Chapter 64 "Pei Shuwen! You lied..."
Lin Chaoyue got into the car, still somewhat dazed.
Meng Yuzhi was even more bewildered.
Why did Pei Lu get on the car too? He even let her sit in the front, while he and Lin Chaoyue sat in the back.
She wanted to look back, but she didn't dare; she had used up all her courage with Attorney Zhao that day.
Once everyone was seated, Zhao Huai'an hesitated to start the car.
"Aren't you leaving?" Lin Chaoyue asked.
"Let's go, but wait a little longer, it should be soon."
Pei Shuwen kept looking at the low building on the west side of the villa, clearly waiting for someone.
Zhao Huai'an: "Is your brother reliable? You've been stuck at the old house for so long, and he's still not done."
Pei Shuwen remained calm: "He doesn't have much experience in stealing."
Pei Shuwen's younger brother.
Lin Chaoyue thought of someone.
But that dazzling superstar seems completely unrelated to 'stealing'.
Lin Chaoyue's curiosity was piqued, and she followed Pei Shuwen to look outside, but the night was too dark. Apart from the area illuminated by the nearby streetlights, all that could be seen beyond that were the outlines of buildings.
Gradually.
Her gaze fell on the forehead of the person next to her.
With the dim light inside the car providing cover, her gaze swept across the scene with a certain brazenness.
As soon as she got in the car, she took a tissue and wiped the edges of his wound. The bleeding has stopped now, but such an obvious wound must hurt.
If it were her, even if she's very patient, she'd still groan a couple of times.
That guy is something else.
They remained unmoved.
It was as if the wound hadn't landed on his own face.
Doesn't he feel pain?
I was just thinking about it.
Suddenly, a figure appeared by the car window. Dressed in all black, wearing a black hat, and carrying something in his hand, he was peering into the car through the windshield. He was tall and looked furtively.
"There's someone outside."
"Ah!" Meng Yuzhi was in a daze when Lin Chaoyue's reminder startled her so much that she almost jumped up: "Someone's here!"
Zhao Huai'an joked, "There are a whole car full of us, what are you afraid of? We're just waiting for him. When you see his face, don't make a sound, or you'll startle the people inside and we won't be able to leave."
Meng Yuzhi quickly covered her mouth.
Pei Shuwen lowered the rear window, and Lin Chaoyue caught a glimpse of the person's profile first.
Her expression was complicated: "You're asking him to steal things for you?"
They really dare to use anyone.
If this were photographed, she could already imagine it being the front page headline of tomorrow's Ningcheng Entertainment Evening News.
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"Wow, this is quite a lively day. There's a whole car full of people here. Isn't that you, your little girl?" As he spoke, Pei An leaned his entire upper body into the back window and winked at Lin Chaoyue.
Pei Shuwen casually stopped the person: "Where are the things?"
So many treasures.
They won't even let me take a look.
Pei An tossed the plastic bag in his hand to Pei Shuwen: "Settle my appearance fee for today. I didn't do anything else all night but help you find it."
Pull the document bag out of the plastic bag.
Looking at the yellowed papers inside from top to bottom, Pei Shuwen nodded, took out his car keys from his pocket, and tossed them out.
"Alright, you go ahead and do your thing, I won't bother you any longer."
The car logo on the key flashed before Lin Chaoyue's eyes.
But she still recognized the car logo: Koenigsegg, a brand that starts at eight figures.
This made her even more curious about what exactly was in that plain-looking trash bag that Pei An had thrown in.
Zhao Huai'an: "Shall I take you back first?"
Lin Chaoyue quickly replied, "Let's go to the hospital first! The wound hasn't been treated yet."
Pei Shuwen: "No need, just send us back directly."
Lin Chaoyue insisted: "Go to the hospital. If the wound isn't treated promptly, it will become infected later."
"There's a first-aid kit at home. If you're worried, you can come up and help me with this later."
Are you here to help Pei Lu handle this?
Meng Yuzhi held back her anger when she realized that the person who came in was the big star Pei An.
Hearing Pei An throwing things into the car, she covered her mouth and held back.
But now I just couldn't help but look back.
Lin Chaoyue swallowed the words that were already on the tip of her tongue, and tried to distance herself from Pei Shuwen: "Then I'll listen to Pei Lu."
Zhao Huai'an was quite considerate; he sent Meng Yuzhi off first, and then sent them back.
Selectively forgetting the strange look Meng Yuzhi gave her before she got off the bus, Lin Chaoyue felt at ease and went home with Pei Shuwen.
Upon entering, Lin Chaoyue went straight to the medical kit.
Seeing that Pei Shuwen was about to follow, she lightly tapped his shoulder and said, "I know where the thing is. Go sit on the sofa and wait for me."
Gauze, iodine, sterile gloves, cotton swabs... There are only two cotton swabs left, but that should be enough.
After taking the items, Lin Chaoyue noticed that Pei Shuwen was still standing in the same spot.
"Why aren't you sitting down yet?"
"Why did you come here tonight?"
"I was drunk and not thinking clearly when I was tricked by Zhao Huai'an."
The truth is, she was perfectly clear-headed. When she heard that Pei Shuwen was in trouble, she got into Zhao Huai'an's car without a second thought.
But she didn't want to talk about it.
Following Li Cong's advice, she pursued him relentlessly, but Pei Shuwen didn't give her any positive response whatsoever.
Even if she has the thickest skin, she still needs to take it slow.
Lin Chaoyue: "Sit down here, I'll apply the medicine for you."
Before she could bring it up, Pei Shuwen brought it up himself: "The phone call I made to you tonight wasn't about this."
"Oh." She responded casually, tearing open the cotton swab packaging.
Pei Shuwen noticed her expression and continued, "I saw the message you sent this afternoon. Let's talk."
The movement was too heavy, and the tear was too large, causing the cotton swab to fall directly onto the floor.
Without thinking, Lin Chaoyue bent down to pick it up, but once she had the cotton swab in her hand, she realized that even if she picked it up, it was unusable.
"I... there's a first-aid kit downstairs, I'll go get another cotton swab."
"I'll be back soon."
She quickly went downstairs, and once she got home, she slumped against the wall, rubbing her forehead in despair.
She spent the whole afternoon thinking about it.
I thought Pei Shuwen shouldn't have seen that message, but he did anyway.
Not only did they see it, but they also clearly intended to lay it all out with her.
She could almost picture herself fleeing in disarray, how embarrassed, awkward, and desperately trying to cover it up...
Pei Shuwen must be laughing at her.
Pei Shuwen was smiling as he watched Lin Chaoyue run away in a hurry. His expression was relaxed, and even his eyebrows were smiling, which was rare for him.
The smile vanished abruptly upon hearing the knock on the door.
"Why are you here?" The tone was somewhat impatient.
"Brother, can I come in? I just want to say a few words. I promise!" The girl, holding up three fingers to swear, looked pitiful.
"If you have something to say, just stand here and say it."
The man remained unmoved, but this was within Pei Xue's expectations.
Pei Xue said with a sob in her voice, "Brother, what happened today was not my intention, but I really had no choice. I am not like you. I am not a real member of the Pei family. If I do not obey them, I will definitely be kicked out of the house."
Pei Shuwen's expression was almost cold: "If I remember correctly, you opened an art studio, so you should be able to support yourself."
"If there's nothing else, you can leave."
"No... Ah! Brother, it hurts, my hand is caught in the door."
The moment Pei Shuwen reopened the door, Pei Xue squeezed in, and fearing she would be kicked out again, she immediately grabbed Pei Shuwen's arm.
“Brother, since you insist on choosing someone to marry, why can’t it be me? We are not related by blood, nor are we registered in the same household. I only want to paint and have no interest in the Pei family’s property. I can cooperate with you in everything. Are you really not going to reconsider me?”
"go out."
"No." She had only been holding one arm, but when she saw that Pei Shuwen was really going to throw her out, Pei Xue wrapped her whole arms around him.
At first glance, it looks like they are hugging.
At least when Lin Chaoyue came up, she looked from a distance and really thought the two were embracing.
Although the girl's face wasn't visible, her beautiful golden hair made it easy to guess who she was.
"who?"
Upon hearing the sound, Pei Xue cautiously looked inside, her gaze unfriendly, but she quickly concealed it.
"Excuse me, please continue. I'll come back later." Lin Chaoyue subconsciously took a step back.
"Stop," Pei Shuwen said.
Do you expect her to just stand around and watch?
Lin Chaoyue looked away, not wanting to see Pei Shuwen being intimate with other girls at all.
Lin Chaoyue said somewhat awkwardly, "I brought cotton swabs with me. You can have her clean your wound later."
The door slammed shut.
She didn't see how the girl left, and when she looked again, only Pei Shuwen was left at the door.
She inexplicably let out a breath.
He pretended to be nonchalant and said, "I just got home and my ex-girlfriend came to my door? What? Is she trying to force me to marry her?"
"But it's not really appropriate to kick people out like this."
Pei Shuwen's expression was strange: "Who told you that she was my ex-girlfriend?"
"ah?"
Pei Shuwen watched her changing expressions, thought for three seconds, and guessed accurately: "Mu Fenglin told you."
Lin Chaoyue remained silent.
Besides Mu Fenglin, who else was associated with Pei Shuwen? She didn't know many people at all.
But Pei Shuwen's tone...
A bad feeling suddenly came to her mind.
Could it be that I've been prejudiced all along, and that the girl wasn't Pei Shuwen's ex-girlfriend at all?
"So she's not you..."
"no."
A resolute and unequivocal answer.
Great, but here's the question: if she's not Pei Shuwen's ex-girlfriend, then who is she?
No matter how you look at it, these two don't seem to have a clean relationship, and she just saw them hugging.
Could it be Pei Shuwen's extramarital affairs?
Then, many years later, they came knocking on my door.
"Then who is she?" Lin Chaoyue muttered softly, "You can't just pick someone off the street and force them into marriage, can you?"
"You want to know?"
"think."
Whoever it is, she should at least understand why her love ended in vain.
Pei Shuwen's eyes showed some helplessness, then he sighed and said, "Her name is Pei Xue. For about seven years, we were on the same household registration."
"Huh?" Lin Chaoyue seriously doubted that she was hallucinating: "Who is she? She's on the same household registration, and her surname is Pei. She's your own sister? Your dad wants you to marry your own sister? Has he lost his mind?"
“He was adopted by Pei Zhenye after his remarriage; we are not related by blood.”
"That won't work either! Although legally, blood relatives can marry, it's still possible. If you actually marry your own sister, won't people gossip about you behind your back?"
Lin Chaoyue then said that Zhao Huai'an had gone to great lengths to find her to rescue people.
This is no longer a simple den of wolves and tigers.
Lin Chaoyue was engrossed in her thoughts and forgot about what had just happened. She picked up a cotton swab again and started cleaning Pei Shuwen's wound.
"So what are you thinking? Your father must have ulterior motives."
"Yes, my mother left 20% of the shares in Pei's Group, which I can only legally inherit after marriage. It will be jointly owned by me and my future wife. Consider it a gift from my mother to my future daughter-in-law."
Lin Chaoyue pondered, "With so many shares, they must be very valuable. No wonder they're so eager. If you really marry that girl, the money will just go from one pocket to another, saving you from having to marry someone else who's powerful and wealthy, someone you can't control..."
"What? Am I wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
From the very beginning, Pei Shuwen had been intently watching herself.
etc.
Something seems off.
The same forced marriage scenario.
It was at Pei Shuwen's house at the time.
It's this same sofa.
But the last time it happened to her, and the person she was being pressured to marry was clearly the same man in front of her.
She felt like dying at that moment.
After weighing the pros and cons, and for the sake of future freedom, she gritted her teeth and sold herself to Pei Shuwen's law firm as a slave.
Lin Chaoyue's expression was somewhat strange, and she belatedly realized, "So, when I first returned to the country, you said it was a marriage alliance between our two families, but your family actually didn't agree to it at all. So there was no such thing back then, right? My parents originally just wanted to send me to work for you!!"
"Pei Shuwen! You lied to me?!"
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