Pei Yuchen paused.

"Are you still blaming me?"

He knew that he was the one who had caused her such suffering.

Although she didn't utter a single word of blame, every word she said suffocated him.

Song Yanzhi remained silent.

Pei Yuchen was silent for a while, then said, "If there is any condition that can make you forgive me, just name it. As long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to it."

Song Yanzhi finally looked at him and said, "Okay."

She took the bowl into the kitchen to wash it, and watched as Pei Yuchen left. Song Yanzhi also took some things and went to the hospital.

Inside the family compound.

Several high school students dressed as students returned.

Several girls asked Pei Qingqing excitedly and enviously, "Qingqing, your cousin is a student at a prestigious university! Your family is so amazing!"

Pei Qingqing puffed out her chin, her eyes brimming with pride and smugness: "Of course, she even works at the airport as a flight attendant. You know what a flight attendant is, right? They earn a really high salary every month!"

Pei Qingqing said, "My dream is to become a flight attendant, just like my cousin!"

She and Zhou Qiao have known each other since childhood. Zhou Qiao treats her like a younger sister, and her mother also lets her play with Zhou Qiao.

So the two of them have always had a good relationship.

Now Zhou Qiao has made something of herself and become a flight attendant who graduated from a prestigious university. I heard that flight attendants need to have a good figure, good temperament, and be beautiful.

Therefore, Pei Qingqing really wanted to learn from Zhou Qiao.

He started bragging to a few friends about it.

"You? You want to be a flight attendant? I'm afraid you won't make it. I heard that flight attendants need to be tall, thin, and have good skin."

Upon hearing her words, the others couldn't help but point at her face and laugh.

Because Pei Qingqing has no family to care for her, she spends all her money on eating and drinking, and now her face is covered in pimples and she's very fat.

They have absolutely no connection with flight attendants.

Upon hearing this, Pei Qingqing immediately became anxious: "That's different. I came back this time specifically to have my cousin buy me skincare products."

"Do you know Olay? Olay in Hong Kong costs 35 yuan a bottle. It works really well. What's this little bit of stuff to me? It'll definitely be fine after applying it twice."

"Really? Then you can share some with us to try. If it works well, I'll ask my family to buy some for me."

The students who were talking to Pei Qingqing were from some of the wealthiest families in the residential compound. For Pei Qingqing, Olay, a product that her mother couldn't afford even with a month's salary, was something that other families could easily buy.

This is also why she became friends with these girls.

So she immediately and readily agreed, "Sure."

The girl next to her asked, "By the way, what about your sister-in-law? I remember she has really good skin too. Why don't you ask her how she takes care of it?"

“Her?” Pei Qingqing shook her head: “By now she’s probably a hideous monster.”

"Why? Wasn't she quite pretty before?"

They had a good relationship with Pei Qingqing, so they even attended Pei's eldest brother's wedding.

I met Song Yanzhi once.

At the time, everyone praised her for being beautiful and charming.

“What’s the use of being pretty? My brother doesn’t like her.” Pei Qingqing said with a gloating look. “My parents don’t like her either. They don’t understand why a woman from the countryside like her has to try to marry into a higher social class. She thinks she’s different from others just because she’s educated. Over the years, she hasn’t had a good life. She’s no different from those old women. But she deserves it.”

Pei Qingqing's words drew gossipy glances from those around her.

"You mean, she insisted on marrying into this family?"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. Let me tell you, my brother and Zhou Qiao grew up together. My mother originally planned to marry Zhou Qiao to my brother, but my brother was suddenly transferred, and the higher-ups required him to get married before he left. Zhou Qiao was about to go to university at the time, so my brother had no choice but to marry her. Otherwise, my brother might have been with Zhou Qiao a long time ago."

"And do you know what? She gave birth to a son who is mentally challenged and can't even speak. He's brought shame to our Pei family."

Everyone sighed with regret.

So that's how it is.

In the eyes of these young people, they could already picture how a loving but ill-fated couple had been forcibly separated.

Song Yanzhi was like the third party who ruined their relationship.

In the past, marriages were arranged, but as everyone enters adolescence, they all understand what it means to like someone and feel attracted to them.

Naturally, one would want to find someone they like.

Therefore, I am quite disgusted by this kind of forced marriage between two people.

Pei Qingqing naturally thought the same way. She believed that someone from a family with Song Yanzhi's circumstances could not possibly be worthy of her older brother, who had a superior background.

Not to mention that she only finished high school.

She used to think high school was amazing, but now she thinks it's nothing special.

Anyway, she can't compare to Zhou Qiao.

Seeing the disdainful looks from her classmates, she rolled her eyes and said, "Just you wait and see, my brother will definitely divorce her."

“Now that I, Zhou Qiaojie, am back, there’s no place for her at all.”

Pei Qingqing spoke with great enthusiasm, as if she could already see Song Yanzhi being kicked out of the house.

They had completely forgotten how she used to fawn over Song Yanzhi for his jewelry and clothes.

As they were talking, the person walking in front suddenly stopped.

As Pei Qingqing was saying this, she inadvertently caught sight of a pair of beautiful heeled leather shoes.

The other person's ankles were very slender, her feet were delicate and graceful, and her skin was as smooth as jade. She was beautiful from every angle.

Those black leather shoes made her look even taller and slimmer.

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