Chapter 64 If she knew the truth.

Xu Xia returned home in a state of despair. After a while, Huo Heng, who had received her call, also rushed over. "Why did you suddenly call me over?"

The two were still in a secret relationship and were very careful to keep their private contacts confidential. They usually didn't go to each other's homes. Tonight was an accident.

Xu Xia had already taken a shower and was sitting on the sofa smoking, feeling down, "I met Shen Zhiyi today."

"What?" Huo Heng was confused. "Why did you mention her suddenly?"

"I saw her at Minghua," Xu Xia raised her head, "I saw her with a man."

Huo Heng frowned, understanding something from her words, "Isn't it really Qin Fangru?"

He always thought that the person who supported Shen Zhiyi was Qin Fangru.

"No," Xu Xia handed him the phone, "I took pictures, you can see for yourself."

A blurry photo taken on a rainy night. The man holding an umbrella for Shen Zhiyi is obviously different from Qin Fangru, but Huo Heng's focus is on Shen Zhiyi.

She tilted her face slightly, her eyes focused on the person beside her, she seemed to be smiling, her expression soft. The two of them were sharing an umbrella, so close to each other, but she did not resist at all.

Taking a deep breath, not knowing what emotion he was suppressing, Huo Heng asked, "Who is this person?"

The cigarette ash fell, and Xu Xia lowered his head, his expression unrecognizable. "Pei Yu, Pei from Pei's family."

People outside the circle may not have heard of the name Pei Yu, but the "Pei family" knows it.

Huo Heng was stunned. To his surprise, he had heard of this name before. He muttered to himself, "Pei Yu?"

Could it be someone he knew?

Many years ago, he took over the wounded Shen Zhiyi from a young boy. At that time, he heard someone calling the boy's name. Huo Heng was not sure if the two were the same person.

Xu Xia didn't notice his abnormality. She was still immersed in her own thoughts, unable to understand how she could be outdone by Shen Zhiyi, and why Pei Yu would like her?

"I'm going to find Shen Zhiyi."

Huo Heng left after saying this. He was in a nervous mood and kept wondering if the man named Pei Yu was the young man he met at that time. If so, did Shen Zhiyi already know that it was not him who saved her at that time?

When she didn't know before, she had already wanted to draw a line between them. If she knew now that he had actually been lying to her the whole time... Huo Heng didn't dare to think further.

He was going to find another woman in the middle of the night. Xu Xia watched him coldly without any emotion. She even hoped that he could have a good talk with Shen Zhiyi, and it would be best if Shen Zhiyi could change his mind.

Compared to Pei Yu, what is Huo Heng? She would rather give up this man in exchange for a chance to get closer to Pei Yu.

Shen Zhiyi was blow-drying her hair when she received a call from Huo Heng. He used a new number, which she didn't have a mark on, so she just picked up the call.

"Zhiyi, where are you now?"

Hearing his voice, Shen Zhiyi frowned, "What do you want to do?"

Huo Heng slowed down his tone and brought up the past without any context, "Zhiyi, do you still remember what happened when you were hospitalized as a child?"

That was the time when Shen Zhiyi was most seriously injured, because her father was angered by a trivial matter. The drunkard beat her to death like a madman and didn't want to let her live at all. Shen Zhiyi also thought she was going to die at that time, but when she opened her eyes again, she was in the hospital. It was Huo Heng who saved her.

This was the beginning of Shen Zhiyi truly treating him as a family member, and the reason for countless compromises and concessions afterwards.

Shen Zhiyi listened quietly to him talking about the past again. Because of this, she could never really hate him. "What do you want to say?"

What was he trying to do by bringing up the past? She didn't understand. Wasn't it good for the two of them to drift apart like this? He didn't care about her that much before, so why did he seem reluctant to let her go now?

Her voice was calm, and seemed a little helpless towards him. Huo Heng could not hear anything unusual, and his tense nerves relaxed.

She doesn't seem to know yet.

Huo Heng changed the subject abruptly, "I want to say, Zhiyi, I really care about you. Even if you don't like me now, we are still each other's only family. I want to see you happy."

"I'm living a good life now," Shen Zhiyi said helplessly, but also a little moved. Just like he said, they have been relying on each other for a long time, "I will make myself happy."

"Then..." Huo Heng felt uneasy, but he still asked, "Then why do you still want to be with that person? I heard his name is Pei Yu... How did you two know each other?"

He was very worried that this Pei Yu was the person he knew, and he was very worried that Shen Zhiyi would find out everything from that person.

Now Shen Zhiyi has only drawn a line between them. If she knew the truth, she might expose everything to retaliate against him, including his secret love affair and his true life experience...

"Why do you know Pei Yu?"

Shen Zhiyi frowned and her tone turned cold again, with a wariness that she herself was not aware of.

"Is it really him that I heard? Zhiyi, you don't have to trade yourself. Just tell me if you need anything, and I will definitely help you."

The mist in the bathroom had not yet dissipated. Shen Zhiyi wiped the mist off the mirror and saw half of his face reflected in it. His brows were furrowed and he looked unhappy.

Huo Heng had said something similar before, but she didn't bother to pay attention to it then. But this time, she felt it was even more irritating and couldn't help but retort, "This is not a deal between us."

After saying this, he was stunned.

Huo Heng was also stunned. After a while, he regained his voice and said in disbelief, "What do you mean by that? What do you mean it's not a deal? Do you mean you really like him?"

Ridiculous, too ridiculous. Huo Heng spoke faster, "Zhiyi, don't be confused. If you just get what you want from each other, it's fine. If you really like him, wouldn't you be sacrificing yourself for nothing? Don't you know what kind of people they are? They get tired of you as soon as they say they are tired of you. I'm worried about you if you are like this."

"I didn't say that," Shen Zhiyi denied bluntly, not wanting to talk about it anymore, "It has nothing to do with you anyway."

Didn't she understand what they were saying? She didn't need to hear it over and over again.

Just after hanging up the phone, there was a knock on the bathroom door. Pei Yu glanced at the phone screen that was still on, his eyes darkened, and he said calmly, "Who's calling?"

Her long hair had not yet dried, but Shen Zhiyi didn't want to stay any longer. She didn't answer, but walked over and hugged him without saying anything.

Holding her tightly, Pei Yu lifted her face and looked into her eyes, "Unhappy?"

It was fine just now.

Shen Zhiyi was silently stared at by him, and at the same time she was looking at him, with a focused gaze, trying to see something through his eyes, but gave up and whispered, "I'm not unhappy."

Shen Zhiyi was startled when his body suddenly flew into the air. He quickly grabbed Pei Yu's shoulders and sat on the sink the next second.

Pei Yu trapped her and didn't allow her to move.

"lie?"

(End of this chapter)