"I don't know if this pond is deep... I'm a landlubber."
As Zhou Ze said this, he walked forward and moved closer to Mi Xiayao, pretending to see the depth of the pond.
In Mi Xiayao's eyes, his little move was really too low-end.
She raised her eyelids and glanced at him lightly, taking a step back without leaving a trace, closing the distance between them.
The light voice was vaguely mocking, "That's a coincidence. I don't know the way either. The only promising way at the moment is to walk all the way across the pond."
Zhou Ze could tell that she was repelling him, and the young man curled his lips slightly. His youthful and sunny temperament was not affected by her at all.
"Since the girl doesn't know, then I'll go further and see if there's any other way."
Mi Xiayao twitched the corners of her lips and gave a gentle smile, and you could still vaguely see her perfunctory feeling.
Chen Xi glanced at Zhou Ze carefully, and did not speak until the uninvited guest left the corridor.
"The man just now is named Zhou Ze, and he belongs to Zuo Shaoqing's branch of Dali Temple. Zuo Shaoqing is quite famous in the capital, but Miss Mi definitely knows more about this than me."
She paused for a moment, as if she was hesitating whether to tell Mi Xiayao that Zhou Ze had evil intentions just now.
After careful consideration of his words, he said tactfully: "Since Zhou Ze is a person under his command, his thoughts on the city are definitely not as simple as he appears."
The implication is to remind Mi Xiayao not to be deceived by such a seemingly innocent and innocent young man.
Mi Xiayao glanced at Chen Xi strangely and was stunned for a moment. She was dumbfounded by these words.
The other party misunderstood her, but she said this misunderstanding so implicitly that it was difficult for Mi Xiayao to confess clearly.
"However, I still hope that Miss Mi can consider our cooperation more, and I look forward to Miss Mi's reply."
Chen Xi stopped as soon as she clicked. Her eyesight was very sharp. After saying this, she turned around and left without hesitation.
Looking at Chen Xiyao's back as he walked away neatly, Mi Xiayao's expression became obviously serious.
She stood there for a moment and prepared to leave the corridor with slow steps.
Unexpectedly, he turned around and took a step forward, only to be forced to stop where he was.
Not far away stood a slender figure with one hand behind his back, his delicate and handsome eyebrows blocking her way with warmth and anger.
She was surprised for a moment, but quickly calmed down.
"Long time no see, Mr. Pei." She smiled gently, but her words were quite distant, as if nothing had happened between the two of them.
Pei Xingyuan stood there gloomily.
As soon as Zhou Ze and Chen Xi left, he stood under the corridor and looked at her.
During this period, Pei Xingyuan deliberately did not listen to Mi Xiayao's affairs, nor did he go to see Mi Xiayao.
It seemed like he was punishing her, but in fact only Pei Xingyuan himself knew as clearly as a mirror.
Where is her punishment?
This is clearly torturing himself. The first thing he thinks about when he opens his eyes every day is thinking about what she will do today, and then the next second, reason covers his emotions, forcing himself not to think about her.
He threw himself into Dali Temple and tried to persuade himself to immerse himself in the Dali Temple case every day.
Even so, he finally wrote a letter late at night and handed it to Princess Yongning, implicitly asking Princess Yongning to help her suppress the matter by saying a few words in the palace.
"I haven't seen you in the past few days, but you are living a smooth life." He tugged at his thin lips.
It was clear that his words contained harsh sarcasm, but his eyes were looking at her deeply.
When Mi Xiayao heard this, she subconsciously raised her hand and touched her face.
Song Qiao has been trying her best to make medicinal meals for her recently, hoping that these medicinal meals will be effective and make her ankle injury heal faster.
But the final consequence of this is that Mi Xiayao does look plumper than before.
Her appearance fell into Pei Xingyuan's eyes, completely stimulating his long-suppressed thoughts.
He had been in love for so many days, and this woman lived a more comfortable life in Bieyuan than anyone else. She could even attract the attention of his subordinates by standing still.
The two just looked at each other dozens of steps apart.
"Master Pei is also lost and can't find the way to the other side, right?" Mi Xiayao pretended not to hear his sarcastic words.
He pointed to the other side of the pond seriously and asked seriously.
Pei Xingyuan irritably pressed the tip of his tongue against his mouth, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and said coldly: "I'm not lost."
"If you get lost, look here, just..." Swim over and you'll be there.
She thought that Pei Xingyuan would also use the same old excuses as Zhou Ze, so she subconsciously wanted to sarcastically say something back, but later she realized that something was wrong.
He saw this woman looking at him with a rare expression of confusion.
Pei Xingyuan took a few steps forward. This inexplicable sense of oppression made Mi Xiayao narrow her beautiful eyes.
Just when she was ready to wait for the other party to say a word, she would say ten words.
The other party stood in front of her, looked at her solemnly, and said in a low voice: "I regret it."
"ha?"
This meaningless sentence really confused her.
"I regret not caring about you these days..."
"Stop it."
Mi Xiayao felt something was wrong as soon as she heard this. She raised her hand and put it on Pei Xingyuan's chest.
This was the first time the two of them were so close since that day.
Pei Xingyuan's heart was in turmoil, but Mi Xiayao was quite calm and composed.
Their eyes touched together, Pei Xingyuan's deep eyes flickered slightly, and he hesitated to speak and then spoke.
Mi Xiayao raised her eyebrows, not showing that she was wronged at all. Instead, she poked the other person's chest.
Her fingertips poked the other person's strong muscles, and she felt briefly distraught.
But he soon regained his composure.
With her clear eyes filled with magnanimity and indifference, she said softly: "Master Pei, we are all adults.
"Since there was that misunderstanding before, let's just deal with it this time just like the first time. Once it happens, it will become familiar again. Don't you know how to deal with it?"
After saying that, Mi Xiayao patted Pei Xingyuan on the shoulder in a very senior manner.
Just as she was about to withdraw her hand and pass him by, she walked over.
Pei Xingyuan quickly grabbed her arms and pulled her back to face him. He held her waist with both hands to ensure that she would not stumble and lose her balance.
"The regret I'm talking about is the regret I felt from the first time I discussed how to deal with this matter with you."
A man's deep voice came from above his head, as well as his vaguely perceptible sigh.
"I want to deal with the relationship between the two of us head on. Mi Xiayao, you can clearly tell that I have fallen for you a long time ago."
Mi Xiayao lowered her eyes and trembled when she heard these words.