Chapter 54: The Fifty-Fourth Day of Her Reservedness She chanted alone, and it was me, Pei Yun...

Shan Zewu never thought that he would actually meet Shan Yin here.

At that time, in front of the old man of the Su family's bed, considering that Shan Yin could get more property of the Su family if he came to Nanqiao for marriage, he temporarily compromised and let Shan Yin go.

But Shan Yin had been gone for several months, and the Nanqiao Pei family protected her very well, so much news could not reach Yun Su. He wanted to send someone to look for Shan Yin, but it was difficult to contact her.

In recent days, Xiaohan of the Pei family has been helping the Su family and suppressing the Shan family's enterprises openly and covertly, causing those Shan family executives who originally supported him to complain to him and hold him accountable all day long.

Shan Zewu had a terrible headache. He had been confident at first, but now he was becoming increasingly nervous.

In addition, he still needed the support of more noble families and enterprises. It took him a long time to find a powerful person in the south and curry favor with him, and only then was he able to squeeze into this gallery.

He heard that most of the prominent families in the south had received invitations to this exhibition dinner, and he wondered if he would have the chance to meet Shan Yin.

If they meet, he will definitely give her a warning and tell her not to forget that Yun Su and he are her uncle.

It would also let her know that if she wanted both Su and Shan to be safe, she should not think of escaping his control so easily.

Now, when he really met Shan Yin, the greed in Shan Zewu's eyes was clearly revealed.

He was like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb, waiting at any time to devour Su and Shan.

When Shan Zewu heard Shan Yin calling him, the corners of his lips twitched twice with suppressed excitement, but he still couldn't stop smiling and walked towards her with a champagne in his hand.

But he didn't notice that there was now another person, Pei Yunhe, beside Shan Yin.

"Single chant."

Shan Zewu came closer and looked down at Shan Yin with his head tilted upwards.

A lamb is a lamb. Even after being raised in Nanqiao for so long, it is still so weak.

He chuckled and said, "It's been a long time since we last met. Second uncle must have missed you a lot."

Shan Yin never thought that he would meet Shan Zewu again in Nanqiao.

Ever since she had seen the greed and ruthlessness displayed by her second uncle after her parents' death, she no longer had any good feelings towards this relative.

And if he hadn't pressed him so hard, grandpa wouldn't have been so angry and worried, causing his illness to recur repeatedly and never get better.

She didn't want to be sent out of Yunsu and leave her grandfather for a long time without being able to return.

The moment she recognized Shan Zewu, her blood surged all over her body, and those painful and exhausting memories came to her mind. Shan Yin's mind and body were as tense as a string.

It was a feeling etched in the body, affecting the entire body, causing both the emotions and the body to tremble uncontrollably.

She was concerned about her dignity and took a long time to control her expression before she avoided avoiding him and walked away.

Now Shan Zewu was coming towards her. She resisted the huge resistance and raised the corners of her mouth twice, forcing out a smile.

Shan Zewu pretended not to notice Shan Yin's resistance and continued to smile, "You said you were gone for two months without even returning home. Second Uncle and the other uncles and aunts in the Shan family all missed you very much."

Shan Yin still didn't speak.

She had nothing to talk about with Shan Zewu, so after forcing herself to greet him, she turned around and was about to leave.

But Shan Zewu stopped her again: "Child, why are you becoming more rude as you get older? When you were little, didn't you always pester your uncle to buy you candy?"

Shan Yin frowned immediately and tightened his grip on the champagne glass.

"I was worried that you were hiding in Nanqiao and didn't know about your grandfather's situation, so I came all the way here to talk to you. Why don't you want to talk to your second uncle?"

"Hey, haven't you heard? Your grandpa's condition seems to be a little unclear lately. I want to take some time to go and see him..."

Shan Yin suddenly turned around and stared at Shan Zewu.

It would have been better if he didn't mention it. Once he mentioned the past, once he mentioned Su Daosheng, Shan Yin couldn't help but think of Shan Zewu's expression in front of the ward when his parents died and when Su Daosheng was seriously ill.

She wanted to pour all the champagne in her hand over to him so that Shan Zewu would shut up.

But Shan Zewu bet that she would not do such an uncultured thing.

He even pretended to shake his head and said, "It seems that now that you have arrived in Nanqiao, you really don't care about us relatives who were left in Yunsu."

“Wow—”

"what you do!"

Everything happened in a flash. As soon as Shan Zewu finished his previous sentence, a full glass of champagne was poured all over him.

He immediately shouted angrily, thinking that it was Shan Yin who did it. When he looked up, he saw that the person who seemed to have been standing next to Shan Yin just now was now raising his arms, with his back to him, standing between him and Shan Yin.

Shan Yin was also stunned with surprise.

She never expected that as soon as the thought came to her mind, Pei Yunhe actually bumped her hand with his arm, causing the glass of champagne in her hand to spill all over Shan Zewu.

"you……"

Shan Yin was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

Pei Yunhe tilted his head and smiled at her nonchalantly: "This is Nanqiao. If I want to splash someone, I can still do it."

Without waiting for Shan Yin to respond, Pei Yunhe slowly turned around, put on his gentle and elegant look again, and called the waiter over.

"This gentleman's clothes are dirty. Take him to the back to change."

"Yes." The waiter was frightened and stepped forward to ask Shan Zewu to come over.

At this time, Shan Zewu finally paid attention to Pei Yunhe.

He was splashed with champagne, but he didn't care.

She casually took the silk scarf handed to her by the waiter and wiped her face. Then she raised her eyes and those dangerous eyes were fixed on Pei Yunhe again.

"Who are you?"

"Her husband."

Shan Yin's attitude was the same as Pei Yunhe's. He even disdained to extend his hand to shake hands with Shan Zewu.

Instead, he put his arm around Shan Yin's thin shoulders and turned away.

"It turns out to be Mr. Pei. So we are relatives." Shan Zewu suddenly called out to Pei Yunhe again.

Pei Yunhe frowned instantly, "Who are you related to?"

Shan Zewu adjusted his mentality very quickly. He took the silk scarf and wiped half of the wine stains on his collar. Facing Pei Yunhe's cold face, he smiled instead of getting angry.

"Mr. Pei, you may not know that I am Shan Yin's second uncle and the current head of the Yunsu Shan family. And you are already married to Shan Yin, so how are we not relatives?"

"Is there an appointment document? It can't even be considered an acting position." Pei Yunhe didn't even turn his head and hit the snake at its most vulnerable part.

He had no intention of giving Shan Zewu any face.

“…”

Shan Zewu's jaw twitched twice, and the dark blue stubble spread to his face.

But what Pei Yunhe said was indeed true. Before obtaining the 30% shares from Shan Yin, the board of directors could not hold an election to replace him, and Shan's official appointment documents could not be issued.

He has always wanted Dan Yin’s shares, isn’t it just to legitimize himself?

Without a legitimate position, not only will the senior executives be difficult to control, but even the employees under him will be dissatisfied with him.

Shan Zewu gritted his teeth, he didn't expect that he had underestimated Pei Yunhe.

It seems that Shan Yin married Nan Qiao and really got close to her.

He couldn't get angry at Pei Yunhe directly, so he turned around and mocked Shan Yin in the manner of an elder.

"Okay, okay, after all, it's better to have a girl."

He raised his sinister and cunning eyes again and kept looking between Pei Yunhe and Shan Yin.

"Don't worry if something big happens at home. Just hide away. You're weak and fragile. Find someone to cling to and you'll have a worry-free life."

He said to Shan Yin: "Second uncle is right, right? When your parents died, you hid in Nanqiao, and now you are hiding again. Fortunately, someone has been protecting you all the time, right? You are quite lucky."

"Second Uncle!"

Shan Yin couldn't bear to hear Shan Zewu mention her parents again, so she started to scold him.

But Shan Zewu smiled and said, "Look, now you can even yell at your second uncle."

Shan Yin was so angry that his shoulders began to shake.

Pei Yunhe suddenly hugged her tightly to steady her body.

He took a step forward and stepped into the dazzling warm yellow light of the venue. The huge crystal chandelier was shining brightly in the sky, but he was beside Shan Yin, giving her warmth and strength.

"Clinging?" He laughed, his eyes gleaming as he said to Shan Zewu, "You just said that Shan Yin and I are already married. Husband and wife should support each other. How can Shan Yin be clinging to me?"

Shan Zewu didn't expect Pei Yunhe to really argue with him. He looked away and prepared to talk to Pei Yunhe again.

But how could Pei Yunhe give Shan Zewu a chance?

He suddenly raised his eyelids, and his gaze pierced Shan Zewu like a sharp arrow.

"As for you, Second Uncle, if I'm not mistaken, you've spent the first half of your life hiding under the wings of your father and brother, and now you're relying on the support of the Shan family's executives, and you even had to use connections to get in here..."

Pei Yunhe smiled and tapped the ground with his toes.

The custom-made leather shoes were made of high-quality leather, and the dazzling light on the top illuminated Shan Zewu's increasingly ugly expression.

"Why do I feel that you are even better at climbing up the social ladder than those girls you mentioned?"

"you!"

Shan Zewu's face flushed instantly and he almost exploded.

But Pei Yunhe did not intend to give up.

He pointed at the bystanders who had walked away when he splashed Shan Zewu.

"The person you were following just now was Boss Chen from Haicheng, right? Unfortunately, Boss Chen is interested in cooperating with Xiaohan recently. So according to this second uncle's intention... don't you want to cling to Xiaohan, cling to me, and cling to my wife—"

"That is, your niece whom you always look down upon, Shan Yin?"

"Pei Yunhe!"

No matter how strong Shan Zewu's self-control is, how could he not be angry when he heard Pei Yunhe humiliating him like this?

Shan Zewu immediately shouted, and the guests nearby all turned around when they heard his words.

Even Boss Chen, who was not far away, looked over with disgust.

Pei Yunhe just raised his eyes calmly, turned around, held Shan Yin's hand, and stroked it with a look of tenderness in his eyes.

Shan Yin knew that Pei Yunhe was helping him vent his anger.

She glanced sideways at Pei Yunhe. He stood beside her like a solid wall, shielding her from the wind and rain.

In public, he could still mock and scold Shan Zewu with ease, but behind her back, unknown to her, he had done a lot of work to mediate with the Shan family and prevent those executives from defecting too early.

She blinked her eyes, which were watery, and the crystal light at the top fell into her eyes like stars.

Shan Yin lightly scratched Pei Yunhe's palm twice.

"Forget it, let's go."

She was grateful for what Pei Yunhe had done, but she didn't want him to get entangled with Shan Zewu again.

Besides, Pei Yunhe rarely uses his status to bully others, and the few times he did so were all for her. Shan Yin really didn't want Pei Yunhe's reputation to be criticized.

"Okay, don't let it affect your mood."

Pei Yunhe listened to Shan Yin and embraced her again, holding her arms tighter to make way for her.

When Shan Zewu saw this intimate look, the anger in his chest burned even more fiercely.

He really couldn't imagine that Shan Yin, an orphan who married far away in Nanqiao, could find such a good support.

This was completely different from what he had originally imagined. He was hoping that Shan Yin and the Pei family would be at odds so that he could control both sides.

But now Pei Yunhe almost held Shan Yin in the palm of his hand. He also remembered what he had heard before, that the Pei family couple was said to be loving and harmonious, and they were a model.

He thought it was just boasting and fake, but seeing it with his own eyes, it didn't seem like a superficial act at all!

His blood and energy suddenly surged, and Shan Zewu lost his rationality in an instant, and immediately shouted at Pei Yunhe.

"The wife of the Pei family? The boss lady of Xiaohan? Ha! Did you know she's still having an affair with that lawyer named He? And my good-for-nothing distant nephew has also been kept in suspense by her for years. Even after she got married, she never said she'd give up and wait for her!"

"She's been clinging to those men since she was little. What could possibly be the reason for an orphan to grow up like this? You could just ignore your feelings and protect her, and then see if she'll show you any mercy in the future!"

These words are really ugly. They are attacks and insults against women both openly and covertly. Dan Zewudang must have been so angry that he would shout them out in public.

Shan Yin had heard these gossips before in the Shan family. She gritted her teeth, turned a deaf ear to them, and pulled Pei Yunhe to leave.

But Pei Yunhe suddenly stopped and she couldn't pull him anymore.

"Pei Yunhe?" Her voice was trembling.

He smiled at her gently, then his face turned cold in an instant and he turned to face Shan Zewu.

"Yeah?"

The cold light in his eyes formed a sharp contrast with the warm light around him. Pei Yunhe took steady steps, but it seemed as if he was crushing sharp ice crystals that could hurt people.

He walked step by step to Shan Zewu, with his head slightly lowered, like a top predator in a real world where the strong prey on the weak, judging the villain in front of him without any hesitation.

"Then I'll tell you."

"She, Shan Yin, is my Pei Yunhe's wife, and the undisputed boss lady of Xiaohan."

"Why did an orphan like her grow up so big? It's because she's gentle, strong, and kind. It's because she faced wolves and tigers like you, escaped from the jaws of death, and still managed to grit her teeth and persevere, striving to live for the people she wants to protect!"

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The author has something to say: Our little Pei wants to get close to Dan Yin baby.