Chapter 51: Chapter 51 An Alternative.
Chapter 51: Chapter 51 An Alternative.
Pei Yu’s little ploy hadn’t worked, and just as he was coaxing people to the card table, the birthday party’s leading lady heard the news and rushed over, all dolled up, with a delicate bracelet jingling on her wrist. She peeked her head in from the doorway and imdiately caught sight of Pei Yu.
“Brother Pei Yu!”
Qin Xiaoran was as extroverted as her brother, but a bit intimidated by Pei Yu. Instead of calling Qin Fang, her own brother, she doted on Pei Yu with the honorary title, her obedience undeniable.
She looked at Shen Zhiyi with curiosity, cautiously asking, “Brother Pei Yu, can I take Sister Zhiyi to play with ?”
Fearing that Pei Yu would disagree, she didn’t hesitate to criticize her own brother, “Qin Fang is so dumb, putting Sister Zhiyi with all you guys, how boring. I want to take her sowhere else to have fun.”
“Do you want to go?”
Pei Yu asked, and of course, he didn’t want Shen Zhiyi to leave his sight. However, the place was indeed dull, and since Qin Xiaoran had a sense of asure, he felt reassured.
Shen Zhiyi nodded. She had no reason to refuse the birthday girl.
Once out of the private room, Qin Xiaoran’s tense nerves relaxed, and she switched to a cheerful and playful deanor, warmly wrapping her arm around Shen Zhiyi, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to my place to have fun. Did Brother Pei Yu want to play cards with you? What’s so fun about cards?”
After saying this, she rembered she hadn’t introduced herself, “I’m Qin Xiaoran, just call Xiaoran. The pearl crown you used for your birthday was mine. When Qin Fang said he was giving it away, I wondered who on earth could be so important. And then Qin Fang said it was for Brother Pei Yu’s girlfriend—that scared !”
This was the first ti Shen Zhiyi had heard about this, and she beca even more embarrassed, “I didn’t know—”
Realizing she was about to apologize, Qin Xiaoran quickly interrupted, “I didn’t lose out. Qin Fang compensated with an Opal, and that crown suits you way better than it does .”
Arriving at the place, it was filled with girls, and the atmosphere was a stark contrast to Pei Yu’s surroundings. When Shen Zhiyi appeared, several people wanted to crowd around her, but they were shooed away by Qin Xiaoran, who continued to lead her further inside, “Don’t play with them, they’re too gossipy.”
In the innermost private room, Qin Xiaoran’s close friends were being entertained, and Shen Zhiyi was invited by a few girls to take a group photo, quickly becoming acquainted.
When another person stepped in front of her, she looked up only to et a face that was not exactly friendly.
“Were you the one trying to seduce Pei Yu in the private room last ti?”
“Zhao Shu!”
Xiaoran frowned, warning her, “Don’t go crazy here.”
Her brother had emphatically instructed her not to let Shen Zhiyi be offended, and she didn’t want to get scolded.
Zhao Shu ignored her and kept staring at Shen Zhiyi, giving her a scrutinizing look that was uncomfortable, but her distinctive voice allowed Shen Zhiyi to rember who she was.
The one who had deliberately spilled wine on Pei Yu’s clothes.
Her attitude was calm and gentle, “The ti you purposefully spilled red wine on Pei Yu, right? It was .”
At the ti, Pei Yu had blocked her, and Zhao Shu had only glimpsed a shadow of a skirt. Afterwards, the rumor mill had churned with mockery of her clumsy tactics, ridiculing her for her ill-tid temper tantrum.
Zhao Shu didn’t think it was her fault. Pei Yu was already being chard by another woman; no technique, however sophisticated, would have made a difference.
She confronted aggressively, “How long have you been with Pei Yu?”
The question was too offensive, and Shen Zhiyi didn’t want to entertain it. She stood up to leave, but Zhao Shu was persistent, following her relentlessly, completely ignoring Qin Xiaoran’s attempts to stop her.
“Don’t be so smug. How long do you think he’ll dote on you? He’s just in it for a mont’s novelty. I’ve seen it all before—”
Shen Zhiyi interrupted her, “Are you jealous of ?”
She spoke calmly, “I don’t know what there is about to be jealous of. If you want Pei Yu, go talk to him. Don’t throw your weight around in front of , because it’s quite ridiculous.”
Zhao Shu glared at her viciously, still persistent, “So what if you’re the first, you will never be the only one.”
Unable to bear watching, several girls hurriedly pulled Zhao Shu away, Qin Xiaoran showed an embarrassed expression, “Don’t take her words to heart.”
Shen Zhiyi remained silent.
She didn’t care about Zhao Shu as a person, but she couldn’t help caring about her words, which in fact expressed everyone’s thoughts, this was the opinion of the group towards her.
She was Pei Yu’s female companion, with the qualifier being “right now,” who knows if the person attending Qin Xiaoran’s birthday banquet next year would be soone else?
“I’m going to take a walk.”
The hall was crowded everywhere, finding a quiet place was not easy, Shen Zhiyi entered an empty private room, there was alcohol on the table, she took a light sip, and saw her own face reflected on the glass tabletop, she smiled silently and with so self-mockery.
Her reluctance to expose her relationship with Pei Yu was ultimately because she felt she was sothing to be ashad of, agreeing to attend the birthday banquet with Pei Yu actually represented a loosening of that thought—she couldn’t help but be moved by such a Pei Yu.
Zhao Shu’s words were like a heavy blow at this juncture, snapping her back to reality, making her realize her situation.
She had not said anything wrong, at Pei Yu’s place, “Shen Zhiyi” was replaceable, this was the consensus, based on the disparity in their statuses, based on the rules of the circle.
“Yo, soone’s here.”
An unexpected male voice entered the private room, Shen Zhiyi snapped back to reality from her thoughts and stood up to leave.
“Don’t hurry off, I hear you’re an actress?”
The man was clearly drunk, the sll of alcohol was strong, and he shalessly pestered her, “I’ve dated a few small actresses, but none as beautiful as you, does Pei Yu treat you well? Are you considering looking for soone else?”
Extrely disliking n who play the fool while drunk, Shen Zhiyi’s expression turned cold, she was blocked at the door and couldn’t leave, even being forced to step back little by little, she didn’t speak, only silently picked up the unfinished bottle of red wine.
The man kept talking, “It seems you broke up not long ago, right? Did you start seeing Pei Yu before breaking up? Then I think you can consider too, when you’re not with Pei Yu, co keep company, earning money from two places sounds good.”
Shen Zhiyi’s face was expressionless, and her hand holding the wine bottle was faintly turning white, having not gotten physical in a long ti, she was unsure if she could handle him, she knew, if she failed to take him down with one hit and let the man react, it would only enrage him further.
She was all too familiar with this type of person.
The man was still moving closer, but the tightly closed door was knocked upon, it was Qin Xiaoran’s voice, “Sister Zhiyi, are you in there?”
The door had been locked from the inside without her knowledge, Shen Zhiyi imdiately responded loudly, “I’m here!”
Her voice was terse and tight, and an acquaintance could instantly tell sothing was wrong.
Seeing soone was coming, the man drunkenly collapsed onto the sofa, acting as if his previous words were just drunk babble, pretending nothing had happened.
Shen Zhiyi put down the wine bottle and quickly ran to open the door, but upon opening it, she saw Pei Yu instead.
His gaze lingered on her face for a mont, Pei Yu glanced indifferently inside the room, “Why did you co here?”
“Just wandering around.”
Shen Zhiyi was still breathing a bit rapidly, she suppressed her emotions, “Let’s go.”
Her temple hair was tucked behind her ear, Pei Yu smiled faintly, with a gentle air, “You go ahead with Xiaoran.”
He entered the private room and locked the door behind him.
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