For a moment, Miss Pei was surrounded by her younger brothers and sisters-in-law, appearing so frail and vulnerable.

The situation was on the verge of erupting; it was unclear when these people would actually start fighting.

Pei Mingzhu's Adam's apple bobbed, her face grim and wary as she stared at the people in front of her, her hands gripping the edge of the table tightly.

Fang Ruotang immediately became anxious, pushed through the crowd to stand in front of Pei Mingzhu, and angrily warned them.

"What are you doing? You dare lay a hand on my mother? Watch out... watch out for me..."

Fang Ruotang looked at the group of people staring at her with ferocious expressions, and suddenly felt a little scared but not brave, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

The people from these households were all like wolves and tigers; none of them were easy to get along with. Seeing Fang Ruotang like this, they immediately became even more ferocious.

"What business is it of a junior like you when our elders are speaking?!"

"Get out of the way, don't get in our way, we're talking to your mother!"

"She's getting more and more unruly. If she were my daughter, I would definitely..."

"..."

The accusations came from all directions and came at Fang Ruotang. Some fingers with sharp nails were poked at Fang Ruotang's eyes, the nails almost piercing her dark eyeballs.

Fang Ruotang's head kept tilting back, her cervical vertebrae stiffening and rigid from the maximum backward tilt, her face pale and terrified.

She opened her mouth, then suddenly pushed away Madam Pei, who was lunging at her.

"Don't touch me! Get away!"

Madam Pei did not expect Fang Ruotang to suddenly have such great strength, and she actually pushed her away forcefully.

Caught off guard, she stumbled back a few steps, lost her footing, and fell backward to the ground, feeling as if her buttocks were about to split in two.

She tilted her head back and screamed in agony.

"Ahhh... Ahhh..."

"It hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

Madam Pei screamed in agony, her face turning ashen, and fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.

Upon seeing this, Second Master Pei hurriedly ran towards Second Madam Pei.

"Honey, are you alright?"

Master Pei tried to help Madam Pei up from the ground, but every time he touched her, she screamed and struggled, as if she had gone mad and wouldn't let him touch her.

Master Pei became even more anxious.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Madam Pei held onto Master Pei's arm tightly with one hand, while her other hand gripped her high-heeled foot. Her ankle was twisted in a strange position, swollen high, with red and slightly hot bones, but she couldn't move it at all.

Madam Pei's two daughters rushed over, one of them squatting down at her mother's feet with a worried expression.

The other one rushed over and slapped Fang Ruotang hard across the face.

"You little bitch, how dare you hit my mom! I'll fight you to the death!!!"

After slapping Fang Ruotang, before Fang Ruotang could react, she grabbed Fang Ruotang's neck with both hands, her fingers digging so hard that her nails almost dug deep into the skin of Fang Ruotang's slender white neck.

Fang Ruotang was also startled. She tried to pry open the other person's hands that were choking her neck, opened her mouth, and managed to utter broken sounds.

"You...you let go...let go...me...Pei...Pei Yumo..."

"Help...help me..."

Fang Ruotang was being choked. Pei Mingzhu, who was being shielded behind her, couldn't let it go when she saw her daughter being bullied like this. She immediately pounced over and grabbed Pei Yumo's arm, her nails almost digging into her delicate skin.

Pei Mingzhu raised her eyes, which were etched with fine lines, and looked tense and anxious.

"Pei Yumo! Let go of me! Let go!"

But Pei Yumo acted like a madwoman. No matter how Pei Mingzhu pulled or dragged her, Pei Yumo just kept choking Fang Ruotang's neck like a madwoman.

Pei Mingzhu screamed at a group of servants.

"Are you all dead? Get up here and help! If anything happens to Tangtang, I'll skin you alive!!!"

Those around them naturally couldn't stand by and watch Fang Ruotang be strangled to death by Pei Yumo any longer.

The servants and the other family members rushed forward, each grabbing one of them and trying to separate them.

The scene became chaotic at one point.

And all of this has happened in just a few short minutes.

Originally standing aside, deeply hurt by Old Master Pei's words, Madam Pei was finally awakened by the commotion. She turned her head blankly to look at the people making a ruckus around the dining table.

All the figures seemed to be blurred, with strange double images appearing in front of my eyes, layer upon layer.

All the sounds seemed to be separated by a thin plastic film, as if they were outside of space.

Amidst the swaying figures and cacophony of sounds, Madam Pei felt waves of darkness wash over her.

Her eyelids drooped wearily, and she finally collapsed heavily to the ground.

"Mom! Mom! Mom, what's wrong, Mom!!!"

Pei Minghan's anxious cries rang out in the darkness, but Madam Pei was already oblivious to everything.

The scene became even more chaotic.

...

Inside a black car that had left the Pei family's old residence and was heading out of the city, Ye Ningwan leaned against Pei Fengzhi's chest, a laptop on her lap, emitting loud and chaotic sounds, including roars, screams, and shrill curses.

The laptop screen flickered on and off, reflecting off Ye Ningwan's face, making her smile appear somewhat chilling and sinister.

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