To avoid startling Xu Peiyu again, I turned on the room light directly.
The moment she saw me, the tension on Xu Peiyu's face gradually relaxed.
People scaring people can kill people!
It seemed Xu Peiyu had been quite frightened by Ming Wen before.
After I turned on the light, Xu Peiyu didn't say a word. She quickly got out of bed and walked to the door in her slippers.
I thought that after driving Ming Wen away, there wouldn't be any more trouble, but I didn't expect...
Xu Peiyu stood at my room door, looking like she wanted to go out but was afraid to.
Seeing this, I asked, "What's wrong, Sister Peiyu? The thief has been driven away by me. What are you still afraid of?"
Hearing this, Xu Peiyu's face flushed slightly, and she said in a voice as faint as a mosquito's: "I, I... I'm still a little scared and don't dare to go back to my own room!"
"Tonight, c-can I... sleep here with you? Anywhere, on the bed or on the floor, it's fine!"
As she said these words, Xu Peiyu's expression was both shy and terrified, as if she had truly been scared by Ming Wen.
Upon hearing this, after a moment of thought, I directly nodded in agreement.
"You sleep on the bed, I'll sleep on the floor!"
After speaking, I took out two more quilts from the wardrobe, spread one on the floor as a mattress, and used the other as a cover.
After folding the jacket on the bedside table into a makeshift pillow, I turned off the light.
Seeing that I had already lay down on the floor, Xu Peiyu was first stunned for a moment, then quickly climbed back onto the bed and burrowed into the covers.
"Thank you!"
This was the first and only thing she said after turning off the light and getting into bed.
I replied, "It's nothing," and without thinking further, I closed my eyes and began to ponder...
I have thoroughly stirred up the waters in Wenzhou!
Next, how to preserve myself and those around me as much as possible in this murky, turbulent current has become a problem I must consider.
Up to now, although I have never directly clashed with Ying Baolin, if we count the gambling boat incident, we have had three or four indirect confrontations in private.
As the saying goes: once, twice, but not a third time!
Even if Ying Baolin has never heard of me and hasn't taken those minor skirmishes seriously, I have repeatedly ruined his plans. If this big shot has any temper, he won't tolerate it any longer.
An ant hole, though small, can cause a thousand-mile dike to collapse!
An ant, though weak, can exert ten times its strength!
Ying Baolin has no reason not to understand this principle.
Therefore, I am certain that after Yu Youwei has ceased his activities and stopped, Ying Baolin will most likely set up a challenge himself to confront me head-on!
No matter how grand the stage Ying Baolin sets up to fight me, if I can face each challenge and retreat safely, it will mean that this fledgling eagle... has reached the time to spread its wings against the wind and soar to the highest heavens!
Then, once I obtain the Thousand Kings Token, I can use this invaluable token to stir up trouble, personally avenge Uncle Tuo by killing the mastermind behind everything!
As I was lost in thought, suddenly I heard Xu Peiyu, lying on the bed, softly ask, "Chen Xiang, are you asleep?"
Hearing this, I remained silent.
Not receiving a reply, Xu Peiyu turned over again, seemingly trying to fall asleep.
However, whether she was truly terrified or not, I clearly heard Xu Peiyu tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep.
After a while, she softly called my name again. Hearing that I still gave no response, Xu Peiyu suddenly started talking to herself.
"Chen Xiang, perhaps only when you're asleep will I dare to tell you some heartfelt words."
"You know, I didn't choose to leave the club and follow you just to earn more money. Actually..."
"It's because I've taken a liking to you that I've come to you without hesitation."
"Love arises without reason, and grows deep."
"Love ends without reason, and leads to ruin."
"I don't know when I started to like you! Perhaps it was when you helped me get back the money that was cheated from me."
"Or maybe, it was the feeling that developed over time when we worked together later."
"In short, I know I've fallen for you! And I also know..."
"Liking someone like you will never end well! But I just can't control my thoughts."
"In my life, Xu Peiyu should at least forget herself for someone once. That person... is you!"
"I don't ask for a result, I don't ask to accompany you all the way, I don't ask to have had you, I don't even ask for you to like me..."
"I only ask to meet you in the prime of my life!"
"No matter what the outcome, I will have no regrets!"
"Goodnight! To me, to you, to my dearest you!"
After speaking, Xu Peiyu fell silent.
Honestly, when I heard Xu Peiyu's late-night monologue, my mind was completely blank.
So she didn't come for money at all, but rather...
Recalling when Xu Peiyu first arrived, to strike at Kang Muru, I had asked her to pose as a socialite who specifically targeted wealthy bosses in casinos.
At first, she absolutely refused. No matter how much I said or persuaded her, only after I increased her single payment to fifty thousand yuan did she reluctantly agree.
Thinking about it now, I was truly negligent.
If Xu Peiyu were a woman who would do anything for money, she wouldn't have just been a regular waitress at Yun Jin before.
Debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay, especially debts of love!
At this moment, I suddenly felt a pang of regret, regretting that I had pulled her into my team before I could fully understand her.
Although Xu Peiyu would never say these words to anyone else, and she probably thought I was already asleep, which led to her unintentional outpouring of true feelings, the problem is...
I heard every single word!
From now on, how should I face her? Especially in the future, if such a situation arises again where a honey trap is urgently needed, should I seek her out or not?
Fortunately, I still have Qin Manli as a hidden card that hasn't been played yet, which can be of great use at critical moments.
But the first question kept lingering in my mind, haunting me like a nightmare.
With an incredibly heavy heart, I finally drifted off to sleep...
Nothing happened overnight.
.........
The next morning, before the sky had fully brightened, the phone on the bedside table suddenly began to vibrate frequently.
Both Xu Peiyu and I were awakened by the incessantly vibrating phone.
Rubbing the sleep from my eyes and taking out my phone, I saw it was a call from Shen Mengqing.