1
Pei Zhi Lin carried me away at a high speed, so fast that by the time we were sitting in the sports car, they hadn’t come back to their senses.
After all, in traditional views, a man stealing someone at a wedding would definitely target the bride.
But Pei Zhi Lin was different, he was special, he had been a friend I tried hard to please since I could speak.
Naturally, he would stand up for me today.
I looked at Pei Zhi Lin’s superior side profile with satisfaction. In the buzzing sound of the sports car engine, we rushed all the way to Pei Zhi Lin’s villa in the suburbs.
The moment the car stopped, I finally felt the air of freedom. It turned out that ending the supporting male’s storyline and breaking free felt so light.
I unfastened my seatbelt and couldn’t help but pat Pei Zhi Lin’s shoulder: “Thanks, Brother Zhi Lin, I will definitely make money and repay your great kindness today!”
Pei Zhi Lin laughed softly, turned his body to look at me: “Then how are you going to repay me?”
Although it was a teasing tone, I inexplicably felt danger. Is this the intuition of a small animal?
The moment this thought emerged, I denied it completely. This was Pei Zhi Lin who had been good to me for twenty-three years, how could he harm me?
But when I looked up, I crashed into Pei Zhi Lin’s burning gaze, as if he wanted to swallow me whole.
I shivered and moved backward, but my back hit the car door, with nowhere to retreat.
Worse news was that my elbow accidentally hit some button, and the passenger seat started to recline slowly, and I, due to Pei Zhi Lin’s increasingly close figure, chose to follow the seat’s trajectory and lie down.
The moment I completely lay flat, Pei Zhi Lin’s upper body had already leaned over, perfectly covering me from above.
Instinct told me that something should happen now.
I dared not ask, nor dared to think, and even closed my eyes.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, the seat bounced back.
Pei Zhi Lin used a rare teasing tone: “Are you pretending to sleep because you’re afraid you can’t pay the price? Sleeping Beauty.”
His voice rose at the end, an unusual feeling spread from my ears, tickling like a feather being stroked back and forth.
I got so angry that I immediately opened my eyes and retorted: “Who can’t pay? You name your price!”
I wanted to see how far Pei Zhi Lin could go.
Pei Zhi Lin’s smile deepened, he approached slowly again, and I couldn’t help but breathe faster.
Then, he reached out and removed the ribbon stuck on my shirt collar.
I was puzzled. Even though we both were at thirty-six degrees, the temperature I felt through the shirt was so scorching.
Pei Zhi Lin looked at my dazed expression and shook his head: “Ling Yi, you can’t give what I want now.”
Can’t give? What I couldn’t give now was only a large transfer, but I’m not the person who defaults!
I frowned seriously: “Although I don’t have much in my savings now, I can give you five million first, is it okay to make an IOU for the rest?”
Pei Zhi Lin’s smile froze, he hesitated to speak.
Did he think I would default?
I nervously licked my lower lip and promised again: “I really will work hard to earn money!”
Pei Zhi Lin seemed even angrier, his cheeks puffed up, almost gritting his teeth: “I don’t lack money!”
Just as I wondered what else he lacked, the car phone rang. I pressed the answer button, and my father’s angry voice nearly shattered my eardrum:
“Ling Yi! Look at the mess you’ve made, leaving me with a pile of problems!”
“Do you even know how much your elopement today has cost the Ling family?”
“Come back now and coax Miss Wang! You must get married!”
2
Money moves people’s hearts, and this saying is absolutely right.
Otherwise, why would my dad be willing to call a child from such a despised business marriage?
But from the day I decided to elope, I was ready to break off my relations with him. I immediately retorted with a sneer:
“I won’t come back, you might as well just give up.”
“If it really doesn’t work, you can kneel down and beg Miss Wang, isn’t groveling what you’re best at?”
This rebellious speech completely angered him, and a roar followed:
“I raised you until now, what’s wrong with letting you pay a little? You ungrateful bastard!”
I sneered and was about to scold him back, but Pei Zhi Lin grabbed my wrist, his face cold and frightening:
“Ling Yi won’t come back, even if it’s a contract marriage, I’m a better choice.”
After speaking, he hung up the phone.
I didn’t understand Pei Zhi Lin’s logic.
I asked: “What do you mean?”
He explained: “Without Miss Wang, there will still be Miss Zhang and Miss Li in the future, but you don’t want them, your dad will definitely force you by any means.”
Saying this, Pei Zhi Lin gave me a deep look: “On the contrary, being with me not only shuts your dad up but also lets you have your own space to grow. When the time is right, you can break free from his control, and as your bro, of course, I won’t stop you.”
Thinking this way was indeed correct. A contract marriage with Pei Zhi Lin had great benefits.
No wonder he was my recognized bro. For me, he could sacrifice his reputation and time to this extent, which was too touching.
My eyes were full of sincerity, nodding repeatedly: “You’re so smart, Brother Zhi Lin.”
Pei Zhi Lin suddenly sighed: “But before our contract marriage, there is a very important issue. The matter of elopement, Miss Wang will not let it go.”
As he spoke, he lifted his phone, displaying the latest trending search: ã€Ling family’s young master publicly elopes, Miss Wang is sad and decides to continue the romance with the younger uncle.】
If I’m not mistaken, this younger uncle should be my half-brother from the same father, Wang Jia Jia’s way of handling things was truly unusual.
Of course, the speed of smearing was also unmatched.
I looked serious: “Brother, I’ll go back and steal the surveillance, don’t worry, my speed at climbing water pipes is top-notch!”
After all, during high school, I climbed water pipes every day to escape to Pei Zhi Lin’s house for refuge and fun.Â
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