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Pei Luoyi picked up the phone, lowered her head and silently pulled at the corner of her lips.

Since they were already here, it was polite to ask them if they had the time.

It looked like he would have to meet her today.

"Yes, which restaurant are you in?"

Pei Jingman obviously did not expect her to agree so quickly. Before she could finish her preparations, she had already swallowed them all back into her stomach. A look of joy appeared on her face as she reported to the restaurant.

Pei Luoyi quietly listened and replied, "En, I know where it is. I'll be there in a moment."

"Alright, I'll wait for you."

Before she could put down her phone, another message popped up. The sender was Jia Yu Shu. The message asked if she had time for lunch.

Pei Luoyi glanced at him and found it funny.

These two really didn't plan on letting her go. They knew full well that she didn't like them, yet they still pressed on. Could it be that their brains weren't working well?

Naturally, she did not reply to Jia Yu Shu's text message. After weighing the pros and cons for a second or two, she dragged his number into the blacklist.

After explaining the situation to a bunch of his colleagues, he took his bag downstairs.

Due to the short distance between them, Petrov walked from the company to the dining hall. The moment he entered, he saw a woman sitting in a corner waving at him. She smiled politely at the waiter before walking over.

After being kidnapped for a week, she had been constantly on the move. After going through all of this, she looked much skinnier than before.

Thus, when she saw the look of shock in the woman's eyes, she asked, "What, we haven't seen each other for a while, is there a need to be so surprised at seeing me?"

As she spoke, she pulled out a chair and sat down opposite of the woman.

Pei Jingman awkwardly bit her lips and shook her head, "No, it's just that you seem to have lost a lot of weight. Yiyi, in this period of time, you …"

"Let's order first, we'll talk while we eat." She hadn't eaten much in the morning, and she would be hungry.

Pei Luoyi picked up the menu and started reading it, but there was no desire to chat at all on her face.

Pei Jingman was about to say something but was cut off abruptly. She did not seem angry, so she did not finish her sentence before eating. She pursed her lips and said, "Alright, let's order first."

This restaurant's Pei Luoyi had been here a few times. She had ordered some dishes that she liked and then lifted her eyelids to look at the woman who was clearly lost in thought. "I've ordered. What do you want to eat?"

Hearing this, Pei Jingman shook her head, lifted up the hair by her ear and said, "No need, I'm fine with anything, that's all."

Pei Luoyi glanced at her but didn't insist.

While they were waiting for the dishes to arrive, Pei Luoyi kept her eyes down as she fiddled with her phone.

The screen was blank, not a single message.

Or maybe it was just a text from someone.

But thinking about it, today was the day of Old Master Gong's funeral, so he should be busy.

But thinking about it, it seemed that even if there was no such thing, there was no need for him to send her a text message, because there was really nothing much to say.

Although she thought this way, she still let out a low sigh. Even she didn't know what to sigh about.

She was lost in her thoughts, so she naturally did not notice the woman in front of her. She wanted to speak several times, but hesitated. In the end, she waited until the dishes were all served before she picked up the chopsticks and did not move them immediately.

Pei Jingman held onto the chopsticks in her hands, and a glimmer of light flickered in her eyes. After that, she looked at Pei Luoyi who had her lips parted, "Yiyi, was the incident with the palace a few days ago really as the media said? Do you really want to marry another woman? But didn't he just … "

She raised her eyes from the dishes on the table and cast a glance at Ye Ci. With a cold voice, she said, "I can't answer either of your questions because I'm not present."

Her words nearly blocked off the following questions from Pei Jingman.

Pei Jingman's face froze, it was extremely awkward. She could only reply in a low voice, "Is that so …"

Actually, she didn't know much about the deal between Pei Luoyi and the two elders, but the two elders did say that the man would marry her little sister. Although it was a secret marriage, which was also known as the so-called 'nameless marriage', if he really married her, wouldn't it be a crime of bigamy if he married another woman?

However, she didn't come here today for this reason. Since the topic couldn't continue, she could get to the point.

Pei Jingman put down her chopsticks, took out a bank card from her bag and handed it across the table.

Pei Luoyi was truly hungry and eating heartily. Suddenly, a woman's hand with a bank card appeared in her sight. Even if she wanted to ignore this hand, it would be very difficult.

She looked at the golden card on the white tablecloth, then shifted her gaze to the woman's face and asked in a neutral tone, "What do you mean by this?"

"Yiyi," the woman's face turned serious, "You can go abroad."

Pei Luoyi couldn't help but burst out in laughter as she looked at the woman with a puzzled expression, "Can you give me a reason?"

She really couldn't guess what she was going to do.

Pei Jingman had not picked up the chopsticks since she put down her chopsticks. Obviously, she didn't really want to have lunch with her today. From the looks of it, trying to persuade her to leave the country was the most important thing.

Pei Luoyi was not in a hurry. She slowly picked up a piece of fish that did not have any thorns and placed it in a bowl. Then, she listened to the woman's slow explanation.

"This card contains all my savings. It should be enough for you to live abroad for a while."

The woman's expression was grave as she watched Pei Luoyi carefully remove the fish bone from the bowl, her voice choked with emotion, "Yiyi, I know it's hard to repay what I owe you, so I can only do my best to help you get here." I know that you don't really like that man. After what happened the day before yesterday, I am even more certain that he isn't a man you can entrust your life to, that he can agree to marry you while at the same time reneging on marrying another woman, no matter what the reason is, is not a small matter. Yiyi, go abroad and live the life you want to live, this is also considered me, a bit of compensation to you. "

It wasn't until the woman finished her sentence that she finally picked up the thorn on the piece of fish. Under the woman's eager gaze, she urged her chopsticks to put the fish in her mouth and began to chew it.

It was just that he had no intention of opening his mouth.

It seemed like she hadn't heard a single word the woman had said.

The air suddenly became quiet.

The woman looked at her as if she had not expected that she would not react at all. Feeling uneasy, she spoke again in a warm tone, "Oh right, didn't you study in England before? You must be very familiar with that place and it's also a good choice …"

Pei Luoyi suddenly put down her chopsticks. The sound was neither light nor loud, but it was extremely clear in the silent atmosphere.

"Did I say I was going abroad?"