When Song Yanzhi saw him, she was taken aback. "Xiao Hai, what brings you here? But it's perfect timing, I have something for you."
Pei Hai paused before speaking, "Sister-in-law, do you have something to give me?"
Song Yanzhi took out the money for the movie tickets that Wang Mei had given him from her bag and handed it to him: "This is the money for the movie tickets that Aunt Wang asked me to help you pay back. She said that you bought the tickets when you went to see the movie before, but she couldn't find you, so she came to me."
Pei Hai's expression froze for a moment upon hearing this.
"I...I didn't mean to. A lot has happened these past few days. My mom is keeping a close eye on me and won't even let me go to the factory."
Song Yanzhi didn't say much, only saying calmly, "This is your own business. I'm just helping to deliver things. You don't need to explain."
Pei Hai thought so too. What was the point of telling his sister-in-law all this? Wang Mei wouldn't know anyway.
"Sister-in-law, she...she seems very unhappy. Why don't you give it back to her? Could you tell her that I'm treating her to this?"
Song Yanzhi shook his head, "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that she has already gone back to her hometown, and I'm not going back either. You should still accept it, otherwise she won't feel at ease."
"She did the right thing. Since there's no possibility between you two, there's no need to hold onto any illusions."
These words left Pei Hai speechless.
He silently reached out and took it before saying, "Sister-in-law, do you know about my marriage to Li Xiuhe?"
Song Yanzhi remained silent.
"I came here to talk to you about this. Xiuhe's mother is planning to have my mother send Pei Jichuan and his sister to you. I heard everything. My mother agreed so that I could get married. I guess she'll be coming to see you soon."
He said apologetically, "It's all my fault. I was just trying to find a partner, and it's dragged you all into this."
Pei Jichuan and his sister had been living here on their own for quite some time.
Xiao Bao and his sister-in-law had only just settled down when their peaceful life was about to be disrupted.
Song Yanzhi had never actually thought about this question.
I was stunned for a moment.
She originally thought this matter had nothing to do with her and didn't want to get involved.
But they overlooked the fact that others also couldn't tolerate those two children.
That's true. How could an ordinary person be willing to adopt another child? Even if they didn't have to spend money, it would still be uncomfortable to live with two strangers' children.
Not to mention people like the Li family.
But now is not the time for those two children to leave.
She wanted to make Wang Yanmei suffer the consequences of raising other people's children, pouring her heart and soul into raising those two children, only to find out in the end that they weren't her own grandchildren.
They'd probably be so angry they'd die.
Pei Yuchen agreed to adopt the child mainly because he had promised his comrade-in-arms, who had been kind to him.
So he agreed to raise the two children.
This cannot be changed.
Unlike his previous life, Pei Yuchen did not allow the two children to be registered under his household this time.
In other words, his assets will not have any connection with the two of them in the future.
Wang Yanmei couldn't control her eldest son, and she couldn't bear to see her two children without a proper status, so in order to let them go to school, she put the children under the Pei family's household registration.
When she finally raised her two children with all her heart, she realized it was all a scam.
Her expression must have been quite something.
Of course, we can't let those two children come back right now.
She finally managed to send him away, how could she let her send him back?
Wang Yanmei hasn't experienced real hardship yet.
She didn't ask about the two children, but instead asked Pei Hai, "How much dowry is the Li family asking you for?"
Pei Hai was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and said, "She didn't mention any bride price. I don't have any money, and I can't afford to pay any bride price if she asks for one."
He had only been a carpenter for a short time, and apprentices don't usually get paid much.
"Her mother said that as long as I treat her well, that's enough."
Song Yanzhi was speechless for a moment.
She knew the marriage was being rushed, but she didn't expect it to turn out this way.
No wonder all the aunties in the compound came to ask her about it.
These days, everyone asks how much the bride price is before getting married.
The Li family was notorious for their exorbitant demands in the previous life, and they even broke off the engagement because they couldn't afford the bride price.
In this life, however, he doesn't even want the bride price.
There are no free lunches in life, only tricks and schemes.
For some reason, Song Yanzhi had a feeling that Pei Hai might be in trouble.
She glanced at Pei Hai and asked, "You like that Xiuhe?"
Pei Hai was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head, blushing, and said, "I've barely spoken a few words to her, how could I possibly like her?"
Before he could even make an effort, Xiuhe's family broke off the engagement with him.
Since there was no real affection between them, Pei Hai naturally didn't feel any sadness.
Suddenly they want to arrange a marriage again.
He wasn't particularly happy.
Instead, I felt very stifled.
In the past, it wouldn't have mattered.
But now he wants to change himself and break free from his mother's control.
As a result of this incident, his mother became even stricter with him.
He felt even more uncomfortable.
This wedding is acting like a forced marriage.
He can't even refuse? Why should he?
Pei Hai grew angrier the more he thought about it. "I don't think I want to marry her either."
Song Yanzhi nodded. If they didn't like it, that would be easy to deal with.
"Isn't it strange that the Li family suddenly stopped asking for a bride price?"
Pei Hai frowned and said, "You said you wanted it before, but now you suddenly don't want it anymore. Is it because you felt guilty for misunderstanding me before?"
Song Yanzhi was speechless. "I don't think that just because someone misunderstood you about this little thing, they can just give up the bride price."
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