After Trying To Pursue The Cold, Elegant Beauty. I Ended Up Being Flirted With Instead - Chapter 54.1

Inside the room, Li Zhiyun’s large eyes were wide open, staring straight at the ceiling, completely sleepless.

The air around her was filled with Wen Zhu’s scent, a faint fragrance of gardenias.

Having stayed up all night, she wasn’t sleepy at all; instead, she was intensely exhilarated, her entire soul subtly trembling.

She couldn’t resist burying her face in Wen Zhu’s pillow.

The person she could once only secretly glimpse, watch from afar through crowds, and never possess.

Now, she was lying in her bed.

Just a wall separated them, yet she could clearly hear the sound of her footsteps as she walked and the subtle sounds of her moving things.

Everything felt like a dream.

She had dreamt of such a scene countless times.

Her gaze fell upon the kitschy-cute doll on the bedside. Li Zhiyun reached out and hugged the doll tightly.

Completely enveloped by Wen Zhu’s scent, a hard to suppress warmth surged up from deep within her body again.

She buried her face in the doll’s soft body, sighing contentedly, and whispered in a voice only she could hear.

“Qingqing…”

To avoid disturbing Li Zhiyun, Wen Zhu lightened all her movements and cleaned very slowly.

By the time she had managed to tidy up the room, it was almost noon.

Afraid that the noise of cooking at home would wake Li Zhiyun, she decided to go out and buy some ready-made food.

Fearing Li Zhiyun might not be used to outside food, she specifically pre-ordered from a highly-regarded private restaurant nearby on her phone.

When she returned with the packaged meals, she saw a black Rolls-Royce parked on the side of the road right at the entrance of the complex.

This was just a very ordinary old residential complex. The sudden arrival of such a luxury car made many passersby turn their heads to look.

Seeing the familiar car, Wen Zhu’s heart sank, and she knew what was happening.

Sure enough, the car door opened the next moment.

An elegantly dressed and groomed woman stepped out of the car.

Even through the large sunglasses, Wen Zhu could feel that sharp, scathing gaze scanning her inch by inch from head to toe.

Qiao Yu took off her sunglasses. In those well-maintained eyes was undisguised disdain.

She pointed the arm of her sunglasses towards a nearby coffee shop, her tone icy.

“Let’s talk.”

There was only one privately owned coffee shop next to the complex, mainly known for its affordable prices.

As soon as Qiao Yu sat down, her gaze swept across the laminated menu. Seeing that the highest price was only twenty something Yuan, she sniffed in disgust.

She threw the menu in front of Wen Zhu, her tone passive-aggressive, “I really didn’t expect that for me to see you now, I’d have to personally come to a place like this to find you.”

Wen Zhu noticed her actions and also saw the young clerk who was visibly flustered by Qiao Yu’s powerful presence.

She smiled and handed the menu over with both hands, “Two Americanos, please.”

After the clerk fled the scene, Wen Zhu redirected her attention to Qiao Yu. “Mrs. Pei, you didn’t have to come if you didn’t want to see me.”

Yes, after all those years in the Pei family, Qiao Yu always insisted she call her “Mrs. Pei.”

Constantly reminding her of the difference in status.

“Do you think I wanted to come?”

Qiao Yu sneered, but thinking of her purpose today, she still patiently scrutinized Wen Zhu from head to toe, curling her lip in contempt.

“You’ve become like this after leaving the Pei family?”

People who were uncouth truly would never be refined.

A pheasant would never become a phoenix.

This was Qiao Yu’s usual tactic.

First, attack and belittle you aggressively, making you feel ashamed so that once your mentality is unstable, you can be psychologically manipulated by her.

Wen Zhu looked down at herself.

She had put on an old, wrinkled outfit she had been meaning to throw away to clean the house.

In the past, she would have been so embarrassed she’d want to crawl into a hole.

But now, Wen Zhu just smiled calmly. “This outfit is great, very comfortable. Without all those fancy dresses, I don’t have to walk so carefully anymore.”

The words carried a deep implication.

Seeing that Wen Zhu not only wasn’t ashamed or apologetic but dared to talk back, Qiao Yu immediately darkened her face. “Is this how you talk to your elders? All those years in the Pei family, did they teach you nothing?!”

She had lived a good life for too long; every movement exuded an air of noble superiority.

The server brought over the coffee, but Qiao Yu’s sudden cold demeanor frightened her, causing her hand to tremble and nearly spill the coffee. After setting down the drinks, she immediately scurried away.

Wen Zhu picked up her coffee and took a small sip.

The bitterness of the coffee helped to calm her heart.

Setting the cup down, she finally spoke slowly.

“Mrs. Pei, you don’t need to use the status of an elder to pressure me.”

“I know why you’re here. If you want to apologize to me, then say it properly.”

Wen Zhu’s gaze rested calmly on Qiao Yu’s face, which was slightly contorted with surprise.

“If you truly don’t want to come, I won’t force you.”

“I can leave right now.”