After Trying To Pursue The Cold, Elegant Beauty. I Ended Up Being Flirted With Instead - Chapter 8

Only she couldn’t.

Downstairs.

“Secretary Wen, you can use this blanket first.” A smiling attendant handed the handmade wool blanket to Wen Zhu.

Wen Zhu, who was trying to warm herself by rubbing her arms, paused, then quickly took it: “Thank you.”

The attendant said it was nothing, then looked towards a certain direction on the second floor.

Wen Zhu followed her gaze and immediately saw Wu Lanyin leaning against the railing on the second floor, looking down at the entire ballroom.

She immediately understood and nodded her thanks towards Wu Lanyin.

The temperature in the ballroom was actually not low, but her cold seemed not entirely gone, and coupled with the sudden rest after some physical activity, she felt a sudden chill.

Wu Lanyin seemed to have only appeared briefly. She curled her lips slightly at Wen Zhu, turned, and walked away.

It was soon ten o’clock, and the dance music of the ball gradually smoothed out, signifying that the banquet was finally coming to an end.

Wen Zhu let out a long breath. Just as she got up, her phone vibrated.

Opening it, she saw a message from Pei Xiubai: “The room on the far right on the west side of the first floor. Come pick me up.”

Still the same, a tone taken for granted, just like before.

Wen Zhu’s eyelashes trembled slightly. She immediately forwarded it to Minister Zhen, then found an attendant to return the blanket.

Calculating the time, it should be the moment when Minister Zhen picked up Pei Xiubai and was about to leave the manor.

She deliberately stayed at the attendants’ rest area for a few extra minutes before heading out.

However, despite her careful planning, as she passed the garden, she still saw Pei Xiubai surrounded by a crowd.

A middle-aged executive, holding his female companion, was clearly drunk. He shouted to the woman who was leaning affectionately in Pei Xiubai’s arms: “Xiao Yu, your chance has come tonight. You must serve CEO Pei well, do you hear?”

The woman named Xiao Yu shyly raised her eyes, quickly glanced at Pei Xiubai, then quickly lowered her head, two blushes creeping up her delicate cheeks.

Feeling the fragrance of the woman next to her arm, Pei Xiubai felt an indescribable irritation.

She had drunk quite a lot, but her mind was still relatively clear.

The executive was working on a project with Yu Pei, and he obviously wanted to offer a woman to gain her favor.

A wave of annoyance arose in her heart. What did these people think she was? Did they think she was a womanizer who would take any woman?

Having known Pei Xiubai for so long, no one understood what Pei Xiubai was thinking better than Wen Zhu.

From Wen Zhu’s angle, she could see Pei Xiubai’s cold side profile, her ink-black hair draped behind her ear.

Separated by the layers of people, her eyes beneath her brows seemed covered in frost and snow, the corners slightly upturned, giving her an innate sharpness.

With just one glance, she could tell that Pei Xiubai was in a very bad mood.

Noticing the gaze, Pei Xiubai also looked towards Wen Zhu.

The moment she saw Wen Zhu, the frustration in her eyes gradually turned into a flicker of anger, which then transformed into a cold certainty, mixed with a hint of disdain.

It was like saying, “Come here.”

Since Wen Zhu could read Pei Xiubai’s displeasure, she naturally understood her reprimand.

For so many years, Wen Zhu seemed to live solely for Pei Xiubai.

No matter what Pei Xiubai demanded, she would always appear first. Even if it meant getting herself battered and bruised, she would willingly complete it for Pei Xiubai.

No wonder people in the circle called her a dog raised by the Pei family for Pei Xiubai.

Many times, even Wen Zhu herself felt she lived without any self.

Previously, Wen Zhu could fulfill even the most excessive demands, but today, all Pei Xiubai did was ask her to come over, yet Wen Zhu found herself unable to move her feet.

The right fingertip that had been crushed was still throbbing, the stinging of her scalp all her senses were reminding her of what Pei Xiubai truly considered her to be.

She didn’t want to go over.

Could she, just this once, live for herself?

It was only a small thought, but Wen Zhu felt her heart rate suddenly accelerate, almost leaping out of her chest.

Pei Xiubai stared coldly at Wen Zhu not far away. Her emotions, slightly amplified by the wine, gradually became impatient.

She had never considered the possibility that Wen Zhu might ignore her.

After all, there was a woman by her side now. Wen Zhu had always been petty. Seeing another woman缠 (entangle) her now, she must be frantic, right?

Surely she was panicking and worried, having even forgotten why she was upset with her earlier.

If so, she should hurry over, drive the woman named Xiao Yu away, and beg for her own forgiveness…

Nor would she need to endure the disgust of letting this woman lean on her for so long.

Pei Xiubai was firmly convinced, almost certain of victory.

But time ticked by second by second.

Xiao Yu was already rubbing the softness of her chest against Pei Xiubai’s arm, yet Wen Zhu remained standing where she was, seemingly in a daze.

“CEO Pei, do you like Xiao Yu~”

A sweet, clingy voice sounded in Pei Xiubai’s ear, and Xiao Yu’s tender red lips also approached, waiting for Pei Xiubai to pluck them at any moment.

The disgust in Pei Xiubai’s heart intensified. She looked at Wen Zhu’s direction in disbelief.

Just as her brows furrowed and she couldn’t help but want to push Xiao Yu away, a scene occurred that Pei Xiubai had never imagined in her life.

Wen Zhu actually turned and walked away!

Not only did she not come over to chase Xiao Yu away, but she directly avoided Pei Xiubai’s gaze, turned, and headed towards the manor gate!

Pei Xiubai was so angry that a vein pulsed wildly on her forehead, and her expression instantly turned cold.

The atmosphere chilled as if it were about to freeze.

Was Wen Zhu insane?!

She used to have a miserable face all the time, not letting other women touch her. Why was she suddenly so generous tonight?

Even if she was just pretending to make a show of it, she should know the limit when trying to get her to coax her!

“CEO Pei~ Is there something I did wrong? Please tell me, I’ll change it. Don’t dislike me, okay?”

The softness near her arm pressed closer and closer. Xiao Yu almost melted into a puddle of water, clinging to Pei Xiubai.

A mischievous surge of alcohol rose. Pei Xiubai’s hand, which was about to push Xiao Yu away, paused. Instead, she wrapped her arm around the woman’s waist and smiled: “Change what? Who said I don’t like you?”

As she spoke, Pei Xiubai’s peripheral vision was fixed on the figure at the entrance.

Wen Zhu was walking fast, still showing no intention of stopping.

Just keep pretending, then. She wanted to see how far Wen Zhu could push it this time!

“Really? Then, CEO Pei, can we tonight….Ah!”

Xiao Yu originally wanted to ask if she could go home with Pei Xiubai tonight, but she didn’t expect a huge surprise to hit her Pei Xiubai actually picked her up!

The shuttle bus arrived just then, and Pei Xiubai carried her and got into the shuttle bus!

Her nose was filled with the woman’s clear fragrance. Xiao Yu’s small face was flushed, and she shyly nestled into Pei Xiubai’s arms.

“Ooh, CEO Pei is leaving?”

“Nonsense! With a beauty in her arms, how could CEO Pei waste time here with us for the night of pleasure!”

Once the car started, the window of the shuttle bus rolled down. Pei Xiubai lowered her head, and then fiercely bit Xiao Yu’s red lips!

At the manor gate, gasps erupted in Wen Zhu’s ears.

She was also waiting for the shuttle bus down the mountain, so she naturally saw Pei Xiubai getting into the car with that woman.

After realizing that Pei Xiubai was kissing even more passionately after seeing her look over, Wen Zhu’s pupils first constricted slightly.

The next second, she surprisingly curved her lips and smiled softly.

It was a bitter smile, yet also a look of relief.

Pei Xiubai always told her that she didn’t like having overly intimate contact with others.

But it turned out Jiang Xinxin could, and this stranger she had just met could.

Only she couldn’t.

Just this one look.

Wen Zhu told herself that after seeing this one look, her long and hopeless twelve year long love.

It was completely over.