Sweet Temptation! The Beauty in President Pei's Palm is Too Alluring

"What's it to my fault?" Pei Yanzhou looked at her leisurely, slowly and methodically fastening the buttons on her clothes one by one, and then carefully pulling down her skirt.

"You know perfectly well!" Shu Hua said angrily, her cheeks still flushed.

Pei Yanzhou smiled, stopped teasing her, turned around, opened a drawer in his desk, took out a small pillbox, and took out a light brown, round pill.

"Open your mouth." He held it to her lips.

Shu Hua looked at him warily: "What is this?"

"It's for soothing your throat," Pei Yanzhou said seriously. "Didn't you say your throat hurt last night?"

Shu Hua's face flushed red again!

How dare he even mention it!

If he hadn't been so unrestrained last night, tormenting her in all sorts of ways and forcing her to say those incredibly embarrassing things, would her voice have gone hoarse?! Even when she was begging for mercy in a hoarse voice, he wouldn't let her go!

Pei Yanzhou fed her the pill: "Suck it in your mouth, and take another one tonight, and the pain will go away."

Shu Hua reluctantly opened her mouth and took the pill. It was mint-flavored and cool, which did make her throat feel a bit better.

"Shoes..." she said, shaking her bare feet.

Pei Yanzhou bent down and picked up the high heel that had fallen to the ground. He knelt on one knee, took her fair and delicate foot in his hand, and helped her put it on.

That pose... is too unfair.

Shu Hua looked at him

Her face paled, and her heart skipped a beat.

Who wouldn't be tempted?!

After putting on his shoes, Pei Yanzhou stood up, but instead of letting her get off the table, he picked her up again and made her sit back on his lap, holding her in his arms.

He wrapped his arms around her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and his voice betrayed a hint of weariness:

"Is work tough? Is it tiring? Are you able to adapt?"

"It's alright," Shu Hua said honestly, leaning against him. "It's not as tiring as I imagined."

"Mmm." Pei Yanzhou responded, tightening his arms around her, burying his face deep in her soft neck, closing his eyes, and taking a deep breath, inhaling the faint, clean scent of camellias emanating from her.

"Pei Yanzhou..." Shu Hua felt a little ticklish from his teasing and shrank her shoulders. "What will we do when he arrives? I have to go back to work..."

"No one can come in without my permission." Pei Yanzhou's voice was heavy with weariness. "Baby, let me lean back and rest for five minutes. Just five minutes... then you can go back."

Shu Hua heard the weariness in his voice and suddenly felt a pang of tenderness.

Thinking about my own workload, compared to his hectic schedule and non-stop work, it's nothing. He must be really tired.

She stopped moving and quietly let him hold her, gently stroking the short hair at the back of his head.

"Okay, just five minutes," she said softly.

"Mmm." Pei Yanzhou nuzzled her neck, his breathing gradually becoming even.

Shu Hua looked at him.

This man is the all-powerful and invincible CEO Pei in the outside world. Only in front of her does he reveal this vulnerable side, showing that he needs to rely on her.

Pei Yanzhou was indeed very busy in the following days.

He often doesn't get home until the early hours of the morning, and sometimes he even stays at the company. Shu Hua sometimes wants to ask him a few words of concern but doesn't even have a chance—she's already asleep when he gets home, and he leaves an hour earlier than usual in the morning.

Shu Hua was worried that his body couldn't handle the intensity of his continuous work.

On Friday, Shu Hua left work as usual and made plans to have dinner with Chi Yu Chu.

The two arranged to meet at a newly opened creative restaurant. When Chi Yu arrived, Shu Hua had already ordered the food.

"Baby, over here!" Shu Hua waved to her.

Chi Yuchu walked over and sat down, but her expression was a little off. Unlike usual, she didn't start complaining about work or gossiping as soon as she sat down. Instead, she stared blankly at the table, looking preoccupied.

"What's wrong?" Shu Hua poured her a cup of tea. "You look so distracted, what happened?"

Chi Yuchu took the teacup, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something but dared not. She glanced at Shu Hua, her eyes filled with guilt.

Shu Hua's heart skipped a beat, a bad feeling creeping over her: "What's wrong? Don't scare me."

Chi Yuchu bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, and whispered:

"Hua Bao... I have something to tell you, don't be angry."

"you say."

"I..." Chi Yuchu took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and spoke rapidly, "I slept with Ding Lun!"

"?!"

Shu Hua almost spat out her tea.

"Cough cough...Wh-what?!" Her eyes widened. "You and who? Ding Lun?!"

Chi Yuchu lowered her head, her face as red as a ripe tomato, and her voice was so soft it was almost inaudible: "...Mmm."

Shu Hua was completely stunned.

Chi Yuchu and Ding Lun?

Sleeping...asleep?!

Ding Lun, the taciturn man who followed them like a block of wood for over a decade and always kept his distance from Chi Yuchu?!

With her best friend, who has a fiery temper, just experienced heartbreak from a jerk, and constantly says "all men are the same"?!

This...this is too much information! She needs time to process it!

Shu Hua froze for a full five seconds, then leaned closer to Chi Yu Chu and asked:

"When did this happen?!"

"Just...just two days ago."

"Be more specific!" Shu Hua felt her brain wasn't quite working properly.

"Well... I just broke up, and I've been feeling down ever since, you know how it is." Chi Yuchu picked up her water glass and took a big gulp, trying to calm herself down. "That night, I went to my usual bar by myself, wanting to have a couple of drinks. And then... I ran into him."

Ding Lun had just finished some kind of security mission when he passed by and saw her alone, so he came in... to keep an eye on her. He said he was worried she might get drunk and cause trouble.

This is something Ding Lun would do. He has always considered it his duty to protect Shu Hua and the people around her, especially Chi Yu Chu. Although the two of them always seem to "not get along" when they meet, Ding Lun has always cared about her a lot.

"And then?" Shu Hua pressed.

"And then...we all drank too much." Chi Yuchu's face was so red it could drip blood. "Drunk things led to...that happened."

She paused, then quickly added, "But you know how bad my alcohol tolerance is. I only had two drinks that day, and I don't know how, but I got drunk... like that slightly tipsy state, conscious but unable to control my behavior."

Shu Hua sighed, "So it was you who initiated it?"

Chi Yuchu lowered her head even further.

Because... later on, she really did act crazy while drunk, insisting that he carry her back. She wanted to be carried and hugged... and she even kissed him first.

And then she said something like, "I just realized you're actually quite handsome..." and started flirting with him...

Shu Hua was stunned.

She knew that Chi Yuchu was bold when drunk, but she didn't expect her to be this bold!