Song Yuqiao felt a little thirsty, and as she lifted the bangs that fell in front of her forehead, she picked up the soy milk cup with her eyes raised. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Pei Sicheng standing by the glass door. Suddenly, she lifted her head, and her eyes were full of astonishment.

  Pei's gaze fell on the soy milk cup in Song Yuqiao's hand: "Haven't had breakfast yet?"

  "Uh-huh." Song Yuqiao nodded, quickly picking up the greasy fried dough sticks and soy milk from the office desk, pulling out a paper towel to wipe it clean. "Director Pei, sorry about this, I'll clean up right away."

  "Never mind, just sit there. It's only 8:45 and the bidding has been postponed until 10 o'clock."

  As he spoke, Pei Su had already walked over to the sofa and sat down, casually picking up a magazine to flip through.

  Song Yuqiao took a glance at Pei Si Cheng before sitting back down in the chair behind his office desk.

  With fingers on the keyboard, I couldn't help but think: Is this what they mean by "a magpie occupying a peacock's nest"? I'm sitting in the big boss's seat, while the big boss is squeezed into the guest seat?

  Forget it, there are still several pages of materials to be sorted out.

  Song Yuqiao shook her head. She threw those fragmented thoughts to the back of her mind and continued sorting through the documents.

  Pei Si Cheng then picked up a magazine that was a women's magazine, he looked at some of the titles such as "Lonely, what to do if husband doesn't touch" or "Had a one-night stand outside, should I tell my boyfriend", after reading some, he sincerely felt very annoyed, so he put the magazine aside and started observing Song Yu Qiao again.

  Suddenly, his phone rang. He looked down at the trash.

  Song Yuqiao raised her head and coincidentally met Pei Si Cheng's line of sight, hastily looking away.

  Pei Si Cheng stared at the three words "Pei Hao Yu" shining brightly on his phone screen, and a smile played on his lips.

  "Dad, why has Uncle Lǐběi returned but you haven't?"

  Pei Si knew without thinking that Pei Hangyu was asking what, and simply asked when Song Yuqiao would return. He directly said: "I and your Aunt Qiao need to work here."

  Song Yuqiao heard it and almost had no reaction time, immediately lifted his head, and a cute little face of Pei Hangyu appeared in front of him.

  ………………

  "Pei's family, Pei Haoyu sat on his small stool, holding his mobile phone, pouting and asking: 'When are you guys coming back?'"

  Pais Cheng's voice came from the receiver, neither fast nor slow: "One more week, I suppose."

  "A whole week?!" Pei Hangyu exclaimed.

  "Uh-huh, your Aunt Qiao called me over to discuss some work-related matters, that's all."

  "Dad..."

  The sound beside my ear has become a series of busy tones.

  Bae Ho-yul jumped down from his small bench all of a sudden, scaring the old lady Bae who rushed forward: "Oh my goodness, little ancestor, don't get hurt."

  Bae Ho-yul puffed out his small chest and said to Grandma Bae, "Grandma, I'm going to find Dad!"

  Mrs. Pei asked: "Why go find your father? It's better to stay at home with grandma."

  "No good!" Pei Hangyu turned his head and ran up the stairs, "I'll go pack my luggage!"

  Mrs. Pei was once again despised.

  What! Again!

  Son is too naughty! Last time she compared with her old man, not yet compared and was KO. This time, she compared with her son again, and was compared down again.

  What is the heavenly principle!

  Old Mrs. Pei poked the leg of the table with her finger, as if this table leg was Pei Huaiyu: Without me, where would your father be? Without your father, where would you be! You little brat, how dare you look down on your grandma me! The world is going to turn upside down!

  Although Mrs. Pei thought so in her heart, she still spoiled her only grandson very much. For the grandson's requests, although it can't be said that he would fulfill them all, ninety-nine percent of them would be completely satisfied, and the remaining one percent would also be fulfilled after some hesitation.

  Just then, that afternoon, having just returned to C City, Lei Bei Lei Te planned the next three days of leisure vacation, and received a new task to take Pei Hangyu to S City to find Pei Si Cheng.

  When Li Bei received Mrs. Pei's phone call, he was taking off his clothes to soak in the hot spring and was so frustrated that he wanted to cry.

  Why does this kind of thing always have to find him? What about Yu Na? The boss isn't just one special assistant! Bang!

  ………………

  At ten o'clock, the bidding meeting of Pei's branch company began.

  There were three supplier companies in total, Pei Si sat in the main seat, and the person in charge of each company went up to open PPT to explain. Song Yuqiao would hand over the materials that had been prepared in advance to Pei Si for review.

  Pei Si propped up his chin, and with the index finger of his other hand, he tapped on the table and said to Song Yuqiao: "Check it out, the person in charge of Pengyu is the third person to your right."

  Peng Yu...

  It was this time that a fake goods incident occurred, and the person in charge of the supplier who cut corners.

  "Yes."

  Song Yuqiao nodded, having already entered the password into the computer's database, and began searching. In a short time, she had categorized and summarized all the materials, then extracted the useful information for the bidding case, and her right hand had printed out the file from the machine, bound it, and handed it to Pei Si for review.

  Pei Cheng's hand seemed to accidentally touch Song Yuqiao's hand when he took it.

  Song Yuqiao's skin seemed to have been electrocuted and she quickly retracted her hand.

  But Pei Si Cheng seemed to be really just careless, flipping through the already organized and filed documents without any abnormality.

  Xu Shaojie, who was sitting next to Song Yuqiao, felt a slight astonishment in his heart.

  He had never heard of another secretary besides Pei Sheng, he had inquired about it and found that there were only two special assistants who had been following Pei Sheng for a long time, Li Bei and Yu Na, who was supposed to be stationed in C City, including their personalities, he had seriously investigated them, but this time, another secretary came, completely catching him off guard.

  But where did this Secretary Song come from? And looking at the professionalism of Secretary Song and the tacit understanding with Pei Si Cheng, it is also very high, absolutely not something that can be grasped overnight.

  It seems that the materials he prepared in advance are of no use, and it's better to investigate again.

  ………………

  After the meeting, Peis Cheng said that the results will be announced before tomorrow afternoon.

  Xu Shaojie replaced Pei Shichen and shook hands with the three principals, then bid farewell, while Pei Shichen went to the office.

  Song Yuqiao looked back a little, intentionally paying attention to observe Xu Shaojie, but Xu Shaojie didn't have any particularly unusual movements. The three company representatives were basically treated equally, and in the Pei Corporation, he also didn't dare to overstep his bounds. However, just as Song Yuqiao turned around, she saw from the reflection on the glass door in front of her that when Xu Shaojie shook hands with the person in charge of Tong Pengyu, a white object slipped into his sleeve.

  She flashed her eyes and slipped into Pei Si Cheng's office.

  Pei Si Cheng let Song Yu Qiao close the glass door of the office, and then stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the sky outside that showed a hint of azure blue.

  The air in City S is slightly better than that in City C. Sometimes, you can even see the original color of the sky, blue like the ocean.

  Song Yuqiao stood behind Pei Shichen, hesitated for a moment, and still said it out loud. Anyway, she was now an outsider next to Pei Shichen, so she wasn't afraid of offending anyone.

  "Director Pei, I think there's an issue with Xu Shaojie, the general manager of our branch company."

  Pei Si turned around and raised an eyebrow: "Where do you think is the problem?"

  Song Yuqiao said: "Regarding the issue with the previous batch of goods, I just checked with Pengyu's person in charge. It has always been the case that the project manager responsible for the branch company is skipped and directly contacts the general manager. Moreover, all reimbursement receipts show only Manager Xu's signature. If necessary, we should investigate the supplier to see what the bottom price is."

  Pei Si nodded in agreement: "Clever, you think like me."

  Song Yuqiao was praised, and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed, only pursed her lips, but didn't say anything.

  ………………

  As for work, Song Yuqiao can absolutely focus on it without any distractions, putting aside those awkward things and fully devoting himself to it, which is also why Dai Lina likes to use Song Yuqiao.

  However, now beside Pei Si Cheng, for some reason, she couldn't focus at all. It was as if there was a string in her heart that kept pulling her back. Every move Pei Si Cheng made had a huge impact on her.

  "This data is raised by two percent and then re-struck..."

  Pai Cheng's scorching breath was right next to her ear, and Song Yuqiao suddenly stood up, "Sorry... President Pai, I'll go wash my hands."

  Before entering the bathroom, Song Yuqiao fanned herself with her hand on the side of her face to relieve the rising temperature.

  Pei Si Cheng saw Song Yu Qiao's small action, propped up his chin, and his eyes were full of smile, as if he had gotten what he wanted, his fingers rubbing the pen that Song Yu Qiao had just held, which still had a lingering temperature.

  ………………

  Bae Hwan-young got off the plane, extremely excited, his heart was about to fly out, hehe, he was going to see Qiao Qiao, and started running on the tarmac.

  Li Bei was dragging Pei Hangyu's small suitcase behind him as he chased after him, "Slow down, don't run so fast!"

  Bai Huanyu turned around, walking backwards while making a face at Li Bei and laughing loudly: "You can't catch me, you can't catch me! Haha haha! Uncle Li Bei has short legs!"

  “……”

  Li Bei twitched the corner of his mouth.

  In the future, it's better not to have a son, but rather give birth to a daughter.

  ………………

  At noon, Pei Si wanted to go to the cafeteria of the Pei's branch company to eat, Song Yuqiao advised: "Let's go out to eat instead."

  Pei Si Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Why?"

  Song Yuqiao said: "When the general manager goes to the staff canteen for a meal, other employees will definitely have a bad meal."

  Pei Si Cheng didn't think much of it, "I eat mine, they eat theirs."

  Song Yuqiao thought: Another high and mighty president, just one look and you can tell he's never been to the staff canteen.

  However, when Pei Si walked into the employee cafeteria of the Pei Corporation, the entire room fell silent. Song Yuqiao, as his temporary secretary, helped him order a few specialty dishes from the cafeteria.

  It only took ten or twenty minutes to eat a meal, and the restaurant was almost silent, except for very soft conversations, and there was no more excitement than before.

  Pei Si Cheng looked at Song Yu Qiao, and in his eyes was clearly written: "Look what I'm saying."

  After finishing lunch, Pei Shuai led Song Yuqiao out of the restaurant door, and the restaurant suddenly boiled over.

  "My goodness, what was that just now..."

  "Our Pei family's big boss!"

  "You're so down-to-earth! You actually came to our staff canteen to have a meal with us!"

  "Yes! He's also handsome, I wonder if he's married?"

  "Look at that little secret beside him, one glance and you can tell he's not a thrifty lamp, maybe he's already crawled onto General Pei's bed."

  "No choice, they have an advantageous location after all."

  So, in the S city branch of Pei's company, for a long time, Pei Si Cheng had been labeled as "affable and unassuming", while Song Yu Qiao, before her true identity was revealed, was always seen as a symbol of "near water tower" and commonly known as Xiao Mi.

  Song Yuqiao followed Pei Shichen out, and as soon as they left the door, they bumped into a small figure.

  "Qiao Qiao! I'm going to kill you!"

  Bae Ho-young hugged Song Yu-qiao's leg, looked up at her face, and smiled like a sunflower.

  Pei Si narrowed his eyes, looked up and saw Li Bei not far away pulling Pei Haoyu's small suitcase. A sharp glance was cast over, and Li Bei shrank his neck.

  Boss, you really don't care about me, it was the old lady who asked me to bring the young master here! I have an elderly person at home and a child, please don't send me to the Middle East!

  ………………

  Bae Hwan-young's little friend specially didn't eat anything on the plane, just to be able to come here and eat with Qiao Qiao together.

  However, Song Yuqiao and Pei Chen had already eaten in the staff cafeteria, so they took Pei Hangyu to a restaurant and ordered a children's meal.

  Bai Hangyu handed one of the chicken legs from his plate to Song Yuqiao: "Qiao Qiao, you eat!"

  Song Yuqiao shook his head: "I'm full, okay."

  Bae Ho-young directly put the chicken leg into his mouth with a backhand and muttered unclearly: "You don't eat it, I'll eat it."

  Pei Si couldn't help but stare at his son who looked like he hadn't eaten for a week, it was really too embarrassing.

  Song Yuqiao handed a tissue to Pei Haoyu to wipe away the sauce on his lips, and Pei Si said matter-of-factly: "Don't eat so fast, no one is competing with you."

  Pei Hangyu furrowed his brow, his straight eight-character eyebrows, a pair of big eyes first looked at Qiaoqiao, then looked at Old Dad, why did it feel like there was something different between Old Dad and Qiaoqiao compared to before? The atmosphere here seemed a bit strange, just like the last time he went to Mu Xiaodong's house for dinner, his dad and mom were talking like this.

  Otherwise, it can be said that children are very meticulous, and even a slight change can be noticed.

  The current position is that Song Yuqiao and Pei Shicheng are sitting on one side, with Song Yuqiao leaning against the window and sitting inside, while Pei Hangyu is sitting opposite Song Yuqiao, also leaning against the window.

  Song Yuqiao felt that in such a gathering, she shouldn't have joined in the first place. Moreover, with Li Bei arriving now, Pei Si Cheng no longer needed an assistant, and it was also time for her to bid farewell and leave. She thought to herself, after finishing this meal, she would take her leave from Pei Si Cheng.

  Although she was watching Pei Hangyu eat, Song Yuqiao had a very fulfilling feeling in her heart. Since she knew she couldn't have children anymore, she took extra care of this little kid.

  Really can't have children of one's own anymore...

  Song Yuqiao thought of it and felt a heart full of sourness.

  No matter how much she likes Pei Huan Yu, he is not her own child.

  Suddenly, her phone rang, she took out her mobile phone and saw it was Hua Zhuan.

  Song Yuqiao felt it was not good to answer the phone in front of Pei Shichen, so she took her mobile phone and stood up, wanting to go out, but Pei Shichen sat outside without any intention of getting up to make way.

  Song Yuqiao had no choice but to say: "Sorry, I'll go wash up downstairs."

  Pei Si Cheng finally moved the chair and table, which had been blocking the narrow passageway, but he didn't get up. He just shifted his body to the side, moving his legs out of the way.

  So, when Song Yuqiao squeezed out from the gap, her exposed legs inevitably touched Pei Shichen's thighs. He bent his knee and stretched out his hand to support her waist. She hurriedly came out and almost tripped, directly answering the phone and walking towards the bathroom.

  Bai Haoyu gnawed on a chicken leg while staring at his old man sitting across from him, his big eyes narrowing: "Dad, is it really okay to bully Qiaoqiao like this?"

  Bai Si's fingertips still retained the temperature of Song Yuqiao through the fabric, and he could savor it carefully.

  Bai Hangyu puffed out his cheeks: "I want to tell Qiaoqiao."

  As he spoke, Pei Haoyu's little friend was about to twist his fat waist and jump down from the chair, but was stopped by a sentence from Pei Si Cheng.

  "Should I tell Qiao Qiao that the sauce at the corner of your mouth just now was deliberately dripping down?"

  Bai Haoyu was stunned, his eyes wide open like bronze bells.

  "Who... who said I did it on purpose!"

  "Have you forgotten the table manners you learned at home? Or do you think I won't wipe it for you, but Qiaoqiao will?"

  Bai Hangyu was already stunned by Pei Si's two sentences, feeling particularly frustrated: "You've all figured it out, will Qiaoqiao think I'm a deceitful kid?"

  Pei Si chuckled and said, "What do you think?"

  "Then what? Didn't we agree to form an alliance, Dad? How can you do this to your teammate? What about our father-son relationship? What about love?"

  He muttered to himself and took another chicken leg, tearing off a big mouthful of meat with his teeth.

  ………………

  Song Yuqiao answered Hua Zhen's phone call.

  Hua Yun said: "Why aren't you at the company? I just arrived at your company and your colleague said you took a leave of absence to go home?"

  Song Yu nodded: "Mm, I'm back... to see my grandma."

  Huā Jiàn said: "Then when are you coming back? Lù Lù quickly came back, didn't come to pick us up?"

  Song Yuqiao was also surprised when she heard that Lu Lu had returned and said: "When did you come back? Let's have a drink to refresh yourself."

  "She just chatted with me online these two days and said she'll talk about it after booking her ticket."

  "Alright, I'll head back as soon as possible in the next two days. You can give me a call then." Song Yuqiao finished speaking in one breath and was about to hang up when Hua Zhen suddenly asked, "Did you see Pei Si Cheng in S city?"

  Song Yuqiao was a little nervous when talking to Hua Zhen, but now that Hua Zhen suddenly mentioned Pei Si Cheng, her heart skipped a beat. As someone who couldn't lie to people close to her, she said: "I'm not collaborating with Pei Shi on an advertisement plan? I met him twice at the branch company here."

  "Oh, I see," said Hua Xuan, "Those few photos that the private investigator I hired in the afternoon sent me were of you."

  Hanging up Huazhen's phone, Song Yuqiao broke out in a cold sweat.

  Fortunately, she had always been frank with Hua Zhen, and if she made a mistake this time, the friendship might be damaged.

  Actually, friendship and love are the same, very fragile, need to be treated with care.

  Song Yuqiao stood beside the sink, bowed his head and washed his face, took a few deep breaths, warning himself to calm down. This time when he went back, he must draw a clear line with Pei Si Cheng, and absolutely could not have any further contact.

  Believe Pei Su will not take the initiative to tell Hua Yun, and she had a messy night between them, she won't say it herself, so let it rot in her belly.

  Didn't even go to say goodbye to Pei Si, just made a phone call, or at least sent a text message, and then bought a ticket back to City C. It's really been too long since I came to City S.

  Raising her head, Song Yuqiao saw Pei Si Cheng standing behind her in the mirror.

  The gazes of the two people intersected in the mirror.

  Song Yuqiao first shifted his gaze, took a deep breath, pulled out a clean tissue to wipe his face, and turned around: "Director Pei, since Assistant Lai has arrived now, I don't need to go back to the company to help out anymore."

  "Was it that if I didn't come now, you would have just left without saying goodbye?"

  Song Yuqiao's thoughts were seen through, and her face couldn't help but flush with embarrassment.

  "Outside, Haoyu is still waiting for you to come out. If you really leave now, you should know how much it will affect the child."

  Song Yuqiao just forgot about Pei Hangyu.

  A thought flashed through her mind - how great it would be if Pei Haoyu wasn't the son of Pei Si Cheng.

  "Last time you promised him something and didn't follow through, what about now? Are you going to break your promise again?"

  This hat is really too big.

  Distrust...

  Song Yuqiao raised her head and stared back at Pei Si Cheng: "Who said I would leave without saying goodbye?"

  "It doesn't matter."

  "Director Pei, wait."

  As Pei Cheng wanted to turn around, Song Yuqiao hastily called out to stop him.

  Pei Si raised an eyebrow: "Huh?"

  Song Yuqiao said: "I want to talk with you."

  "Good." Pei Si's smile was as warm and gentle as a spring breeze.

  What's up?

  What's going on?

  Talking about love, is spring really coming soon?

  ………………

  In the northeast corner of the restaurant, there is a comfortable rest area with various newspapers and magazines, as well as free fruit juice tea drinks.

  Song Yuqiao stood beside a bookshelf of newspapers and magazines, with golden sunlight shining in from the silk window behind her.

  "Director Pei, I think it's necessary to clarify what happened that night..."

  Pais stepped closer and stood beside her, asking with a knowing tone, "Oh, which night was it?"

  Song Yuqiao's words were stuck in her throat, she lowered her head and hesitated for a moment about how to bring up the matter, raised her head just in time to meet Pei Si Cheng's flickering gaze, suddenly understood, felt a bit resentful, tone couldn't help but become somewhat urgent: "You clearly know which night I'm talking about!"

  "Heh heh, I remember," Peis said, "it was that night we got together."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  Is it necessary to say it so clearly? Can't you just keep count in your heart?

  Song Yuqiao looked at Pei Si Cheng's handsome profile, it was the first time she saw a breathtaking feeling on a man's face, the sunlight behind him outlined his features even more deeply and sharply.

  Paisong's gaze swept over.

  Song Yuqiao hastily averted her gaze, her eyes falling on a financial magazine on the bookshelf. She picked it up and began flipping through it as she spoke: "I think our relationship should end here. As for the Pei Corporation's bidding case, I'll hand it over to the Li Te tribe clearly. After returning to Qianyu, I'll tell Dailin Card that we won't be working on the Pei Corporation's advertising project anymore and will assign another key person from the company to take over..."

  "Are you going to completely disappear from my sight?"

  Pei Si Cheng suddenly moved closer, Song Yu Qiao took a step back, his shoulders leaning against the bookshelf, a pair of dark eyes staring at him, with a hint of panic.

  "I think..."

  "You've been repeatedly emphasizing what you think, are you asking for my opinion? Do you want me to tell you what I think?" Pei Si Cheng took out a latest edition of the financial magazine from the bookshelf behind him and replaced the three-month-old magazine in Song Yu Qiao's hand with this one. "You should take a look at this one."

  Under the circumstances where everyone around was talking about Pei Shichen, Song Yuqiao lowered her eyelids and took a glance at the cover of the latest magazine, which surprisingly featured Pei Shichen!

  It turns out that Zhou Haitang was right when she said it in the company, Pei Si Cheng indeed has a face that is absolutely not inferior to male stars. The last time the financial magazine could be sold as an entertainment magazine and was sold out.

  Pei Si Cheng looked at Song Yu Qiao who was spacing out again and waved his hand in front of her eyes: "There's an exclusive interview with me inside."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  "No, Director Pei, I was thinking..."

  Paisong interrupted Song Yuqiao's words, directly pressing her shoulders to let her sit down on a soft rattan chair: "Don't you want to take a look at my interview first?"

  "Not ready!" Song Yuqiao slapped the magazine on the tea table beside him, was there such a narcissistic person? He had to let others see his interview, "I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm just telling you, I'll be flying to C City tonight!"

  Pei Si nodded: "Good."

  So refreshing? Weren't you always teasing and looking for ambiguity?

  Song Yuqiao felt a bit embarrassed, holding the magazine in his hand, "I'll read your interview, thank you for understanding, don't contact me again."

  "Good."

  Pei Si wiped the smile off his face and turned around to leave the rest room.

  Are we not in contact anymore?

  I'm waiting for you to take the initiative to contact me, Qiaoqiao.

  Pei Si returned to the hall, but Song Yuqiao surprisingly didn't follow him out.

  It's better for girls to be reserved at home.

  However, compared to those years, Song Yuqiao has indeed become much quieter.

  ………………

  After Pei Shichen left, Song Yuqiao sat for a while, looking at the magazine with Pei Shichen's cover on the table, and couldn't help but flip it open.

  Interview with Pei: Achievements in recent years, from Vancouver, Canada to domestic Pei.

  Song Yuqiao looked very carefully, for example, Pei Si Cheng was in a special forces unit when he was young, then went abroad, studied for a master's degree at a famous university abroad, how he created his own company abroad, and why he returned to China, developing local enterprises.

  In a quiet rest room, a corner, the fine sunlight sprinkled on the rattan chair, sprinkled on Song Yuqiao's body.

  Song Yuqiao read the previous paragraph of introduction repeatedly, reading every word carefully until the end, when a reporter asked a question.

  "May I ask if it's true that you've been waiting for a woman outside? Is she the mother of the young master?"

  "In Vancouver, I met a girl who told me her name was Xia Chuchu. At the time, she said to me that every woman is a rib of a man, but they were all taken away by God. Now, I realize that she was the rib that God took from me, and now I want to find her back."

  "Have you found it?"

  "Ah, found it."

  When Song Yuqiao saw the three words "Xia Chuchu", his mind buzzed, and his temples started to ache again, as if the name "Xia Chuchu" was like an invisible needle piercing his brain.

  She rubbed her temples and took this opportunity to call her mother in Canada.

  Mrs. Shi Mei Yu, on the other side of the ocean, was enjoying a rare sunbath when she received her daughter's phone call.

  "Mom, is Dr. O'Riley still in your lab? Can you ask him to prescribe some more medicine for me?"

  Xī Měi Yù asked: "Headache? Didn't you say it's been three years since you last had one?"

  Song Yuqiao said: "I don't know what's going on either, I've had a severe headache recently."

  Xī Měi Yù said: "Alright, I'll give you a call at that time."

  Hanging up his mother's phone call, Song Yuqiao rubbed his temples before leaving the rest room.

  Because her bags were still on the seat, she went back and saw Pei Si Cheng and Pei Hao Yu still at the table. Pei Hao Yu was holding her bag, pouting.

  When Pei Si saw Song Yuqiao coming, he stretched out his hand to take the bag from Pei Haoyu's hand when they were still a few steps away and said, "Auntie Qiao is here."

  Bai Haoyu reluctantly jumped down from the chair and handed the bag over to Song Yuqiao with his own hands.

  Song Yuqiao was just about to reach out and touch Pei Haoyu's head, but Pei Haoyu had already turned around and pulled Pei Sicheng's hand.

  Pei Si Cheng held Pei Hao Yu's hand, and Song Yu Qiao followed behind them as they left the restaurant.

  By the roadside, Li Bei had already started the car and was waiting.

  Pei Si stroked his son's little head and said, "Goodbye, say goodbye to Auntie Yu Jiao."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  Pei Hangyu looked up and asked Pei Si Cheng: "Dad, is Qiao Qiao really leaving?"

  Pei Sicheng said: "Ask Qiaoqiao."

  Then, Pei Hangyu turned his face around and stared at Song Yuqiao with big eyes.

  In the face of Pei Hangyu's gaze, Song Yuqiao almost shook her head and said she wasn't going anywhere, but in an instant she thought of it - no matter how good Pei Hangyu was, he was still Pei Sicong's son. She had said that she would keep a distance from Pei Sicong, so she should also keep a distance from all people and things related to him.

  "Yes, Auntie is leaving today, you must listen to your father."

  These words sound like a farewell.

  Bai Hangyu sniffled, squeezed out two tears, turned his head and got on the car. Before getting on the car, he suddenly shouted: "Qiao Qiao, you big liar!"

  Song Yuqiao's heart suddenly ached and her feet involuntarily took two steps forward.

  Pei Chengshuai closed the car door, walked around the front of the car to the other side, and as he passed by Song Yuqiao, he didn't even glance at her, without saying an extra word. "For the next two days, you'll be my temporary assistant, and I'll have the finance department directly transfer your salary subsidy to your card."

  This tone is as if Song Yuqiao was a complete stranger, without any ups and downs, flat and dull.

  Song Yuqiao stood by the road, watching the black private car drive away, finally disappearing from view. Her heart felt empty and hollow, as if something was missing. She couldn't help but clench her fist around the strap of her bag.

  Especially just now, when Bae Hwan-young cried for a moment, it seemed like she was really crying herself, and her heart felt particularly painful.

  Can't I really bear to treat a child like this? Can't I become a mother and lose all maternal instincts?

  Song Yuqiao pinched the flesh of her right hand with her left, using the pain to sober herself up a bit, warning herself that neither Pei Si Cheng nor his son Pei Hangyu could get close to her again.

  ………………

  In the private car driving away from Song Yuqiao's line of sight, Pei Hangyu took over the tissue in Pei Si Cheng's hand and wiped his eyes. The cooperation between the father and son just now was simply seamless.

  "Dad, how was my performance just now?"

  Pei Si Cheng said: "It's okay."

  Bai Hangyu waved his chubby little hand: "What do you mean it's okay? Look, I'm crying! Qiaoqiao just wanted to rush over and hug me!"

  Pei Si Cheng glanced at his son who was dancing with joy and rubbed his forehead, "Hm".

  After a while, Pei Hangyu couldn't help but ask again, poking his father's arm: "You said that if I say this, Qiaoqiao will really come to find me on her own?"

  Pei Si threw over two words: "Won't."

  Bai Haoyu's eyes widened in an instant: "You said you could! Otherwise, I wouldn't have cooperated with you! Just now Qiaoqiao almost touched my head! I even steeled myself and didn't let her touch me!"

  "It's a bit promising, this is called casting a long line," Pei Si Cheng beckoned to his son and said, "Come over, I'll tell you."

  Bai Hangyu looked at him, blinked his eyes, climbed onto the seat, and leaned his ear close to Pei Si's mouth.

  In the rearview mirror, Li Bei looked at Pei Huai Yu's gradually unfolding smile in the back seat and silently prayed for Song Yu Qiao for three seconds. Boss, do you want to teach your son to be so sinister at such a young age? Sinister is not only contagious but also hereditary, one generation of blackness can last for three generations.

  ………………

  Although Pei Sichen had already treated Song Yuqiao as a stranger, Song Yuqiao still handed over the work to Li Bei with basic professional ethics.

  Li Bei said: "I'm at a branch office now, otherwise it would be troublesome for Miss Song, let's come again another time."

  Song Yuqiao took a glance at the time, there were still two and a half hours before the flight took off, it should be enough to hand over clearly.

  "Good."