"Hey, you're here." A girl's crisp voice rang out from inside the house, and then the two saw a slightly plump girl run out of the house.
"This is your sister Song, and the one next to her is her brother, Pei Hai, whom I told you about before," the neighbor introduced her warmly.
Song Yanzhi looked at the girl for a while. She was not very old, probably not even twenty yet. She was quite pretty, with bright eyes and a very outgoing personality. She didn't seem embarrassed at all when she looked at them.
She thought this must be a girl who grew up in a family where her parents had a very harmonious relationship.
She really didn't want this kind of girl to encounter a mother-in-law like Wang Yanmei.
Moreover, although Pei Hai is good-looking, he is unambitious and always slacking off. He was spoiled by Wang Yanmei since childhood and has never experienced hardship. He can't stick to anything for long. Although he is not a bad person, he is definitely not a good person.
She just didn't expect this neighbor to value Pei Hai so much; she guessed it was because she saw Pei Yuchen that she got the wrong impression.
Song Yanzhi felt that he needed to make things clearer to her.
So he spoke up, "Auntie, may I speak to you in private?"
Aunt Wang paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
The two walked to the side, and Aunt Wang said somewhat nervously, "Xiao Song, are you upset that I was too proactive and made things difficult for you? I didn't mean to. I just thought that my niece rarely comes over, and your brother happened to be here too, so I couldn't help but call her out. If you feel embarrassed, I apologize, and I won't do it again."
Song Yanzhi is a very easy-going neighbor. She helped them a lot before they moved in. If it's really a good match, Song Yanzhi won't be stingy and refuse to introduce them.
Pei Hai's situation is indeed troublesome.
So she said, "Aunt Wang, I don't blame you. It's just that I didn't explain my husband's brother's situation to you clearly before."
She said helplessly, "My relationship with my mother-in-law is not good. She dotes on my husband's younger brother, even to the point of spoiling him, which has resulted in Pei Hai being idle in his twenties and not even having a proper job. Although he has now gone to learn carpentry, he cannot afford the bride price. Furthermore, my husband has discussed this matter with my mother-in-law, and she disagrees. To put it bluntly, she wants something better. It's not that I look down on your niece, but I think that given their situation, it's impossible."
She made it very clear: Wang Yanmei, as a mother, would absolutely not agree to her son finding someone outside. On the surface, Wang Yanmei seemed to love Pei Hai, but in reality, she had an extremely strong desire for control because she couldn't control her eldest son, Pei Yuchen, who never followed her plans. That's why she disliked Pei Yuchen so much.
That's why she poured all her hopes into Pei Hai. Unlike Pei Yuchen, Pei Hai listened to her and was spoiled by her. Even though Wang Yanmei knew that her younger son was not as successful as her older son, she was still determined not to think that her younger son, whom she had raised single-handedly, was any worse than her older son, whom she had left to his own devices. She was that kind of inexplicably confident person.
So she looks down on ordinary people.
Unlike Pei Yuchen, Pei Hai doesn't have his own opinions or a stable job. He still needs to rely on Wang Yanmei for a living, so it's difficult for him to break free from her control.
This means that he has no say in his marriage.
Although the neighbors were quite well-off, how could someone like Wang Yanmei, who was all talk and no action, possibly agree to that?
The neighbor understood when he heard this.
She sighed, "I'm the one who's caused you trouble."
Song Yanzhi shook her head to indicate that it was alright.
The two turned their heads and saw that Pei Hai and the other person had already started chatting.
The two: "..."
Aunt Wang smiled awkwardly and hurriedly called out, "Xiao Mei, come inside quickly, don't keep your Sister Song and the others waiting."
Xiao Mei said "Oh," waved to Pei Hai, and turned to go inside.
Song Yanzhi walked over and saw that he was still staring at the other person, and his lips twitched.
What are you talking about?
"We didn't talk about anything. She just asked me about things in the city and said she wanted to go see a movie. I thought I lived near a movie theater, so I could take her there."
Song Yanzhi: "..."
How did we get to this point in just a few words?
She didn't say anything.
Pei Hai couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, where is she from? Isn't she from our city?"
"Is she still single?"
"How do you know she doesn't have a boyfriend?" Song Yanzhi rolled her eyes at him.
"It doesn't seem like it."
Pei Hai scratched his hair and laughed.
Song Yanzhi shook his head and said directly, "Judging from your expression, your mother probably hasn't told you about the marriage proposal, right?"
“When Aunt Wang saw you come to my place before, she wanted to introduce that girl to you, but your brother went to your parents’ house to talk to them and was rejected.”
"What! When did this happen?" Pei Hai's eyes widened.
“It hasn’t been more than two days,” Song Yanzhi said. “Your mother looks down on girls from outside the family. You should know what will happen to the girls she despises if they marry into the family, right? She absolutely forbids you from dating outsiders.”
She was implying something.
Pei Hai's expression changed repeatedly.
Although he didn't understand why his mother was so picky, his sister-in-law had indeed been targeted terribly by his mother over the years.
"I'm going to talk to her and reason with her. Why can't she allow it!"
"Don't worry. Putting aside your mother, you have big problems yourself. With your current abilities, you don't have a stable job or savings to support yourself. How can you get married?"
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