Chapter 63 "Being with Yueyue..."

A wind picked up at the foot of the mountain in the afternoon, making the sounds of conversation in the empty space fragmented, but it was not hard to tell that the two people talking in the distance were not having a pleasant conversation.

"Shameless! Absolutely shameless!"

Zhao Huai'an was so angry that his hands trembled. He didn't care that the scarlet cigarette butt almost burned his fingers. He took two deep drags of nicotine. The soothing feeling of the smoke in his lungs calmed him down a bit before he continued speaking.

"Is there anyone in your Pei family who is normal except for you?"

"Your cheap father called the Pei family back, just to force you to submit."

"Madmen, the whole family are madmen!"

"So what do you think? Strictly speaking... this could be considered incest."

The last two words were practically squeezed out through clenched teeth.

But Zhao Huai'an kept his voice very low, fearing that outsiders might hear such disgusting things.

He was so embarrassed that his face turned red.

Pei Shuwen's expression didn't change much: "I have no idea."

Normally, if Pei Shuwen had dodged the question like this, Zhao Huai'an would have wisely stopped asking. But thinking back to yesterday's gathering and the smug, gossipy faces of those people in the circle, he was furious.

He pulled out another cigarette and shoved it back into the pack. Zhao Huai'an leaned forward, his arm reaching out to put it around Pei Shuwen, but Pei Shuwen gave him a blank look and then lightly patted his shoulder.

I almost forgot, Pei Shuwen doesn't like any physical contact.

"Okay, okay, I won't touch you, but you can't be without ideas today."

Zhao Huai'an was determined to force out a few questions no matter what.

Taking a deep breath, I picked out what I could say and what I could ask: "From yesterday to today, I've received more than a dozen phone calls, not a single one of which were for me; everyone's not going to listen to you, so they all come to me asking questions. You need to give your brothers some idea of ​​your attitude so I can help you out."

"What? After this incident, all those stories you told outside can't be explained anymore?" Pei Shuwen finally showed some expression.

"Cough cough cough."

"Cough cough."

Choking on his own saliva, Zhao Huai'an coughed violently before finally catching his breath and stammering, "You...cough cough, how did you know?"

Pei Shuwen smiled enigmatically: "Is this kind of thing so hard to guess?"

Zhao Huai'an almost choked on his breath when he saw his all-knowing look.

Yes, he admitted that he couldn't help but go out and "show off" a little when the Lin family's daughter was left with them. But as much as he showed off, he didn't say anything except very occasionally mentioning that Pei Shuwen and the Lin family's little girl got along well.

As for other people's misunderstandings about the relationship between Pei Shuwen and Lin Chaoyue.

Business deals were being sent to the law firm one after another.

That's none of his business.

The more he thought about it, the more justified he felt, and Zhao Huai'an raised his voice considerably.

"Brother, you're my own brother, okay? I know you can guess these things perfectly well, but since your brother is an idiot, I don't need you to tell me anything else. Just give me a straight answer. I need to know what to do next."

What do you want to hear?

Judging from his attitude, Zhao Huai'an knew that Pei Shuwen had given in.

He was afraid that if he spoke too late, Pei Shuwen would regret telling him to shut up.

Get straight to the heart of the matter: "Do you only see her as a younger sister, or do you have some feelings for her?"

Fearing that Pei Shuwen would be unhappy, Zhao Huai'an quickly added a patch after asking the question.

"I'm not here to get involved in this messy drama. I know what your family situation is like, but everyone's curious about this, so what can I do? In my opinion, this is mainly your fault. You were the one who agreed to move into your house in the first place."

"I wasn't treated like a younger sister."

Zhao Huai'an's heart skipped a beat, his expression a mix of emotions: "If she doesn't want to be my sister, then she must like me. I haven't misunderstood that, have I?"

Pei Shuwen's heartless biological father married a shameless stepmother, only to discover after the marriage that the woman was infertile.

Everyone thought the two would definitely divorce, but unexpectedly, it was true love this time. Pei Zhenye even accepted that the woman couldn't have children. Later, the two adopted a girl abroad.

At first, it was said that Pei Shuwen would adopt a younger sister, but later it turned into a matchmaking between the two of them.

ill!

That's absolutely insane!

The family was a motley crew, with Pei Shuwen being the only normal person.

Even though people are throwing mud at him, he remains unperturbed.

"Brother, say something! Your brother is in dire straits!"

"I don't like it," Pei Shuwen replied indifferently.

"It's good that you don't like it, it's good that you don't like it." Zhao Huai'an let out a long sigh: "This relationship is too complicated, you can't just like someone casually."

The two figures in her line of sight gradually walked away, and the sound of the wind was still ringing in her ears. Lin Chaoyue couldn't tell whether it was the sound of the wind whistling in her ears or the noisy tinnitus.

But she didn't have time to figure it out. After guessing that the person Pei Shuwen mentioned who "didn't like" might be herself, she briefly stopped thinking.

She stood there for a long time, until her legs went numb and she could no longer stand, before she finally moved.

Looking at the words she had typed in the chat box, her confession was straightforward enough, and she even earnestly explained that what she said on the cloud platform last time wasn't just a spur-of-the-moment thing.

But sending it out at this point is really inappropriate.

Lin Chaoyue pursed her lips, her fingertips swiped across the screen, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally located the delete button.

"Lin Chaoyue, what are you doing? I've been looking for you for ages."

The footsteps of the approaching person were actually quite obvious, but Lin Chaoyue was absent-minded the whole time. She only noticed the person when they were right in front of her, which startled her so much that her finger involuntarily slashed.

By the time you wanted to stop, it was too late.

Lin Chaoyue: "..."

It's been sent.

Nie Shanshan was about to continue teasing her when she saw her face turn pale in an instant.

"What's wrong? You look terrible."

Completely ignoring what Nie Shanshan was saying beside her, Lin Chaoyue's hand was trembling as she withdrew. Only after the entire paragraph of text on the screen disappeared did Lin Chaoyue stiffly look up and ask a question.

"The message was retracted, so it shouldn't be visible now."

"ah?"

"Can I still see the message that was retracted on WeChat?" Lin Chaoyue's tone became somewhat urgent.

"Of course you can't see it if it's retracted, but if he happens to be about to send you a message at the same time, then it's hard to say..."

Lin Chaoyue was somewhat absent-minded throughout the evening.

She was not interested in the last team-building dinner at the law firm. After dinner, someone suggested going to a bar, but she refused decisively. Although she was eventually dragged there, she sat alone at the bar drinking alone the whole time.

He had no expression and didn't speak.

He picked up his phone and put it down every five minutes, drinking a glass of wine with each time he put it down. In just half an hour, both bottles of wine in front of him were empty.

Nie Shanshan: "Zhizhi treated you to crayfish tonight, and you only ate three. I treated you to drinks tonight, and you drank two bottles in half an hour. Lin Chaoyue, you can't treat people differently like this."

"Feeling bad about it? Then it's on me tonight."

When she's in a bad mood, she likes to spend some money.

The last bit of wine in the glass was drunk in one gulp. Lin Chaoyue snapped her fingers, signaling the bartender to open another bottle.

"Bullshit, I said I'd treat, so I'll treat. What? You look down on me? Your sister Shanshan can afford this much money."

After Nie Shanshan finished speaking, she put her arm around Lin Chaoyue's neck and pulled her into her arms.

Only when the person got closer to Lin Chaoyue could they smell the alcohol on her. Combined with her condition, they could guess that she was somewhat drunk, or at least slightly tipsy, which was definitely not normal.

She ignored Nie Shanshan's rambling and looked up at Meng Yuzhi, who stood helplessly beside her.

He mouthed the question, 'How much did she drink?'

Meng Yuzhi raised a finger with a complex expression.

Seeing Lin Chaoyue frown, Meng Yuzhi even mouthed the words.

'I only had one drink.'

If Nie Shanshan hadn't been leaning against her, she would have wanted to facepalm.

With such a low alcohol tolerance, he still insists on coming to a bar.

Are you here to drink or to embarrass yourself?

Lin Chaoyue quickly realized that losing face was secondary.

After Nie Shanshan vomited three times while clinging to the toilet and collapsed from exhaustion, Lin Chaoyue looked at the woman lying in a puddle of mud on the ground and began to worry.

"She probably doesn't want anyone else in the station to see her like this. Shall we call some staff to help us get her into the car and take her home?"

Meng Yuzhi hesitated, and amidst Nie Shanshan's vomiting, she whispered, "I heard that her sister is getting engaged to her ex-boyfriend tomorrow, so she probably doesn't want to go home."

No wonder.

She said, "How could one cocktail make me so drunk?"

So it's not the wine that intoxicates, but the person who makes them drunk.

"Then let's send you upstairs to get a room."

"Oh? You're staying here? Isn't it a bit unsafe?"

Meng Yuzhi rarely visits bars, and when she heard that Nie Shanshan was to stay there, her face immediately scrunched up.

Lin Chaoyue was actually a little drunk, and she leaned lazily against the door, looking at Meng Yuzhi's little expression and finding it rather cute.

"Don't worry, this is the city center. Wherever it's not safe, this place is safe."

After escorting the person back to their room, Lin Chaoyue went downstairs to pay the bill.

I glanced at the dark beer on the shelf; I hadn't seen it before. "I'll buy those two cans together."

"Asatsuki, do you want to drink more?"

"Why haven't you gone back yet?"

"Waiting for you to come together."

"Oh, I'm not in a hurry, you go home first."

The group of people who came to the bar tonight went back to Ningcheng first. Everyone has their own place to stay, and after the party, they all went home to their own families.

Lin Chaoyue didn't want to come when she came, and she didn't want to leave when she left.

Especially when she thought about what she had heard in the afternoon, she didn't want to go back to Pei Shuwen's house at all.

But she didn't leave, and neither did Meng Yuzhi.

With Nie Shanshan as a negative example, Meng Yuzhi was determined to stay with Lin Chaoyue no matter what.

"I won't leave, I'll wait for you to leave together."

The girl's resolute face seemed to also reveal a hint of... sympathy?

Lin Chaoyue leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Did Nie Shanshan tell you I broke up with my boyfriend?"

His voice suddenly became somewhat hoarse.

Even in the dim light, it was easy to see that the girl's face was flushed, indicating that she had guessed correctly.

When Nie Shanshan went upstairs just now, she was muttering, "I'm going to drink with her until we drop tonight." "It's just men, there'll be another batch after this one."

He also said that if there are any good resources available later, he would definitely not forget her and would make her happy too.

Lin Chaoyue was surprised to find that Nie Shanshan had such strong insight.

"What else did she say?"

"She didn't say anything else..." Lin Chaoyue's round eyes made Meng Yuzhi a little nervous: "She just said that you kept looking at photos last night, of a girl with golden curly hair."

Lin Chaoyue guessed that Nie Shanshan must have said more than just those few words. She looked at Meng Yuzhi quietly and didn't say anything.

“Okay, we all think the way you look at that girl is a bit off, like you're looking at… a love rival.”

Meng Yuzhi has never been in a relationship before, so she doesn't know how to judge a love rival.

But Nie Shanshan was so certain.

She has experience.

Meng Yuzhi believed it.

No wonder.

She got the photos from Mu Fenglin. She had only glanced at them briefly before and hadn't looked at them carefully. That evening, she was feeling restless and had nothing to do, so she took them out to look at them. Unexpectedly, she was seen by a crowd.

There are no rivals in love.

It wasn't really a breakup, because I never even fell in love.

Lin Chaoyue sighed softly, raising the full glass of wine to her lips, a gesture that made Meng Yuzhi nervous.

He wanted to persuade her to stop drinking, but was afraid of upsetting her. Just as he was hesitating, he heard Lin Chaoyue say something.

"Shall we go back after we finish this drink?"

Fearing she might change her mind, Meng Yuzhi bent her little finger and said, "Let's pinky swear, we'll leave after we finish this drink."

Lin Chaoyue shook her head helplessly, but still reached out to make a pinky promise.

She suddenly realized that Pei Shuwen was scheming in choosing Meng Yuzhi as her partner, and she herself had become a well-behaved girl who no longer spent the night in bars.

I entered the bar at midnight and left at 2 a.m. after drinking.

The young boss smiled and saw off today's important customer. Looking at the clean bar and booths, he chased after Lin Chaoyue to the door and gave her another bottle of fruit wine.

Lin Chaoyue found it amusing to look at the boss's bright eyes, but before she could recover her composure, she saw a familiar face.

"Zhao Huai'an?"

“Zhao…Zhao Lu.”

Thinking about what happened that afternoon, Lin Chaoyue didn't want to talk to anyone, so she just nodded as a greeting.

Just as she was about to leave, she saw Meng Yuzhi, who had been chatting and laughing with her, standing there hesitantly, neither moving nor retreating, like a primary school student sneaking into an internet cafe and running into the headmaster who came to arrest him.

The 'Dean of Students' looked a little anxious.

Zhao Huai'an: "I've finally found you. Come with me now."

"What happened? How did you know I was here?"

"Oh dear, it's hard to explain in a short time, so come with me."

With outsiders present, Zhao Huai'an couldn't speak frankly.

But Lin Chaoyue had a gut feeling that someone else was looking for her.

She and Zhao Huai'an had very little interaction, and the few times they did were all related to Pei Shuwen.

Lin Chaoyue remained motionless.

Zhao Huai'an was so anxious he was practically fuming. He could only vaguely mention Pei Shuwen: "I saw someone post their location on WeChat Moments and asked around before I found out you were here. He called you last night, but you didn't answer. He couldn't get away, so I had to come over."

Lin Chaoyue glanced at her phone and saw that there was indeed a missed call from Pei Shuwen.

Her alcohol-fueled mind instantly cleared up, and she frowned as she asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"We've been cornered by a pack of wolves and tigers. It's a really dramatic story. You'll see when you get there."

Lin Chaoyue opened the door and got into the car.

"Chaoyue, are you drunk? Are you really going to leave with Attorney Zhao? Isn't it too late?"

Zhao Huai'an, who was already in the driver's seat, looked back and said, "You must be Xiao Meng from the law firm. I heard your work report last time, and it was pretty good. Just don't wear so much rouge. Lin Chaoyue is coming with me tonight. I'll take her home later. Don't worry, I definitely won't do anything to her."

This means she gets too nervous during her presentation and blushes easily.

Zhao Huai'an can maintain a serious demeanor for a few minutes while at work, but he can't hold back at all in private and is very good at flirting with young girls.

But Lin Chaoyue noticed that Meng Yuzhi, who had just looked scared and nervous, had now become somewhat serious.

“I’m with Asahi. She’s drunk and needs someone to take care of her. It’s not convenient for you.”

As he spoke, he squeezed in and got on the bus with her.

Zhao Huai'an was originally in a hurry to find Lin Chaoyue to "put out the fire" at the Pei family. If Pei Shuwen hadn't been unable to get away, he himself wouldn't have wanted to run into that den of wolves. But someone else was eager to go.

Let's go then.

He'd already wasted half a day looking for someone, and now he wasn't in the mood to kick them off the bus.

But why were these two people completely silent the whole time? It would still be a while before they arrived at the Pei family's house, and Zhao Huai'an was really getting restless with people not speaking in the car.

He deliberately brought up the topic: "Some of the money you lost has been recovered, and I reckon it will be back in your account soon."

Lin Chaoyue opened the rear window a crack; the nights were already cool this time of year, and the breeze made her head even clearer.

As soon as Zhao Huai'an mentioned money, she knew he was talking to her, but she was too lazy to respond.

That's really rare.

Previously, I had been longing to return to the wonderful life of a wealthy second-generation heir.

But now I can't muster the slightest interest.

What kind of help do you need from me?

One sentence was enough to kill the conversation.

Zhao Huai'an originally wanted to say it on the bus, but there was Lin Chaoyue's little follower in the bus, who was also from the law firm. Some things were easy to say but hard to hear. The words that were hard to say lingered on his lips the whole way, and he couldn't say them until the bus stopped.

"We've arrived." In the brightly lit villa area, the butler outside the gate was checking identities and letting people in.

Lin Chaoyue didn't know the way, but seeing the lion totem carved on the front door, she knew that this must be the Pei family's place.

"Where are we?" Meng Yuzhi remained silent the entire time, but she was nervous the whole way.

Lin Chaoyue: "The Pei family."

"Oh... Ah? The Pei family? Are you here to talk about work?"

Zhao Huai'an glanced at the rearview mirror and deliberately teased, "If Attorney Pei knew that the lawyers in the firm were so proactive, even coming over to talk about work in the middle of the night, he would definitely be very touched. Is this your first time visiting Attorney Pei's house? I'll show you around later."

"No, no, no..."

Lin Chaoyue had been exposed to the wind all the way, and the effects of the alcohol had completely worn off. She could see Meng Yuzhi's resistance.

The suggestion was: "Wait for us in the car later? It's hard to get a taxi here, so let him take us back."

He was naturally referring to Zhao Huai'an.

Hearing that she didn't have to go to Pei Lu's house, Meng Yuzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"What exactly do you want me to help you with?" Lin Chaoyue asked, frowning, as she walked a dozen meters away from the car.

The car was parked very close by, and we were about to enter the Pei family's house, so there was no time to mention the details.

Zhao Huai'an cut to the chase: "Pei Shuwen has been detained by his family. When you go in, just improvise. They know who you are, so they definitely won't stop you. If all else fails, just say you're Pei Shuwen's girlfriend. The important thing is to get him out."

"Save him? Why doesn't he..."

"You unfilial son! How could I have raised such a heartless wretch!"

"Bang! Bang!"

With a loud crash, the teacup shattered on the floor just two meters away.

Lin Chaoyue swallowed her words completely.

When they returned to Shenchao, the room was packed with more than a dozen people, half of whom were elderly, weak, women and children. Pei Shuwen, who was surrounded in the middle, had deep red blood seeping from his forehead. It was neither bandaged nor treated, and it was a really jarring sight.

No wonder they used the word 'save'.

"Uncle Pei, why are you so angry? Calm down. It's not worth getting angry at your age. Don't ruin your health." When Zhao Huai'an saw this scene, his expression darkened at first, but he quickly regained his gentle and warm demeanor.

They wanted to finish the job quickly.

As Zhao Huai'an spoke, he simply pulled Lin Chaoyue forward: "Little Lin was so anxious because Brother Pei hadn't replied to her messages. She had to come and see him to feel at ease. Now that you've seen him, you can rest assured."

Why wasn't such a deep wound bandaged?

"It's just a superficial wound, nothing serious."

Two gazes met in mid-air, separated by the surrounding crowd. One was calm and reassuring, the other angry yet restrained.

It was Pei Shuwen who was comforted.

Lin Chaoyue was the one who naturally exercised restraint.

She had long heard that the Pei family was in complete disarray, but she never imagined that such a prominent family would also engage in 'domestic violence'.

Lin Chaoyue showed no awareness of being in someone else's home. Ignoring everyone, she walked around the mess in front of her and stood in front of Pei Shuwen: "Shall we go? I'll take you to the hospital."

"Okay, let's go." It's about time.

The two of them just kept talking back and forth, completely ignoring the people around them.

Zhao Huai'an was initially a little worried, unsure if it would be a good idea to call Lin Chaoyue over, but now he was completely relieved.

Especially seeing the expression on Pei Shuwen's cheapskate father's face, he guessed that he had recognized Lin Chaoyue, and hadn't uttered a single word since.

He raised his eyebrows and leaned against the door, watching the commotion with amusement. If he had some sunflower seeds, he would have been cracking them open right now.

Pei Zhenye remained silent.

Others don't have that kind of tact.

A well-dressed woman with a mean expression sneered, "Leave? Leave where? Shu Wen, you can't be so irresponsible. Don't you even consider yourself a member of the Pei family? First, you stole your own father's business, making a scene known to everyone. Now, you have to give an explanation for Xiao Xue's matter. Besides, what's wrong with Xiao Xue? You were the one who approved her coming to the Pei family back then."

Lin Chaoyue felt a headache coming on after hearing the barrage of words.

Light snow? Who?

"What time did you get back?" Lin Chaoyue asked Pei Shuwen.

"Eleven o'clock."

I glanced at the time on the wall; it was almost 3 a.m.

"You haven't been able to get any answers after four hours. Do you think just dragging this out will do any good? You're forcing him to talk even though he doesn't want to. Don't you think that's pointless?"

Lin Chaoyue was dizzy from the alcohol fermenting in her body, and now she was feeling sleepy and a little impatient.

The usually gentle lamb has now lost its temper.

The woman seemed unaccustomed to being 'talked back' like this. She lifted the luxury item slung over her left arm and her lecturing tone was sharp: "Whose wild girl are you? What kind of family is the Pei family? How dare you let just any Tom, Dick, or Harry in here? Where's the housekeeper? Chen Ma, Chen Ma, get her out of here!"

The group, who had been silent, were now clearly reminded of the purpose of their visit after this opening.

"Yeah, who are you?"

"Our Pei family's affairs are none of an outsider's business."

“Kick him out. Ah Wen must have been corrupted by these women outside. Otherwise, how could he have become like this?”

Lin Chaoyue understood. As long as she didn't do what they wanted, Pei Shuwen was an ingrate, and she was a bad woman.

The group kept saying "take responsibility" and "continue the family line," putting on a very forceful show of pressuring the couple to get married.

As for the selection of personnel.

Lin Chaoyue finally had a moment to look around and saw the blonde girl standing to the side.

Lin Chaoyue's expression instantly became more varied.

Is this... Pei Shuwen's ex-girlfriend?

The photo Mu Fenglin gave her wasn't very clear; it was old-fashioned film quality with significantly reduced resolution. However, the hair color and eyebrows were exactly the same, and even the small mole on the forehead was identical. It would be difficult for her to mistake it for something else.

Before she could react, Pei Shuwen had already walked up to her.

Ignoring everything else, she subconsciously tried to confirm whether Pei Shuwen really wanted to leave.

"Zhao Huai'an's car is parked outside. Why don't you run a bit?" Lin Chaoyue's voice was very low, her eyes lowered, making her emotions unreadable.

Pei Shuwen: "Why did you come here?"

“Didn’t you call and say…” She paused, suddenly realizing that Pei Shuwen’s call was at eight o’clock.

He wasn't at the Pei family's old residence at the time.

Zhao Huai'an tricked her.

Pei Shuwen: "I can't leave right now, it's too late. Let him take you home."

"What about you? Don't you need bandages?" Despite the blood still flowing from her forehead, the person in question and the people around her remained unmoved, including her ex-girlfriend who had been watching them the whole time.

One must be either unloving or cold-blooded.

Lin Chaoyue deliberately kept her voice down, but everyone in the room heard her.

"She's so eager, she probably wants to marry into a wealthy family, oh my, that's laughable."

"Don't you even open your eyes and see? Do you think just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can get into our Pei family? Do you really think you can rise to the top just because you have a bit of looks? Don't you even look at your own character?"

"Cousin, don't you think so?" The man sitting in the main seat had a livid face and remained silent.

Lin Chaoyue had a headache; she found it hard to believe that Pei Shuwen had stayed there for a full four hours.

The entire audience consisted of people carrying guns, setting off firecrackers, and even acting as comedians; not a single one of them was a normal person.

She walked forward, but Pei Shuwen pulled her back.

Even without saying it aloud, Lin Chaoyue immediately understood Pei Shuwen's unspoken message after their close contact during this period: a head-on confrontation would be disadvantageous, so it was better to leave first.

Of course she knew she couldn't confront them head-on.

So Lin Chaoyue looked at Pei Zhenye and said, "Uncle Pei, I really like the aquamarine bracelet that Shu Wen gave me last time."

Despite being around the same age as Lao Lin, the person in charge appeared noticeably more weathered. Beneath silver-rimmed glasses, deep-set eyes were lined with wrinkles at the corners, and the gaze she gave him carried undisguised scrutiny and…calculation.

He looked about 50% like Pei Shuwen, but he had a face that Pei Shuwen didn't like.

"I'm glad you like it. I heard that your father and mother are not in the country recently."

"yes."

“There are some things that elders should be involved in. You are still young and don’t think things through. The consequences of going against your parents are not something you can bear.”

His voice was strong and powerful, but he was mindful of her status and didn't speak any more bluntly.

Lin Chaoyue is not stupid.

But she would play dumb, so when she heard this, she chuckled and said, "Uncle Pei, my thoughts are the same as my parents' thoughts. Pei Shuwen and I are in love, and it's not appropriate for you to force us to get married like this. He's injured, so I'll take him with me first. You won't stop us, will you?"

Pei Zhenye narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing more.

But his silence doesn't mean everyone is sensible.

Seeing her lead Pei Shuwen to the door, it was clear that the job she had been promised so many "benefits" for today was going to fall through.

Someone muttered, "Who is this brat anyway? So arrogant, taking people away on our Pei family's turf. Doesn't she know who she is? She even wants to enter our Pei family's door."

"Of course, and he got injured? If my son were to go against his father every day, he'd be lucky not to get beaten to death."

From the moment you enter.

Lin Chaoyue felt a lump in her throat, unable to breathe.

Despite their comments, Pei Shuwen remained unmoved, and she was about to explode.

Depend on!

Pei Shuwen could tolerate it, but she couldn't!

She'll accept Pei Shuwen's scolding later.

When the warmth in his hand disappeared, Pei Shuwen was stunned for a moment. When he saw Lin Chaoyue turn around without hesitation, a crack appeared on his usually calm expression for the first time that night.

"Lin Chaoyue".

"Wait a minute."

The Pei family mansion was packed with people inside and out. The two people's eyes met again, seemingly oblivious to everyone else. At first, both of them were filled with emotions, but Lin Chaoyue was very 'insistent' and unusually gained the upper hand with Pei Shuwen.

Pei Shuwen finally let go.

Lin Chaoyue cleared her throat and spoke in an unusually formal tone: "Hello, let me introduce myself. My surname is Lin, Lin from Tenghui Group. My mother is Zhong Ling from Simei Biotechnology. I know who I am without looking in a mirror, but I think you probably don't know who I am."

"My relationship with Pei Shuwen is not a case of me being unworthy of the Pei family. I am an only child, and even if we get married, it doesn't matter which family I am entering."

"Uncle Pei, do you think I'm right?"

Lin Chaoyue's words instantly caused an uproar among the crowd.

"Cousin, is what this girl is saying true? Is it true?"

"What do you mean by not marrying into the family? Pei Shuwen is the only male heir in the next generation of the Pei family. Does he have to marry into the family and move out? Does he have to take the shares and property left by Fang Qingyu with him as well?"

"Why should I?! Fang Qingyu is a member of the Pei family now that she's married into it!"

"No, we disagree!"

"I disagree!"

This time, everyone was genuinely moved, after all, they had long heard that Fang Qingyu had left behind a large fortune before her death.

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, but they all tacitly avoided mentioning Lin Chaoyue.

The Lin family and the Zhong family.

You can't afford to mess with any of them.

Having achieved her goal, Lin Chaoyue didn't care about anything else. After stirring things up, she grabbed Pei Shuwen's hand again and prepared to slip away.

Pei Shuwen, however, did not leave.

Unable to move the person, Lin Chaoyue looked up in surprise: "Is there anything else you need to do?"

"Being with Yueyue is a great honor for me. If it's necessary for me to marry into the Lin family, I will respect her decision."

Pei Shuwen's words exploded in her ears with a resounding force, leaving Lin Chaoyue somewhat stunned.

What...what does that mean?