Third Master, please restrain yourself. Our marriage is a marriage of convenience.

Shen Huaiyu was also helpless about his grandmother's arrangement: "Grandma sent Aunt Wang over, it's obvious she wants to spy on us."

Pei Jinhe asked miserably, "Then can we sleep in separate rooms?"

Shen Huaiyu: "It seems like it's not possible."

"What should we do then?"

Although this person is her husband in name only, they have only known each other for less than a day, making them essentially strangers in name only.

Sleeping in a room with a stranger.

It's still someone of the opposite sex.

It was quite awkward.

Shen Huaiyu remained remarkably calm, his thin lips parting slightly: "Sleep on the sofa."

"Oh, I see." Pei Jinhe had no objection.

She'd rather sleep on the sofa than share a bed with Shen Huaiyu.

……

Guo Tianhao escorted Zhou Yuanche back to his apartment.

There was a large box at the entrance of the apartment.

Zhou Yuanche carried the package home, opened it, and found it packed full. He picked up the A4 sheet on top, and the list clearly listed all the items.

Looking at the familiar things inside, Zhou Yuanche felt a dull pain in his heart and frowned in discomfort.

Looking at the contents inside, Guo Tianhao asked suspiciously, "Brother Che, what are all these?"

Zhou Yuanche struggled to breathe, his chest feeling heavy as if a large rock was pressing down on it. He said in a low voice, "These are all gifts I gave to Jinhe."

His gaze swept over the contents of the box, which contained many expensive bags and jewelry, as well as various high-end skincare products.

Everything was brand new, with the tags and packaging still on.

Although Pei Jinhe was an adopted daughter of the Ji family, how could the Ji family be compared to the Zhou family, let alone Pei Jinhe being just an insignificant adopted daughter?

The first time I met Pei Jinhe, she was wearing cheap clothes that cost no more than a hundred yuan, and they were not new or worn, and they were slightly faded from washing.

He knew then that the Ji family did not treat her well.

After all, she was considered average in Kyoto, not so poor that she didn't even have a decent set of clothes.

I thought that a girl like Pei Jinhe, who was poor and lacked love, would be easy to pursue.

However, the result was far beyond his expectations.

Pei Jinhe didn't even glance at these things, returning everything that had been given to her untouched. Even after learning that he was the young master of the Zhou family, she looked at him the same way she would look at a stranger.

The Zhou family's young master, who had always been high and mighty, experienced what it meant to feel defeated for the first time.

Perhaps it was his pride, or perhaps something else, that made him determined to win over Pei Jinhe.

Pei Jinhe wasn't interested in luxury goods, so he approached things from other angles.

Breakfast is delivered every morning, late-night snacks are ordered every night, and umbrellas are delivered on rainy days...

Through his persistent efforts, he finally succeeded in winning over Pei Jinhe.

He still remembers that the day Pei Jinhe agreed to give it a try was a sunny noon.

The girl's eyebrows curved, and her dark pupils were like shooting stars streaking across the black night sky, leaving behind an eternal brilliance.

Guo Tianhao looked at the money in his hand: "She's returned all the gifts. Pei Jinhe is determined to break up with you."

The money had both whole and odd amounts; the calculations were incredibly precise.

Zhou Yuanche lit a cigarette in frustration, took a deep drag, and the strong smell of tobacco filled his lungs. Instead of relieving his frustration, it made him even more irritable.

He exhaled smoke, the hazy mist blurring the man's angular features: "Are you sure the bet hasn't been leaked?"

Guo Tianhao hesitated before speaking, "Brother Che, with so many people, I'm not sure."

Everyone at Peking University knows Pei Jinhe, the campus goddess. She seems sweet and gentle, but in reality, she is aloof and unapproachable, and no one can touch her.

Everyone wants to see the goddess fall from grace.

There were quite a few people present when they started urging Zhou Yuanche to use the bet to pursue Pei Jinhe.

Zhou Yuanche sat in the chair, his eyes fixed on the box in front of him.

He knew Pei Jinhe's temper to some extent.

She's the type who can't tolerate any flaws.

If she finds out about the bet...

She is 100% sure she will break up with him.

Zhou Yuanche's mind was filled with Pei Jinhe's aloof and stunningly beautiful face; every smile and frown of the girl appeared clearly before his eyes.

He only snapped back to reality when a spark from the cigarette burned his finger.

Seeing Zhou Yuanche's distraught state, Guo Tianhao cautiously asked, "Brother Che, you and Pei Jinhe are only together because of the bet, right? Have you really fallen for her?"

Zhou Yuanche slammed the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray and roared angrily, "How is that possible! She's just an adopted daughter, what right does she have for me to like her!"

Guo Tianhao was startled by his shout and shut his mouth, not daring to utter a sound.

Judging from Che Ge's appearance.

Why does it sound like someone has hit a nerve?

Could it be that he's taken his acting too seriously and actually fallen for Pei Jinhe?

Zhou Yuanche looked at the pile of things in front of him, the veins on his forehead throbbing, his chest feeling swollen and uncomfortable. He kicked the box over.

With a "whoosh," the contents inside spilled all over the floor.

A pink teddy bear rolled to his feet.

Zhou Yuanche remembered this doll.

This was what Pei Jinhe won from the claw machine during their first date.

It's a pair with the teddy bear in the black clothes.

Pei Jinhe gave him the teddy bear in black.

Tell him to keep it safe.

He always thought dolls were particularly childish. He stopped playing with them when he was two or three years old. He said he didn't want them, but he still brought them back and put them on his bedside table.

His doll is now safely kept at home, but Pei Jinhe has returned this pink one.

She wanted to cut ties with him completely.

Zhou Yuanche, unable to vent his frustration, his chest heaving with anger, said to Guo Tianhao, "Throw all this stuff away!"

She's just a woman.

If he wanted to, there would be plenty of women willing to be with him!

...

Lanyuan.

Pei Jinhe followed Shen Huaiyu into the master bedroom.

The room was decorated in cool colors, with gray sheets, a neatly made bed, black curtains, and a faint, cool sandalwood scent in the air.

It smells exactly like a man.

Being alone with a man and a woman in a room, Pei Jinhe was already nervous. Now, seeing the cold and gloomy room, she was completely at a loss.

Shen Huaiyu's voice broke the awkward atmosphere in the room: "Go take a shower first."

Pei Jinhe, flustered, blurted out without thinking, "And what about you?"

Pei Jinhe wanted to slap herself as soon as she asked the question.

What kind of stupid question is this?

If I tell you to take a shower, go take one now.

Why all this nonsense?

Shen Huaiyu opened the wardrobe and took out a set of black pajamas: "I'll go next door to shower."

"Okay." Pei Jinhe nodded.

She first went to the second bedroom to get her pajamas and a change of clothes.

It's autumn now, and her autumn pajamas are the very conservative kind with long pants and long sleeves, which she doesn't feel embarrassed wearing.