Chapter 43: What are you afraid of? It’s not an affair.

As soon as Mrs. Qin said this, Shen Zhiyi was stunned for a long time. Although she knew little about Pei Yu, she was not so ignorant that she didn't even know whether he was married or not.

She frowned. "You're mistaken—"

Mrs. Qin had already taken advantage of her moment of distraction to walk past her and was determined to have a falling out with Qin Fangru, "Qin Fangru you——"

The words stopped abruptly.

Pei Yu looked over, his shirt disheveled, his tie loosely tied, his lips still wet, he rubbed the corners of his lips with his fingertips, half casually and half impatiently, "Where did I get my wife?"

Pei Yu's hard-earned alone time was disrupted by an uninvited guest. He was in a very bad mood and didn't even bother to put on a show.

"Mr. Pei..."

Mrs. Qin was shocked and panicked. She had seen Pei Yu before and it was impossible for her not to recognize him. But the current situation made her confused. She was clearly here to catch Qin Fangru having an affair, so how did she run into this giant Buddha?
"Mr. Qin is not here," Shen Zhiyi probably guessed, "You've come to the wrong place."

At this time, the door at the end of the corridor was pushed open, and Xu Xia whispered to the assistant, "Did you see her go in?"

The assistant, the young girl who had just made the phone call in the hallway, nodded. "She must have gone in."

Xu Xia stared at the tightly closed door, not knowing what was going on inside, and regretting how unlucky he was today.

She and Qin Fangru haven't seen each other for a while. Perhaps it was because he was dissatisfied with her attitude towards Shen Zhiyi at the charity event last time, and he ignored her, so Xu Xia had to settle down. She had her own plans for Qin Fangru, and was hoping that he could sign her to Songjian Media, so she had to please him, so she specially asked him to come over today, but Qin Fangru didn't come, but his wife came instead.

The assistant informed her immediately after learning about this in the hotel lobby. Xu Xia broke out in a cold sweat. In order to maintain her image, she even had to hide her relationship with Huo Heng. If it was associated with words like "interference" and "unspoken rules", her acting career would probably end here.

How could she accept this outcome? In panic, she thought of Shen Zhiyi who lived on the same floor, so she asked her assistant to deliberately induce Mrs. Qin and successfully let her into Shen Zhiyi's room.

In fact, Xu Xia suspected that Qin Fangru was in Shen Zhiyi's room at this moment, and he hoped that Mrs. Qin would make a big deal about this matter.

But several minutes have passed, why is there no movement at all?

Not only was there no movement, Mrs. Qin was so frightened that she couldn't even speak. She forced herself to apologize repeatedly. Her husband's Songjian Media was a Pei enterprise, and her family also had many business dealings with the Pei family. If Pei Yu really wanted to target her, she would be finished with just a few words.

"I came here to look for Qin Fangru. I didn't expect to disturb you."

Pei Yu was not interested in other people's private affairs. He listened expressionlessly without saying a word.

Mrs. Qin became more and more panicked. She didn't dare to leave unless he spoke. The atmosphere was tense for a while, and it was finally broken by Shen Zhiyi's voice.

"I haven't seen Mr. Qin here. Mrs. Qin should look for him somewhere else."

Looking at her gratefully, Mrs. Qin still didn't dare to leave and watched Pei Yu's expression carefully.

Pei Yu only uttered two words coldly, "Apologize."

Mrs. Qin had apologized countless times before, not daring to be vague, but she was interrupted by Pei Yu before she could speak. He raised his chin slightly and said, "I'm not the one you need to apologize to."

After a pause of two seconds, Mrs. Qin reacted and quickly apologized to Shen Zhiyi, extremely embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I thought you were... I'm so sorry."

"It's okay," Shen Zhiyi sent her to the door, "How did you find the wrong room?"

She used the room card provided by the hotel to open the door, probably because she was sure that Qin Fangru and his lover were here.

"I heard it in the corridor," Mrs. Qin was puzzled. "I heard it clearly. The man said Xu Xia lived here."

"The person you are looking for is Xu Xia?"

It wasn't too surprising, but Shen Zhiyi hadn't heard that Xu Xia was also staying at this hotel. "Yes, I asked someone to investigate, and it was definitely her."

After all this, Mrs. Qin's previous momentum was gone. She smiled reluctantly, "I'm so sorry to bother you."

I hope that person won’t mind it, otherwise Mrs. Qin will regret it so much that she won’t be able to sleep.

The door opened and closed, and Mrs. Qin left in a daze, and never mentioned the affair again. Xu Xia's brows were frowning more and more. How come nothing happened? Is Qin Fangru not with Shen Zhiyi?

She sent a message to Qin Fangru, but Qin Fangru thought she was pestering him about the invitation and only replied with one sentence.

"Today is my wife and I's wedding anniversary."

The implication was that it was impossible for him to meet her privately today.

So Qin Fangru neither came to her place nor went to find Shen Zhiyi. Then what was Mrs. Qin doing during the ten minutes she was in there?
For no reason, Xu Xia suddenly thought of another possibility.

What if there is confirmed to be someone in Shen Zhiyi's room, but it is not Qin Fangru?

If you think about it carefully, Qin Fangru has never admitted his relationship with Shen Zhiyi. Even after she successfully seduced him, he never took the initiative to mention Shen Zhiyi. Every time she deliberately mentioned it, his attitude was the same: Don't provoke her, or you will suffer the consequences.

Xu Xia previously thought that this was Qin Fangru's protection of Shen Zhiyi, but now that he thought about it, he had never seen any ambiguous interactions between them, and Qin Fangru's attitude was even unusually polite.

But if it wasn’t Qin Fangru, who else could Shen Zhiyi rely on as a backer?

After Mrs. Qin left, the room returned to silence. Shen Zhiyi was still a little frightened and whispered, "It's so scary."

At that moment, she thought of all kinds of unpredictable consequences. If the relationship between Pei Yu and her was exposed, wouldn't public opinion involve Pei Yu? At that time, all kinds of rumors would be totally out of control, and might even affect his company... Maybe she was worrying too much and the situation would not be that bad, but she was indeed worried.

"What are you afraid of?" Pei Yu held her close and pinched her fingertips nonchalantly, "It's not an affair."

"..."

Shen Zhiyi was speechless. Although it was not an affair, Mrs. Qin did open the door with the intention of catching the adulterer.

"You pushed me away just now," Pei Yu lowered his head and continued the kiss that was interrupted just now, his voice ringing in his ears, low, "Don't do it next time."

How shady is he?

Very fussy.

Shen Zhiyi's push on him was a completely subconscious reaction. She didn't expect that he would hold a grudge against her. She had to explain, "I was afraid it was a paparazzi."

Maybe it's a stress response caused by being photographed by paparazzi. She is very sensitive in this regard.

"So what if he's a paparazzi?" Pei Yu bit her lower lip. "It's more than enough to protect you."

Why let her stand in front?

Pei Yu half coaxed and half taught, "Be good, okay?"

He spoke at this time as if he knew that Shen Zhiyi had no way to refute him. With his lips blocked, he naturally couldn't say anything he didn't want to hear.

Pei Yuquan assumed that she agreed.

(End of this chapter)