She fiddled with her nails nonchalantly.

Lin Man smiled, "Help me? Are you so kind?"

She stood up and said, "Manman, you are wrong. There is no conflict between us that cannot be reconciled. I can understand your misunderstanding of me because of my sister Ganyu's matter."

"But as the president of the A Student Union, I will not let any student be absent at this time. It is also my responsibility to ensure that everyone can graduate smoothly."

Lin Man looked at Gan Tian for a long while before she said, "Gan Tian, ​​are you okay?"

Lin Man now seriously suspects that Gan Tian’s brain was damaged when he was kicked out last time.

The conflict between her and Gan Tian has reached a serious level, and now she actually wants to cover it up by saying it was a misunderstanding. Lin Man doesn't think Gan Tian is so kind.

"Manman, whether you believe it or not, this is what I really think. After what happened this time, I can feel that you don't have this kind of feelings towards Ah Yan, so why should I do something against you? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"

Asking for trouble? Gan Tian was right about this sentence.

Lin Man chuckled, "Since you know I don't have any feelings for your brother Yan, go back. I don't need your help. When we meet again in the future, just pretend not to know each other."

Gan Tian really likes acting, it is her favorite career.

Hearing Lin Man's order to leave, Gan Tian did not linger any longer. She took out a business card from her bag and said, "Man Man, this is a special number that can be dialed directly to Italy."

"Actually, I didn't tell you until now because I was afraid you might misunderstand me. The reason I wanted to help you wasn't because of the graduation ceremony. My brother heard about your current situation and was afraid that you might be mentally affected, so he asked me to pick you up. He's waiting for you in Italy."

Lin Man was still sitting lazily, playing with the business card in her hand, "Jiang Xuzhi?"

"Is he so kind? Isn't it your sister that he likes?"

Chinese hero, Gan Yuxi.

There was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of Lin Man's lips. No matter how much Gan Yuxi did, as long as she thought of Gan Tian and Gan Yu, Lin Man would not have any good feelings towards her.

"My brother has always been very good to you. My sister has been gone for so many years. How can a dead person compare to the weight in the hearts of the living? If my brother had not been restricted by A Yan and not allowed to return to the country, he would definitely come to pick you up in person."

Gan Tian put on sunglasses and said, "Think about it carefully. When you have figured it out, call this number and someone will help you arrange it."

Lin Man walked downstairs and watched Gan Tian's car drive away before she turned her gaze back to Pei Yan.

"Mr. Pei didn't eavesdrop, did he?"

Pei Yan didn't even raise his head, "You're not going to learn a lesson just now that you're safe?"

He turned a page of the newspaper and spoke lightly.

Lin Man didn't care about Pei Yan's perfunctory response. She walked over to sit opposite Pei Yan and asked, "When are you going to let me out?"

"No plans." His voice remained steady. Lin Man gritted her teeth and was fine.

After lunch, Pei Yan left.

Lin Man returned to the room and looked at the business card in the trash can thoughtfully. "Madam, I advise you not to have any evil thoughts."

Liu Lin placed the fruit beside her bed.

Lin Man glanced at her and said, "I know."

She knew that Liu Lin was reminding her. Even Liu Lin knew what Gan Tian had said to her, so why did she think Pei Yan wouldn't know?

He didn't say anything, and even acquiesced, but he felt that whatever she and Gan Tian planned was under his control.

"It would be best if you could understand this, so I don't have to waste my breath. Miss Gan's target is President Pei, and you and she are destined not to be friends."

Want to be friends?

Lin Man curled up the corners of her lips into a smile. She had never thought about it this way. It was good enough that she and Gan Tian were not mortal enemies. She didn't believe that Gan Tian was really unaware of what Gan Yu had done.

But… "Why are you telling me this?"

Liu Lin smiled darkly, "I'm leaving now, take care, Madam."

"Why are you leaving?"

Quite sudden, isn't it?

Liu Lin shook her head, said a few words of comfort and left.

In the evening, the sound of an engine outside the yard broke the silence in the house. Although Lin Man did not go out, she knew who had returned.

But this time Pei Yan did not come to provoke her, but went straight back to the study.

"Boss Pei, Jiang Xuzhi has been active in Italy recently. He has seized many rights from Chavas."

"The Italian Hunter family intends to marry their youngest daughter to him. Jiang Xuzhi's attitude is unclear, but he doesn't seem to want the marriage."

"In the past month, he completely disappeared from our sight one day a week. It is unclear where he went."

"Do you need me to check?"

Han Ming felt that the matter was very strange. Jiang Xuzhi had discovered that they were following him a long time ago, but he did nothing. He only deliberately concealed his whereabouts on this one day, which was not in line with common sense.

Pei Yan's eyes were indifferent, and he leaned back in his chair, "No need, send someone to keep an eye on Gan Tian."

"Yes."

When Lin Man walked in, she didn't expect Han Ming to be there too.

Pei Yan rested his chin on one hand, looked at Lin Man who was standing still at the door, tapped his fingers on the table, and said in a low voice: "Come here."

Lin Man was reluctant to answer him perfunctorily, but thinking of what she was going to do today, she walked towards Pei Yan. However, before she reached him, Pei Yan seemed to be unable to wait and directly embraced her in his arms with his long arms.

Lin Man was forced to sit on his lap, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Nonsense, would she want to provoke him if nothing happened? But Lin Man didn't say anything. Han Ming was still there, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

Pei Yan gestured to Han Ming, "Go ahead and do it."

"Yes." After Han Ming left, Lin Man told him the purpose of her visit. "The graduation ceremony is coming soon, and they asked me to go back to school."

Pei Yan did not refuse or answer. He said, "Let me think about it."

Then he put his hands on Lin Man's waist, and his movements gradually became more and more excessive.

Just when Lin Man was finally about to lose control, Pei Yan withdrew his hand, picked up the pen on the table and turned it around casually, nonchalantly.

"What have you learned in these four years? You dropped out right after you passed the exam, and then went to film a movie two days after you returned to school. Can you still get a certificate like this?"

"Leave me alone! Since I was able to pass the exam, I have the ability to graduate. Don't change the subject. You can't lock me up forever. Pei Yan, you, the Pei family, don't want to lose face, right?"

Seeing that they couldn't come to an agreement, Lin Man quickly stood up from Pei Yan and had no interest in acting out any loving scenes with him.

Pei Yan lit a cigarette and looked at Lin Man in a dilemma, "But this is different from what we agreed on. What should we do?"

When Lin Man saw Pei Yan's expression, she wanted to give him a pot of boiling water so that he would never make such an expression again. "Do you think you can tie me down with a child?"

"No." But what can I do?

He put out the cigarette and concealed the expression in his eyes. Only in this way could he find traces of himself in her.

A hint of self-mockery was fleeting.

"Pei Yan, have you ever thought about this? There has been no movement for so long, is it actually you who is not okay? Maybe you should go see a doctor."

Lin Man did it on purpose. She mocked Pei Yan just because he didn't agree to let her attend the graduation ceremony. But Lin Man didn't know that such things about men should not be mocked.

After she finished her verbal sparring and raised her hand, she found that Pei Yan's face had become very gloomy, but there was still a cold smile at the corner of his lips.

"Really? Looks like I have to work harder."

Lin Man kept backing away, "No...it's not like that."

"..."

After the negotiation broke down, Lin Man began to ignore Pei Yan. She would avoid him whenever possible in their daily intimacy, and if she couldn't, she would deliberately ruin Pei Yan's mood. Pei Yan would sometimes indulge her, and sometimes he would use tough measures directly.

Lin Man sat on the sofa, flipping through Harper's Bazaar magazine.

The phone next to her rang, and she picked it up, blurting out, "Have you changed your mind?"

Lin Man thought it was Pei Yan calling, but the voice that came out of the phone almost made Lin Man drop the phone on the ground.

The maid heard the voice, "Madam, what's wrong?"

"fine."

As soon as the words fell, a smile suddenly came from the phone, "Manman, why are you so nervous?"

Jiang Xuzhi still had the leisure to tease her? Lin Man was a little speechless. These brother and sister really have the same nerves.

"Pei Yan is not here. If you have anything to say, just call him directly."

After saying that, Lin Man wanted to hang up the phone. She didn't know what means Jiang Xuzhi used to call here, but she didn't want to cause any trouble.

"Don't worry, I called you because I knew he wasn't here. Don't you want to hear what I'm going to say next?"

"What do you want to do?" Lin Man was not nervous, but just surprised. Jiang Xuzhi's hand couldn't be stretched out through the phone.

"He won't be back tonight. I'll send someone to pick you up. You just need to find an excuse to stand in the manor and someone will take you away."

"What time is it? It's so cold outside. You can't let me stand outside waiting like an idiot."

Jiang Xuzhi didn't seem to expect Lin Man to ask this.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Half past eight."

After Jiang Xuzhi finished speaking, Lin Man hung up the phone.

The maid approached, "Madam, Mr. Pei has a charity party tonight and probably won't be back. Would you like to eat first?"

Hearing the voice beside her, Lin Man realized how bold Jiang Xuzhi was tonight. If Lin Man hadn't happened to be reading a magazine, the call would have been answered by the maid.

Just as she put down the magazine, a thought flashed through Lin Man's mind. She picked up the magazine again and asked, "Who sent this?"

She has lived here for almost half a month, and no one has ever sent her this kind of magazine, but this kind of magazine is Lin Man's favorite. She likes to use this kind of thing to relieve boredom. When she has nothing to do, she will read this kind of magazine.

When Lin Man asked this, the maid was also confused, "This... we don't seem to have ordered anything like this before."

Lin Man didn't say anything. "I'm not hungry. You guys eat. Next time someone brings magazines over, have security stop them."

She wiped her hands and threw the magazine into the trash can.

Yes, Lin Man had no intention of getting on board Jiang Xuzhi's pirate ship from the beginning. She was just afraid that if she disagreed, Jiang Xuzhi would have other ways. Instead of doing that, it would be better to stabilize him first.

"Sir, you are back."

The maid's voice came from the door.

Lin Man was having dinner at the table when Pei Yan walked in with a cold look on his face and casually hung his black coat on the chair. "Why are you eating just now?"

Lin Man had already picked up a piece of pickled fish and was about to put it into her mouth.

"vomit!"

She suddenly covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom.

He retched for a while, but nothing came out.

It was not until she rinsed her mouth and returned to the dining table that she realized Pei Yan's dark eyes had been staring at her.

Except for the piece of pickled fish she picked up, the rest of the dishes on the table were untouched.

It was not until Lin Man picked up the chopsticks that she realized that this gaze was still on her.

Lin Man didn't want to be stared at by Pei Yan like this, so she explained: "It's not because of you that I vomited."

She didn’t know what was wrong, but she lost her appetite after seeing all the dishes she used to like. Lin Man just felt unusually tired tonight. Even she was confused. Could it be because of the phone call with Jiang Xuzhi?

"I'm full, please take it easy."

Lin Man got up and left, then went back upstairs to lie down.

She didn't lock the door. She didn't have the energy to compete with Pei Yan today. He could do whatever he wanted.

What Lin Man didn't expect was that Pei Yan didn't come to bother her all night, so Lin Man slept well.

She slept until noon, which even she herself didn't expect. Maybe she was under too much mental pressure recently. Lin Man rubbed her face.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Pei Yan standing in front of it, "You're awake."

"….Um."

Isn't it obvious that she's awake?

And...why did she feel that Pei Yan's tone was weird today.

"Are there any discomforts?"

"I feel uncomfortable and I want to attend the graduation ceremony."

Lin Man originally meant this to complain.

But this time Pei Yan did not mock her. Instead, he remained silent. Lin Man felt creepy seeing Pei Yan thinking.

Could this bastard be up to something bad?

nerve….

"I'm going downstairs for breakfast."

After Lin Man spoke, Pei Yan just looked at her in silence.

Lin Man was frightened by the look, but he did not give way. Just when Lin Man was about to speak again.

"Sir, the people have arrived."

The maid's voice made Lin Man even more confused. It was not until an old man with a white beard came out from behind the maid that Pei Yan spoke in a low voice, "Let her see."

"Girl, give me your hand."

The old man stroked his beard, looking...very experienced. But Lin Man became even more nervous. What was Pei Yan doing?

Poisoned her?

Under Pei Yan's gaze, Lin Man stretched out her hand suspiciously and placed it in the old man's palm. The next moment, the old man turned his palm over, pressed Lin Man's hand under his palm, and placed two fingers on Lin Man's pulse.

Pei Yan poured a glass of water for Lin Man. Lin Man looked at him in surprise and blurted out: "Did you poison my water?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Man could even clearly see Pei Yan's face darken for a moment and then disappear in an instant.

It was so fast that if Lin Man hadn't been staring at his expression on purpose, she would have missed it.

She suddenly found it funny. How come Pei Yan seemed like a different person since last night?

Wait! A different person? A thought flashed through Lin Man's mind.

Her face was somewhat cautious and serious, and she asked tentatively: "You...are not coming back too?"

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