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

Pei Xingyan thought to himself that people who haven't experienced upheavals are like that; they never take danger seriously.

But thinking about it, if someone had told him a few years ago that he would have fallen to this state, he would never have believed it.

Nevertheless, he couldn't just stand by and watch this happen, not only because he didn't want his friend to jump into a fire pit, but also because this was the "good opportunity" Ye Ziwei had mentioned.

If he roughly knows what the woman wants to do, then he can start trying to catch her red-handed.

But now the problem is... should we tell Lu Yan the truth?

It wasn't that he liked to keep things to himself, but rather that there was a difference between close and distant relatives. If he told Lu Yan everything that had happened and all his guesses now, what if Lu Yan went back and told her own sister, and her sister told that woman? Wouldn't that expose him?

Pei Xingyan's initial enthusiasm gradually cooled down; he felt that this matter needed further consideration...

Is there a way to give him the opportunity to gather evidence and stop that woman from causing further harm, while also allowing him to remain in the shadows without alerting her?

Pei Xingyan thought for a long time and could only declare that he had no solution for the time being and put the matter aside.

Just then, the students were leaving school, and a crowd of people surged out of the school gate like a tide.

Sui Xin was among them, and she still looked aloof, as if the people walking beside her were not her peers, as if she didn't care about anything in the world.

Her eyes lit up when she saw the two people waiting for her on her way, and then she ran over, carrying her schoolbag on her arm.

She was incredibly enthusiastic, greeting Pei Xingyan sweetly, then taking out a water bottle from her bag to ask if he was thirsty, and then asking him when he arrived, how long he had been waiting, and if he was annoyed... just like a clingy little sister.

She didn't forget to greet Sister Lu, but as soon as she finished speaking, her attention was completely drawn back to Pei Xingyan.

Lu Yan, who was standing to the side, seemed to have a sour tone to her words. She suddenly asked in that tone, "Little girl, you've changed quite a bit. Could it be that you've fallen for your brother Pei?"

In an instant, Sui Xin's face turned bright red, as if her secret had been exposed. She quickly waved her hand and said that she wanted to study right now and dared not think about such things.

Lu Yan pressed on relentlessly, not one to press for answers, and sneered, "Isn't that tacitly admitting it?"

Sui Xin blushed and hid her face in her hands, while the little beast hummed in protest.

But she really lacked confidence; anyone could see that she didn't actually want to deny it. What's more, despite being extremely shy, she kept watching Pei Xingyan's expression, afraid that he wouldn't be satisfied with her answer.

"Alright, don't let your lewd thinking corrupt that girl." Pei Xingyan quickly stopped the conversation.

Couldn't he see through the girl's subtle, unspoken feelings? He's not stupid...

However, he always felt he could handle it. Just like Suixin said, she still had things to do with all her might right now and couldn't worry about this kind of thing. So he could pretend to ignore these feelings and just be a tutor, letting the girl finish her exams first.

Moreover, he genuinely believed that Suixin had become well-behaved and would never do anything so crazy. Even if she did, he could handle a girl whose mind was not yet fully mature enough to enter society.

As for when she actually finishes her exams or in the more distant future, he will have already run away and will never give her another chance to use her own ideas and strategies.

He didn't believe this girl could outmaneuver an old fox like him...

Lu Yan also started humming, but her face was full of dissatisfaction.

"Let's go, let's go, I'll offer everyone some water, we agreed on this before..." Pei Xingyan quickly stood up, interrupting this sensitive topic.

"Good~"

The girl responded sweetly and started walking as well.

Seeing the two of them singing in harmony and even looking like a perfect match, Lu Yan quickly caught up and squeezed between them.

Chapter 227 He tamed her in just a few days?

"Here you go, the iced cola you promised," Pei Xingyan handed a black bottle to Sui Xin, "and it has to be sugar-free, right?"

"Hehe~ Thank you, Brother Pei~" The girl smiled broadly, quickly unscrewed the bottle cap, and gulped down many mouthfuls.

She chuckled foolishly, then let out a soft, satisfying burp, the delicate fragrance surrounding her.

"Thank you, Pei Gigigie~"

Lu Yan also mimicked the girl's speech in a sarcastic tone, and then suddenly reached out to Pei Xingyan, smiling as she wanted to ask for a drink from him as well.

Pei Xingyan smiled helplessly, and as if he had expected it, he took out another bottle of beverage from behind him. It was the beverage that Lu Yan had drunk in front of him before, and he remembered it.

Lu Yan's face lit up instantly. She took the bottle with a smile, opened it, glanced at the girl next to her with a hint of deliberate intent, and then smugly poured all the cool liquid into her mouth.

She had told herself not to argue with this little brat, but she just couldn't help it. Now she couldn't help but understand Ye Ziwei's behavior.

Seeing your crush standing with another person of the opposite sex, right in front of you, would make anyone, even a turtle, feel incredibly uncomfortable, even if they didn't react.

But she never expected that Pei Xingyan would remember that she was included. He hadn't even prepared for himself, yet he had taken care of her, Lu Yan, and even remembered what she liked to drink. How could she not be excited?

So Lu Yan couldn't help but feel smug.

Unfortunately, her punch seemed to hit a cotton ball; Sui Xin didn't take the hit at all. Her two delicate eyes were fixed on Pei Xingyan, shining with a sweet light.

Sui Xin's mouth was tiny, no bigger than a cherry even when she opened it wide, but she used that tiny mouth to sip the drink in her hand one sip after another, and in just a short while, she finished it all, leaving not a single drop.

Pei Xingyan now truly believed that her strange behavior back then was solely to protect her right to drink Coke, and jokingly asked, "Want another one? Shall I go buy you another bottle?"

Sui Xin obediently shook her head, saying that one bottle was enough, and she would feel embarrassed to drink more.

This time, it was Lu Yan's turn to be dumbfounded. She thought to herself, could Pei Xingyan really have some kind of bewitching magic? She remembered that the last time she saw this girl named Suixin, she thought he was unruly. How come he is suddenly as obedient as a little white rabbit now?

Could it have been fixed in just a few days?

Pei Xingyan is a fearsome man!

But Lu Yan also felt it made sense, because if that were the case, and if other girls were also easily captivated by him, then compared to that, it couldn't be considered inexplicable that she had taken so many years to be seduced by him, nor could it be said that she was an easy woman to win over.

She smiled foolishly, which startled the two of them, who simultaneously moved away from her quietly...

……

After strolling around for a while, Lu Yan started to complain of being tired. She seemed absent-minded all day. Although she had taken the initiative to ask Pei Xingyan to come and play, she was distracted several times and her mind was clearly not on having fun.

She complained of being tired and collapsed onto the roadside platform, completely disregarding her image, and sighed dejectedly.

"What's wrong now?" Pei Xingyan asked again. "What's happened this time that's so coincidental it's hard to believe?"

Lu Yan scooted closer to him and whispered, "Um... could you do me a favor?"

"Then just say it directly, it's not like you're plotting a rebellion," Pei Xingyan replied quietly.

"Actually, hehe...actually..." She opened her mouth but couldn't say it, her face full of embarrassment.

At this moment, Suixin suddenly leaned closer and asked abruptly, "Sister Lu, are you going to confess to Brother Pei?"

"What? What?!" Lu Yan was startled and jumped up as if she had been electrocuted, falling directly into the flower bed behind her with her feet in the air.

Pei Xingyan had no choice but to act as both a digger and a cleaning machine, pulling her up by her ankles and then quickly wiping her head with tissues from his pocket.

Lu Yan sat quietly in place. According to her personality, she should have been cursing loudly by now, but when she thought about how she had been treated so gently because of this misfortune, she persuaded herself to give up.

She knew Sui Xin was being deliberate, but putting herself in his shoes, if she saw a girl leaning against him, stammering nervously as if she wanted to say something, she would definitely think she was about to confess her feelings.

But Sui Xin was wrong. She didn't actually want to confess. Although she prided herself on being as free as the wind, she couldn't be free in this matter. Instead, she felt as heavy as if she were bound by chains.

She actually just wanted to talk about something serious, and the reason she seemed embarrassed was simply because she was too close to him and her mind was a little flustered.

Pei Xingyan silently wiped Lu Yan's hair, and scolded Sui Xin in a low voice for always thinking about such things at such a young age.

Sui Xin quickly put her obedient expression back on her face and softly apologized, saying that she only thought it looked a bit like Lu Yan. She was as well-behaved as a kitten that had just opened its eyes, and then hurriedly came forward to help clean Lu Yan's dirty hair.

"Alright, you can continue. What do you want to say?" Pei Xingyan turned his gaze back to Lu Yan. "You don't mean you want me to do those chores that Sister Lu assigns you again, do you?"

"No, you're so smart, how could I bear to let you keep doing that kind of thing?" When no one was paying attention, Lu Yan's words became much more ambiguous. She nudged Pei Xingyan's stomach with her elbow and whispered, "The way you are now, haven't you thought about doing anything serious?"

"Serious business? I am doing serious business!" Pei Xingyan asked, full of doubt. "Is helping you dry your hair considered a trivial matter?"

"Don't play dumb, I meant work," Lu Yan said coquettishly.

"Work... um..." Pei Xingyan pondered for a long time, unable to come up with a coherent answer.

Reasonably, he knew that ordinary jobs could only provide for basic needs, let alone get him closer to his goal, and even saving a large sum of money would be extremely difficult.

But out of emotion, he also knew he couldn't keep doing this job forever. While he was a student, it could be considered a part-time job, but once he entered the workforce, if he introduced himself as a gigolo, he might really be mistaken for one...

Lu Yan noticed his hesitation and seized the opportunity to reveal her long-held idea, "Um... if you don't mind, how about becoming my secretary in the future? The salary will definitely be high, you can set your own..."

Although the position of secretary is important most of the time, it now carries a somewhat negative connotation in people's discourse.

Lu Yan was certainly aware of this teasing, and she was doing it on purpose, otherwise why would she be so nervous and embarrassed?

This was merely the first step in her planned strategy to seize an opportunity...

"You? Be my secretary?" Pei Xingyan just laughed heartily. "Didn't you just become an administrative assistant? Why are you already thinking about having a secretary? Are you fantasizing about one day knocking Sister Da Lu out of office?"

"Hmph, although Da Lu makes most of the decisions in our family, in the end, it's still Lao Lu who makes the decisions. Dad has recently discussed it with me, and he'll definitely give me something serious to do in the future. What administrative assistant? It's all just Da Lu's malicious suppression!" Lu Yan said indignantly.

"Then let's talk about it when the time comes." Pei Xingyan's voice suddenly softened, and he seriously agreed. Although he didn't agree immediately, at least he didn't refuse on the spot.

In an instant, he sensed an opportunity—a chance to get close and find out exactly what that woman was up to…

Chapter 228 Is Brother Pei going to take care of me?

"Secretary?" Sui Xin, who had been quietly standing aside after doing something wrong, was suddenly struck by this word and asked, "What kind of secretary?"

She looked puzzled, her finger on her lips.

"So what if she's a secretary? How many secretaries can you possibly have?"

Lu Yan retorted unhappily, thinking to herself, "Don't you little brat deliberately ruin my good time."

"Because I've heard people say before that there are many kinds of secretaries. Let me think... a written secretary, an administrative secretary, a communications secretary, and something like a confidential secretary... uh, I think there's also a personal secretary who takes care of daily life." Sui Xin rattled off the names one after another as if she knew them by heart.

"You're quite knowledgeable..." Lu Yan's face was covered in cold sweat, but it wasn't because Sui Xin was very knowledgeable about these things. It was just that the last part, "life secretary," hit the nail on the head, making her a little embarrassed.

"It's just something I've picked up from what I've seen and heard." Sui Xin smiled quietly, looking at Pei Xingyan as if waiting for praise.

“However, it’s not usually that complicated. What you’re describing is the setup in government agencies.” Pei Xingyan chuckled twice and corrected him, “In a typical company, most of the time these tasks are done by one person.”

"Huh?" Sui Xin stared in disbelief, and suddenly found herself unable to stand still.

After a long while, she suddenly and cautiously tugged at Pei Xingyan's sleeve and asked softly, "But I've heard that people who have female secretaries usually have problems with their personal conduct... Sister Lu, do you want to..."

Lu Yan, who thought it was just a casual question, was now furious. She thought to herself, "I knew you little girl had no good intentions. You're just jealous and you're trying to sow discord between me and you."

Lu Yan quickly retorted, "I've rarely heard of such things. The industry you're in is too dirty!"

Her aura was too overwhelming, so Sui Xin sniffed and pretended not to dare to speak, hiding behind Pei Xingyan.

But this was just an appearance. Once Pei Xingyan was actually protecting her, Sui Xin immediately retorted, "What?! Then tell me, how was the term 'little secretary' invented?"

"Alright, you two are acting like elementary school kids." Pei Xingyan could only mediate. "You're both right. Society is inherently gray; all sorts of situations exist..."

He now realized just how capable those lobbyists were, who could succinctly point out the crux of the matter and easily resolve disagreements with just a few words.

He couldn't articulate a profound reason, so he quickly steered the conversation in a direction that wouldn't cause conflict between them. "Speaking of which, Little Deer, will you still be working at the same company as Big Deer? Or is your dad going to set up a small, hobby-like company for you?"

"No way, that would be too stupid~" Hearing him talking to her, Lu Yan became happy again. She tucked her hair behind her ear and said as if she were writing a check, "It's right at headquarters. I've already picked out the office. It'll be right across from Da Lu."

Pei Xingyan closed his eyes and nodded, thinking to himself that this was truly a good opportunity.

"How is it? Not bad, right?" Lu Yan was very eager to hear this, and she quickly reassured her, "It won't be like what this little girl said, making you her secretary!"

The more you say that, the more suspicious you seem...

Pei Xingyan mentally grumbled, but only for a moment. If it were any other girl standing opposite him today, he would have suspected that she was trying to do something immoral under the guise of this, but Lu Yan was the only one who wouldn't let him think that way.

He was still certain without hesitation that if Lu Yan were to have a rod-like object implanted in her genitals, she would definitely become a notorious playboy!

It's hard to imagine her dating a man...

"Besides, if you don't have many opportunities, or if you find work too busy, then you can come less often, or you don't have to come at all. I can call you when I need something!" Lu Yan's words became more and more outrageous, even sounding a bit like she was begging someone.

"You're making it sound like you're keeping me..." Pei Xingyan teased, about to say "yes" in response.

But at this moment, Sui Xin "coincidentally" asked, "What does 'being kept' mean?"

Lu Yan sneered, thinking to herself that this little girl was really going after her today. Every time this topic came up, she would sneak up on it in a scheming way. She was just a green tea version of Ye Ziwei!

So she deliberately said, "It's exactly what those guys with questionable morals do: give their mistress money, support her, and then do *that* kind of thing!"

"That kind of thing? What kind of thing is that?" Sui Xin still looked innocent, pouting as she asked, then suddenly seemed to realize something and showed an expression of sudden understanding.

She exclaimed, "So, Brother Pei, by agreeing to spend money on me, are you trying to keep me as your sugar daddy?"

Pei Xingyan had never been so speechless before; he almost choked and couldn't catch his breath.

He quickly turned his head and hurriedly proved his innocence, "I wouldn't dare to talk nonsense, how could I have been keeping you as a mistress?!"

"Isn't that right? Because Brother Pei said that if I study hard, he'll buy me a Coke, and if I behave well, he'll buy me milk tea..." Sui Xin said timidly. "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Lu Yan's cold laugh intensified, and she thought to herself, "What a green tea b*tch!"

She simply couldn't believe that a girl of that age wouldn't know what those things meant.

What's even more infuriating is that Pei Xingyan seemed completely oblivious, what a big idiot!