Chapter 1180: Chapter 1180: He Will Never Give In Unless Forced into a Corner
Pei Yuanchen drove away, heading straight to Hades Manor.
However, he unexpectedly encountered an obstruction.
Butler Li, respectful yet firm, denied him entry.
"The young master and the Young Mistress aren’t home, it’s inconvenient for me to host you. Sorry, Mr. Pei."
Pei Yuanchen said coldly, "Not home? Where have they gone? And the children?"
"The two young misses are at the old residence, the young master and Young Mistress have taken the young master out of town, probably won’t be back until tomorrow," Li said apologetically.
Pei Yuanchen snorted lightly, "Are they deliberately avoiding me?"
Li smiled awkwardly.
"You know about Ziyi’s matter too?" Pei Yuanchen’s voice turned deep.
"Well..." Li said with difficulty, "I don’t know much about the young miss’s matter. I only know that the master is extremely angry, and the young master cannot oppose the master either... Alas..."
With that, he let out a long sigh.
Anyway, Li’s attitude was clear, he wouldn’t let Pei Yuanchen in no matter what.
The man pondered for a long time, suddenly sneered, "Tell Gu Zhixi to wait for me."
Li, sweating profusely, responded.
...
In the living room, Zhixi was staying in the room holding Xiaobao, looking a bit nervous.
After a while, Li finally came upstairs, wiped his sweat and said, "Young Mistress, Mr. Pei has left."
Only then did Zhixi let out a long sigh of relief.
Xiaobao raised his head, puzzled, "Mom, why not let Uncle Xiaobao in?"
"Well... it’s complicated..." Zhixi touched her son’s head, "Anyway, it’s for Uncle Xiaobao’s good."
Xiaobao nodded, seemingly understanding yet not.
Li asked worriedly, "Young Mistress, is the young miss really alright alone?"
"Don’t worry." Zhixi smiled, "Since Pei Yuanchen already knows, Ziyi surely won’t be in trouble."
That day, after listening to Ziyi’s plan, Zhixi was truly shocked for a long time.
She hadn’t expected Ziyi willing to give up so much for Pei Yuanchen, nor had she expected that in her impression, the pure and harmless Ziyi had grown to this extent...
She thought for a while, and eventually supported her decision. Because Zhixi knew very well, Pei Yuanchen’s problem is being overly responsible, unwilling to implicate others. So, if he’s not driven to a corner, he will absolutely not relent.
She wouldn’t believe there’s a day he wouldn’t open his mouth to seek help.
Zhixi secretly clenched her fist.
***
In the next few days, Ziyi’s life returned to calm.
Perhaps the scene downstairs at the dormitory that day had an effect, no one came to trouble her these days.
She lived like an ordinary student, attending classes, painting in the studio, eating at the cafeteria, or going to the library, living a routine life every day.
However, occasionally while walking, she would involuntarily stop, looking up at the crowd.
She often felt someone was watching her.
Is it Uncle Xiaobao?
Yet, all she saw were unfamiliar faces.
She hoped it was him, but also hoped it was just her illusion.
Ziyi involuntarily bit her lip.
This evening, she was alone in the studio.
The sky had turned dark, all other students had left, and the large studio only had her.
Ziyi finished the last stroke, gently let out a breath, and began tidying up.
She turned off the lights, locked the doors and windows, then turned to leave.
The corridor was empty.
Ziyi hadn’t walked far when a sudden dizziness hit her.
She involuntarily fell to the ground.
Before losing consciousness, someone held her body.
