She Asks for a Divorce Again-Chapter 172 - A Gift for Her

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: A Gift for Her

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: A Gift for Her

While he drank the water, Shen Heyu, perhaps out of a guilty conscience, occasionally fixed her gaze on him. When she saw he truly did drink from the bottle, she subtly let out a sigh of relief.

No sooner had Pei Yansi swallowed a mouthful of water than he looked up at Shen Heyu to find her eyes darting away like a child who had done wrong and wanted to look at an adult but didn’t dare.

He frowned.

He could easily sense that something was off about her. Although she was usually afraid of him regarding that issue, beyond those matters, she would always face him with determined defiance.

She would never look at him with eyes full of anxious dread.

Having noticed this anomaly, he didn’t say anything, but slightly narrowed his eyes and silently observed her. Seeing that she made no move, he deliberately took another sip of water.

Seeing her gaze sharply turn back to him, the initial worry surfaced in her small eyes as she continued to stare at the water bottle in his hand.

Pei Yansi’s action of drinking paused as he saw her gaze slowly shift toward the water bottle in his hand.

Is there something wrong with this?

He was about to continue drinking, but stopped, and Shen Heyu’s heart clenched with him. A bit anxious, she asked, “What’s the matter?”

“Nothing’s the matter,” he replied.

Pei Yansi, sensing her nervousness, was sure there was something wrong with the water. He tightened the bottle cap and carelessly tossed it into the nearby car, his narrowed eyes emitting a touch of danger.

He looked at her and asked, “Are you lying to me about something?”

“No,” Shen Heyu admitted. Not knowing why, but feeling panicked under his gaze, she felt like he had uncovered something.

He said, “I’m giving you one last chance. Are you lying to me or not? If you’re honest now, I can let it go.”

But if she still denied it…

“No, what could I possibly lie to you about? Let’s go, head upstairs.”

Shen Heyu still chose not to reveal the truth and pushed to quickly finish the interaction, urging him to leave.

Pei Yansi watched her silently for two seconds, said nothing more, and continued walking toward the direction of the elevator.

Shen Heyu glanced at her daughter, who was still asleep in the back seat of the car, and to avoid arousing Pei Yansi’s suspicions, she followed behind him.

Inside the elevator, Pei Yansi caught sight of Shen Heyu’s reflection in the elevator door, her head bowed as if avoiding something.

He knew all too well what she was avoiding—it was his gaze and nothing else. Since leaving the hotel, she had been dodging him, not daring to meet his eyes, betraying her guilt; only someone with a guilty conscience would feel this way.

Exiting the elevator, Shen Heyu walked in front.

Behind them followed Zhao Jin.

When they reached the door, Shen Heyu said, “Let Zhao Jin stay outside. I want to personally see you take action.”

Pei Yansi nodded.

Despite his suspicions, he still didn’t say much to her.

She knocked on Meng Ru’s room door, and a few seconds later, Meng Ru came to open it. During that brief interval, she had already changed her clothes, now wearing an extremely revealing nightgown that barely covered a few crucial parts of her body.

Her fair skin was exposed, and she was emanating a light fragrance, the scent of shower gel from a recent bath.

Meng Ru leaned on the door frame, looking at Shen Heyu, and teased, “You’re back?”

Shen Heyu said, “I’ll be leaving shortly.”

Purposely speaking up, she was the first to enter, with Pei Yansi following behind her.

Upon entering, Pei Yansi immediately smelled another scent in the room, not the shower gel on Meng Ru but a different, more pungent one.

For some reason, as soon as he smelled that scent, he suddenly felt weak, his limbs drained of strength, and his body temperature rose incessantly.

Realizing something was amiss, he turned to look at Shen Heyu, about to speak, but saw her quickly step back several paces, widening the distance between them.

He frowned, intending to reach out and grab her, but Meng Ru suddenly pressed up against him and wrapped her arms around him from the side.

His already strength-depleted body was pulled backward by her, causing him to fall directly into the sofa.

By the time he tried to get up again, it felt as though all the strength had been sapped from his body. With a stern face, he stared at Shen Heyu from not too far away, vaguely understanding what could be in the bottle of water she had given him.

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And the meaning behind the tantalizing scent that filled the room.

Staring at Shen Heyu’s face, he said, “What exactly are you trying to do?”

“Pei Yansi, it’s over between us.”

Shen Heyu said coldly, knowing that if she left, he would do something with Meng Ru, but she wouldn’t regret it. She had even planned her escape, preferring it to staying by his side under coercion and threats. Even if she still harbored feelings for him, she was determined to leave.

From the beginning, she had wanted to leave, but she never had the chance.

Meng Ru’s misdeeds, inadvertently, had helped her.

As she spoke, she moved backward, saying, “I’m leaving.”

Having said her piece, Shen Heyu turned around, not allowing Pei Yansi any opportunity to speak; however, she hadn’t reached the door when she heard Pei Yansi’s chilly and furious voice from behind: “Shen Heyu, dare to leave and try!”

He wanted so desperately to stand up and grab her, but he was utterly powerless, his body growing hotter, and there was still Meng Ru clinging to him.

Hearing his words, Shen Heyu paused only briefly, then continued on.

She took another step.

Pei Yansi, filled with anger, said to her retreating figure, “So it was you who kidnapped Yuexue, all this was premeditated by you?”

“Just to leave me forever, at this moment?”

Shen Heyu’s throat tightened, she neither admitted nor denied, simply saying, “Think whatever you like.”

After all, it was no longer her concern.

Seeing that she was about to leave again, Pei Yansi couldn’t stand it any longer, his words nearly shattered between his teeth in fury, articulating clearly, “If you dare walk out that door, I swear, once I catch you, I will not make it easy for you!”

“Shen Heyu, you better understand, as long as I don’t call off the search, do you think you can leave unscathed?”

Despite what he said, Shen Heyu didn’t stop, and she opened the door to the room.

The rooms in the hotel were soundproof, for fear he would instruct Zhao Jin outside.

She quickly pulled the door shut, not allowing any chance for Pei Yansi to shout for help. Now keeping Pei Yansi occupied, all relied on Meng Ru’s capability.

She hoped Meng Ru wouldn’t be too disappointing.

Zhao Jin, seeing her come out, was momentarily taken aback, tapping his head as he peered inside, but the room door had already been closed by Shen Heyu.

“Miss Shen?” he asked, puzzled.

Shen Heyu forced herself to calm down and told him, “You can leave now. Mr. Pei will handle things inside himself.”

“Is that President Pei’s order?”

Shen Heyu nodded.

Zhao Jin frowned, skeptical; after many years with Pei Yan, he had some judgment skills.

He said, “Then I need to hear it from President Pei himself.”