Abstinence Pei, don't be too sweet when chasing your wife

For several days in a row, the popularity of the "Engagement" drama directed and acted by Long Weiwei remained high.

Reports on the internet were endless: Long Weiwei and Pei Luonan were about to get married, the Pei family acquiesced to Long Weiwei's identity...

Long Weiwei's name was already implicitly labeled as "Pei family's future daughter-in-law."

However, Pei Luonan, the person at the center of all this, was unusually quiet. He neither denied nor responded.

In Long Weiwei's view, this silence was a tacit agreement, something she had to accept due to family pressure.

Little did they know that behind this silence was Pei Luonan's decision after watching coldly - since she was so devoted to the performance, he might as well set up the stage and write a script to accompany her in a bigger performance.

On the plane back to Huacheng, Pei Luonan asked his assistant Kong Haoyu to announce that the Pei family would hold a dinner party in three days.

An hour later, the words "The Pei family will hold a family dinner in three days, inviting celebrities from all walks of life to attend and announce great news" were announced. Like a kerosene-soaked fuse, it ignited public opinion throughout Huacheng.

"Boss, this...isn't this too risky?"

Kong Haoyu looked at the red bloodshot in Pei Luonan's eyes, his voice hesitant.

"What if Long Weiwei takes this seriously and can't handle it?"

"Since she's gone to great lengths to get on stage, I'll build her the most magnificent stage. I'll write the script, I'll prepare the costumes, and I'll just wait for her, the lead actress, to nail herself to the pillar of shame."

Kong Haoyu took a deep breath. "You mean... you want Long Weiwei to appear as your 'future fiancée'?"

"Isn't this what she wants?" Pei Luonan put down his pen and tapped his knuckles lightly on the table, the rhythm so steady that it was frightening.

Kong Haoyu looked at the determination in his eyes and suddenly understood.

This dinner party was not a stage to announce the good news, but a trial venue that Pei Luonan carefully prepared for Long Weiwei.

He wanted to make her fall from the clouds and shatter into pieces at the moment when she was most proud and the center of everyone's attention.

After seeing the report, Long Weiwei was very excited. Not only did she take the initiative to "leak the news" to the media she was familiar with, she even made a special appointment to meet the editor-in-chief of "The Star" in the revolving restaurant on the top floor.

Outside the French window was a bustling cityscape, but she was only focused on playing with the diamond ring on her finger - she had bought it herself, but she deliberately let the reporter take a picture of it, making him suspect that it was a gift from Pei Luonan...

The editor-in-chief immediately understood what he meant, and the next day's newspaper devoted a full page to the report: "Exclusive Revelation: The Pei family dinner will clear Long Weiwei's name, and the identity of the bride-to-be will be revealed this week."

The article not only included the "diamond ring photo", but also quoted an "anonymous insider" to describe in detail "the surprise that Pei Luonan prepared for the dinner" - including a customized giant bouquet, a champagne tower engraved with the two people's names, and even the background music was "internally decided" to be their "love song".

These details were, of course, all fabricated by Long Weiwei, but the media made them sound so convincing that it seemed as if they had seen them with their own eyes.

To make the scene more realistic, Long Weiwei specially ordered 999 red roses online at a high price. The address was near the Pei family villa. She also specifically instructed the owner: "Send them to the Pei family during the dinner on Saturday and say that Long Weiwei prepared them for Pei Luonan."

She calculated that neighbors would see her, and then someone with an insider tipped off the media: "Long Weiwei ordered a large amount of flowers, presumably in preparation for a dinner engagement ceremony."

Even the flower shop owner was bribed by her.

"Confirmed" to the camera: "That Miss Long said she wanted to give Mr. Pei a surprise he would never forget."

Immediately afterwards, three media outlets friendly with the Long family responded and published a series of "exclusive" articles:

Insider reveals: Pei family dinner process has been finalized, Long Weiwei will be recognized by the elders

Long's Insider News: Long Weiwei has prepared the engagement token and is waiting for the announcement on Saturday

Prediction of Hwaseong socialite circle: Long Weiwei will officially debut as Mrs. Pei

Long Weiwei even asked her special assistant Wang to contact several live broadcast platforms and sign the "exclusive live broadcast rights for the dinner."

"Tell the platform."

She instructed Special Assistant Wang, "The title of the live broadcast should be 'Long Weiwei and Pei Luonan's Engagement Party Live'. I want everyone in Huacheng to see how I entered the Pei family step by step."

When the news reached the Pei family, Pei Luochuan was framing the pomegranate tree sketch that Gu Fanxing had drawn.

He saw a video of Long Weiwei being interviewed. In the video, the woman said shyly to the camera: "Thank you for your concern. I will give you an explanation on Saturday." He was so angry that he almost threw the picture frame to the ground.

"How can she be so shameless?!" Pei Luochuan threw the tablet to Pei's mother. "Nothing has happened yet, and she dares to announce it officially! Does she really think our Pei family is a pushover?"

Mother Pei heard this: "Why are you so anxious? The higher she jumps, the more painful it will be when she falls. As for Luo Nan..."

"Don't worry, Mom."

Pei Luonan's phone call happened to come in, and there was the sound of shuffling papers in the background.

"I just asked Haoyu to send the electronic copy of the invitation letter to all media outlets."

He paused, his voice cold. "She wants to use the media to build momentum, so let her do it. The more aggressive she is, the bigger the slap in the face she'll get when the truth comes out."

He opened the information Kong Haoyu had found, which contained Long Weiwei's media schedule for the past week: an exclusive interview with "Huacheng Fashion News" tomorrow morning, a live interview in the afternoon, and a recording of a variety show the day after tomorrow, all to "warm up for the good news of the dinner."

"He's quite diligent."

Pei Luonan sneered and gave Kong Haoyu an order, "Tell the technical department to prepare and record everything she has done in the past few days. It will be useful on the day of the dinner."

Kong Haoyu replied immediately: "Understood! It has been arranged."

At this time, Long Weiwei was still practicing her speech for the dinner in front of the mirror.

She imagined herself standing under the spotlight, Pei Luonan holding her hand, with applauding guests and flashing cameras behind them. She would say, "Thank you all for witnessing my love with Luonan. In the future, I will assist him as Mrs. Pei..."

She didn't notice at all that her smile in the mirror was distorted by her excessive ambition.

Two days before the dinner, the front page headline of the Huacheng Morning Post directly published an exclusive interview with Long Weiwei, with the title bold and eye-catching: "Long Weiwei: On Saturday, I will stand beside Pei Luonan as his fiancée."

The article described in detail her "love story with Pei Luonan" and attached an "intimate photo" of her and Pei Luonan - upon closer inspection, it was just a misplaced snapshot taken at an event.

When the newspaper was delivered to the Pei family, Grandma Pei was sitting in the yard basking in the sun. She was so angry when she saw the headline that her crutches bent.

Pei Luochuan quickly put the newspaper away and coaxed her with a smile: "Grandma, don't worry. Wait until Saturday and we'll let her know what it means to shoot herself in the foot."

Father Pei took the newspaper and circled the word "fiancée" with his fingertips.

"Great, one more piece of evidence."

As the night deepened, Long Weiwei made her final choice from the closet full of dresses and finally picked the champagne-colored mermaid dress.

She imagined the scene of tomorrow's dinner party, as if she could already hear everyone's blessings and see Gu Fanxing's sad back as she left.

What she didn't know was that Pei Luonan was also making final preparations.

He put the collected evidence - the record of Long Weiwei's forged resume and embezzlement of public funds, screenshots of media reports, even the recording of her privately mocking Gu Fanxing, and the fatal secret - into an encrypted folder and named it "Gift for the Protagonist."

The stage has been erected to the highest point and the spotlights have been adjusted to the correct angle.

Long Weiwei is taking advantage of the media to elevate herself to the pedestal of "Future Mrs. Pei", but she doesn't know that there is already an abyss dug by Pei Luonan under her feet.

As soon as the bell rings for Saturday's dinner, this drama directed and acted by her and deliberately fanned by Pei Luonan will usher in the most ironic and unexpected ending.