Endless Fall

197 One Woman After Another

Lin Jiao swiped open the screen to look at the time. Thinking that it was still early, she decided to listen and see what she was up to. “How unordinary is the relationship between you?”

“We went to the same dinner party at the end of last year. Do you know what happened that night?”

“Tell me about it.”

“He was drunk that night.” Yao Qianning did not hesitate to lie. “I was the one who accompanied him for the night.”

“How?”

“We’re all adults. Do you need me to tell you in detail?” She pushed aside the hair at her temples and revealed a shy expression.

Lin Jiao was disgusted by her.

She first sent Pei Zhi a location before calling him. She asked unhurriedly, “So you slept with Pei Zhi?”

“Yes, he likes me very much.”

“Do you believe it yourself?”

Yao Qianning said without changing her expression, “Miss Lin, I know you feel bad, but that night did happen.”

“You’re quite good at day-dreaming.” Lin Jiao leaned back and looked into her eyes lazily.

From the beginning to the end, she was very calm. Yao Qianning could not stand her putting on an act and tried her best to provoke Lin Jiao. “Pei Zhi is just playing with you. Don’t think too highly of yourself.”

“He proposed marriage to me.”

“How is that possible?!” She raised her voice, obviously losing her composure.

Lin Jiao smiled even more brightly.

She raised her left hand and rubbed the ring. “How do you think this ring came about?”

The diamonds on the ring shone brightly. In Yao Qianning’s eyes, it was especially dazzling.

She calmed herself down. Even though she already had an answer in her mind, she still did not want to believe it. “He proposed marriage just like that? With Pei Zhi’s wealth, would he buy Cartier for you?”

“It has nothing to do with wealth.” Lin Jiao looked up at the man who was rushing over. “Whatever I like, he’ll try his best to satisfy me.”

“The prerequisite for him to satisfy you is that he’s still interested in you. Don’t tell me you think he’s really in love with you?”

“If I don’t like her, who else do I like?” A cold voice suddenly sounded.

Yao Qianning looked up and saw a pair of dangerous and cold eyes. His gaze was like a wind blade, piercing into her skin, making her shiver.

Just as Yao Qianning was racking her brains to make up a lie, she heard his angry voice again. “Yao Qianning, do I know you very well?”

“I’ll get a lawyer to talk to you about slandering my reputation.”

Pei Zhi leaned over slightly, and a suffocating pressure weighed on Yao Qianning.

He sneered, “The daughter of the Yao family is indeed different. The word ‘shameless’ is vividly displayed by you.”

Being described as shameless by the person she liked, Yao Qianning felt like her heart had been stabbed.

Her eyes were red. “Pei Zhi, it’s not what you think. I was in a fit of anger just now…”

Pei Zhi did not even want to look at her.

He held Lin Jiao’s hand. “The collaboration between Sheng Heng and the Yao Corporation will end today. Save yourself the energy to explain it to your father.”

The sound of footsteps gradually faded.

Yao Qianning, who was left alone, came back to her senses and covered her face as she sobbed.

Lin Jiao could see the lonely figure clearly through the French window.

She retracted her gaze indifferently without any sympathy.

“Jiaojiao.” Pei Zhi put his arm around her waist and slowed down as they walked towards Sheng Heng. “What else did she say?”

The anger in his eyes was replaced by gentleness, and even his voice was not as cold as before.

“Nothing.” Lin Jiao could not be bothered to repeat it.

She thought of Fang Yanwen from a while ago and glared at him. “President Pei is really popular. Women come after you one after another.”

The smell of jealousy was too strong.

Pei Zhi kissed the top of her head and did not notice that they were in Sheng Heng. “Jiaojiao, I’m doing my best to keep myself away from them.”

“Is there anything I don’t know?”

“Not much.”

“Is that so?” Lin Jiao pressed the elevator button, forgetting to hide their relationship from the surrounding employees. “If you dare to hide it from me, you’ll be finished.”

“I wouldn’t dare.” Pei Zhi hugged her from behind.

“Considering that you have a good attitude, I’ll forget you this time.” Lin Jiao smiled and walked into the empty elevator with him.

When the door closed, the employees standing a hundred meters away were still in a daze.

They really could not believe that President Pei, who was serious and unapproachable, was actually like this in private.

“Was that the lady boss just now?” One of the PR department employees was the first to speak. “Why does she look so familiar?”

“I think so too.”

“President Pei really dotes on her. When he kissed the lady boss, he was completely engrossed in it.”

“And the way he hugged her from behind. It makes me want to fall in love too.”

Aly, Zhuo Yuan, and Sun Haoran, who were standing behind them, looked at each other and saw the shock in each other’s eyes.

Especially Sun Haoran.

When Qu Shao asked him to take care of Lin Jiao, he did not think too much about it. Unexpectedly, this was the reason he was asked to take care of Lin Jiao.

They returned to the planning department in silence. Unable to hold back the urge to gossip, they created a group chat of three people to discuss crazily in private.

The other employees who witnessed the entire process also talked about this in their department groups.

In just a moment, it reached Qu Shao’s ears.

He knocked on the door of the CEO’s office at two o’clock. When he reported to them about what had been circulating in the company, he was still smiling. “Boss, this time, it’s out of hand.”

Lin Jiao, who had just woken up, had a brain fog and couldn’t think properly.

After being fed two mouthfuls of water by Pei Zhi, she thought about what Qu Shao said and asked calmly, “Do they know it’s me?”

“I’m not sure.” Qu Shao paused. “But a lot of people saw it. If you go downstairs and walk around, you’ll be recognized.”

Pei Zhi put down the glass of water. “Do you want me to clarify it?” He tidied her collar and hair, his expression unchanged.

“No need.” It was only a matter of time before their relationship went public.

Lin Jiao left his arms and rushed back to the planning department to start a new round of work.

Zhuo Yuan and the others took a few more glances at Lin Jiao before starting to gossip in the group.

However, gossip was gossip. They did not tell anyone that the lady boss was in the planning department.

“Senior.” Meng Qi leaned closer to ask her, “Have you heard about it?”

“Are you referring to President Pei?”

“Yes, his girlfriend is at the company.”

“You still like him?” Lin Jiao typed on the keyboard, adding lines of words to the document.

“I don’t like him anymore.” She was not enthusiastic about chasing someone who did not belong to her.

Meng Qi packed up her stuff. “Unfortunately, I won’t have the chance to see his girlfriend.”

Lin Jiao smiled but did not say anything.

She glanced sideways at her, but in the end, she did not tell her that she had actually seen her countless times.