The elevator doors closed, and Shen Heyu could finally no longer hear the idle chatter, but her complexion visibly paled.
"You’re okay, right? Don’t mind what others say," Pei Yansi noticed Shen Heyu’s paleness and tried to comfort her, but she coldly moved a step to the side, increasing the distance between them.
In the elevator, it was just the two of them. Even if she wanted to keep her distance from Pei Yansi, there wasn’t anywhere she could go.
Though she hadn’t moved far, her action of stepping to the side still irritated Pei Yansi. He suddenly grabbed Shen Heyu’s wrist and pulled her into his embrace.
"Do you really want to escape me that much? But Shen Heyu, do you even know what I’m thinking? I’m going crazy trying to find you, I’ve even reflected on the past three years what I’ve done to you. If there’s anything I’ve done wrong, tell me, I will definitely correct it."
Love blazed in Pei Yansi’s eyes like molten lava spilling forth. Shen Heyu, upon seeing such intense affection, instinctively averted her gaze, refusing to meet his eyes.
"Pei Yansi, I’ve told you eight hundred times already, we are completely over. Why won’t you listen to others? When will you face reality?"
Shen Heyu took a deep breath. She didn’t struggle to free her wrist that Pei Yansi was holding, but instead turned her head to look at the elevator’s inner wall.
Her avoidance irritated Pei Yansi deeply. He reached up, grasped Shen Heyu’s chin, and forced her to face him.
"I’m telling you, I will never give up on you, and I will never let you leave me. How many times do I need to say it before you can see the reality? The reality is that you will never escape me."
Both of them were persistent. Shen Heyu persisted in trying to escape from him, but Pei Yansi held onto her, not letting her go.
Shen Heyu had to admit that the morning after she accidentally stayed at Pei’s Villa, the heartfelt confession Pei Yansi made sincerely regretted his past mistakes; she was truly moved.
But what use was that?
Yuexue was in Chen Wenzhou’s hands. Chen Wenzhou threatened Shen Heyu using Yuexue’s life to completely cut off her ties with Pei Yansi, no longer maintaining the lingering connection like they used to. Moreover, she was already registered as married to Lu Yi; even though their marriage was fake, the marriage certificate was real.
Hearing Pei Yansi’s possessive rant, Shen Heyu just forced a smile.
"What are you like? You think I can’t do that?" Pei Yansi’s hand on Shen Heyu’s chin tightened slightly.
Shen Heyu winced in pain, but this time, she didn’t avoid Pei Yansi’s gaze, instead looking him directly in the eyes.
"Of course I believe what President Pei says, but haven’t you forgotten? You’re about to marry Miss Chen. Do you really think you are in a position to meddle in my affairs? Whether I stay or go, it’s up to me. You can’t interfere in my life anymore. Now, let go of my hand immediately. Otherwise, if someone else sees this, they will surely misunderstand and spread more idle gossip."
Pei Yansi wrapped one hand around Shen Heyu’s waist, pulling her a bit tighter into his embrace. Shen Heyu was forced into Pei Yansi’s arms, smelling the familiar scent of his perfume.
"Are you really scared of others seeing us ? But I wish more people would see, the more idle chatter, the better."
"Pei Yansi, are you insane? Do you realize the consequences of all this gossip?" Shen Heyu braced her hands against Pei Yansi’s chest, trying to forcefully push him away, but her strength was insignificant to him.
"Of course I’m aware of the consequences, which is exactly why I must do this. Shen Heyu, you are bound to me for life, and I absolutely won’t allow you to escape," Pei Yansi stared intensely at Shen Heyu.
Seeing her , Shen Heyu’s hands on his chest suddenly weakened, and her resistance lessened as she pulled a self-mocking smile.
"Do you remember what you once told me? You said that sometimes you feel like just letting me go, but you have never managed to do it."
Pei Yansi apologized to Shen Heyu, hugging her tightly, truly afraid that she would disappear from his sight like before.
"Seeing how much you want to escape from me, I truly feel like letting you go, but just thinking about a world without you makes me feel like dying. I simply can’t do it, please forgive my selfishness, I do this all because I love you too much."
"Pei Yansi, calm down, just let go of me now and we can talk, okay? The elevator doors are about to open." Shen Heyu turned to glance at the elevator doors, which were nearly at the ground floor.
The ground floor was crowded, and if someone saw them in this state, who knows what kind of gossip would spread.
"Let them look if they want."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Yansi forcefully kissed Shen Heyu.
At the same time, with a ding-dong, the elevator doors slid open, and the people waiting at the entrance were shocked upon seeing this, their eyes wide open.
His kiss was fierce, and Shen Heyu initially couldn’t push him away.
So much so that when the elevator doors opened, several pairs of eyes were fixed on them kissing. Shen Heyu’s face flushed red; she bit hard into Pei Yansi’s lip and pushed him away forcefully.
Enduring the gossip-hungry stares of onlookers, Shen Heyu muttered an excuse before quickly lowering her head and escaping from the elevator, vigorously wiping her lips which still bore the ambiguous traces and warmth of Pei Yansi.
After fleeing the hospital, Shen Heyu sat in her car taking a deep breath; she had almost run out of air earlier. There were already rampant rumors circulating about her, Pei Yansi, and others like Lu Yi and Chen Lingmeng.
Now, with people having seen her kissing Pei Yansi, who knows how many versions of the rumors would be created.
Shen Heyu, unwilling to face it, closed her eyes and sighed melancholically. Just then, someone tapped on the car window, nearly scaring her soul out of her body.
She turned her head and found Pei Yansi standing right in front of the car window. Shen Heyu frowned, quickly fastened her seatbelt, stepped on the gas, and drove away. She didn’t want to face Pei Yansi at the moment.
Even if she did face Pei Yansi, she didn’t know what to say, especially not knowing how to handle the mess just created.
Not long after driving off, the phone lying on the passenger seat began to ring.