After Trying To Pursue The Cold, Elegant Beauty. I Ended Up Being Flirted With Instead - Chapter 5

Or perhaps she simply didn’t care?

The hand wrapped around Wen Zhu’s waist, though slender, was surprisingly strong.

Through the thin fabric of her clothes, Wen Zhu felt as if she were almost entirely leaning into the embrace of the woman before her.

The woman was dressed in an expensive, custom-made gown. Her smooth, dark, straight hair fell naturally like silk.

Her lips were a pure, vibrant red, and there was a red mole near the tip of her nose, which did not make her look coquettish but rather added a hint of cold, detached charm.

The yellow orange light traced the line of her nose, giving her fair skin an almost transparent quality.

Just standing there quietly, she was like a lone, cold pine, isolated from the surrounding noise. It was as if everything in the world automatically shielded itself from her, and no worldly concern could breach the invisible, icy barrier around her making her seem utterly unattainable.

For a moment, Wen Zhu stared, mesmerized.

This person… why did she look familiar?

She couldn’t quite place her, but she felt as though she had seen this face before.

Seeing the woman in her arms staring at her so intently, Li Zhiyun raised an eyebrow slightly. “Are you alright?”

Wen Zhu finally came to her senses and hurriedly stood up from the woman’s embrace, feeling a mix of embarrassment and gratitude. “I’m fine, thank you so much.”

A few steps away, seeing Wen Zhu stare so foolishly at another woman, looking as if her eyes might pop out, Pei Xiubai felt a surge of inexplicable anger.

She clenched her fists and couldn’t help but snap, “Wen Zhu! What are you standing there for? Hurry up, get up and apologize to CEO Wu!”

Frustrated in her heart, her words were harsh: “You can’t even manage a small thing like this; what are you good for? If you can do the job, do it. If you can’t, get lost right now!”

This was a birthday gift for the elderly Madam Li. If it were to break, how great would the consequences be?

Did Wen Zhu not have a brain?

Being scolded so severely by Pei Xiubai in front of so many people, the surrounding gazes caused all the color to drain from Wen Zhu’s face.

Her lips trembled slightly, and she dug her fingernails into her palms, but she still managed to take a deep breath, bend down, and present the gift box with both hands.

“I apologize, CEO Wu. That was my carelessness just now. I hope you can forgive my mistake and not let my fault implicate others. Please punish only me!”

Her words were filled with panic.

Pei Xiubai saw Wu Lanyin only staring quietly at Wen Zhu without speaking, so she continued to scold with a dark face, “Clumsy and incompetent, and you still have the nerve to stay? Don’t ever say you work for Yu Pei again. Now, get out immediately. Don’t be an eyesore here!”

Was she trying to kick her out?

Realizing this, Wen Zhu felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. Her entire heart was bloodily ripped out and tossed into the snow.

It was one thing when Pei Xiubai told her to get lost in the past.

But being thrown out of an event like this meant that tomorrow, everyone in Yan City would know she had offended not only Pei Xiubai but also the Li family.

This was tantamount to breaking her bones and then throwing her off a cliff.

She would have absolutely no place to stand in Yan City.

Did Pei Xiubai not know this, or perhaps she simply didn’t care?

She desperately tried not to cry, but a painful acidity still filled her nose.

Seeing Wen Zhu’s lowered head and noticeably reddened eyes, Li Zhiyun, standing nearby, frowned almost imperceptibly.

When she finally reacted, her mouth moved faster than her brain: “Is forcing someone who hasn’t done anything wrong to leave the style of Yu Pei?”

Her tone was utterly flat, yet somehow conveyed a sense of mockery.

As soon as her words fell, Pei Xiubai’s cold, icy gaze swept over, carrying a sharp, critical scrutiny, like a honed blade.

Sensing the atmosphere was wrong, Wu Lanyin also reacted.

She hadn’t been angry just now, she had simply been surprised and confused to see Li Zhiyun actually step forward to help someone.

Presumably, Pei Xiubai had misunderstood something and was about to throw the person out.

She quickly said, “CEO Pei, this is my younger sister, Zhiyun.”

Pei Xiubai quickly ran the name through her mind and immediately realized that the woman before her was the second daughter of the Li family, Li Zhiyun.

Her stern gaze softened considerably, though it was still not friendly.

In Yan City, the grave weeds of anyone who dared to speak to her like that would already be several meters high.

Since Li Zhiyun was from the Li family, she decided not to pursue the matter.

Wu Lanyin couldn’t help but look at Wen Zhu twice, then smiled at Pei Xiubai to ease the tension:

“Don’t worry, CEO Pei, everyone makes mistakes. Moreover, the gift is fine, and Secretary Wen didn’t do it on purpose. How about this: I’ll take it upon myself to forgive Miss Wen on behalf of the elderly Madam. CEO Pei, considering today is such a celebratory day, please forget this incident. I’ll take you upstairs to chat with the elderly Madam, how does that sound?”

After she finished speaking, seeing that Pei Xiubai did not refuse, Wu Lanyin understood. She called over a younger member of the Li family and asked him to take her place in welcoming and toasting the guests on the east side.

That junior, initially seeing the command come from Wu Lanyin, was about to refuse with a straight face.

But as soon as he saw Li Zhiyun was also there, he changed his expression instantly, not daring to utter a word, and obediently took the wine glass.

After Pei Xiubai and Wu Lanyin went upstairs, Minister Zhen, who was standing nearby, flickered her eyes.

Wu Lanyin had only invited Pei Xiubai her status was not high enough to follow.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, a clear, cool voice suddenly rang out from behind her: “Just now, you tripped me, didn’t you?”

Minister Zhen stopped, turned around, and smirked with a cold laugh. “Secretary Wen, I know you’re upset about being scolded by CEO Pei and want to find a scapegoat. But you’ve picked the wrong person to provoke. You say I tripped you, where’s the evidence?”

Minister Zhen was the only one walking next to Wen Zhu just now, she was the only one who could have tripped her.

Wen Zhu knew who did it, but as Minister Zhen said, she had no evidence.

Minister Zhen was wearing a floor length gown today, and even if security cameras captured the scene, the movement of her feet would be completely invisible.

Wen Zhu’s eyes were almost unnaturally calm. She said coolly, “Minister Zhen, people’s actions are watched from above. Your behavior of stabbing others in the back, even if you succeed for a time, won’t keep you in this circle for long.”

“Heh.” Minister Zhen sneered. “When CEO Pei is around, you’re the fragile little white flower. When CEO Pei is gone, you change your tune? Wen Zhu, your usual demeanor was all an act!”

She had indeed intended to trip Wen Zhu and make her fall.

The original plan was that since she was right next to Wen Zhu, she would surely be able to catch the jade Buddha. At that point, Wen Zhu would lose face in front of so many important people and definitely wouldn’t be able to stay at Yu Pei, perhaps even being driven out of Yan City.

And she would, in turn, win CEO Pei’s favor for saving the jade Buddha.

But who would have thought that even in that situation, a second daughter of the Li family would pop out and help her!

How could this bitch be so lucky?!

“Whether I can stay or not has nothing to do with you. I’ll say it again, produce your evidence before you accuse me.”

Unwilling and jealous, she raised her chin and said resentfully, “CEO Pei told you to get lost, so please roll far away. Don’t play these clumsy tricks of pretending to leave and then hovering in front of CEO Pei. That will only make people look down on you more!”