This was the first time Zhou Yanchu heard Qin Mengzhi scold him in all these years.

She lowered her head, her tone weak, and asked in surprise: "Aunt Meng, don't you love me anymore?"

Qin Mengzhi couldn't bear to see his "daughter" feel bad, so he quickly comforted her: "It's nothing. How could I not love you, but alas..."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qin Hezhou doesn't like Zhou Yanchu.

"Chuchu, Aunt Meng will help you find a better boy." Qin Mengzhi sighed and said, "Xiaozhou, forget it."

"Why?" Zhou Yanchu snorted, "You said you would help me before!"

That was because Qin Mengzhi, with his half-understood knowledge, had mistaken Pei Zhiyu as the kind of woman who was trying to climb up the Qin family and seek their money.

If that were true, Zhou Yanchu would at least have a chance, but Pei Zhiyu wasn't one of them. She was even Qin Hezhou's first love that he couldn't let go of for many years.

Qin Hezhou cares so much about that girl...

Zhou Yanchu has no chance of winning.

Ultimately, it's Qin Mengzhi's own fault. He always wanted to keep Zhou Yanchu in the Qin family, so he tried his best to match her with Qin Hezhou regardless of anything else, which led to the current situation.

Qin Mengzhi rubbed his eyebrows and said tiredly: "Okay. I'm very tired today, let me go back and rest first. We can talk about these things later."

She thought that it was unlikely to make Zhou Yanchu give up immediately, so she could only guide him slowly.

As for her niece-in-law Pei Zhiyu, she still needs to investigate further.

Zhou Yanchu pouted and remained silent all the way, secretly adding another stroke of praise to Pei Zhiyu in his heart.

In the past, Aunt Meng always treated her as her own daughter, holding her in her mouth for fear that she would melt, and holding her in her arms for fear that she would fall. But today, she actually scolded herself for that woman.

She couldn't bear it!

Zhou Yanchu's biological mother died in childbirth, until Qin Mengzhi appeared and filled the vacant position of mother in her life.

Compared to Qin Hezhou's dislike for her, she seemed to care more about Qin Mengzhi's favoritism towards Pei Zhiyu.

No matter what status this woman has, she is not worthy to be compared with the second lady of the Zhou family. Sooner or later, she will pay the price. Zhou Yanchu gritted his teeth fiercely with a fierce look on his face.

Pei Zhiyu and Zhong Yue just returned to the ward.

The food was already cold, and Pei Zhiyu wanted to heat it up, but Zhong Yue waved his hand and said no.

"Didn't you just yell for food?" Pei Zhiyu asked.

Zhong Yue spread his hands and said, "It's outrageous. My appetite has gone straight away."

She propped herself up and lay down on the bed, letting Pei Zhiyu help her put her injured leg in place. She couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoyu, I feel so guilty..."

"ah?"

"You've been so kind to me, but I can't do anything to help you." Zhong Yue raised his head and sighed, muttering softly, "I originally wanted you to stay at my house, but now that that unfortunate thing has targeted you, I don't dare to let you go."

Pei Zhiyu sat down, leaning his elbows on the bed frame, supporting his face, looking nonchalant.

"You like to daydream when you have nothing to do, right? Have you forgotten that you saved me? I said at that time that I would repay you in the future." she said.

But Zhong Yue's face changed, and he couldn't explain himself: "It really wasn't me who saved you."

Regarding this matter, she had clarified it with Pei Zhiyu many times, but the other party did not believe it.

It happened in high school. On a rainy afternoon, Zhong Yue from the student union was assigned the task of cleaning the sports equipment room.

But when passing the abandoned storage room, he heard a very slight "dong dong" sound, as if someone was knocking on the wall.

She pricked up her ears and listened. The knocking on the wall stopped and was replaced by a cry for help.

It was a woman's voice, and you couldn't hear it unless you listened carefully.

This place is remote, and Zhong Yue almost thought she had seen a ghost... She was timid and originally wanted to walk around it, but she accidentally saw someone lying inside through the crack in the door.

After thinking it over, she put down the broom, went to the door and knocked on it, and asked nervously, "Hello, are you alive?"

"How could someone directly ask 'Are you alive?' I instantly woke up when I heard you say that." Pei Zhiyu was still leaning there, saying with a smile.

Zhong Yue sat up straight and said solemnly, "I'm serious, Xiaoyu."

Pei Zhiyu suppressed his smile and said, "If that person really wanted to save me, why did he disappear after breaking the door lock?"

“…” Zhong Yue was stunned.

She couldn't figure out this problem either.

"Don't think about it." Pei Zhiyu said gratefully: "Didn't you grab the dean's phone and call 120 for me? I'm so grateful."

“…120? Stealing a cell phone?!”

Zhong Yue was stunned and speechless. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "It wasn't me!"

Now it was Pei Zhiyu's turn to be confused.

She was in poor health at the time due to the death of her nanny, and was deliberately locked in a utility room without water for more than a day. By the end, she was in a trance.

She only vaguely remembered someone repeatedly telling her not to sleep, and she heard the continuous sound of heavy objects banging in her ears, but it lasted for about an hour and then stopped.

Pei Zhiyu instinctively found something and kept knocking on the wall trying to call for help.

After being rescued, she was already exhausted and could only hear the sound of the ambulance siren ringing through the sky.

Not long after, she woke up in the hospital with the dean standing by her bed. He vividly described to Pei Zhiyu how the impulsive student had snatched the phone from his pocket with his bare hands.

Before the dean finished speaking, Zhong Yue came in from outside, so he introduced her, saying, "This is Zhong Yue from Class 7, from the Student Union's Logistics Department, your savior."

Therefore, Pei Zhiyu naturally concluded that the person who snatched the phone and called 120 was also Zhong Yue.

Who is that?

The one who knew he was trapped...could it be the one who disappeared halfway through knocking on the lock?

She fell into deep thought unconsciously, and Qin Hezhou's face suddenly flashed through her mind.

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