Chapter 14 Lost Earring

Pei Du pushed open the door of the cubicle and looked inside. The layout of this cubicle was almost the same as the other cubicles. The edge of the toilet was wiped clean, obviously someone had cleaned it.

Pei Du didn't notice anything wrong. He slightly turned sideways, and just as his right leg stepped out from above, his eyes were flashed by something.

Pei Du narrowed his eyes slightly, he looked back in the direction of the flash and found something thrown next to the trash can.

Hidden in the corner of the cubicle, blocked by the trash can, Pei Du would not have noticed its existence if it were not for the light from above and the perfect angle that Pei Du had accidentally formed.

Pei Du squatted down, reached out to pick up the thing that fell there, and found that it was an earring.

It should have been left by the woman who played with Ling Yu in this cubicle today.

Pei Du looked at the earrings in his hand. They were cleverly designed and light overall. The ring-shaped fixing part was made of gold wire, and a square agate-red jade pendant was hung below.

Pei Du didn't know much about earrings, but just by looking at the color of the red jade, he knew that this earring was very expensive. And being able to wear earrings made of such high-quality jade also indirectly showed that a woman's status was not ordinary.

Pei Du stared at the earring for a few seconds. He stroked the surface of the jade pendant with his fingers. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed to him.

He seemed to have given Anjia a similar pair of earrings on her eighteenth birthday.

An Jia was still a rich lady at that time, and she liked the color red, which was dignified and noble. Pei Du specially asked someone to find the finest red jade for her and customized a pair of earrings for her.

Anjia’s birthday is carefully engraved on the back of the earrings.

Pei Du turned the earring over and looked at the top of the red jade. As far as his sight could reach, he saw a line of numbers vaguely engraved there: 10.26.

Anja's birthday.

Pei Du: “…”

An Jia wore the earrings Pei Du gave her and played with Ling Yu in the toilet. After they were done, Pei Du kindly gave her some information and left. An Jia also said "thank you" to Pei Du in return.

Pei Du now recalled what happened in the afternoon and suddenly found that there was a green grassland growing on his head.

How can a cash machine be played like this?

Pei Du's expression was indescribable. He put the earring into his pocket and then sent a message to his lawyer, asking him to draft two agreements to cancel the engagement as soon as possible.

Pei Du had actually thought about this for a long time. He was sexually apathetic and had no strong desire to get married. An Jia was his fiancée chosen by his parents who had passed away at an early age. Later, An Jia's family fell into poverty and owed a huge amount of money. Pei Du could not just ignore her.

But this is not a reason for Anjia to treat him as an ATM.

Pei Du originally thought that since An Jia did not cancel her engagement with him and did not accept Sheng Shixian's pursuit, she had tacitly approved of their relationship. He did not expect that An Jia had a boyfriend besides them.

Pei Du was speechless. An Jia's setting seemed to be a popular choice. As the heroine, she would be entangled with Sheng Shixian for decades. Pei Du had no need to be a cannon fodder between them just because of a marriage contract.

But how did Ling Yu get in?

Pei Du had never heard of Ling Yu's name in his entire life, let alone his ambiguous relationship with An Jia.

A little jealousy was enough to cause trouble for Pei Du.

Pei Du didn't figure out the reason. He intended to put an end to his relationship with An Jia and just wanted to quickly extricate himself from their relationship which was not sure whether it was a love triangle or a love quadrangle.

Pei Du stood up and took one last look around the bathroom. The old utensils were neatly placed in their original places, and many parts of them were already rusty and rough.

Pei Du did not stay any longer and turned around and left the place.

*

There were far more things going on in the laboratory than Pei Du had imagined. Pei Du had originally planned to return home from work within three hours, but when he arrived at the door, he realized that it was already past seven fifty in the evening.

Five or six hours passed.

The house was dark and dark. The location of this villa was remote, and there were no other buildings along the way. The surroundings were lush with vegetation, and the street lights on both sides were turned on. The light dragged Pei Du's deep shadow into the darkness, and the chirping insects somewhere were whispering to each other in the dark.

Pei Du opened the door. He was the only one living in this house before, and every time he opened the door, it was always empty and dark. He lowered his head to organize his things, walked in with muscle memory, and turned the door handle.

“Shua--”

The crisp sound of iron chains colliding rose in the house. Pei Du paused, and he turned on the light control button next to him, and the whole hall was instantly bright.

Sheng Shixian sat on the sofa like a statue, his head lowered, his long, slightly curly black hair falling down, covering most of his face.

The clasps at his wrists and ankles were tight. He hunched his back, stretched his injured right leg, and half-bent the other leg, sitting in this uncomfortable position for a long time.

Pei Du turned on the button after entering the room, and the originally dim room suddenly became bright. Sheng Shi was jealous and stimulated, but he just narrowed his eyes, then pursed his red lips without saying a word.

Pei Du saw the tense lines on his chin and guessed that Sheng Shixian was probably not in a very good mood.

It was originally agreed that they would play a game for three hours, but Pei Du ended up locking him up for nearly six hours. It would be unbelievable that Sheng Shiyan could still be in a good mood at this time.

"Sorry, I went out to take care of something this afternoon and came back late." Pei Du bent down and untied the iron chains on Sheng Shixian's hands and feet. He stretched the strings so that Sheng Shixian's hands and feet could move in a wider range. "How about I treat you to pork ribs tonight?"

Sheng Shixian didn't react. After the iron chain was stretched, he rubbed his slightly sore wrist with his hand. He kept his head down and concealed the unknown calculations brewing in his black pupils.

Pei Du couldn't tell what he was thinking, so he moved closer and asked, "Do you want to eat?"

Sheng Shixian slowly stopped massaging his wrists. He glanced at Pei Du and suddenly grabbed his sleeve and pulled it down. His face, which had been unable to tell his emotions, was exposed. Sheng Shixian's brows were furrowed and his eyes were filled with cruelty.

Pei Du didn't expect Sheng Shixian to suddenly have an outburst. He became unsteady on his feet and was dragged to the edge of the sofa by Sheng Shixian, grabbing his clothes.

"Sheng Shixian!" Pei Du groaned. He grabbed a corner of the sofa and saw Sheng Shixian pressing his body to climb up and approaching his neck with a very purposeful look.

Pei Du suddenly felt something was wrong. He pressed Sheng Shixian's face with his palm and pushed it back, so hard that veins on the back of his hand bulged. Sheng Shixian ignored him and touched Pei Du's neck skin with the tip of his nose. The breath between his lips and teeth had already fallen above his Adam's apple.

Pei Du would surely die if he took this bite. Pei Du's eyes were filled with gloom, and he simply changed direction and stretched his hand towards Sheng Shixian's throat...

"eat."

Pei Du's fingertips paused, he raised his eyelids and saw Sheng Shi's envious face.

Sheng Shi pressed against Pei Du with envy, sniffing the scent of Pei Du's neck like a wild animal. His nose occasionally touched Pei Du's skin, then he quickly moved away and continued sniffing at the next place that had not been checked.

From the neck to the collarbone, down to the chest, and finally to the lower abdomen. Sheng Shixian grabbed Pei Du's belt and pulled it down, as if he wanted to search his entire body.

"Stinky." Sheng Shixian came to the conclusion.

Pei Du: “…”

"I'm cleaning the toilet outside, how can it not stink?" Pei Du said nonsense. He held Sheng Shixian's head and pushed him aside, "Don't press on me."

Sheng Shi turned his head away enviously, but in less than a few seconds he turned back to look at Pei Du.