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An indescribable depressing mood filled her heart until she got off work. She followed the group of people to the restaurant she had booked beforehand. The atmosphere was quite cheerful during dinner, and a few close colleagues could tell that she was unhappy.

After the meal, in order to express her regret that she didn't bring her present, Pei Luoyi took out her purse and bought the bill.

She waited until she and the others had separated in front of the dining room door, then walked slowly back to her apartment.

The setting sun had yet to set in the horizon. At the intersection of the city's borders, golden rays of light covered the sky where the clouds were still blue.

The weather was clear, and the haze in his heart seemed to have dispersed.

It was not until she opened her house that she saw a room empty.

Gone.

Nothing.

The sofa in the living room, the television, the coffee table, the hanging paintings, and even the shoes rack in the hallway.

If it hadn't been for the key to the door, she almost wondered if she'd gone to the wrong floor.

Pei Luoyi was stunned for a good three seconds. Then, without bothering to answer the question of cleanliness, she stepped on her shoes and walked straight in.

When he pushed open the bedroom door, other than the warm color of the wallpaper, he could still feel the familiarity of the room. The things inside had also disappeared.

It had been less than ten hours since she had left the house and returned.

Had her house been emptied?

Naturally, she was not stupid enough to think that it was a thief.

He quickly took out his cell phone from his bag and looked at the property phone, wanting to broadcast it.

A call came through. Pei Luoyi looked at the name displayed on the screen and gradually retracted the cell phone's knuckles. Her eyes were filled with an uncontrollable scarlet anger.

If she still hadn't realized whose hand this was, then she was either a fool or an idiot.

She pressed the answer button and pressed the phone to her ear. She didn't give him a chance to speak as her suppressed and heavy voice practically jumped out one word at a time from her throat.

"Mr. Gong, please give me a reason to empty my house!"

Inside the Thousand Islands Manor, the setting sun shone through the huge window onto the tall and straight man. The high-end carpet drew the man's long shadow.

The black phone in Gong Yan's hand was pressed against his ear, and from it came a woman's voice that was filled with extreme anger while trying hard to suppress it.

Just from this sentence, he could imagine the extreme rage of a woman.

His gaze stopped at the distant, rippling lake below the mountain, his lips drawn up in a thin curve.

"Reason?"

A magnetic voice penetrated the electromagnetic waves and landed in Pei Luoyi's ears. She heard him say, "Is it a valid reason to get married and live together legally?"

"But we haven't received a certificate yet, sir. Is this considered to be a marriage?"

She almost laughed at his anger as she reminded him in a cold voice that the two of them had not succeeded in getting the certificate in the morning.

The man's gaze that was fixed in the distance suddenly fluctuated, but the smile on his thin lips only increased. "Is there any difference?" Miss Pei, it's only a matter of time before you sign that agreement. "

He spoke slowly and without hurry.

However, to Pei Luoyi, this was inexplicably ear-piercing!

Agreement, damn agreement.

Her forehead throbbed and throbbed.

She held her cell phone in one hand and pulled at her hair with the other. It was as if the throbbing pain in her scalp could only be covered by a wave of pain.

She suddenly realized that she didn't have anything to say to refute this man. He was holding onto everything she had, so she didn't even have the chance to struggle.

In the end, perhaps guessing that she was unable to refute him, the man's deep voice sounded out, "Don't make such a fearless struggle, Pei Luoyi. There's a car waiting for you downstairs.

No resistance, no negotiation.

Pei Luoyi bit her lips and closed her eyes, only to open her eyes when a sweet and fishy smell emanated from her mouth. Her pure white teeth loosened their bite.

"What makes you think you can decide everything for me, Gong Yan …"

The man was too far away to hear what she was saying, but it wasn't hard to guess what she was going to say if she only thought about it.

"Since you signed that agreement and asked such a boring question, it's fine as long as you ask me a question. There's no end to it. Pei Loyi, do you need me to do something else to make you more clear-headed? "Hmm?"

Do you need it? Maybe she did.

Hadn't she had no choice when her parents signed their names?

But why didn't she want to believe it?

She hadn't done anything, hadn't run away, hadn't made him a cripple. There wasn't a single one, she hadn't even done a single one!

Why her!

Pei Luoyi did not speak for a long time. Only her clenched fists showed the excitement in her heart.

Then she cut off the call, turned on the phone, and dropped it in a corner.

As numb as a walking corpse, he walked step by step back into the living room, closing the door and locking it behind him.

After doing all this, she sat down by the window in the living room.

He hugged his knees and rested his chin on them. His dull eyes stared at the gradually darkening sky.

She did not turn on the light until nightfall, and just sat there in the dark silence, quietly sitting in the silent and traceless living room.

For a long time, it seemed as if Pei Luoyi was about to fall asleep on the floor.

There was a knock on the door.

She opened her eyes. Her eyes were filled with fatigue.

She did not get up to open the door, nor did she respond. She listened to the knocking on the door for a little while.

The knocking on the door stopped.

Just when Pei Luoyi thought that he had left, a loud sound that seemed to shake the whole floor exploded right next to her ear.

No matter how indifferent she was, it was impossible for her to not have any reaction after seeing her own family being unloaded.

His eardrums buzzed, and his heart raced.

Pei Luoyi was sitting blankly on the spot, looking at the man in the light yellow casual clothes. He was leaning on his walking stick as he strolled in through the door.

It was as if he had just finished his dinner and went to the house next door to take a walk. He was completely relaxed and at ease.

Gong Yan dusted the dust off his shoulders before slowly turning his head to look down at the dumbstruck woman on the ground.

The thin figure seemed to be frightened out of its wits. The pair of dull eyes stared at him without blinking. His entire body was trembling at a slight angle.

"I gave you a chance, Pei Luoyi. Since you insist on me helping you recognize the reality of the situation, I don't mind helping you."

The cold smile on his lips could be said to be very seductive. Pei Luoyi felt a little absent-minded. Before she could recover, she was carried by Tang Sen, who had just walked out from behind the man.

Gravity was out of balance, but she had forgotten to scream.

His palm-sized face was pale and almost transparent, and his fingers subconsciously clutched at Townsend's black shirt.

Before she passed out, Pei Luoyi stared into the eyes of the man as if she was looking at a cold-blooded animal. She felt a little greasy and cold, but there was no warmth in her.