Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Young Master Pei said tonight’s tab is on him.”

“Young Master Pei is so generous!!”

When I walked into the bar, I was immediately swallowed by a wave of cheers.

Pei Shaoye stood on the second floor, a glass of wine in his hand, looking down at the crowd below.

That face was noble and devastatingly handsome.

The gently swirling red wine glass highlighted its owner’s mischievous nature.

Wearing the simplest white dress, I stood out of place on the first floor.

His eyes met mine, and his brow arched slightly.

I turned sideways and moved into the crowd.

When I reached the staircase to the second floor, I was stopped.

“Young Master Pei said anyone who wants to see him has to drink.”

A row of drinks was brought over.

“I get to see him if I drink?”

“Correct.”

The man, sent by Pei Shaoye to give me a hard time, smirked.

“Shi Miao, little sister, pick one.”

I casually picked one.

As the red wine went down my throat, I coughed a few times.

“I’m done drinking. Tell him to come see me. If I go to him, he might regret it.”

Seeing how I drank without hesitation and spoke with an undeniable tone, he hesitated for a moment before going to call him.

By the time Pei Shaoye came over, I was leaning against the wall, catching my breath.

The man’s suit was crisp, sleeves folded up, his hair messily tousled-paired with that unruly face, he looked utterly rakish.

“The wine’s not great, is it? Shi Miao, go back to wherever you came from.”

He had said those same words to me before.

Back then, Uncle Pei had just brought me out of the orphanage.

And for a long time afterward, he liked to jab at me with that phrase.

By now, it no longer stung.

“It really isn’t good.”

I lifted my gaze to look at him. “Is the wine you drink any good?”

“What?”

Pei Shaoye never expected me to ask that. He let out a scoff.

“The wine I drink, you couldn’t afford in this lifetime.”

I looked at the man before me.

Sharp brow bone, high nose bridge.

Piercing, yet wearing a mocking sneer.

But those lips, stained by wine, were pink.

I stared at them for a second or two.

Calmly stated, “I may just be able to afford it.”

With that, I reached up and wrapped my arms around Pei Shaoye’s neck.

And kissed him.

Pei Shaoye never saw it coming and froze on the spot.

I pried open his teeth and tasted that hint of wine, kissing him until the tip of his tongue went numb. Only then did he jolt awake and shove me away.

“Shi Miao, have you lost your mind?!”

In the dim hallway, Pei Shaoye stepped back several paces.

I wiped the corner of my damp lips.

“Your wine isn’t good either, but your mouth is pretty soft.”

On that face, outrageously and devastatingly handsome, finally appeared an expression I had never seen before.

Anger, disarray.

Flustered. So flustered it sent an instant thrill of satisfaction through me.

I stepped forward a few paces.

“Uncle Pei says from now on, you’ll follow me. Now, come back with me.”

“No way. Old Man wants you to control me? He’s dreaming.”

I calmly swept my gaze over him.

The moment our eyes met, he stubbornly turned his head away.

The tips of his ears were still a little red.

I let out a sigh.

Hooked my fingers over his waistband and pulled hard.

Tilted my face up and left a modest-sized mark on his Adam’s apple.

His waist and abdomen tightened, and his Adam’s apple bobbed.

I wasn’t wearing any lipstick, so that mark was a hickey that couldn’t be wiped off.

I pressed close to him and said flatly, “Pei Shaoye, if you’ve got the guts, walk back with a hard-on.”