Ye Ningwan's eyes were red, and her body was trembling slightly with anger. She was the one who had slapped her just now.

Pei Minghao covered his face, his angry and resentful eyes wishing he could devour Ye Ningwan alive.

"Ye Ningwan, you dare to hit me, I..."

Ye Ningwan snorted coldly and raised her hand again, slapping Pei Minghao several times.

Clap clap clap clap!

The loud slap echoed in the quiet corridor.

Pei Minghao was beaten until his mouth bled and he was on the verge of collapse.

The utterly shocked Madam Pei finally reacted, screaming as she rushed forward to tear at Ye Ningwan.

"Ye Ningwan, stop! What are you going to do to my son?!"

But before her hand could fall, the bodyguard pushing Pei Fengzhi's wheelchair stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, coldly advising her.

"Madam, my lady is delicate and frail. Please show mercy."

Hearing the bodyguard speak such righteous and stern words, she looked up and saw Ye Ningwan throw Pei Minghao, who was dazed and confused from being slapped, over to her.

Madam Pei immediately broke free from her restraints, grabbed her youngest son, and angrily scolded him.

"Have you ever seen anyone so delicate and frail? I bet she could take on eight of them by herself!"

The bodyguard remained unfazed and continued to answer calmly.

"Madam, you've misunderstood. Your health is very weak."

Madam Pei was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time. She knew that arguing with Pei Fengzhi's men was pointless. She pitifully turned to look at Old Master Pei.

"Dad! One of my sons is already in the hospital. Do you want Minghao to go in too?"

Grandpa Pei looked very serious.

"Minghao said things he shouldn't have. Do you expect me to pretend I didn't hear it and side with you?"

Madam Pei was furious, and her shrill voice echoed down the corridor.

“Minghao is right. He saw it, so he saw it. Are we supposed to help Ye Ningwan cover it up? He was just doing it for his ninth uncle’s sake!”

Old Master Pei sneered inwardly at such a statement.

Ye Ningwan stepped forward and spoke frankly.

“If that’s what you’ve said, then let’s send people in to search freely. Otherwise, they might say there’s a thief hiding in my room one minute, and an adulterer the next. Who knows what kind of outrageous excuse they’ll come up with later?”

Madam Pei glared fiercely at Ye Ningwan.

"Stop pretending to be innocent! It's all because of you!"

Ye Ningwan met Madam Pei's gaze and spoke calmly.

"Sister-in-law, feel free to search. If you find any Tom, Dick, or Harry, you can do whatever you want with them. But if you find nothing, then please give me an explanation. Otherwise, I'd rather jump off this building than leave the Pei family again, so I won't be humiliated and insulted like this again!"

Ye Ningwan's last sentence was clearly directed at Old Master Pei. The resoluteness in her words carried a hint of fierceness, which momentarily stunned even someone like Old Master Pei.

Pei Fengzhi reached out and pulled her to his side, gently squeezing her hand, kissing the back of her hand, and then punishing her by leaving a shallow tooth mark on her right little finger.

"Don't say anything capricious, I don't want to hear it."

Ye Ningwan was probably also very wronged and was holding back her anger, so she didn't even want to talk to Pei Fengzhi.

She broke free from Pei Fengzhi's hand and retreated to the wall, saying indifferently.

“Master Pei, show some respect. I might not be your wife for long.”

Seeing his wife throwing a tantrum, Pei Fengzhi sighed helplessly and looked to Madam Pei for help.

"Sister-in-law, it's all your fault. Wanwan doesn't want me anymore."

Madam Pei looked at her ninth brother, who seemed to be in a state of extreme infatuation, and almost ground her back teeth to powder.

It was Old Master Pei who spoke up and gave the instructions.

"Butler, take some men in and take a look."

The butler nodded immediately.

"yes."

Then, Old Master Pei glanced at the group of bodyguards that Madam Pei had brought, and said something else.

“Eldest daughter-in-law, since you brought so many people, why don’t you pick a few to go in and take a look, so that people won’t say that this old man is being unfair?”

How could Madam Pei dare to do that? She immediately echoed her sentiments.

“You are the head of the family, who would dare to say such rebellious things?”

Although she said this, she quickly gave the bodyguards a look, signaling them to follow the butler into the bedroom.

The bodyguard immediately led his men to follow behind the butler.

Seeing this, Ye Ningwan followed her inside.

She didn't follow too closely, but stood leisurely in the middle of the bedroom, like a supervisor watching to see if these people were secretly taking anything they shouldn't have.

Ye Ningwan's bedroom was very large, and several people squeezed in and rummaged around everywhere.

The butler's men were alright, but the bodyguards that Madam Pei brought were a different story. They were like Japanese soldiers invading a village, searching every nook and cranny.

Ye Ningwan rolled her eyes and said irritably.

"You're looking for someone, not a cat. Why are you rummaging through the drawers?"

Madam Pei, standing at the door, said in an annoyed tone.

"Now that you're here, we should investigate thoroughly. Or is your sister-in-law feeling guilty, afraid that she's hiding something shameful that might be discovered?"

Ye Ningwan sighed softly.

Before she could say anything, she heard several loud bangs coming from the bedroom.

Immediately following was the crisp sound of porcelain shattering on the ground.

Ye Ningwan turned her head and saw broken porcelain shards all over the ground, and a bodyguard standing there dumbfounded.

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