After rescuing the desperate girl, I have no way to escape.

Separated from the arrogant girl, Pei Xingyan and Lu Yan were both speechless.

Chapter 224 Are you right?

Lu Yan's expression changed several times before finally turning into a mocking one. She sneered as she looked at the girl who was spouting nonsense, as if she were looking at a fool who was talking mad.

"Really? You're childhood friends~ That surprises me!" She smiled enigmatically, her words laced with sarcasm.

She immediately turned her gaze to Pei Xingyan, wanting to tease this naughty guy who had her completely out of her mind all day, "Are we really childhood sweethearts? We've known each other for so long, and I didn't even know~"

Pei Xingyan's heart sank, and he exclaimed that things had really gone wrong.

He could only desperately force a pitiful look into his eyes, like a puppy, begging Lu Yan not to tell the truth.

“Tell her about the baby!” Su Shanshan spoke up at this moment, her imposing aura like that of an executioner giving orders as he brought down the sword to behead a prisoner.

Pei Xingyan's expression became even more pitiful. Standing where Su Shanshan couldn't see him, he silently opened his mouth and said a long string of words, explaining that Su Shanshan's situation was special and that Su Shanshan should not say anything carelessly.

But the conversation was so long that even he couldn't guarantee he could understand what he was saying, let alone the fact that Lu Yan was a short distance away from him and she probably didn't even realize he was begging her.

Su Shanshan's urging had to be responded to, so Pei Xingyan had no choice but to stabilize the situation for now, nodding approvingly, "Yes, yes... that's how it is..."

"Oh~"

Lu Yan let out a meaningful exclamation, like the laughter of a cute yet annoying girl after teasing someone.

She then looked at Su Shanshan, her face full of smiles, as if she had completely forgotten about the previous grudges. "Tell me about it, I'm quite curious~"

Pei Xingyan thought to himself, "That's it. I've run into a real character like Lu Yan. I'm doomed today."

He had originally intended to mediate the conflict and protect the two women from injury, but now it seemed that he himself would be lucky if he didn't get into any life-threatening situations.

Su Shanshan also became happy, as if a cult leader spreading her faith had met a believer willing to listen to her teachings.

She shook her little hands and head, cleared her throat several times before finally speaking, and recounted the past that she had told Pei Xingyan thousands of times and regarded as a treasure to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan kept laughing, but didn't say a word. Her eyes were narrowed, as if she was plotting something bad.

"Oh, I see. I thought you two were childhood sweethearts who were inseparable since you were little." She looked at Pei Xingyan again and said meaningfully.

Pei Xingyan looked as if he were wearing a mask of pain, his eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth all squeezed together.

Taking advantage of Su Shanshan's inattention, he quickly clasped his hands in a gesture of respect, hoping that Lu Yan would understand his meaning and let him off the hook, so as not to endanger his good friend's life for the sake of a little bit of fun.

At this moment, Su Shanshan turned around again, and he quickly hid his hands behind his back, pretending to look around at the scenery as if nothing had happened.

Su Shanshan also looked somewhat saddened, feeling distressed that she couldn't be inseparable from her baby from a young age, but she couldn't afford to be upset about such things right now.

She looked at her baby with pleading eyes, hoping he would say something, preferably express his love for her.

“Oh, oh,” Pei Xingyan understood her meaning and quickly said, “Same here, same here. Feelings have nothing to do with length. Some people can hit it off with just one look. Feelings are the most important thing, nothing else matters.”

As the words reached Su Shanshan's ears, she gradually smiled, happy that her baby had made such a beautiful declaration.

She gradually puffed out her chest, displaying a victorious posture towards her baby's so-called "friends."

What friends... I don't need friends!

Su Shanshan really wanted to say it out loud, but she was afraid that the people around her would be angry. However, although she couldn't say anything too extreme, she had no intention of reducing her actions to assert her dominance.

She wrapped her arms around Pei Xingyan's waist, deliberately rubbing against him without any restraint.

However, the "friend" standing opposite her didn't seem annoyed at all by her behavior. She just stood there motionless, looking somewhat dazed.

"Is it really true that the feeling in that instant is the most important...? Can the time spent together be disregarded?" Lu Yan suddenly asked, lost in thought.

"Ah, ah—" Pei Xingyan finished dealing with the girl on this side and then hurriedly dealt with the girl on the other side, "Yes, it's like this..."

He longed to be like Section Chief Ma, persuading, even begging, Lu Yan to stop asking, but the moment he uttered those words, Su Shanshan would sense something was amiss. Although this suspicious and sensitive girl now possessed a certain "destiny-like" confidence, she was still the same girl who was extremely possessive of her food, and would definitely get to the bottom of things...

Lu Yan lowered her head, silently opened her mouth, and whispered something that no one could hear, perhaps repeating what she had heard.

Then, when she raised her head again, her eyes immediately sparkled with brilliant light, and her face showed a hint of excitement.

Pei Xingyan thought to himself, "That's it. Lu Yan is definitely planning to have some fun. She may know how powerful Ye Ziwei is, but the infamous Ye Ziwei isn't here right now, and Lu Yan doesn't know what kind of girl Su Shanshan is. So of course she has no scruples."

She will definitely unleash a firework with a power greater than a hydrogen bomb.

But when Lu Yan actually opened her mouth, all that could be heard was her somewhat excited, trembling yet composed, speech that sounded like a declaration.

She said, "Yes, you're right. Time doesn't matter at all; only the feeling matters. Some people can't even get one experience they can cherish for a lifetime. You're right...you're right..."

She seemed a little erratic, and by the end, her words had turned into talking to herself, as if she were trying to encourage herself.

"Good to know~"

Su Shanshan was filled with pride, happy that her feelings had been acknowledged by others. She turned around and hugged her baby tightly around the waist, rubbing her face against him as if celebrating a victory.

As long as Pei Xingyan's mind kept buzzing, he didn't understand what Lu Yan was saying, let alone the meaning behind her words.

But looking at this energetic girl who always proclaimed herself as free as the wind, with only his image reflected in her eyes and completely ignoring Su Shanshan, Pei Xingyan felt that Lu Yan was now as if a knot in her heart had been untied, she had figured out a problem, and she had made a decision.

"Okay, I was thinking of asking you out, but since I have to spend time with this 'childhood friend,' I guess I'll have to wait for another chance~"

But Lu Yan didn't say anything more. She suddenly regained her usual energy, waved at Pei Xingyan several times, and then turned and left.

She repeatedly reminded him, "I'll find you to play again next time~"

"I won't let you play with the baby!" Su Shanshan said fiercely, nestled in Pei Xingyan's arms.

……

Although he didn't understand Lu Yan's deeper meaning, and although he didn't know what new plans she had, and more importantly, Pei Xingyan didn't know how the two who had been arguing online like they were going to fight to the death had suddenly calmed down...

Fortunately, neither war broke out nor any shocking revelations were made.

I guess I've managed to save my life... I guess I should say...

Pei Xingyan could only be thankful that he had barely survived another day.

Chapter 225 Helping a Brother Out?

"Hmph, hmph, the things in this world are truly so coincidental that they leave one speechless."

Lu Yan spoke softly, leaning against Pei Xingyan and sneering.

"What's wrong now..." Pei Xingyan didn't mind that she was getting hot from being so close, but he didn't look at her face. He looked around at the students pouring out of the school gate, searching for Sui Xin's figure, and then looked around to make sure that those bad groups wouldn't be there.

Just as Lu Yan said last time, she came to visit Pei Xingyan again. In fact, she had his phone number, but she always liked to sneak into their campus without saying a word in hopes of a "chance encounter".

She "coincidentally" bumped into Pei Xingyan walking alone on the road, greeted him with "surprise," and then, as if "premeditated," dragged him out to play.

But when he finally agreed to go out with her, he couldn't think of a good place to go. He could only use "Let's go see how that girls' high school is doing" as an excuse. He managed to come up with a reasonably reasonable place, and the two of them rushed to the entrance of Suixin School.

Hearing how much he cared about her, Lu Yan was initially delighted and her mood improved considerably. She subconsciously wanted to tease him a bit, but she stopped herself after realizing what he meant.

She didn't know why she couldn't say many things now, especially the things she used to say that she could easily tease Pei Xingyan and other girls. Now, just thinking about them made her feel a dull pain in her chest.

She didn't want Pei Xingyan to be with other people, and she especially didn't want them to be together naked, not even in the form of a fantasy in her mind.

She actually knew what was wrong with her... what else could it be? She was in love.

But if you don't talk about him and other girls, but instead tease him and her, she's too shy to say it, and even thinking about it makes her blush.

"Sigh," she sighed softly again, reiterating the rambling topic from before. She asked, "That girl's name is Su Shanshan, right?"

"Uh...yes, her name is Su Shanshan. Didn't I introduce her to you before?...What's wrong?" Pei Xingyan was calm now, unlike before when he was caught between the two girls and felt helpless.

"Sigh...that's why they say things in this world are so coincidental that they're hard to talk about~" She looked at the sky and uttered another sentence out of the blue.

"My dear Miss Deer, how did you also pick up the habit of being a riddle teller?"

"Hehe~" Hearing the somewhat affectionate nickname from Pei Xingyan's mouth, Lu Yan couldn't help but smile. Even though she was dressed as smartly as ever today, she still showed a bit of the cuteness of a little girl.

She finally opened up, saying, "I was just amazed by how coincidental things were. Yesterday, my dad and sister came back to visit my mom and me, and then they ended up talking about business at the dinner table. They said they were considering going public, but they were planning to team up with a few other companies to see if they could go public together. Guess what?"

I won't guess.

"Guess~" Lu Yan unusually spoke in a coquettish tone in front of him.

"Then... you can say that it's related to Su Shanshan's family?" Pei Xingyan had heard Su Shanshan say that her family's business was related to biopharmaceuticals, which happened to be similar to Lu Yan's family.

"You're so smart~" The girl smiled, her eyes narrowing into slits. It was hard to tell whether she was happy that she had passed the guessing game on her first try, or that the boy in front of her was willing to listen to her and guess.

"No way..."

Pei Xingyan echoed the exact same sentiment Lu Yan had just expressed: Could things in the world really be this coincidental?

However, it is reasonable to say that both companies are pharmaceutical companies, so it would not be surprising if they were to go public together.

"What a coincidence, isn't it?" Lu Yan said. "We just met a few days ago, and then I found out we had this kind of relationship. It's really hard to accept... Sigh, the old man also has a daughter with my family, and that daughter happens to be about my age. He tries to get closer to her whenever he has time, saying that I'm getting old and should know how to share some responsibilities at home. If I can't do anything else, I should focus on building good social relationships..."

"Hey, are you still working as an administrative assistant?" Pei Xingyan suddenly thought.

"What the hell! I'm practically an idiot without you. I've been getting bullied by Da Lu for days on end, and I had no choice but to resign in humiliation," Lu Yan said indignantly. "But I think Da Lu is just targeting me!"

"Then why don't you change careers? Go out and have some fun with Su Shanshan, take some photos for your dad to see, and tell him that you have successfully completed your mission."

"I'm not even familiar with her, why would she go out with me?" Lu Yan's voice suddenly turned resentful. She glanced at Pei Xingyan a few times and said in a sinister tone, "But you, Miss Su said she's your girlfriend. Why don't you help your brother out and help him get in touch?"

Pei Xingyan remained silent.

Lu Yan became a little anxious and quickly asked again, "No, is she really your girlfriend? I thought it was Lin Xiaoyu before... Aren't you two-timing?... Oh right! And Xiao Yezi too, you're something else, flirting around like this, aren't you afraid of being killed by Xiao Yezi?"

"It can't be that serious... Murder, that sounds too horrifying..."

“That’s true. Xiao Yezi might not be willing to kill you. If she were to kill someone, she would definitely kill someone else.” Lu Yan said deliberately, but it seemed that she was also somewhat sincere. She threatened, “In order to prevent you from getting deeper and deeper into trouble, it seems that I have no choice but to give Xiao Yezi a heads-up in advance.”

"No—" Pei Xingyan thought to himself that he was like a wife who had been caught red-handed, and quickly explained, "I beg you, please don't say such things. Lin Xiaoyu is a patient, and so is Su Shanshan. She is a patient too!"

Lu Yan trembled slightly, her eyes gradually brightening. She unconsciously smiled, asking in disbelief, "Really?"

"It's true, it's true. They even signed a contract, a contract to treat and save lives."

Pei Xingyan quickly said that, but in his heart he was trying to justify himself. Anyway, the final payment for the contract had already been made, and now that their relationship with him had deteriorated to some extent... he couldn't say for sure...

"I see~" Lu Yan was inexplicably happy, even a little too happy. She suddenly leaned closer, blinked and asked, "Then what do you think of me? I feel like I'm being suppressed by Da Lu all the time, and I'm starting to get depressed. Can you help me with that too?"

She smiled foolishly, seemingly not for medical treatment, but more to experience the treatment she had witnessed from the two girls.

"You... forget it..." Pei Xingyan laughed awkwardly, then declined, "The fact that you can laugh means your illness isn't serious enough. Besides, this contract wasn't signed with me. I'm just an employee; the boss is someone else."

"boss?"

"She's not exactly the boss, she's a classmate from school, her name is Tang Xin."

Lu Yan said "Oh" and nodded meaningfully, but the joy on her face became even more obvious, as if she had thought of some brilliant bad idea. She even seemed to be glad that the person who signed the contract was not Pei Xingyan.

So she casually skipped the topic and returned to her casual conversation with Pei Xingyan, keeping the brilliant idea that had just come to her mind for the time being.

Chapter 226 Do you like him?

"But I think that girl really likes you, she's almost become possessive of you. You didn't already play with her too much, so now you can't get rid of her cleanly, did you?" Lu Yan asked casually, but actually with concern.

In the past, she would have bluntly asked Pei Xingyan if he had already slept with that girl named Su Shanshan, and would have even gone so far as to ask what the girl's name was... But now she couldn't bring herself to say those words, and didn't even want to think about it.

"What?! How can you be so lewd, asking every girl you see like this? I still... I still... sigh..." Pei Xingyan scolded angrily, but couldn't finish his sentence.

Even if he didn't say it, Lu Yan knew he was probably thinking that she was still a virgin.

Lu Yan couldn't help but feel overjoyed and grinned. Of course she had to be happy, she was incredibly happy. Even though she was used to seeing men and women having sex as casually as going to the toilet abroad, she still hoped that the person she liked was only herself.

"Hey, hey," she nudged Pei Xingyan's waist with her elbow, feigning a question, "Didn't you ever think about having a go and enjoying yourself?"

"Wow! You've even learned the word 'eat'?" Pei Xingyan exclaimed in surprise. "That's impressive. It seems your online rehabilitation is going very well."

"Don't interrupt, just tell me, do you want to?" Lu Yan was unusually persistent.

"I don't want to right now, I'm not in the mood." Pei Xingyan snorted irritably, ending the conversation. "You'd better stop thinking about that all day and start thinking about whether your own situation is still secure!"

Lu Yan chuckled inwardly, thinking that she still had a chance.

But then Pei Xingyan's words left her somewhat confused: "What do you mean by telling me to worry about my own family and not keep things stable?"

"Going public isn't necessarily a good thing. If my family hadn't gone public back then, we might not be in this situation now." Pei Xingyan suddenly became melancholy, sighing deeply. "After all, once you're listed, it's no longer your own company. There are countless regulators and institutions around; even a slight problem can lead to your family's ruin—"

At this moment, Pei Xingyan suddenly stopped talking. It wasn't that he realized what he had said was incorrect or inapplicable, but rather that he had discovered a blind spot.

He's got goosebumps now.

If Lu Yan's family's company was simply going public, he wouldn't have such suspicions. But if that woman, who had once been his mother's assistant and later went through several scandals while working for different companies, was now working for Lu Qingyun, then things became very suspicious.

He grabbed Lu Yan's arm tightly and quickly advised, "You really have to be careful, who knows, in a few years you might be begging under a bridge with me!"

"Oh dear, do you think your sister Lu would just stand by and watch you beg for food?"

Upon hearing these words, Lu Yan was overjoyed, because Pei Xingyan had connected her, him, and their future together. How could she not be even happier?

She spoke with great confidence, as if making a promise, "If you ever really can't make it in the future, come and come to me. I'll make sure you have something to eat!"