Chapter 222 - 218: If We Had Been Together Sooner (Part 7)
After the encounter in the billiard room, Shen Zhiyi hadn’t seen Pei Yu at school for several days. According to Qin Xiaoran, his father, Father Pei, had taken him out of the country again.
Shen Zhiyi increasingly felt that these people did not live in the same world as her. Although still students, many had already begun to come into contact with their family businesses to a greater or lesser extent, and Pei Yu was one of the most conspicuous among them.
She studied quietly and gradually caught up with the pace, and her relationship with Qin Xiaoran also got better and better; they were almost inseparable.
Walking on the campus path, Qin Xiaoran gossiped with her while Shen Zhiyi hugged her stack of notes, listening and pondering a problem she hadn’t solved.
Suddenly, Qin Xiaoran grabbed her, "Hey, it’s Qin Fang."
Where there was Qin Fang... Shen Zhiyi stopped and looked ahead.
Several young men walked out of the teaching building, wearing neat, uniform school clothes. Qin Fang said something, trying to drape his arm over Pei Yu’s shoulder but was met with a cold glance and lamely withdrew it.
"Your aversion to being touched is getting worse by the day," Qin Fang muttered discontentedly.
Pei Yu couldn’t be bothered with him and took a few steps out of the shadow. The sunlight blurred his features; the youth squinted slightly, his demeanor somewhat relaxed and casual, seemingly in a good mood.
Until Qin Fang suddenly brought up another topic, "...I heard you’re going to get engaged to Huo An’an?"
Arranged marriages within their families were common; Pei Yu’s several brothers had also married daughters of family partners.