When they met again, the boss' eyes turned red, kissed her and said sweet words to her

Although Pei Jingmo had basically no expectations for his fake parents over the years, he was still deeply shocked when he heard the news.

What was even more difficult for him to accept was the third thing Ye Zheng mentioned. The Shen family was seeking a marriage alliance with the Pei family. If he agreed to this marriage at this time, he could take the opportunity to let Pei Muchuan arrange for him to join the Pei Group. In this way, his position in the Pei family would be stable and he would not have to worry about the threat of illegitimate children outside.

His position is stable, and Pei Muchuan will not divorce Ye Qingrou rashly. With this marriage, the Ye family can at least have something to rely on and will not really go bankrupt.

But he has already proposed to Xu Nanyin, how could he get engaged to another woman?

Pei Jingmo declined the marriage proposal and told Ye Zheng, "Give me a month and let me try joining the group."

He wanted to join the Ye family to see if he could turn the tide with his own abilities.

However, Ye's crisis was more serious than he had imagined. Even if he had a talent for business, he was only in his early 20s. Most importantly, he had no actual experience in managing a company before.

He was so busy that entire month that he barely had a good night's sleep.

"I didn't dare answer your call at the time, nor did I want to call you, because I had too many worries. I didn't know how to explain it to you, and I didn't want to make you worry about all these complicated things..."

Xu Nanyin was stunned for a moment, and then she understood the reason behind the sudden loss of contact between him and her during that period.

Thinking about how difficult it must have been for him to face everything alone, she felt a little sad.

A month passed, and the Ye family's problems showed no signs of improvement. Pei Muchuan began to put pressure on him and formally proposed that he and Shen Wei get engaged.

Pei Jingmo still refused.

Pei Muchuan was furious about this. Coincidentally, news of Mr. Ye's critical illness came out again. Pei Jingmo felt that he had lived a smooth life for more than 20 years, and for the first time, he showed his ferocious fangs at him.

For the first time, he felt that his abilities were limited and he couldn't control the situation. He felt extremely frustrated.

At this time, Shen Wei took the initiative to find him.

Shen Wei said that she could pretend to be engaged to him, that is, to make a deal. She claimed that she knew about Xu Nanyin's existence and would help him hide it and would not destroy him and Xu Nanyin.

This circle marriage is about resource integration.

After two people publicly announce their engagement, it is a normal business for them to take advantage of each other's resources and identities.

Moreover, Shen Wei hid it very well at the time and agreed that the engagement could be cancelled after two years.

Two years is enough time for Pei Jingmo to gain a foothold in the Pei Group. By then, he will have bargaining chips in his hands and can negotiate with Pei Muchuan to cancel the engagement.

This seems to be the most appropriate choice at the moment.

After considering it for a few days, Pei Jingmo agreed to the deal.

"After I agreed, I wanted to bring Shen Wei to you to talk things through. I know how kind and understanding you are, and I think you can understand my situation."

It is true that he has a nominal fiancée, and she will suffer some grievances, but this is related to the survival of his grandfather's Ye Group. She is willing to suffer this grievance, and she cannot bear to see his grandfather's family in trouble.

If he and Shen Wei had really talked it out with her at that time, everything that happened later probably wouldn't have happened...

Xu Nanyin guessed it after a moment's thought, "Shen Wei has been making excuses to avoid me time and again, right?"

"Yes."

At that time, Pei Jingmo looked for Shen Wei three times in total. She made excuses to avoid him the first two times. The last time, she agreed to go with him to find Xu Nanyin to explain the day after their engagement.

The reason why Shen Wei agreed for the third time was simply because she had already contacted Ye Zheng anonymously in private and asked Ye Zheng to drive Xu Nanyin away.

"Compared to you, my level of familiarity with Shen Wei is only about 10 times less than that of Lu Ye."

He had no intention of getting to know Shen Wei, but after dealing with her for a few years, he realized how hypocritical this person was.

Pei Jingmo frowned and said, "It's also my fault that I was too anxious at the time and didn't notice her evil intentions."

Xu Nanyin leaned in his arms, and her nose felt sore. It turned out that he had done everything he could back then, but still it went wrong.

How can one not feel a sense of loss and regret?

She said softly, "I don't blame you. You were in such a difficult situation at the time. It's natural for you to want to grab the hope of solving the problem when you see it."

And Shen Wei was indeed calculating. She didn't ask Pei Muchuan to take action, because that might alert Pei Jingmo. Instead, she asked Ye Zheng. To protect the Ye family, Ye Zheng would definitely find a way to maintain this marriage, and Pei Jingmo wouldn't notice it...

That afternoon, Pei Jingmo did indeed ask Lu Ye to go to the bar for a drink. He was extremely irritable and felt suffocated.

He still didn't want to give up. He didn't want Xu Nanyin to hide away for two years in humiliation, and he didn't want to break his promise to marry her next year...

He found the number of President Wang of Mingheng Bank and called him. For the first time in his life, he tried to beg someone, abandoning the pride and dignity he had cultivated since childhood, and humbly asking for money to temporarily alleviate the Ye family's urgent needs. As long as he could overcome the current difficulties, he could postpone his engagement to Shen Wei.

The other party just played dumb and asked, "How could you, the eldest young master of the Pei family, be short of money?"

He also called several other bank presidents and investors, and received similar answers.

Although Pei Jingmo holds the title of the eldest son of the Pei family, he has not joined the consortium and has no real power. There are also rumors that he will be replaced by an illegitimate child outside. These people are not good men and women at all. They only add icing on the cake and never help in times of need.

In a word, the reputation of him, a young master who has not yet made a name for himself in the business circle, is not big enough to make them support the Ye family.

The feeling of powerlessness and anger at that time has spurred him on countless times in the past four years, leading him step by step to where he is today.

Those who rejected him back then can only beg him now.

At that time, everyone in the circle knew that Shen Wei was engaged to him.

That day in the private room, when Lu Ye asked about this matter, Pei Jingmo naturally admitted it.

"Then why did Lu Ye mention me for no reason?" Xu Nanyin couldn't understand.

"Have you forgotten? He's been to our apartment a few times, and every time he saw me cooking for you, it's not like he doesn't know that I don't usually cook. Besides, he's not really stupid, so he might have noticed that there's something strange between you and me."

Pei Jingmo deliberately said Xu Nanyin was a part-time domestic worker, purely because others had a trumpet on their mouths, while Lu Ye had a person on his trumpet, making him a huge sieve that couldn't hide any information...

If Lu Ye knew about Xu Nanyin's existence, it would probably reach Pei Muchuan's ears in a few days.

So that's how it is. Xu Nanyin probably understood that Pei Jingmo was worried that Pei Muchuan would attack her in private.

As for Lu Ye's lofty remarks about "equal status" at that time, Pei Jingmo had no intention of listening at all and just responded casually, so when she mentioned it, he had no impression at all.

I didn't expect that she was just outside the door, just one door away, by some strange coincidence.

"Then why didn't you make our relationship public in your circle before the Shen Wei incident?" Xu Nanyin asked a question that had been lingering in her heart for too long.

This was also a question she had always wanted to ask four years ago, but had never had the courage to ask.