Chapter 39 (2/2)

Lu Man could not focus because she was thinking about that.

“What’s wrong?” When he focused on her, he could easily decipher her every little emotion.

“I think that we better stop Wang Yunxi from holding a press conference.” Her grasp on the chopsticks tightened when she became nervous.

“Why are you mentioning it now? Aren’t we on the same page?”

“Moth…no. Aunt came to meet me. I couldn’t reject her plea.”

Pei Xiuyuan froze. He no longer had appetite.

She had cooked a great meal that day. Clearly, she was trying to please him. He thought that she was doing all of that for his sake.

When actually…

She was doing that for someone else’s sake.

His silence scared her.

“Aunt… she…” Lu Man wanted to say something more.

“Fine. Let’s cancel the press conference.” He interrupted her. Then, he kept quiet and continued eating. It was obvious that he did not want to talk to her anymore.

Lu Man lowered her head and ate her meal.

It was a quiet dinner.

“I still have a video conference to get to. Go ahead and sleep. Don’t wait for me.” He could always finish all of the dishes. But, he got up after only eating a little bit of it.

Lu Man knew very well that he was angry now. She looked at his back.

But, she did not know how to apologize to her.

Did she need to say sorry? Or what?

She quietly cleared up the dishes.

Then, she switched on her favorite drama. But, she did not enjoy that.

It was eleven o’clock at night. Pei Xiuyuan still did not leave the study.

She hesitated for a moment. Then, she went to the kitchen and made a bowl of noodles. She knocked on the door of the study. Pei Xiuyuan was sitting in front of the desk, reading his documents.

“I have made a bowl of noodles.”

“Okay.”

It was obvious that he did not want to talk to her. How could she disturb him while he was working? She put down the bowl of noodles and left him.

Pei Xiuyuan continued reading his documents when Lu Man had left him. It was just like she never appeared in front of him.

He looked up after a short while.

If someone were to ask him about the content of the document he had read just now, he would admit that he did not take in a single bit of it. It was because he was not reading them at all.

He knew Lu Man’s characteristics very well. He knew that she liked to act cute to get what she wanted in front of her lover.

But, she had never acted that way in front of him.

Lu Man waited until midnight. Pei Xiuyuan still did not leave the study. She went back to the room and lay on the bed. But, she could not sleep.

She knew that he was angry with her. But, she did not know why he was angry. Moreover, he should be happy with how things were now. If the press conference was cancelled, his younger sister would not be embarrassed too.

Why was he so angry?

Lu Man thought for a long while but still she could not figure out the reason why. So, she chose to sleep it off.

Pei Xiuyuan came back only to find her sleeping soundly on the bed. He was rather annoyed at that.

Suddenly, he smiled wickedly when he thought of what to do next.