On the balcony, the black tea in the cup had lost its heat and was beginning to cool down.
Pei Hanchuan looked at Chu Yue again, and asked with a sneer, "Chu Yue, after listening to such a long story, don't you think I'm scary? I have half of that woman's blood flowing in my body. Maybe I will become like her. Once I set my eyes on something, I will hold on to it tightly and will not let go unless both of us are injured."
This thing could be the Pei family or Chu Yue.
There was no fear on Chu Yue's face as Pei Hanchuan thought, and she didn't even have the slightest disgust towards Pei Hanchuan because of this story.
Pei Hanchuan mocked and belittled himself because of his identity as the "son of a murderer", but in Chu Yue's opinion, Pei Hanchuan was only six years old at that time, and it was his mother who did the thing. What does it have to do with a six-year-old child?
In other words, Pei Hanchuan is also a victim in this story. He is also unlucky to have such a greedy, cold-hearted mother.
Chu Yue took a sip of the cold black tea, which became very astringent. She frowned and said, "Pei Hanchuan, is it because of these things that you have become what you are now?"
ah?
Pei Hanchuan was obviously stunned.
He couldn't have imagined that Chu Yue would respond like this. Even if she wasn't afraid or disgusted, she would at least be a little defensive in her heart, or she might even be polite and hypocritical and say something false like "You are innocent too."
Chu Yue's reaction, however, was to question.
Pei Hanchuan frowned and replied, "What's wrong with me now? I'm the young master of the Pei family. I have everything I want. I can live a good life that many people would fight for.
"Yes, your life is very good. But what about your heart?" Chu Yue stared directly into Pei Hanchuan's pupils with her clear eyes and asked directly, "You live your life as if you are heartless all day long. Are you really happy?"
Pei Hanchuan was originally smiling, but when he heard Chu Yue's words, the smile froze at the corners of his mouth.
The cynical Pei Hanchuan began to crack into powder in his heart.
Chu Yue easily saw through his disguise. The real Pei Hanchuan was definitely not a lazy young man. He was still the dirty kid who hid in the bushes at the age of six, carefully looking at the beautiful house.
Since then, the real him has never come out.
Pei Hanchuan's lips trembled, and then he pursed them tightly, "I'm happy. What's there to be unhappy about? I opened the Kailing Cake Shop. I hired a dessert chef from Shanghai, and I have frozen cream and the best imported butter shipped in every month. Others have never heard of these things. The cake shop loses thousands of yuan a month. As long as I'm happy, the Kailing Cake Shop can continue to operate. A few thousand yuan is nothing to me, Pei Hanchuan."
With every word he said, he tried to prove that as long as he was happy, he could do anything, even if he lost several thousand dollars a month, which was more than many people could earn in ten years.
But there was a tension in these words that even Pei Hanchuan himself was not aware of.
The more he emphasizes something, the more it proves that he is guilty.
Chu Yue was afraid that provoking Pei Hanchuan further would make him desperate, so she did not continue the topic.
She then asked, "Pei Hanchuan, you said it was your sister, Pei Mingzhu, who brought you into the Pei family. Over the years, what do you think Pei Mingzhu has treated you like?"
"Of course you treat me as your younger brother." Pei Hanchuan answered without thinking.
Although he didn't know why Pei Mingzhu chose to forgive Pei Hanchuan, after so many years of living together, Pei Hanchuan was confident in their sisterly relationship.
When he was called a little bastard, it was Pei Mingzhu who stood up to defend him.
When he was disliked by Master Pei, it was Pei Mingzhu who touched his head and said it was okay, Dad was just in a bad mood.
When he was seven years old, it was Pei Mingzhu who sent him to elementary school; when he was ten years old, it was Pei Mingzhu who took him, shaking with nervousness, to his first senior dance; when he was eighteen years old, he was admitted to a university in Shanghai, and it was Pei Mingzhu who accompanied him on the plane, saying that she wanted to see where he would study in the future, but in fact she was worried about him going to such a far place alone...
Pei Hanchuan remembered every detail.
Pei Mingzhu is not a person who can pretend. She is straightforward. If she likes something, she likes it. If she doesn’t like something, she doesn’t like it. She will never force herself.
She truly cared for Pei Hanchuan and treated him like her own brother.
With Pei Mingzhu's care, Pei Hanchuan felt the warmth of home for the first time.
That's why Pei Hanchuan had the confidence to blurt out that Pei Mingzhu treated him as a younger brother without any hesitation.
Chu Yue nodded, and then asked another question, "Pei Hanchuan, do you think you have the responsibility to be Pei Mingzhu's younger brother?"
Pei Hanchuan was stunned again...
Pei Mingzhu’s younger brother…is responsible?
He has been trying hard to be a good brother, not fighting or competing, cynical, a spendthrift, a prodigal son, a man who can't afford to spend money... These are the personalities Pei Hanchuan gave himself.
Because only such a young master of the Pei family can never shake Pei Mingzhu's position in the Pei family, and can allow her to sit firmly in the position of heir to the Pei family as a woman.
But Chu Yue is now asking about his responsibility.
What responsibilities does Young Master Pei have?
Chu Yue watched the flash of confusion on Pei Hanchuan's face and reminded him, "Imagine if Pei Mingzhu had a brother with the same father and mother, what would they do? What would the brother do for Pei Mingzhu?"
"I may not be able to tell you the details, but I am sure that my brother, who was carefully taught and trained by Pei Mingzhu, is definitely not like you now."
"Pei Hanchuan, you said Pei Mingzhu treats you as a younger brother, but what about you? Do you really treat Pei Mingzhu as your own sister?"
After Chu Yue finished speaking, the balcony fell into a very long silence. Pei Hanchuan, who had been telling stories incessantly before, could no longer utter a word and fell into deep thought.
Does he really regard Pei Mingzhu as his sister?
Or is he a benefactor who needs to be repaid? Someone he owes something to?
Wasn't his long-term deliberate disguise a form of alienation from Pei Mingzhu?
Pei Mingzhu treats him sincerely, but what about his sincerity?
A bystander sees more clearly than a participant.
Chu Yue had only been with the siblings for a short time, but she immediately pointed out the problems between them.
According to Pei Hanchuan, Master Pei died of a sudden illness six years ago. At that time, Pei Mingzhu was 22 years old and Pei Hanchuan was 20 years old. The Pei family wanted to choose one of them to be the heir to the Pei family. Without the obstacle of Master Pei, everyone would choose Pei Hanchuan.
So what if he's an illegitimate child? At least he's a son! He still has half of the Pei family's bloodline!
That was the first time Pei Hanchuan realized that even if he did nothing but exist, he was taking away what belonged to Pei Mingzhu and following in his mother's footsteps.
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