Extreme Pampering
Chapter 110: You’re Just Mean to Me.

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: You’re Just Mean to Me.

As Shen Zhiyi approached, the man who had been pestering her for photos had already left; Pei Yu walked a few steps towards her, followed closely by Duan Jiaze.

"Did you talk to him?"

She had just seemed to see them conversing.

"Huh?" Pei Yu seemed not to understand who she was referring to, pushed Duan Jiaze in front of him, rubbed his large hand over his head, and then asked, "When does it end?"

"It’ll be a while," Shen Zhiyi watched as Duan Jiaze was tossed about by his play, she rescued the child from his hands, "There will be a photo session at the end."

She thought for a moment, "Since you are here, why don’t you take him first? Take him to eat something."

She didn’t even want to ask why he was here.

Pei Yu looked down at Duan Jiaze, "Are you still hungry?"

"Not anymore," Duan Jiaze hugged Shen Zhiyi, "I’m full."

He had eaten many pieces of cake.

"Then go with uncle," Shen Zhiyi looked up at him, "Xiaoran told me that his mother is coming to take him back to France tomorrow."

So even if Pei Yu hadn’t shown up today, she had planned to send the child back anyway.

"Eh?" Duan Jiaze’s face was puzzled, "My mother is coming to pick me up?"

He didn’t even know.

After exchanging glances with Shen Zhiyi for a while, Pei Yu gave in, "Alright, I’ll take him away."

With people coming for a group photo, there was no time to talk further; Shen Zhiyi bade farewell to Duan Jiaze and let Pei Yu take him away first.

Xiaodong, having finished his tasks, came looking and didn’t see them; he thought the child was lost, "Where is Jiaze?"

Without mentioning Pei Yu, Shen Zhiyi said, "His mother is picking him up tomorrow to take him back to France."

So the child had already been taken back.

"Ah," after spending a few days together, hearing this news made him a bit reluctant to part, Xiaodong sighed, "I almost forgot he’s someone else’s child."

It was past nine o’clock in the evening when the party finally broke up; she changed into a more comfortable dress in the car, just in time to receive a video call from Duan Jiaze.

She thought by now Pei Yu would have taken him to Huating, but as the video connected, Duan Jiaze’s background showed a large slide, his head popping out from a pile of ball pit balls, cheeks flushed and excitedly shouting, "Zhizhi!"

"Hmm," Shen Zhiyi didn’t see Pei Yu in the camera, "Are you out playing?"

"Yeah," Duan Jiaze was obviously having a great time, "Uncle brought me here to play, Zhizhi, are you done? Can you come and play with me?"

Shen Zhiyi asked for the address, which turned out to be nearby, a ten-minute drive away.

The autumn night was chilly; she wore a cardigan over her dress and said to Xiaodong, "Wait for me for a bit."

The goodbye earlier had been too hurried, and thinking that the child would be leaving tomorrow, she rather didn’t want to part, wanting to spend a bit more time with him.

From the video, Shen Zhiyi had thought Duan Jiaze was at an amusement park, but upon arriving, she discovered it was actually an indoor water park.

While walking, they hadn’t encountered any other guests; the high ceiling of the water park gave an impression of vastness.

The sound of water splashing, Duan Jiaze floated on a swimming ring, very happy to see her, "Zhizhi is here!"

He was surrounded by numerous ocean balls, colorful and soft, which made him, already chubby, look clumsily cute especially when he took off his clothes, resembling a doughy white bun.

Shen Zhiyi walked over and was pulled by Duan Jiaze to sit by the poolside. She glanced around and asked, "Where is your uncle?"

Primarily for the children to play, the pool wasn’t very deep. Shen Zhiyi sat on the edge with her legs dangling, unable to touch the water, occasionally getting hit by an ocean ball deliberately thrown by Duan Jiaze.

After she asked, Duan Jiaze chuckled mischievously a few times, deliberately grabbing her attention, "Zhizhi, look at me."

Unsure of what he was plotting, Shen Zhiyi looked up and asked, "What—"

Her dangling legs suddenly felt a touch, and a wet hand grabbed her ankle; startled, she turned back and saw Pei Yu emerge from the water. He stood in the pool, slightly shorter than her seated position, lightly tilting his face up to look at her, his smile warm and calm after seeing her momentarily stunned expression. He leisurely answered her initial question, "Here I am."

To play with Duan Jiaze, he was dressed more casually than usual in a dark short-sleeve shirt; his casually styled wet hair made him look even more striking, the black sheen more pronounced. He brushed his hair back, clearing the surrounding ocean balls a bit as he moved closer, "Did I scare you?"

His clothes, soaked through, clung to him, revealing muscular contours plainly, the thin fabric hinting a tease of both invitation and resistance.

As he moved closer, his features became distinctly clear in Shen Zhiyi’s eyes. She lowered her gaze, shifted her legs, feeling a chill where her ankle was still wet.

She didn’t answer him, instead bending over to pick up an ocean ball and threw it towards Duan Jiaze who was laughing and rolling not too far off, "You purposely scared me, didn’t you?"

Duan Jiaze was too engrossed in his play, ducking to avoid the ball while still laughing, "Zhizhi you got scared haha!"

To dodge the ball thrown towards him, Duan Jiaze, still in his swimming ring, ran off to a distance, quickly admitting his mistake, "I was wrong!"

After running off, he was drawn by a large slide and called Shen Zhiyi to join him for fun.

Shen Zhiyi tried to stand up, but her wrist was grasped tightly by Pei Yu who held her still, encircling her, "Not talking to me?"

She turned her face away, her dress getting wet from the water dripping off his body, she spoke in a minorly reproachful tone, "Stay a bit farther away from me, my dress is getting wet."

Lowering his gaze to look at her, Pei Yu, far from moving away, even stepped closer, "I can’t," his tone languid, "If I stand farther, you’ll ignore me even more."

Feeling helpless, Shen Zhiyi said, "Are you honestly so free that you come here to play with Jiaze?"

It looked like he had never gone back to Huating, and had been here having fun the entire time.

"I’m not here for him," her wrists were slender in his palm, easy to encircle. Pei Yu lifted his gaze intensely, "I was waiting for you."

Unable to resist his intense stare, Shen Zhiyi pushed against his chest slightly, "What if I hadn’t come?"

Pushed by her, Pei Yu moved back a bit, his gaze low as he gently squeezed her delicate wrist, speaking slowly, "Duan Jiaze invited you. How could you not come?"

His voice was low, slightly irritated, "It’s not me who invited you, yet you treat me badly."

To see her once he had to rely on someone else’s help, and yet he had to worry about her being upset.

As he looked down, two strands of hair fell forward, icy droplets sliding from their tips, splashing quietly on Shen Zhiyi’s dress, bringing a slight chill to the small wet area.

She pursed her lips and withdrew her wrist from his grasp, "Anyway, you achieved your purpose."

Whether it was him or someone else who had invited her, hadn’t she come after all?