Wang Yanmei's expression changed drastically, and her voice weakened: "W-what the hell? How would I know who your mother is?"

“But…” Pei Tiantian thought that she seemed to have heard them talking about her mother, but she was scared at the time and was not sure if she had misheard.

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Yanmei interrupted him rudely: "But what? How did our Pei family mistreat you or what? You should ask your mother. Your mother died a long time ago."

Pei Tiantian's eyes reddened, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

She used to be laughed at by her relatives' children when she lived with them.

She said her father died and her mother ran away with someone else.

She didn't believe it at the time; she felt that her mother was definitely not that kind of person.

She also asked her aunt, who had been quite kind to her, about this.

Her aunt just looked at her with a complicated expression and said that her mother had run away, but she didn't know where she had gone.

They had never seen it either.

Pei Tiantian kept fantasizing that her mother must have left because life was too hard.

Maybe one day, she'll come back.

They also brought her lots of pretty dresses and delicious food.

Then bring her to the city to live a good life.

Pei Tiantian had always fantasized about this.

Upon hearing Wang Yanmei say that her mother was dead, she immediately stood there as if she had lost her soul, her face deathly pale.

Tears streamed down my face.

"No, no, Auntie said Mom just went out and will definitely come back."

"Grandma is lying! Grandma is a big bad girl!"

After she finished speaking, she ran out crying.

Wang Yanmei rolled her eyes. She was now filled with resentment towards Zhou Qiao, and naturally had no good feelings towards Pei Tiantian either.

What she's thinking about now is how to resolve the issue between her son and Zhou Qiao.

Pei Jichuan heard the crying and ran out.

Seeing his younger sister crying, he frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Did Grandma scold you again?"

Pei Tiantian sobbed, "Grandma is so mean! She said Mom is dead! Waaah! Mom isn't dead! Auntie said Mom just went to another place."

"Brother, I hate Grandma."

Pei Tiantian said angrily.

She never liked Wang Yanmei to begin with, and when she was exploited miserably before, she hated and feared her even more.

At this moment, Wang Yanmei said that her mother was dead, which extinguished the last glimmer of light in her heart.

Her disgust reached its peak.

Pei Tiantian felt that there seemed to be no good people in this world.

Everyone is bullying her and exploiting her.

She hated them so much.

Pei Jichuan's face turned cold: "Wouldn't it be better to just pretend she's dead?"

“Brother…brother, how can you say that? That’s our mother.”

"So what if she's our mother? She still abandoned us."

Pei Jichuan didn't quite understand why his younger sister always had expectations of everyone.

He never missed his mother who abandoned her husband and children. In his meager memories, his father was always silent. He had asked his mother about her, but his father always remained silent.

Although Dad is not talkative, he is still very gentle with them.

Later, Dad also had to leave for a distant place, and they could only stay with relatives.

So many years of hardship, but that so-called mother never appeared.

Pei Jichuan had long since given up hope on her.

He had long understood that no one in this world could be relied upon; he could only rely on himself.

My sister always likes to rely on others, which is why she's in such a miserable situation.

If she hadn't relied on her grandmother before, she wouldn't have been exploited by Grandma Pei.

If she hadn't been bewitched by Zhou Qiao, she wouldn't have lost face.

Pei Jichuan thought she was incredibly naive to still be thinking of relying on her mother, whom she hadn't seen since birth.

Pei Tiantian choked up and couldn't speak.

Then I heard my brother say coldly, "If you hadn't been so blinded by greed and thought Grandma Pei was good and did something wrong, we would still be living at Aunt Song's house now."

“You feel that Aunt Song treats you badly, but the days we spent with her were the most relaxed and happy.”

"But you've taken the wrong path."

He wanted his sister to stop thinking about such unrealistic things.

If they are down-to-earth and study hard, one day they will be able to escape and no longer have to live under someone else's roof.

However, Pei Tiantian wouldn't listen.

It's all Xiaobao's fault for showing off; she didn't do it on purpose.

Why is even her brother blaming her?

Pei Tiantian rushed into the room and buried her head in her hands, crying.

...

Pei Hai didn't believe that his marriage was over just like that, but he wasn't stupid either. His mother had said that there were unpleasant rumors about him and Zhou Qiao, and people had been pointing fingers at him on the way here.

Although I wasn't well-liked before, people were too lazy to talk about me.

But now even someone as insignificant as myself in the family compound is being talked about.

This is enough to show how big of a fuss this is.

He only found out now.

Pei Hai felt very guilty because he had caused this mess, and regardless of whether it was related to him or not, it was very unfair to Xiu He.

She must be very sad and disappointed.

Pei Hai felt that he absolutely had to apologize to her properly and explain things clearly.

Xiuhe is such an easy-going person, perhaps she can understand.

Thinking of this possibility, Pei Hai even went out and bought some fruit before going to the Li family's house.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw Li Xiuhe come out.

A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but before he could even utter the word "Xiuhe," he heard Li Xiuhe smilingly address the person who came out from behind.

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