Night fell as Qi Wenjie drove Lin Fei and Xia Youyou back, pulling up beneath the apartment building where she and Xia Youyou rented. After parking the car, Qi Wenjie instantly scolded Lin Fei in a shrill tone, "Lin Fei, we're home, you can get lost now."

Because Xia Youyou had made her feelings for Lin Fei clear at the dinner and Qi Wenjie's own complex and inexplicable feelings made her too embarrassed to face Xia Youyou, she couldn't vent her frustrations on Xia Youyou and naturally took it out on Lin Fei instead.

If it weren't for the fact that kicking wasn't feasible inside the car, Qi Wenjie might have not held back from kicking Lin Fei.

"What are you standing there for, do you really want to come up with us or what?!"

Seeing that Lin Fei, who was sat in the back seat, had made no move to get out, Qi Wenjie, who was about to open her door, turned back to scold Lin Fei again.

"Wenjie, you get out first; I have a few words I want to say to Lin Fei privately." Sensing the brewing argument between Qi Wenjie and Lin Fei, Xia Youyou, seated in the passenger seat, hurriedly spoke up, signaling Qi Wenjie to exit first.

"Hmph."

Hearing Xia Youyou's interjection, and no longer able to drive Lin Fei away, Qi Wenjie huffed coldly and got out of the car.

"Lin Fei, don't take it to heart, okay? Wenjie's not purposely targeting you. I've been with her all these years, and I know for a fact that she has a soft spot for you in her heart. It's just that a lot happened today, so she might be a bit overwhelmed. Give it a few days, and once she comes around, everything should be fine."

As soon as Qi Wenjie stepped out, Xia Youyou turned her head toward Lin Fei and spoke apologetically, trying to explain.

"It's fine, it's not like I've just met her."

Lin Fei was clearly not upset by Qi Wenjie's air of taking her frustrations out on him. After all, they had had their share of arguments and even brawls since high school.

Of course, what mattered most was, at the class reunion at Four Seasons Hotel, Qi Wenjie, quite tipsy, had confessed her feelings to Lin Fei.

With this in mind, and knowing very well about Xia Youyou, the school beauty's first crush, expressing Qi Wenjie's romantic feelings for him, Lin Fei could somewhat guess what the two women were thinking and obviously wouldn't really take Qi Wenjie's behavior to heart.

"If you have no other plans, come up and sit with us for a while." Seeing that Lin Fei wasn't bothered by Qi Wenjie's behavior, Xia Youyou let out a sigh of relief. With her stunningly beautiful face blushing, she invited Lin Fei to come upstairs.

"I was thinking the same."

Lin Fei had no intention of declining the invitation from Xia Youyou, his school beauty first crush.

After all, earlier at the café, she had made it clear that she was determined to continue loving him no matter what.

Because of this, Lin Fei obviously couldn't bring himself to say any word of refusal to Xia Youyou.

Consequently, under the invitation of Xia Youyou, the school beauty, Lin Fei stepped out of the car with her.

"Xia Youyou, do you know what this is called? This is called 'inviting the wolf into the house.' Do you understand?!"

Qi Wenjie, who had got out first, overheard Xia Youyou talking about bringing Lin Fei upstairs and burst out scolding Xia Youyou immediately, feeling a bit awkward sandwiched between Lin Fei and Xia Youyou.

"Wenjie, what, what nonsense are you talking about? Lin Fei has helped me so much today, it's only right to invite him over. Plus, we haven't even had dinner yet. It's rare for Lin Fei to come over, so I wanted him to join us for a simple meal at home. Don't, don't talk nonsense."

Xia Youyou, under Lin Fei's watchful gaze and Qi Wenjie's probing eyes, felt her heart flutter inexplicably and stuttered in her response.

Simply put, she laid everything out for Lin Fei at the cafe earlier, including all that was on her mind. Even being scolded by Qi Wenjie, Xia Youyou didn't completely lose her composure.

Just that her breathtakingly beautiful face unavoidably blushed a little.

"Dinner?! Didn't you think about what you said to him at the cafe earlier? Now, you're inviting him to your house for dinner in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid he might devour you as well?!"

"I—"

"Alright, forget what I said, okay? I can see I'm not needed in your affairs. Go ahead and invite him for dinner, I'll go buy groceries."

Burdened by those slightly complicated and chaotic emotions, Qi Wenjie couldn't be bothered with the awkwardness between herself, Lin Fei, and Xia Youyou. After giving Xia Youyou a symbolic pointer, she took the initiative to get in the car to buy groceries for Lin Fei.

...

"…In our senior year, Wenjie and I both started working at Treasure Magazine. After graduating from university, with some spare cash in hand, we rented this two-bedroom apartment. The location is a bit remote, but the environment isn't bad."

After Qi Wenjie drove away, Xia Youyou, who led Lin Fei into the apartment she shared with Qi Wenjie, casually conveyed to him the state of her life since he had left to join the army, responding to his questions with more joy than sorrow.

"I'll go get you a glass of water."

After sharing her personal experiences over the years, Xia Youyou stole a glance at Lin Fei who was deep in thought across from her. Unwilling to disturb his reflections, she softly excused herself, intending to rise and get Lin Fei a glass of water.

However, the moment she got up to move, Lin Fei also stood and pulled her into his embrace.

Following that, without any hesitation, Lin Fei boldly covered her enticingly blushing lips with his own.

"Uh—"

Suddenly enveloped in Lin Fei's embrace and kissed by surprise, all Xia Youyou could manage was a muffled whimper. Then, without any hesitation, she was toppled onto the couch by Lin Fei.

She was dumbfounded!

Due to Lin Fei's unexpected move, Xia Youyou was completely stunned.

Although Lin Fei had once kissed her fiercely under the cover of night, that had all happened years ago.

Now, although Xia Youyou's feelings for Lin Fei had not faded—in fact, they had grown stronger—

She was aware that Lin Fei was married to Mu Shanshan, the icy CEO. Clearly, it had never crossed Xia Youyou's mind that Lin Fei would so decisively pin her down.

Indeed, it was she who had invited Lin Fei upstairs. But as she'd explained to Qi Wenjie downstairs earlier, she had merely wanted to invite Lin Fei for a simple meal as a gesture of gratitude.

Of course, in her heart, she somewhat hoped to spend a little more time with Lin Fei.

However, being pinned down by him like this had not been within Xia Youyou's contemplations.

Thus, after being pressed down on the sofa by Lin Fei for nearly a minute, those wide, astonished eyes of Xia Youyou finally started to recover.

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