Chapter 222: If They Had Been Together for 10 Years

Shen Zhiyi was the first to react, striding two steps towards Pei Yu and smoothly freeing herself from Huo Heng's grasp. She looked up at the aloof young man in front of her with a puzzled expression, "Did you wait for me?"

Pei Yu's eyes drooped, his expression indifferent, his youthful, dark brows and eyes outlined like ink strokes, took on a cold hue as if covered in a layer of frost, making him difficult to scrutinize closely. Instead of answering, he asked in a lowered tone, "Who is he?"

Huo Heng also called out from behind, "Shen Zhiyi."

Caught between the two young men, Shen Zhiyi felt a headache coming on. She did not want to involve outsiders in her affairs, especially not Pei Yu.

"He's a friend," she managed to explain, turning her head to say to Huo Heng, "I'm going home, don't come looking for me again."