Chapter 252: He wants to spoil this woman like this.

Pei Shishi and Zhou Zhuoyang were stunned by Pei Ge’s arrogant words.

Feeling the crowd’s gazes on them, their cheeks burned with shame.

While the pair was gritting their teeth at Pei Ge’s smug words, Ji Ziming was the total opposite.

He realized at that moment that seeing the woman take the pair down a peg brightened his mood considerably.

Hearing her say ‘our Ziming’ filled him with so much elation that the eyes he used to look at her became increasingly tender and loving.

“Zhou Zhuoyang, I respect you as my brother-in-law, so I hope you don’t spout such nonsense in the future. Otherwise, it will be bad for you if our Ziming gets angry over this.” Pei Ge grinned and leaned intimately on Ji Ziming’s chest after saying this.

Ji Ziming’s mouth turned up at her intimate action. Although he knew that she was merely putting on an act for the two people before them, he was not the least bit repulsed by it.

In fact, he felt that spoiling her like this was just right.

“Cousin, as for you, no matter what you think of me, I want you to know that I won’t harp on you over a matter that is already in the past. Let bygones be bygones, I say. Nonetheless, I hope that I won’t ever hear you say that I am still in love with your fiancé again.” She gave Pei Shishi a meaningful look while saying this.

“I, Pei Ge, am not someone who can’t find a man. I don’t need to continue hanging on to a jerk who doesn’t love me, especially when he already belongs to someone else. To be honest, I really don’t think he matches up to me, so I hope that you will not speak such laughable words ever again. It will be really bad if someone takes those rubbish words as the truth.”

Pei Ge felt conflicted regarding her cousin.

On one hand she was mad that a loved one would do this thing to her, on the other hand she was rather unwilling to totally burn bridges with her.

After all, they were sisters who grew up together and shared half of the same blood.

Pei Shishi only bit down on her lower lip when Pei Ge said those words, and the feelings of rage and viciousness boiled inside her.

She felt that the other was taunting her at how inferior Zhou Zhuoyang was compared to her amazing boyfriend.

“Pei Ge…” She clenched her fists so tightly that her fingernails dug at her palms without her noticing it.

“Cousin?” Pei Ge felt trepidation when she peered into her cousin’s dark irises.

What is wrong with my cousin? Why does she feel so foreign to me right now? She is totally unlike the gentle elder sister from my memories…

“… I’m sorry for misunderstanding you.” After a pregnant pause, Pei Shishi forced her lips into a light smile and gave this apology to Pei Ge.

Pei Ge, who still could not put a finger on the weird vibe she was getting from Pei Shishi, merely shook her in a disinterested manner. “It’s fine as long as you understand.”

“Yes, I understand. I understand it perfectly this time.” Pei Shishi smiled lightly, yet her heart burned with anger and jealousy.

Pei Ge, I really didn’t expect this! You are actually able to catch Ji Ziming despite looking like that!

Ha ha! I have really been underestimating you all this time!

Are you feeling smug now?! Just wait for it! Someday, I will make you taste misery comparable to the happiness you are feeling right now!

“Zhuoyang, we should go. Let’s not bother Ge Ge and her boyfriend anymore.” Pei Shishi hooked her arm through her fiancé’s and gently pulled at him.

Zhou Zhuoyang only regained his senses then.

He, who had just been humiliated, did not feel any anger or disdain toward Pei Ge. What he felt for her was… desolation and unwillingness, instead.

She doesn’t love me anymore…

Why does my heart ache when I think of her not loving me anymore? Clearly, the woman I love now is Pei Shishi…

There’s no way I still love Pei Ge, this vain and spendthrift woman, right? No, no! I don’t love her…

I love Pei Shishi who truly cherishes me whether I am rich or poor…

“Zhuoyang, what’s wrong?” Pei Shishi could tell that something was off with her fiancé.

She was aware that Zhou Zhuoyang still had feelings for her cousin and normally did not mind it because she was confident that, deep down, it was her, Pei Shishi, whom he truly loved.

However, seeing his reaction today, her resolve started to waver, and the fire of anger in her heart ignited further.

Why?! I am clearly more outstanding than Pei Ge in every aspect, so why is it that Ji Ziming and Zhou Zhuoyang care more about her?! On what basis?!

The anger in Pei Shishi’s heart seemed to burn away all her rationality.

“Zhuoyang, you can stay here if you want!” She then stomped away, leaving this place that gave her so much humiliation.

She came to this banquet brimming with hope and confidence, but, in the end, not only did she not become the center of attention, she even became a laughingstock.

Meanwhile, Pei Ge, whom she had always looked down on, was the envy of everyone!

Zhou Zhuoyang only shifted his gaze away from Pei Ge when Pei Shishi departed.

Giving Pei Ge one deep look, he turned around and chased after Pei Shishi.

Instead of relief, Pei Ge only felt her heart sinking at the pair’s departure.

She originally wanted to chase after her cousin but gave up on it when she noticed that Pei Shishi did not leave via the main entrance to this banquet hall. Knowing that her cousin was still present in this banquet, she decided to seek her out later to have a proper talk with her after everyone calmed down.

“CEO Ji, thank you so much for your help.” She raised her head to smile at Ji Ziming.

Ji Ziming’s eyebrows inexplicably creased when she reverted to her usual way of addressing him.

He turned his obsidian irises to her with a complex look and lightly hummed, “Mhm.”

Doesn’t this woman know to go along with the tide? So many women want to be my girlfriend, yet she doesn’t even take this opportunity to make the play come true!

“Hmph!”

While she could not fathom the meaning behind his harrumph, she still felt happy hearing it and muttered inside, Ah! This is the annoying fellow I am familiar with!