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The grip on her wrist immediately loosened. Pei Luoyi retracted her hand and frowned as she rubbed the red mark on her wrist.

Thus, she didn't notice the profound meaning that flashed in the woman's eyes when she saw his actions.

Pei Jingman's hands, which were hanging by her side, were gripping the hem of her skirt. Her eyes were red with tears that were about to fall.

In her line of sight, the two of them were very close at the foot of the stairs. Even though she could tell that the atmosphere wasn't happy, just seeing them standing together was enough to make her feel uncomfortable.

She stepped down the steps and stood in front of them.

Ye Zichen looked at the tensed expression on the man's face, then pinched the tip of his finger, causing it to sink an inch deeper.

The man had nothing to say to her, so she turned her attention to Pei Luoyi, who was sitting at his side. She gently pursed her lips, revealing a fawning smile, "Yiyi, I've instructed Mother Li to fry your favorite dishes just now. Why don't you stay for dinner?"

"Finished eating …" She lowered her head, one hand buckling the other arm as if she was struggling to speak. "Let's talk."

Pei Luoyi raised her eyebrows and rejected him without even thinking, "No need, I have no appetite. Besides, I feel that there's nothing to talk about between the three of us."

There really was nothing to talk about. Everything had already become a foregone conclusion. So what?

She pulled up the chain of bags on her shoulders. Seeing that neither of them said anything, she felt that there was no need to stay any longer. She lifted her foot and swept it past the two of them.

This time, the man didn't stop him. He didn't even turn around.

After Pei Luoyi left, Pei Jingman turned to look at the man, only to see him standing there quietly. His tight profile couldn't even conceal the sorrowful atmosphere he was in.

His heart felt as though it was being clenched by an invisible hand. Even breathing was difficult.

"Yu Shu..." What were you talking about with Yiyi just now? " she asked, trying to sound calm. When she came out, she only saw him holding the woman and didn't want to let go, but she didn't know what had happened between them.

However, a woman's nature was destined to not be able to rub a single grain of sand into her eyes.

He had always had a small wish to be by his side. Now that she was his only wife, his desire had grown several times. He could no longer be by his side and could only watch from the bottom of his heart.

Jia Yu Shu came back to his senses because of her words, and the dark color in his eyes gradually returned to its normal brightness.

He looked down at her gentle voice, as gentle as he had been for months. "Go in and eat, I'm hungry."

As he spoke, he strode up the steps and pushed the door open.

Pei Jingman looked at the unreachable figure as tears began to flow down her face.

"..."

She took a taxi back to her small apartment and collapsed on the sofa, unable to get up.

She slept until she was dizzy. If it wasn't for the buzzing sound of her cell phone waking her up, she would have probably slept until the night before waking up.

He fumbled for his cell phone in the darkness of a room, pressed the answer button, and pressed it to his ear.

She lay back down on the couch and closed her eyes.

She had been waiting for the other party to speak first, but no sound came out. She frowned and asked with a heavy voice, "Hello …" "Who is it?"

On the other end of the phone, when Gong Yan heard the woman's slurred tone, his vision focused on the computer screen.

"Where are you?"

"Yes, yes …" "At home."

She was really, really sleepy, with her head on a strawberry pillow. If the man didn't make a sound, she could fall asleep again in the next second.

She didn't even know who was on the other end of the line, just that he asked her a question and she answered it casually.

"Did you drink?"

In Gong Yan's opinion, if the woman wasn't drunk, she wouldn't have had such a good attitude when she spoke to him. Moreover, her voice sounded like a drunk cat without a doubt.

"No …." "No, I'm so sleepy. Who are you?"

The person on the other end of the line was talking non-stop. Pei Luoyi was annoyed. She struggled to open her eyes and opened the screen of her cell phone, which was glowing in the dark. She discovered that it was an unlisted number.

Suddenly, the fire became even more intense.

Drowsy Slug's rage had greatly angered him. She turned to her phone and asked, "Mister, who are you?"

Gong Yan's tone wasn't exactly good, but when he heard that, he frowned deeply.

She did not recognize his voice.

The man suddenly went silent, and the only sound that could be heard was his shallow breathing.

When she didn't hear any response, she just took it as a boring and annoying phone call and hung up.

He was completely unaware that someone was on the other end of the phone. Listening to the beeping sound coming from the phone, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

She sat up on the sofa and hugged her knees as she sat in the darkness and quietness for a while. Then she went downstairs and turned on the light, letting the warm orange light fill the entire living room.

Just as he was about to go to the kitchen and casually fill his stomach with something, the doorbell rang.

She put down the half-finished dish and went out of the kitchen and opened the door.

Outside the door, a man reeked of alcohol was leaning against the door frame with one hand. His blurry eyes were glued to the woman's delicate and lovely face the moment the door opened, unable to move away.

"Yiyi …"

Pei Luoyi looked at Jia Yu Shu outside the door with a slightly cold gaze.

She stood quietly in the doorway, a look of obvious impatience on her face. "What are you doing here?"

"Yiyi …"

The man called her name over and over again. His mind, paralyzed by alcohol, could not even tell which was the real woman. He waved his palm in front of the woman's face, trying to caress the small face that lingered in his heart day and night.

"Yiyi, I'm sorry. I failed you …"

No matter how he touched it, his small face seemed to forever be out of reach. The dark pupils of the man's eyes gradually became clouded with pain, and his large palm powerlessly hung down.

Pei Luoyi watched as the man slid down the doorframe and sat down on the ground in a dejected manner, but his eyes remained as unperturbed as ever.

She turned around and went back into the living room to retrieve her phone. Without much hesitation, she tapped on the screen to open up her contact number.

The phone rang for two seconds, then was picked up.

"Yiyi? "What's wrong?"

Even though the villa was brightly lit, it still seemed deserted.

Pei Jingman was hugging her knees as she hid on the sofa. She didn't expect that Pei Luoyi would take the initiative to call her.

"Brother-in-law is drunk. Come over and take him away."

The cold tone, almost a flat tone, actually made all the strength in her body go away.

"Yu Shu..." At your place? "

Her tears instantly drenched her face that was so pale that it was transparent. Pei Jingman looked at the window and saw that the light was dim. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.

"Yes, come and take him away. If you don't want to come, I don't mind leaving him in the corridor for the night. That's all."

As soon as she finished speaking, she hung up.

Looking at the man who had fallen asleep against the wall, he lowered his eyes, stood for a moment, then turned and went back into the kitchen.