Extreme Pampering-Chapter 68 - She follows her heart

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: She follows her heart.

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: She follows her heart.

When Shen Zhiyi received Wang Feifei’s call, she was trimming roses freshly picked from the flowerbed.

“It’s big trouble,” Wang Feifei said irritably, “Besides you, there’s another guest on the variety show tonight.”

She had accepted the appearance a while ago, only to be a guest for a single night; Shen Zhiyi happened to be free, so she agreed. But now, according to Wang Feifei, the identity of the other guest was probably someone they didn’t want to encounter.

Shen Zhiyi put down the scissors, “…Huo Heng?”

“It’s him!” Wang Feifei was at a loss for words, “Can you believe it, he dropped another variety show to come to this one. If you say it’s not because of you, who would believe it? What on earth is he trying to do?”

Ever since the last phone call from Huo Heng, Shen Zhiyi had a premonition about this. She sighed, “He knows about Pei Yu.”

“…” It took Wang Feifei a while to respond, “So he’s been blackmailing you with this?”

“No,” Shen Zhiyi said calmly, “He wants me to return to the right path as soon as possible.”

“Damn,” Wang Feifei cursed softly and laughed out of frustration, “Does this man have some sort of savior complex? Insisting on doing inconsiderate things under the guise of saving others. He wasn’t like this with you before. Now he feels uneasy because he thinks you have a better life than him.”

In her eyes, the relationship between Shen Zhiyi and Pei Yu was mutually beneficial; while not like a typical couple, they were both unmarried and not bothering anyone. Moreover, Pei Yu’s dedication to Shen Zhiyi was apparent to all, far stronger than Huo Heng’s.

Thought Shen Zhiyi was on the wrong path? Why didn’t Huo Heng show his charity when she was in a low point both in career and love life?

Wang Feifei snorted coldly, “He has no place to say such things. You might as well treat it as him farting. I’ll see if I can cancel tonight’s variety show.”

But the contract was already signed, and the shoot was drawing near. Despite their efforts, they only managed to get the director to adjust the game setup a bit, trying to keep the two apart as much as possible.

As the shoot was about to start, Shen Zhiyi changed into the outfit provided by the program team, while listening to Wang Feifei’s earnest instructions, “Try not to be alone with him. If he says something, don’t engage. Our circle is too small, we bump into each other frequently, so it’s not practical to always hide. I’ll talk to his agent later.”

Things were different now compared to the past. Huo Heng and Shen Zhiyi didn’t need to be bound together, and spreading rumors was no good for both parties. The most ideal situation was for neither to interfere with the other.

The variety show was to be shot from late night until the next morning. During the first half, Shen Zhiyi and Huo Heng were on different teams and hardly had a chance to meet. It wasn’t until almost the end of the shoot that they encountered each other at the same location.

Meanwhile, Pei Yu was having breakfast at Huating. The butler made a casual remark, “At this hour, I wonder if Miss Shen has had breakfast. Shooting all night must have made her quite hungry.”

This reminded Pei Yu. Although he knew Shen Zhiyi had a schedule for a variety show, he hadn’t paid attention to what it was. At that moment, he searched online and various marketing posts about the guests caught his eye – the name “Huo Heng” stood out particularly.

He frowned slightly, then called Secretary Qin.

“Uhm, I specifically marked it in the report. Didn’t you say not to bother about Huo Heng before? So I didn’t intervene.”

Pei Yu had said those words, but his feelings now slightly differed from before. The thought of Huo Heng being with Shen Zhiyi gave him an inexplicable sense of urgency.

He said coldly, “Prepare the car.”

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After a whole night’s filming, people were tired and sleepy. Shen Zhiyi snacked on some biscuits during a lull in searching for clues. Meanwhile, Huo Heng had somehow acquired a steaming bowl of seafood noodles and offered it to her, “Have something to eat first, I bought it from a noodle house.”

Shen Zhiyi declined, “No need, I’m good with the biscuits.”

There were production crew members around, as well as onlooking fans, so the conflict between the two could not be too overt; thus, she politely and graciously refused.

Huo Heng was not at all surprised. Ever since the “breakup,” she had always maintained such a cold demeanor. His smile was forced and he looked crestfallen, “You really won’t eat a little? I went a long way to find an open noodle shop.”

It was still early, the breakfast shops had just opened their doors, and not a single guest on the shoot had abandoned their task to find food; they all munched on some snacks while they carried on with their tasks, but Huo Heng obviously did not realize how abrupt his actions were.

Facing his pitiful look, Shen Zhiyi said calmly, “I’m allergic to seafood.”

He knew, but he had forgotten.

All of Huo Heng’s expressions froze, and any words he had became pale in the face of his disappointing behavior.

How could he have forgotten that she was allergic to seafood?

After filming, with the sky still not fully lit, Shen Zhiyi chatted with the other guests from the variety show for a while before waiting by the roadside for Xiaodong to pick her up.

Huo Heng tried to speak several times but held back, finally finding a chance to interject, “Zhiyi, I’m sorry, I’ve been too busy lately. I know you’re allergic to seafood, I just didn’t think of it for a moment—”

“When are you going to stop making excuses?”

Shen Zhiyi detested his appearance, as if everything he did was excusable and forgivable, as if she must forgive him.

“Huo Heng, the more you appear in front of me, the more you distort the image I have of you in my heart. Sometimes, I even doubt whether it was because I was too lonely, too longing for a family, that I added so many filters to your actions. That’s why I… why I liked you for so long.”

Shen Zhiyi lowered her eyes wearily, “Please don’t make me deny all the memories of the past, okay?”

Huo Heng was left speechless, realizing that Shen Zhiyi truly wanted to let go of everything and move forward, but this time it was he who did not want to give up. He was ashamed to admit that it was his own mistakes that led to the current situation, feeling that everything had changed since the day Shen Zhiyi was drugged.

That was also the day she met Pei Yu again.

He couldn’t help but question her, “Do you really like Pei Yu that much? Is Pei Yu more important than our decade of friendship?”

Even if it was not him who had saved Shen Zhiyi at that time, the one who had truly been with her through the toughest times was him, Huo Heng. How could Pei Yu be more important than he was?

Shen Zhiyi did not answer. She couldn’t utter the word “like,” but she couldn’t deny it either.

The heart is the hardest to control, and reason forever loses to emotion. She herself did not know when she had fallen into the quagmire named “Pei Yu.”

Xiaodong had already driven over, she lowered the window, winked at her, and indicated towards the back. Following her gaze, Shen Zhiyi recognized the car.

Huo Heng was still not giving up, persisting from behind, “Think carefully, Shen Zhiyi, aren’t you someone who never does anything you are destined to regret?”

Ignoring him, Shen Zhiyi walked towards that car.

Huo Heng urged her to leave, yet her footsteps followed her true heart towards Pei Yu.