ACBNHTS Chapter 45

Chapter 45: I Can Tell You Why I Had to Break Up

Sheng Yiguang had stopped crying, but his eyes were still red as he refuted Pei Du’s words.

“Your temper isn’t that bad.”

“Only you could say that as a compliment. Have some water, your lips are a bit dry.”

Sheng Yiguang took the glass and took a sip. “You told me last time that you were doing well in the Pei family.”

His words contained dissatisfaction and reproach for Pei Du’s deceptive behavior.

“A few stinky flies can’t stir up any big waves, you don’t have to worry about me.”

He said it lightly, but Sheng Yiguang wasn’t that easily fooled.

If it really couldn’t stir up waves, would they have been able to plant someone at the summit and expose this in public?

The secretary finished the phone call and stepped forward.

“President Pei, Old Man Pei said…”

Before he could finish, Pei Du glanced sideways.

The cold gaze made the secretary wisely shut his mouth.

Sheng Yiguang saw it. “Go handle it.”

“It’s not urgent, I’ll take you away from here first.”

Pei Du took the empty glass from his hand and led him out of the venue.

Once in the car, the secretary handed Pei Du a tablet.

Pei Du took it, swiping through the documents on the screen.

Sheng Yiguang was watching the comments.

[The white moonlight is so scheming! He actually just abducted Pei Du like that! Our kind Wen Heng, who wanted to give us a heads-up, hasn’t even gotten in the car yet!]

[Wen Heng has been by Pei Du’s side all these years, helping him through those painful days. I won’t allow anyone else to reap the rewards!]

[Pei Du has indeed had a very hard time these years. If it weren’t for Wen Heng, I don’t know how he would have survived?]

…

Sheng Yiguang’s gaze fell on the words “painful days.”

He had thought that Wen Heng’s presence was like adding wings to a tiger for Pei Du. Although there were twists and turns, it was still positive and upward, riding the waves in a wealthy family.

But it turned out they were just licking each other’s wounds?

Surviving, and even developing a mental illness?

Is this all the official pairing is capable of?

Useless!

The more Sheng Yiguang thought about it, the more frustrated he became, the more he felt sorry for Pei Du, and the more he blamed himself.

Guilt pressed on Sheng Yiguang’s heart like a heavy stone, making it a little hard to breathe.

The car stopped.

Sheng Yiguang snapped out of his thoughts and looked out the window.

It was a parking lot, but it was a bit unfamiliar.

“Are we here?”

Pei Du put down the tablet and glanced out.

“Yeah, we’re here, let’s get out of the car.”

Sheng Yiguang followed him out of the car. “This doesn’t look like the company?”

“It is the company.” Pei Du took his hand. “But it’s my company, not XSB.”

“…Why did you bring me here?”

Pei Du turned back and smiled at him. “You didn’t say you wanted to go back to your company when you got in the car, and I have a sudden situation to deal with, so…”

“I just brought you along.”

“Besides, the words ‘I’m worried’ are written all over your face. If I didn’t let you come, would you have been happy? Wouldn’t you have made a fuss?”

“Even if you didn’t make a fuss, if you went back obediently, would you be able to concentrate on work, without missing me?”

Sheng Yiguang obediently admitted, “No, I wouldn’t.”

Pei Du was very satisfied. “It’s a good opportunity for you to see that there’s really nothing going on.”

Pei Du took Sheng Yiguang to the office and had him sit on the sofa.

The impact of the summit incident had rapidly expanded in the past forty minutes, and many media outlets had already written articles and posted them on major social media platforms.

Comments: [Those old fogeys in the Pei family are really too ruthless. This operation is practically burning their own jade and stones. Pei’s stock will plummet seven points tomorrow morning.]

[Stocks can be pulled back up after they fall, but if you lose your power, you can’t get it back.]

[Those old fogeys are already demanding an emergency board meeting. Grandpa is holding them off for now, otherwise they would have rushed in and dragged Pei Du from his chair.]

…

The comments didn’t expand on Pei Du’s situation in the past four years.

Sheng Yiguang looked at the comments, his thoughts uncontrollably drifting towards the worst possible scenario, imagining the spirited young man he loved being forced into a room to go crazy, neither human nor ghost.

“bb.”

Sheng Yiguang snapped back to reality and looked at Pei Du.

Pei Du picked up the cup next to him. “I’m out of coffee, can you make me a cup?”

“Okay.”

Sheng Yiguang took Pei Du’s cup and walked into the pantry.

As soon as he went in, the secretary walked to the door and signaled the first and second assistants to come in.

Pei Du’s voice was steady, with no smile on his face and no emotion in his eyes.

“I will go to the hospital for a mental health assessment tomorrow for future clarification. Before that, I want to see that today’s events are known to everyone.”

Since those people wanted to do this, he would give them a hand.

“Tomorrow morning, I want to see Pei’s shares plummet by more than six points. Prepare to acquire the scattered shares.”

“If the headquarters is unstable, the acquired subsidiaries will inevitably experience turmoil. Keep a close eye on them, especially XSB.”

Upon hearing this, the first assistant quietly glanced at the pantry.

It was too obvious who this was for.

Pei Du: “Cancel all my scheduled outings for today and send someone else out.”

Secretary Wang frowned. “Two meetings are scheduled for this afternoon, and we have also received meeting requests from several partners. These are all very important.”

Pei Du: “These are not the most important things right now. I want to stay here today and be with my boyfriend.”

“…”

The secretary was speechless.

Pei Du: “Report good news here later, and send all bad news online.”

“…”

Pei Du: “Also, notify XSB to give Sheng Yiguang more work, so he won’t be too idle later and overthink things.”

Secretary: “…”

So, with such a big incident, there are only two things about the company and yourself.

The rest is all about your partner?

The secretary felt that President Pei’s love brain was shining.

Secretary: “Is there anything else you need to instruct?”

Pei Du thought for a moment, “If he asks you about my real situation, tell him about my situation this year, and keep the rest to yourselves.”

In the end, it was still about Sheng Yiguang.

He saw that Sheng Yiguang was only frightened at the time, and his emotions were quite stable now.

Their President Pei was really making a fuss to care for Sheng Yiguang.

“Yes.”

“Also, buy two cups of milk tea… Forget it, I’ll buy them myself. You don’t know his taste, everyone get out.”

The secretary and assistant immediately left the office.

Pei Du got up and walked into the pantry.

Sheng Yiguang was holding a cup, spacing out in front of the coffee machine.

“Don’t know how to use it?”

Sheng Yiguang came back to his senses. “I do.”

“Let me do it.”

Pei Du took the coffee cup from his hand, and with the other hand, he held his cheek and lowered his head to kiss him on the lips.

“I’ll demonstrate once, watch carefully, and make it for me in the future.”

“Okay.”

Pei Du was skilled, and soon made a cup of coffee.

“Try it.”

Sheng Yiguang came closer and took a sip, frowning.

“Do you usually drink it this bitter?”

Pei Du tasted it. “It is a bit bitter. The milk tea downstairs is pretty good, want to go buy it? We can also buy some things to take back to Tongtong.”

Sheng Yiguang didn’t move. “I want to go back to the company.”

“Why do you suddenly want to go back?”

“I don’t want to watch you work hard alone.”

“?”

“I want to go back and make money.”

Pei Du laughed. “To support me?”

“Yeah, you don’t have to keep me here, letting me watch you act.”

The smile on Pei Du’s face faded.

Sheng Yiguang looked deeply into his eyes.

“I know, you’re keeping me here because you don’t want me to worry, you want to be with me, but I’m fine. I especially want to go back and make money now.”

“Make money to buy you Hermes slippers.”

“Although you have other slippers now, what I want to say is.”

“If you’re with me, I won’t let your quality of life decline. Do you remember the last project? The one you nodded to when you just acquired the company? The product is online, and I got a bonus of 100,000.”

Pei Du’s expression froze slightly, his heart melting into a puddle, and he couldn’t help but smile faintly.

“The way you say it, I don’t even want to work hard anymore.”

Sheng Yiguang replied very seriously, “You can.”

Pei Du’s eyes darkened, and he lifted Sheng Yiguang’s chin.

“Look up, I want to kiss you.”

Sheng Yiguang obediently looked up, embracing Pei Du and sharing a long, forceful, heart-pounding kiss.

Pei Du waited for him to recover for a while and took out his phone.

“I want to finish ticking them off.”

On the mini-program, there were only 21 days left.

“You can, but I hope you can tell me everything about your four years in the Pei family, including the mental illness they mentioned.”

Pei Du was stunned, then smiled helplessly.

Knowing that he couldn’t stop worrying and still wanted to ask, he blocked those people’s mouths first, not letting them speak nonsense. Unexpectedly, he was outmaneuvered by bb, who came directly to ask him.

This made him a little embarrassed.

Sheng Yiguang: “Don’t lie to me, I have ways to verify it.”

Pei Du was a little curious. “How are you going to verify it?”

Sheng Yiguang didn’t answer, holding Pei Du’s hand, taking a deep breath, and opening his mouth as if making a big decision.

“If you’re willing to tell me, I can tell you why I had to break up.”