Chapter 16 This is not a deal between us.

"As long as you're not unhappy."

Pei Yu kissed her nose lightly, lowering his voice with a lingering sense of ambiguity, "Didn't you say I'm your backer? You have to do something to deserve this title."

Those were all drunken words. He brought them up in a serious manner, which made Shen Zhiyi feel shy and embarrassed. She slightly turned her face away to avoid his kiss, "I didn't say that."

Someone else said that.

And although he admitted it at that time, she seemed to deny it.

"It doesn't matter." His sparse eyes fell on her fair and beautiful neck. The tip of his teeth was a little itchy. Pei Yu said indifferently, "Anyway, I am."

He was not a patient man, and he kissed her as soon as he finished speaking. Shen Zhiyi could not avoid it at all, and her whole body was tightly surrounded by the scent of agarwood warmed by his body temperature. Besides her own slightly rapid breathing, she could also hear the chatting of the men in the room.

"...Brother Pei just returned to China not long ago, how come he suddenly has a woman?"

Qin Fang muttered, "It's really not nice of you to bring it to us."

The deep male voice said indifferently, "Don't you know Pei Yu's character? He is so petty that he wants to hide all his belongings. You wish to take them out."

Qin Fang said embarrassedly, "That's right, he was like this when he was a child, and he will only get worse when he grows up."

It was said that the petty-minded person was bullying the beauty he mentioned through a screen. Shen Zhiyi reached out and pushed him, her face already red. She was afraid that those people would hear the noise, so she spoke in a low voice, "Do we have to do it here?"

There was just a screen between them, which gave Shen Zhiyi the illusion that they were in public, but Pei Yu was completely unaware.

Gently wiping away the water from the corners of her lips with his fingertips, Pei Yu imitated her and said in a whisper, "Are you not satisfied with this?"

How should she answer this?
She sighed softly, put her arms around his neck and leaned against him, her voice falling into his ears, "Your friends are too noisy."

I am imitating his words on purpose.

Although Pei Yu knew that she was actually embarrassed, he was very happy that she was standing on the same line with him. He put his hand on her waist and pulled her up with a little force, "Then go home."

When the word "home" came out of his mouth, Shen Zhiyi was stunned for a moment. She had been homeless since childhood and was particularly sensitive to this word.

She raised her head, and Pei Yu held her hand and walked a little faster in front of her, leaving her with his tall back and sharp profile.

Who will this person form a family with?
The night breeze was blowing gently, and Pei Yu's shirt was wrinkled. He lowered his eyes, observing the path of Shen Zhiyi's skirt blowing against his legs. After a while, he smiled faintly, silently, and the traces quickly disappeared, so that no one noticed his gentle expression at that moment.

When Shen Zhiyi turned around, she only saw him raise his eyes, put his hands on her waist, and carefully straightened the parts of her skirt that were messed up by the wind.

Her eyes followed it down, looking at his beautiful, slender fingers, "Thank you very much for helping me this time, but please don't bother with me in the future."

Pei Yu paused, and looked up after he had finished tidying himself up. His face, half bright and half dark due to the night and the street lights, showed no expression. "You want to draw a line between you and me?"

"No," Shen Zhiyi didn't want to upset him, but unfortunately it didn't go as she wished. She explained what she meant, "I know this is just a matter of words for you, but for me it is a favor that I can never repay. I don't like to owe others. If I owe more and more, how can I pay it back?"

She just wanted to part ways with him in peace, and never have any entanglement with him again. If she accepted his kindness and enjoyed all the benefits he gave her, how could she have a clear conscience when it was time to separate?

Being used to being alone, Shen Zhiyi was most afraid of owing favors to others, especially those that she couldn't repay. "Who asked you to repay it?" Pei Yu said coldly, "You calculated it so clearly because you're afraid that I'll use this to tie you down?"

Shen Zhiyi was unable to answer for a moment.

"Shen Zhiyi," Pei Yu turned his head, his tone was full of his unique arrogance, "This is not a transaction between us, and the things I give you are not rewards. You think too little of yourself."

He took a step forward and brushed away the hair that was blowing against her cheek. "Can't you accept what I give you with peace of mind? Then remember it well, and don't forget any of it."

Shen Zhiyi looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant. She didn't want to accept the benefits he gave her because she didn't want to turn their relationship into a transaction, but he insisted on giving them to her and denied the word "transaction".

She doesn't understand.

If it's not a transaction, then what is the relationship between them?
Pei Yu avoided her confused and bewildered eyes, and stood in the night with a shady figure. His voice was a little low in the darkness, "Shen Zhiyi, I treat you well just to make you remember."

She didn't want to owe him anything and wanted to part ways with him cleanly? He wouldn't let her do that.

The night blurred the man's outline. Shen Zhiyi couldn't see his expression when he said this. He only sensed his stubbornness and concern from the last word, which he pronounced particularly lightly.

Is his request that she remember it?
"Come here," Pei Yu walked out of the darkness and back into the light, his tone and expression returned to normal. He stretched out his hand towards Shen Zhiyi, his palm facing up, his knuckles slightly bent. Only then did Shen Zhiyi notice that there was a shallow scar on the palm of his hand, and he didn't know how it got there.

She pursed her lips and handed her hand over, "Don't be angry, if you want me to remember, I will remember it well."

What kind of truth could she possibly talk to such a person? He was always casual and gave whenever he wanted to. To him, it was just a matter of words. She was the one who was being serious.

"I won't do anything to you even if I'm angry."

Pei Yu's expression was indifferent, with a hint of self-mockery in his eyes. Wasn't she so docile because she was afraid that he would embarrass her in some way?
In her eyes, he was nothing compared to her acting career.

He took advantage of her misfortune at the beginning because he saw through her personality and knew what she cared about the most. However, knowing it in his heart was one thing, but seeing her using the scale of interests to measure their relationship still made him angry.

Shen Zhiyi secretly looked at his expression. The corners of his lips were straightened, the corners of his eyes were downturned, and his face was cold. It turned out that he was really angry.

Although she didn't understand why he was angry, she knew that he didn't like what she had just said and didn't like her to argue with him. Perhaps this was what touched his sore spot.

She sighed softly, but couldn't say anything more to comfort him.

As a result, Pei Yu went abroad to handle overseas affairs the next day and left in the early morning, leaving only a message for Shen Zhiyi.

Housekeeper: "The master said that he will be back in five days at most."

Shen Zhiyi glanced at the empty master bedroom and asked, "Was he still angry when he left?"

The housekeeper smiled and said, "It doesn't look like it."

Not like that? Shen Zhiyi felt for some reason that he must still be angry.

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