Pei Bei wore a priceless pearly white dress. Now, with the orange juice dripping all over her body, she looked like an orange flower that had bloomed. It was an extremely vulgar look.
Gu Xiaozhan furrowed his brows slightly. He only glanced at Lie Huo in response to Pei Bei throwing herself at him.
Lie Huo immediately came forth to block Pei Bei's path, and Pei Bei bumped against Lie Huo.
Pei Bei cried until her voice was hoarse. At the presidential house, she had always gotten everything she wanted, no expenses spared. Now that she was 18, she could pursue love, and the only one she wanted was Gu Xiaozhan.
She did not expect Mu Anhan to have the upper hand when she started the fight.
Mu Anhan saw Pei Bei crying and throwing a tantrum after losing their little standoff. Do crocodile tears still work at her age?
"What's going on?" Mu Anhan was Gu Xiaozhan's wife, and she dared call his wife a crazy woman? His eyes turned cold, and a murderous aura emanated from him.
"Brother Zhan, it was her..." Pei Bei had always gotten out of punishment by pointing fingers at someone else.
"Hubby, I'm sorry! It's my fault for not taking good care of Miss Pei. She wanted to drink the orange juice that hubby brought me, but I could not bear to give it away..." Mu Anhan's loud voice drowned out Pei Bei's childish whining.
After Mu Anhan spoke, she stared at Gu Xiaozhan. Her beautiful eyes were misty. Her eyes showed emotions that were three parts affectionate, four parts teasing, and five parts tender.
She was essentially using the orange juice to say that the person she couldn't bear to part with the most was Gu Xiaozhan. How ingenious.
Be that as it may, Gu Xiaozhan was used to her temperament. After all, he had been on the receiving end of her brutality in the past.
Had she truly changed? It seemed like she was back to her old self, bullying others and splashing water on them?
"Brother Zhan, that's not it." Pei Bei saw everyone looking at her bemusedly. "The presidential house lacks nothing. Why would I want to snatch this ordinary orange juice..."
Gu Xiaozhan's expression turned cold in a split second, and tensions rose. The oppressive air knocked the wind out of her and left her breathless.
"Check the surveillance cameras," he commanded frostily, losing patience.
"Don't!" Pei Bei did not expect there to be surveillance cameras in the garden, and her attempt to stop him only made her seem even more guilty.
Pei Long could not hold back. His youngest daughter was dear to him, but he knew she was spoiled to the point of being lawless and wanted to diffuse the current situation.
He stepped forward and placed his hands on Pei Bei's shoulders to steer her away. "Little Bei, go and change your clothes."
"Dad..." Pei Bei whined but left after seeing the stern look on his face, peeved.
Pei Long forced a laugh and put on his best politician's smile. "Everyone, please excuse my youngest daughter. We were talking about the extraction of oil; shall we resume..."
Everyone echoed his sentiments and began discussing the matter of global oil distributions and so on.
"My wife is tired. I will accompany her back to her room." Gu Xiaozhan wrapped an arm around Mu Anhan's waist and forcefully strode upstairs.
Mu Anhan's legs were long, but they could not keep pace with his. She gave up and leaned on him.
Gu Xiaozhan pulled her into the bedroom and slammed the door shut. He pressed her against the door domineeringly, his dark, icy eyes shielding his turbulent emotions. "Tell me, why did you pour orange juice on her?"
He pinned her so solidly against the door that she could not budge an inch. Nor did she want to.
Her extremely handsome husband was pinning her so closely that they shared the same air!
Her heart pounded from the excitement of being so close to her husband. However, her excitement was short-lived as he exuded a cold temperament that sent chills running up her spine.
"Hubby, I was telling the truth." She willed him to believe her.
Gu Xiaozhan released her. "Behave and stay in the room."
He left the room and called Lie Huo. "Check the surveillance cameras."
When Gu Xiaozhan returned downstairs, Pei Bei had slipped into another white dress. She had been waiting for him, and when she saw Gu Xiaozhan, she immediately entreated, "Brother Zhan, have a drink with me!"
Gu Xiaozhan stood cold and prickly, unresponsive to her flirtatious smile. He was obviously in a terrible mood.
"Take it as a celebration of my coming of age, okay?" Pei Bei knew that Mu Anhan had been banished to her room and knew her time had come. She wanted to grasp her chance and make full use of it.
She held two glasses of wine and handed one to him.
Gu Xiaozhan accepted it and swallowed it all in one go.
A unique fragrance lingered on the tip of his tongue, and his body became so hot that he felt like flames danced across his skin, his body about to implode.
Someone dared to drug him! They must be seeking death!