He lured her deep into his trap, using both overt and covert methods to seduce her.

Pei Jinnian saw Qin Zheng's message after she came out of the conference room.

The last time we chatted was two years ago, on the day they got into a fight.

Why are they fighting?

It's been a long time, and I don't remember it very clearly, but I do know that Qin Zheng went abroad after that.

Pei Jinnian sat in the boss's chair, thinking back to when he and Qin Zheng were still in school.

Their two families were neighbors, his mother and Qin Zheng's mother were best friends, and he and Qin Zheng were childhood friends.

The two had always had a good relationship, but because of Song Zhi, a rift appeared between them.

A very melodramatic love triangle.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open from the outside.

"elder brother."

Pei Xian entered the room with a fawning smile on his face.

Pei Jinnian withdrew her gaze, raised her eyes, and glanced at him indifferently: "What is it?"

Pei Xian grinned mischievously, "You called me this morning?"

Pei Jinnian nodded.

Pei Xian leaned closer, "Is it because of Sister Song Zhi? Don't thank me, it's what a younger brother should do."

Pei Jinnian frowned: "What Song Zhi? What does she have to do with you?"

Pei Xian was stunned.

'How can it be nothing, bro? Don't be so heartless.'

Pei Jinnian said impatiently, "What nonsense are you talking about? Explain yourself."

“Last night, you got drunk, and I asked Sister Song Zhi to take care of you. Now you’re turning your back on me…”

Before he could finish speaking, Pei Jinnian quickly interrupted, "What did you say?"

Pei Xian rolled her eyes at him: "You're so ungrateful."

"The sentence above."

Pei Xian thought for a moment and repeated what he had just said.

Seeing Pei Jinnian's surprised expression, Pei Xian tentatively asked, "Brother, you haven't forgotten, have you?"

"Really her?"

Pei Xian nodded: "Yes, the call logs are still there."

As she spoke, she took out her phone, opened the call log with Song Zhi from the previous night, and handed it to Pei Jinnian.

Pei Jinnian checked the call time: nine o'clock.

It turns out last night wasn't a dream; it really was Song Zhi.

Sure enough, they still care about themselves.

Pei Jinnian's lips curled into a smug smile.

Seeing him in a daze, Pei Xian waved his hand in front of him.

"Brother, snap out of it."

Pei Jinnian withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "Well done."

Pei Xian was stunned, somewhat disbelieving that his cousin, who had always suppressed him, was actually praising him.

"Brother, you haven't been possessed, have you?"

Pei Jinnian looked disgusted: "You good-for-nothing, don't call me brother when you go out."

Upon seeing this, Pei Xian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

That tone of voice, that look in his eyes, that's just like his cousin.

Pei Jinnian asked, "Why are you here to see me at this hour, during lunch break?"

Pei Xian then remembered why he had come here. He chuckled and said, "Brother, please help your little brother out, I'm begging you."

Pei Jinnian looked at his miserable expression and said with disdain, "What's wrong? Did your parents cut off your allowance?"

"No."

"what is that?"

Pei Xian stammered, "Lend me some money."

Pei Jinnian leaned back in his chair, glancing at him sideways: "How much?"

"Not much, two million."

Pei Jinnian frowned slightly: "What do you need so much money for? Did you go gambling?"

"How could that be? I don't gamble."

Pei Jinnian didn't say anything, just stared straight at him.

Pei Xian immediately cowered. He knew that he had absolutely no secrets from his cousin.

Pei Xian stammered, "Isn't the Fu family holding an auction tomorrow? I happen to have a girlfriend, and I'm planning to bid on some jewelry as a gift for her."

"Girlfriend? If I remember correctly, you're not taking the college entrance exam until next year, right? Early dating?"

Pei Xian waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I'm not in a relationship yet. I plan to confess after the exams."

Pei Jinnian clicked his tongue twice and said sarcastically, "You're really generous."

Pei Xian didn't catch the implication in his words and chuckled, "I like her, so of course I have to treat her well. What if I don't treat her well and she runs off with someone else?"

Pei Jinnian looked at him with disdain: "Look at your pathetic self."

Pei Xian chuckled and said, "Brother, please."

"Alright, I'll have the finance department transfer the money to your personal account later."

Pei Xian immediately beamed: "Thank you, brother. I'm going back to school now. Remember to transfer it to me tomorrow, don't forget."

"get out."

Having achieved his goal, Pei Xian left happily.

Pei Jinnian leaned back in his chair, thinking about what Pei Xian had said.

Song Zhi really does care about me.

Well, she's already humbled herself and shown her goodwill. As long as she behaves well in the future, he doesn't care why she's with him.

Anyway, we're not short of money. She likes money, so let's just give it to her.

After figuring things out, Pei Jinnian felt much better.

His gaze fell on the phone on the table, and he picked it up and found Han Yue's number in his contacts.

As soon as the call connected, Pei Jinnian got straight to the point: "Han Yue, how did you coax your girlfriend before?"

Han Yue instantly exploded: "When the hell did I get a girlfriend?"

Pei Jinnian paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Oh, I forgot, you're single."

Han Yue: "..."

"Hey Lao Pei, are you deliberately trying to annoy me?"

Han Yue's annoyed voice came from the other end of the phone.

Pei Jinnian reached into the cigarette pack, pulled out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and slowly said, "Who's bothering you? I was just asking."

"You have so many girlfriends, how could you not know? What? Did you have a fight with your youngest girlfriend and want to make up with her?"

Pei Jinnian awkwardly replied, "No."

Han Yue paused for a moment: "So who are you trying to appease? Damn, you didn't find someone else, did you?"

"I didn't look for it."

Han Yue asked, somewhat puzzled, "Then who are you trying to fool?"

Pei Jinnian said irritably, "Who else could it be? Song Zhi, of course."

There was no response from Han Yue.

Pei Jinnian continued, "Say something, how should I coax you?"

Han Yue took a while to come to his senses, then said dismissively, "Oh, Song Zhi? She's shameless enough to need you to coax her? Why don't you just buy her a gift yourself?"

"buy what?"

"Buy whatever you bought before, now?"

Han Yue's tone was somewhat impatient.

Pei Jinnian paused.

It seems he has never bought anything for Song Zhi.

Stingy, disgusting man.

Zhou Yan's words involuntarily came to mind.

Depend on.

He's not stingy at all, okay?

Seeing that Pei Jinnian didn't speak, Han Yue tentatively asked, "You haven't bought it before, have you?"

Pei Jinnian said irritably, "What are you going to buy? I don't even know what she likes!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I say, Young Master Pei, it's no wonder he's sober."

Pei Jinnian's face darkened: "What the hell do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Putting everything else aside, let's talk about Meng Huan. You've bought plenty of luxury goods, haven't you? I didn't expect you to be so stingy with Song Zhi, and you even keep saying that she's after your money? Fine, if you're so stingy, let's not contact each other anymore."

'Since you can't speak, just donate it.'

Pei Jinnian spoke in an annoyed tone.

Han Yue chuckled and said, "I was just joking. Don't worry, Song Zhi loves you so much that even if you don't coax her, she'll be all over you in no time. Just wait and see."

Upon hearing this, Pei Jinnian said with a smug look, "That's right, she can't live without me, otherwise she wouldn't have secretly come to take care of me last night."