelings for him at all?"
Shen Lai glanced at him sideways, "If your girlfriend cheated on you, would you still have feelings for her?"
Pei Jingyan said lazily, "That depends on who cheated on me."
Chen Lai didn't expect that Pei Jingyan was still a love-brained person and could even accept being cheated on by his girlfriend.
It seems that she is more rational than Pei Jingyan.
She didn’t know if it was Shen Lai’s illusion, but she felt that Pei Jingyan seemed to be in a very good mood at the moment, with joy showing in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
"Out for dinner?"
Shen Lai paused and looked at Pei Jingyan, "Where are we going to eat?"
Pei Jingyan glanced at her, and then his eyes fell on Shen Lai's lower abdomen, "I have booked a restaurant nearby."
Shen Lai pointed at himself and said, "Just the two of us?"
"What else?" Pei Jingyan raised his eyebrows, "Who else do you want to take with you?"
Chen Lai just asked casually. She was also hungry, so she didn't refuse Pei Jingyan's suggestion. The two of them went out together.
When they arrived at the restaurant, the manager led the two to a seat by the window and handed them the menu.
Shen Lai glanced at the dishes on the menu, and they were all her favorites.
She originally thought that she would have to eat boxed lunches during the filming of the variety show.
At this moment, Shen Lai suddenly remembered something and glanced at Pei Jingyan warily, "By the way, you're not going to let me pay the bill today, are you?"
Pei Jingyan said mercilessly: "Do you have money?"
Although these words were a bit harsh, fortunately, after the beatings he had suffered over the past six months, Shen Lai had become much thicker-skinned and could breathe a sigh of relief calmly, "That's good."
She only earns so little money from participating in variety shows, she can't use it all on food.
Shen Lai hesitated for a long time holding the menu. She liked everything, but she couldn't order them all, so she suffered from decision-making difficulties.
She slowly handed the menu to Pei Jingyan, "How about you order first?"
Pei Jingyan didn't reach out to take it. "I don't eat much. You can do whatever you want."
"Really?" Shen Lai's eyes lit up slightly, "Then I can order whatever I want?"
Pei Jingyan nodded slightly.
Shen Lai contentedly ordered a few of his favorite dishes, then handed the menu to the manager.
Then she remembered something and added, "By the way, please help me remove the chili and fat."
Pei Jingyan's eyebrows twitched, and he raised his eyes and looked deeply at Chen Lai.
As soon as Shen Lai looked away, she met his playful eyes. Her expression was a little unnatural. "Didn't you say last time that you don't like to eat these?"
Pei Jingyan raised his lips, "You take it so seriously?"
This was a bit ambiguous, Shen Lai coughed lightly, "You are my financial sponsor after all, so it's not strange for me to remember these things, right?"
Pei Jingyan's lips curved slightly, "Miss Shen is quite sensible."
He looked up at the manager and gave him one more reminder: "She's pregnant, so don't cook too much oil in the dishes. Keep them light."
The manager smiled and wrote it down, “Okay.”
Shen Lai was stunned. She wanted to say that there was no need to accommodate her taste, not to mention that she was pregnant and had no reaction. However, Pei Jingyan seemed to have guessed what she was going to say and interrupted, "I am doing this for the sake of our Pei family's incense, not for you."
Shen Lai originally thought that the atmosphere between the two of them was harmonious today, but this sentence destroyed all her thoughts. She snorted coldly, "You don't have to emphasize it all the time. I remember it very clearly."
Sure enough, she and Pei Jingyan would quarrel within half a day of getting along peacefully.
After the manager left, Shen Lai looked at the surrounding environment. In fact, the filming location here was a bit remote, but he didn't expect to find a restaurant with such beautiful scenery.
Shen Lai asked curiously, "How did you find this place?"
Pei Jingyan said calmly: "Push it on your phone."
Shen Lai thought so too. How could someone like Pei Jingyan go out of her way to find out what delicious food is nearby, and all of them happen to be her favorites?
It was probably just a coincidence.
Just then, the phone in Shen Lai's pocket rang. It was a text message from an unfamiliar number.
"Let's talk."
Although there was no note, Shen Lai knew who it was without having to guess.
"What are you looking at?"
Pei Jingyan's voice suddenly rang out in front of him. Shen Lai put away his phone and said, "No, it's just junk messages."
She blocked the phone number and pretended nothing happened.
Soon, the waiter brought the dishes and the two began to eat. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.
At this moment, a sweet voice suddenly sounded beside him, "Hello, are you Shen Lai?"
Suddenly she heard someone calling her name. Shen Lai looked up and saw two girls who looked like junior high school students looking at her excitedly.
One of the girls in school uniform excitedly said, "You are Shen Lai, right? I watched your variety show, I like you very much!"
Shen Lai almost choked.
Even she has fans?
Shen Lai said with a stiff upper lip: "I am."
The girl in school uniform excitedly said, "Ahhh, I really didn't recognize you wrongly. Can you sign an autograph for me? I want to take it back and show off to my friends!!"
Looking at the other party's expectant eyes, Shen Lai couldn't refuse.
This was the first time someone asked her for an autograph.
She nodded politely, took the card and signed her name on it.
"Is this your husband?" The girl in school uniform looked at Pei Jingyan with a shy expression. "He's so handsome, like a celebrity."
Pei Jingyan raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Lai, with no intention of answering.
In order not to embarrass the girl, Shen Lai could only nod awkwardly, "Yes."
The girls were full of praise, "You two are such a good match! I noticed you the moment you came in. You look even better than on TV!"
Shen Lai smiled and said, "Thank you."
After getting the autographs, the girl cautiously said, "Um...can I take a photo with you guys?"
Shen Lai subconsciously glanced at Pei Jingyan. She felt that the other party would definitely not agree to such a request. Just as she was about to politely refuse, she heard Pei Jingyan say, "Okay."
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