Mysterious level up! Shen Ye cries and begs for reconciliation again

Pei Yuchen was not willing to be outdone, and bent down to whisper in her ear.

"The elders came to me. Guess what they said?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his shoulders were pulled apart by force.

Shen Rao's face was a little cold: "Just talk, why are you so close?"

Pei Yuchen shook off his hand, tilted his head to look at Qi Yan, and laughed softly: "They asked me to snatch you back, saying that the next family head's partner would only be me, and Mr. Shen should forget about it."

"..."

Qi Yan paused while flipping the papers, and Shen Rao's grip on her shoulder tightened.

for a long time.

She raised her head, put her palm on the back of Shen Rao's hand and squeezed it gently. This action softened his tense back.

Qi Yan glanced at Pei Yuchen with a very indifferent look, and his voice was so steady that there was not the slightest fluctuation.

"Then tell them to change the head of the family."

"..."

The two men's eyes suddenly shot towards her, their shock was so evident that it almost became a physical entity.

Pei Yuchen's voice was hoarse: "You, what did you just say?"

He thought he heard wrongly.

Qi Yan leaned on the chair like a boneless person, with the back of her head leaning against Shen Rao, exuding a lazy and nonchalant look. She repeated it again.

"Then tell them to change the head of the family."

Same tone, even the pauses didn't change.

"..."

Pei Yuchen was silent for a long time at first.

After a few seconds, his expression became very strange. His tough features turned cold. He clenched his fists and slammed the table hard. The loud noise echoed in the lounge.

'Boom—'

He yelled: "Qi Yan, are you crazy?!"

The eyes that were staring at Shen Rao also turned bloodshot.

If he was unhappy with Shen Rao before, now he just wanted to kill him.

Qi Yan stood up, blocking his heavy sight, and protected Shen Rao firmly behind her. Her clear eyes, which looked at him, were still calm.

"I'm not crazy."

Pei Yuchen frowned and said in a deep voice: "Then do you know what you are talking about?"

She is now giving up the position of the head of the Qi family. She is not crazy, but this world is crazy!

"I know," she picked up the folder and put the summary in it, "Since they said that the next partner of the head of the family is you, and I won't marry you, it proves..."

She paused, pressed the buckle with a click, and slowly curved her lips, "The next head of the family can be someone else."

Silence spread, Pei Yuchen stared at her profile, "...I will pretend that I have never heard these words, and I will fool the Elders Council."

"Is it."

She uttered these two words lightly.

Pei Yuchen didn't know if there was something wrong with him, but he actually heard a hint of disappointment in the voice.

He stood there for a long time, until his legs, which had been stiffened by shock, recovered, and then he moved towards the door.

The moment he opened the door, he turned around and spoke heavily, enunciating each word.

"Qi Yan, it doesn't matter who the family head's partner is, but the next family head can only be you... Do you understand?"

"..."

Qi Yan looked back at him, her clear eyes were like a mirror that could not let in any light.

After a while, his lips moved slightly, "I understand."

"You just understand."

He uttered these last words before closing the door.

There were only two people left in the lounge. Qi Yan sorted out the documents and broke the silence.

"Are you hungry?"

She asked.

Shen Rao did not answer this question. He looked at her indifferent profile, leaned over and asked softly.

"Ayan, are you unhappy?"

He was acutely aware that something was wrong with her.

Qi Yan met his worried eyes and raised the corners of her mouth: "No, I'm very happy."

"..."

Shen Rao didn't believe it.

He thought her smile was forced.

He plucked the corner of her clothes with his fingertips and shook it gently. Her long eyelashes cast a small shadow on her eyelids. He raised his head, and there was a layer of hidden anxiety in his deep eyes.

"Am I causing trouble for you?"

Qi Yan's smile paused, and she held his fingertips with her backhand, stroking and soothing them, "How could that be."

Shen Rao was not so easy to fool.

He pressed on: "What does Pei Yuchen mean? Did they put pressure on you? Qi Yan, you must tell me if there is anything, I..."

He tightened his grip on her clothes, and looked at her again with a flickering look in his eyes, "I don't want to become a problem for you."

"I don't want to be a burden to you. I don't want to be protected by you all the time..."

He leaned his head against her shoulder and said sullenly, "Qi Yan, I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with you. I don't want to just look at your back."

Although he liked Qi Yan standing up for him, he didn't like the situation where his lover was facing danger alone and he was powerless to do anything.

It was too painful, he couldn't bear it.

Qi Yan's hand, which wanted to comfort him, froze in mid-air. She looked at the spotless white ceiling, sighed, and let her hand drop.

"That's why I said we're not a good match."

He stood up and looked into Qi Yan's eyes, and felt his heart being strangled. It was a complex expression he had never seen before, like reluctance, and like... powerlessness?

Yes, it’s powerlessness.

Qi Yan leaned on the edge of the angular table, his palms half supported, a smile was clearly in the corners of his eyes, but there was no joy in his expression, and his low and slow voice was tinged with ice.

"Shen Rao, isn't it good to be the young master of the Shen family comfortably? Why do you have to suffer with me? You don't have to consider these things at all."

Hearing her words, Shen Rao's heart sank. He took a step forward and said in a trembling voice.

"You're abandoning me?"

"No," Qi Yan shook his head, "I just feel sorry for you."

She turned her head and looked out the window. At that moment, a sparrow flew by. She was distracted and saw Shen Rao standing in front of her.

Shen Rao bent his back, looked at her level, and pondered.

"I don't understand, why are you feeling sorry for me?"

As he spoke, he gently lifted Qi Yan's chin. The crazy and infatuated love that was so strong that it was suppressed seeped out from his black eyes without reservation, enough to corrode a person in an instant.

Qi Yan looked at him blankly. Shen Rao's docile skin was peeled off, leaving only a dark and greedy possessive desire. His fingertips brushed across her outline, and his throat vibrated.

"You don't need to worry about me. I'm willing to do anything as long as I can have you."

Whether it is a soft and harmless little white flower, or a mad dog that bites everyone it sees.

His love has reached an extremely morbid level.

Shen Rao lifted a strand of her hair and kissed it gently, his eyes still fixed on her without blinking.

"As long as I can be with you, I am willing to do anything," he smiled, "Qi Yan, don't really think of me as a brainless idiot. I am a businessman and I know the pros and cons much better than you think."

Shen Rao never does business at a loss, but he is willing to lose everything for her.

"..."

Qi Yan glared at him and denied one thing first, "I don't think you're stupid."

Shen Rao frowned: "It's not important."

He is stupid in front of Qi Yan, he knows it!

Qi Yan was silent for a long time before he spoke.

"I don't want you to pay."

"What do you mean?"

Shen Rao frowned.

Qi Yan pulled back her hair, her eyes were calm and her clear pupils stared at him motionlessly.

She then slowly opened her lips.

"To let your partner take risks and suffer is a sign of weakness."