Chapter 78 Let’s separate.

Hua Ting.

Shen Zhiyi came back late, and the housekeeper had already finished cleaning and returned to her room. Pei Yu was sitting in the living room waiting for her as usual, but perhaps he couldn't hold it any longer and closed his eyes sleepily.

She walked lightly and did not sit on the sofa next to her. Instead, she sat directly on the carpet beside him. The long-haired carpet was soft and thick, making people feel warm.

Pei Yu rested his hands on the armrest of the sofa with his head slightly lowered. His unkempt hair looked fluffy and soft, with two strands hanging down casually, making him look serene. Perhaps because of the light, his face looked a little pale.

Shen Zhiyi couldn't imagine how violent this face would be when he attacked that man during the day. She had never seen Pei Yu like that.

Thinking of Huo Heng's words again, everything that happened today seemed to force her to see another side of Pei Yu, whether true or false, it gave her a headache.

Having stared for a long time, that gaze fixed on him seemed to have a weight that could not be ignored. Pei Yu frowned slightly, and when he opened his eyes and saw that it was her, his expression relaxed. He still maintained the posture he fell asleep in, and his eyes fell along her long eyelashes, touching her eyebrows, eyes, nose tip, and then lips.

His tone was very light, with a little bit of hoarseness from just waking up, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Actually, I want to ask why I keep looking at him.

Shen Zhiyi did not answer this question. She herself did not know the answer. After listening to Huo Heng's words, she should have immediately asked Pei Yu for an explanation.

Compared to the "truth", she seemed to want to just sit quietly with Pei Yu for a while.

Shen Zhiyi lowered his head, avoiding Pei Yu's focused gaze, and touched his fingers, "Why didn't you deal with it?"

His fingers were long and slender, with distinct joints, perfect like a work of art carefully carved by a sculptor, but now they were injured.

Shen Zhiyi could probably guess how the injury came about. She didn't mention what happened to Bai Tian Minghua. She just found the medical kit that was used last time and gave him a simple treatment.

While she was doing this, Pei Yu's eyes were always following her, but he didn't say anything.

He knew that she had come to Minghua today and that she had met Huo Heng, but she had not mentioned either of these two things to him.

Why not say it?
After all, he was the first to break the silence between the two, "You met Huo Heng today."

He used an affirmative sentence. He was extremely clear about Shen Zhiyi's every move. He did not stop or interfere, but he knew everything clearly.

Shen Zhiyi let go of his hand and started packing the medical kit, "Yeah."

After packing up her things, with nothing else to distract her, Shen Zhiyi could only look at Pei Yu, "He told me that you were the one who drugged me in Nanyuan."

Pei Yu was stunned for a moment, frowned, and stared at Shen Zhiyi, "Do you believe it?"

Without waiting for her to answer, he pulled the corner of his lip in a slightly mocking manner, and changed his previous lazy and casual sitting posture, slightly moving forward, with an aggressive posture, "If Huo Heng tells you, you have to believe 70% of it, even if you don't believe it all. Do you also think it was me?"

"No," Shen Zhiyi stared at him blankly. She was very unfamiliar with Pei Yu like this. It was as if Pei Yu, who was Bai Tianminghua, had traveled through time and space and appeared in front of her. "I want to hear what you have to say."

She pursed her lips and asked the point that puzzled her the most, "Did you know me before that night?"

She clenched her fist unconsciously, feeling the pain from the wound on her finger bone being pulled. Pei Yu did not lie to her. He turned his head and his Adam's apple rolled, "Hmm."

After hearing this answer, Shen Zhiyi paused for several seconds before continuing to ask, "You had no reason to go to Nanyuan that night, right?"

Except for her.

So why did he appear in Nanyuan? She didn't want to believe what Huo Heng said. Besides her selfishness, she felt that Pei Yu was not someone who would use such dirty means. But she needed an explanation, an explanation for those doubts.

Pei Yu didn't say anything.

How should he explain this to Shen Zhiyi? To explain why he appeared in Nanyuan that night, he would have to mention the past and awaken the person who had been forgotten in her memory.

He can't.

"There is no reason," Pei Yu said calmly. He stroked the wound on his finger bone. There was no expression on his face. He was cold and indifferent, but also full of surging emotions. "I can't give you a satisfactory explanation. What did Huo Heng tell you? Is the reason he found impeccable?"

"Pei Yu," Shen Zhiyi didn't understand why he did this and why he didn't explain?

"Um,"

When he responded to this, the Pei Yu in front of him seemed to be no different from before, still the man who would smile lazily, but in an instant he noticed the disappointment revealed by Shen Zhiyi, and his expression suddenly turned cold. He spoke in a low tone, no longer looking at her, "You still believe it, right?"

"Am I that bad in your eyes?"

Did she believe Huo Heng's words so easily?

"I don't know." Every word was difficult. Shen Zhiyi had a severe headache. Today was too long for her. She looked at Pei Yu's profile, a little confused. "I just want you to give me an explanation."

After a long silence, Pei Yu finally spoke, "It wasn't me. I didn't do it."

Shen Zhiyi slowly took two steps back, his heart sinking.

Of course she believed that Pei Yu did not do such a thing, but what she wanted was an explanation, which could not be explained by Pei Yu's simple "it was not me".

Or perhaps, Pei Yu’s previous silence had already explained something, and that was his answer.

Was that explanation so hard to say, or was she simply not worthy of knowing it? Should she be thankful that at least Pei Yu didn't give her any other excuses?
Pei Yu watched her retreat, his nerves tense, an indescribable fear gripping him. He sat still, speaking in a low voice, "Come here."

"Pei Yu," Shen Zhiyi had never experienced a moment like this before. Even for Huo Heng, she had never felt that leaving was such a difficult decision. She smiled reluctantly, "Let's separate."

When she promised him, she never thought that she would gradually forget her original intention during the short few months of getting along with him. In recent times, she even deliberately ignored this point and deliberately did not think about the future.

It's time to end the self-deception. She has now learned how to give up.

Pei Yu looked at her intently. Her expression was not relaxed, her voice was hoarse, and her eyes seemed to be filled with tears. "Reasons."

He looked calm, but for no reason he recalled what he heard that day in the sanatorium.

——The reason why Shen Zhiyi is still willing to stay with you now is because she doesn’t know what kind of person you are.

Now that she had only seen a glimpse of his world, she had already decided to withdraw.

Shen Zhiyi lowered his head and said, "I just feel it's time to end it."

A tear sank silently into the carpet.

Pei Yu pursed his lips tightly. The pain in his hand became unbearable, and he said nothing.

(End of this chapter)