CEO's Substitute Bride

Ning Xia was a little conflicted. He hadn't even helped with her business yet, but already spent 500,000 yuan. Wasn't that a little bad?    

    

However, Pei Yichen smiled, "Keep the money for a few days and then deposit them at the bank. Pei Shijie should investigate your bank account later. When the time comes, he'll give you more money, and you should take it as well. It'll be yours."    

    

Ning Xia was surprised and looked at Pei Yichen with a puzzled expression. What did he mean that Pei Shijie would give her money?    

    

Seeing her confused look, Pei Yichen explained, "You said today you owe me money and are forced to help, so Pei Shijie will definitely want to help you get the money, in order to win you over. So, when the time comes, you will take this money as your hard work fee."    

    

"Really?"    

    

Ning Xia's eyes lit up. Not only did she have food, a house, fun, and help with her problem, but there was also extra money to be taken?    

    

Such a good thing, could it be a trap?    

    

"Really."    

    

Pei Yichen felt his heart soften as he saw her looking like a kitten, cautiously asking and trying hard to suppress her excitement.    

    

Ning Xia grinned and gave Pei Yichen a big hug. "Wah! President Pei, I really didn't expect you to be such a good person."    

    

She took the initiative to rush over, causing Pei Yichen to tense up. He was at a loss of what to do.    

    

Her long hair, mixed with her own faint fragrance of camellias, assaulted his senses. Her soft black hair was like silk, softening his heart. He wasn't sure if he should place his hand on her back and hug her too.    

    

Only now did he realize that Ning Xia had more aspects to make use of.    

    

When he was with her, he felt comfortable, so he was especially relaxed.    

    

Before his hand could even touch Ning Xia's back, Pei Yichen's ears twitched slightly. His gentle eyes instantly turned cold and sharp.    

    

The big hand that was about to embrace her grabbed her shoulder instead and pushed hard. Ning Xia's petite body fell onto the ground, knocking the glass off the nightstand and breaking it to pieces.    

    

"Pei Yichen, you bastard!"    

    

Ning Xia was furious for being thrown away.    

    

He was fine a second ago, why did this fellow suddenly change just like that? It was as though his personality was split!    

    

Pei Yichen frowned, looking at Ning Xia with a complicated expression.    

    

Ning Xia covered her mouth and looked at Pei Yichen, feeling wronged. Could she say that the fall was painful?    

    

The two remained in a stalemate for a minute before Pei Yichen helplessly sighed. He signaled Ning Xia with his eyes to look at the door. Why didn't she understand?    

    

His lips formed the word 'quarrel' without making a sound. Only then did Ning Xia realize that something had happened that she didn't know about.    

    

"You, you bastard, you psychopath with a split personality, you only treat me well outside. All you know is how to mistreat me, I …"    

    

As she spoke, she looked at the door. As expected, the soundproof door had been quietly opened a crack.    

    

Someone was eavesdropping at the door?    

    

Ning Xia cursed inside. She didn't even need to think, to guess that it was that brainless idiot!    

    

Pei Yichen wanted her to argue with him to make Pei Yuanfan think that their relationship wasn't good?    

    

Ning Xia was inwardly elated, she always wanted to play a villain.    

    

She might not be able to surpass Pei Yichen in arguing with others, but she had already cursed Pei Yichen a thousand and eight hundred times in her heart. All she had to do was to express her true feelings!    

    

"Pei Yichen, I'm not done with you! I think it's not just your legs that have problems. Your brain has bigger problems! Such a person like you is completely bad. Wasting air while alive, wasting land after dying … "    

    

It was Pei Yichen's first time discovering Ning Xia's hidden potential of being a shrew …    

    

"Knock, knock, knock!"    

    

While Ning Xia was cursing furiously, there was a knock on the door .    

    

"Come in."    

    

Pei Yichen's voice was cold and he looked at Ning Xia with a gaze full of warning, as if saying, "Just you wait!"    

    

Ning Xia shrank back, frightened. He was the one who told her to quarrel with him. Could it be that he wanted to settle the score with her in the future?    

    

She tried to think back. In her excitement, she said something outrageous. The more she thought about it, the more hopeless her expression became.    

    

Pei Yuanfan was startled when he entered the room and saw such a scene. Although it sounded very intense from outside the door, he didn't expect it to be even more intense inside. Pei Yichen must have hit her, right?    

    

Although from the door he saw Ning Xia being pushed away, he didn't expect that she would fall directly to the ground and didn't get up even after such a long time. He also didn't expect that her hand would be cut by the glass shard.    

    

"Hehe, sister-in-law, what happened to you?"    

    

Pei Yuanfan's voice was obviously gloating. "Grandpa told me to call you guys down for lunch."    

    

Pei Yichen turned his wheelchair around and left the room without saying a word. It looked like he didn't want to talk to anyone after quarreling with Ning Xia.    

    

"Aiya, sister-in-law, why is your hand so badly injured? It's bleeding a lot already."    

    

At Pei Yuanfan's exaggerated shouts, Pei Yichen, who had just left the room, froze for a second. A hint of hesitation appeared on his face, but in the end, he still left.    

    

Ning Xia was annoyed by Pei Yuanfan's shouting. She glared at him fiercely and said, "Shut up!"    

    

Wasn't it all because of this guy? What a peeping Tom!    

    

Only now did she notice that a large glass shard had pierced her palm. Previously she had felt slight pain due to her excitement, but she hadn't paid much attention to it.    

    

It was unknown when a pool of blood had appeared on the ground.    

    

Although Pei Yuanfan didn't like Ning Xia, he still felt sorry when he saw her injured and bleeding. Her skin was so white, making the blood look particularly dazzling. "I'll take you downstairs to bandage it up."    

    

"No need."    

    

Ning Xia ignored him and stood up on her own. She didn't have any good impression of Pei Yichen anymore. She really didn't know how she offended him, why he never stopped targeting her!    

    

"Young Mistress, young master asked me to help you bandage your wound."    

    

Shen Heng appeared at the door with a medical kit and bowed respectfully to Ning Xia. Seeing Pei Yuanfan, he politely greeted him as well, "Hello, Second Young Master."    

    

"There's no need to be polite, hurry up and take a look at your Young Mistress."    

    

Pei Yuanfan knew that Ning Xia didn't like him. Seeing that Shen Heng had come to help her bandage, he walked out. He didn't want to be an eyesore here!    

    

Ning Xia sat on the bed and stretched out her hand.    

    

Shen Heng was shocked when he saw her bleeding hands. He frowned at the bloodstained glass sticking out of her palm.