Chapter 41: Where Did Her Forty-Meter-Long Cleaver Go?

Pei Yanzhou took a cotton swab and iodine from the medicine cabinet. He dipped the cotton swab in iodine, forcefully pulled her left hand over and looked at it. He guessed correctly, there was a wound on her index finger, the wound was slightly white.

Seeing the wound, Jian Jinci felt inexplicably guilty and wanted to pull her hand back, but he held her wrist. He said coldly, “Don’t move.”

“I just rinsed it with water, it’s fine.” She tried to pull her hand back, but Pei Yanzhou didn’t give her a chance.

He used the cotton swab to apply medicine to her wound. His face was cold, but his movements were gentle.

Jian Jinci pursed her lips lightly, obediently letting Pei Yanzhou apply the medicine. After applying the medicine, Pei Yanzhou threw the cotton swab in the trash can, got up and said, “Don’t get the wound wet.”

“It’s late, go home.”

Pei Yanzhou’s indifferent attitude made her feel suffocated. Seeing that Pei Yanzhou was about to leave, she panicked, stood up and grabbed his wrist, explaining nervously, “I was a little distracted when I was chopping vegetables, it’s nothing serious.”

Pei Yanzhou turned around, his expression softened slightly, “You thought I was angry?”

Jian Jinci hummed in response, she didn’t even realize the grievance in her voice.

“I was a little bit.” Pei Yanzhou tapped her forehead lightly, “Hiding it from me, you deserve to be hit.”

Seeing that Pei Yanzhou’s expression had softened, Jian Jinci breathed a sigh of relief and joked, “If you find out later, the wound will have healed.”

He reached out and tapped her forehead again. Pei Yanzhou’s eyes were full of indulgence, “You dare to joke with me.”

Jian Jinci covered her forehead and smiled, complaining, “You’ll knock me silly if you keep tapping.”

“Then be my silly wife.”

Her ears turned red, she lowered her eyes, and only then did she realize that she was still holding Pei Yanzhou’s wrist. She quickly let go, “No.”

“You will.” Pei Yanzhou touched her head, “Go, get some rest.”

“Then I’ll see you off.”

Pei Yanzhou looked at her with a deep meaning, “You don’t want me to leave?”

Jian Jinci was furious, “No! Go, I won’t see you off.”

She didn’t know that her flustered and angry look in Pei Yanzhou’s eyes was a sign of guilt. Normally, she wouldn’t react so strongly, people only react like this when they are touched.

“Then I’ll go.”

Jian Jinci caught the deep meaning in his smile before he turned around. Only then did she realize that her reaction just now might have been a bit too much.

She watched Pei Yanzhou’s back disappear from her sight as he went out the entrance. She struggled in her heart, should she go out?

She threw herself onto the sofa, burying her face in the pillow. She murmured, her voice muffled, “Jian Jinci, when did you become so indecisive, if you want to go, go.”

She muttered to herself, “Forget it, I won’t go, he’s already left.”

She suddenly got up, wearing slippers, and ran towards the door. She ran so fast that she lost her slippers, she hopped back in a limp, put on her slippers.

It was eight thirty in the evening. This old villa had been empty for a long time, the lights in the yard had been damaged by the wind, sun, and rain. The old villa area was even more deserted, there was no light in sight, it was pitch black outside, you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

The light in the living room could only reach two meters outside the door, beyond that it was pitch black. Her first reaction was that it was so dark, there were no streetlights, was Pei Yanzhou safe driving?

She turned on the flashlight on her phone and walked towards the door. She was still two meters away from the door when a beam of light suddenly hit her.

She instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes, then moved it away. She could clearly see the man in the driver’s seat with a smile on his lips.

It seemed like he had expected her to come out.

Jian Jinci: “…”

He didn’t leave?

She was caught red-handed, and she would inevitably be teased for a while.

She chose to pretend to be blind, bent over, shrunk her head and turned around to walk back to the living room. She looked like a big rat.

Pei Yanzhou got out of the car, his hands in his pockets, standing by the car, “What are you sneaking around for?”

“Want to see me off?”

Jian Jinci stopped and turned around, straightening up to look at him, “What could I be doing, of course I’m locking the door, why haven’t you left yet.”

She couldn’t be guilty, the more guilty she was, the more it would seem like she had something to hide.

Pei Yanzhou’s eyes were filled with amusement, he couldn’t bear to expose her, “Your door isn’t locked, why are you sneaking around?”

“Or are you guilty?”

“How is that possible, absolutely not.” Jian Jinci shrunk her head again, bent down and showed Pei Yanzhou, “New weight loss exercise I learned, I came out to stretch after eating.”

To increase credibility, she said, “It stretches my neck and waist.”

Pei Yanzhou, “Did you learn that move from a rat?”

Jian Jinci: “…”

Where’s the knife? Where’s my knife? Where did my forty-meter-long cleaver go?

She really wanted to kill him with a knife, how could he be so sarcastic?

Using words to hurt her innocent heart, Jian Jinci, “It’s none of your business.”

She stormed to the front door, locked it, and looked at him through the latticework, “Goodbye.”

She turned around and was about to go inside.

“What time do you wake up in the morning?” Pei Yanzhou asked.

Hearing this, Jian Jinci turned around. She couldn’t see Pei Yanzhou’s expression, “Seven o’clock, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” He said again, “Go in.”

Jian Jinci took two steps and turned back, “Pei Yanzhou.”

“Hmm?”

“Be careful on the road.” She hesitated for a few seconds, “V me when you get home.”

“Okay.”

She went back to the living room door. She didn’t go inside, but stood at the door, watching the beam of light disappear from her sight before going inside.

The house returned to its usual silence. The empty villa was only occupied by her, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. She had never felt this way before, since Pei Yanzhou came, this feeling became stronger and stronger.

She came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, opened her phone and looked at it. There was a message from Pei Yanzhou.

【Good night】

Just one “good night” and she knew that Pei Yanzhou had already gone home.

She got into bed and found a show to watch. After a while, she fell asleep while watching the show. She didn’t even turn off the tablet, the screen only went dark when it ran out of battery. When she woke up the next day, she pressed it twice but it didn’t light up. She plugged the tablet in before getting up.

After washing up, she received a message from Pei Yanzhou. It was just two short words.

Pei Yanzhou: 【Come downstairs.】

She ran downstairs in her slippers. Through the black latticework door, she saw a man standing outside, not Pei Yanzhou, but Pei Yanzhou’s assistant. She had seen him before. She opened the door, Qin Huai handed her the insulated lunch box, “Miss Jian, this is your breakfast.”

Just as she was puzzled, Pei Yanzhou sent another message.

Pei Yanzhou: 【Take a picture and send it to me after you finish eating.】

She took the breakfast, “Thank you, you’re a lifesaver.”

“No problem.”

Qin Huai handed her a document, “Mr. Pei asked me to give this to you.”

She took it and thanked Qin Huai again. After he left, she went inside.

She put the lunch box on the coffee table and opened the document. It was Pei Yanzhou’s personal information, including his hobbies, habits, and tastes.

She said last night that she didn’t know him, and today he sent her a personal profile.

Hmm…

It was something Pei Yanzhou would do.

She opened her phone and typed a few words in the chat box.

Jian Jinci: 【I’ll take a look.】