Chapter 21
Pei Suyuan let out an aggrieved whimper. Her eyes were completely red as she asked over and over again, stubborn and insistent.
Although there was an inhibitor patch on, Wei Jinzhi could not be considered safe either. The freshener she had used was effective on Mu Xinyi, but toward Pei Suyuan, it had absolutely no effect.
In the same way, Wei Jinzhi was also especially sensitive to the scent of cheese. She gripped Pei Suyuan’s arm, her gaze somewhat unfocused.
An omega nearing thirty was indeed a little different. Otherwise, that time, Wei Jinzhi would never have lost all restraint and grabbed Pei Suyuan in the hallway.
But now, fear began rising inside her.
Pei Suyuan was close, so she naturally noticed Wei Jinzhi’s emotions too. Her hands nervously clutched at her own sleeves, and even the corners of her eyes were still hanging with tears. She looked extremely fragile.
For a moment, Pei Suyuan was somewhat at a loss. Then her gaze softened, and her hand began stroking the omega’s hair again and again. Her voice was as gentle and soft as she could make it. “Don’t cry.”
Wei Jinzhi did not know why. She had clearly already prepared herself, yet in this moment, her fear doubled.
Past events flashed through her mind continuously. She looked at Pei Suyuan with pain and grievance in her eyes.
She had told Pei Suyuan before that disguising herself as an alpha gave her a sense of security.
That was because she hated omegas. Not only did she hate an omega’s weakness, what she hated even more was an omega controlled by alpha pheromones, like a monster without reason.
Last time, it had been because she was in heat and affected by Pei Suyuan’s pheromones.
But right now, she was not in heat. The influence she suffered was still not enough to overpower her fear.
So she struggled with almost all her strength, wanting to leave.
She regretted it.
An alpha’s strength was far greater than hers, especially during a susceptible period.
Yet Wei Jinzhi easily broke free from Pei Suyuan’s restraint.
The scent around the alpha changed extremely quickly. In an instant, she was like an injured little beast, staring at Wei Jinzhi with wide, round eyes.
She blinked again and again, her eyes pure and clean, without a trace of the desire that should have been there.
Even more aggrieved, she whimpered, “Don’t be afraid of me…”
The alpha had turned into a wronged little dog again.
In an instant, Wei Jinzhi’s nose turned terribly sour.
Pei Suyuan, an alpha in her susceptible period, was actually even more timid than she was.
……………
Pei Suyuan’s mind began to gradually clear. The clothes soaked through from the shower began pressing coldly against her skin, making her feel chilled all over.
She kept shaking her head, even forcing tears into her eyes.
Wei Jinzhi’s heart softened at the sight. This kind of alpha looked completely harmless. She had even poked the softest place deep in Wei Jinzhi’s heart.
She wrapped her arms around Pei Suyuan’s neck. Looking at her aggrieved expression and reddened eyes, she patted her head.
The alpha leaning against her shoulder began to cry out loud, fully exposing the sensitivity and fragility of her susceptible period.
Only when Wei Jinzhi’s clothes had been chilled by Pei Suyuan’s soaked embrace did Pei Suyuan slowly leave her shoulder. She sniffed, mumbling indistinctly, “I’m sorry… just now, I scared…”
Before Pei Suyuan could finish speaking, Wei Jinzhi stood on tiptoe and sealed her lips.
Wei Jinzhi was much warmer than her. Her embrace was warm and made one sink helplessly into it.
Unknowingly, it made Pei Suyuan recall a scene from her childhood. The frail girl in a white dress merged with Wei Jinzhi.
The same grass.
The same swing.
She sat on the ground and looked on, while the person on the swing swayed back and forth, little by little, swinging into her heart.
………
When Wei Jinzhi woke, she was not very comfortable, and she was utterly exhausted. She carelessly pushed her hair aside and turned back to look at Pei Suyuan, who was still asleep.
Pei Suyuan’s long black hair covered half her face. Her lips were slightly pursed, making her look obedient and lovable. Wei Jinzhi smiled and touched her cheek, then tucked all the stray strands behind her ear.
Yet in her heart, she suddenly began blaming this hair.
With long, straight black hair, Pei Suyuan looked calm and steady. Wei Jinzhi liked it very much, but if it was too long, it made Wei Jinzhi suffer. It tangled far too easily with her own hair.
But immediately after, she thought of how when she delicately complained that it hurt, Pei Suyuan would separate their hair for them. Because of that action, Wei Jinzhi’s heart would grow softer and softer.
As she grew older, Wei Jinzhi could feel fewer and fewer things that warmed her heart. Especially actions, tones, and expressions like this, which could warm her all the way inside.
Pei Suyuan really was very gentle, and very patient.
However, this perception also made Wei Jinzhi sensitive and suspicious, and made her greedy and insatiable.
As long as she thought of how this kind of situation would only appear at a moment like this, she felt very dissatisfied. Her heart felt sour and melancholy.
Ever since that hot pot meal, she had intentionally reduced her contact with Pei Suyuan, wondering whether this wooden-headed person would finally come to her senses and take the initiative to contact her.
But clearly, no.
In nearly a month, she had not received any contact at all.
Even when they happened to meet, the words Pei Suyuan said sounded rather unwilling.
Pei Suyuan was the only person in all these years who had truly made Wei Jinzhi feel her heart stir. Although it had not reached the level of liking her very much, for Wei Jinzhi, this was already rare.
So doing her best to tease and flirt was already the greatest courage she had.
Yet the wooden-headed Pei Suyuan seemed completely unresponsive. Only at moments like this would Wei Jinzhi feel that this person was not entirely made of wood.
But unfortunately, she was also like a big wolfdog, both fierce and ruthless, so even her gentleness and patience became conditional.
…………
Pei Suyuan lay on the bed with lifeless eyes, her mind blank, and even faintly aching.
Only when the memories from last night returned did an awkward expression gradually appear on her face.
Last night, her susceptible period had suddenly arrived, and then she had… dragged Wei Jinzhi into her room???
She looked around a few times. The bedsheets were a mess. A temporary mark…
Pei Suyuan grabbed at the sheets in horror. Then she heard water coming from the bathroom. She slowly turned her head and saw Wei Jinzhi coming out.
Her cheeks instantly flushed crimson. Without even thinking, she turned her head back and buried herself under the blanket in a panic, like an ostrich.
But she had seen it just now. Because of the steam, Wei Jinzhi’s cheeks were flushed, and her damp lashes were still fluttering.
They were practically fluttering straight into her heart.
So even though she was hiding under the covers, the sour-salty cheese began disobeying her again.
Gradually, Pei Suyuan was no longer timid, and she no longer blushed.
Instead, she poked her head out, her eyes bright as she stared at Wei Jinzhi.
Wei Jinzhi had originally wanted to laugh at the shy Pei Suyuan, but she suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
She secretly gritted her teeth, complaining inwardly that being a few years younger really did mean recovering well.
……
Aside from this matter, Pei Suyuan’s susceptible-period state consisted mostly of sleeping heavily. In the afternoon, Wei Jinzhi washed up briefly, then dragged her weak, exhausted body over and called Tong Lin.
On the other end of the phone, Tong Lin said everything on this side had already been arranged, and that Mu Xinyi had also been taken away by her. Only then did Wei Jinzhi relax.
Wei Jinzhi asked her to tell Xiao Nan to bring over dinner and late-night snacks for her, as well as three meals for tomorrow. Tong Lin responded, but at the end, she still teased Wei Jinzhi by asking, “Being young is nice, isn’t it?”
Tong Lin was a few years older than Wei Jinzhi. During the year Wei Jinzhi neared thirty, Tong Lin had urged her more than once to find a little wolfdog, preferably one who was usually obedient and well-behaved.
Wei Jinzhi glanced at Pei Suyuan and thought that Tong Lin really had gotten it right.
Blushing, Wei Jinzhi hurriedly hung up Tong Lin’s call. Not long after, she received Xiao Nan’s call. The food would be delivered in half an hour.
Pei Suyuan still had not woken up. Wei Jinzhi walked to the bedside and lightly patted her face. “Xiao Yuan, wake up.”
Pei Suyuan was sleeping in a daze. She hummed and grumbled for a long while before saying unhappily, “What are you doing!”
Her tone was fierce, but her expression was soft and milky, especially those round, adorable eyes.
She looked no different from someone acting spoiled. Wei Jinzhi pressed her lips together and smiled. She did not speak, only stared at her.
After Pei Suyuan’s gaze finally focused, her face turned somewhat red. But she was still a little unhappy. She pulled off the blanket, got out of bed, and walked to the bathroom.
Although she was awake, she was still dazed. She turned her head and looked at Wei Jinzhi with an aggrieved expression.
Wei Jinzhi ignored her and kept walking.
When she came out again, Pei Suyuan looked listless and somewhat unhappy.
The degree to which the alpha became clingy was something Wei Jinzhi had not expected. The moment Wei Jinzhi walked over, Pei Suyuan scooted herself to the foot of the bed and looked at Wei Jinzhi lying on the bed using her phone.
With one lying down and the other sitting there like this, more than ten minutes passed before Pei Suyuan’s stomach suddenly growled.
Although Wei Jinzhi’s eyes were looking at her phone, she had been paying attention to her all along. The clearheaded yet not-quite-clearheaded Pei Suyuan was still driven by the alpha instincts of her susceptible period. She wanted to get close to Wei Jinzhi, yet was timid to death.
She had secretly made quite a few little movements.
So cute.
After her stomach growled, even her neck actually turned red with shame.
“Little Yuan’er, dinner is here. Go put on clothes and get it at the door.”
“!” Pei Suyuan blinked hard several times. The more she blinked, the brighter her eyes became. Wei Jinzhi smiled helplessly and urged her to hurry.
Pei Suyuan smiled faintly, looking terribly silly, then happily rolled out of bed, put on clothes, and went to get the delivery.
When she came back, Wei Jinzhi had already gotten up from the bed and was sitting at the dining table waiting for her.
Pei Suyuan set the food containers down, then, like a little dog, rested her chin on the edge of the table beside Wei Jinzhi, blinking as she looked at her.
This strange behavior made Wei Jinzhi frown tightly.
These past two days had been hazy and muddled, so Wei Jinzhi had not paid too much attention. Only now did she realize that Pei Suyuan’s state was… very wrong! Although she had never spent a susceptible period with another alpha before, she still understood that alphas and omegas would become somewhat different during susceptible periods or heat periods. But Pei Suyuan seemed to be taking it too far.
She seemed to have completely abandoned her usual temperament and was only acting according to the throbbing instincts of an alpha.
And she herself seemed to be… enjoying it?
Or perhaps it should be called enjoying the release.
Her therapist had once told her that during susceptible periods or heat periods, alphas and omegas would reveal the innermost states and thoughts in their hearts.
People who had suppressed too many emotions inside often revealed them especially thoroughly.
For example, when Wei Jinzhi was in heat, she especially loved to cry. She would even hide alone in the corner of the bathroom and cry.
Pei Suyuan was clearly more or less the same. What she showed was an abnormal obedience and honesty, along with an alpha’s instinctive possessiveness and clinginess.
As if to prove Wei Jinzhi’s thoughts, Pei Suyuan asked her eagerly, “Can I watch you eat?”
Wei Jinzhi did not agree. Instead, she wanted to know the reason. “Why watch me? Aren’t you hungry? Don’t you want to eat properly?”
At this moment, Wei Jinzhi did not realize at all that her tone was stern, and even her gaze had changed slightly.
Pei Suyuan’s sensitive, fragile eyes reddened. She felt as if she had been scolded.
Then she lowered her head and did not say anything for a long time. Her long black hair was almost dragging on the ground, yet she did not care at all.
Wei Jinzhi felt that Pei Suyuan’s behavior was practically poking at her heart, making it both soft and guilty.
“All right. Eat properly like a good girl.” As she spoke, she also stroked Pei Suyuan’s hair.
Pei Suyuan was the type who would be satisfied by even the smallest bit of sweetness. Being stroked like this, she closed her eyes in enjoyment, a big smile hanging on her face, and nodded hard!
Wei Jinzhi could finally be considered relieved. She stopped looking at her and opened the takeout instead.
Tong Lin understood her very well. She had ordered eel rice.
Wei Jinzhi ate slowly and leisurely. Pei Suyuan, who had been squatting there, grew terribly hungry as she watched. She pouted, then also sat across from Wei Jinzhi and began eating.
Her meal was the same as Wei Jinzhi’s, but she did not like it very much.
She frowned for a while. Then, thinking of her hungry stomach, she still began eating in big mouthfuls.
Wei Jinzhi did not have a large appetite. After eating half of a portion of eel rice, she was more or less done. Then she glanced twice at Pei Suyuan, who was eating very happily, and stood up to walk toward the door.
Pei Suyuan still had two bites of eel rice left. Seeing Wei Jinzhi get up, she quickly stuffed them into her mouth, then stopped Wei Jinzhi before she could leave.
She had not finished chewing yet, so her words came out muffled and unclear. “Mm, where are you going…”
“My assistant brought me a few pieces of clothing.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
After hearing that, Pei Suyuan reluctantly stepped aside. Then after thinking for a moment, she still said, “Then can I go with you?”
Wei Jinzhi glanced at her, thinking, She even has to cling to me for this short while?
However, she did not refuse and let Pei Suyuan stay behind her.
Xiao Nan had sent her a WeChat message a few minutes ago, saying she was coming downstairs. Wei Jinzhi told her to just leave the things at the door. After all, she did not want anyone to see what she looked like right now at all.
After getting the clothes, Wei Jinzhi went straight into the bathroom to change and even locked the door.
It was not because she was shy.
She was afraid.
When she came out, she found Pei Suyuan beside her suitcase, tidying her clothes.
Wei Jinzhi’s face instantly heated, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Because she realized that Pei Suyuan seemed to be a clean freak, and she also had obsessive-compulsive tendencies.
But Wei Jinzhi herself happened to be the complete opposite. She loved beauty and cleanliness, but only when it came to herself. In this aspect, she was actually rather careless and lazy. Yesterday, she had not wanted to wear her dirty clothes again, so she had gone searching through Pei Suyuan’s clothes.
Then she had made a complete mess of everything.
The clothes in her hand suddenly felt scorching hot. She had worn them before. Would Pei Suyuan wash them right now?
Pei Suyuan, whose back was turned to Wei Jinzhi, had no idea what she was thinking. After tidying the suitcase cleanly, she let out a light breath. Then she turned around. Seeing Wei Jinzhi standing there with her clothes in hand, she very naturally took them from her.
The clothes she herself was wearing were still yesterday’s. It was not that she did not want to change, but that she had been too rushed. Now that she saw Wei Jinzhi had changed out of her clothes, she took the long T-shirt over as well.
Sure enough, just as Wei Jinzhi had thought, Pei Suyuan went to wash the clothes.
Wei Jinzhi silently returned to the sofa and sat down, then sent Xiao Nan a WeChat message. She was still holding a grudge, so the message she sent Xiao Nan was to buy braised prawns in oil, spicy crayfish, and crabs tonight.
She was going to make Pei Suyuan peel every single one for her to eat!
After sending the message, Pei Suyuan came out. Wei Jinzhi called her over, and in a good mood, poked Pei Suyuan’s cheek again. It was soft and springy, making Wei Jinzhi unable to resist poking it several more times.
Before dinner, Wei Jinzhi caught up on sleep again. When she woke, she found Pei Suyuan blinking as she looked at her.
Her cheeks flushed slightly. Without saying a word, she got up, took out her phone, found Xiao Nan’s chat, and told her to bring dinner over.
About twenty minutes later, Xiao Nan’s WeChat message came in.
Wei Jinzhi ordered Pei Suyuan to go get it.
Although she had specifically asked for all kinds of seafood, Xiao Nan had thoughtfully bought two extra stir-fried dishes and rice.
The moment the boxes were opened, the aroma filled the room. Wei Jinzhi was too hungry and uselessly swallowed.
Pei Suyuan on the bed was more or less the same. When all the boxes were opened, Pei Suyuan was still staring at her.
Her gaze was muddled as she looked at Wei Jinzhi. She opened her mouth, then closed it again.
Instead, Wei Jinzhi beckoned to her and said, “Come here. Help me peel the prawns.”
Pei Suyuan nodded obediently, rolled off the bed, and sat beside Wei Jinzhi, peeling them one by one for her.
She peeled quickly, while Wei Jinzhi ate a little slowly. Before long, the peeled prawns had piled up into a small mountain.
Wei Jinzhi smiled, pointed at the prawns, then pointed at Pei Suyuan’s hands, which were covered in sauce. With a charming laugh, she said, “Mm… you peel them so fast.”
Pei Suyuan’s cheeks flushed red with a whoosh. No one knew what she had thought of. Then she shyly placed the prawns into Wei Jinzhi’s bowl.
Wei Jinzhi did not pick them up to eat. Instead, she curved her smiling eyes and ordered her, “Feed me~”
Pei Suyuan’s cheeks grew redder and redder. After the feverish heat of her susceptible period faded somewhat, she completely lost that earlier boldness of acting without restraint. But she was still willing to stay close to Wei Jinzhi. Awkwardly, she picked up a prawn, then trembled as she placed it into Wei Jinzhi’s mouth.
Because of the temporary mark, the two of them felt unusually harmonious and intimate with each other. Even just looking at Wei Jinzhi, Pei Suyuan felt she was sweet, soft, and delicate.
But she also felt guilty.
So for several pieces of prawn in a row, she placed them all into Wei Jinzhi’s mouth, carefully feeding her.
Perhaps being fed by someone improved her appetite, because Wei Jinzhi ate more than half of the entire serving of prawns. In the end, when she really did not want to eat anymore, she pushed the remaining prawns back to Pei Suyuan.
Pei Suyuan actually liked them too, but she was afraid Wei Jinzhi had not eaten enough. She shook her head and pushed them back. “You eat…”
“Hurry and open your mouth. I don’t want to eat anymore~” Wei Jinzhi’s voice was very delicate, as if she were acting spoiled.
Pei Suyuan was at a loss for a moment, and Wei Jinzhi took advantage of that opening to put the prawn meat into her mouth.
The omega laughed charmingly, and also bit down on the prawn meat.
……
The messy room made Pei Suyuan, who had just woken up, unconsciously frown. She raised her hand, wanting to get out of bed, only to discover that the back of her hand was pinned down by something.
She turned her head. The person under the blanket only revealed tea-colored curls and a fair side profile.
Pei Suyuan’s originally hazy eyes suddenly widened, and her mind filled with everything that had happened over the past few days.
For a moment, her face flushed so red it looked as though blood might drip from it.
The next second, she burrowed into the blanket.
At this moment, Wei Jinzhi was also woken by Pei Suyuan’s movements. She gently rubbed her hair and looked at Pei Suyuan with sleepy eyes.
A few seconds later, Wei Jinzhi sat up.
She was bare, yet got out of bed without the slightest avoidance.
As if she had already grown used to Pei Suyuan’s ostrich-like behavior, she put on her clothes piece by piece, then found her phone and checked her messages.
Yawning, she said to Pei Suyuan, “I have to leave first. There are still some things I need to handle.” After saying that, she lifted her foot and walked out.
Her footsteps were not loud, but each step struck Pei Suyuan’s heart.
That day, she had been the one whose susceptible period suddenly arrived.
She had been the one who grabbed Wei Jinzhi and dragged her into the room.
It had all been her crying and making a fuss, wanting to mark Wei Jinzhi.
So what counted as what now?
“Wei Jinzhi…!” Pei Suyuan flipped over and sat up, shouting toward Wei Jinzhi, who was about to open the door.
Wei Jinzhi paused, then lazily turned back and asked her, “What is it?”
“I… you… the two of us…” Pei Suyuan stumbled over her words. Just a few phrases were enough to make her face red.
Wei Jinzhi looked at her in amusement, tilted her head, and answered, “Mm. It is exactly like that.”
Then she asked again, “What about it?”
What… about it?
Pei Suyuan was somewhat stunned. Seeing this, Wei Jinzhi smiled again and said, “Last time, you helped me. Mm… this time can count as returning the courtesy.”
“And it’s only a temporary mark. It’ll fade after a week.”
“I still have things to do. I really have to go. Let’s talk next time.” Wei Jinzhi waved her phone, not intending to wait for Pei Suyuan’s response. She opened the door and left directly.
After closing the door, Wei Jinzhi let out a light breath, and a trace of confusion flashed through her eyes.
Then she hooked her lips and smiled again, as if in that moment just now, she really had been an alpha, and the words she said had even been somewhat scummy.
……
Wei Jinzhi’s room was considered the highest specification in the guesthouse, a duplex suite.
After entering the room, Wei Jinzhi tossed the clothes onto the sofa, then climbed the stairs to find a change of clothes before coming back downstairs to shower.
Although it was already the highest specification, going up and down the stairs was too troublesome, and Wei Jinzhi was very dissatisfied.
Only after taking a hot shower did Wei Jinzhi feel that she had come back to life a little. Then she took out her phone and sent Xiao Nan a WeChat message. She wanted to eat wontons, and she also asked Xiao Nan to help her buy ointment for swelling.
The back of her neck was slightly red and swollen. She had not felt it while showering, but now it actually started to hurt a little.
Of course, this had to be blamed on Pei Suyuan.
Wei Jinzhi lay on the sofa. While waiting for Xiao Nan, she counted out Pei Suyuan’s terrible misdeeds one by one in her heart.
When Xiao Nan arrived, Wei Jinzhi was still complaining about the alpha’s roughness and did not notice her at all.
Xiao Nan, carrying two large bags of things, saw her Sister Wei with a cold face, muttering about something under her breath. She unconsciously swallowed and called out softly, “Sister Wei…”
Wei Jinzhi came back to herself, glanced at the bags in Xiao Nan’s hands, and told her to hurry over to her side.
Although she had eaten fairly well these past few days, the physical exertion had been enormous. Right now, she was terribly hungry.
The wontons Xiao Nan bought had also been purchased casually, and she had been afraid that picky Wei Jinzhi would not like them. But when she saw Wei Jinzhi eating happily, she also took out her own wontons and began to eat.
While the two of them ate, Xiao Nan talked about Wei Jinzhi’s schedule for the next few days.
“Sister Wei… Elder Hong called yesterday and asked you to go see him when you’re free. He said he wants to talk about the new film.”
Wei Jinzhi swallowed a wonton and nodded.
Xiao Nan continued, “President Song contacted you a few days ago too. He said you didn’t answer his calls or reply to his WeChat messages. He wants…”
The moment President Song was mentioned, Wei Jinzhi suddenly stopped using her chopsticks. Her face also turned cold. She wiped her mouth and asked, “What does he want to do?”
“President Song said that if you still don’t call him back, he’ll come to Linshan this afternoon.” Hearing this, Wei Jinzhi’s brows furrowed, clearly very unhappy.
Xiao Nan immediately did not dare breathe too loudly and timidly glanced at Wei Jinzhi.
Seeming to realize that her own state was not right, Wei Jinzhi relaxed her brows, picked up her chopsticks again, and ate wontons. Her voice was fairly gentle as she asked Xiao Nan, “Anything else?”
Xiao Nan shook her head. “No, Sister Wei.”
“Good. Then eat first. After eating, we’ll return to Xijing.”
“Okay.”
After the meal, Xiao Nan packed Wei Jinzhi’s luggage. Wei Jinzhi also put on her sunglasses and changed her clothes. The two of them left together.
The driver was waiting at the guesthouse entrance. The moment Wei Jinzhi got into the car, she closed her eyes.
Xiao Nan sat beside her, glanced at Wei Jinzhi, whose mood seemed a little off, and stayed quiet the whole way, not daring to disturb her.
The drive back to Xijing was only a little over two hours. Along the way, Wei Jinzhi remained half-asleep and half-awake. Only when her phone rang did she pick it up with extreme impatience.
Then she threw the phone to Xiao Nan.
“Answer it for me.”
Seeing the caller ID read “Song,” Xiao Nan understood and accepted the phone. The moment the call connected, a man’s voice came from the other end, his mood somewhat irritable. “Where are you?”
“President Song, this is Xiao Nan. Sister Wei is asleep…”
“This is outrageous. Does she think I don’t know she just doesn’t want to answer the phone? Tell Wei Jinzhi that she must come to the company this afternoon!” The voice on the other end of the phone was practically roaring. After saying that, he hung up directly.
Xiao Nan lowered the phone from her ear, then obediently placed it beside Wei Jinzhi.
Wei Jinzhi’s eyes were still closed, her lips pressed together slightly.
The voice on the phone just now had not been quiet. Xiao Nan was sure that Wei Jinzhi must have heard it, and… she also looked very angry.
“Xiao Nan, go back to the company.”
“Go… go back to the company?” Xiao Nan looked carefully at Wei Jinzhi, thinking, Since when has Sister Wei been this obedient?
That single glance made Wei Jinzhi feel even more annoyed. She shot Xiao Nan a sideways look and said coldly, “Back to Yuefeng.”
……
On the other side, after Wei Jinzhi left, Pei Suyuan irritably rubbed her own hair, then lay down on the bed and emptied herself out. Only when a vibration came from beneath her pillow did she slowly pick up the phone. Without even looking to see who it was, she answered directly.
“Hello…” Her low voice sounded, and the person on the other end immediately became worried. “Suyuan, how are you? Have you still not recovered?”
Hearing that the person on the phone was Mu Xinyi, Pei Suyuan sat up at once.
She remembered that Mu Xinyi had been the one to bring her back to the room that day, and Mu Xinyi’s state seemed to have been not very good either.
“I’m all right. What about you? That day…”
“That day, after I was suppressed by your pheromones, I ran into Sister Wei. Later, I entered my susceptible period too. Sister Tong told me that Sister Wei sent you to Linshan Hospital.”
As Pei Suyuan listened, she thought about how Wei Jinzhi’s identity indeed could not be known by others, and even more so, no one could know that the two of them had spent those three days together.
So she said, “I’m fine now. I can return to Xijing this afternoon.”
Only after she said that did she react to the sentence Mu Xinyi had said just now.
She had also entered her susceptible period.
For both of them to enter their susceptible periods, then it had to be… there was a problem.
Pei Suyuan told her this, and Mu Xinyi did not hide it from her either. She said to her, “I called you precisely because I wanted to talk about this. I think something happened during that fan interaction event that day…”
When the fan interaction event was mentioned, Pei Suyuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and shouted into the phone, “Xinyi, do you remember the bottle of mineral water from that day?”
“Mineral water?” Mu Xinyi frowned slightly. She had indeed thought that Pei Suyuan and she had come into contact with something, but a bottle of mineral water…?
She thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered that after the fan interaction event that day, Pei Suyuan had handed her a bottle of water and said it had been given by a fan!
“I remember now. I’ll investigate that person right away.”
“Okay. Then I’ll return to Xijing immediately too.”
“Ah, right. That bottle of water seems to be in my car. I didn’t drive back. It’s still in the guesthouse parking lot…”
“Okay, I know. I’ll drive back right away.”
Because of this interruption, Pei Suyuan temporarily had no time to think about her matter with Wei Jinzhi. She got out of bed, took a shower, tidied the room briefly while she was at it, and left.
When she got to Mu Xinyi’s car, sure enough, she saw the mineral water bottle inside. Pei Suyuan covered her mouth and nose, picked the bottle up through a tissue, and put it into a bag.
Then she waited beside the car for about an hour. Only after the smell had dispersed did she drive back to Xijing.
On the highway, Mu Xinyi called her twice in a row. Only after Pei Suyuan stopped at a service area did she call back.
“Hello, Suyuan. I found it.”
“That person is Li Xi’s fan… from Linshan. Online, she has made quite a few comments targeting you.”
This result was actually more or less the same as Pei Suyuan’s guess. After she finished listening, she quickly replied, “Mm, I know. I should be able to reach the company in about an hour.”
After hanging up, Mu Xinyi glanced at Wei Jinzhi beside her.
And Tong Lin.
She told the two of them the news that Pei Suyuan was coming back.
Wei Jinzhi nodded faintly, glanced at Tong Lin, then left.
Only after Tong Lin was the only person left beside her did Mu Xinyi finally let out a breath of relief.
She had only just arrived at the company and had not even had time to watch the footage when Tong Lin called her into the office. And sitting in the office with her was Wei Jinzhi.
The footage had been watched by all three of them together. After watching it, Mu Xinyi clearly felt that the aura beside her, coming from Wei Jinzhi, had turned even colder.
In truth, she still could not understand why Wei Jinzhi was even more anxious than Tong Lin, the manager.
Although Wei Jinzhi was a shareholder, she had never interfered with the company’s operations or its artists.
But Mu Xinyi’s fear of Wei Jinzhi made her not dare ask more. Now that Wei Jinzhi had left, she finally asked Tong Lin, “Sister Lin… is Suyuan Sister Wei’s…?”
…lover.
She did not say it outright, but Tong Lin was not incapable of understanding.
After all, Wei Jinzhi’s usual cold, glamorous, and arrogant demeanor did not resemble an omega in the slightest. Add in the widespread rumors that she was alpha-sexual and a top.
It was not too wrong for Mu Xinyi to think this way.
Tong Lin followed along and nodded. “Not bad. Your eyesight is useful enough.”
“Really?!” This time, Mu Xinyi was the one who was shocked. Just now, she had only been guessing, because there really was no other reason for Wei Jinzhi to pay so much attention to Pei Suyuan’s matter. But hearing Tong Lin admit it still made her feel that it was a little unbelievable.
Seeing that she truly believed it, Tong Lin smiled, reached out, and brushed Mu Xinyi’s collar, saying, “You really are… easy to trick~” As she spoke, she drew closer and closer to Mu Xinyi. The fullness in front of her chest, almost stretching her buttons open, made Mu Xinyi extremely uncomfortable.
Mu Xinyi turned her face away, grabbed Tong Lin’s wrist, and said nervously, “Sister Tong, this is the office…”
Tong Lin smiled, pinched Mu Xinyi’s chin, and looked at her with seductive eyes, scolding affectionately, “Where did your courage in bed go? Weren’t you quite capable these past two days?”
Although the omega in front of her was petite, her presence did not lose in the slightest to the alpha much taller than her.
Mu Xinyi smacked her lips and wanted to move a little farther from Tong Lin, but before she could move, Tong Lin retreated first.
Tong Lin sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, and said to Mu Xinyi, “Don’t tell Pei Suyuan about what happened today. Go back.” After saying that, she stopped looking at her and continued handling work.
Mu Xinyi looked at her for a while before leaving the office.
“I understand about today’s matter.” Naturally, she was referring to Wei Jinzhi. After working in the entertainment industry, she still had at least this much sense.
Even if their relationship was not what she guessed, she still could not take the initiative to tell Pei Suyuan.
She returned to her small office and waited for Pei Suyuan to arrive.
About half an hour later, Pei Suyuan arrived travel-worn and dusty, placing the bottle in front of Mu Xinyi’s desk.
Seeing her exhausted expression, Mu Xinyi thought she had not rested well. But before she could say a few words of concern, Pei Suyuan directly asked, “How should this person be handled?”
“This matter can be big or small. I wanted to ask you how exactly you want to handle it.”
Although Mu Xinyi herself had also been induced into entering her susceptible period, in the end, that bottle of water had been given to Pei Suyuan.
Pei Suyuan pondered for quite a while, then raised her eyes and said, “Then handle it however it should be handled.”
Mu Xinyi nodded. Looking at Pei Suyuan’s usually soft personality, she had thought Pei Suyuan might show mercy and say something like the person was still young. But she did not at all.
Mu Xinyi smiled, then pointed at the mineral water bottle on the desk. “Neither you nor I drank that bottle of water, yet both of us still entered our susceptible periods. So this girl didn’t just put an inducer in the water. She also punctured the bottle…”
“Someone with such deep thoughts doesn’t seem impulsive.”
By now, Mu Xinyi had already withdrawn her smile, and her expression grew worse and worse.
Pei Suyuan followed her gaze and stared at the bottle for a while, silently agreeing with Mu Xinyi’s words.
She stood up, her expression faint, and asked Mu Xinyi, “Is she Li Xi’s fan?”
“Yes.” Mu Xinyi smiled helplessly. In truth, none of them understood why Li Xi’s fans were so obsessed with Pei Suyuan, but they truly were quite crazy.
Tong Lin knew everything about what had happened to Pei Suyuan back when she was in the group, and Mu Xinyi also knew it all. None of them were surprised that the person involved in this incident turned out to be Li Xi’s fan.
Pei Suyuan shook her head, her smile also rather helpless.
“This matter will go through the proper procedure. And the grievances you suffered because of Li Xi before, I’ll also help you get justice for them.”
After Mu Xinyi finished speaking, she stood up. As she picked up her clothes, she said to Pei Suyuan again, “Right, the show’s filming might be delayed for a while.”
Now that this had happened, the show would probably be affected as well. But if it caused public discussion, that could also be considered a form of indirect publicity.
Of course, this kind of matter still had to be handled quietly. Control over public opinion also had to be kept in her hands.
“Rest properly these next few days. If anything happens, I’ll call you.”
The two of them left together. Mu Xinyi first sent Pei Suyuan back, then returned to the company to find Tong Lin.
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