"A beautiful woman, at Wang Hong's instruction, sauntered towards Pei Jingchuan with a sway in her hips, but stopped before she could get close to him.
She made eye contact with Pei Jingchuan only to feel his gaze was as deadly as a sword.
Pei Jingchuan casually said, "I'm married."
This was directed at Wang Hong.
Suddenly, Wang Hong's face turned an awkward red as he quickly stood up and signaled the general manager with his eyes. All the beautiful women in the private room left.
"Boss Pei, I apologize for my presumption, I hadn't realized you were already married," Wang Hong hastily apologized with a sheepish grin.
Everyone in the room was surprised. After all, there had been no word about the heir of Pei Group being married.
Pei Jingchuan's handsome face remained expressionless and he didn't respond.
Wang Hong awkwardly chuckled.
Nobody in the room dared to make a comment, and the whole private room became intensely quiet.
Feeling bored, Pei Jingchuan called Jiang Yuzhu before the meeting ended.
"I'm drunk because of a social obligation, can you come to pick me up?"
His voice was lazy, far softer than usual.
Everyone in the room held their breath in surprise at Pei Jingchuan's demeanor.
Jiang Yuzhu had just gotten off work. She rushed to the parking garage and softly replied, "Sure, send me your location on my phone. I'll be there soon."
"Alright." His voice was deep.
Once he finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Pei Jingchuan put his phone down and downed the glass of wine on the table.
Qin Chenkai was standing behind him and, after listening to the conversation between their boss and his wife, couldn't help but twitch his lips into a wry smile.
Their boss was renowned for being able to drink a lot without getting drunk; now he was pretending to be drunk in front of his wife.
"Mr. Wang, I must take my leave," Pei Jingchuan said politely as he stood up.
Wang Hong quickly stood up as well, "Boss Pei, shall I walk you out?"
"No need."
Pei Jingchuan's voice was cold.
After they left the club, Pei Jingchuan placed his hand in his pocket and shot a glance at Qin Chenkai, who was standing nearby. His slender eyes slightly squinted.
"Don't you have anything to do?"
Qin Chenkai shivered slightly, swallowing nervously before quickly answering, "I just remembered some unfinished business at the office, Boss Pei, I'm going back to the office now."
"Mm," Pei Jingchuan answered coldly.
In the quiet heated atmosphere, Pei Jingchuan felt a bit of an annoyance and rubbed his temples.
At that moment, a white Mercedes pulled up kerbside.
Jiang Yuzhu spotted the man standing at the entrance of the club right away. She quickly got out of the car and ran over. Worried that he was unsteady on his feet, she quickly took hold of his arm.
"How much have you had to drink?" Jiang Yuzhu frowned when she smelled the strong alcohol odor on him and asked in worry.
Pei Jingchuan's eyes immediately became cloudy, as he staggered forward, "I didn't drink much."
Seeing this, Jiang Yuzhu sighed.
She quickly followed his footsteps, frowning while advising, "Go slower."
Pei Jingchuan shot Jiang Yuzhu a glance with his cloudy eyes and indeed slowed down. He leaned his whole body against her.
Because of Pei Jingchuan's tall figure and long legs, it took all of Jiang Yuzhu's strength to help him into the car.
She leaned over to fasten his seatbelt before turning to climb into the driver's seat.
In the car, Pei Jingchuan leaned back on his seat with his eyes closed, his arm resting on his forehead.
Jiang Yuzhu glanced at the man who was visibly intoxicated next to her and pursed her lips.
Upon arriving home, Jiang Yuzhu first helped him into their room, then fetched water to wash his face and feet.
Only after everything was taken care of did she gently close the door.
The moment the door closed, the man lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, raising his hand to his forehead. He stared at the white ceiling, the corners of his lips drawing a faint smile
From his observations over these few days, Pei Jingchuan had realized that Jiang Yuzhu wasn't like other women who would do anything for money, but rather, she was considerate and kind-hearted.
However, being the daughter-in-law of the Pei Family was not easy. It still remained to be seen whether Jiang Yuzhu would be able to become the true Mrs. Pei.
After all of that, Jiang Yuzhu lay exhausted on the sofa. Xiaobai also came running and jumped onto her, gently rubbing against her.
Jiang Yuzhu stroked the kitten's chin.
At that moment, there came a frantic knocking on the door.
Jiang Yuzhu furrowed her brows.
Who could be visiting at this late hour?
Cradling the kitten in her arms, she went to open the door. Seeing the person standing outside, Jiang Yuzhu's frown deepened.
"Why have you drunk so much?"
Chen Ting suddenly flung herself at Jiang Yuzhu for a hug, holding her tight. Xiaobai, being very sensible, jumped down the moment Chen Ting lunged towards them.
"Yuzhu....." Chen Ting sobbed out in a hoarse voice, her eyes red.
Jiang Yuzhu, having no clue what had happened, quickly pulled Chen Ting in and closed the door. She then guided Chen Ting to the sofa.
"What happened? How did you get like this?" Jiang Yuzhu's eyes filled with concern.
Chen Ting buried herself into the sofa, kicking off her shoes. She sat cross-legged, her eyes red like a bullied little rabbit.
"Yuzhu, I broke up." Once Chen Ting had made her confession, she broke down into sobs again.
Jiang Yuzhu fetched some hot water from the kitchen and handed it to her, "Drink some hot water first."
When Chen Ting had somewhat calmed down, she asked her, "Didn't I tell you in the beginning that Wang Bing did not seem like a good person and had asked you not to get too involved with him? But you didn't listen."
Chen Ting and Wang Bing had met at a bar. They hit it off from the start, and while she initially thought Chen Ting was simply in the mood to play around, they ended up dating for two years instead. Jiang Yuzhu had only met Wang Bing a few times, but she could tell he wasn't the type to settle down and lead a family life.
Chen Ting sobbed, "I treated him so well. I was there for him whenever he asked, gave him money when he asked, I even gave in to all his demands. And yet, in the end, he cheated on me! He was messing around with other women in the apartment that I rented for him!"
Jiang Yuzhu sighed helplessly upon hearing this.
She really didn't understand why men always wanted the next-best thing while they had perfection at hand.
"Don't beat yourself up over this. Count this as being able to see Wang Bing's true colors earlier on. It's still not too late for you to back out." Jiang Yuzhu had never been good at comforting people and pondered for a long time before saying this.
After Chen Ting had calmed down, Jiang Yuzhu brought some hot water from the bathroom for her to wash her face.
Both of them stayed up until late in the night and only then managed to fall asleep.
The alarm rang early in the morning, waking Jiang Yuzhu.
After finishing her wash in the room, Chen Ting also groggily sat up.
"Why does my head hurt so much." Chen Ting complained between clenched teeth.
"You don't even remember how much you drank last night. Get up and wash quickly. I'll go make some hangover soup for you." After changing clothes, Jiang Yuzhu left the room and found Pei Jingchuan already in the kitchen, preparing breakfast. He handed her a bowl of hangover soup.
"I overheard last night. Give this hangover soup to Chen Ting."
He continued making breakfast after saying this.
Receiving the hangover soup from him, Jiang Yuzhu was a little taken aback. She hadn't expected him to be so thoughtful.
"Thank you." She pursed her lips and softly uttered her thanks.