But perhaps this thing also realized that they had noticed this, because after Chu Yichen lit another incense stick, the temperature in the room suddenly dropped a little.
The three of them were all dressed in black suits for the funeral. When they sat in front of the brazier, it was originally a bit stuffy, but now they felt a bit cold.
Just like a flag in a horror movie, even if you realize it—
"Is it a little cold?" No one dared to say that out loud.
It's as if simply uttering these words would shatter the tacit balance between humanity and the unknown.
Just like in the story, those who see through the monster's mask are always eaten the next second, but if you pretend not to notice, the monster will pretend to play along for a while.
I don't know what Pei Heng was thinking. Maybe he felt that he wouldn't make that kind of move when chatting about everyday things, so he actually changed the subject back to, "How did you and Xiao Le meet?"
“...Group project,” Cen Yu said.
"You're pursuing Xiao Le?" Pei Heng asked again.
Cen Yu didn't speak. He felt that if he said anything about Pei Leyun pursuing him, Pei Heng would immediately say, "My lord, there's a heartless man here. Eat him!"
Pei Heng interpreted Cen Yu's silence as a signal.
He looked at Pei Leyun's portrait and sneered, "His taste was really bad."
Pei Heng looked at his adopted son. He was usually busy with work and didn't see him often, but in his memory, Pei Leyun was an overly quiet child. So when he learned that Pei Leyun already had a boyfriend and even wanted to marry him, Pei Heng was very surprised.
However, Pei Heng didn't necessarily have the idea of a marriage alliance. After learning about it from his assistant, he simply arranged a time for Pei Leyun to bring her people over for a meal.
Then he saw Cen Yu.
The aloof young man with black hair was wearing headphones and talking to someone on the other end. He was in the smoking area... He reached into his pocket, took out a cigarette, and then seemed to realize that he didn't have a lighter. The man next to him who had been staring at him immediately leaned over to strike up a conversation.
Because he was on the phone, the young man just kept his head down, while the man attentively shielded his eyes from the wind with one hand and offered him his lighter.
For a moment, Pei Heng felt as if he were hallucinating a scene from a movie.
The black-haired youth only glanced at the man after lighting his cigarette, and said, "Thanks."
The man seemed encouraged by the young man's words and immediately began to whisper something.
From Pei Heng's perspective, he could only see the young man's somewhat impatient profile and the beauty mark under his eye. He didn't know what the man had said, but the young man suddenly chuckled and exhaled a puff of smoke into the man's face—
"Forget about it, you can't afford it."
"roll."
Pei Heng then suddenly realized that the man was saying something in a low voice.
Seemingly surprised by the rejection, the man became somewhat embarrassed and angry. The younger man was even taller than the man.
"Um, it's nothing."
"I encountered a blind person..."
"Yes, it's not much money."
He seemed to still be on the phone with the person on the other end of the headset.
Being ignored and mocked for being broke only fueled the man's anger. He was about to rush up and beat the young man when Pei Heng quickened his pace to help him. Unexpectedly, the young man kicked the man in the knee, causing him to collapse to his knees.
"Hey, can you not be ungrateful?" The young man stubbed out his lit cigarette in the ashtray next to him. "Everyone says they look down on you because you're poor. I suggest you use the money you gave me to buy some scratch-off lottery tickets instead of dreaming about this."
He patted the man on the shoulder as he spoke, "Everyone's watching, don't make a scene like this."
The man immediately looked at Pei Heng to the side, realizing that his actions had been seen by everyone... He suddenly felt embarrassed and slunk away.
Pei Heng stood there without saying a word. After taking a closer look, he realized that the man looked somewhat familiar.
He seems to be a business owner. I saw him at a party before. His lifestyle isn't great, but he's supposedly quite generous. Plus, he's fairly good-looking, so he has a good reputation in the industry. Pei Heng doesn't know how much he quoted, but it probably wasn't too low.
Pei Heng guessed that the young man was less concerned about the amount of money and more concerned about feeling humiliated by the man, which was why he said that.
As he thought this to himself, he listened to the young man continue his phone call with the other end of the headset—
"Um...yes."
"But it's still a bit too little."
"My dream is still to marry into the family."
Pei Heng: "..."
Pei Heng suddenly became a little annoyed, realizing that he had been overthinking things.
He stopped looking at the young man and walked straight in another direction until an hour later, when the two of them met Pei Leyun at the restaurant that Pei Heng had booked.
"Dad, this is my boyfriend." Pei Leyun looked happy as he took Cen Yu's arm. "Cen Yu, this is my dad."
Pei Heng noticed the fleeting panic in Cen Yu's eyes and knew that the other party had recognized him.
He couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Seeing Cen Yu's outstretched hand, he didn't reach out. "Are you hungry? Let's eat first." He said, then sat down at the table.
Pei Leyun seemed to keenly sense that his adoptive father did not like his boyfriend. He glanced at Cen Yu with some unease, only to see Cen Yu gently pat his shoulder, "It's okay."
"There's a misunderstanding."
With Pei Leyun's mediation, although it can't be said that both host and guest were completely happy, Pei Heng didn't embarrass Cen Yu in front of everyone. However, before leaving, he solemnly told Pei Leyun that he could consider it more carefully.
Pei Leyun, however, acted as if she couldn't live without him.
Pei Heng became increasingly certain that Cen Yu had used a curse on Pei Leyun.
So now, when Cen Yu says that Pei Leyun took the initiative to pursue him, Pei Heng doesn't believe it at all. In his opinion, Cen Yu probably used some tricks to make Pei Leyun take the initiative to pursue him.
Cen Yu simply didn't know what Pei Heng was thinking, otherwise he would definitely have cried out that he was innocent.
Because this matter was not a lie, at least the images that Cen Yu extracted from his memory... when they were working together as a group, he didn't notice anything special about Pei Leyun's identity at all.
It wasn't until after the group's presentation that he heard someone vaguely mention that Pei Leyun's family owned a mine.
At that time, Cen Yu didn't have any particular thoughts. There are so many people in the world with mines; he couldn't possibly marry into every single one of them, could he?
When Pei Leyun suddenly confessed her feelings to him and said she wanted to date him, Cen Yu was still a little confused.
In his view, Pei Leyun didn't talk much when they worked together, and if they met in the library, they would just nod to each other.
Why did you suddenly confess your feelings?!
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