I'm crazy, don't mess with me. I just love to pretend to be crazy, remember that.

"I'll let you off this time!"

Si Qian spared Pei Yi, who was trembling under the dining table.

Pei Tianming and Ye Tinglan were taken back to their room by several family doctors for examination.

In the blink of an eye, only she and Pei Li remained in the huge restaurant.

Si Qian sat in her seat, looked at the Manchu Han Imperial Feast on the table, picked up her chopsticks and started eating as if no one else was there.

Seeing her calmly eating, Pei Li hesitated for a long time before finally asking a question.

Why didn't you hit him?

"What's wrong? Are you jealous because I didn't hit him?"

Si Qian swallowed the food in her mouth and looked at Pei Li with some curiosity, asking him a question.

"Kind of."

Pei Li, whose little scheme had been exposed, paused for a moment, then awkwardly turned his head away.

"You used to hit everyone except me, why didn't you hit him today?"

It feels like something that belongs to me has been taken away by someone else.

Is it something to be proud of or brag about that I don't hit you?

"Is not it?"

These words made Si Qian start to reflect on whether she had treated him too badly before, to the point that he felt that not hitting him was a huge favor to him.

Si Qian sighed: "I didn't hit him because my hand hurt a little from slapping him."

As soon as he finished explaining, Pei Li, who had been looking dejected, immediately perked up, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up in a slight smile.

"I have medicine!"

"What a coincidence, I happen to be sick!"

After dinner, Pei Li took Si Qian upstairs to apply the medicine.

As they passed Pei Tianming's bedroom, Si Qian craned her neck to look inside, and Pei Li simply led her inside.

As soon as Si Qian stepped into Pei Tianming's bedroom, her vision darkened considerably.

The bedroom is predominantly dark and oppressive. The large black and gold bed is shaped like a tiger's tongue, with the three-dimensional ebony tiger head almost blending into the ceiling. Lying on the bed feels like lying in the mouth of a tiger with its jaws wide open.

The two upper teeth in the tiger's mouth are shaped like light bulbs, while the two lower teeth are shaped like bedposts, creating a visually striking effect.

Si Qian swallowed hard. No wonder even domineering CEOs suffer from insomnia; who could possibly sleep in this situation?

If I get up at night to go to the bathroom in the dark and accidentally bump my two teeth at the foot of the bed, I could probably die.

"What are you looking at?"

"No wonder all you domineering CEOs like cozy little houses, they were raised to be scared."

She would call it the tetanus bed.

"..."

The family doctor went in and out, examining Pei Tianming with various instruments.

"hiss--"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Seeing the doctor frown, Pei Tianming thought there was something seriously wrong with his health and immediately became nervous.

"Mr. Pei, the initial examination shows no problems with your health. Also, do you feel any relief in your neck compared to before?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Tianming touched the back of his neck: "It really is!"

"That's right."

After carefully putting away his equipment, the doctor replied, "You had a traditional Chinese medicine bone-setting procedure done?"

No, not at all—

Before he could finish speaking, Si Qian appeared out from behind Pei Li with a smile.

"Yes, I straightened Chairman Pei's bones today."

The moment Pei Tianming saw Si Qian, an uncontrollable surge of anger welled up inside him.

"Give me the money... Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Kaka-

Si Qian rushed over and grabbed his neck twice.

The voice sounded treetree-like.

"Chairman Pei, I didn't mean to hit you today. I just wanted to straighten your bones."

"I noticed you had trouble sleeping this morning. After the bone setting and relaxation, I guarantee you'll get a good night's sleep tonight."

Si Qianxiao's smile was so flawless that Pei Tianming had a moment of self-doubt.

He touched his neck and it did feel much better than before.

"real?"

"Wrapped!"

After speaking, Si Qian took out the gift she had prepared for Pei Tianming from behind her back.

"This is?"

"You'll know just by looking at it."

Pei Tianming took the gift from Si Qian and examined it.

"wallet?"

"Please take another look."

Pei Tianming opened the wallet and saw that each side of the genuine leather folding wallet was printed with his own photo.

"This wallet is so big, yet so thin!"

"It can also be folded like this, folded like this, folded like this, and looked like this..."

"Triple fold, that's brilliant!"

Holding the wallet with his photo on it, Pei Tianming began to question the meaning of life.

Pei Li, however, was very supportive: "Three folds, no matter how you fold it, it'll look impressive!"

The doctor left while trying not to laugh.

The old butler, who was about to enter, heard this and silently retreated, finding a secluded corner where he almost burst out laughing.

……

After returning to the room, Pei Li took out the ointment from the bedside drawer and applied it to Si Qian.

When will you learn chiropractic?

"Hey! I taught myself!"

She did indeed hit Pei Tianming, but she held back a little.

This is called giving someone a slap first and then a sweet treat.

"By the way, why didn't you fight back when they were talking to you?"

"They will be beaten and locked up in the ancestral hall."

Pei Li sat next to Si Qian, bowed his head, applied the ointment to her wrist, and gently rubbed it, speaking in a flat tone as if answering a question about tomorrow's weather.

Si Qian fell silent, then tentatively asked, "Did they... often beat you up before?"

"Ah."

She suddenly remembered the description of the villain in the book—

As a child, he was like a despised beast, wary and suspicious of everyone. He struggled to survive amidst the intrigue and backstabbing within his family. Various conspiracies and assassinations caused him to close off his heart and become extremely paranoid.

Just as Pei Li bent down to massage her wrist, he suddenly felt a shadow fall over his head.

Before he could react, Si Qianda gave him a warm hug.

Thinking of how she had suffered the same fate as him in her previous life, she comforted Pei Li.

"It's okay, my parents used to hit me too."

"But I'm lucky, I didn't get aborted, hehe."

Pei Li: "??"

No, he was just getting into the mood.

"It's getting late, let's go to sleep."

After saying that, Si Qian yawned, let go of Pei Li's hand, and got up to go back to the guest room next door.

Pei Li's mind raced as he was about to be dumped the moment he started to develop feelings for someone—

"Wait a moment!"

"What's wrong?"

"I'm afraid of the dark. Can I sleep in your room? I'm fine with sleeping on the floor."

After searching for a long time, I finally came up with a lame excuse.

Even a dog would shake its head if it heard that.

Are you afraid of the dark?

"Afraid!"

"Wait!"

five minutes later--

The sound of roosters crowing came from outside.

The old butler, who had just lay down on the bed and closed his eyes, felt his eyelids light up and opened them to look out the window, which was as bright as day.

He was so frightened that he jumped up in a flash—

"It's dawn?!"

Pei Tianming, who was still awake, was pulled up by the butler.

"Sir, it's time to go to work!"

Pei Tianming, who was almost asleep, glanced at the time—

Half past one in the morning.

Are you sick?

He stared at the butler, his fists hardening.