Extreme Pampering-Chapter 74 - Huo Heng indeed has the qualifications to

Chapter 74: Chapter 74 Huo Heng indeed has the qualifications to show off.

Chapter 74: Chapter 74 Huo Heng indeed has the qualifications to show off.

In the circle Huo Heng could currently access, Qin Fangru was the highest tier. When Xu Xia informed him that the person behind Shen Zhiyi was Pei Yu, he didn’t even have a clear concept of this identity. His mind was fully occupied with the memory of the young boy who had saved Shen Zhiyi, and the fact that he had taken credit for someone else’s deed.

It wasn’t until the car door opened and the man inside lifted his gaze that the blurred visage of the youth in his memory was instantly replaced by the man before him, exuding an air of noble arrogance. Huo Heng subconsciously observed the other’s attire. Although he was rich himself, there were things in the world that money couldn’t buy, symbols of status.

The arrogance he had felt when proposing the meeting extinguished in an instant. Standing before this man, Huo Heng couldn’t help feeling looked down upon, which made him feel deeply ashamed.

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He had been a man of high status for several years now, far removed from the dirty little boy who had to steal to survive in the mountains. The insecurity and inferiority he hadn’t felt in years once again enveloped him.

In the few seconds Huo Heng was silenced by the emotional shock, Pei Yu was also sizing him up. Pei Yu had seen Huo Heng’s face before, but it was the first face-to-face encounter in over a decade.

The last time they had met, Pei Yu had taken the injured Shen Zhiyi from Huo Heng’s hands and continued to accompany her as she grew up, becoming an incomparable presence in her heart—the very cause of Pei Yu’s jealousy.

“You should know who I am, right?” Huo Heng finally steadied his nerves and spoke, but his voice lacked the rationality and vigor he had intended, inadvertently falling short as he forced himself to maintain a facade, “I am Zhiyi’s ex-boyfriend.”

Love was nothing but a façade. Huo Heng wasn’t sure if the man before him was aware of this, but he still chose such an introduction, as an excuse for his current behavior.

He was Zhiyi’s ex-boyfriend, the most important person to her, and he had the right to talk to this man.

The car door was half-open, and the dry afternoon breeze of Xia Mo ruffled his unkempt fringe. Pei Yu shifted his gaze to the computer screen, tapping lightly with his fingers, seemingly indifferent, his slightly rising tone indicating arrogance, “So what?”

This question intensified Huo Heng’s feeling of nervousness and lack of confidence. He began to regret standing here. The man before him was nothing like the one in his memory. He was the ruler of Pei’s, and if it weren’t for Shen Zhiyi, Huo Heng would not have had the opportunity to even meet him.

But since the words had been spoken, Huo Heng did not want to retreat in a disgraceful manner. He clenched his fists to suppress the nervousness welling up inside, “I just wanted to warn you, if this is just for fun, stop pestering Zhiyi. She met you because she was drugged and not in clear consciousness. If I hadn’t been tied up that night, the person who saved her should have been me—”

He had been regretting this matter recently. Everything had changed from that night on. If he had cared more for Shen Zhiyi at that time, she would still be the closest person by his side, and they wouldn’t have come to where they were now.

He said this to make Pei Yu let go. He couldn’t persuade Shen Zhiyi, who seemed to have developed real feelings, but how could a man of Pei Yu’s status lack women? Why couldn’t he just let Shen Zhiyi go?

After speaking, Huo Heng couldn’t resist the urge to walk away. As a man who was involved with Shen Zhiyi, it was hard for him to accept being less than the other.

But just as he was about to back down, he inadvertently noticed Pei Yu’s fingers, which had been resting on the keyboard, tighten. Pei Yu’s eyes were slightly closed, his lips formed a thin line as if forcefully suppressing his emotions, as though… he couldn’t stand what Huo Heng had just said.

Instinct drove Huo Heng to react swiftly. From a subordinate with empty hands, he instantly gained a weapon capable of wounding the other, and although he was unaware of this change, he wielded it adeptly.

“Has Zhiyi ever told you about me? Probably not, right? Our past can’t be summed up in a few words. We’ve known each other for over a decade; we’ve supported each other through the hardest times. She worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant for two months to earn bus fare for my audition and stayed by my side the whole day when I had a fever, even missing her final exams. I have always been the most important person to her, and that will never change, just like last time when she instinctively took a knife for me. I am her family, friend, lover…”

In the years right after Zhiyi’s mother had left, when no one cared for her, it was Huo Heng who fed her stolen food from his home. When she was abused by her father, it was him who used his pocket money to send her to the clinic, and when little bullies harassed her, he was the one protecting her. Over these years, it was hard to tell who gave more to whom, but everything ended the year Huo Heng became famous. He developed “amnesia,” and Shen Zhiyi became just another person in his ever-expanding world.

“Enough.”

Huo Heng’s incessant chatter was suddenly cut off, and he fell silent as if his throat had been grasped abruptly.

Pei Yu looked at him indifferently, this man boasting about the love he had received from Shen Zhiyi, with those tens of years, those thousands of days as proof. Ridiculously, Huo Heng indeed had the right to boast.

In front of Huo Heng, it was he who was the one with empty pockets, a beggar impoverished of love.

“I don’t care about the past,”

He lied.

Pei Yu’s gaze was cold, filled with a haughty superiority. No one saw his easily pierced heart; the love he had received was too scant, so he was petty, jealous, and put on a front.

“Is your only ability to use your past with her as a means to show off to me?”

His eyes were tinged with mockery, seeing right through Huo Heng’s intention. He spoke so much merely because he felt that in winning Shen Zhiyi’s love, he was more successful than him—it was the only thing he could boast about in front of Pei Yu.

With his intentions exposed, Huo Heng’s face instantly became burning hot, seething with irritation.

Indeed, why would he want to boast about these things to Pei Yu? How could Pei Yu care about them?

Not understanding where his impulsive stupidity came from, Huo Heng clenched his teeth, unwilling to show weakness, “In any case, Shen Zhiyi will return to my side sooner or later.”

He only hoped that Pei Yu would let go early; he and Shen Zhiyi belonged to the same world. He hadn’t understood before, but now he had seen the light. Compared to Xu Xia, Shen Zhiyi was more important to him—they were the most suitable lovers for each other.

Once Shen Zhiyi got away from Pei Yu, he would sincerely ask for her forgiveness and mend their relationship. With so many memories between them, there was no reason they shouldn’t be together.

The moment Huo Heng turned to leave, he let out a silent sigh of relief.

There was another reason for meeting with Pei Yu; he wanted to test whether Pei Yu still remembered him.

As expected, he didn’t remember.

So, had that episode from the past also been cast out of his mind already? Huo Heng felt he no longer needed to worry about Shen Zhiyi finding out the truth about that rescue.