Shen Qingtang stood not far away, watching Pei Wuwang's retreating figure, her eyes full of support and tenderness. She knew that Pei Wuwang must have found this decision very difficult, but it was the only option.

From this day forward, they will have no further connection with the Pei family.

Seeing Pei Wuwang's resolute attitude, Madam Pei immediately put on a tearful expression, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Ah! My dear grandson!" She reached out, trying to grab Pei Wuwang's sleeve, her voice choked with sobs, "How could you say such a thing? How could you sever ties with your grandmother and the Pei family? You are my own grandson, whom I raised with my own hands! I've doted on you and loved you since you were little, protecting you like the apple of my eye. How could you be so heartless?"

As she spoke, she wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and anyone who didn't know the situation would really think she was heartbroken and loved Pei Wuwang very much.

Pei Wuwang abruptly took a step back, avoiding her touch. He looked coldly at Old Madam Pei, his eyes filled with disgust and contempt.

"Love me?" Pei Wuwang scoffed, his tone icy and chilling. "Grandma, put your hand on your heart and tell me, have you ever truly loved me?"

His gaze was sharp as a knife, piercing straight at Madam Pei, causing her to instinctively avoid his eyes.

"When I was little, my mother died early, and my father was away from home most of the time. How did you treat me then?"

Pei Wuwang's voice trembled slightly, a mixture of pent-up grievances and anger from years of suppression. "I was starving and cold, without even a decent cotton coat in winter, yet you gave the best things to the children of the Qin family. When I was bullied by the other children, I ran back to you crying, but you only said I was useless and had disgraced the Pei family!"

“When I was studying, I needed writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones. You said the family was poor and refused to buy them for me, but you turned around and bought the latest toys for Jindan. Later, I joined the army and risked my life to earn a name and honors. But you never cared about how much I suffered on the battlefield or how many wounds I sustained. Every time you saw me, you would only say how hard it was for you, how much the Pei family needed my support, and that I should give everything I earned to the Pei family!”

"I'm a child too! I have flesh and blood! I also need care and love! But have you ever given me any?"

Pei Wuwang's voice grew louder and louder, his emotions becoming increasingly agitated. "You only treat me as a tool of the Pei family, as something for you to boast about! Now I don't want to be used by you anymore, I don't want to endure your favoritism and hypocrisy anymore, and you say I'm heartless? Say I'm unfilial?"

"And my father!" Pei Wuwang's gaze turned to his silent father. "You know perfectly well that your mother is biased, you know how much I've suffered in the Pei family, but you've never stood up for me or said a word! You only tell me to endure it, to give in to them! Your own son is being bullied, yet you turn a blind eye. Do you deserve to be a father?"

Pei's father turned pale with shame after being spoken to by Pei Wuwang, and lowered his head, unable to utter a single word.

Old Madam Pei was rendered speechless by Pei Wuwang's retort, and the mask of hypocrisy on her face could no longer be maintained. Looking into Pei Wuwang's cold eyes, she knew that she could no longer control this grandson. She was filled with anger and resentment, yet she was helpless.

"You...you ungrateful wretch!" Old Madam Pei trembled with rage, pointing at Pei Wuwang and yelling, "I've spoiled you for nothing! You'll regret this! The Pei family will not let you get away with this!"

"Regret?" Pei Wuwang sneered. "The thing I regret most in my life is being born into the Pei family and acknowledging you as my grandmother! From today onwards, I, Chen, have nothing to do with the Pei family anymore! You'd better watch yourselves!"

After saying that, Pei Wuwang didn't look at the Pei family again, turned around, took Shen Qingtang and Pei Nian'an's hands, and left without looking back.

Left behind, Old Madam Pei and her family endured the strange looks from those around them. Watching Pei Wuwang's resolute retreating figure, Old Madam Pei finally collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. But this time, no one would pity her anymore.