Chapter 74 Huo Heng is indeed qualified to show off.

Among the people Huo Heng could currently contact, the top one was only Qin Fangru. When Xu Xia told him that the person behind Shen Zhiyi was Pei Yu, he didn't even have a clear concept of this identity. His mind was full of the young man who saved Shen Zhiyi and the fact that he had taken credit for someone else's work.

Until the car door opened and the person inside looked up, the blurry face of the young boy in his memory was instantly replaced by the noble and arrogant man in front of him. Huo Heng subconsciously observed the other person's clothes. He himself was already a rich man, but there were some things in the world that money alone could not buy. That was a symbol of status.

The arrogance he had when he proposed the meeting suddenly disappeared. Standing in front of this man, Huo Heng couldn't help but have the illusion that he was being looked down upon, which made him feel extremely humiliated.

He had been a superior man for several years and was no longer the dirty boy who had to steal people's things to make a living in the mountain village. The guilty and inferiority complex that he had not felt for many years once again enveloped him.

During the few seconds when Huo Heng was silent due to the emotional shock, Pei Yu was also looking at him. He had seen Huo Heng's face before, but this was the first time he had met him face to face in more than ten years.

The last time they met, he took the injured Shen Zhiyi from her hands and continued to accompany her as she grew up, occupying an incomparable weight in her heart - this is exactly what Pei Yu was jealous of.

"You should know me, right?" It took Huo Heng a long while to calm down. When he spoke, he was not as rational and confident as he had intended at the beginning. He unconsciously lowered his head and tried to hold the situation, "I am Zhiyi's ex-boyfriend."

Love is just a cover, Huo Heng is not sure whether the person in front of him knows this, but he still chooses to introduce himself like this, as an excuse for his current behavior.

He is Zhiyi's ex-boyfriend and the most important person to her, so he has the qualifications to talk to this man.

The car door was half open, and the dry midday breeze in late summer blew the unkempt hair on his forehead. Pei Yu moved his eyes to the computer screen and tapped it twice with his fingers, nonchalantly, as if he didn't care at all. His slightly raised tone made people feel arrogant, "So?"

This question made Huo Heng feel even more guilty and lacked confidence. He began to regret standing here. The man in front of him was completely different from what he remembered. He was the one in charge of the Pei family. If it weren't for Shen Zhiyi, he wouldn't even have the chance to meet this person.

But the words had already been spoken, and Huo Heng didn't want to leave in embarrassment. He clenched his fists to suppress the nervousness in his heart, "I want to remind you, if you are just playing around, don't bother Zhiyi. She met you because she was drugged and was unconscious. If I hadn't been busy that night, I should have been the one who saved her-"

He has been regretting this incident recently. All the changes started from that night. If he had cared more about Shen Zhiyi at that time, Shen Zhiyi would still be the closest person to him, and the two of them would not have reached this point.

He said all this to make Pei Yu let go. He couldn't persuade Shen Zhiyi who seemed to be sincere. But how could Pei Yu, with his status, be short of women? Couldn't he just let Shen Zhiyi go?
After Huo Heng finished speaking, he couldn't help but want to leave. As both were men and both had a relationship with Shen Zhiyi, it was hard for him to accept the fact that he was inferior to the other.

But just when he was about to back out, he accidentally saw Pei Yu clench his fingers that were originally on the keyboard. He closed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his lips were stretched into a thin line, as if he was forcibly suppressing his emotions, as if... he couldn't stand what Huo Heng had just said.

Instinct drove Huo Heng to react quickly. He went from being an empty-handed inferior to instantly mastering a weapon that could stab the opponent. He didn't even realize it himself, but he used it skillfully.

"Has Zhiyi told you about me? Probably not. We have so many things to say about our past. We have known each other for more than ten years. We have accompanied each other through the most difficult days. She worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant for two months to raise money for my audition. She stayed with me for a whole day when I had a fever and even missed the final exam. I am the most important person to her, and this will never change. Just like the last time she blocked the knife for me, this has become her instinct. I am her family, friend, and lover..."

In the first few years after Shen Zhiyi's mother ran away, no one cared about her. It was Huo Heng who stole food from home to feed her. When she was abused by her biological father, it was he who used his own pocket money to send her to the clinic. When she was bullied by gangsters, it was he who protected her. It is difficult to tell who paid more for whom in these ten years. However, all this ended the year Huo Heng became famous. He suffered from "amnesia" from then on, and Shen Zhiyi became an insignificant person in his increasingly vast world.

"Enough." Huo Heng's endless talk was suddenly interrupted. He fell silent for a moment, as if his throat was suddenly strangled.

Pei Yu looked at him indifferently. This man was showing off the love he received from Shen Zhiyi. The evidence was those more than ten years and thousands of days. The funny thing was that Huo Heng was indeed qualified to show off.

In front of Huo Heng, he was the one with empty pockets, a beggar without love.

"I don't care what it was like before,"

He lied.

Pei Yu's eyes were cold and filled with condescending arrogance. No one could see that his heart was easily pierced. He received too little love, so he would care about things, be jealous, and bluff.

"Is your only ability to show off your past to me?"

There was mockery in his eyes, and he saw through Huo Heng's purpose at a glance. He said so much just because he felt that he was more successful than himself in winning Shen Zhiyi's love. This was the only thing he could show off in front of Pei Yu.

When his thoughts were exposed, Huo Heng's face suddenly became hot and he was extremely angry.

Yes, why would he want to show off these to Pei Yu, and why would Pei Yu care about these?
Not understanding where his impulsiveness and stupidity came from, Huo Heng gritted his teeth, unwilling to show his weakness, "Anyway, Shen Zhiyi will come back to me sooner or later."

He only hoped that Pei Yu could let go as soon as possible. He and Shen Zhiyi were from the same world. He didn't understand it before, but now he understood that Shen Zhiyi was more important to him than Xu Xia. They were the most suitable lovers for each other.

Once Shen Zhiyi escapes from Pei Yu's clutches, he will ask for her forgiveness to repair their relationship. With so many memories, there is no reason for them not to be together.

Huo Heng breathed a silent sigh of relief the moment he turned and left.

There was another reason for coming to meet Pei Yu. He wanted to test whether Pei Yu still remembered him.

I really don’t remember.

So had he forgotten that past? Huo Heng felt that he no longer had to worry about Shen Zhiyi knowing the truth about the rescue.

(End of this chapter)