Extreme Pampering-Chapter 78 - Lets Break Up

Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Let’s Break Up.

Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Let’s Break Up.

Huating.

Shen Zhiyi returned late, and the butler had already finished his chores and returned to his room. Pei Yu, as always, was sitting in the living room waiting for her, perhaps unable to stay awake, his eyes closed in fatigue.

She tiptoed in, choosing not to sit on the sofa next to him but instead sat directly on the carpet beside him. The long-haired carpet was soft and thick, instilling a sense of warmth.

Pei Yu rested his hand on the armrest of the sofa, his head slightly bowed, his unmanaged hair looking fluffy and soft. Two casual strands hung down, complementing his serene expression. Perhaps it was the lighting, but his complexion seemed somewhat pale.

Shen Zhiyi couldn’t imagine how violent this face could be when he lashed out at that person during the day; she had never seen such aggression from Pei Yu.

She also thought of Huo Heng’s words, as if everything that happened today was forcing her to see another side of Pei Yu, whether true or false, which was giving her a headache.

After looking at him for a while, the weight of her gaze, seemingly impossible to ignore, prompted Pei Yu to slightly furrow his brow. He opened his eyes and saw her, relaxing his expression but still maintaining a sleepy posture. His eyes, following the lashes, cast their gaze downward, touching her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and then lips.

His voice was gentle, carrying a faint, barely perceptible raspy tone from just waking up, “Why didn’t you wake me?”

In fact, he also wanted to ask why she had been watching him all along.

Shen Zhiyi didn’t answer this question; she didn’t know the answer herself. After hearing Huo Heng’s words, she should have immediately sought Pei Yu’s explanation.

Compared to “the truth,” she seemed more inclined to simply sit quietly with Pei Yu for a while.

Shen Zhiyi looked down to avoid Pei Yu’s focused gaze, touching his fingers, “Why didn’t you treat it?”

His fingers were slender, with distinct knuckles, perfect like sculptures meticulously crafted by an artist, yet now they were injured.

Shen Zhiyi could probably guess how he received the injury. Without bringing up the incident that happened at Minghua during the day, she simply pulled out the medical kit used previously and gave him basic treatment.

While she did this, Pei Yu’s gaze followed her the entire time without uttering a word.

He knew she had been to Minghua today and met Huo Heng, yet she didn’t mention either of these things to him.

Why not speak of it?

Ultimately, it was he who first broke the silence between them, “You met with Huo Heng today.”

He used a declarative sentence; he was well aware of Shen Zhiyi’s every move, not intervening or obstructing, yet fully informed.

Shen Zhiyi released his hand and began to tidy up the medical kit, “Mhm.”

After everything was packed away and there was nothing left to distract her, Shen Zhiyi had no choice but to look at Pei Yu, “He told me, the person who drugged me at Nanyuan before was you.”

Not expecting to discuss this matter, Pei Yu was momentarily stunned. He frowned and stared at Shen Zhiyi without blinking, “Do you believe it?”

Without waiting for her reply, his lips curled mockingly. Departing from his previous languid casualness, he leaned forward slightly, displaying an aggressive posture, “The things Huo Heng told you, if not all, then you must believe at least seventy percent of them, right? You think I did it too?”

“No,” Shen Zhiyi said, her gaze fixed on him, finding this side of Pei Yu very unfamiliar, as if the Pei Yu from Minghua during the day had suddenly traveled through time to appear before her, “I want to hear what you have to say.”

She pursed her lips, posing the query that puzzled her the most, “Did you know me before that night?”

Unconsciously clenching his fist, feeling the pain from the wound on his knuckles being stretched, Pei Yu didn’t lie to her. He turned his head, his Adam’s apple moving, “Mhm.”

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Hearing this response, Shen Zhiyi paused for several seconds before continuing to inquire, “You had no reason to go to Nanyuan that night, right?”

Except for her.

So why did he appear in Nanyuan after all.

She didn’t want to believe Huo Heng’s words, and aside from selfish reasons, she felt that Pei Yu wasn’t the kind of person to use such sordid tactics, yet she needed an explanation, an explanation for all those doubts.

Pei Yu didn’t speak.

How could he explain this to Shen Zhiyi? To explain why he was in Nanyuan that night, he would have to bring up the past, to awaken the person in her memory that had been forgotten.

He couldn’t do it.

“There’s no reason,” Pei Yu said indifferently, his fingers caressing the small wound on his knuckle, his face expressionless, cold, yet concealing a surge of emotions, “I can’t give you a satisfactory explanation. How did Huo Heng explain it to you? Were the reasons he found flawless?”

“Pei Yu,” Shen Zhiyi didn’t understand why he had to act like this, why wouldn’t he explain?

“Hmm,”

When he replied with that sound, the Pei Yu before her seemed no different from before, still the person who would smile lazily and indifferently. But in an instant, he saw the disappointment in Shen Zhiyi’s eyes, his expression suddenly turned cold, his tone low, no longer looking at her, “You’ve still chosen to believe him, haven’t you?”

“Am I so contemptible in your eyes?”

Would she so easily believe Huo Heng’s words?

“I don’t know,” each word was a struggle, Shen Zhiyi had a severe headache, the entire day had been too long for her, she looked at the side of Pei Yu’s face, feeling somewhat bewildered, “I just wanted you to give me an explanation.”

After a long silence, Pei Yu finally spoke, “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it.”

Shen Zhiyi slowly stepped back twice, her heart sinking as well.

Of course, she believed that Pei Yu hadn’t done such a thing, but what she wanted was an explanation, not something that could be clarified simply with Pei Yu’s words “It wasn’t me.”

Or perhaps, Pei Yu’s previous silences had already said something; they were his answers.

Was the explanation really so hard to voice, or was it that she simply wasn’t worthy of knowing? Should she feel fortunate that, at the very least, Pei Yu hadn’t fobbed her off with some other excuse?

Pei Yu watched her step back, his nerves taut, an indescribable fear gripping him. He sat still, his tone low, “Come here.”

“Pei Yu,” Shen Zhiyi had never experienced a moment like this before, even with Huo Heng, she had never found it so difficult to make the decision to leave, she managed a forced smile, “Let’s break up.”

When she had first agreed to be with him, she had never thought that within a few short months of being together, she would gradually lose sight of her initial resolve. In recent times, she had even deliberately ignored this, refusing to think about the future.

The self-deceptive play was overdue to come to an end; she had now learned how to let go.

Pei Yu stared at her steadily, her tense expression, hoarse voice, and those eyes that seemed to brim with tears, “A reason.”

He appeared calm, but for some reason, he recalled the words he had overheard that day in the sanatorium.

—The only reason Shen Zhiyi is still willing to stand by your side is that she doesn’t know what kind of person you really are.

Now, having glimpsed just a corner of his world, she had already decided to withdraw.

Shen Zhiyi lowered her head, “I just feel that it’s time to end it.”

A tear dropped silently into the carpet.

Pei Yu’s lips were tightly pressed together, the pain in his hand becoming unbearable, and he remained silent.