Chapter 46 "Holding hands? Kissing?...
"What?"
Lin Chaoyue choked up for a long time, after repeatedly confirming that she hadn't been dreaming that night.
He stammered, "If I said, I mean... I just remembered, would you... would you believe me?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Pei Shuwen glanced at her, gesturing for her to elaborate.
"How am I supposed to explain this..."
She might do something like that when she's drunk, but how can she explain it when she's sober? She can't; she has mother tongue shame!
She said she didn't mean to be a pervert, and that biting him was just an accident?
Even if she's shameless enough to say it, Pei Shuwen has to believe her.
"Can you do it, but can't say it?"
Lin Chaoyue closed her eyes in despair: "Actually, I don't remember anything either. Why don't you tell me..."
Pei Shuwen was not satisfied with this explanation and continued to observe her.
Lin Chaoyue was so embarrassed that she shrank back and dared not say another word.
In the spacious back seat, she occupied only a tiny corner and tried to minimize her presence.
Pei Shuwen discovered that Lin Chaoyue was very good at playing the ostrich.
Whether it's a big or small matter, if I can't handle it, I habitually back down.
In other matters, he could tolerate her taking things step by step.
But this time he wasn't so 'understanding'.
"No rush, if you can't remember, I'll help you think of it slowly later," Pei Shuwen said deliberately.
"No, please. I really didn't mean it."
Lin Chaoyue's expression changed several times.
Oh my god.
Someone please save her!
She knew drinking would lead to trouble, but she never imagined it would cause this much.
Lin Chaoyue was so nervous that her chest heaved up and down. Just when she felt she was having difficulty breathing and was about to suffocate, a series of phone rings saved her.
How come she never noticed before that Pei Shuwen's phone ringtone was so pleasant?
She listened intently; the voice on the phone sounded like Mu Fenglin.
After much deliberation, Mu Fenglin decided to make the call, naturally because she was planning to hold a celebration banquet earlier than scheduled for tonight.
Judging from Pei Shuwen's tone, he doesn't plan to come tomorrow.
That won't do.
She finally managed to catch him, and she had to finalize the next phase of their collaboration before he left Yuntai.
Pei Shuwen refused very decisively: "No need. The quality of your team members will not affect our subsequent cooperation. I will arrange for someone to liaise with you when I return to Ningcheng."
Mu Fenglin asked tentatively, "The 'special person' you mentioned, you wouldn't be referring to Zhao Huai'an, would you?"
"He's very professional, you can rest assured."
Mu Fenglin: "..."
She certainly knew Zhao Huai'an was an expert, but it depended on who she was compared to. Compared to Pei Shuwen, he was definitely not up to par.
Given the best option, who would want to choose the backup plan?
Zhao, who was on vacation abroad, sneezed twice.
Pei Shuwen said calmly, "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."
"No, no, no, don't hang up yet, there's one more thing."
Mu Fenglin was very pragmatic. Since there was no room for negotiation on this matter, she couldn't forget to express her gratitude.
Mu Fenglin said enthusiastically, "I see you haven't left the park yet. All the procedures for the mountain land you wanted have been completed. I'll have Zhu Qian deliver it to you. If you're not in a hurry to leave, you can go and take a look in the next couple of days. If you need me to accompany you, I'm available anytime."
Pei Shuwen was surprised by Mu Fenglin's high efficiency.
His attitude finally softened a bit.
"No need for accompaniment, but it was a pleasure working together."
"It's a pleasure doing business with you!"
Lin Chaoyue was preoccupied with something on her mind and was very sensitive to everything around her. From the moment the phone rang, she listened intently until the call ended, at which point she moved away slightly.
"Will it be a while before we can leave? Can I go downstairs for some fresh air?"
"Do you feel stuffy in the car? Or are you feeling stuffy in your heart?"
Lin Chaoyue nodded subconsciously, but when she met Pei Shuwen's ambiguous smile, she shook her head decisively: "It's just that the car feels a bit hot."
Pei Shuwen glanced at the thermometer inside the car.
Because the car windows were kept half-lowered, the interior of the car wasn't very hot.
But he didn't expose her. He got out of the car, walked over to Lin Chaoyue, and opened the car door for her.
"Come down."
"Oh, okay, thank you."
There's no need to be so gentlemanly.
It made her look like a scumbag.
The more Pei Shuwen acted this way, the more guilty she felt.
Seeing that Pei Shuwen had also gotten out of the car, she lingered there for a while before finally going into the convenience store on the first floor.
She first spent five minutes choosing a bag of filled candies.
Peeking out, he saw Zhu Qian had just come down, then turned back and spent ten minutes buying three bottles of water.
Finally, the driver jogged over to call her, and she slowly moved back.
Get back on the bus.
Lin Chaoyue remained huddled in the corner of the back seat. She gave the driver a bottle, but she still had two bottles left. She hesitated for a long time until Pei Shuwen gave her a destination and the driver drove the vehicle away from the park. Only then did she hand over a bottle of mineral water.
"I bought this for you."
Pei Shuwen didn't take it, but instead looked at the bottle in her hand.
Lin Chaoyue bought herself apple juice, which tasted sour and delicious, but she definitely couldn't drink it when her mouth was sore, so she discreetly put the juice away.
"This bottle won't do."
You can't drink this.
"You can drink it, but I can't?"
“You’re not,” he said, his mouth tumbling out.
Lin Chaoyue misspoke for a moment, then quickly corrected herself: "If you want to drink it, I'll buy it next time. I've already drunk from this bottle."
Lin Chaoyue felt her face start to burn again.
He abruptly changed the subject: "Um, what did President Zhu just say to you? He talked for so long."
Pei Shuwen: "It's nothing, we just chatted for a bit, settled the payment for this business trip, and asked him to pass on a message to Mu Fenglin."
"Compensation?" Lin Chaoyue was intrigued by the mention of salary, even if other things were not mentioned.
"What is the compensation? You said last time that your consultation fee is charged by the minute, is that true?"
"Um."
Pei Shuwen thought for a moment and casually gave a number.
"How much?!" Lin Chaoyue, who had been sitting in the corner looking aggrieved, sat up straight immediately upon hearing the number, and her voice rose considerably.
"There are so many!"
"Wow, I suddenly realize that starting a company might not necessarily make as much money as you do. You don't even have any costs."
Pei Shuwen thought for a moment and said, "It's not entirely without cost; we pay for our own travel expenses."
It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, but as soon as it was brought up, Lin Chaoyue remembered that Pei Shuwen had flown in business class while sending her to economy class.
They have absolutely no conscience.
Lin Chaoyue silently protested: "Upgrade my ticket back to Ningcheng. I want to sit with you."
"There are regulations in the institute."
Lin Chaoyue: "Does this rule give you the right to exploit me with impunity?"
Pei Shuwen glanced at her: "The regulations only apply to senior lawyers and above, whose travel standard is business class."
Lin Chaoyue boldly hypothesized: "Anyway, I'm your person now, so go back and give me the title of senior lawyer."
Pei Shuwen: "Given your current situation, it would take you 3 to 5 years to reach the level of a senior lawyer in my mind. However, you have another option."
"What choice?"
"Upgraded to cabin class at my own expense".
Lin Chaoyue looked extremely defeated: "Never mind, I think economy class is quite comfortable."
She was simply unhappy that Pei Shuwen had abandoned her.
Lin Chaoyue pursed her lips: "You just said that you asked that General Manager Zhu to pass on a message to Mu Fenglin. What was it?"
"Want to know?"
"I want to know." When Lin Chaoyue returned, she saw Zhu Qian dragging his fat body and jogging back, almost tripping as he went up the steps.
Her intuition told her that Pei Shuwen must have said something sarcastic again.
It scared Mr. Zhu.
She wasn't afraid of Pei Shuwen, but when Pei Shuwen unleashed his full power, she did find her legs going weak.
Pei Shuwen: "If you want to know, ask Mu Fenglin. Didn't you two exchange contact information? You've been chatting every day lately."
Lin Chaoyue: How did you know?
Pei Shuwen: "Is it something that's hard to guess?"
All right.
They were indeed talking, which is why she was so curious.
Just now, Mu Fenglin suddenly sent her a message: "I think you and Pei Shuwen are a perfect match, a very perfect match. Please pass on my heartfelt words to him, please."
Lin Chaoyue was baffled and simply pretended not to see it.
She's just stirring up trouble by spouting this nonsense at this point.
She decided to remain silent.
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Pei Shuwen gave the driver an unfamiliar address.
They said they were going to have dinner.
But Lin Chaoyue glanced at the driver's navigation; the place they were going to was on the edge of Yuntai City, and the journey was still a long way off.
She swiped her finger across the phone screen and then swiped into an anonymous forum.
Ever since she learned that the Ningcheng Lawyers Forum was a monitoring platform for industry professionals, she switched to posting on another platform.
This is a niche lifestyle forum.
There were all sorts of complaints and criticisms.
She lowered her head and pondered for a moment, heavily censored her ID and homepage, and then casually changed her gender and profile picture before posting a message.
fej3few3f9: "Question: What should I do if my friend accidentally bites someone while drunk?"
After editing for a while, Lin Chaoyue realized that the question was too general, so she thought about it and added a patch.
"The two were in a superior-subordinate relationship. They bit each other on the lip, but I swear, I was really drunk at the time. The person who was bitten never mentioned it, and my friend only remembered it several days later."
The post was published.
It stirred up the calm forum, and within two minutes, more than a dozen posts had been easily added.
Everyone worked together very well.
Every reply on the floor was just two words: "Scumbag!"
Lin Chaoyue was forced to use an ugly profile picture again and replied, "The one who bites is a girl."
The comments section has finally gotten a bit more serious.
However, that's about it... because as everyone was talking, the tone gradually started to go astray.
"The original poster is a girl, so it's okay. What kind of good person would a guy be who keeps hanging around you knowing you're drunk?"
"The person upstairs is right. Maybe that guy is entrapment. He'll pretend to be innocent and then make the poster take responsibility. I can spot a green tea b*tch like that every time I smell it."
fej3few3f9: "Not the original poster... but the original poster's friend."
"I suggest you think carefully about whether the person who was bitten has ever crossed any lines, lacks a sense of boundaries, always sticks close to you, treats you differently than others, or tried to seduce you."
Pei Shuwen?
seduce?
Are you kidding me?
She quickly deleted the post, but the damn forum had somehow updated its functionality, now sending notifications to commenters when the poster deletes a comment.
The original poster was just casually replying, but now they're really getting into it.
Madness began to unfold in my imagination.
"Why is the original poster deleting comments? Could it be that I guessed right? Let me guess, what is it that would make the original poster want to delete comments?"
"Holding hands? Kissing? Sex?! ￥%#@! You say you're still in a superior-subordinate relationship, isn't that just workplace harassment?"
"What industry are you in, OP? Do you all go to such lengths? My construction company is a small, run-down place. The boss is a bald, fifty-year-old man. He can't possibly do anything like that. I'm so envious, I'm really envious..."
Lin Chaoyue choked and coughed violently.
His face turned red.
When she finally calmed down a bit and saw Pei Shuwen working, she wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.
Pei Shuwen suddenly asked her, "Mu Fenglin said she had something for you to convey to me, what is it?"
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