Chapter 55 Are you feeling sorry for me?

The photo album is very thick, and Pei Yu appears more and more often as time goes by, but most of the time he is still standing in the corner of the photo, rarely looking at the camera, always with his eyes slightly lowered, or his head tilted, and there is almost no emotion on his still young face, like a blank piece of paper.

Qin Xiaoran has already pulled herself away from Pei's father's marriage story and is very interested in introducing the members of the Pei family to Shen Zhiyi. She knows that Shen Zhiyi certainly hasn't known them before, after all, Huating is now empty.

"This is Big Brother Pei, Second Brother...Brother Pei Yu is the youngest. He has five older brothers and three older sisters. Uncle Pei's later wives didn't have children, so Brother Pei Yu was also raised by him. But I don't think he likes Brother Pei Yu. I don't know if it's because of his mother."

"Why?" Rather than wondering where so many members of the Pei family had gone, she was more curious about why Pei Yu was not liked by her father.

"It's a feeling," Qin Xiaoran frowned in confusion, "My dad said Uncle Pei likes Brother Pei Yu very much, otherwise he wouldn't have trained him personally, but I think it's just the opposite. He has never smiled at Brother Pei Yu. Qin Fang said that every time Brother Pei Yu goes out with Uncle Pei and comes back, he will be very silent and won't say a word for several days."

She intentionally wanted to lighten the atmosphere. "Qin Fang was so cute that he moved closer to Pei Yu. It was at that time that Pei Yu didn't talk every day. He thought he was being disliked and was determined to draw a clear line between himself and Pei Yu."

As a result, he is still rushing towards others, just like before.

Shen Zhiyi couldn't laugh. It was the first time she realized that so many things had happened in that empty Hua Ting. "He, Pei Yu's father is now——"

"In a sanatorium," Qin Xiaoran said, "I heard he was sick."

She wanted to talk to Shen Zhiyi about Pei Yu's brothers and sisters, but there was a knock on the door. Qin Fang stood there nonchalantly, "What are you doing, Qin Xiaoran? Are you talking about my dark history again?"

I'm used to it. Every time this girl makes a friend, she has to bring up his dark history. I don't know what new way of building relationships this is.

"Don't be narcissistic," Qin Xiaoran closed the photo album and said honestly, "You only account for one percent of our conversation."

Qin Fang didn't believe it. "Burn those photos one day. The meal is ready. Come down to eat."

The Qin family is not much more lively than the Huating family. The parents are always absent, but everyone is used to it, as if this is the normal state of their lives.

As their interactions became more frequent, Qin Fang no longer addressed her as "Miss Shen" all the time, and his attitude became much more casual.

"Don't learn bad things from this crazy girl, or Pei Ge'er will come after me again."

Qin Xiaoran rolled his eyes, Shen Zhiyi was amused, and heard him ask what Pei Yu was busy with.

"Attending an elder's birthday party."

Pei Yu mentioned it to her.

"Oh, I remember now," Qin Fang nodded, "The old man didn't like me and didn't even invite me."

After dinner, Shen Zhiyi wanted to go back to Hua Ting, but Qin Xiaoran hadn't had enough fun yet, so she acted coquettishly and asked her to stay a little longer, "Brother Pei Yu will take a long time to finish the dinner anyway, so play with me for a while longer."

Qin Fang chimed in, "Yeah, let's play for a while. It's so lonely to stay in Hua Ting, which is so empty."

He and Qin Xiaoran dragged Shen Zhiyi to play games. They originally thought that they could show off by bringing a rookie with them, but Shen Zhiyi led them to a triple kill right from the start.

Qin Fang was confused, "Do you know how to play?"

Shen Zhiyi felt embarrassed, mainly because they didn't ask, "I know a little."

Previously, there was an e-sports all-star Spring Festival game that wanted to invite her, so Shen Zhiyi studied for a while, but the cooperation eventually fell through and the company replaced her with another artist.

Qin Fang lost face and gave up decisively, starting to give blind orders, which annoyed Qin Xiaoran to death.

The group was having a great time when suddenly a cold wind blew. Qin Fang turned around and saw Pei Yu standing at the door.

He had just come from a dinner party, where he drank some wine with his elders. His face was not drunk, but his neck was slightly red. His shirt was neat and white, without a wrinkle, but his tie was loose. His temperament changed from cold to lazy. He raised his eyes and glanced at Qin Fang lightly.

Qin Fang immediately said, "Qin Xiaoran, stop hanging on to Zhiyi. It's so late now. Let her go home." Qin Xiaoran, who was playing games, turned his head impatiently, "Qin Fang, you—uh,"

Shen Zhiyi was so focused on the game that he didn't notice that the two people around him were silent. It wasn't until a cold hand touched his cheek that he came back to his senses. "Why are you here?"

Standing there lazily, Pei Yu glanced at the screen and asked instead of answering, "Do you want to live here?"

"No," Shen Zhiyi felt that his hands were very cold and the question was strange. She must be going back to Huating.

He reached out to her and pulled her up from the sofa, "It's time to go home."

Shen Zhiyi was taken away, Qin Xiaoran quit the game and shook his head, "You are so unreliable that Brother Pei Yu doesn't even trust people to stay with you."

Qin Fang was speechless, "Don't you reflect on yourself? I obviously dislike you."

The brother and sister started discussing who Pei Yu hated more, and in the end they had to call Pei Yu to find out.

Seeing the caller ID, Pei Yu rubbed his brows and hung up.

Sure enough, I didn’t dare to make a second call.

Shen Zhiyi also saw who was calling, "Don't you want to answer it?"

Knowing the brother and sister's train of thought too well, Pei Yu shook his head. Perhaps he was too tired, his brows and eyes were gloomy, "Annoying."

Resting his head on Shen Zhiyi's legs, he put his arms around her waist and said in a muffled voice, "Did you have fun with Qin Xiaoran?"

"Yeah, she's funny."

"What did you play?"

Shen Zhiyi lowered her eyes and gently ruffled his loose hair. "I looked at some photos."

Guessing that it was an ugly photo of Qin Fang, Pei Yu didn't ask any more questions. He just told her, "Don't just accommodate others and ignore her if you find her annoying."

I went to visit the crew, but it was troublesome to deal with them.

“I don’t find it annoying.”

Pei Yu said "hmm" and said nothing more.

In the silence, Shen Zhiyi thought of the photo again, Qin Xiaoran's description of the Pei family, and the fact that Pei Yu was only six years old when Mrs. Pei died.

She suddenly had an impulse, an unprecedented desire to confide, "...My mother left when I was eight years old. She couldn't stand my father beating her all the time, so she left."

In her father's words, she ran away with someone, and since then she has become more addicted to alcohol, and has been beating people more fiercely, without stopping to draw blood.

Like Pei Yu, she lost her mother at a very young age.

No one spoke in the car for a long while, so long that Shen Zhiyi thought Pei Yu was asleep. The arms around her waist suddenly tightened, and Pei Yu raised his eyes and looked at her straight, with turbulent and complicated emotions in his eyes.

He knew why she said this suddenly.

Shen Zhiyi turned her head uncomfortably, but Pei Yu would not let her hide. He hooked her neck and made her lower her head.

He said firmly, "Are you feeling sorry for me?"

(End of this chapter)