Chapter 177: Pei Ziheng's invitation
Chapter 177 Pei Ziheng’s invitation
Li Lei suddenly didn't know what he was doing back here.
He lit a cigarette, and the rising smoke confused his handsome face. After sitting in the car for a long time, he dialed a phone: "Hello, Su Tang, are you asleep? I want to talk to you about something." The scene in the elevator gave him an unprecedented sense of crisis. He had always been sure of himself. My skills in coaxing girls have become less confident. How can I impress a girl like Xiao Ling? How can I make her give up? Maybe you can find the answer by asking Su Tang, who is also a woman.
He loves Xiao Ling and wants to monopolize everything about her, body and soul.
Xia Ling returned to the apartment and had an uneasy sleep that night. When she woke up the next day, her head still hurt. She walked into the bathroom and saw herself looking haggard in the floor-to-ceiling mirror, with a pale face and a wrinkled coat. Then I remembered that I didn't take off my clothes at all when I went to sleep last night, so I started taking off my clothes one by one. When I got to my shirt, I realized that something was missing from my wrist.
What is missing is the sponsorship of a luxury brand, a gold and mother-of-pearl women’s watch, which is expensive.
After the concert, she has to return it to the sponsor. If she loses it, she must pay the price. Xia Ling couldn't help but rub her forehead and rummaged through the pile of clothes for a while, but couldn't find it. She went back to the bedroom and searched all the places she could think of on the bed, on the carpet, on the cabinet, but still couldn't find it.
This is trouble.
She couldn't afford that female watch at all. For a young star like her who had just debuted, even if she made good money, she spent more money. She squandered all her monthly salary as soon as she got it, leaving no balance at all. . What should I do, borrow it from Li Lei? Even though they had just quarreled, Xia Ling knew that there was no doubt that he would give her a huge sum of money without hesitation, and she wouldn't have to pay it back at all. But if that's the case...what's the difference between being taken care of by him?
Once upon a time, she was squandering Pei Ziheng's property so unscrupulously.
In her last life, although Xia Ling had a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, she had never used even a penny of it. All her expenses went to Pei Ziheng's personal account. He had given her a black gold supplementary card, and even when she bought him gifts, she would swipe that supplementary card. At that time, she didn't think there was anything wrong. They didn't distinguish each other, right?
But later I realized how wrong I was.
In his eyes, she will always be just his subordinate.
Now, after reviving her life, Xia Ling never wants to live like that again. She is who she is and does not depend on anyone. Therefore, no matter what, she would not ask Li Lei for money, but how to solve the current problem? While I was thinking about it, my phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.
Xia Ling pressed the answer button.
On the other end of the phone, a familiar voice came, low and magnetic: "Is that Ye Xingling?"
That is…
Pei Ziheng’s voice.
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and Xia Ling felt that the hand holding the phone was shaking slightly. Pei Ziheng, how did he know her phone number? What's the point of calling her at this time?
"Ye Xingling." On the other end of the phone, he slowly read her name again.
She took a deep breath: "What...do you want?"
"Aren't you going to ask who I am?" His voice was neither fast nor slow, not at all crazy or violent like last night. "It seems that you have recognized me. Should I say that you are sensitive to sounds, or...we are destined?" "
His last half-sentence made her almost throw the phone away.
“Stop talking nonsense!” Her tone was unstable, “Pei Ziheng, I don’t have time to chat with you. If nothing happens, I will die!”
He laughed softly, and there seemed to be a bit of bitterness, helplessness, and subtle nostalgia in his laughter: "How long has it been... No one dares to speak to me in this tone. Ye Xingling, you It’s the second one.”
Xia Ling fell silent. He knew who the first one was, and so did she.
“Ye Xingling,” he spoke again, “you left a women’s watch with me.”
Xia Ling suddenly realized why the watch was missing—she probably lost it accidentally when she was trying to pull it off with him in the elevator last night, and he accidentally picked it up. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was great to know its whereabouts. After she got it back, she no longer had to worry about the high compensation.
However, as soon as this thought came to mind, a problem emerged - the thing was in Pei Ziheng's hand, how to get it?
"Pei Ziheng," she hesitated, then said, "please return it to me, okay?"
I felt uneasy, fearing that he would reject me.
His voice was still low: "Okay." After a slight pause, he added, "Let's make an appointment, Ye Xingling. I hope to return it to you in person."
It was then that she suddenly understood his purpose.
Pei Ziheng, he wanted to see her, and that watch was just a bait for the hunter.
Xia Ling instinctively refused: "No, I..."
He interrupted her: "If you don't come to get it, forget it."
She knew that he had always been a man of his word, and now that his words had come to this, there was no room for change. But how dare she go to see him? Since his rebirth, he had tried to capture her several times. After suffering so much, how could she let herself get involved in danger again?
But, that watch…
She didn't know what to do.
Pei Ziheng's voice sounded at the right time: "I just want to chat with you. I don't mean any harm. You decide the time and place."
"No malice?" The past events flashed through her mind, and Xia Ling frowned, anger rising in her heart, "You did so many cruel things to me in the past, how can you say you didn't have any malice?!" In the past life, in this life, he They all hurt her deeply.
"I won't do it if I say no. I, Pei Ziheng, have never broken my promise."
"You never broke your promise? You..." She almost sneered out loud, remembering how he promised her each other and would be good to her for the rest of his life, but in the end he tortured her so cruelly that she was worse than dead...
However, thinking of her current identity, she swallowed back the question she was about to blurt out.
"If you don't know where to make an appointment, just make an appointment at Hengyun Commercial Center. There is a good coffee shop on the third floor, an open lobby, and a lot of people coming and going. You don't have to be afraid of what I will do to you. Two afternoons "Yes, I'll wait for you." His voice was low and gentle, just like many years ago, whenever she was in doubt, she would always make a decision thoughtfully.
Xia Ling said nothing and hung up the phone silently.
All morning long, she hesitated whether to go or not. Seeing that the appointed time was getting closer and closer, she finally said to herself, go ahead. Since she couldn't afford to lose the watch, she had no choice but to get it back. She went to get her things back, not to see him. It was just this time, and it wouldn't happen next time.
She got up, found a set of clothes that fit her best, put them on, and walked out of the room.
(End of this chapter)