Although he cursed Pei Jingdu to the core in his heart, on the surface, Pei Jiangmu could only suppress his anger and put away his phone nonchalantly.
Then he flashed a cute and somewhat shy smile at Pei Jingdu, as well as Meng Ruozhao and Yi Mo, who were looking at him curiously.
"Um... I'm just going to help my sister out and do some odd jobs."
"Coincidentally, the crew is short of an extra. The director thought my image was okay, so he asked me to fill in temporarily and earn some extra money."
He casually downplayed his role as an important guest star as just an extra.
Hearing this, Pei Jingdu raised an eyebrow but didn't press further. There was just a deeper smile in his eyes.
Fine, an extra, huh? He'd remember this score.
He'd have the system requirements specification sent over tonight.
Pei Jiangmu watched his elder brother's "just you wait" expression and nearly gritted his back teeth.
This meal had come at a hefty price!
He couldn't help but kick at Pei Jingdu again, but this cunning man seemed to be on guard and he missed.
Then Pei Jingdu even smiled at him smugly.
"Little Brother Pei, youth is truly wonderful. You can take on multiple jobs for your passion."
Pei Jiangmu: …
Meng Ruozhao and Yi Mo didn't catch the sarcasm and thought Pei Jingdu was impressed with Pei Jiangmu.
Meng Ruozhao remembered that it wasn't a long - term solution for Pei Jiangmu to work part - time for her. She also recalled that he had gone for job interviews before.
If a big shot like Pei Jingdu could take an interest in him, it might help with his job.
So she immediately complimented, "Yes, he can do everything well. He's an outstanding person. If you need someone, Mr. Pei, you can give him a chance."
Hearing this, Pei Jingdu almost burst out laughing.
Give a chance? How could he not?
He'd just given a "chance".
While looking at Pei Jiangmu with an expression that seemed to say "Look, your sweetheart said she'd give you a chance", he nodded. "Naturally. I love wealth and never miss an opportunity."
What he meant was that he loved wealth and wouldn't miss any chance to amass it.
Meng Ruozhao and Yi Mo thought he meant "love of talent" and gave him an admiring look.
Only Pei Jiangmu was there, grinding his teeth in frustration.
The outside world had always been very curious about the Pei family's younger generation and had spared no effort to dig out various news over the years.
But if they really got to know the two Pei brothers, they'd probably be shocked.
Because in general, neither of the two brothers was a good person.
Pei Jingdu was extremely fond of wealth. At his hundred - day grab - the - object ceremony, he grabbed the big gold bar placed in the corner.
As he grew older, this hobby became more and more out of control. He truly lived up to the saying of "plucking feathers even from a passing goose".
People usually say that a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow, but this man was different. He especially loved to make money from those around him.
No one in the Pei family had escaped being scammed out of money by him.
He was even so heartless that he scammed the New Year's money from a ten - year - old kid.
Yes, Pei Jiangmu was that ten - year - old kid.
For the first ten years, Pei Jingdu had never "harmed" his younger brother. At that time, the Pei parents even sighed that their miser of an eldest son still had some brotherly affection.
Who would've thought that he was biding his time? After gaining his brother's trust, he swindled all his money at once.
During that period, Pei Jiangmu was so poor that he couldn't even afford toys. He wanted to bite Pei Jingdu whenever he saw him.
And Pei Jingdu was quite proud of himself. He shut everyone up with the words "He's stupid. It's better for me to swindle him than for others to do so."
As for Pei Jiangmu, he was a naive little cute boy when he was young, but he grew more and more off - track as he got older.
Shadowy, gloomy, paranoid, cold... In short, he was psychologically twisted.
He didn't participate in any public activities of the Pei family and had moved out of the old mansion early.
Even when he occasionally returned to the Pei family, the servants didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Some said he had killed someone, and others said he was a sadist with a special basement for dissection filled with corpses.
...
Father Pei often frowned in distress at his two sons and exclaimed that it was a sin and a disgrace to the family!
This meal had put Pei Jingdu in a great mood. When it was over, he still paid the bill.
He said there was no way he'd let a woman or a student pay when dining with him.
Pei Jiangmu sneered in his heart. Pei Jingdu never paid for private dinners.
He was such a miser, a Scrooge!
If he paid, there must be a greater exchange of interests.
Sure enough, on the way home, he received a message from Pei Jingdu.
Pei Jingdu sent him the invoice for today's meal and then another message.
"Today was supposed to be your woman treating. I can't be the one to pay, right?"
Yes, Meng Ruozhao had insisted on paying today, but Pei Jingdu had beaten her to it.
Pei Jiangmu despised Pei Jingdu's miserly behavior but was quite satisfied with the words "your woman".
So he waved his hand and transferred 10,000 yuan to the other person with the note: Keep the change, Scrooge.
After receiving the money, Pei Jingdu sent him another message.
"Get your injury checked at our family's hospital as soon as possible."
"I'll talk to the people below so that the family won't know."
"Take it easy in the future. Love is precious, but life is more so."
These words actually sounded reasonable.
But Pei Jiangmu was too lazy to talk to him and just sent a period.
After getting home, Meng Ruozhao changed into her home clothes and then came out. She asked Pei Jiangmu, "What about taking a shower? You'd better not get your wound wet. Just wipe it."
Pei Jiangmu looked at her and said, "I can't reach my back. Could you help me, sister?"
Meng Ruozhao hesitated. She always felt it was a bit over the line.
Pei Jiangmu saw her hesitation and immediately retreated to advance.
"Forget it. I'll just take a quick shower and try not to touch the wound."
"I'm uncomfortable because I sweated in those clothes today."
Hearing that he was uncomfortable, Meng Ruozhao gritted her teeth and said she'd help him.
After all, it was impossible not to get wet when taking a shower.
Pei Jiangmu succeeded and curled his lips.
The bathroom was filled with steam. The hazy warm light cast an ambiguous filter over everything.
Pei Jiangmu turned his back to Meng Ruozhao and slowly took off his upper clothes in a way that was almost torturous.
The faint sound of the fabric rubbing against his skin was infinitely amplified at this moment.
The man's broad back and narrow waist were exposed to the air.
Although there was a bandage on his back, it didn't diminish the strength and beauty of his body at all.
The outline of his shoulder blades was clear and sharp. His muscles twitched slightly with his movements, hinting at a latent sense of power.
Meng Ruozhao felt her cheeks burning hot and her heart pounding like a drum. Her eyes were fixed firmly on the tiles on the floor as if there were some peerless secret written on them.
"Are you done?"
Her voice was tight. She tightly held the half - wrung wet towel in her hand, and her fingertips were slightly pale.
Pei Jiangmu slowly turned around to face her.
The steaming water vapor blurred the boundaries.
But his well - defined abs and smoothly contoured pectoral muscles still had a powerful visual impact.
His attractive V - line disappeared into the edge of his waistband, arousing endless imagination.