Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 83 Mr. Duan said, wish you good night

After hitting the man, Lin Lu rubbed his hair and went to the kitchen to find some fruit to eat.

A large box of fruit was included when the restaurant delivered food to her home last night. Duan Chengyu called her in the morning and asked her if she liked it.

Apples were specifically excluded.

She washed all kinds of berries together, brought them to the dining table, and while yawning, she picked out the ripe ones and put them into her fruit box, intending to take them into the room to eat.

Pei Yizhou circled behind her, his hands resting on the edge of the table, and asked politely, "Do I have anything to eat?"

He was tall and had long arms. He reached out his hands from behind to support her on one side, as if he wanted to hold her in his arms.

But he only supported himself with one hand, and the arc of his body leaning forward towards her still maintained social distance, so it couldn't be said to be excessive.

Lin Lu moved to the left with the fruit in his hand and said coldly, "No."

"The doctor should have said that eating some fruit to supplement vitamin C after a cold and fever can help the body recover? Did I really not say that?" Pei Yizhou asked.

"Do you really want to eat it?" She turned to look at him, pinching a raspberry to eat, and said with a roll of her eyes, "It's not impossible."

After eating, she picked up another one and held it up to the light to show the bright red image of the raspberry.

Without waiting for her to list some robbery conditions, Pei Yizhou tilted his head slightly and leaned over to take the fruit in his mouth.

The raspberries were too small, and when he put them into his mouth, his lips and tongue inevitably touched Lin Lu's fingers.

He didn't seem to notice anything and just looked at her while he ate. The red juice from the bitten berries remained on his lips, which he wiped with his fingertips and kissed between his lips and teeth.

"Pretty sweet," he commented nonchalantly.

Lin Lu: “…”

She felt her throat was dry, so she grabbed a handful of blueberries and ate them to stop herself from saying, "Your fever has burned away all your retroflex consonants."

After finishing the meal, she saw that Pei Yizhou seemed to be still waiting for her to share the strange way of eating the fruit. She was silent for a few seconds and said slowly:
"It's really sweet. It's worthy of being directly sourced from the Suburban Industrial Park. Duan Chengyu is so thoughtful."

"..." Pei Yizhou's gaze slowly fell on the bowl of fruit, and as if he had eaten a fly, he turned around to get some water to rinse his mouth.

Lin Lu laughed out loud, and his smile filled the space.

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Pei Yizhou's illness has improved a lot and he no longer needs someone to take care of him all the time, so Lin Lu can finally go out.

A person.

Pei Yizhou still wanted to stay at home, but he couldn't leave the company's affairs behind, so he was soon called away. Before leaving, he could only ask the driver to take her there.

What's the point of sending her? It would be better to send someone to keep an eye on her.

But now she has laid everything out in the open, there are no secrets, so it's okay for someone to follow her.

She asked the driver to take her for a spin under the Ling Group building.

She was about to start work at the new company in two days, and she wanted to get to know the site in advance, so she measured the walking time from her company to a nearby convenience store.

Then I thought, I will buy some soy milk and fried dough sticks here in the morning, eat while walking to the company, and when I get to the bottom of the building, I will just finish eating, tidy up my clothes, and swipe my card to enter the building.

Just like the group of men and women coming in and out of the gate now.

It’s great that while everyone is busy with their lives, they are also smiling and enjoying the last bit of afterglow before sunset.

The day after tomorrow morning, she would also be part of this group.

After visiting the company, we encountered the evening rush hour in the second half of the year and the road was jammed.

The driver was afraid that she would be upset, so he took the initiative to chat. "Ms. Lin, you should get off work at this time every day in the future. It will take you about half an hour to get home from here. If you go back to the company to pick up Mr. Pei, you will need to take another 20 minutes. But I heard from Mr. Pei that you will go to a restaurant for dinner at about 7 o'clock. If your off-get off work time is not fixed, I will pick up Mr. Pei first then?"

"You only need to take me to the restaurant and not take up his time dealing with the company. This way you can drive less and have dinner earlier."

The driver didn't say directly that he only listened to Mr. Pei. He smiled and shook his head: "In fact, this arrangement now saves a lot of time, because I am also responsible for driving Mr. Pei to dinner parties. He didn't have any dinner parties in the past few months, and he always went home to eat, so I feel much more relaxed. If we don't eat together, he will combine the drinking party and dinner together, which is not good."

Lin Lu's attention was completely drawn back to the Ling Group building. She asked curiously, "Did he always eat and drink with clients outside for dinner?"

"Yes. At such dinners, there is little eating, but more drinking. There were a few times when President Pei and Director Xu drank so much that they had stomach cramps and were sent to the hospital."

She frowned, remembering the smell of alcohol she smelled on Pei Yizhou the day she came back.

"Linzhou Technology should be considered a well-developed company. He is not the type to drink just because anyone persuades him to. Will he always vomit after being forced to drink?"

"No, no," the driver said as the blocked road moved forward slowly, "Boss Pei likes to drink. He always brings his own wine to every dinner party and won't leave unless he drinks until he's passed out. Director Xu said he was under too much pressure and he drank to drown his sorrows."

...I didn't expect Pei Yizhou to drink to drown his sorrows because of work pressure.

But if she were to say that Pei Yizhou drank to drown his sorrows because of her, she couldn't say it.

"No one tried to persuade him? Director Xu and Manager Ding didn't try to persuade him?"

Driver: "I tried to persuade him, but it didn't work. Mr. Pei would get upset and kick Director Xu out of the car."

Brother Jiayan has suffered so much.

"But from November to New Year every year, he won't drink, and I won't have to drive," the driver continued. "He goes to Antarctica to participate in rescue operations at that time every year. He needs a physical examination before going, so he will stop drinking and exercise for a while. But he didn't go last year."

As he spoke, the driver turned into the tree-lined two-lane road and quickly glanced at the person in the rearview mirror.

People in the company were saying privately that Mr. Pei changed his habit, which he had maintained for seven years, because of his beautiful sister.

No more going to Antarctica, no more attending dinner parties, no more drinking.

Is it a younger sister? Everyone has their own opinions.

Lin Lu didn't notice that glance, but based on the conversation, he could guess the hidden meaning behind his words.

She was thinking about what Pei Yizhou said last night when he had a fever and was unconscious. She was silent for a while and didn't say anything.

Until Pei Yizhou called and asked her where she was.

The man asked three questions: Where are you? When will you be home? Should I pick you up?

It's like I'm afraid my roommate will run away without paying.

Lin Lu made an appointment with him to meet at a restaurant.

The view from the window of the quaint restaurant is truly amazing. The plum blossoms have recently bloomed, and the atmosphere is full of the excellent vantage point from table number three.

But Pei Yizhou refused to share a table with Duan Chengyu. Even though Duan Chengyu was not there at the moment, he would pick another table before letting Lin Lu sit down.

The advantage of high-end restaurants is that they have a large venue. Although we didn’t book a private room, we sat in the public area by the window. The tables were wide enough between each other that we couldn’t hear other guests talking as long as we didn’t shout.

Not long after Lin Lu sat down, the waiter brought the medicinal food and a bouquet of pink tulips.

The waiter had no idea of the twists and turns these people were making. He just wanted to convey the customer's words and said to Lin Lu with a smile:

"Ms. Lin, huh? Mr. Duan said that he wishes you a good night when we don't meet."

Lin Lu glanced at Pei Yizhou's face, which was so dark that he could indeed say good night.

(End of this chapter)