Chapter 111 Do you want to kiss?

Shen Zhiyi didn't want to go into the water, so she didn't play with Duan Jiaze, but she didn't leave either. She played until the child was tired and finally willing to come out of the water.

The locker room was quiet. Duan Jiaze went in to take a shower and change into clean clothes. His self-care ability had obviously improved, and he sang a nursery rhyme out of tune.

Shen Zhiyi packed up the clothes he had taken off, and didn't even look up when Pei Yu came in.

"He's on a flight tomorrow afternoon," Pei Yu asked, "Do you want to see him off?"

"No," Shen Zhiyi thought of his filming schedule tomorrow, "I don't have time."

It’s not too late to call after the child gets there.

Pei Yu didn't say anything, and approached her from behind, in a hug-like posture. Shen Zhiyi didn't dodge immediately, so he asked, "Now that he's gone, will you stop seeing me?"

He deliberately lowered his voice so that it was not clear amidst Duan Jiaze's off-tune singing, but because they were close, Shen Zhiyi couldn't pretend not to hear it.

"Pei Yu," she lowered her head, looking at his hands supporting her body, her nose filled with the familiar scent of agarwood, and she had the illusion that she was already deeply trapped in it, "Can I hide from it?"

Even if she wanted to hide, he had a hundred ways to appear in front of her. She was more or less familiar with Mr. Pei's methods.

In order to prevent Duan Jiaze, who was changing clothes inside, from hearing her, she spoke softly. There was no coldness in her voice, only helplessness. Pei Yu felt that he could push further. He laughed softly, his chest trembling, and frankly admitted, "Well, I can't avoid it."

He lifted a strand of hair from her neck, and the distance between them was so close that no matter who took the initiative, they could easily kiss each other, but neither of them moved.

Shen Zhiyi glanced at him sideways, "You can't hide, but my thoughts remain unchanged. If you get annoyed one day, you can always--"

Pei Yu suddenly moved closer and her breathing could be heard, as if he could touch her lips if he moved them. Shen Zhiyi stopped talking and tried to lean her face back to avoid him, but he held the back of her head with his hands, forcing her to stay where she was and maintain this overly ambiguous posture.

She was a little annoyed, her ears were burning. In front of her were his clear black eyes and rosy lips. She didn't know where to look, so she simply closed her eyes.

Pei Yu still didn't pull away, and flicked her trembling eyelashes with his fingertips, "Don't say such things, can't you feel whether I am acting on impulse or thinking it over carefully?"

He is not one of those playboys who enjoys fun in the circle, nor is he a bachelor like Qin Fang who regards love as a transaction. He has always been the one being flattered by others. Now he is entangled in all kinds of ways and begging for mercy. How can it be that he is just acting on a whim?

His love and affection for her were definitely not for the sake of temporary pleasure.

Her long eyelashes trembled as Shen Zhiyi listened to his words. She could feel the strong beating of his heart with the palm of her hand against his chest, and she couldn't help but curl her fingertips.

Pei Yu's words just happened to expose her last bit of self-deception. Yes, he was not the kind of person who would dwell on a lover. The name Shen Zhiyi meant much more to him. His seriousness could be easily felt even if he didn't say it out loud.

If he had the slightest intention of joking, how could she have given in again and again and let him get his wish?

She couldn't doubt his feelings for her, and couldn't utter a single word of doubt.

"uncle?"

The tender voice of a child broke the strange atmosphere of this small world. Duan Jiaze blinked his eyes and looked at them curiously, "Do you want to kiss?"

Pei Yu lowered his eyes and said coldly, "Why, do you want to see it?"

Are all four-year-olds so tactless?
Feeling pushed hard on the chest, Pei Yu let go, took two steps back and leaned against the wall.

Shen Zhiyi didn't look at him. She turned around, picked up Duan Jiaze and blew his hair.

Neither of them spoke again. Only when the hair dryer stopped and the heat in his ears faded away did Shen Zhiyi speak, but not to Pei Yu.

"I have work tomorrow so I can't go to the airport to see you off. Can you contact me when you get home?"

"Okay," Duan Jiaze nodded obediently.

Duan Jiaze was staying at Huating tonight. They were supposed to separate as soon as they went out. Xiao Dong was still waiting outside, but the child was very attached to Shen Zhiyi, so she got in Pei Yu's car and asked Pei Yu to take her home first and then take Duan Jiaze back to Huating.

"Zhizhi," the child finally felt reluctant to leave as they were about to part. He acted coquettishly in her arms and asked in a sticky voice, "Will you miss me when I leave?"

"Well," Shen Zhiyi touched his head and smiled gently, "I will miss you."

She also showed some reluctance, and Duan Jiaze saw it, and then he became serious again, comforting her like an adult, "It's okay, if you miss me, you can come and see me with your uncle."

The two of them talked together for a while, and then arrived at Shen Zhiyi's residence. Duan Jiaze even walked her all the way downstairs.

"Know!"

He rushed over and hugged Shen Zhiyi, hooking his finger at her, "I have something to tell you in private."

Pei Yu was standing a few steps away and heard his words clearly, "I can't listen?"

"Only Zhizhi can hear," Duan Jiaze said proudly, leaning close to Shen Zhiyi's ear, afraid that Pei Yu would hear, so he spoke very quietly, "Zhizhi, my uncle is very mean, always mean to me, impatient at every turn, and plays pranks on me, but he also has his merits."

He spoke a little louder, not afraid that Pei Yu would hear him. "For example, he is really rich. My mother said that he has so much money that he can't even count it. He is also very handsome and tall. I think you can treat him better. Then he will like you more and be willing to spend a lot of money on you and buy you lots of gifts."

Duan Jiaze concluded, "If you really become my aunt, I hope you can make my uncle a little kinder and buy me more gifts."

He stretched out his finger, "Pin it, okay? This is our agreement."

His fingers were chubby and looked very cute. Shen Zhiyi hesitated and hooked her fingertips with him, "I can't promise."

Is it that she can't guarantee that she will become his aunt, or that she can't guarantee that Pei Yu will become a little kinder? She didn't say it, and Duan Jiaze didn't seem to care.

"I believe you."

On the way back, Pei Yu asked Duan Jiaze what secrets he had said to Shen Zhiyi, but he didn't hear clearly.

"Uncle," Duan Jiaze said seriously, "This is a secret."

Pei Yu sneered, "Even if you don't tell me, Zhizhi will tell me."

"Impossible," although he said so, Duan Jiaze was still fooled and didn't have the confidence, "Zhizhi doesn't like you now, she won't--"

"Duan Jiaze," Pei Yu interrupted him, "Do you think Zhizhi likes you more than me?"

His tone was cold and mocking, "Just because of your chubby face and belly?"

Duan Jiaze: "..."

Suddenly lost confidence in myself.

(End of this chapter)