"Yo, Lanlan is here? Come, sit down quickly."
Li Lanlan was the name Pei Kexin used before entering the Pei family. Not many people knew this name.
In recent years, no one had called her Lanlan to her face. She hadn't expected Pei Zongrui to know.
The old man had only been gone for a few hours, and the family should be in mourning. As the eldest grandson, he still had the mood to come for a drink and tease her. Pei Kexin couldn't find words to describe him.
"Why did you call me over? Just to remind me that I used to be called Li Lanlan?"
Pei Zongrui patted the seat next to him.
"Don't put on a long face the moment you see me, and don't talk to me like an elder. You're only three years older than me, what kind of elder are you?"
"Don't think you're my aunt just because the old man said you are. At most, you're an older sister."
"Be good, be obedient. I don't want to get angry today. Can't we just talk properly if I ask you to sit down?"
He might think his sweet talk and efforts were working, but Pei Kexin just felt like throwing up.
"It's your grandfather now, alright, even if not, it's your Pei family, at a critical moment for maintaining face to the outside world. As a grandson, if you can't bring glory, at least you shouldn't bring shame, right?"
"Pei Zongrui, aren't you afraid people will laugh at you for being crazy if word gets out that you're here at this time?"
Pei Zongrui gritted his teeth, then gritted them again. He looked down at the wine in front of him, then suddenly kicked all the wine on the table to the ground.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Just be good, isn't it better if you just sit down when I tell you to, Pei Kexin? Must you make me angry? I've tolerated you for a long time, don't force me."
Who was forcing whom?
Pei Kexin had no interest in watching him go crazy. "So what exactly did you call me here for? To watch you go crazy, or to watch your performance?"
"To be my woman!"
He gritted his teeth and stood up abruptly.
"Don't you know? I've had this idea for more than a day!"
"Pei Kexin, who made me like you. Last time, and what happened in Harbin, I won't hold it against you because we grew up together. After all, you're a woman, so I'll just assume you were being coy!"
"But from now on, you must listen to me! The old man is gone, and no one in this world will protect you anymore. Don't mention that leech to me, he's nothing!"
"I've wanted you since I was a teenager. If you're with me, I'll protect you. Not only can you continue to work at Pei's, but you can also be the glamorous vice president..."
He, who had called her aunt for over a decade, actually...
He had the nerve to say it, and Pei Kexin felt too embarrassed to listen. Goosebumps rose all over her, and she almost threw up on him.
"Pei Zongrui, I'm impressed. You're simply... just say it directly, what do you plan to do if I don't agree?"
Pei Zongrui picked up a stack of A4 papers from the table and threw them at her.
"This is from the company's finance department. Take a good look. All of it was handled and signed by you. Where did the money go?"
"You've only worked at Pei's for a little over three years, yet you embezzled over 5 million yuan. How audacious."
So, he had resorted to this tactic after all, accusing her of embezzling over five million yuan.
It seemed the Pei family wouldn't rest easy without destroying her.
Pei Kexin was so angered by what he threw that she started laughing.
"So you're determined to have me?"
"Zongrui, but where do you get so much money? You have to maintain cars, women, and various hobbies. Isn't it tiring?"
Pei Zongrui smiled smugly and lazily sat back on the sofa.
"Do you know why I specifically sought you out? Pei Kexin, you're smart, and I like that intelligence of yours. It's easier to talk to you."
"How could I possibly support you? It's for free, understand? This is what you owe me. The Pei family gave you a life, and as you said yourself, you can never repay our family's kindness. Since that's the case, shouldn't you repay it in some other way?"
Pei Kexin truly couldn't say another word to him.
Compared to being extorted by such scum, she would rather go to jail and be clean!
"Are you done? If you're done, I'm leaving. If you think the evidence is sufficient and you can send me in, then do it. You don't need to call me again to remind me; I can accept it."
"Some things, you say them without feeling disgusted, but I feel my ears are dirty just listening. With you? Pei Zongrui, to be honest, even if all the men in the world died and only you were left, I wouldn't even glance at you."
"Do you know why? Weaklings aren't men in my eyes at all. You, you're not a man."
After saying that, she turned to leave. Pei Zongrui stood up in a rage.
"Pei Kexin, you're ungrateful! You refuse a toast and prefer a forfeit! Do you think I really wouldn't dare to report you?"
"I didn't say you wouldn't dare. If you're willing to report me, go ahead. I'll admit to it, alright?"
"You..." Pei Zongrui was furious. "Don't leave yet, I have another way!"
"It's not impossible for me to give up my intentions towards you. That soft-rice guy you had beat me up a few days ago is unforgivable."
"Now, call him over. You two kneel on the ground and call me 'Grandpa' ten times, kowtow to me ten times, and I won't hold the five million yuan against you."
Pei Kexin realized Pei Zongrui had gone mad to the point of insanity.
Kneel down and call him Grandpa?
What normal person would even think of that?
But Pei Kexin still explained.
"After hitting you, I argued with him, and I kicked him out. He's already gone abroad. Sorry, he can't come."
Pei Zongrui wouldn't believe that.
"Pei Kexin, you're not being honest. I'm offering you a solution, and you don't cherish it. Tsk tsk, it seems you're beyond saving."
Pei Kexin took out her phone and said calmly.
"Believe it or not. If you don't believe me, I can call you right now so you can hear it."
As Zhan Jingchen stepped out of the elevator, his phone rang. He grabbed it and saw it was Pei Kexin.
Yao Junzhu was slung over his arm. He didn't answer; instead, he silenced it.
Yao Junzhu looked at his hand. "Why aren't you answering? Who is it?"
Zhan Jingchen said with a poker face, "If I answer this, I won't be able to spend the evening with you. Let it go."
Yao Junzhu thought he was refusing a friend's invitation to hang out and happily tightened her grip on his arm.
The three walked towards the private room together. The call went unanswered, and Pei Zongrui sneered.
"Pathetic. To find such a useless person as a husband, and he can't even be relied upon at a crucial moment. Since that's the case, why bother staying loyal to him? Just come with me."
Pei Kexin hung up the phone. "If I agree, how can you guarantee that you'll destroy all this evidence?"
Pei Zongrui said, "As long as you're obedient and do whatever I tell you, and try your best to please me every day, I'll destroy it for you then."
Pei Kexin understood. "So that means it depends on your mood. If you want to destroy it, you will; if you don't, you won't. I'm at your mercy, right?"
Pei Zongrui looked at her.
"You're nothing right now, and I'm the future successor of the Pei family. It's your honor that I fancy you. Shouldn't you be grateful?"