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She walked a few steps to the sofa and sat down. Her slender and well-proportioned legs were crossed over each other as she raised them together. She randomly picked up a magazine and lowered her head to read it. She looked familiar, as if she had been here many times before.

Gong Yan looked up at her from his computer screen.

She didn't even raise her head as her red lips lightly uttered, "Say it, why did you call me here?"

That leisurely and indolent appearance, very much like a pampered and proud woman.

There were only two people in the huge office, so it went without saying who they were asking.

He closed the notebook and put it aside. He took out a document from the pile, but he didn't open it. As he held the document, he looked at her and asked calmly, "Grandmother is looking for you?"

Pei Luoyi turned the page to the magazine and lazily replied, "Didn't you already know? Why are you asking?"

The man seemed to be displeased by her nonchalant attitude as he frowned slightly.

"What did she tell you?"

His tone became colder, and only then did Pei Luoyi close the magazine in her hand and toss it back into its original place.

"What else can I say?" She raised her eyes and looked back at the man. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a basket of fresh fruits on the tea table. She picked up a red apple and weighed it in her hand.

The man looked at her in silence, the coldness in his eyes fading a little.

She took a bite and chewed on the fruit as she continued, "Your grandmother said she would pay to have me leave you. Do you think I would agree or not?"

She had a smile on her face, and her slightly curved eyes were filled with a hint of cunning.

Gong Yan didn't show any expression of surprise, perhaps he had already guessed it, but a faint trace of color flashed across his eyes.

He lowered his head and opened the document in his hand, asking indifferently, "What price does she offer you?"

"No, because I was acting like a bad woman who wants to pester you, and she seemed to be angry, so we didn't talk about it," she said, smiling as she bent her eyes and took another bite of the crisp apple. "But then she gave in and said that she would consider any offer I made as long as I left you."

He looked up from his paperwork and saw her leaning on the arm of the sofa like a lazy cat, nibbling on the apple. Her face was flat and her eyes were dark.

"From the looks of it, you haven't considered cooperating with her. Such a good opportunity, are you sure you don't want to give it a try?"

There was no emotion in his voice. It was as if he was asking something insignificant.

Pei Luoyi looked at him coldly and snorted, "Can I?" Elder Gong, you seem to have taken me for a fool. Now that you are the head of the Palace Family, even if you have the brains, you probably won't have enough power. "

"Are you trying to encourage me to fall into the pit and laugh at me again?" she asked slowly.

Unless he took the initiative to let her leave, who else in this Cloud City could contend against him? Attempting to use an external force to break free from him was just a thankless task. Even more so, if she angered this man, she didn't know what else he would do.

Rather than this, he might as well gather his strength and find another way out.

Hearing this, the man's thin lips silently formed an arc, "It seems like you also have a brain."

Pei Luoyi rolled her eyes at him and took a bite out of the apple.

After a moment, she seemed to recall something and said, "Oh right, before I left, she said that you and that Miss Su something are getting married."

The man paused in his grip on the pen and suddenly looked up at her with narrowed eyes.

Seeing his reaction, Pei Luoyi found it rather interesting. She pursed her lips and gloated, "She also said …"

Let me be sensible and disappear on my own accord. If she doesn't, she might have to resort to some special method. "

The old mistress' words were not like this. It was just that as she said these words, she had already pulled open the door of her private room and was about to leave.

She could not repeat what she said, but the meaning was still the same.

"Why are you looking at me? It's not like I'm going to stop your marriage. "

Pei Luoyi innocently shrugged her shoulders when she saw that the man didn't even glance at her.

"To be honest, compared to me, you and Miss Su are a lot more compatible. I think her family background is good, and her character is also good. Although she's a bit reserved, I heard that this kind of small flower can arouse the desire to protect you guys. More importantly, your grandma is very satisfied with her role as granddaughter-in-law. I think you should consider it …"

The man interrupted her with a cold voice before she could finish her sentence.

"You're done?"

Gong Yan signed his name at the end of the document page and then threw the folder onto the table with a "Pa" sound. His eyes slowly turned deeper, until he could faintly see the rolling black fog.

Pei Luoyi stopped biting the apple. The way he looked at her gave her goosebumps.

She had only spoken the truth. Why was he so angry, and why was he angry at her? It wasn't like she was forcing him to marry Miss Su.

Pei Luoyi felt her heart tighten and she lost her appetite. She threw the half-eaten apple into the trash can and took a few more tissues to wipe the wetness off her fingers.

After a while, he heard the man's cold voice ask again, "You want me to marry that woman?"

As soon as these words fell into her ears, Pei Luoyi immediately raised her hands to show her innocence. Her black and white eyes widened. "Hey, I didn't say anything like that. You can't just throw everything at me."

The person who wanted him to marry that woman had never been her. It was his grandmother who favored the daughter of a wealthy family.

Pei Luoyi originally wanted to use this as an excuse to throw a tantrum because he was afraid that a man would try to frame her with some kind of crime.

Unexpectedly, after seeing her reaction, the cold expression on the man's face gradually disappeared. He pursed his lips and gave a faint 'En' in response.

Pei Luoyi couldn't figure out why his expression changed again in such a short period of time. Was it because she had said something wrong …

He raised his wrist to look at his watch, then stood up to pick up the dark blue suit that hung on the back of his chair and put it on smoothly.

He walked to the sofa and extended his palm towards the woman. His voice was deep and magnetic, for the first time not as gentle as the man before him. "It's time for dinner. Let's go eat."

Pei Luoyi looked at the hand in front of her, and her spine involuntarily stiffened.

Her pupils dilated and shrunk, as if something was rapidly and violently jumping up to the top of her head from the bottom of her feet. It was so fast that she couldn't even describe what it felt like.

She did not reach out, and he did not seem to take his hand away.

The awkward stalemate lasted for a while.

Pei Luoyi took in a deep breath and hesitated for a moment before putting her hand on it.

Naturally, the man held her soft, small hand and pulled her up from the sofa. When they entered the elevator, the man didn't seem to want to let go.