The incident happened so quickly that by the time the others at the dining table reacted, Wen Shaohan had already strode out of the restaurant.
Fu Xi glanced up and down at Tang Tian, knowing she hadn’t done it on purpose. After all, he had stood up too abruptly, and Shaohan happened to be walking too close—it wasn’t surprising they collided.
Seeing her instinctively rubbing her right shoulder with her left hand, he noticed how slender her shoulders were, with snow-white and delicate collarbones exposed.
“Are you okay?”
Fu Xi rarely showed concern, perhaps because he felt indirectly responsible for her being bumped into, stirring a rare sense of sympathy in him.
As soon as he asked, he regretted it. This was a woman who would seize any opportunity to climb higher. What if she thought he was interested in her…
Tang Tian assumed he was just asking casually and lowered her hand from her right shoulder. “I’m fine, it doesn’t hurt.”
A flicker of surprise crossed Fu Xi’s eyes, and he scrutinized her again with suspicion.
Tang Tian pushed the chair she had moved back under the table. When she looked up, she saw Fu Xi staring at her as if she were… a rare specimen.
Tang Tian: “…”
Her first instinct was to touch her face. Was there something on it?
“Mr. Fu, is there something else?” Her face was smooth, with nothing unusual. So why was he staring at her?
Fu Xi snapped back to reality. His tall, straight posture exuded a lazy yet arrogant air, as if he were looking down on everyone from above.
“Nothing.” With that, he walked away.
Tang Tian glanced at his retreating figure, her expression puzzled, but she didn’t dwell on it.
Among these four male leads, it seemed only Wen Shaohan’s temperament was relatively stable on the surface. Shen Yanli appeared refined and gentle, but in reality, he was filled with the arrogance of someone in a position of power.
As for Pei Jue and Fu Xi, the former was cold-faced and cold-hearted, while the latter’s temperament was unpredictable. Both were exceptional individuals, admired and surrounded by others.
It seemed that even at work, she needed to maintain a proper distance from these male leads.
The moment Tang Tian accidentally collided with Wen Shaohan was witnessed by Liu Xiaozhi, Zheng Liyu, and Liu Huihua. Based on their “understanding” of Tang Tian and her past actions, they all believed she had intentionally bumped into Wen Shaohan.
For a moment, their gazes toward her were tinged with judgment, convinced she hadn’t given up and was seizing every opportunity to seduce the gentlemen.
Tang Tian swept her eyes over the three women with their peculiar expressions, knowing they were once again imagining things. She couldn’t be bothered to address their speculations. After tidying up Fu Xi’s section of the dining table, she prepared to clock out.
Just as she finished punching out and was stretching her limbs, Liu Xiaozhi hurried over to her.
Tang Tian thought she was also there to clock out and stepped aside to make way.
“Tang Tian, Sister Wu wants you to deliver a glass of milk to Mr. Pei.” Liu Xiaozhi had reported Tang Tian’s accidental collision with Wen Shaohan to their manager, Sister Wu.
Sister Wu was shrewd and only half-believed what she heard. She proposed sending Tang Tian to deliver milk to Mr. Pei as a way to test her.
Tang Tian didn’t take it at face value. Instead, she took out her phone and checked the work group chat, where Sister Wu had indeed tagged her, instructing her to go upstairs and deliver milk to Pei Jue.
“Alright, I’ll go.” She showed no extra reaction and headed toward the bar counter.
Liu Xiaozhi was convinced deep down that Tang Tian wouldn’t pass Sister Wu’s test this time. She was confident that Tang Tian’s departure… was just around the corner.Tang Tian carried a glass of milk into the elevator, went up to the second floor, and knocked on Pei Jue’s door.
“Come in.”
The voice from inside the room was flat and cold as ice.
Tang Tian opened the door but did not step directly inside. Standing at the doorway, she said, “Mr. Pei, Sister Wu asked me to bring you a glass of milk.”
She emphasized the words “Sister Wu,” implying that she wasn’t the one eager to deliver the milk—she didn’t even want to.
Hearing her voice, Pei Jue shifted his gaze from the company’s new project proposal to the doorway. Seeing it was her, his cold brows tightened slightly. He didn’t get angry, but he was clearly displeased.
Tang Tian just wanted to quickly set the milk down and get off work.
She walked in without glancing around, placing the warm milk on the coffee table instead of on his desk.
She had only taken two steps back when Pei Jue’s icy voice came from behind her.
Tang Tian turned around, looking at him with confusion.
Under the light, her dark, sparkling eyes seemed capable of captivating hearts.
Pei Jue paused for a few seconds. “Bring the milk to me.”
His cold tone snapped Tang Tian back to reality. She walked to the coffee table, picked up the warm milk, and placed it beside his desk.
She didn’t ask if there was anything else, merely offering a polite, “Rest early, Mr. Pei.”
With that, she immediately left the room without a second’s delay, her steps light and quick as if fleeing from a beast.
Pei Jue glanced sideways, his chiseled features utterly indifferent. After just a second, his expression unchanged, he returned to reviewing the proposal before him.
Outside his door, Tang Tian carried the tray downstairs with one hand. There shouldn’t be any more “incidents” now—she could finally clock out.
Among the four male leads, only Pei Jue could handle the work of the Pei Group while perfectly pursuing his music dreams. No wonder he was both outstanding and incredibly wealthy, not to mention blessed with good looks.
If she had been born into privilege, she would definitely choose to coast through life. But in both her lifetimes, her pockets were empty. In her previous life, she had finally saved enough money and was planning to take a break somewhere, only to meet with an unexpected accident and lose her life.
The more Tang Tian thought about it, the more frustrated she felt, so she simply stopped dwelling on it.
Just as she reached the first floor, Pei Jue’s phone vibrated on the second floor.
Rubbing his tired eyes, Pei Jue picked up his phone. It was a message from his manager.
Manager: [Pei, did that maid just now bother you?]
He skimmed the message and quickly typed a reply.
Pei Jue: [No.]
After replying, he ignored any further messages from his manager. As for the maid who had delivered the milk, he clearly didn’t give her a second thought.
Tang Tian reached the first floor and, glancing around, noticed two people standing near the staircase.
It was Liu Xiaozhi and Zheng Liyu.
She didn’t go over to ask them anything. Instead, she walked back to the bar, washed the tray, and placed it in the sterilizer.
Liu Xiaozhi and Zheng Liyu, who had been waiting for Pei Jue’s angry outburst, had been watching from downstairs ever since Tang Tian went up to deliver the milk.
Even after Tang Tian left the second floor, they hadn’t heard Pei Jue’s anger. This outcome surprised both Liu Xiaozhi and Zheng Liyu.
The two watched as Tang Tian carried the tray to the bar, then exchanged glances…
“…Xiaozhi, it seems Tang Tian didn’t try to seduce Mr. Pei again.” Otherwise, Mr. Pei wouldn’t have remained so calm.Liu Xiaozhi’s furrowed brows had already smoothed out before Zheng Liyu looked over, and she said understandingly, “Perhaps it was a misunderstanding last time. In the future, if Tang Tian delivers fruit and milk to Mr. Pei, it should be fine.”
“How could it be a misunderstanding! Mr. Pei isn’t someone who loses his temper without reason. Tang Tian’s intentions… who can’t see them?”
Instantly, Zheng Liyu’s attention shifted back to the previous incident, and her impression of Tang Tian reverted to its former state of disdain.
Though Liu Xiaozhi wore a troubled expression, she didn’t defend Tang Tian further. Deep down, she felt disappointed by the current calm situation—Tang Tian seemed to have grown more cautious…
Thinking of Tang Tian’s stunningly beautiful appearance, Liu Xiaozhi felt she had to find a way to get her driven out. She intensely disliked Tang Tian’s face and her fiery figure.
In a servant’s room on the first floor, Tang Tian checked the time—it was only 9 o’clock. She took out some chilled cherries from the small refrigerator in her room, eating them while binge-watching a show.
Whether it was the original owner or herself, neither had any close friends, so her social media remained quiet all day long. Clearly, the same was true for the original owner.
Tang Tian was someone who could enjoy solitude. Having friends wasn’t an important matter to her.
Around 10 o’clock, Tang Tian finished showering and lay down in bed. Exhausted from the long day, she slept soundly without any dreams.