No one believed that it was a simple traffic accident, not even Fu Yanchen. The seeds of suspicion and hatred had already been planted.
Young Pei Mingzhu didn’t know what happened at that time. She just heard that Fu Yanchen’s father had passed away, and she begged her father to go and see Fu Yanchen.
When her mother passed away, she was so sad, and it was Fu Yanchen who took care of her and comforted her.
Then Fu Yanchen must be feeling very uncomfortable now. She wanted to say to Fu Yanchen, "You still have me. I am also your relative."
But Pei Mingzhu's father shook his head and rejected Pei Mingzhu's request. He even ordered the servants that no one was allowed to mention the marriage between the Pei and Fu families again and that everything in the past should be erased.
For many years afterwards, Pei Mingzhu never saw Fu Yanchen again, nor did she receive any gifts from the Fu family.
This person, just as Pei's father said, disappeared from Pei Mingzhu's life.
It seemed as if Pei Mingzhu was the only one in the world who still remembered that she had a childhood marriage and a brother who she seldom saw but was very good to her. He also said... they would become a family.
The next time news about Fu Yanchen came was when Pei Mingzhu was eighteen years old.
She had just returned from school and found her usually calm father pacing back and forth in the living room, looking surprised, delighted, and a little frightened.
Because that day, the Fu family changed hands.
Fu Yanchen came back from abroad and overthrew the entire Fu family with thundering means and sat in the position of supreme power.
There are rumors that the family of Fu Yanchen's uncle, who killed his father in a "traffic accident", were all thrown into the sea by Fu Yanchen to feed the fish.
He was like this even to his relatives, and when it came to outsiders, Fu Yanchen was even more ruthless and brutal.
There is no power struggle without a smell of blood. Fu Yanchen climbed up step by step, stepping on the corpses of those people.
After experiencing all this, is Fu Yanchen still the bright and cheerful young man he once was?
This is what Pei Mingzhu's father fears in his heart.
When Fu Yanchen's family was in trouble, he tried to help, but he found out too late and there was nothing he could do.
Father Pei was not sure whether Fu Yanchen hated them in his heart, and he didn't dare to mention the child marriage again.
And in that year...
Father Pei was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer and he didn't have much time left to live.
For so many years, Pei's father has been living in guilt because his beloved wife died because of him.
He had physical examinations every year, but liver cancer was never detected. Instead, it suddenly reached the late stage.
Father Pei felt that his wife was going to take him away.
Father Pei was not afraid of death, but instead hoped to see his wife again after death. However, he had someone he was worried about - his only daughter. (Father Pei never regarded Pei Hanchuan as his child.)
It was also on that day that Pei's father talked with Pei Mingzhu all night in the study, and told Pei Mingzhu everything about his physical condition.
"Mingzhu, Daddy doesn't have much time left, but I'm worried about you. If I leave, what will happen to my Mingzhu..."
Pearl...Pearl...
Just by hearing the name, you can tell that Pei Mingzhu is the apple of her parents' eyes.
That night, Pei Mingzhu underwent the same changes that had occurred in Fu Yanchen.
Overnight, they went from being children to adults.
Pei Mingzhu gave up her plan to go to the neighboring provincial capital to meet Fu Yanchen, and stayed with Pei's father. She made public appearances as the heir of the Pei family, got to know a group of uncles who had watched her grow up, and began to get involved in the treacherous business world.
Everyone supported Pei's father's decision. He actually chose a woman as his heir. Isn't this like putting a small fish in front of a shark?
No matter how well Pei Mingzhu does, in the eyes of men, as long as she is a daughter, she is the original sin of everything.
Many people are eyeing Pei Mingzhu, waiting to swallow up the Pei family from a woman. The position of the richest man in the city should be replaced by someone else.
This kind of days lasted for four years.
Because during these four years, God took pity on Pei's father's love for his daughter and allowed him to live four more years despite his frail body, which was beyond medical possibility.
As long as Pei Mingzhu's father has not died, the surrounding wolves, tigers and leopards will always be afraid of the seriously ill lion and dare not really attack the Pei family.
This is how I endured until the summer of the fourth year.
Pei Mingzhu's father reached the end of his life. He was finally able to leave after carrying the guilt he had carried for many years.
"Mingzhu... don't cry, don't be sad, I'm going to see your mother, you should be happy for me."
"Mingzhu, don't be afraid... I raised you myself. My daughter is no worse than a man."
"Mingzhu... my daughter..."
Amid the calls, Father Pei slowly closed his eyes.
What followed was a grand funeral.
That was Pei's father's funeral, and many people hoped that this could be the funeral of the entire Pei family.
Pei Mingzhu was standing at the front wearing all white. The small white flower on her head and her slender figure made her look weak and vulnerable in everyone's mind.
At the funeral, some people started to provoke directly.
After four years of sharpening by her father, Pei Mingzhu has become a sharp sword. She retorted to those elders who were older than her and watched them go crazy in anger and helplessness.
But--
"So what? You are just a woman! What's the use of a woman! Your Pei family will definitely be destroyed in your hands! Old man Pei is just confused. He has a son, but he let his daughter inherit the family business! I am waiting to see the day when your Pei family will fall."
These arrogant words are not only on their lips, but also in their hearts.
No matter how well Pei Mingzhu did or how capable she was, she was still despised and ridiculed by them.
Pei Mingzhu was unwilling to accept it. Why was it like this? She had clearly learned everything from her father, but because of the word "woman", he denied everything about her.
When the atmosphere at the funeral was reaching a freezing point of tension, the butler in the front suddenly sent a report.
"Miss, Miss...someone from the Fu family is coming...someone from the Fu family is coming..."
Pei Mingzhu was immersed in her emotions. She hadn't heard of the "Fu family" for a long time. For a moment, she didn't react. Who is this Fu family?
However, those old men who had been domineering and overbearing towards Pei Mingzhu showed expressions of shock and fear on their faces when they heard the word "Fu family".
"The Fu family, is it the Fu family from the neighboring province?"
"Besides that Fu family, who else dares to claim to be from the Fu family? But why would the Fu family come to attend the funeral?"
"I remember now! When the girl from the Pei family was young, she was engaged to the Fu family. Who was the engagement partner... who was it... it seemed to be Fu..."
They didn't even dare to say Fu Yanchen's name, the fear on their faces could no longer be hidden.
It’s Fu Yanchen!
"But... when old man Pei was still alive, he mentioned that he no longer had any contact with the Fu family, and that the child marriage was just a joke back then... In the past four years, the two families have not had any contact... How come Fu Yanchen... Fu Yanchen... is here?"
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