Chapter 79
Pei Yubai froze, cold sweat dripping from his neck, soaking his collar.
He stammered, "Qingyu, what are you talking about? How could I lie to you? Ye Luoyi and I were just playing around, didn't I tell you that? Everything I did was for our future, for you..."
Zhou Qingyu threw off Pei Yubai's tie and sneered, "You men are really interesting. You always like to impose your will on women. Why, if it weren't for me, wouldn't you run Tianhui and compete with Pei Hanli?"
"You will do this no matter who is around you. You do it for yourself. There is no need to say it's for me. I don't need it."
"As for Yan Xi," Zhou Qingyu paused, "this is a matter between her and me, you don't need to care."
After saying that, Zhou Qingyu turned and left.
Pei Yubai was the only one left. He gritted his teeth in resentment and threw all the documents on the ground, crushing them to pieces.
Zhou Qingyu returned to the nanny car. Yan Xi was sitting in the car playing games. When she saw her coming, she got out of the car quickly.
"We're done chatting~"
Pei Yubai didn't catch up, and Zhou Qingyu didn't look in a very good mood, which meant that Pei Yubai probably didn't succeed.
Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't know what Pei Yubai was up to, but as long as he didn't succeed, it was good!
Zhou Qingyu looked at her coldly, "Yan Xi, I
Let’s chat.”
Yan Xi was stunned, wondering why Zhou Qingyu suddenly became serious.
Zhou Qingyu sent Xiao Meng away, then looked at Yan Xi, "Pei Yubai found out that all your roommates are single, so it's impossible for you to fall in love with their boyfriends. You lied to me when you said you were heartbroken."
Yan Xi's head exploded.
My brain suddenly crashed, and my thoughts became intermittent. Yan Xi looked at Zhou Qingyu's beautiful yet cold eyes, shrank her neck, and dared not answer.
Zhou Qingyu bit her lip, "Why did you lie to me?"
【Warning! Warning! 】
[The host has been detected to have a tendency to reveal the plot with the characters in the novel! The system will automatically reconcile the host's exposed dialogue related to the plot. If the host does not change after repeated teachings, the plot will execute a program to eliminate the host! ]
Yan Xi's eyes widened. "Erase the program? What does that mean?"
【Host, literal meaning.】
Yan Xi swallowed deeply and looked at Zhou Qingyu, "I... can't tell you the reason."
Zhou Qingyu was stunned, "Why?"
Yan Xi gritted her teeth and organized her words to avoid the plot content. "I can only say that I don't want you to be with Pei Yubai, I don't want you to be called a mistress, I don't want you to spend money on Pei Yubai... I want to help you whitewash your black material, and I want you to have your own life..."
【Warning! Warning! 】
[Host! Be careful with your words! Your last sentence almost gave away the plot! I'll let you off this time, but don't let me do that next time!]
"What does this have to do with you lying to me about your broken heart?" Zhou Qingyu couldn't understand. She thought for a moment and asked, "You want me to care about you, but you don't have time to care about Pei Yubai?"
Yan Xi nodded vigorously.
Zhou Qingyu spread her hands, "Why don't you just tell me directly? Why don't you just tell me that Pei Yubai is a scumbag and he doesn't deserve me? Why are you going through so much trouble?"
Yan Xi looked at Zhou Qingyu speechlessly.
Because you couldn't listen, because you were controlled by the plot, because at that time there was no one else in your heart except Pei Yubai...
But Yan Xi couldn't say it. Whether Zhou Qingyu was controlled by the plot or this world was a novel, she couldn't tell the truth about the world.
Yan Xi lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you."
Zhou Qingyu became even angrier. She felt that Yan Xi clearly had something else in her words, but she just didn't say anything.
"Yan Xi! You are the one I trust the most! But you actually lied to me. I hate it most when people lie to me!"
She was so angry that she ignored Yan Xi and walked towards the nanny car.
"Xiao Meng! Let's go!"
Xiao Meng had been wearing headphones and didn't hear the two people talking. When she saw Zhou Qingyu calling her, she quickly got on the driver's seat, then turned around and asked Zhou Qingyu, "Sister Qingyu, Yan Xi hasn't come up yet!"
"Who cares about her?"
Zhou Qing said in a huff and reached out to close the car door.
"Gently!"
Yan Xi wanted to explain, and subconsciously reached out to hold the car door, but Zhou Qingyu was too fast, and the car door closed due to inertia, just pinching Yan Xi's hand.
"Ah——!" Yan Xi screamed in pain.
Zhou Qingyu was shocked and immediately opened the car door to check Yan Xi's hands. There was a red mark on her fair hands because the car door had scratched her skin and was bleeding.
"Are you stupid? Can't you see the car door is about to close?"
Yan Xi looked at Zhou Qingyu pitifully: "Qingqing, I'm in so much pain, are you willing to leave me alone?"
Zhou Qingyu frowned, "Don't flatter me, I won't fall for it now!" She asked Xiao Meng, "Where's Lin Zhi? She's not the VP assistant, where is she?"
Xiao Meng took out her phone and said, "I'll contact Sister Lin Zhi right now!"
Zhou Qingyu glanced at Yan Xi again, her eyes reluctant, but she still said firmly, "Lin Zhi has a car, ask her to take you to the hospital."
Yan Xi said bitterly, "Aren't you going to take me there?"
Zhou Qingyu put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm still angry now! Don't push your luck!"
Xiao Meng called back, "Sister Qingyu, Sister Lin Zhi is gone."
"How can she, an assistant, walk faster than the VP?"
"Today is Saturday, and I'm supposed to be working overtime..."
Zhou Qingyu was helpless. Lin Zhi was not there and Master Zhao had also gone back. It seemed to be force majeure. So she had to send Yan Xi to the hospital reluctantly. She was not forgiving Yan Xi. After all, she was Yan Xi's boss and she was only responsible for her employees!
Zhou Qingyu was about to speak when a deep voice came from behind her, "I'll take her to the hospital."
Zhou Yanci walked over to Yan Xi.
"VP is directly under the group management. Yan Xi is also my subordinate. I will send her to the hospital."
Zhou Qingyu said angrily, who asked you to give it to me, you old green tea girl!
But she couldn't bring herself to do that. Yan Xi had lied to her for so long, and she still didn't tell her the real reason for lying. She couldn't forgive Yan Xi so easily, or where would she put her face? Although the old green tea was tea, fortunately she was pursuing Yan Xi and wouldn't do anything excessive to her.
"Who cares about you! Do whatever you want!"
The eldest lady got into her nanny car with an arrogant attitude and without looking back.
…
Watching the nanny car drive away, Yan Xi let out a long sigh. She had thought about this day, but she had never thought it would come so soon.
Zhou Yanci carefully examined Yan Xi's wounds, and the Rolls-Royce slowly drove over and stopped beside the two of them.
"Let's go to the hospital."
"No, it's not serious."
Yan Xi could feel that although it hurt, the car door only scratched her skin and did not injure her bones.
Zhou Yanci bought iodine, cotton swabs, and bandages, and sat on a chair outside the convenience store to apply medicine to Yan Xi.
"Zhou Yanci, do you think Qingqing is really angry?" Yan Xi asked nervously. She had known Zhou Qingyu for so long, but this was the first time she saw her get angry at her.
Zhou Yanci raised his eyebrows, "Is she angry?"
"Not really?"
Zhou Yanci didn't know what to say. In his memory, Zhou Qingyu always bossed people around. She would get angry if she didn't get her way. Otherwise, how did the entertainment industry spread the rumor that she was a big shot? She was often like that.
But Zhou Yanci did not expose the truth and asked instead, "Why don't you tell her the truth?" In Zhou Yanci's opinion, there was probably a reason why Yan Xi lied to Zhou Qingyu.
Yan Xi was silent and unable to answer.
The two of them sat in silence, and Zhou Yanci quietly applied medicine to Yan Xi.
The summer night was gradually getting cooler. As the night wind blew, Yan Xi was so cold that she got goose bumps all over her body. Zhou Yanci took off his suit jacket and put it on her.
"Zhou Yanci," Yan Xi suddenly called him, "If one day you find out that I've been hiding something from you, will you be angry?"
Zhou Yanci said indifferently, "It depends on what it is."
Yan Xi paused.
For example, being close to you doesn’t mean they like you, or that they care about your health out of kindness… they just want to be gentle with you.
But Yan Xi didn't dare to say it.
Zhou Yanci lowered his eyes and looked at Yan Xi who had not answered, and raised his eyebrows.
“I’d get angry.”
Yan Xi's heart skipped a beat.
The next moment, Zhou Yanci hugged her waist and said in a soft and pleasant voice, "So, since you have kept it a secret before, keep it a secret from now on. Keep it a secret from me for the rest of my life. Don't let me know the truth. Do you understand?"
——
In the darkness, at the corner of the convenience store.
Zhou Qingyu was wearing a high-end dress from M. The hem of her skirt was puffy and it made it difficult for her to move. But she still held up her skirt and secretly poked her head out from the side of the convenience store.
"What is Zhou Yanci doing? I'm just applying medicine, why is he doing this? Didn't we agree to go to the hospital? What a cunning old black tea!"
Zhou Qingyu dug her fingers into the wall of the convenience store and almost scratched the paint off the wall.
Xiao Meng followed Zhou Qingyu, quite speechless.
"Sister Qingyu, can't we just go out openly?" What kind of sneaky talk is that? There might be paparazzi around!
"No, I can't let Yan Xi see it!" Zhou Qingyu said. She was still angry. If she let Yan Xi know that she cared about her, wouldn't she lose?
"Then how long will we stay here..." Xiao Meng rubbed her arms. She was afraid of the dark.
"Oh, look again! Look again!"
——
Zhou Yanci has already bandaged Yan Xi's wound.
It was getting late. Yan Xi had to take a flight to Country X to record a variety show tomorrow morning. She had not packed her luggage yet, so she had to go back to Zhou's house.
As she stood up, the system appeared beside her.
[Host, the young lady is secretly watching you from the right side of the convenience store. ]
Yan Xi:!!!
"She hasn't come back yet?"
【No! 】
Yan Xi stuck her head out and looked in the direction the system pointed. As expected, she saw a furry head sticking out furtively.
The moment Zhou Qingyu met Yan Xi's gaze, she suddenly shrank her head back!
"Did she see it?" she asked Xiao Meng.
Xiao Meng: "That's impossible. It's pitch dark. Yan Xi has good grades. Most of those with good grades are nearsighted!"
周輕語也這麽安慰自己，“也是，成績好的有幾個不是四眼？周宴辭都近視呢，顏兮肯定也是，她肯
定沒看到……”
“輕輕？”
身後突然傳來顏兮的聲音，周輕語吓得哆嗦，差點沒被高定禮服絆倒，好在小夢及時扶住她。
顏兮裹着繃帶出現，看到周輕語，她眼睛亮了，笑眯眯道，“你是不是關心我，不舍得我呀？”
周輕語結結巴巴，“亂、亂說什麽！我是口渴了，過來買瓶水喝！小夢，你說是不是？”
小夢一個激靈，瘋狂點頭，“是是是！輕語姐才不是關心你，我們只是來買水的！”
顏兮故意拉長尾音，“哦……那水呢？”
周輕語一噎。
她看向小夢，“水呢？”
“水、水……我現在就去買！”
小夢抓緊手機，鑽進便利店裏。
徒留周輕語一人，僵直着脊背。
她睨了顏兮一眼，一副不服輸的樣子，“反正我不是因為你過來的，你別自作多情啊！”
“嗯，我知道的！”顏兮乖巧道，“你才不是因為我過來的，是我故意選了一個你買水的便利店，都是我湊過來的，和你沒關系。”
周輕語滿意地點頭，“這還差不多！”
等小夢買了水出來，周輕語接過喝了兩口，動作自然，像一只高傲的白天鵝。
走過顏兮身邊，她用餘光瞅了瞅顏兮手上的繃帶，咂咂了兩聲，“周宴辭，你包的什麽玩意兒啊？醜死了！”
周宴辭哭笑不得，“怪我？”
周輕語：“可不是，礙着我的眼了！回去記得叫李醫生再包紮一次，包的這麽醜，有礙觀瞻！”
周宴辭還沒說話，顏兮按住他，“好的~我回去就讓李醫生重新包紮~”
——
晚上，顏兮坐周宴辭的勞斯萊斯回到周宅。
《旅行》第三站是X國皇後城，在南半球，要飛12小時，顏兮她們明天八點出發。
次日，顏兮起來，周宴辭還沒去公司，拿了藥箱來給她換藥。
——雖說昨天周輕語讓顏兮回去找李醫生重新包紮，可太晚了，李醫生已經睡了，顏兮也沒打擾他，她覺得周宴辭包紮的挺好。
周宴辭拆掉顏兮手上的繃帶，細心地為她上藥。
“要不要包大一點？”他問顏兮，“輕語容易心軟。”
顏兮蠢蠢欲動，但還是壓下這個念頭，“算了，要是被發現，她知道我又在騙她，肯定更生氣了。”
來到廳堂門口，周輕語也才剛收拾好，四個大箱子，她一個人提不動。
顏兮屁颠屁颠湊上前，“輕輕，我幫你吧！”
周輕語一挑眉，“那可是你自願的，可不代表我原諒你了！”
顏兮點頭，“當然啦~”
皇後城如今是冬天，周輕語四個大箱子塞得滿滿當當，顏兮一如既往只帶一個箱子，加上周輕語的四個箱子，想要搬運也不容易。
再加上她左手傷着，單單一只右手，根本提不動。
走下臺階的時候，顏兮身形一晃，差點沒摔倒，周宴辭及時扶住她。
他皺眉，“我來吧。”
周輕語擔心地探出腦袋，看到顏兮小腿撞到臺階，青了一小塊，她咬着牙，“你別搬了！毛手毛腳的，把我的行李都磕壞了！”
“餘叔！”周輕語叫喚着，“叫幾個人幫我把行李箱提出去吧。”
餘管家笑呵呵道，“好的。”
周輕語耀武揚威走在最前面，兩個傭人提着她的四個行李箱，跟在身後。
走過顏兮身邊，周輕語瞥了周宴辭一眼，“愣着幹什麽？拿着顏兮的行李跟上啊！”
然後，她看向顏兮，振振有詞，“我才不是幫你，我只是擔心你耽誤我時間！去皇後城要飛12個小時，我才不想在你身上浪費時間！”
“知道啦！”顏兮笑嘻嘻道，“大小姐是擔心時間，才不是擔心我呢！”
——
上了保姆車，周輕語戴上眼罩，倚靠着座椅補覺。
——起得太早，她的生物鐘都還沒調過來，上飛機也是要睡覺的。
傭人把行李都放在車後座，周宴辭最後把顏兮的行李也搬上去。
顏兮壓低聲音，小聲督促着，“機場有空乘，會幫忙搬行李箱的，你別擔心啦，快去上班吧！”
堂堂周氏CEO，不能總遲到。
周宴辭輕輕刮了下顏兮的鼻子，“上飛機給我電話。”
顏兮警惕地看向四周，确定沒人看見，才松了口氣，“你別動手動腳，被人看到了不好！”
周宴辭又捏了捏顏兮的臉，“我捏我女朋友，他們有意見？”
顏兮的臉唰的紅了，“才不是……”
周宴辭一怔，挑了挑眉，“親了以後不認賬？顏兮，你這麽渣的啊？”
顏兮心虛，“……反正現在別讓輕輕知道！”
周輕語還不爽周宴辭呢，況且，昨晚裴煜白告發她騙周輕語的時候，顏兮都能猜到，裴煜白八成诋毀她所做一切都是為周氏的資源，也可能是為了勾引周宴辭嫁入豪門，現在要讓周輕語知道兩人在一起了，豈不是坐實裴煜白的诋毀？
地下戀嘛，也不是不行。
“總之！你現在別碰我，懂了沒？”
周宴辭簡直要被氣笑，“你擔心周輕語生氣，不擔心我生氣？”
顏兮一臉莫名，“你生什麽氣？你是哥哥，大度點，別那麽矯情！”
周宴辭：“……”
“好啦好啦！”顏兮拍了拍周宴辭的肩膀，“我們就去五天，你待在海城專心工作，好不好嘛？”
周宴辭依舊一臉不爽。
顏兮：“我會給你帶禮物的！”
周宴辭冷着臉。
顏兮：“我保證每天都給你發短信！”
周宴辭嗤笑了一聲。
顏兮沒轍了，男人真難哄。
生氣就生氣吧，氣一氣也沒什麽。她還得趕去機場，再拖下去，估計周輕語要發現了。
顏兮沒再管周宴辭，轉身朝車門走去。
忽然，手臂被用力一拽，慣性使然，顏兮重心不穩，跌入一個溫柔的懷抱，緊接着是那軟軟的唇，貼上她的。
舌尖攻城略地，顏兮還沒反應過來，周宴辭已經徹底占領她的感官。
她想推開周宴辭，但周宴辭力氣大，吻得也好兇，呼吸都被掠奪一般，方寸之地，顏兮再難逃避，只覺得雙腿漸漸發軟。
好一會兒，周宴辭才松開顏兮。
顏兮的唇紅腫得不像話，呼吸亂得一塌糊塗。
周宴辭的指腹輕輕按在顏兮水潤的唇上，擦着她唇瓣的水漬。
“嗯，這樣才行。”
顏兮氣急敗壞，“周宴辭！”
周宴辭嘴角壞笑，在她耳畔低聲，“再不過去，周輕語要鬧了。”
果不其然，周宴辭剛說完這話，周輕語已經從保姆車內探出腦子，扒拉開她戴在眼睛上的眼罩。
“兮兮？還沒好嗎？”
“來啦！”顏兮應了一聲，回頭狠狠瞪了周宴辭一眼，“我回來再和你算賬！”
她哪知道，她那兇狠的眼神，在周宴辭眼裏也可愛極了。
他笑了笑，“好啊。”
——
保姆車朝機場開去。
剛上車的時候，周輕語注意到顏兮的唇色，“你塗口紅了？挺好看的。”
顏兮心裏七上八下，支支吾吾，“不是大牌，一個小衆品牌，品牌方找我們打廣告送的……”
周輕語聽說不是大牌，便沒了興趣，畢竟大小姐生來嬌貴，用化妝品都喜歡用貴的。
半小時後，保姆車到達海城機場。
周宅雖然在近郊，但距離機場倒挺近的。
顏兮在機場沒看到陸家的飛機，機場的工作人員說陸北嶼和葉落依他們起的比較早，半小時前已經離開。
走出保姆車，空乘紛紛上來，幫周輕語和顏兮提行李。
周輕語又看了顏兮一眼，她的唇已經褪去先前的紅，變成淡淡的粉。
周輕語說，“你這口紅不行，別用了。”
“啊？”顏兮一時沒反應過來。
周輕語翻開手機自拍，照着顏兮的臉，“你看，從老宅過來才多久，你的口紅都掉光了，持久度這麽差，這什麽牌子啊，避雷吧！”
“哦，叫我們的藝人也別代言了，這種品牌不配！”
在進入機場的這一刻，綜藝直播也開始了。所以，周輕語這句話，落入所有觀衆耳朵裏，觀衆們紛紛好奇——
【大小姐今天要拔草垃圾牌子嗎？】
【周宅距離機場也不遠，如果這一會兒都掉色了，确實垃圾啊！求避雷！】
【什麽美妝牌子啊，這麽差！】
顏兮臉色爆紅，欲哭無淚。
她哪裏說得出牌子，亂說一個，害人家品牌銷量狂跌怎麽辦？
顏兮只能囫囵道，“我忘了……回去看看吧！”
周輕語也沒多想，看着她的唇色，還是覺得剛剛紅一點更好看。
她從包裏掏出一根管體鑲着碎鑽的口紅，捏着顏兮的下巴輕輕一塗，“嗯，這顏色不錯啊！”
她把口紅丢給顏兮，“你就用這根！”她又加了一句，“我只是不想你跟着我太丢臉，才不是關心你！你要搞清楚哦！”
顏兮捏着滿是碎鑽的口紅，“知道知道！大小姐不是關心我，只是不想我丢臉～”
Zhou Qingyu was very satisfied and walked towards the gangway with her head held high. Yan Xi picked up her bag and quickly followed.
As I walked to the plane door, a familiar figure came into view.
"Qingyu, Yanxi, good morning."
Pei Yubai was wearing a neat suit and standing in the aisle of the private jet.
Yan Xi's breathing stagnated, "Why is he here too?"
Zhou Qingyu didn't care. "Pei Yubai said he wanted to travel with me. This time he will be our travel butler and will be responsible for all matters related to our trip."
Yan Xi's brows furrowed deeply.
"Tongzi, are you being controlled by the plot again?"
【impossible.】
[When the luck value is above 60, the character can break free from control. This is an iron rule. ]
[It is estimated that Pei Yubai wanted to win back the eldest lady, so he took the initiative to ask her to be his travel butler. After all, he could always be with the eldest lady, which would make it more likely that he would win her heart back.]
Yan Xi's eyes darkened, "He wishes!"
——
In the following trip, Yan Xi tried her best to keep Zhou Qingyu and Pei Yubai away from each other. But Zhou Qingyu was still angry with her, and her efforts failed.
Zhou Qingyu said she wanted to eat pineapple, and Yan Xi stepped forward and said, "I'll do it!"
Before she picked up the fruit knife, Zhou Qingyu had already spoken, "Who wants to eat the fruit you peeled? Pei Yubai, you do it!"
Zhou Qingyu asked for milk tea, and Yan Xi rushed to the front again, "I can cook it!"
Zhou Qingyu glanced at her and said, "What can you cook with your crippled hands? Pei Yubai, I want Four Seasons Milk Green Tea, three parts sugar, room temperature, and pearl red bean oreos! Don't make a mistake!"
Watching Pei Yu busying around, Yan Xi could only feel anxious and could do nothing.
Yan Xi gritted her teeth, "I'm so angry! Trash Pei Yubai!"
The system glanced at the sliced pineapple on Yan Xi's left hand, and then at the fresh hot milk tea on the right hand side——
[Host, lie down... Isn't it nice? ]