CEO's Ugly Flash-Marriage Wife Hides So Many Identities
Chapter 146 You Know Best if I am a Man

Chapter 146: Chapter 146 You Know Best if I am a Man

Pei Liyan raised an eyebrow, his thin lips slightly parted, "Miss Rui, talking to you can really make one’s heart race."

Qiao Rui raised her eyebrow as well, mimicking his movement and tone, "Mr. Pei, has anyone ever told you that talking to you can easily lead one to fall into a pit, you set too many traps."

Pei Liyan’s eyes fixed on her, he spoke deeply, "Miss Rui always avoids answering questions directly."

"Mr. Pei, your questions always have ulterior motives, I’m not obliged to answer them," Qiao Rui’s tone also cooled, but her demeanor remained composed.

Suddenly, Pei Liyan walked over, stood in front of her, towering over her.

Qiao Rui was startled. "This is the Song Family’s place."

Pei Liyan suddenly laughed as if mocking her overthinking.

Qiao Rui blinked, her face flushed as she realized she was tricked.

The man was doing it on purpose.

He was watching her reactions.

Pei Liyan gave a slight smile, very close to her, his breath spraying on her face, making her cheeks turn slightly red.

"What are you thinking?" he asked hoarsely.

Qiao Rui clenched her teeth, momentarily lost for words, indeed a bit angry, she suddenly laughed, "Hah! Thinking about you!"

Pei Liyan looked at her with a half-smile, his voice flat, "Thinking about me how?"

Thinking about you my ass.

In between gritted teeth, Qiao Rui forced a smile as she looked at the man, word by word, "Thinking about your wife, she’s really unlucky to be with you."

Pei Liyan’s pupils suddenly tightened, a sharp gleam shooting from his eyes.

He suddenly sneered, "What a coincidence, I was also thinking your husband must be very unlucky to have married you."

Qiao Rui burst out laughing, as if hearing the funniest joke.

She said, "That’s indeed quite a coincidence, your wife and my husband are both unlucky to have met such jerks as us. How come they’re so unlucky?"

She insulted him harshly, and herself even more severely.

The dual insult made his eyebrows instantly knit together.

Maybe it was this kind of mix that made Pei Liyan think it was too harsh.

Indeed, she was quite a character.

His sharp gaze fell on Qiao Rui’s face, after a long moment, he spoke again, "You seem to always feel sorry for my wife."

Damn!

Qiao Rui felt a sudden thump in her heart, growing a bit tense.

He couldn’t suspect that she was his wife.

Immediately, Qiao Rui stepped forward, closing the distance between them, and grabbed his suit collar.

Her move was provocative and bold, causing Pei Liyan to narrow his eyes dangerously.

Qiao Rui smiled and said, "Yes, the woman who married you, she must suffer a lot, spending her days in loneliness, right?"

Pei Liyan also smiled, noncommittally.

Qiao Rui continued, "I heard that your wife isn’t very attractive and isn’t welcomed in your family. Mr. Pei, are you even a man? You can’t even protect your wife."

"Whether I am a man or not, others may not know, but don’t you know, Miss Rui?" Pei Liyan smiled like a fox, mysteriously, sending chills down one’s spine unwittingly.

Qiao Rui’s face heated up slightly, saying, "Indeed, Mr. Pei’s features are obvious, capable and fierce in battle, truly impressive."

Any man would probably be provoked by such praise.

Naturally, Pei Liyan was no exception, satisfying the vanity inherent in being a man.

"To receive such praise from Miss Rui, it seems you also felt pretty good about that night," Pei Liyan said in a hoarse voice.

Qiao Rui huffed lightly, "Unfortunately, despite the beauty, we both ended up as adulterers, how awkward. If this was ancient times, I would have been drowned in a pig cage, and you would have been castrated into a eunuch."

Hearing this, Pei Liyan’s eyes tightened, and suddenly the image of Chen Haimin popped into his mind.

That blood-soaked appearance was truly horrifying.

It was indeed like that of a real eunuch.

Pei Liyan half-squinted his eyes as he gazed at Qiao Rui, who was also looking at him, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears, creating an enchantingly wavering effect.

"Eunuch?" Pei Liyan repeated the word, savoring it with great interest.

Of course, it was loaded with implication.

Qiao Rui naturally caught on.

But what of it?

Any man who had seen Chen Haimin would likely be traumatized.

After all, that was a lifetime of happiness lost.

Qiao Rui blinked. "Yes, Mr. Pei, you said we’re both not good people, how curious is that?"

After speaking, her little hands tugged at his suit lapel, straightening it.

Pei Liyan grasped one of her hands.

Qiao Rui did not pull away.

She raised her gaze to him. "Mr. Pei, you wouldn’t still want to be that kind of scoundrel, would you?"

Pei Liyan’s eyes tightened due to her teasing, but he still said, "We’re at the Song Family residence. If you want to be a bad girl, I might join you, but we’d need to change the location."

Shameless.

Qiao Rui cursed silently.

Yet Pei Liyan said, "What? Not happy?"

Qiao Rui smiled softly. "Why would I be? Change the location, where to?"

"Miss Rui, you always like to provoke me, then later call me a bastard and a scoundrel, and even insult yourself just to insult me. What are you aiming for?" Pei Liyan spoke again.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Rui burst into laughter. "I have no agenda, it’s you who have one, isn’t it, Mr. Pei?"

Pei Liyan also laughed, chatting casually with her as he continued to hold one of her hands, while her hands clutched his suit lapel. The two stood at the doorway, like flirting lovers.

Of course, more like a couple.

"My intention is simple." Pei Liyan suddenly changed his tone, "Tell me, how did you manage to rescue Song Muyu?"

Qiao Rui’s heart skipped a beat. This man had directly asked.

After beating around the bush for so long, his real purpose was revealed.

He was quite patient, indeed.

Qiao Rui knew that his purpose tonight was to investigate her.

She shrugged and said, "Sorry, Mr. Pei, some things are best left understood. Dwelling on the details wouldn’t be wise—it’d hurt the harmony, don’t you agree?"

"Hmm, if you put it that way, I’ll give you some face." Pei Liyan’s hand caressed the back of her hand before he continued, "You don’t want me to investigate, I’ll immediately have my men stand down and drop this matter."

Qiao Rui was stunned. Could he really be so reasonable?

She was skeptical.

Seeing her looking at him as if she couldn’t believe it.

Qiao Rui chuckled. "Mr. Pei, why are you being so agreeable? You know, when you’re this reasonable, it sends chills down my spine!"

"Feeling guilty?" the man retorted.

"Not really guilty, since I haven’t done anything wrong. It’s just that working with you feels like dealing with a tiger. You understand that feeling, right?"

Pei Liyan grinned slyly: "I actually enjoy working with you."

Qiao Rui blushed, recalling the night in Xinyang.

She was hinting again, this man was doing it on purpose.

She shrugged. "Too bad, I don’t want to be a bad woman anymore."