Chapter 88 Clear Attitude
Yu Zhi's fingertips hovered over the phone screen. She dialed Yu Heng's number three times. The busy tone in the receiver was like a blunt knife, cutting her nerves again and again.
She knew very well what might be hidden behind the busy tone, after all, the conversation on the monitor was still ringing in her ears.
She called Pei Yuezhou again, but the phone was still turned off.
He had previously mentioned casually that he was going overseas to sign a contract recently, but now it seems that it was all an excuse.
They are using Yu Heng to plan.
This game has probably long been under the surveillance of those behind the scenes, and was doomed to fail from the very beginning.
Yu Zhi waited anxiously all night, and it was not until the next night that Yu Zhi contacted Lin Zhi.
"Madam, is there anything I can help you with?" Lin Zhi's voice came through the receiver, sounding steady and calm.
"Lin Zhi, what are my brother and A Yue doing now?" Yu Zhi didn't beat around the bush, her tone filled with uncontrollable anxiety.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then Lin Zhi's deliberately lowered voice came: "Mr. Yu should be busy with the bidding at the moment. As for our husband, he is in a meeting."
"Are you sure?" Yu Zhi pointed out directly, her voice a little colder. "I know what you are going to do. Stop it now. Don't risk my brother's safety!"
In the corridor outside the ward, Lin Zhi's hand holding the mobile phone suddenly tightened, and he subconsciously looked at the door with a red light that said "In Surgery".
He raised his eyes and saw Pei Yuezhou leaning against the wall.
The gauze on the man's arm was still stained with light red blood, and his knuckles were white from clenching his fists tightly. It was obvious that he had heard everything that was said on the phone.
Pei Yuezhou gave Lin Zhi a look.
Lin Zhi calmed down and quickly responded, "Madam, you're worrying too much. We are really just dealing with work matters."
"Let Pei Yuezhou call me back." Yu Zhi's tone did not soften at all.
"Madam, Mr. Pei is busy in an important meeting right now and may not be able to return your call in time. When he is free, I will let him know and call you back as soon as possible."
Lin Zhi tried his best to evade the question, fearing that saying one more word would reveal his flaws.
After hanging up the phone, Yu Zhi sat on the sofa with cold fingertips.
The feeling of panic became stronger and stronger, as if something was hanging over my head and would fall down at any time.
The next morning, an anonymous email notification popped up on my phone.
The moment Yu Zhi clicked on it, her heart sank to the bottom.
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It was already afternoon when Pei Yuezhou returned to the hospital after handling the emergency.
When he pushed the door open, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
Yu Zhi was sitting beside the bed, holding Yu Heng's hand and wiping it gently. Her profile looked particularly cold and lonely in the morning light.
"Zhizhi..." Pei Yuezhou's voice was a little hoarse, his limbs seemed to be filled with ice, and even his breathing became cautious.
Yu Zhi didn't look at him, her eyes were always on Yu Heng's face, her voice was so flat that it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry: "Get out."
Pei Yuezhou moved his lips, wanting to say something to explain, but when he saw her straight shoulders, he ended up saying nothing.
He just looked at her deeply, turned around and tiptoed out.
Pei Yuezhou leaned against the wall outside the door for as long as Yu Zhi stayed in the ward.
The smell of disinfectant in the corridor mixed with the smell of medicine on his arm made his nasal cavity sore.
It was not until the evening that the door of the ward was finally opened. Yu Zhi walked out with her head lowered, as if she didn't see him, and went straight to the elevator.
"Zhizhi, I..." Pei Yuezhou subconsciously reached out to pull her wrist, but Yu Zhi dodged sideways.
He watched her back disappear in the elevator, his heart seemed to be gripped by a hand, and for the first time, the feeling of panic gripped him so clearly.
He was afraid that Yu Zhi would really ignore him.
Pei Yuezhou immediately asked the driver to follow Yu Zhi's car, and he drove closely behind.
When I returned to the villa, Yu Zhi was already sitting on the sofa in the living room. The light from the floor lamp fell on her, but there was no warmth at all.
Pei Yuezhou walked in slowly, feeling heavy with every step.
He didn't dare look into Yu Zhi's eyes.
Until her cold voice came from the living room: "Why use my brother as bait?"
"Because as long as the person behind this is not caught, you will be in danger."
Pei Yuezhou finally looked up, his eyes bloodshot, and his voice was filled with a barely perceptible fatigue. "I found out that your parents' death wasn't accidental. His scheme lasted more than seven years..."
He couldn't bear to see Yu Zhi get into trouble again. No matter what the cost, he had to find out the person hiding in the dark and eliminate the hidden danger for her.
"My parents...isn't it a coincidence?" Yu Zhi was in a trance, and this sentence made her head buzz.
Is it also related to that person?
Yu Zhi clenched her hands suddenly, her nails digging deep into her palms, causing a sharp pain.
She took a long time to calm down, but she still couldn't calm herself down.
[Host, please don't panic. Please continue.]
"But you know how important my brother is to me." Yu Zhi looked at Pei Yuezhou again. This was the first time she spoke to him in such a cold and distant tone. "Pei Yuezhou, you've crossed the line."
Pei Yuezhou was completely panicked.
He took a step forward, his posture extremely low, his eyes reddened: "Zhizhi, I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to turn out like this, I..."
He reached out to hug her, but Yu Zhi took a step back to avoid him.
"The facts are already before us, don't say anything."
Yu Zhi raised her leg and was about to walk out of the hall, but her eyes glanced at the celadon vase with a bug in the corner of the living room, and she paused.
Pei Yuezhou suddenly hugged her from behind, his arms tightly wrapped around her, as if he wanted to rub her into his bones and blood: "Zhizhi, don't go."
Yu Zhi placed her fingertips on his arm and slowly pried his fingers apart, her voice steady: "Let me be alone for a while."
"Don't you want me anymore?"
Pei Yuezhou's voice trembled, his eyes were frighteningly red, his usual calmness and composure were gone, leaving only an almost humble plea.
Yu Zhi didn't respond or look back, she just broke free from his embrace and left, leaving Pei Yuezhou standing alone in the empty living room.
His figure seemed particularly lonely under the warm yellow light, and the low pressure around him was so thick that it could not be dispelled. The servants hid at the end of the corridor, not even daring to breathe.
[Host, are you really not going to tell Pei Yuezhou about your plan? ]
Xiaoshui's voice echoed in her mind, with a hint of pity: [Look at him, he looks like he's about to break.]
"If he knew, would he let me leave the Pei family's protection circle and lure out the person behind the scenes?" Yu Zhi walked in the cold wind, her voice light but firm.
In the anonymous email received, in addition to Yu Heng's photos, there were also two audio clips with the beginning and the end cut off.
It is highly guiding and the other party's purpose is self-evident.
This game was set up by the other party specifically for Yu Zhi. If she didn't join in, how could it start?
"Besides, I'm really angry." Yu Zhi paused, clenching her fingers lightly, "I must tell him clearly where my bottom line is."
If we don't express our attitude in time this time, similar things will happen again.
She wanted to use her actions to tell Pei Yuezhou that there were some bottom lines that could not be touched, otherwise the consequences would definitely not be what he wanted to see.
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