Chapter 199: When You Kick the Iron Plate

“Go on, senior brother, you’ve got my back,” she said.

“Sure thing,” he replied.

Pei Dongshi nodded in satisfaction and then suddenly heard her gasp lightly.

“What happened?”

Nan Jiaojiao was stirring her cup with a spoon, trying to dissolve the cream, when she accidentally splashed some, which landed on her hand.

Just as she tried to hide her hand behind her, Pei Dongshi grabbed it and saw several red marks on her palm, and the base of her thumb was bleeding.

The man’s eyes narrowed, “What’s this about?”

“I used too much force with the whip, and it hurt me,” she explained casually, shaking her hand.

“You got hurt and didn’t say?

You even dared to take a hot bath with your hand like this!”

He scolded her as he stood up and walked into the living room, coming back with a medical kit.

“Give me your hand.”

Nan Jiaojiao obediently passed her hand, a bit too forcefully, lifting her wide sleeve in the process, exposing the bruise on her arm which Pei Dongshi noticed.

Before she could ask, Nan Jiaojiao took the initiative to confess, “I got into a fight.”

Pei Dongshi poked her forehead with a finger, “You and your temper, I’ve taught you to endure whenever possible and not to start fights unless absolutely necessary.

Do you really think you are invincible with your little skills?

There will come a time when you’ll hit a wall.”

“Oh.”

She responded gloomily, not daring to say anything else.

After applying the medicine, Pei Dongshi was still not calmed down, his gaze on her much like that on a mischievous child, “No touching water, no drinking alcohol.”

Nan Jiaojiao nodded obediently, “I’ll drink milk, not alcohol.”

“Stop joking around!” he shot back.

Pei Dongshi took the coffee to the balcony, sitting on a soft tatami mat with a laptop on his lap, working.

Nan Jiaojiao followed him, half-reclining on a soft cushion.

The autumn breeze gently lifted a few strands of her hair, scattering them on her cheeks, which she tucked behind her ear with her pinky finger.

Soon, the meal was delivered from the restaurant.

It was ten in the morning, and she couldn’t decide if it was breakfast or lunch.

Nan Jiaojiao, who had been tired all night and barely slept on the plane, thought she wouldn’t have an appetite but found her stomach rumbling after drinking a bowl of pear soup, ending up eating two bowls of rice.

Pei Dongshi, a man of strict meal schedules, ate a few bites with her but then stopped, occasionally helping her with food using a separate pair of chopsticks, while continuously managing his emails.

After finishing the meal, Nan Jiaojiao slept well and woke up at two in the afternoon.

When she went downstairs, she found Pei Dongshi still there and asked in surprise, “Aren’t you working today?”

“Do I look like I’ve been idle this morning?

As a working man, life is hard, naturally, I’m not as carefree as a boss who can sleep till natural wake-up.”

Nan Jiaojiao tip-toed over, smiling broadly, “Senior brother, you jest, making me seem quite inconsiderate.”

Pei Dongshi scoffed with laughter, “Let’s go, I’ll drive you out.”

He walked to the vestibule, tucked the car keys in his pocket, and looked down at Nan Jiaojiao sitting on a low stool putting on her shoes, his eyes narrowing slightly, “There’s nothing inappropriate in my laundry basket, right?”

Nan Jiaojiao’s eyes flickered, “No, I took everything that should be taken.

After all, you’re still a single old man, and this place needs your ‘male energy’ to keep things in order, without too much of a woman’s touch.”

Pei Dongshi was silent for a moment before realizing, “You little rascal, calling me a forever alone!”

Nan Jiaojiao broke into a run, with him chasing behind.

Thanks to his long legs, it only took a few strides to catch up.

In the end, he grabbed her by the collar of her jacket and threw her into the car.

“Brother Che, Brother Che, they’re coming out!”

Chen Yi turned excitedly, looking toward the back seat where he expected to see a man, but instead met Han Che’s pale face.

He paused, then quickly pointed at Pei Dongshi’s car, “Look, the adulterer and the mistress are coming out!”