CEO's Ugly Flash-Marriage Wife Hides So Many Identities
Chapter 269: Voluntarily Confessing

Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Voluntarily Confessing

Unpredictable move!

Pei Liyan was taken aback, a frenzy swept through his eyes in an instant, and his Adam’s apple bobbed a few times as he enveloped Qiao Rui’s lips with his own.

Pei Liyan had thought Qiao Rui wouldn’t initiate anything inappropriate, but he had miscalculated.

She actually kissed him voluntarily. However, thinking that Qiao Rui’s purpose was to cover up and please him, he immediately felt a bit annoyed.

He also stopped his movements, no longer turning passivity into initiative, letting Qiao Rui continue.

Feeling the man suddenly stop, Qiao Rui felt slightly embarrassed. Coming back to her senses, she stopped and looked at Pei Liyan.

He looked down, gazing at her, and asked quietly, "What are you trying to cover up with this kiss?"

Qiao Rui paused, then complained, "You’re really killing the mood like this."

Pei Liyan gripped her waist tightly, pulling her into his embrace, "If this is what counts as ’mood,’ I’m not too fond of it."

Qiao Rui instantly lost interest, wanting to leave his embrace, but the man held her tight. "Don’t move, if you move again, the ’mood’ I give you will be different."

Qiao Rui paused, discerning the implied meaning in Pei Liyan’s words. Her eyes inadvertently swept across Pei Liyan’s belt.

Pei Liyan’s brow tightened, his heart skipping a beat under her gaze, his eyes deepening, "Looking to ignite something?"

Qiao Rui’s face heated up, she withdrew her gaze, her cheeks turning red, and she avoided his look, saying, "Not at all."

Seeing her blush, Pei Liyan found her cuter than before and said, "If you really want to see, I can be generous and let you."

Qiao Rui was taken aback, at a loss for words, the redness on her face spreading.

Pei Liyan continued, "But before that, let’s first talk about how the video on He Lan’s phone disappeared?"

Qiao Rui was rendered speechless. He couldn’t suspect her as well, could he?

Pei Liyan raised an eyebrow, his gaze heavy as he looked at her.

"It wasn’t me who deleted it!" Qiao Rui said, "I didn’t even touch her phone!"

"I thought it was your doing," Pei Liyan responded coolly.

"How could it be," Qiao Rui firmly denied. "I don’t have that kind of capability."

"You do," Pei Liyan said sternly, his tone very certain.

Qiao Rui was bewildered, her mind buzzing.

She blinked at Pei Liyan, a complex emotion in her eyes.

Why was he so certain?

"Are you overly confident in my abilities?"

"A person who can evade the tight surveillance of Ludao is indeed extraordinary, right?" Pei Liyan smiled and countered.

A glint flashed in Qiao Rui’s eyes, she really shouldn’t have let him find out she had climbed a tall building.

But yesterday, when he tricked her on the road, Huang Ying said he had gone to the hospital yet had also evaded Huang Ying’s monitoring to return.

Just in time to see her come back.

It seems he was also quite extraordinary.

"No, I’m not as formidable as you think," Qiao Rui muttered. "I just have some self-defense skills, like picking locks, that’s all."

"Ha!" Pei Liyan chuckled softly, clearly disbelieving.

Qiao Rui looked at him helplessly, her eyes expressing resignation. "Don’t sneer like that, you look handsome, but sneering doesn’t suit you!"

"Tell me to stay handsome for you every day," Pei Liyan said again.

Qiao Rui: "....."

"Otherwise, let Fang Mo continue the investigation, I don’t believe it won’t be found out."

After hesitating, Qiao Rui thought about how to respond.

She felt that some things couldn’t always be hidden, especially from a man as keen and sharp as him, his insight too strong.

She slowly asked, "Do you really have to think it was me?"

Pei Liyan nodded firmly, "Yes, besides you, no one else, whether it’s motive or capability, I have no doubt about you."

Qiao Rui was at a loss for words and could only say, "Okay, the video was distributed by someone I instructed, and my friend discovered it."

Pei Liyan was taken aback, her friend was indeed impressive.

"So, the reason you didn’t release the video with sound, was also to save Qiao Xiang’s face?" Pei Liyan countered.

Qiao Rui felt somewhat helpless and looked at him, saying, "Dealing with smart people really is frustrating, can’t you avoid noticing everything?"

Indeed, there was a recording, only it had been altered when sent.

It seemed that Qiao Rui still had some sense of proportion; she knew that once she exposed Qiao Xiang, a lot of trouble would follow.

The Qiao Family would probably be the first to object.

He was slightly surprised too, but his expression did not change. "Give me a copy of the video with the sound."

"Do you want to confirm if she collaborated with someone?"

"Yes!" Pei Liyan nodded.

Qiao Rui took her phone, opened a video, and played it.

Qiao Xiang and Xu Nuosheng were talking.

"Ask her for ten million, you just need to lure her here, I can give you an additional twenty million! A total of thirty million, ten million for each of you three, enough to provide for your second half of life...."

"Isn’t she your sister?" Xu Nuosheng seemed skeptical, specifically asking.

Qiao Xiang snorted lightly: "That country bumpkin, it’s unclear if she’s even my uncle’s child, so how could I be nice to her? Especially since she stole my lover, my future, and now she wants to take over my Qiao family, I can’t agree."

"Alright, Xiangxiang, then I’ll make the call right away!"

Qiao Xiang urged, "Quickly, make it convincing. Everyone around is sharp, don’t slip up."

"Don’t worry, we’ll be careful."

The video was simple, but hearing this conversation was enough to make Pei Liyan’s gaze sharpen.

He looked at Qiao Rui again and said, "Since you have the evidence, why not bring it forward?"

Qiao Rui said, "Bringing it out, she would really be ruined, and your secretary, I ought to save some face for you, right?"

Pei Liyan smiled lightly, "In that case, I should thank you!"

Qiao Rui said, "Don’t mention it, Mr. Pei, we are husband and wife after all. If you’re uncomfortable, so am I, right?"

Was she really using herself as an excuse, thinking he didn’t know her little scheme?

"Then I ought to thank you even more." The grip of Pei Liyan’s hand tightened a bit.

Qiao Rui chuckled lightly: "Not at all, my Mr. Pei."

The man’s expression deepened and in a hoarse voice, he said, "Give me that video!"

"I can give it to you, but can you promise not to pursue the person who sent the video?" Qiao Rui seized the opportunity to stipulate a condition.

Pei Liyan looked at her with inscrutable depth. "Telling me proactively so I won’t investigate?"

"What’s the point in digging deeper?" Qiao Rui blinked her bright eyes at him.

Seductress!

These two words flashed through Pei Liyan’s mind.

His eyes deepened, and although he couldn’t help wanting her, he didn’t forget his purpose.

He was certain that without the entanglement earlier that day, he would likely have been seduced by her by now.

Fortunately, he wasn’t that desperate yet, so he could still think.

"I don’t need to ask!" he said.

Qiao Rui’s eyes lit up immediately: "Are there any conditions?"

"Of course!" Pei Liyan mysteriously smiled and whispered a phrase in her ear.

Qiao Rui’s face turned red.

"You can refuse!" he said.

Qiao Rui was speechless. "You’re too wicked!"

Pei Liyan remained indifferent. "If the police are alerted, aren’t you afraid they’ll trace it to your friend?"

Qiao Rui said, "If you don’t investigate, they won’t be able to trace it."

"Thank you for thinking so highly of me," Pei Liyan said.

"Of course, Mr. Pei, if you weren’t formidable, how could you make me inform you willingly?"

"Lass, flattery won’t work on me," Pei Liyan warned. "I’m going to the police station now, and when I return, you better fulfill your condition!"