Chapter 220 If We Had Been Together Already⑧
After Shen Zhiyi finished speaking, Pei Yu suddenly fell silent, lowered his head slightly, his face blurred in the dim light.

His silence made Shen Zhiyi feel uneasy, wondering if she had been too blunt.

"Pei Yu?" She called his name softly.

He confessed so suddenly that he didn't give her time to think, otherwise she might have been able to express it more tactfully.

Pei Yu stood up. The young man was tall and slender, with a faint woody scent on his body. He moved his hands hanging by his side and asked in a low voice, "Do you hate me?"

He had no experience of confessing to others, nor had he been rejected. When he suddenly heard Shen Zhiyi say "I don't like it", his brain went blank for a moment, and his heart seemed to be pulled by something and shrank violently.

Shen Zhiyi sat on the swing, facing the cool night breeze, thought about it seriously, and shook his head, "I don't hate it."

She always remembered the bread and water the boy gave her, and because of this small gesture, she could never say that she hated him.

Pei Yu said "hmm", lifted his long eyelashes, and looked at her with his dark eyes, "If you don't mind, then I will pursue you slowly."

Anyway, the person is right under his nose.

Shen Zhiyi raised her head and looked into his eyes, her heart beating faster.

Pei Yu wants to pursue her?
"Brother Pei!" Qin Fang's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Why did you run into the yard?" Qin Fang was drunk and didn't see Shen Zhiyi on the swing. "Qin Xiaoran wants to sleep, and I'm sleepy too. Are you going back to Hua Ting now, or are you staying with me?"

Pei Yu: "Return to Hua Ting."

He has things to do tomorrow.

"Oh, then you go back," Qin Fang turned around and went back, "See you another day."

Shen Zhiyi stood up from the swing and lifted the hem of her skirt, "I'm going to sleep too."

"Wait." Pei Yu wanted to hold her hand, but thinking of her previous resistance, he did not move. He took something out of his pocket and took a step closer to her. "This is for you."

Shen Zhiyi looked at the thing that was handed to her. It was a pendant necklace, a small jade-carved peace lock with a light green color.

Her heart moved slightly as she thought of the little silver lock her mother gave her.

Pei Yu handed her the pendant with a calm expression and said casually, "It doesn't mean anything. I just gave it to you if I wanted to. You don't have to feel any psychological burden."

He put one hand in his pocket, his body was straight and upright, already beginning to take on the outline of a young man, "Let's go back."

The bedroom was on the second floor. After Shen Zhiyi returned, he went to the window first, looked out, and found that there was no one next to the swing.

She touched the jade lock with a soft texture and felt a little confused.

The next weekend, Shen Zhiyi accompanied Qin Xiaoran out to play for a whole day, and it was already dark when they returned to the Shen family.

The Shen family is in the catering business, with chains all over the country. Mr. Shen often travels on business. Shen Zhiyi has been adopted for a few months, and the person she sees the most is Mrs. Shen.

"Zhiyi," she was a very gentle woman with an only son. Although she adopted Shen Zhiyi, she did not seem to have any intention of cultivating a relationship with her. Her words and actions were more like entertaining a guest. "Today I received a call from your old friend, who seemed to be called Huo Heng."

Shen Zhiyi stopped, a little surprised.

Before coming to the Shen family, she said goodbye to several friends, but did not see Huo Heng. His family conditions were similar to hers, and he also had a father who liked to beat and scold his children. The two of them had the same suffering, so their relationship was closer, but that was all.

"Did he leave a phone number?"

Not knowing why he was looking for her, Shen Zhiyi wanted to ask. Mrs. Shen gave her a note and accidentally saw the red string on her collar, "Did you buy a necklace?"

She gave Shen Zhiyi living expenses, which were all placed on a card. She had records of everything Shen Zhiyi bought, but she didn't see her buy any jewelry.

Shen Zhiyi was stunned for a moment, and said vaguely, "A friend gave it to me."

She has a good relationship with the daughter of the Qin family, so it would be reasonable for her to give her jewelry, Mrs. Shen thought to herself and smiled silently.

Adopting this daughter is certainly not for the sake of family happiness. Her only son is gradually taking over the family business. As parents, they will naturally find ways to pave the way for him. They all know that the future belongs to these young people, and they must take a long-term view.

I just hope this effort won't be in vain.

Shen Zhiyi got Huo Heng's phone number. He didn't have a mobile phone before and didn't know when he bought one.

She made a call.

The other party answered the phone quickly, as if he had been waiting for her to call back, "Zhiyi, this is Huo Heng."

"Yeah, I know." Shen Zhiyi guessed that he was not looking for her to reminisce about the past, so he asked directly, "What do you want?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end. Huo Heng seemed to be having difficulty speaking. "Zhiyi, I need your help."

"I'm in Jing City, can we meet and talk?"

When Shen Zhiyi heard that he was coming to Beijing, she felt that what he wanted her help with must be something serious. "I have to go to school tomorrow. Can we meet after school?"

"Okay, then give me your school address," Huo Heng said, "I'll wait for you at the school gate tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Zhiyi frowned.

The fact that she was adopted by a wealthy family became a topic of conversation among many people. Some people sighed, while others were jealous. Huo Heng was the one who was jealous of her, and that was also the reason why he did not come to see her off. Shen Zhiyi understood and comprehended that Huo Heng had told her countless times that he hoped to be reborn into a wealthy family. He desired money more than she did.

There is a high probability that the reason I came to see her this time was also because of money.

Because of this phone call, Shen Zhiyi was a little absent-minded when she went to school during the day.

"Zhiyi," Qin Xiaoran walked into the classroom holding a bunch of snacks, "Here, pick out if you like anything."

Shen Zhiyi took a box of chocolates and found a love letter at the bottom of the box.

She looked at him in confusion, "Did you get these snacks from your brother?"

"Yes, there is also one from Brother Pei Yu," Qin Xiaoran looked at the love letter and said with a smile, "This is a love letter to Brother Pei Yu. His drawer was full, and I didn't notice it when I was cleaning up the snacks, so I took the love letter with me."

As he said that, he threw the love letter into the trash can.

Shen Zhiyi looked at the love letter thrown into the trash can and felt as if she saw the boy's cold face.

"He doesn't even look at it?"

"Of course," Qin Xiaoran didn't care. "Let alone love letters, he wouldn't even bother to look at those girls standing in front of him."

Pei Yu has been different from other kids since he was young. He is indifferent to everything and he has never particularly liked anything. His thoughts are hard to guess. Perhaps because of this, Pei's father values ​​him but doesn't like him that much.

"You can take my car today," Qin Xiaoran opened a bag of snacks, "I need you to help with my homework."

"I have something to do today," Shen Zhiyi refused, "I need to meet a friend."