Chapter 82 Strange Smell
Pei Yuezhou's breathing gradually became steady, and the warm breath fell evenly on the back of Yu Zhi's hand, like a soft feather.
She looked down at the faint dark circles under his eyes, and gently brushed her fingertips across the tips of his furrowed brows.
Last night, Pei Yuezhou had a fever but still held her hand tightly and refused to let go until he fell into a deep sleep in the second half of the night.
Although his face was still pale at this moment, he had less anxiety and more of a rare gentleness.
When the phone vibrated on the bedside table, Yu Zhi almost immediately pressed the screen, fearing that she would disturb the sleeping person.
After seeing that the caller ID was Xu Song, she tiptoed to the balcony and answered the call, her voice very low: "Assistant Xu, what's wrong?"
"Madam," Assistant Xu's voice was filled with obvious urgency, "All the partners are here for the pharmaceutical company merger and acquisition contract to be signed this morning, but the official seal seems to have been left in the study. Could you please have someone deliver it?"
"I understand. I'll look for it right away and send it over once I find it."
There were light grey blackout curtains in the study, and the light was just the right softness.
Yu Zhi remembered that Pei Yuezhou's briefcase was often placed on the chair to the left of the desk. She walked over, picked up the bag, unzipped it and searched through it, but she didn't see any trace of the official seal.
She opened the drawer of the desk again, searched from top to bottom, and even searched the innermost storage compartment carefully, but still found nothing.
When her eyes swept across the bookcase behind the desk, Yu Zhi noticed that there was a locked drawer on the middle layer. The brass lock core was shining coldly, and there was also a black safe embedded in the bottom layer of the bookcase.
Yu Zhiwei paused. The official seal is so important, it is not impossible to lock it up, right?
Her eyes fell on the combination lock of the safe, and she was suddenly at a loss.
Yu Zhi was wondering whether to wake Pei Yuezhou up or call Assistant Xu when she suddenly heard light footsteps behind her.
With a hoarse voice just after waking up: "Zhizhi, what are you looking for?"
When Yu Zhi turned around, she saw Pei Yuezhou wearing a beige cashmere robe, with his hair a little messy and sticking to his forehead.
His face was still pale, and he was standing there holding onto the door frame, with a hint of sleepy confusion in his eyes.
"Awake?" She quickly stood up and walked over, reaching out to touch his forehead. After confirming that it was no longer hot, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Assistant Xu said the official seal was left in the study. I searched for it for a long time and couldn't find it. I was just thinking..."
"In the side pocket of the briefcase." Pei Yuezhou interrupted her, his eyes casually sweeping over the safe, his Adam's apple rolling almost imperceptibly.
Then he put his arm around her waist, buried his face in the crook of her neck, and said in a voice as soft as cotton, "I forgot to remind Special Assistant Xu to take it away last night."
His breath was warm after waking up, mixed with a faint scent of cedar, which made Yu Zhi subconsciously relax her guard.
Yu Zhi didn't suspect anything and turned around to pick up the briefcase.
Sure enough, the zipper of the side pocket was not closed tightly, revealing a small piece of the dark brown wooden handle of the official seal.
She smiled and turned back, pointing in the direction of the bookcase. She couldn't help but tease, "Boss Pei, your study has a lot of little secrets. There are locked drawers and a safe. Could it be that you're secretly hiding a small vault and are afraid that I'll find it and confiscate it?"
Pei Yuezhou's fingers tightened slightly, then loosened again.
"It contains documents for next month's bidding, and I'm worried the maid might accidentally mess them up while cleaning."
As he spoke, he gently shook her arm, the moisture in his eyes still lingering, making him look particularly pitiful. "I won't hide any private money from you."
Yu Zhi was amused by his expression and reached out to pinch his chin: "I was just asking casually, look how aggrieved you are."
"Okay, take a good rest, I'll go deliver the official seal."
"There are so many people at home who can go and see her off," Pei Yuezhou stepped forward and blocked her way: "I'm sick, you have to stay with me more."
He led her to the sofa and leaned on her shoulder, his voice filled with the dependence of someone who had been ill: "I'm still dizzy."
"Okay, I don't know who got so drunk last night that he kept muttering about Hibiscus," Yu Zhi smiled and pushed him, then said, "Going to the flower shop was the purpose, and delivering the official seal was just a side job."
Pei Yuezhou's long eyelashes trembled noticeably, and tiny lights spread in his eyes, like stars falling on the snow.
So you wanted to buy flowers for him personally?
He didn't insist on stopping her, but still held her wrist tightly, stroking her skin gently with his fingertips: "Then come back soon."
He paused and added, "Ask the driver to take you. It's snowy and the roads are slippery outside."
"I know, Mr. Pei is becoming more and more long-winded."
Yu Zhi smiled and kissed him on the cheek, picked up her briefcase and coat, and turned to walk out.
Pei Yuezhou remained where he was, his fingertips touching the place where she had kissed him, as if her warmth still remained.
His breathing gradually became heavier.
The car soon arrived at the Pei Group Building. Yu Zhi got into the elevator and went straight to the office on the top floor.
As soon as the door opened, Assistant Xu came forward with an anxious look on his face, but he didn't expect that it was Yu Zhi who came to deliver the gift personally, so he was still a little surprised.
He took the official seal and said hurriedly, "Madam, please make yourself at your leisure."
Then he ran to the meeting room with the documents, forgetting to close the door.
Yu Zhi shook her head helplessly and walked into the inner room of the office.
This is where Pei Yuezhou usually rests. At this moment, a censer of incense is burning, and the smoke is curling, emitting a light woody fragrance.
But when she smelled it, she felt that it was somewhat familiar.
[It's the one from last time! The one you had people move from the study!]
She quickly walked to the incense burner, leaned over and smelled it carefully. The fragrance lingering around her nose seemed to contain a subtle strangeness.
It is not as warm as ordinary calming incense, but instead has a subtle chill.
Just as he was frowning and thinking, the secretary outside knocked on the door: "Madam, do you need some water?"
Yu Zhi immediately looked up: "What's with this incense? When did it start burning?"
The secretary was stunned for a moment before answering truthfully, "They started lighting this incense three months ago. They say it's a medicinal calming incense. The consortium has been acquiring pharmaceutical companies lately, and this is the unique incense formula of one of them. They heard that Mr. Pei often suffers from headaches, so they sent it here specially."
"Medical tranquilizing incense?" Yu Zhi frowned even more tightly.
Anything that can be delivered to Pei Yuezhou should have undergone layers of inspection.
But as soon as she smelled the smell, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
It is an instinctive alert when danger is detected.
[Truly, I don't like the smell either. I think I should be careful.]
She pointed to the incense in the incense burner and said to the secretary, "Please help me take a small piece of incense and put it in a sealed bag."
When the secretary handed over the sealed bag of incense, Yu Zhi carefully put it in her bag and reminded her, "Don't light the incense yet."
Although the secretary was a little confused, she still agreed immediately.
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