Madam Pei pinched her youngest son's arm hard, glared at him fiercely, and scolded him.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your older brother is your older brother, he's perfectly clear-headed! This kind of thing would never happen!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Minghao gave a mocking snort.

"Is that really true? Who knows? When that actually happens, let's see where you'll be left to cry!"

Madam Pei was furious at Pei Minghao's indifferent attitude.

"I'll talk to your brother about this! Let's not tell him about today's events yet. Let him focus on Ye Ningwan's affairs. Anyway, Ye Ningwan has already been crushed by the Ye family this time. There's no chance she can turn things around. She's going to jail for a few years, though."

"Hmph, the old man will absolutely not allow a woman who has been to prison to become the Pei family's daughter-in-law. If your older brother still wants to be the heir of the Pei family, he will definitely not choose Ye Ningwan. He still has that much brains."

Moreover, even if Pei Minghan really loses her mind by then, she has a way to get rid of that vixen Ye Ningwan in prison, so that she will never have the chance to harm her son again!

Madam Pei's good mood for the whole evening was ruined.

"Alright, you can go now. I'll go change my clothes before I go down to meet the guests!"

After speaking, Madam Pei walked into the bedroom with a grim expression and closed the door.

Pei Minghao glanced at the closed bedroom door, shrugged, and didn't take his mother's unpredictable temper to heart. He then turned and went downstairs.

...

The Pei family's main house, downstairs in the tea room.

Pei Minghao was having tea with Madam Pei the Second, and the two aunt and nephew were chatting enthusiastically when the sliding door of the tea room was suddenly pushed open, and Madam Pei the First walked in dressed like a peacock.

Pei Minghao and Madam Pei the Second looked up at the same time. When they saw Madam Pei the First, Madam Pei the Second showed a look that seemed to be both mocking and disdainful, but she quickly concealed it.

Madam Pei the Second stood up and politely walked towards Madam Pei the First.

"Sister-in-law is here."

Madam Pei the Second was a tall and thin woman with high cheekbones. She looked rather mean and ungrateful, not the kind of woman that people liked. In fact, she was not even Madam Pei the Second's first wife, but his second wife.

However, because Madam Pei is shrewd and capable, she has helped Master Pei manage household affairs and conduct business in recent years. She holds a position in the Pei Group that is neither too high nor too low, and she has a voice in some high-level meetings. Therefore, both Master Pei and the children of the second branch of the Pei family respect her.

It was precisely because of this that Madam Pei had always been secretly jealous of her younger brother's wife, Madam Pei the Second, feeling that Old Master Pei treated his second son's wife much better than his own eldest daughter-in-law.

Over the years, she and the second wife had always been at odds, but they had never openly fallen out.

Therefore, as far as Old Master Pei was concerned, it was nothing more than his two daughters-in-law secretly competing and being jealous of each other. He always turned a blind eye and pretended not to know anything about it.

However, in Madam Pei's heart, she disliked her sister-in-law, Madam Pei the Second, even more because of this. She always wanted to compete with her and refused to let Madam Pei the Second outshine her.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Madam Pei approaching so enthusiastically. Her smile turned cold, and she spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Anyone who didn't know better would think I'm in the second wife's house right now. Isn't this my home? Why is my sister-in-law acting like I'm a guest in your house?"

Madam Pei's smile faded considerably, but thinking about what she was going to do tonight, she barely managed to hold back. She decided to trick this fool into becoming the scapegoat first.

It's just a matter of publicly criticizing myself; it won't cost me anything.

Madam Pei the Second smiled again and spoke politely to Madam Pei the First.

"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? Aren't we all family? Why are you making distinctions between 'yours' and 'mine'? Otherwise, I wouldn't have rushed over to tell you in the middle of the night whenever I have any secret news!"

As she said this, she turned to look at Pei Minghao.

"Is it, Minghao?"

Pei Minghao was also worried that his own mother would drive away Madam Pei because of those trivial matters from the past, which would be a case of losing more than she gained.

He quickly stood up and tried to comfort his mother.

"Mom, Auntie is right. We are all family. Come, come, sit down and have some tea."

The two men, one on each side, dragged and pulled Madam Pei to the tea table and made her sit down.

Madam Pei looked up and met two smiling faces. Her face darkened, and she gave a cold snort. But she still picked up the teacup that Pei Minghao handed her and silently took a sip.

"Um."

Madam Pei glanced at Madam Pei the Second, yawned, and asked lazily.

“You came to my house in the middle of the night saying you had something important to tell us, my daughter and me. Just say it directly, there’s no need to beat around the bush. It’s so late, everyone should be sleeping.”

Madam Pei the Second was well aware that the discord between her and Madam Pei the First was unlikely to be resolved so quickly, but she didn't care. In any case, she only wanted to use people as pawns, not to genuinely befriend Madam Pei the First.

She held the teacup and said with a smile.

"Here's what happened. The people I sent out suddenly sent back a message in the middle of the night, saying that Pei Fengzhi went to the yacht club today and brought back a very beautiful child."

Upon hearing this, Madam Pei's hand trembled, and the tea in her cup almost spilled out.

She wondered if she had misheard, and suddenly looked up, staring at Madam Pei in astonishment. Her face, already lined with fine lines, was full of disbelief as she questioned Madam Pei in a hoarse voice.

"What did you say? Say it again?"

Seeing Madam Pei's expression, Madam Pei the Second couldn't help but smile and softly repeat what she had just said.

"Pei Fengzhi suddenly went to the yacht club today and brought back a very beautiful child."

Seemingly to show that she was not lying, Madam Pei explained in more detail again.

"Now that she's moved in, I heard she's sleeping with Pei Fengzhi tonight!"

Madam Pei's expression was extremely strange. She snorted coldly, and her face slowly changed from a distorted expression to one of joy. Then she burst into laughter as if mocking someone.

"Hahahaha, I thought Pei Fengzhi was some kind of noble and virtuous person, but it turns out he's just a filthy worm. Sure enough, all men are the same, making me want to vomit!"

"I wonder if Ye Ningwan, who is still locked up inside, would be too disgusted to eat if she knew that Pei Fengzhi brought someone home on the very first night she was locked up and had them lie in the bed she had slept in?"

After hearing what Madam Pei said, Madam Pei the Second smiled but did not reply.

This woman was just as foolish as I remembered her; she was utterly stupid.

Madam Pei couldn't help but sneer inwardly.