CH 56

Bo Yueming’s merciless and secretly mocking words fell into the ears of everyone in the Bo family, and some were internally happy while others were furious.

Impulses? Be lenient?

To put it bluntly, he was an idiot who couldn’t control his lower body.

Pei Yi took in the embarrassment of Old Mr. Bo and Bo Lihui and wanted to applaud Bo Yueming, but due to the current family situation, he had to endure it with difficulty.

He caught a glimpse of the untouched hot dishes on the table and pulled Bo Yueming over, playing the fool. “Tasty! I want it!”

Having said so, Pei Yi sat down comfortably, completely ignoring the nearby Old Mr. Bo.

Old Mr. Bo, the head of the family, saw Pei Yi’s lack of manners and was angry with no place to vent it. “Yueming, what did you bring him for? He doesn’t know etiquette!”

It went in Pei Yi’s left ear and out the right, and he thought with inward disdain—

Etiquette also relied on the person using it. What was the use of good etiquette in this family? While eating at the police station, the police didn’t care about good family etiquette.

Besides, he was here to watch a show. How tired would he get standing up, ah?

With the “assistance” of Uncle Kai, Bo Yueming sat beside Pei Yi with a calm expression. “Grandpa, I apologize. Pei Yi has been sticking close to me recently. If you ask me to come over, he wants to follow.”

Bo Jiao spoke up again, “Grandpa, you and Uncle took great pains to choose this marriage for my brother. How did it look when he found out about Pei Yi’s situation for the first time?”

Old Mr. Bo slammed his cane on the ground. “Bo Jiao, do you still not know what you did wrong?”

Bo Jiao remained unconvinced. “Did wrong? What did I do wrong?”

Even though Guancheng was caught by the police while playing with women, it is still a family affair behind closed doors! Family scandals must not be exposed!”

“Good on you, you brought this matter before so many shareholders without telling me!”

Old Mr. Bo picked up his cane and pointed outside, and then poked his finger in the direction of Bo Jiao. I’m asking you! Have you ever considered your elder brother’s face, my face, or our Bo family’s face? It was all lost to you!”

Bo Lihui walked up quickly, and helped the Old Mr. Bo in a show of filial piety. “Dad, don’t be so angry.”

“It was truly dishonorable for Guancheng to do this. It’s my fault for not teaching my son well and embarrassing our family!”

Hearing Bo Lihui’s remarks, Pei Yi almost vomited up the soup he just drank, and he knew who Bo Guancheng’s hypocritical and twisted face resembled—

Like father, like son!

Neither was any good at all!

Bo Yueming also found it disgusting and ridiculous, but he did not participate in this war for the time being.

Sure enough, the always-straightforward Bo Jiao immediately choked out, “Uncle, you’re right. Our Bo family’s face has indeed been completely humiliated by the good son you taught!”

Bo Lihui looked embarrassed, and signaled to Xue Min who was beside him, “Sister-in-law, you should mind your daughter!”

Xue Min thought of her husband and youngest son who hadn’t returned home in time, and was afraid that their mother and daughter pair would suffer here. “Jiaojiao, forget it.”

Bo Jiao tossed away her mother’s obstruction. “Mom, forget what?”

She approached Old Mr. Bo face to face, and opened her mouth to ask a lot of questions, “Grandpa, what do you mean I lost face for you and the Bo family? Are you confused in your old age? Or do you want to favor Uncle’s family?”

Mr. Bo’s expression was livid: “You!”

“What about me?”

Bo Jiao sneered and gave her own opinion, “The one who went out there to whore around and got arrested was Bo Guancheng! He did those dirty things himself, so he shouldn’t be afraid of them being known!”

“When the media breaks the news and adds the title “General Manager of Bo Group” to his name, will you feel like you have face and glory?”

Pei Yi gave a thumbs up to Third Young Lady Bo, who had the strongest mouth, and heard her continue the subject—

“Our Bo family has the rules Grandma set, and we are not to be dirtied by pornography, gambling, or drugs!”

Back then, Bo Lihong was flirting abroad in the name of studying abroad, but Old Mrs. Bo didn’t allow him to participate in big or small projects of Bo Group!

“If Dage dared to partake of the first item today, then he might dare to gamble with our Bo family’s wealth tomorrow! Grandpa, there must be a limit to partiality. You and Grandma have been married for decades. When you saw her……”

“Shut up!” Old Mr. Bo shouted.

The blue veins on his forehead bulged, and he raised the cane in his hand, swinging it at the outspoken Bo Jiao.

At that very moment, Pei Yi, who was closest, was the first to notice that something was wrong and rushed forward to block the cane with his arm.

Everyone’s expressions suddenly changed.

Pei Yi felt a bit of hostility due to the pain, and suppressed it again. Instead, he held Old Mr. Bo’s cane with both hands, and there was a sense of grievance in his foolishness. “No, hitting girls, not right!”

—Scree!

Bo Yueming’s chair made a sharp sound as it slid back. “Pei Yi!”

Pei Yi saw Bo Yueming stand up agitatedly, and feared that the other party’s long-term disguise would be exposed at this moment, so he hurried back and tugged on his sleeve smoothly. “Er-ge.”

“You……”

The shaking in Bo Yueming’s voice overflowed for a moment, and he hugged him back into his zone of protection.

Pei Yi cooperated obediently, but hated Old Mr. Bo even more—

The old man was really cruel!

If the force of that cane had hit Bo Jiao’s body just now, the girl would in all likelihood have suffered a disaster!

During the brief stalemate in the atmosphere, a disbelieving inquiry came from the door.

“Dad! What were you trying to do just now?”

Coincidentally, Bo Lihong, who had rushed home, happened to see the scene of Old Mr. Bo trying to beat a person with his cane.

Xue Min was also frightened. Her heart constricted, and she quickly pulled Bo Jiao into her arms. “Dad, Jiaojiao is your only granddaughter!”

“Even if she spoke badly and made you angry, how can you, an elder, beat her?”

Likely because she saw her husband, there was also a teary tone to her voice. 

Bo Lihong approached and held his wife and daughter in his arms.

He had never liked to get involved in family disputes, but at this moment, he finally took a stance. “Dad, I know that I wasn’t reliable when I was young, and I’m not as good at talking and doing things as my elder brother and his family!”

“But I consider myself to be filial to you!”

“I’ve already heard about what happened at group headquarters today, and even if it was wrong for Jiaojiao to overstep her authority, who was truly at fault this time? We all clearly know!”

“Yes, Guancheng is your grandson! Aren’t Jiaojiao and Xiao Wang…..” Bo Lihong glanced at Bo Yueming and Pei Yi. “And Yueming. Aren’t they your grandchildren?”

Xue Min chimed in, “That’s right, ah! They have the same Bo surname and they’re in your heart, so what is the difference?”

Bo Yueming carefully held Pei Yi’s reddened wrist, and pierced through with a deep voice, “Of course there’s a difference. The main branch has the surname ‘Bo’ on the surface, but they secretly changed their surname to ‘Cheng’ long ago, isn’t that right?”

The resounding sentence seemed to have uncovered some unspeakable secret.

Old Mr. Bo felt his blood surging, and he almost fell onto his eldest son, Bo Lihui.

Bo Lihui hastily supported him, denying it. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Xue Min couldn’t bear it anymore. “What talking nonsense, you know it in your heart!”

After Bo Yueming reminded her, she finally understood the real reason for Old Mr. Bo’s partiality and felt that it was not worth replacing her husband and children in her heart. 

“I say, heaven doesn’t have such a crooked mind! After so long, it turns out that there are two families?”

“Dad, since you value surnames and the main branch so much, why not separate the families now! From now on, you can just stay with the main branch and their family!”

“…….”

Old Mr. Bo’s heart hurt, his chest tightened, and he couldn’t breathe in or out.

Before he could catch his breath, Bo Yueming suddenly spoke. “As long as Grandma is still in this world, Bo Group will always be Bo Peizhi’s company!”

“Uncle Kai, Pei Yi, let’s go.”

“Yes, Second Young Master.”

Uncle Kai had seen through Cheng Yangshan’s behavior for a long time, and he was very happy at the moment.

He didn’t even nod to the “head of the family,” and just led Bo Yueming, whose eyes were “inconvenient”, out of the room.

“Dad, Mom, can you see who our family is?”

Bo Jiao looked at the backs of Bo Yueming and the others, and returned to look Cheng Yangshan in the face. “If Pei Yi hadn’t shielded me just now, would I, a girl, have withstood it?”

“Old Mr. Cheng is really something!”

Bo Jiao had been living abroad with the Xue family all year round, so she didn’t have much affection for her nominal grandfather. 

In this short period of time, she even changed him to “Old Mr. Cheng.”

Seeing his daughter pulling his wife away without looking back, Bo Lihong no longer had the idea of negotiating peace.

He looked at Old Mr. Bo and shook his head sadly at the absurdity. “Dad, for you, a surname is more important than a blood relationship, and face is more important than familial affection, isn’t it?

He left this neutral rhetorical question behind and left with his wife and daughter, not waiting for an answer.

“…….”

Old Mr. Bo was left on the spot, trembling with anger.

Suddenly, his face turned from livid to pale, and the cane tightly clutched in his hand fell with a clatter. Then his stiff body fell straight down!

Presently, in the huge main house, only Bo Lihui and the steward reacted with panic—

“Dad!”

“Old Sir!”

. . . . . . 

As soon as the door of the detached villa closed, Bo Yueming took off his inconvenient guide glasses. 

He looked at Pei Yi’s reddened hand that had become swollen and blue in a short time, and his internal organs nearly stirred together. “Who told you to be brave and block that cane!”

“Do you understand! If you rushed forward so rashly and it hit your head instead of your hand, you……”

“Er-ge.”

Pei Yi stopped Bo Yueming’s endless scolding, and rubbed his arm without a care. “It’s just a little red and swollen, and it’ll be fine tomorrow or the day after.”

Bo Yueming frowned and quickly stopped his movements. “Don’t mess around!”

Pei Yi said in a well-behaved manner: “Oh.”

“Uncle Kai, go get an ice pack and the spray for reducing swelling.” Bo Yueming instructed Uncle Kai quickly, then took Pei Yi’s arm and led him to the second floor. “Come up with me!”

Pei Yi felt the strength in his grip, and seeing Bo Yueming’s expression of being anxious but not daring to vent it, he couldn’t help but smile. “Er-ge, I don’t have a hero storyline.”

He was the closest at the time, and instinctively stood up to block it. In retrospect, he was afraid of being exposed. 

“As for the strike against Bo Guancheng, we are keeping it secret, while Bo Jiao is keeping it in the open. She is a girl, and no matter how outspoken she is, she still needs to be protected when she is in danger.”

“…….”

Bo Yueming held his hand tighter.

Pei Yi noticed something and added an explanation, “You said she’s your ally, so if I help her, I’m helping you, right?”

“En.”

Bo Yueming was appropriately collected. He sat Pei Yi down on the sofa and lowered his head to carefully check the condition of his arm.

Pei Yi was uncertain. “Are you angry?”

“No, you’re right. Protecting a girl was the right thing to do.”

“You were by my side, and I watched you get hurt.” Bo Yueming met his gaze with helplessness and self-blame. “Pei Yi, I don’t like this feeling.”

Pei Yi didn’t answer, but suddenly understood a little bit more—

Did Bo Yueming seem to like him more than he had imagined?

Footsteps sounded.

Uncle Kai came up with his supplies. “Second Young Master, Little Sir, here is the ice pack you asked for, and this bottle of medicinal wine was delivered by someone from the second branch.”

“The second branch?”

“The servant who delivered the medicine said that the Madam asked him to run it over as soon as she got back. He also specifically said that this bottle of medicinal wine was specially prepared by a Chinese medicine practitioner. It has a very good effect on promoting blood circulation.”

It should be known that Xue Min had always been dissatisfied with Bo Yueming, and this was the first time he had seen such kindness.

Bo Yueming bandaged Pei Yi’s arm without expressing too much. “En, set it down first. Apply ice for now, and follow up with medicinal wine later.”

Pei Yi looked at the bottle of medicinal wine delivered to his door. “What is this? The second branch finally understands who is an enemy and who is a friend?”

Bo Yueming applied the ice pack gingerly. “Are you still proud?”

“By taking advantage of Bo Guancheng’s incident, the second branch, the main branch, and the old man are completely ripping into each other.  Look, I blocked a cane for Bo Jiao just now. Didn’t I bring in a wave of favors for you?”

Bo Yueming nodded thoughtfully. “The injury you suffered for Bo Jiao, why should the second branch’s favors go to me?”

Pei Yi answered as a matter of course, “Then from their point of view, the two of us are……”

As he spoke, he understood the trap set by Bo Yueming.

Bo Yueming asked with a smile, “We’re what?”

“Don’t play word games with me! I’m not really a fool.” Pei Yi scoffed angrily and tried to withdraw his hand.

Bo Yueming quickly grabbed his kitten’s paw, and his mood improved by a lot. “I won’t tease you anymore, don’t move too much. Apply the ice for a while.”

Pei Yi said simply, “Oh.”

After a while, Bo Yueming clearly confirmed that the redness and swelling was no longer expanding, and stopped applying ice. He tossed the ice pack into the trash can, then picked up a paper towel beside him to wipe off the water droplets. “Pei Yi.”

“En?”

Bo Yueming lowered his eyes and brushed the blue-red color with his fingertips. “From now on, no matter if I’m by your side or not, you should always think of yourself first, okay?”

Perhaps due to the ice pack that had been applied just now, Bo Yurming’s fingertips were a little hot.

Pei Yi didn’t answer, but felt his heart warm up.

So warm.

Because watching the show in the main house was more important than eating, the two ate a little more under Uncle Kai’s conscientious arrangement. During dinner, a servant came to pass on—

Old Mr. Bo fainted suddenly and was being sent to the hospital now!

Bo Yueming responded without much of a reaction. Pei Yi saw his attitude and simply ate and drank.

It was an established fact that Cheng Yangshan disliked them. Even if they rushed to the hospital to accompany him day and night, the old man may not say good things after waking up, so why bother?

After Pei Yi had dinner, he found that Lou Yang had already rushed to make a concept poster—

There were three colors and three scenes.

The were a sky castle, a dungeon, and a ship at sea that were all site designs created in advance by the art team. Except for the YWY logo, there was no extra text on the poster, leaving an air of mystery.

The content of Pei Yi’s copywriting was also very simple: New story, see you then.

After posting them on Weibo and Youtu, Pei Yi officially finished his day’s work. After showering, he opened the door again and found Bo Yueming standing in front of the wine wall. It seemed he had just finished washing up.

Inspector was nestled on the living room sofa, and  it spied Pei Yi’s figure, it wagged its tail, too lazy to get up.

Bo Yueming turned to the side to meet Pei Yi’s gaze, and for the first time took the initiative to invite him, “Would you like a drink?”

Pei Yi was a little surprised as he stepped forward. ”You’re letting me drink?”

“You can drink a little.”

Bo Yueming gave Pei Yi the right to choose. “Pick one you like.”

Pei Yi didn’t hesitate to point to a spot that he couldn’t reach! “I want to drink Kangdi.”

Bo Yueming considered how well he knew the goods, and took advantage of his height to grab it and hand it over. “You open it, ba.”

Pei Yi confirmed repeatedly, “You’re really letting me drink?”

“If you don’t want to, then never mind.” Bo Yueming took a step back.

“Want, want, want!” Pei Yi held the new wine in his hands and proactively walked to the bar counter. “I’ll get it.”

He had chosen with particular confidence a series of the most suitable decanters and wine glasses, and he opened the bottle simply and neatly.

Bo Yuemnig took this scene into his eyes, and the inquiry and curiosity in his heart grew even heavier.

Using the time he was sober, Pei Yi mentioned, “On the first night I arrived here, at about the same time, I saw you drinking Kangdi alone when I opened the door.”

“A good, six-figure wine, and you just set it down. I guarded it in secret for a while, and then I heard the sound of you falling down. After helping you with the medicine, that glass of wine was useless.”

Bo Yueming finally understood why Pei Yi had come so quickly that night. The daring little greedy kitten missed his good wine on the first day. “Then I will wait with you today.”

Pei Yi’s lips rose. “Okay.”

. . . . . . .

Pei Yi’s drinking capacity still hadn’t improved much. He only drank half a glass, and the drunkenness had already flooded his cheeks.

“Huh? It’s gone?”

Pei Yi looked at the empty wine bottle, and was about to reach out to pour the rest of the wine out of the decanter. “There’s still more.”

Bo Yueming quickly stopped him. “It’s almost gone, let’s drink it tomorrow.”

Pei Yi failed to reach the decanter, so he grabbed Bo Yueming’s arm and shook it. “En, a little more.”

“A little more also won’t work.”

Looking at the cute appearance of the kitten begging for wine, Bo Yueming cruelly refused. “You will have a headache tomorrow if you drink too much. Be good.”

Pei Yi changed his position unhappily and planned to grab it by force.

It was just that the “force” he wanted didn’t come into play, and instead, he leaned drunkenly on Bo Yueming’s body.

“…….”

Bo Yueming’s breathing stuttered. “Pei Yi, get up.”

Pei Yi moved his body persistently. “Then give me a little drink.”

“No.”

“A little, little drink.”

“No, get up.”

“I won’t get up!”

Pei Yi didn’t get what he wanted, and reached even more restlessly for the decanter in Bo Yueming’s hand.

Unable to bear it, Bo Yueming quickly put down the decanter and held Pei Yi in his lap with one hand, not sure if he was coaxing for begging for mercy. “Stop making trouble.”

“…….”

Pei Yi gazed at the handsome face that was close at hand and caught the other party’s unease due to his fussing.

For some reason, his heart was suddenly filled to the brim.

“Hehe.”

“Are you a fool or not? You can still laugh?”

Bo Yueming’s breathing became heavier, and there was a storm in the depths of his eyes. “Hugging and rubbing, don’t you know that I don’t have good intentions toward you?”

Normally, they could only “pretend” to hold hands at most, and only when he was drunk would the kitten obediently let himself be held.

Pei Yi thought for a while, and his ears turned red. “I know.”

Bo Yueming deliberately held Pei Yi up, exuding a trace of ambiguity between them. “If you know, why don’t you stay away from me?”

“Not afraid.”

Pei Yi shook his head and replied instinctively along with his sluggish thoughts, “You will respect me, won’t you?”

The person in front of him would definitely not force him to do things he didn’t like.

Even though he knew he couldn’t drink enough, Pei Yi dared to get drunk in front of him.

“…….”

Bo Yueming’s heart surged when he heard these words of absolute trust.

He barely resisted the urge to hug the other party tightly, and deliberately retorted close to his ear, “No, don’t forget, I’m the villain.”

“Villains do the most unprincipled things.”

Bo Yueming got Pei Yi drunk on purpose.

It was just that before doing any “bad things,” he was “boxed in” by this pure and incomparable trust.

The warm breath brushed against his ear, more ambiguous than a kiss.

He trembled, believing him. “I, I’m going back to sleep.”

How could Bo Yueming give him a chance to escape? He easily embraced Pei Yi.

“Huh?” Pei Yi was startled by the sudden weightlessness.

“Kitten, don’t move around.” Bo Yueming carried Pei Yi in front of him and coaxed, “I’ll take you back to sleep.”

Pei Yi instinctively curled his arms around the person in front of him dependently, and then shook his head—

He was covered with a familiar-smelling quilt, and Bo Yueming lay down beside him.

Pei Yi blinked, and said with his remaining rationality, “This is my room.”

Bo Yueming heard the resistance in his words, and his eyes dimmed for a moment before recovering. “I know, I’ll leave when you fall asleep.”

“En.”

Pei Yi’s drunkenness had already come upon him completely, and his eyes were dazed for a while. His body had long been accustomed to this more stable sleeping environment, and he unconsciously pressed into Bo Yueming’s arms.

Bo Yueming noticed Pei Yi’s small natural movements, and felt something indescribable……

It was sweet and unbearable.

His affection was like a flood, almost about to overflow.

He patted the quilt lightly to lull him to sleep, and after an unknown amount of time, the person in his arms was half asleep and half awake, muttering, “Father Rong, I, I remember. I’m very obedient, I w-won’t…….”

Hearing this unfamiliar title, Bo Yueming frowned uncertainly. “Pei Yi?”

Pei Yi raised his eyes with some difficulty, and then closed them again. “Er-ge.”

“En? I’m here.”

“Bo Yueming.”

Pei Yi called out his name again, and this time, he sensed a bit of unexplainable grievance. “Don’t like me because of the novelty.”

“It will be gone soon that way.”

Bo Yueming understood his few words, and hugged the kitten tightly to comfort him. “It’s not because of the novelty.”

Pei Yi rubbed against his shoulder, still mumbling disbelievingly, “That won’t work in a year or two.”

Bo Yueming restrained himself again and again, and kissed Pei Yi’s hair. “A year or two is not enough.”

Knowing that the other party would forget about this after waking up, he couldn’t help but ask, “You need to give me a chance to prove it to you, all right?”