I had only taken a few steps when Pei Xianglong's voice came from behind, "Are you just going to leave like that?"

I immediately stopped and turned around to ask, "Isn't that what you wanted?"

"I said it was Pei Shiyu's intention. Instead of resolving the problem with her, what does it make you, running away like a weakling!"

"Do you think what happened can pass her test?"

"Why are you asking me? You need to break through the barrier yourself. How old are you? You're treating a relationship like a child's game."

I walked back to Pei Xianglong, and he turned and entered his office. I followed him in and stood in front of him.

I said, "I also want to try my best to salvage this, but Pei Shiyu doesn't want to communicate at all. I admit that I used to be a bit absurd, but that was the environment I was in..."

Pei Xianglong interrupted me impatiently, saying, "You chose your own path. No one forced you to live a debauched life. You enjoyed it yourself. Don't talk to me about the environment. How far along were you with my daughter?

Now you want to pat your butt and slip away. There's no such cheap thing in the world."

His words had a sense of pressure. I stared at him and asked, "Then how should I be responsible?"

"I'll settle the score with Lao Wang. You go back now."

"This is my business. Why are you looking for him? Besides, he's not my dad."

"The reason I agreed to you two being together in the first place was because of Lao Wang's reputation. He assured me that you had good character."

Before I could speak, Pei Xianglong decisively took out his phone and started making a call. I wasn't sure if he was calling Lao Wang.

Until the call connected, Pei Xianglong shouted into the phone, "You come to my company right now. Your son is in trouble."

He said this nonsensical sentence and ended the call immediately without giving Lao Wang a chance to speak...

"You can make any demands to me, don't bother him. It's Pei Shiyu who doesn't want me anymore," I said anxiously.

"You sit down first and we'll deal with it when Lao Wang arrives." Pei Xianglong pointed to the sofa.

Pei Xianglong's attitude was quite puzzling, making me feel like I couldn't escape. I simply sat on the sofa and quietly sent Pei Shiyu a WeChat message: "Your dad won't let me leave. Can you come over and explain things? He even called Lao Wang over, but he's not my dad, don't bother him. Can you come over and make a statement to your dad about what's going on between us?"

I kept holding my phone after sending the message, but she didn't reply. After about ten minutes, I saw her walk directly into the office.

She frowned at Pei Xianglong, then turned her gaze to me, "You can leave."

I cautiously looked at her dad and asked, "Is it okay?"

"Good-for-nothing."

Pei Xianglong scolded directly, as if blaming me for calling Pei Shiyu over. Then he looked at Pei Shiyu sternly and said:

"You make it clear today, you don't want Lin Che anymore, is that right?"

"Yes." Pei Shiyu answered decisively.

"Okay, since you don't want him, I won't be polite to him. My daughter, Pei Xianglong's daughter, isn't so easily bullied."

Pei Xianglong's sudden change in attitude made me immediately stand up from the sofa. I felt that things were getting more and more troublesome.

At the same time, I felt like a burger being sandwiched in the middle, one wanting to give up on me, and the other putting pressure on me. If we really had to settle accounts, I didn't know how I should be responsible.

"What should I do, you..."

As soon as I opened my mouth, Pei Xianglong immediately stopped me, his attitude completely different from usual. Without even looking at me, he said sternly, "Keep quiet and wait for Lao Wang to arrive before we deal with it."

"What do you want to do?" Pei Shiyu asked a little displeased.

"It's such a big deal, you're just going to let him off so easily?"

"This is my own decision, don't interfere."

"Are you my daughter? Is letting him off so easily my, Pei Xianglong's, style?"

"What else do you want?" Pei Shiyu hesitated for a moment, then asked stiffly.

"Since you don't want him, I won't show any mercy."

At this moment, Pei Shiyu suddenly walked up to me and said, "You can leave."

"If he dares to step out of this door, I'll make him crawl out." Pei Xianglong said seriously, looking at me.

His appearance at this moment seemed to remind me of the time he beat me up four years ago. His face was full of ferocity, and I didn't know how to deal with him. It seemed like whatever I said would be wrong, and I suddenly felt a chill down my spine.

Pei Shiyu didn't stay any longer. It was as if the upcoming events had nothing to do with her. She turned and left while we were silent.

I didn't even dare to smoke, just sat a little dumbfounded on the sofa, while Pei Xianglong sat on his dragon chair, carefully staring at the documents, never looking at me.

After sitting like this for a while, I started to feel a little agitated. I wasn't the one who broke up, so Pei Xianglong's current attitude felt like blaming me instead, did I have to pay for my previous behavior?

An hour later, there were hurried footsteps in the corridor. I stared at the door, as if begging for reinforcements.

As I expected, Lao Wang suddenly walked in, followed by my mom. They saw me sitting on the sofa at a glance.

I stood up immediately, while Lao Wang first said to Pei Xianglong, "Lao Pei, what's the rush?"

Pei Xianglong raised his head, not changing his attitude because he saw Lao Wang, maintaining his consistent seriousness, and asked:

"Wasn't it you who said that Lin Che was a good person?"

"Yes, I said that. What trouble did Lin Che cause?"

"He's been messing around with women in nightclubs. My daughter found out yesterday and wants to give up on him. I think giving up is fine, but you all know how far along they were. There's no such thing as a free lunch. My daughter isn't a woman in a nightclub either. You can't just play around and then easily leave."

My mom walked up to me and asked in a very bad tone, "Lin Che, how can you be so muddle-headed? You don't have any sense of responsibility. You have such a good woman like Shiyu, and you still go out and look for disreputable people."

"Lin Che, you're too outrageous." Lao Wang also began to criticize.

I was a little speechless at the situation in front of me. At first, I thought I was quite free and easy, thinking that breaking up without dragging things out was a good thing, but now it seemed that Pei Xianglong's attitude was very difficult to deal with.

"Those things happened before I knew Pei Shiyu, you don't need to get involved." My tone also began to become impatient.

"You have to pay for your actions in life." Pei Xianglong lectured, looking at me.

"What do you want to do? Just give me a straight answer. I wasn't the one who brought up the breakup."

"You should have made it clear about your past behavior before you started dating Pei Shiyu. Hiding it is deceiving Pei Shiyu."

Then he stared at me and asked, "Am I right?"