Chapter 1143: New Year's Eve, the world of two
Chapter 1143 New Year’s Eve, a world of two
Friendship is a very delicate thing. The two girls had a meal together, complained about Pei Zhenyuan and Pei Ziheng, and drank tea instead of wine. They actually felt a sense of sympathy for each other.
Pei Jingyu held her chin up and looked at Xia Ling and smiled: "I have always hated you. I think you are from a humble background. Why should you be the eldest daughter of my Pei family? But you actually saved me this time. If the person standing by the water If it were Jingshan and the others, they might not be willing to risk their lives. I was wrong, you are really...noble."
Xia Ling raised her head arrogantly, "Of course! I've always been the best!"
Pei Jingyu rarely refuted, but just looked at her: "You were still pregnant, didn't you think that if you were dragged into the water by me at that time, you would not be able to keep the child?"
Xia Ling's expression darkened: "Didn't Pei Zhenyuan tell you that I once asked him for help and wanted to have an abortion? It was not me who was looking forward to the birth of this child, but Pei Ziheng. I don't want him to become an illegitimate child."
Pei Jingyu didn't expect her to think like this. After a long while, she sighed: "It's such an injustice. If I had known today, why did I do it in the first place?" In fact, waiting for the child to be born would be more troublesome. Car accidents, poisoning, diseases... you can have anything. Taking the life of a child makes it difficult for people to guard against it. Pei Zhenyuan will not let this child go.
She felt pity for the girl in front of her and stayed with her for a long time.
Pei Ziheng and Pei Ziheng all refused to go back to their clan to celebrate the New Year. Pei Jingyu was afraid of going back alone and getting scolded by her grandfather, so she stayed here and refused to leave. She was getting along well with Xia Ling these days, so Pei Ziheng just let her go.
New Year's Eve.
A staff member came to inform: "Miss Pei, Miss Xia, Mr. Pei has ordered people to set up a dinner in the banquet hall, and is waiting for you two to go and have dinner."
Pei Jingyu stood up and gave Xia Ling a hand: "Slow down, be careful of the baby in your belly."
Xia Ling followed her slowly to the banquet hall and said, "Why are you so concerned about my baby? If it is aborted, shouldn't your Pei family be very happy?"
Pei Jingyu glanced at her sideways: "You saved my life, of course I will give you back my life and help you protect the baby. We, rich young ladies, are destined to marry someone with a foreign surname in the future. How can we care about our natal family?" So many things? You can fight with your cousin as much as you like. I will definitely repay you for saving my life."
Xia Ling was silent. When she was about to reach the door of the restaurant, she suddenly whispered with some self-deprecation: "I used to be too stupid, naive and wishful thinking. He never thought about treating me as his wife. If the child can be aborted, leave him. Maybe everyone around me will be happier.”
Pei Jingyu glanced at her in surprise: "I wish you had understood this two years earlier." Now, it's too late to say anything, everyone is trapped in the situation and cannot extricate themselves.
The door to the banquet hall is right in front of you.
From a distance, you can see a tall figure sitting inside, wearing a finely sewn haute couture suit, with a majestic face that has always been cold and unsmiling. The banquet hall was spacious, but it was filled with a sense of oppression because of his presence, making people feel uncomfortable even breathing.
Pei Jingyu helped Xia Ling stop at the door and said, "My cousin can't get anything he wants. Just accept your fate. At least he will pamper you."
Xia Ling could only smile bitterly.
Walking to the mahogany dining table covered with white napkins, the waiter opened the cushioned chair on Pei Ziheng's right for Xia Ling and helped her sit down. Pei Ziheng prepared the dishes for her with his own hands and said in a warm voice: "Let's see if this piece of roasted venison is delicious. I specially invited a famous chef. This is his specialty."
Xia Ling hated him in her heart and didn't want to eat it at first, but due to the presence of Pei Jingyu, she didn't want to cause too much trouble, so she reluctantly took a bite. The venison melts in your mouth and is as tender as a cloud in the sky. It has a sweet aftertaste and is worthy of the craftsmanship of a famous chef. Before I knew it, I had finished one piece.
Pei Ziheng looked at her tenderly: "Do you want more?"
Pei Jingyu was jealous when she saw their show of affection, and said coquettishly: "Brother, I want it too."
Pei Ziheng said to the waiter on the side: "Cut the venison for Miss Pei." Pei Jing said: "..." Well, I have long known that my eldest cousin has been extremely partial since he adopted Xia Ling more than ten years ago. By the way, her cousin has long since become dust that is not worth mentioning. Only then did Pei Jingyu feel a little more conscious about being a light bulb, and she immersed herself in eating.
The New Year’s Eve dinner was very sumptuous, everyone was very full, and the atmosphere was rarely harmonious.
After finishing the meal, Pei Jingyu looked at her cousin's eyes and did not stay to make light bulbs. She just found an excuse and left. Pei Ziheng said to Xia Ling, "I'll take you to watch the fireworks."
Xia Ling said: "I'm a little sleepy."
Pei Ziheng nodded: "Then I'll help you take a bath and then go to bed."
Xia Ling: "...Let's go watch the fireworks."
Pei Ziheng smiled, took her hand, and walked out along the long corridor. Outside the corridor is the boundless Xicui Lake. The night is beautiful, with stars shining on the blue lake. In the slightly cold wind, there is a faint sound of waves lapping the shore. Xia Ling's delicate jade-like hands curled up docilely in his big hands, which for a moment gave him the illusion that he had gone back to the past, before any harm had happened.
The two walked side by side, so close that they could hear their breathing.
Xia Ling was also in a daze. How many years had they not spent New Year's Eve together like this?
Too long…
It was so long ago that even she couldn’t remember it clearly.
She said: "Pei Ziheng."
Pei Ziheng stopped and lowered his head to look at her tenderly: "Huh?" As soon as he finished speaking, the first cluster of fireworks suddenly bloomed in the distant night sky behind him. They were colorful and brilliant, reflecting his handsomeness. His profile looks like a **** descending to earth, dreamlike and unreal.
She just looked at him blankly, forgetting what she wanted to say.
Pei Ziheng turned his head to watch the fireworks, then turned back to her and smiled apologetically, "It shouldn't have been set off at this time." According to the original itinerary, after they arrived at the waterside pavilion by the lake and sat down, the staff should have given them warm tea and snacks. I asked him for permission before setting off the fireworks, but I don’t know what went wrong.
Xia Ling finally came back to her senses and shook her head: "It doesn't matter."
I was surprised to realize that I had stared at him for a long time, and then hurriedly lowered my head.
Pei Ziheng took off his suit jacket and put it on a wooden bench sheltered from the wind in the corridor, and said to her: "Come sit here and watch it here." It was still a long way to the waterside pavilion, and he was afraid it would be too late.
Xia Ling looked at the coat and then at him wearing only a shirt and vest: "You will catch a cold."
He lowered his head and kissed her: "I'll ask someone to get clothes." He held her hand and made her sit down.
(End of this chapter)