This child has been frail and sickly since childhood, always needing medicine. It is said that this is because Uncle Pei and Madam Qin did too many wicked things in secret while fighting for the family property, and this is the retribution that has fallen on their son.
Finally, Pei Mingjie grew up, got married, but was unable to have any children. His anxious second uncle arranged for a maidservant to share the burden with his son.
As fate would have it, the maid became pregnant and gave birth to a big, healthy boy.
Uncle Pei was overjoyed and named the child "Golden Egg". He treated him as the precious darling of the Pei family, afraid that he would melt in his mouth or break in his hands.
However, in order to allow his legal daughter-in-law to raise Jindan legitimately, he cruelly disposed of the maid who had just given birth.
Since then, Pei Mingjie's health has deteriorated further, and he has been unable to father children with any woman, effectively ending his lineage.
Therefore, the golden egg became the only continuation of the Pei family line.
Now that the golden egg is missing, how could he not be anxious?
He grabbed Pei Wuwang's arm, tears streaming down his face, and cried out, "My good nephew! You have to think of something! If anything happens to Jindan, our lineage will be cut off completely! You can't just abandon us!"
Pei Wuwang looked at him expressionlessly, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.
After Uncle Pei has finished crying.
Pei Wuwang slowly spoke, his voice as cold as ice: "I am sorry that the golden egg is missing. But he is your grandson, not mine. What do I care if he lives or dies?"
These words stunned everyone in the room. Old Madam Pei was trembling with rage, pointing her finger at Pei Wuwang and yelling, "You beast! Jindan is your own cousin! How could you say such a thing? If he dies, do you want our Pei family line to end?!"
Pei Wuwang remained expressionless and replied calmly, "That's not how it works. My lineage is thriving, and the Pei family will never die out. As for their family, they brought this upon themselves, and they have no one to blame but themselves."
He was telling the truth.
Uncle Pei was speechless after being rebuked by Pei Wuwang, and was so angry that he almost fainted.
Looking at Pei Wuwang's indifferent face, he knew that pleading was useless, so he could only slump to the ground and cry out the name "Golden Egg" in despair.
Shen Qingtang stood aside, taking in everything. She could understand Pei Wuwang's feelings; if she were in his shoes, she wouldn't care about the life or death of such a person.
Jin Dan is three years older than Pei Nian'an. Relying on being Pei's second uncle's precious son, he acts arrogantly on the island and often bullies children younger than him, especially Pei Nian'an.
Although Pei Nian'an is young, she is stubborn and always fights back bravely whenever Jin Dan bullies her. However, Jin Dan is bigger, and Pei Nian'an often suffers the consequences.
Once, Jin Dan snatched Pei Nian'an's favorite toy and pushed him into the mud.
Pei Nian'an got up and wiped the mud off her face.
She charged at the golden egg with her little fists, and although she didn't win, she didn't let the golden egg gain any advantage either.
Now that the golden egg is missing, most of the children on the island secretly feel relieved.
But some children are afraid that they will be the next to go missing.
Shen Qingtang became increasingly worried and hugged Pei Nian'an tightly.
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