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Finally getting into a dream, I can’t let him slip away.
Luo Yunqing held the face in front of him that kept swaying, focusing for a long time, and pressed his index finger against those pale lips.
So, here you are.
“Xiao Luo.” Pei Yanli assumed he was heavily drunk: “Lie back first, wipe your hands…”
The wet towel fell straight to the side of the wheelchair.
The hand that was about to push him away suddenly froze in mid-air.
The photo zoomed in on the phone screen, suddenly pierced through the screen and appeared right in front of him, so close that even the fine hairs on the face were clearly visible, the jade-like face flushed, eyelashes wet, and the originally clear and bright eyes slightly out of focus due to drunkenness.
Pei Yanli slowly rolled his Adam’s apple.
His lips were soon enveloped by a warm breath, again and again… not satisfied with heavy nibbling, it even pried open the gap bit by bit, sneaking in when he was unprepared.
The hand frozen in mid-air instantly clenched!
Pei Yanli seemed a bit drunk too, releasing his palm and embracing the thick black hair in front of him.
“Your kissing skills… are still so bad, Mr. Pei.”
Before he could press down on him, Luo Yunqing, panting, retreated, kissed the corner of his mouth, eyes curving into little crescent moons, like a cat that successfully stole fish, “Seems like you really didn’t find someone else, now I can be at ease…”
The two Pei Yanlis gradually split into four, his head getting heavier, Luo Yunqing tried to hold on, but in the end, he couldn’t.
His head tilted, falling into his arms.
The room fell into endless silence.
Who knows how much time passed.
Only then came a few suppressed breaths.
Pei Yanli looked down at the person sleeping peacefully in his arms, pursed his lips, pushed him back onto the bed, covered him with a quilt, picked up the towel on the ground, replaced it with a new one, and continued to wipe his face…
Luo Yunqing slept restlessly, was called up in a daze midway, and drank a few sips of sweet and sour warm water.
Pei Yanli didn’t enter his dream again.
He slept until dawn.
The fluffy head poked out of the quilt left and right, opened his eyes, and saw the extremely dark gray blackout curtains.
Tightly sealed, not a single ray of light could get in… not quite like the ones he bought online for 29.9.
His gaze swept from left to right, turning to the bedside table on the right, where a nearly empty drink was placed.
Luo Yunqing picked it up and sniffed, sweet and sour. He tasted it, it was apple and… lemon!
Boiling these two together seems to cure hangovers.
No wonder his head didn’t hurt much.
He really drank too much yesterday, and then Pei Yanli… Luo Yunqing immediately put down the cup, lifted the quilt, and got out of bed. He ran too fast, his shoes didn’t follow his feet, so he hopped back on one foot, put them on, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled before opening the door.
Looking down from the second-floor corridor, he saw the person sitting in the wheelchair with his back to him beside the huge U-shaped sofa downstairs.
Pei Yanli!
He came to pick me up yesterday!
Luo Yunqing ran down the corner stairs in big strides, stopped behind him just in time, tiptoed with his hands behind his back, and sneaked over.
He leaned over, planning to scare him.
First, he was attracted by the phone playing on the person’s lap.
In the video, it was him, wearing a phoenix crown with half of his long hair down, performing a fan turn, snapping it shut with a “pa!” and glancing sideways at the camera with his long phoenix eyes.
He remembered, the communication club live-streamed the entire welcome party, you could see it by clicking on the campus website.
Lowering his eyes, he quickly hid his disappointment, “Pei…”
At this moment, the program was nearing its end, next should be the music club’s ensemble, but it returned to the beginning again!
Specifically edited this part?
Luo Yunqing squatted down, clinging to the wheelchair armrest, tilted his head to look at the person, no wonder he didn’t react when he got close, he was asleep.
Fell asleep watching his performance?
Luo Yunqing was itching to move, reached out a finger, gently brushing the eyelashes under his eyes, from a distance you wouldn’t notice, but up close, there were two very light moles near the bridge of his nose, slightly brown.
Further down…
Why is the corner of his mouth broken!!
The gaze was too focused and intense.
Pei Yanli frowned and slowly opened his eyes, first seeing a pair of puzzled black eyes.
“Awake?” He raised his hand to press the person’s forehead, “Does your head still hurt?”
Luo Yunqing shook his head, his gaze falling back to his mouth, pointing: “What happened to your mouth? Why is it broken! Got a heat rash?”
Pei Yanli was stunned: “You… don’t remember?”
“Remember what?”
Pei Yanli withdrew his hand, touched his mouth, swallowed the words back, “Nothing… right, a heat rash.”
“With a heat rash, you should eat lighter, more fruits, and,” Luo Yunqing removed his hand that kept touching the corner of his mouth, “don’t touch it, don’t bite it, this looks like you bit it yourself.”
Pei Yanli silently averted his gaze, “Mm.”
Luo Yunqing then pointed to the video still replaying, “Did you edit this out?”
Fell asleep and forgot to turn it off!
Pei Yanli’s eyes flashed with panic, but his face remained particularly calm, “Yesterday, I had something come up last minute and couldn’t make it, sorry.”
“It’s okay, no problem.” Luo Yunqing shook his head and smiled, “You can see it now too, it’s the same.”
How can it be the same?
He was clearly, so looking forward to it…
Pei Yanli sighed inwardly, then changed the subject: “It’s almost nine, you must be hungry, let’s have breakfast.”
The dining table was filled with a whole table, from crystal shrimp dumplings, soup dumplings, to European bread, sunny-side-up eggs, cheese toast, and porridge both sweet and savory, even the milk came in several different bottles.
Pei Yanli: “I didn’t know what you like to eat, so I had them prepare everything.”
No need to put canned yellow peaches and candied bayberries on the table too.
Luo Yunqing sat down, looked around, almost having a choice phobia, picked the crystal shrimp dumplings in front of him, and said to him: “I don’t particularly dislike anything, but there’s so much, I can’t finish it all by myself, have you eaten? Join me?”
“Okay.”
Pei Yanli maneuvered the wheelchair over, seeing him troubled by the breakfast spread, pointed at the wheelchair, “If you can’t finish, I’ll have someone take it away later, it won’t be wasted.”
“That’s good.”
Luo Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief.
After eating four crystal dumplings, he started picking, choosing mostly small bites that could be finished in one or two bites, avoiding large items like buns, preferring meat porridge over sweet porridge, but when eating toast, he would spread a thick layer of rose jam, sneaking a glance at him, then scooping another big spoonful.
Loves sweets.
Pei Yanli pretended not to notice, noting it down in his heart.
When they were almost done eating, Chen Zhao arrived right on time, “Good morning, lady boss.”
Luo Yunqing chewed the last bite in his mouth, nodded, and swallowed, “Morning.”
Chen Zhao smiled, then turned to look at his boss.
Pei Yanli: “Any results?”
This was to inform the lady boss.
Chen Zhao understood, and explained everything: “I asked Uncle Zhang, it was the young master, suddenly called saying you had chest pain, and said you hadn’t gone for a check-up in days, that’s why the old master urgently called you back.”
He then turned to Luo Yunqing to explain: “Lady boss, don’t take yesterday’s matter to heart, the boss really had a reason.”
“I knew it was him!” Luo Yunqing turned angrily to Pei Yanli, “He was so annoying yesterday.”
Pei Yanli: “What did he do?”
“Before the performance, he brought Song Xuechen,” Luo Yunqing said while moving from across the table to sit beside him, starting to complain: “Said they were giving me flowers to congratulate me, but I couldn’t free my hands to take them, so they said in front of others that I was arrogant, looked down on them, and said my performance was bad, anyone could do better.”
Sniffing, he lowered his head.
Chen Zhao was amused, “Is the young master brainless or just having a fit?”
“Not just that.” Luo Yunqing looked at him, then at the person beside him, “During rehearsal, he said my performance was bad, deliberately NG’d all afternoon, and said he wanted to curb my arrogance, the others in the club were angry but didn’t dare speak.”
“Hah! Arrogance?” Pei Yanli rarely showed a dark face: “I want to see, how much arrogance he has.”
…
“The third quarter is almost over, and the sales department gives me such a performance? Why am I keeping them? To eat for free?” Pei Wenxian was furious in the office.
This side wasn’t over yet, Madam Wang Manshu was bombarding him with calls.
“…In short, if the fourth quarter is still like this, tell the sales manager to get lost early!”
He waved his hand, waited for everyone to leave, then answered, “What’s so urgent? Don’t you know I’m in a meeting?”
“It’s Xiao Heng! Xiao Heng is about to be beaten to death by his second uncle.”
*
In the Pei Family Old Residence ancestral hall.
A cane whipped down on the person’s back, quickly soaking with fresh blood, Wang Manshu’s eyes were already red from crying, hurriedly went to plead with the old master.
“Father, it’s all my fault, Xiao Heng is still young!”
“Young?” The old master heavily put down the cup lid, slammed the tea cup on the table, snorted coldly: “Already twenty-one and still young? Manshu, spoiling a child is like killing a child, this time he dared to lie using his second uncle to deceive me, what about next time? Next time, who will he deceive?”
Pei Hengzhi: “I didn’t lie.”
“You still dare to talk back!” The old master was furious, raised his hand and slapped the table.
Pei Wenxian hurriedly arrived, his gaze falling on the person leisurely drinking tea, then withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and approached the old master, “Father.”
“You raised a good son!” The old master huffed and puffed, turned his head: “Butler, you tell.”
Butler Uncle Zhang responded, took two steps forward from his side, “Here’s what happened, around 7:30 last night, the young master suddenly called me, saying the second master had chest pain, and said he hadn’t gone for a check-up in days.”
Chen Zhao followed up: “Recently, the temperature dropped in the morning, the boss did cough a few times, but it wasn’t to the point of chest pain, and for check-ups, we follow the doctor’s orders, going every two to three days, the hospital has records.”
Before this, he specifically went to the hospital, brought back the check-up records, the date, check-up items, including the attending doctor, all clear at a glance.
“How did it change when it reached the young master? I even got scolded.” Chen Zhao handed the records to the old master, frowning and sighing: “The young master can say whatever he wants, but don’t throw dirt on me.”
The old master didn’t look at the records, didn’t need to, turned his head and asked the eldest son: “Eldest couple, is this the good son you taught?”
The back was burning like fire, Pei Hengzhi glared at the person drinking tea, his head filled with blood, regardless: “Isn’t it because you couldn’t go to Jing University, to see Luo Yunqing’s performance, that you…”
Slap!
A slap landed on his face, the hair at his temples scattered.
Pei Hengzhi covered his face, his gaze dodging, “Dad…”
“Don’t call me dad!” Pei Wenxian shouted, “You have the guts to slander your second uncle! How did I raise such a son! Hurry up, apologize to your second uncle!”
Already whipped ten times, and still have to apologize?
Pei Hengzhi gritted his teeth, glanced at his mother.
Wang Manshu shook her head at him, in this matter, he was clearly in the wrong, can’t be stubborn now.
So, endure again?
Every time they tell him to endure, how long does he have to endure!
Seeing him not moving, Pei Wenxian squinted his eyes, “Didn’t you hear what I said?”
Pei Hengzhi quickly put down his hand from his face, unwillingly: “Sorry, second uncle.”
The tea lid clanged back on.
Pei Yanli put down the teacup, turned the plain gold ring on his ring finger that wasn’t there yesterday, “You’re right, I did vent my personal grievances. But if you hadn’t done it, wouldn’t you not have to suffer this?”
His calf was suddenly kicked. Pei Hengzhi clenched his fists, lowered his head again: “Second uncle… you are right.”
Pei Wenxian followed up, “Second brother, I’m sorry for this matter.”
“Remember it in the future.” The old master took over the conversation, looked deeply at the eldest: “If it happens again, it won’t be as simple as saying sorry.”
Pei Wenxian respectfully: “Understood, father.”
After all, it didn’t cause any major trouble, the old master waved his hand, told the couple to take the child back to their courtyard to reflect.
After the family of three left, he sighed softly: “Xiao Heng is like this now, the eldest is to blame.”
Pei Yanli didn’t speak, continued drinking tea.
Raising his hand, the plain gold ring on his left ring finger flashed.
When he returned, the old master wanted to ask, now finally found the opportunity to speak, “The wedding isn’t even done, why wear it early? This style… isn’t the one previously ordered.”
Pei Yanli lowered his head, pinched the ring, pursed his already scabbed lips, “Bought another one, practicing first.”
What? Wearing a ring needs practice?
The old master didn’t believe his nonsense, “Chen Zhao, you say.”
“Ah? Me?” Chen Zhao pointed at himself, waved his hand, “It’s not appropriate for me to say, I wasn’t the one who went to choose the ring.”
The old master asked: “Then who?”
“Me.” Pei Yanli released his hand, revealing the ring engraved with initials, “It was me and Xiao Luo.”
“Xiao Luo?” The old master thought for a moment, suddenly “Oh”ed, “My future daughter-in-law, you two have a good relationship.”
“Didn’t go to see his performance yesterday, have to make amends.”
The old master: “What performance? Let me see.”
…
Afternoon full of classes.
After dinner, Luo Yunqing went to the activity room.
Just entering, two seniors greeted him, put down their props, raised their orchid fingers, waved, and shouted in a duck voice: “Bye-bye~”
Luo Yunqing: ???
Was the alcohol from yesterday so strong? It’s been a day and still not sober.
After him, another same-year student entered, also seeing him, made the same gesture, “I-I’ll go back first! Bye-bye~”
Luo Yunqing: “…”
One after another, what did they eat wrong?
Fortunately, not long after, Xia Lin came, seeing him was first a surprise, raised her orchid fingers.
“Stop, senior sister, don’t do that gesture anymore.”
Once, twice, can’t have a third.
Reaching out, Xia Lin’s attention instantly shifted, surprised, “Oh my, wearing a ring already!”
As soon as she spoke, all eyes focused on his hand.
Xia Lin leaned in teasingly, “Did your husband buy it for you?”
“Mm!” Luo Yunqing slightly raised his chin, eyebrows full of pride, “Specifically took me to buy it.”
“This color… gold, right.”
As soon as Xia Lin guessed, someone laughed: “Second master is so tacky.”
Before the laughter ended, Luo Yunqing shot a look over, “I like gold! Besides, how is gold tacky?”
“Not tacky, not at all.” Xia Lin quickly pulled him aside, turned back and retorted to the laughing person: “Gold is super valuable, don’t you know? Ignorant.”
She then asked Luo Yunqing: “How was yesterday? Is your body… uncomfortable anywhere?”
Up and down, neck, wrist, finally meaningfully glanced behind him, “If you’re uncomfortable, take it easy, the welcome party just ended.”
“I’m fine.”
Luo Yunqing was extremely puzzled, why did everyone seem different today.
He asked cautiously: “Did I do something bad yesterday?”
Xia Lin withdrew her gaze, shook her head repeatedly: “No.”
“That’s good.”
“Just that you got drunk.”
“Oh.”
“Kept shouting for your husband.”
“Ah?”
“And wouldn’t listen to anyone, luckily your husband took you home.” Xia Lin lightly coughed, earnestly, “If you can’t handle alcohol, don’t drink next time, juice is the same, a celebration is a celebration.”
Luo Yunqing glanced around at the openly and secretly gossiping eyes, “Besides that, I really didn’t do anything else?”
“No.”
In Xia Lin’s memory, there wasn’t, afterward, after he left, Pei Hengzhi went crazy for some reason, smashed a bottle of beer.
Speaking of which, “Where is he?”
Luo Yunqing shook his head, walked a bit further, opened a video sent by Pei Yanli. In the video, Pei Hengzhi was kneeling on a prayer mat, an unfamiliar middle-aged man stood behind him, holding a cane, whipping him, outside the video, a faintly heard loud voice asked if he knew his mistake, the last scene was Pei Yanli’s fleeting profile.
[Husband]: Venting for you.
[AAA Luo Luo]: Feeling better~ (happy)
Pei Yanli then sent a few pictures.
[Husband]: The tailor just finished a few sets of clothes, see if there’s one you particularly like, keep it as a wedding outfit.
Luo Yunqing carefully picked, the suit styles were similar, mainly the colors, if these colors were on Pei Yanli…
[AAA Luo Luo]: The medium gray one.
[Husband]: Okay.
Luo Yunqing casually sent the most frequently used emoji, a cat blowing a kiss.
After sending, he planned to put it in his pocket, suddenly another vibration.
[Husband]: (kiss)
Luo Yunqing stared at it, smiling with his tiger teeth showing.
Screenwriter Yang Ying came in wiping her glasses, just put them on and saw him grinning happily, walked over in a few steps, squatted beside him, started observing.
The next script’s setting is done, gloomy homebody? No, it’s a cheerful big dog!
Luo Yunqing hugged his phone and laughed, Yang Ying took notes with her laptop, getting into the groove, about to reach a climax, when suddenly Xia Lin let out a strange cry.
“What did you say!”
You Jianan quickly pushed Cheng Xu in front of him, afraid the senior sister would pinch him in excitement, “Anyway, Pei Ge told me, accidentally crashed, needs a few days to recover, won’t be coming these days.”
Just received the school notice that the program won an award, Xia Lin couldn’t smile, she planned to retire after guiding the welcome party, busy with her thesis.
Why did something have to happen now?
“Then, let’s find someone to temporarily replace.” Xia Lin cleared her throat and asked: “Anyone interested in temporarily taking the vice president position?”
The activity room was silent for a few seconds, everyone uniformly pointed at Luo Yunqing, still immersed in chatting with [Husband].
“Although it’s not very reasonable… let’s do this for now, get through this period first.” Xia Lin put her hand to her mouth, made a megaphone shape, shouted: “Yunqing, you temporarily replace the vice president position!”
Luo Yunqing turned back blankly, considered for a moment: “Acting vice president, will it affect my marriage?”
Xia Lin: “…”
Everyone: “…”
*
Not sure if the news reached Pei Hengzhi, he returned to the dormitory to recuperate after less than three days of leave.
“Pei Ge.” Seeing him lying on the bed motionless, You Jianan was shocked, “Didn’t you say it wasn’t a big deal?”
“It really isn’t.” Pei Hengzhi grinned, sat up, unconsciously looked behind him, “Where’s Luo Yunqing?”
“At this time.” You Jianan checked the time, 3:40 PM, “In class.”
Pei Hengzhi’s face changed instantly: “Then why are you back!”
“We… don’t have the same class.” You Jianan felt wronged, “And he’s a freshman.”
Freshman classes are relatively more, Luo Yunqing also chose business management as a second degree, plus various electives, won’t be back before nine.
In contrast, You Jianan often felt like a waste, wanting to compete but having no way to start.
But the junior praised his talent in design, maybe consider changing direction, like giving a new skin to a smart robot.
You Jianan tilted, tilted to the horizon, completely unaware of Pei Hengzhi’s gradually twisted face.
…
Elective class ended, it was already nine.
Luo Yunqing held his textbook, walking to the dormitory, called Pei Yanli, hearing him cough faintly: “The temperature has dropped a lot recently, wear more, cover well at night, ventilate the windows, but don’t keep them open, especially at night, remember to close.”
A soft “okay” came from the receiver.
Luo Yunqing continued: “Tell Chen Zhao to buy some loquats and pears, both have cough-relieving effects, cut them into pieces, boil with rock sugar. If it doesn’t get better, definitely go to the hospital, find Dr. Tang! Why are you laughing?”
He hurriedly said a bunch, only to get a light laugh.
Pei Yanli restrained his laughter, spoke properly: “I heard it all, tomorrow I’ll have Chen Zhao buy them, go to the hospital in the afternoon for a check-up.”
He paused, then asked: “Xiao Luo, why are you so concerned about me?”
“We’re about to get married.” Luo Yunqing pointed at the phone with his index finger, unconsciously grinning: “Isn’t it normal to care for your fiancé?”
Pei Yanli took a deep breath, his voice inexplicably hoarse, “Xiao Luo, do you like…”
Turning the corner on the fourth floor, looking up, a shadow leaned against the stairway.
“I’m at the dormitory.” Luo Yunqing hurriedly interrupted, “Let’s talk tomorrow~ good night.”
He hung up, smiling, “You weren’t waiting for me, were you, big nephew.”
“Because I protected Xiao Xue?”
Luo Yunqing: ?
“But Luo Yunqing, Xiao Xue and I grew up together, these years of feelings, can’t be completely cut off with one sentence that he’s not the real Song young master, moreover, when I was young, he saved me from drowning.”
“So what.” Luo Yunqing was amused by his sudden words: “What does it have to do with me.”
“Aren’t you mad that we’re close, ignoring you.” Pei Hengzhi thought all afternoon, “So you tried every way, through second uncle to prove, without me, you’re just as good.”
Luo Yunqing was stunned.
What kind of delusional talk is this?
Pei Hengzhi: “Now you’ve succeeded.”
For that little thing, second uncle didn’t hesitate to open the ancestral hall, use the cane, making the whole Pei family know.
Luo Yunqing silently put his phone in his pocket, lifted a side lock of hair behind his ear.
“You…”
Bang!
Just as he spoke, a hand crossed in front, pressed him hard against the wall, holding him there.
The wound on his back that hadn’t healed split open again.
“How did I just realize, you’re so disgusting! Seems like, I don’t know you well enough!” Luo Yunqing said each word, grabbing his collar, pulling him close, then pushing him against the wall.
After a few times, he let go, patted nonexistent dust, squinted: “I don’t want to play this game anymore. Staying in the same room with someone like you, ruins my appetite.”
Pei Hengzhi gasped, quickly said: “You’re moving out?”
“None of your business!”
Nosy, face-losing guy, even looking at him is annoying.
Luo Yunqing put down the lock of hair by his ear, tidied his slightly dirty clothes.
Turned to leave, heard Pei Hengzhi babbling: “This won’t end like this! You won’t marry my second uncle.”
Luo Yunqing suddenly stopped.
“What? Scared?” Pei Hengzhi chuckled.
Laughed twice.
Luo Yunqing turned back with a face full of spring breeze, softly said: “If I can’t marry, I’ll, kill you~”
…
The next morning, Pei Hengzhi left again.
Didn’t appear for a whole week after that.
Great, the air is much fresher.
Counting the days, only six days left until the wedding. According to the process, have to pick up the bride from the Song family, Song Jingguo mentioned this half a month ago, brought it up again last night.
Now marrying Pei Yanli is the priority.
No need to tear faces with him now, replied “okay”, then went to discuss guests with Pei Yanli.
[AAA Luo Luo]: Since there’s no limit on the list, can I invite my university classmates? Senior sister and club members.
[Husband]: Of course.
[AAA Luo Luo]: What about the welfare institute?
Waited a while.
[Husband]: There will be many media present, exposing those children, how about… inviting the director and a few teachers as representatives.
[Husband]: We’ll visit the welfare institute afterward.
Though it’s a wedding, not everyone comes to congratulate, on the contrary, most come to watch the fun. In such a situation, how can we bring those children into a place of right and wrong?
[AAA Luo Luo]: Okay.
The worry isn’t unfounded, besides, there’s grandma.
With grandma, he’s not alone~
And… Brother Ziyu!
Since school started, only contacted two or three times, don’t know if he’s still busy.
Luo Yunqing exited the chat box, scrolled down.
New phone is convenient, a slight swipe reaches the bottom, he slowly scrolls up, first sees Teng Zaiye’s name.
Luo Yunqing thought for a moment, called.
Rang for ten seconds, connected.
Before he could speak, the other side came with a half-dead tone: “Hello, no money, still alive, barely.”
“Almost dead, come and celebrate.”
Teng Zaiye listened to the sarcastic tone, opened his eyes, “Oh! Brother!”
“Six days later, my wedding, coming or not.”
“Coming. Since you said it, I definitely have to go.” Teng Zaiye said while reaching for the gold-embossed invitation on the bedside table.
Two days ago, Pei Yanli sent the invitation, his old master was still on the island fishing happily, naturally, he went.
“Remember to bring my brother.”
“Your brother!” The light in Teng Zaiye’s eyes instantly dimmed, “Qingqing brother, your brother, he’s ignoring me again!”
“How is that possible? Didn’t you give him a raise?”
“Raised.”
Luo Yunqing was puzzled: “Raised, why is he still ignoring you?”
According to his understanding of Brother Ziyu, with money, he’s a god, the god of wealth, how could he ignore the god of wealth.
“How did you raise it?”
“Of course, raised a thousand a day…”
“Dollars?”
“Ten thousand!”
So much money!
Luo Yunqing was even more puzzled: “Then why is my brother still ignoring you.”
The other side stammered.
“A week ago, I wanted to transfer the auction house to him.” Teng Zaiye guiltily picked at the embroidery on the quilt, “He slapped the contract on my face without a word, told me to go where it’s cool.”
Teng Zaiye didn’t understand, wasn’t he good? He even emptied his family fortune.
“You…” Luo Yunqing didn’t know how to praise him, “You’re quite, talented.”
Teng Zaiye was more aggrieved, “What did I do wrong?”
“My brother, loves money, but also wants face. Giving money is fine, secretly, won’t be discovered by others, you give away the auction house, how will people think of him? A demon who climbed into the little boss’s bed?”
Teng Zaiye hurriedly refuted: “Little Yuyu is not a demon!”
“You think that, others won’t.”
“Then I’ll take the contract back?”
Could take it back!
If he knew, he wouldn’t have said it.
Teng Zaiye asked again: “Then what? Now our relationship, just stops here.”
“Then,” Luo Yunqing unhurriedly, “bring my brother to my wedding.”
Teng Zaiye nodded repeatedly, quickly realized, “Why don’t you say it yourself.”
“Say, I will say, but you, the young master of the Teng family, bring him over.”
“Why?”
What else, as the two masterminds who scammed Pei Hengzhi out of eighty million, if he’s with Jiang Ziyu, it’ll be exposed sooner or later.
He didn’t say more, Teng Zaiye didn’t ask further, “Okay, I’ll bring him that day.”
“Thank you.”
“Hey! Wait.”
Just about to hang up, Teng Zaiye hurriedly called, “You helped me so much, I have to give you a gift.”
“What gift?”
“Wedding gift… you’ll know when you see it, don’t thank me~”
Soon a link was sent over.
[Collecting junk, waste paper boxes, old appliances]: Password 6888.
Luo Yunqing clicked in with curiosity, saw four big words “Study Materials”, entered the password, the screen automatically switched.
A dazzling array, one white body after another.
His fingers trembled, accidentally clicked one, inside came moans, Luo Yunqing quickly exited.
[Collecting junk, waste paper boxes, old appliances]: Essential for newlyweds, don’t thank me, should be. (smug rose)
[Luo Yunqing]: Finally understand why my brother ignores you.
[Collecting junk, waste paper boxes, old appliances]: ?
Luo Yunqing exited the chat box, put down the phone.
After half a minute, picked it up again, tremblingly clicked on the 10G “Study Materials”.
He looked again, what if it’s really study materials later.
…
Afternoon sunlight slanted into the window.
Chen Zhao held the guest list, entered the study, heard a series of suppressed coughs, “Boss, still coughing?”
He glanced at the empty loquat pear soup on the table, “Tomorrow, maybe go to the hospital for a check-up.”
“Okay.”
“Put the company’s matters aside for now.” Chen Zhao walked to the bookshelf behind him, took down the medicine box, took out a thermometer, handed it over, “The most important thing now is health… still have to get married.”
“I know.”
Pei Yanli took it, held it in his mouth.
Waited a while, took it out, 36.8 degrees.
Normal temperature, no signs of fever.
Chen Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, handed over the guest list, “The people reported by the lady boss were shown to the old master, he likes lively, no objections.”
Pei Yanli: “That’s good.”
Just then, the flower house sent autumn begonias and some seasonal flowers, replacing the lotus in the house.
“Wait.” Chen Zhao pointed at the last reed fluff brought in for decoration, “Second master has been coughing, don’t bring this in.”
The reed fluff was returned as it was.
“Probably caught a cold with the weather cooling, second master has been coughing.”
“Don’t send these to the second master’s courtyard anymore.”
“But this reed fluff, I think it’s nice.”
“You’re new to this, right? Second master’s lungs aren’t good, coughing, with this, there’ll be problems, next time, if you don’t know, ask more.”
After delivering to the second master’s courtyard, planning to pick more flowers for other courtyards, just out of the flower house, they ran into Pei Hengzhi.
“Young master.”
“I’m here to pick some roses for mother.”
…
That night.
Pei Yanli coughed more severely.
Tossing and turning, coughing, sat up, a breeze quietly blew open the curtains.
He coughed heavily twice, quickly pressed the speed dial on the bedside phone.
Chen Zhao quickly arrived.
“Why is the window open?”
He hurriedly went to close the window, the violent coughing behind him suddenly stopped.
Turning back, Pei Yanli was half-leaning on the bed, breathing rapidly, sweating profusely.
“Boss!!!”
The peaceful night was suddenly shattered by a pot of hot oil.
The Maybach sped all the way, ran six red lights, headed to the hospital.
Tang Yajun and her old master, along with respiratory experts, were all called for emergency treatment.
Chen Zhao slumped on the bench outside the emergency room, covering his eyes with trembling hands.
“Chen Zhao.” Butler Zhang arrived late, “How’s the second master?”
“Still in rescue.” Chen Zhao wiped his face, scratched his head, “Dr. Tang just came out, said the situation isn’t good.”
Butler Zhang’s face turned pale.
Chen Zhao hugged his arms, leaned forward, couldn’t figure it out, “I clearly closed the window before leaving, checked twice, how could it be open? How could it!!”
“Alright, alright.” Uncle Zhang patted him twice, “Now, don’t talk about this, the most important thing is for the second master to get through.”
“If it’s not my problem… then someone opened it later!” Chen Zhao suddenly stood up.
The emergency room door clicked open.
His heart skipped two beats, didn’t dare turn back.
The boss…
“Rest assured.” It was still Tang Yajun who came out: “All indicators have stabilized.”
The heart held high fell heavily, legs went weak, directly slumped to the ground.
Butler Zhang also breathed a sigh of relief, walked over to ask: “The second master’s lungs, weren’t they much better before? How did opening a window for ventilation cause this?”
“Simple ventilation shouldn’t be a problem. The second master’s condition, clearly inhaled something.” Tang Yajun thought, “Spring and autumn have a lot of fluff, maybe airborne fluff…”
“Reed fluff!” Chen Zhao instantly remembered the daytime incident, felt something was wrong, “I told them to take it away immediately!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll tell the old master to investigate clearly.” Butler Zhang squinted, “You stay here to take care of the second master.”
The hospital bed was pushed out, the person on the bed had his eyes closed, wearing an oxygen mask, no color on his face.
“Almost getting married, causing this, seems someone in the Pei family doesn’t want the second master to have a good time.” Tang Yajun shook her head, sighed, “In my opinion, moving out might be better.”
“The boss already planned this, intends to move after the wedding.” Chen Zhao quickly asked: “How long until he wakes?”
“Let him sleep well for a night.”
“Thank you, much appreciated.”
Tang Yajun shook her head, “It’s my duty.”
She asked again: “Should we tell your lady boss?”
Chen Zhao checked the time, “This time, already asleep, tell her tomorrow.”
…
Luo Yunqing had insomnia again.
Restless, sat up repeatedly, fumbled under the pillow for his phone, instinctively wanted to call Pei Yanli, saw the time change from 01:59 to 02:00, put it down again.
This time must be asleep, his health isn’t good, better not disturb.
Luo Yunqing put the phone back under the pillow, only felt sleepy when dawn broke.
Just closed his eyes, the 7:30 alarm rang.
Severely sleep-deprived, his aura now enough to revive ten evil sword immortals, Xia Lin was startled by him.
“Wow, Yunqing, what’s wrong? Such heavy dark circles.”
Yang Ying pushed her black-framed glasses, leaned in, “Is it pre-wedding anxiety? Let me tell you, it’s normal, relax.”
“Probably not.”
Luo Yunqing couldn’t say what was wrong.
By noon, after several naps, couldn’t hold on, called Pei Yanli.
Rang for dozens of seconds, automatically hung up!
Why not answer?
Luo Yunqing stared at the outgoing missed call, dialed again.
This time, quickly answered.
“Pei Yanli~”
“Lady boss.”
“Chen Zhao?” Luo Yunqing checked the phone, confirmed no mistake, “Why you? Where’s Pei Yanli.”
“The boss…” Chen Zhao looked at the still sleeping person, “He…”
“What happened to him!”
Speaking hesitantly, did something happen to Pei Yanli!
An unspeakable panic instantly enveloped his heart, Luo Yunqing was so anxious his voice broke: “What happened to him!!”
After a moment of hesitation, Chen Zhao took a deep breath, “Here’s the thing, last night the boss…”
Just started, a hand suddenly lifted, pressed on the phone.
Pei Yanli slowly opened his eyes, propped himself up, took the phone, removed the oxygen mask, “Xiao Luo… I’m here.”
“Boss!”
Pei Yanli raised a finger to his pale lips, softly shushed.
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