QTIMP -Chapter 117 Character Persona – Money Loving (Part 27)

Pei Jingzhou’s voice choked slightly. “Qiuqiu, you’re not going to leave me, are you? I know you have money now, but you said you liked my looks, my body, and the way I take care of you. I promise you, I will always look good. I will train actively, maintain my figure, and most importantly, I will always treat you well. Wife, can you not leave me? If there’s anything about me that’s not good, can you just tell me directly?”

His voice was clear and smooth, the ending notes drawn out a little, filled with lingering affection and a hint of ambiguity. The faint sigh at the end seemed like a thread of grievance woven in.

After a struggle, Si Qiu finally freed herself from his embrace. “Pei Jingzhou, I already told you, I’m not going to leave you for now. Not agreeing to your proposal doesn’t mean I’ve stopped liking you.”

She let out a sigh, then leaned forward and kissed his lips, her fingers brushing over the area between his Adam’s apple and collarbone—a clear, suggestive gesture.

One deliberately tempting, the other willingly yielding—their harmonious life began that night.

As the two of them reached the height of intimacy, Si Qiu, lost in desire, didn’t notice Pei Jingzhou’s triumphant smile.

In his heart he thought, “Mom, you were wrong. Tears can be useful, but only for those who truly cherish you. I will hold her tightly and be the rib she lost.”

Pei Jingzhou shifted from a demanding type to a caring type, driving Si Qiu to both irresistible pleasure and bliss, so it was only natural they woke up late the next morning.

But it was already ten o’clock, and seeing Pei Jingzhou still at home was unusual. Si Qiu came out in her pajamas and saw him talking on the phone while slicing fruit.

When he noticed her, he put down the fruit and pulled her into his arms. Si Qiu didn’t resist, her hands fiddling with the buttons on his pajamas.

“Mm, alright, I’ll be there soon. Just get the documents organized,” he said.

After a brief conversation, he hung up the phone, then blocked her with both hands, rubbing close to her again.

“Wife, I’ve made breakfast. After we eat, I have to go to work.”

“Then let go of me. I’ll wash up, and we can eat quickly so you’re not delayed,” Si Qiu said, trying to get up, but he pulled her back into his arms again.

“Come with me to the office later. I know I’ve delayed a lot of work, it’s piling up, but I just recovered from being sick. If you come with me, Shen Xuan won’t go too far. Otherwise, he’ll exploit me as the boss. None of them would care about me the way you do,” he said, unconsciously pressing his lips near Si Qiu’s ear. His voice was slightly hoarse, full of grievance, yet tinged with lingering affection and subtle flirtation that swirled around her ear.

Si Qiu thought, with him being sick this time, not counting anything else, his tea skills had improved drastically. Just by her hesitating a little, his eyes suddenly reddened.

“Alright, then I’ll go with you to the office, but tomorrow I have to go to school, and in the evening I need to meet Qiao Yalan,” she said.

She had planned to make more gains in Japan, but the returns exceeded her expectations, so she didn’t dare stay longer. Removing the winter break, she had only taken a little over a month off. She would go back and see if she could cancel the leave and attend classes normally.

“Grandpa asked us to have dinner there tonight. Can you postpone your side a little?”

Si Qiu thought that without Old Master Pei’s ten million US dollars, with only the money she had on hand, it might really take her a whole year just to reach her threshold there.

So, while Old Master Pei was testing her, he had also inadvertently walked into one of her little traps. She hadn’t expected him to be so generous, though.

Ten million dollars—at the time, she had thought that even giving her one million RMB would have been good enough. Hah! Truly a family with old money.

The only question was why he had asked them out to eat again this time, and what exactly the reason was.

The two of them went straight to the company. When Shen Xuan saw them, he first greeted Si Qiu, then immediately started scolding Pei Jingzhou.

“Si Qiu, you came along today. How was your rest yesterday?”

He didn’t wait for her answer and turned his gaze to Pei Jingzhou. “You said you’d come right away, and it’s been almost two hours now. Is this your idea of ‘right away’? My big boss! Don’t you know how much work you’ve been holding up all this time? And now that things are going well, why aren’t you being proactive? Didn’t you say you wanted to make money? If you don’t come over, you’re going to be kicked out of the group by your own father and brother, got it?”

Si Qiu waved at Shen Xuan in response and went straight to a nearby cabinet to get some snacks, placing her bag on the coffee table before sitting down on the sofa.

Pei Jingzhou, enduring Shen Xuan’s scolding, pushed the fruit from the coffee table closer to her and poured a glass of water to place beside her.

“I’m going to call Sister Yalan. You go ahead and handle your work!” Si Qiu said, taking out her phone.

Pei Jingzhou walked back to his large office desk and began working. Si Qiu pulled her textbook out of her bag, leaned back on the sofa, and started flipping through it.

She hadn’t contacted any of her classmates yet, but she estimated that most of the upcoming work would be practical courses, so a quick review of the book’s material would be enough—after all, she had a photographic memory.

Pei Jingzhou was indeed very busy. On the surface, the shopping malls, chain hotels, and import-export companies under the Pei Group were already enough to keep him occupied.

From the snippets Si Qiu knew, their high-tech companies in deep collaboration with the government were also up and running, so the office saw people coming and going all morning.

Lunch was hurriedly eaten in a rush, but that didn’t bother Si Qiu at all.

At 2 p.m., they had a meeting. Si Qiu, tired of reading, knew that Pei Jingzhou’s meeting would last at least an hour or two, so she decided to walk around the company.

She had been to the company before, and after being led in by the CEO that morning, the staff were polite to her, though at most just curious glances.

Si Qiu wandered through the various floors and stood by office doors listening to gossip. Interestingly, since she was a stranger, people didn’t bother hiding what they were saying.

She overheard some amusing comments, including employees talking about the company moving to a newly constructed office building.

Si Qiu couldn’t help but marvel at the Pei family’s wealth and connections—managing to secure such a large plot in the heart of the capital for a high-rise office building.

Si Qiu enjoyed herself thoroughly. Upstairs, Shen Xuan and the office secretaries were going nearly crazy looking for her. Pei Jingzhou’s meeting lasted only fifty minutes.

The moment he returned, he immediately looked for Si Qiu. But, obviously, she wasn’t in the office. He asked the secretary at the door, who simply said that Miss Si had gone for a walk and would be back shortly.