Chapter 70 He once had a girl he liked.

"Are you finishing work so early today?"

Xiao Dong ran over with a bag on his back and a cup of milk tea in his hand. He checked the time and asked, "Didn't you say we were going to shoot a night scene?"

Shen Zhiyi took off her stage makeup, her face looked a little pale. She looked through the messages on her phone, "I asked the director for leave for something. You should go home and rest too."

"Ah?" Xiao Dong glanced at the car. "Where are you going? Don't you need me to take you there?"

"no need."

After taking a hat and putting it on, Shen Zhiyi said goodbye to Xiao Dong and went to the address in the message. There was already a black Audi parked there.

The middle-aged man in the driver's seat nodded slightly to her as a greeting, "Miss Shen."

Shen Zhiyi didn't get in the car immediately, "Where are you taking me?"

Yesterday, she received a call from Pei's father, asking to meet her. For some reason, she did not tell Pei Yu about this.

The man looked at her twice more and said, "Nursing home."

Father Pei has been sent to a nursing home for several years and rarely has the opportunity to go out throughout the year, which is why he asked Shen Zhiyi to go see him.

Driving westward, we came to the sanatorium located in the mountains, which was also owned by the Pei family.

When they got there, the man opened the car door for Shen Zhiyi and said in a friendly manner, "Go directly to the third floor. No need to register."

The environment of the private sanatorium is excellent. The third floor is set aside as a separate residence with all kinds of facilities. Shen Zhiyi doesn't know what disease Pei's father has that requires him to be sent to the sanatorium. She guesses that she will see an old man in his twilight years.

The facts were obviously the opposite of what she had guessed.

"Is Miss Shen surprised?"

The old man was sitting in a wheelchair. He didn't look as old as she had imagined. Instead, he looked energetic. His eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Pei Yu's, but sharper.

You can get a glimpse of his youthful style.

Shen Zhiyi shook his head, "Hello."

Pei's father gestured for her to sit down, and his attitude was very peaceful from beginning to end, like an ordinary old man chatting with his juniors.

"I saw you on the anniversary of Pei Yu's mother's death," he said with some emotion, "I didn't expect Pei Yu to have a woman by his side. He brought you to his mother, so he must care about you very much."

Shen Zhiyi didn't respond. She didn't know why Pei's father called her over, so she just listened quietly.

Father Pei didn't seem to want her to continue the conversation. He made a cup of tea and recalled the past leisurely. "He is not a child who is easily moved. He has been alone for so many years. Sometimes I wonder if I have been too strict in disciplining him."

"I still remember that when he was about sixteen or seventeen years old, he fell in love with a girl and insisted on keeping her by his side. He was like a crazy person." Father Pei took a sip of tea and smiled faintly.

"Isn't that nonsense? He has to support a woman before he reaches adulthood. The Pei family doesn't spoil children. I didn't agree, and he was angry with me for half a year. Later, he became more and more disobedient."

He seemed to be regretful, but this emotion did not stay on his face for long before it disappeared. He paused for a moment and then suddenly said, "You are somewhat similar to that girl."

Shen Zhiyi stared at a water stain on the edge of the coffee table, her eyelashes trembling a few times. She had never heard that Pei Yu had someone he liked. He was still young at that time, and she had only seen his appearance in photos.

What would it be like when he was young and liked someone?
Does she really look like that girl?
Is Pei Yu also aware of this?

"Ms. Shen," Pei's father always spoke in a gentle tone, making it impossible for people to detect his malicious intent. "I like you very much. If it is convenient, I hope we can meet often." He joked, "Life in the sanatorium is boring. I'm happy to chat with someone."

Shen Zhiyi looked at him for a while and forced a smile, "I'm afraid it's not very convenient."

She still didn't quite understand why Pei's father asked her to come over, but she vaguely realized that this man didn't really want to see her.

At the same time, she also realized that her emotions were being led by him, which was not good. She was afraid of the feeling of being seen through, and she also hated this method of manipulating people's hearts.

After just one meeting, he knew what kind of words could shake her.

Before leaving, Shen Zhiyi asked a rude question, "Your legs..."

He seems to have no other problems except that he has difficulty walking, but how did he hurt his leg?

Father Pei touched his knees, and the smile on his face turned colder. "It was an accident."

Everyone should ask his good son.

After leaving the sanatorium, Shen Zhiyi rushed back to the set to shoot a night scene and returned to Huating a little later.

There was no one else in the quiet living room. Pei Yu was looking at some information on his computer with a focused expression and did not notice her presence.

I don’t know when he moved his office to the living room, and he often waited for her to come back while he was busy.

She approached quietly, but before she could say anything, Pei Yu had already spotted her, stretched out his long legs to trip her, and then accurately held her in his arms, "You're back a little late."

I had to go out for a while, so the finishing time would have to be postponed. Shen Zhiyi didn't explain, but smiled lightly, "You should go to the study and get busy. You don't have to wait for me."

"It's the same wherever you are," Pei Yu didn't care. He held her in his arms and said, "Stay with me for a while."

The bright light from the screen fell on his face, softening the contours of his facial features. Through this face, Shen Zhiyi tried to recall what he looked like as a teenager, colder and more rebellious.

Although she had always avoided recalling Pei's father's words, the sentence "You look a lot like her" was still deeply imprinted in her mind - she knew very well that these words were used to stimulate her and were not necessarily true, but she could not help but outline the girl's profile. What she thought about the most was Pei Yu, Pei Yu when he liked someone else.

"What are you thinking about?"

Shen Zhiyi was so lost in thought that she didn't even notice that Pei Yu had closed the computer. She came to her senses and shook her head, "No, I'm just sleepy."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Pei Yu carried her upstairs, "I won't drag you along next time."

"Not very sleepy either."

In fact, Shen Zhiyi didn't hate working with Pei Yu. She liked the quiet atmosphere, which also made her feel that she knew more about Pei Yu, beyond what other people could see.

Pei Yu looked down at her for a while, feeling a little uncomfortable, and raised the corners of his lips, "Why are you so much better behaved today?"

An attitude that allows him to have whatever he wants.

"No," Not wanting to be stared at by him, Shen Zhiyi buried her face in his chest, listening to the steady heartbeat there, and her heart calmed down.

Huo Heng said that she never did anything that she was destined to regret, but now was an exception. How did he know that she would definitely regret it?
She is not greedy. She will go as far as she can on the road called "Pei Yu". When she reaches the end, she will not force it, nor will she regret it.

(End of this chapter)